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Monday, November 10, 2008
The day of Saint Martin
San Martino and the so-called "summer of San Martino" in Palermo are celebrated with cakes and wine. Not everyone know the history of this saint, but the opportunity to to eat much is not lost.
The rich people celebrate the Saint the 11th of November (San Martino of the rich), the poorest were looking for the following Sunday to celebrate (San Martino of the poor), the most gluttonous celebrate both days!
In Palermo in this day we eat three types of cookies, the simplest are the triccotti, round shape and flavored by fennel seeds. These cookies are very hard and we eat with the wine Moscato, a sweet wine made from grapes inzolia.
The day of San Martino in Palermo, but not only, was celebrated in the years because it coincided with pre and rural cults, which celebrated the last warm days before winter, which was called the summer of San Martino.
Furthermore, the name of this saint was linked to the production of wine, because around early November is produced the new wine. Hence the saying " in San Martino every must is wine." Became a good opportunity to taste the wine in the many taverns of the city, and drank to accompany boiled eggs, fried cardoons or biscuits.
In these beautiful days you could still eat outdoors roast beef, pork, sausage and drink so good wine! All this has made the holy very "friendly" and "famous" in the eyes of people from Palermo, that even in poverty, have in them the desire to celebrate and eat in the company of family and friends!
The rich people celebrate the Saint the 11th of November (San Martino of the rich), the poorest were looking for the following Sunday to celebrate (San Martino of the poor), the most gluttonous celebrate both days!
In Palermo in this day we eat three types of cookies, the simplest are the triccotti, round shape and flavored by fennel seeds. These cookies are very hard and we eat with the wine Moscato, a sweet wine made from grapes inzolia.
The day of San Martino in Palermo, but not only, was celebrated in the years because it coincided with pre and rural cults, which celebrated the last warm days before winter, which was called the summer of San Martino.
Furthermore, the name of this saint was linked to the production of wine, because around early November is produced the new wine. Hence the saying " in San Martino every must is wine." Became a good opportunity to taste the wine in the many taverns of the city, and drank to accompany boiled eggs, fried cardoons or biscuits.
In these beautiful days you could still eat outdoors roast beef, pork, sausage and drink so good wine! All this has made the holy very "friendly" and "famous" in the eyes of people from Palermo, that even in poverty, have in them the desire to celebrate and eat in the company of family and friends!
sacred images in Palermo
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Baca, Bacalah ...
I have an hour to blog, before I go into my utterly boring biannually routine, that is to invigilate an examination. Three hours of total silence, plus another hour to set up the room is rather unproductive especially to those who had to endure the pain and agony 5-6 times in a semester, twice yearly, not including the mid term exam.
Accumulated the time spend walking, watching and basically doing nothing is around 40 hours of peace and boredom a year. That is almost 2 days in total.
The best thing is, that is the only time for you to actually look at the faces of your students clearly and see how they look like. You can see the energy, hope and the optimism portrayed in their faces while they attempts to find solution for 4 questions only that will decide their future later, after spending almost half year listening to boring lectures, going for tutorial, reading a whole book and ancillary material, going to the library, doing assignment and tolerating wicked lecturers with very unstable mood.
It is also a time where we gaze with slight satisfaction to those indolent student we detest so much, and see how they strive and sweat so hard to answer the question, while in our mind we keep saying “that is why you should listen to me all these while”. While we sympathized and take oath to serve everyone equally, we are only human. To err is only human. It works both ways. Having said that, never have grudge to any of your disciples and always wish them all the success.
We are too exam oriented some might say, but exam is just obstacle you have to face to remind you of who you are, and what you ought to be doing.
And you ought to be doing it right.
And that is what we call learning.
by the way, i am wearing "protruding tit resistant" shirt today!
Hik
Accumulated the time spend walking, watching and basically doing nothing is around 40 hours of peace and boredom a year. That is almost 2 days in total.
The best thing is, that is the only time for you to actually look at the faces of your students clearly and see how they look like. You can see the energy, hope and the optimism portrayed in their faces while they attempts to find solution for 4 questions only that will decide their future later, after spending almost half year listening to boring lectures, going for tutorial, reading a whole book and ancillary material, going to the library, doing assignment and tolerating wicked lecturers with very unstable mood.
It is also a time where we gaze with slight satisfaction to those indolent student we detest so much, and see how they strive and sweat so hard to answer the question, while in our mind we keep saying “that is why you should listen to me all these while”. While we sympathized and take oath to serve everyone equally, we are only human. To err is only human. It works both ways. Having said that, never have grudge to any of your disciples and always wish them all the success.
We are too exam oriented some might say, but exam is just obstacle you have to face to remind you of who you are, and what you ought to be doing.
And you ought to be doing it right.
And that is what we call learning.
by the way, i am wearing "protruding tit resistant" shirt today!
Hik
Strawberry Cheese Cake
9 November 2008, Minggu,
Abis pulang dari mertua, kepingin makan cheese cake lagi, jadi mampir deh ke supa...beli cream cheese aja...pulangnya liat2 di buku resep..ga taunya msti pake biskuit buat dasarnya...
wah biskuit ga punya lagi...pikir2 mo bikin yang baked aja>>lagi lagi ga punya persediaan krim kentalnya...wah wah
Berhubung da kepingin banget makan tuh kue, ya uda diakalin deh..dibawahnya pake dasar kue roll cake...resep 3 telur, bisa dilihat disini
Trus bikin adonan cheesenya bisa dilihat disini. Trus tinggal selai strawberinya dicampur air sedikit supaya tidak terlalu kental, lulurkan diatas adonan cheesenya lalu dinginkan di kulkas.
Met nyobain deh...yummy, sayang cheesenya kurang banyak yak...
Abis pulang dari mertua, kepingin makan cheese cake lagi, jadi mampir deh ke supa...beli cream cheese aja...pulangnya liat2 di buku resep..ga taunya msti pake biskuit buat dasarnya...
wah biskuit ga punya lagi...pikir2 mo bikin yang baked aja>>lagi lagi ga punya persediaan krim kentalnya...wah wah
Berhubung da kepingin banget makan tuh kue, ya uda diakalin deh..dibawahnya pake dasar kue roll cake...resep 3 telur, bisa dilihat disini
Trus bikin adonan cheesenya bisa dilihat disini. Trus tinggal selai strawberinya dicampur air sedikit supaya tidak terlalu kental, lulurkan diatas adonan cheesenya lalu dinginkan di kulkas.
Met nyobain deh...yummy, sayang cheesenya kurang banyak yak...
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