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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
红烧牛肉面
红烧牛肉面
用料：
牛肉500克，面条500克，小白菜250克，水10杯，葱4根，姜2片，大蒜8粒，八角4粒，辣椒1根；酱油1杯、水6杯、酒1汤匙、辣豆瓣酱1大匙，麻油少许。
制作方法：
1、牛肉洗净切块，氽烫去血水。
2、起油锅，炒香葱、姜、葱段、八角、辣椒、牛肉，加入酱油1杯、水6杯、酒1汤匙、辣豆瓣酱1大匙，用中火煮约1小时。
3、水烧开，煮熟面条捞出，再烫熟小白菜。
4、碗中放入麻油少许、葱花、牛肉汤，加入面条、青菜、牛肉即可。 ¶ 10:21 PM 0 comments
用料：
牛肉500克，面条500克，小白菜250克，水10杯，葱4根，姜2片，大蒜8粒，八角4粒，辣椒1根；酱油1杯、水6杯、酒1汤匙、辣豆瓣酱1大匙，麻油少许。
制作方法：
1、牛肉洗净切块，氽烫去血水。
2、起油锅，炒香葱、姜、葱段、八角、辣椒、牛肉，加入酱油1杯、水6杯、酒1汤匙、辣豆瓣酱1大匙，用中火煮约1小时。
3、水烧开，煮熟面条捞出，再烫熟小白菜。
4、碗中放入麻油少许、葱花、牛肉汤，加入面条、青菜、牛肉即可。 ¶ 10:21 PM 0 comments
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Tips to help you enjoy it all over again! Food and Cooking: Foods: Reheat leftover pizza to bring out flavor
Tips to help you enjoy it all over again! Food and Cooking: Foods: Reheat leftover pizza to bring out flavor
Reheat leftover pizza to bring out flavor
Nancy Peterson
Some like it hot, some not. While many people say they prefer leftover pizza cold -- and for breakfast, at that -- reheating it can revive just-baked flavor.
Karen Blakeslee, Kansas State University Research and Extension Rapid Response coordinator, offers these reheating tips:
To reheat pizza in a microwave oven, place the pizza on a microwave-safe plate or tray; cover it loosely with plastic food wrap, vent at one edge. Cooking time will vary with thickness of crust; size of slice; and topping.
Reheating pizza in the oven usually takes longer, but crust is less likely to toughen, she says. Place leftover pizza on an oven-proof baking sheet or pan; cover with aluminum foil and place in a preheated, 350-degree F oven. Reheating time will vary with thickness of crust, size of slice and filling.
Use a food thermometer to check safe-to-eat temperature -- leftovers should be reheated to 165 degrees F. Pizza should not be reheated in the take-out or carry home box. Some are not oven-proof, Blakeslee says. ¶ 11:08 PM 0 comments
Reheat leftover pizza to bring out flavor
Nancy Peterson
Some like it hot, some not. While many people say they prefer leftover pizza cold -- and for breakfast, at that -- reheating it can revive just-baked flavor.
Karen Blakeslee, Kansas State University Research and Extension Rapid Response coordinator, offers these reheating tips:
To reheat pizza in a microwave oven, place the pizza on a microwave-safe plate or tray; cover it loosely with plastic food wrap, vent at one edge. Cooking time will vary with thickness of crust; size of slice; and topping.
Reheating pizza in the oven usually takes longer, but crust is less likely to toughen, she says. Place leftover pizza on an oven-proof baking sheet or pan; cover with aluminum foil and place in a preheated, 350-degree F oven. Reheating time will vary with thickness of crust, size of slice and filling.
Use a food thermometer to check safe-to-eat temperature -- leftovers should be reheated to 165 degrees F. Pizza should not be reheated in the take-out or carry home box. Some are not oven-proof, Blakeslee says. ¶ 11:08 PM 0 comments
Monday, March 20, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
Ficus pumila - Creeping Fig
Ficus pumila - Creeping Fig
Description:
A vigorous, climbing fig that attaches itself to surfaces by means of aerial roots. It has crinkly, heart-shaped juvenile leaves on a tracery of fine stems which adhere closely to its support. When the plant matures it starts to produce large, leathery adult foliage on horizontal, woody branches. Mature plants also produce yellowish-green, inedible figs.
Best climate:
All areas of Australia except for Hobart, the mountains and inland zones (creeping fig is an environmental weed in NSW).
Good points:
* attractive juvenile foliage
* fast growing
* shade tolerant
* tough
* low maintenance
Uses:
* quick cover for ugly, masonry walls
* good ground cover for large areas
* good for softening industrial landscapes
* useful for creating quick 'topiary'
Downside:
* very aggressive grower once established
* very high maintenance if grown on buildings - will dislodge roof tiles, damage wooden structures and attempt to cover everything in a curtain of green
Care:
Creeping fig is very hardy and drought tolerant once established. Prune to control rampant growth and to remove horizontal branches which stand out from the support and produce unattractive adult foliage.
Getting started:
Creeping fig is readily available at nurseries, but it is very easy to propagate by cuttings or layers (it forms roots wherever a branch touches the ground). ¶ 3:22 PM 0 comments
Description:
A vigorous, climbing fig that attaches itself to surfaces by means of aerial roots. It has crinkly, heart-shaped juvenile leaves on a tracery of fine stems which adhere closely to its support. When the plant matures it starts to produce large, leathery adult foliage on horizontal, woody branches. Mature plants also produce yellowish-green, inedible figs.
Best climate:
All areas of Australia except for Hobart, the mountains and inland zones (creeping fig is an environmental weed in NSW).
Good points:
* attractive juvenile foliage
* fast growing
* shade tolerant
* tough
* low maintenance
Uses:
* quick cover for ugly, masonry walls
* good ground cover for large areas
* good for softening industrial landscapes
* useful for creating quick 'topiary'
Downside:
* very aggressive grower once established
* very high maintenance if grown on buildings - will dislodge roof tiles, damage wooden structures and attempt to cover everything in a curtain of green
Care:
Creeping fig is very hardy and drought tolerant once established. Prune to control rampant growth and to remove horizontal branches which stand out from the support and produce unattractive adult foliage.
Getting started:
Creeping fig is readily available at nurseries, but it is very easy to propagate by cuttings or layers (it forms roots wherever a branch touches the ground). ¶ 3:22 PM 0 comments
