Dear friends
I am contibuting a portuguese seafood plate, then patisseries of your choice for dessert.
Tuan
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Fw: Tasting Pleasure
Dear all PAPNEH and friends,
I'd like to share with you some tasting pleasure and dis-pleasure as well. All of these are things
I tasted for the first time in my life last year.
Let's start first with the displeasure (luckily there was only one :-)) This will come across as
a sacrilege to some of you no doubt... but I found cassoulet to be a total turn-off. It is so rich,
that I could hardly finish … one bite ! I guess you have to like baked beans to like cassoulet :-)
From Carcassone with displeasure :-P …....... le cassoulet !
Then the most surprising pleasure is this reine-claude prune soaked in liqueur and eau de vie I tasted in St Emilion, a must tasting pleasure.
On to tasting pleasures for the sweet toothed :-) Croquants aux noisettes, amandes,noix, you name it ... you'll find them all over the Carcassone,
Albi, Cordes area. They are quite delicious, very thin and croquant and not too sweet. YUM!
Then in the Basque area, you have the gateau basque, a tasting pleasure … if you like almond paste or marzipan coz it's filled with it :-)
Paries the La Duree of Biarritz and St Jean de Luz
Of the many local versions of … macaron (all much bigger in size than their Parisian counterparts) the mouchous (muxu in basque = bisou) below
are pretty good.
Then there are the touron - sort of like nougat but softer and sweeter, more like marzipan. They also come in very colorful rolls like sushis.
OK, I'll stop as I think you are already ... over sweetened :-)
BT
I'd like to share with you some tasting pleasure and dis-pleasure as well. All of these are things
I tasted for the first time in my life last year.
Let's start first with the displeasure (luckily there was only one :-)) This will come across as
a sacrilege to some of you no doubt... but I found cassoulet to be a total turn-off. It is so rich,
that I could hardly finish … one bite ! I guess you have to like baked beans to like cassoulet :-)
From Carcassone with displeasure :-P …....... le cassoulet !
Then the most surprising pleasure is this reine-claude prune soaked in liqueur and eau de vie I tasted in St Emilion, a must tasting pleasure.
On to tasting pleasures for the sweet toothed :-) Croquants aux noisettes, amandes,noix, you name it ... you'll find them all over the Carcassone,
Albi, Cordes area. They are quite delicious, very thin and croquant and not too sweet. YUM!
Then in the Basque area, you have the gateau basque, a tasting pleasure … if you like almond paste or marzipan coz it's filled with it :-)
Paries the La Duree of Biarritz and St Jean de Luz
Of the many local versions of … macaron (all much bigger in size than their Parisian counterparts) the mouchous (muxu in basque = bisou) below
are pretty good.
Then there are the touron - sort of like nougat but softer and sweeter, more like marzipan. They also come in very colorful rolls like sushis.
OK, I'll stop as I think you are already ... over sweetened :-)
BT
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] theme for next week project - TASTING PLEASURES
Dear fellows Pho' Nhoms\ en herbe, hoa. si~, thi si~ and our official art critic Mr. Kiu,
Here's my entry for this week's theme. Although the "guess what?" theme has expired, but to "spice" things up a bit, anyone outside of the SJ area with the first correct identification of the yummy treat that BiTi and my better half were chomping to bits yesterday will be treated to a down home Texas BBQ on your next visit here, or to a "cha^`u pho" at your local favorite Pho' s place (or anywhere for that matter) if we see each other, whichever comes first J.
Have a good week,
Khiem
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] Re: tasting pleasures
I am glad you liked the work : The Giant Fork is a metal sculpture peaking out of Lac Léman in front of the Alimentarium Museum in Vevey. It has been gone for over 10 years but it's now back again for a limited time. It was created in 1995 by the Swiss artist Jean-Pierre Zaugg for the 10 years of the Museum. You can't miss it when you walk along the lake !
BTW Mai Châu, BT.... I found my entry, here we go !
BL
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] tasting pleasures
Dear fellows PNEH, hoa si, thi si and Mr. Kiu,
Here is my first entry (more to come in the following days, if time permits :-) ) for Tasting pleasures.
I had the chance to visit the baby elephants orphanage in Nairobi, right at feeding time, between 11 am- noon (the baby elephants are fed every three hours). It was a joy to watch the baby elephants sucking their bottles of milk with such gusto. Hope you will enjoy the photo too (I know KL will :-))
MC
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Here is my first entry (more to come in the following days, if time permits :-) ) for Tasting pleasures.
I had the chance to visit the baby elephants orphanage in Nairobi, right at feeding time, between 11 am- noon (the baby elephants are fed every three hours). It was a joy to watch the baby elephants sucking their bottles of milk with such gusto. Hope you will enjoy the photo too (I know KL will :-))
MC
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Re: tasting pleasures
Dear fellows PNEH, hoa si, thi si and Mr. Kiu,
Here is my first entry (more to come in the following days, if time permits :-) ) for Tasting pleasures.
I had the chance to visit the baby elephants orphanage in Nairobi, right at feeding time, between 11 am- noon (the baby elephants are fed every three hours). It was a joy to watch the baby elephants sucking their bottles of milk with such gusto. Hope you will enjoy the photo too (I know KL will :-))
MC
This is my second entry: Mai Han enjoying to the fullest her Malasada (Portuguese doughnut).
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a wonderful week
MC
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] My EGG entry
Dear Em Ci,
Welcome back from the land of the African Giant. We've missed you and your gentle (but persistent :-) email reminders! I know I have been mostly absent from the forum and am way behind in terms of emails and picture submissions. I have to resort to guerrilla tactics in terms of reading and responding to email, catching as catch can, reading and commenting as time permits, as there are still hundreds of emails yet unread. So without further ado, here's my submission for this week's theme, Eggs, a humble purple-themed Easter basket that pales in comparison to all the gorgeous submissions by the other pho nhom on both forums.
Thank you to you and BT again for your continued labor of love on the blog. I adore the most recent chef-d'oeuvre of the Montreux lake pictures set to Francoise Hardy music supplied by Triet.
Trang
My EGG entry
Dear hai Ba` Chu? Blog,
Here is my long overdue entry, ouf, the la` xong no*.!
MChau,
I snapped this picture after having lunch with your twin this afternoon, vua` an vua` leo' nheo' ddoi` hinh`! :-)
I had to go eggs hunting all over San Jose!
LH
Good friday to boot
Chắp tay lên hỏi Ông Trời : Có Blog nào chuẫn như PNEH của ta ?
Ông Trời ổng bảo là Waouh !
Blog này gorgeous không thua thiên đàn !
Very great work BT à .
Voici juste 3 photos de participation , espérant contribuer dans l'enrichissement de ce blog .
Mars de l'année dernière , dans 1 coin perdu de la campagne du sud ouest de la France ( à 28 kms de Toulouse exatement )
Một Cây bưởi trồng bên Pháp với nhiều trái to bằng cái đầu , trong 1 vường không to lắm . J'étais dans une famille Việt , amis de ma cousine .
Photo à classer dans : Simple pleasure
My late entry for eggs : Aujourd'hui , dimanche 24/04 , pour le repas de midi , j'ai appliqué la recette " son in law eggs " de Caro mais avec les oeufs de caille .
Merci Caro , tes recettes sont une source d'inspiration pour moi .
Oeuf de Caille sur galette de Cassava au curry .
Avec mes amitiés
KH
Friday, April 22, 2011
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] my late entries for EGGS
My dear twin BiTi, other pho' nho\ms en herbe, hoa si~, thi si~, art critic Mr. GQ, and Forum friends,
Last Tuesday, before I left for my trip to Nairobi, my twin asked me what I thought of Eggs as the theme for the week after, in celebration for the upcoming Easter.
I told her that it was a great idea; I also told her that I did not know what I could come up with for my entry, but in the worst case scenario, I had two full boxes of eggs in my fridge (stored for my kids, just in case Chuong got too tired of cooking for his little sister during my absence).
When I mentioned to my kids that I planned to take the easy approach by submitting a picture of the eggs in the boxes upon my return from my trip, Chuong told me that I should try to come up with something a bit more fun and creative, and suggested that I take a picture of a fried egg... with some bacon and sausages (!). To which, Mai Han excitedly volunteered that she would help me by decorating the egg with ketchup to make a face (!!!).
However it turned out that I did not need to be that creative, as Chance decided otherwise for me:
on the first day of the meeting that I attended, the organizers gave each participant a surprise gift. We were told to dip our hand into a big bag and fish out our surprise. So I dipped mine into the bag, and pulled out something quite heavy for its size. When I unwrapped it, I discovered to my delight, hidden in the middle of blue shredded paper, a Kenyan limestone brown egg.
Then earlier today, while waiting for my connecting flight in Amsterdam, I browsed this little museum shop at the airport. There they were, nestled in a basket, a whole bunch of colorful little wooden Russian eggs.
So here they are, the pictures of my eggs, the Kenyan one hidden in the little corner of a Nairobi garden, and the tiny Russian ones displayed on a plate that looked a little like a sunny side fried egg.
I love the entries submitted by my twin BiTi, CiTiTi, KL, TNS, Caro Nhu Hoa, Hien Lan, Thu Huong, Be' Lan. The photos and aquarelles are all beautiful, each one so distinctively artistic in its own way. I also love the colors that are captured in the photos.
And now that I am done with my entries, may I very gently remind the regular contributors who have not submitted ( ie, Trie^'t, Doug, Thua^\n, Caro TD, Khie^m and Lu*o*ng Hie^\n, Tra^\n Ha\ Tua^'n, Hi Du*c', Hy Hoa\, Trang, MInh Thuy', and last but not least........Ai' My~:-) ) to do so :-).
I can hardly wait to see your entries which I know will be as usual, special and beautiful.
I am not sure how our very romantic poets will come up with love poems about eggs (may be something like "sang' nay thu*c' day^,. nhin\ qua? tru"ng, anh nho*' de^'n khuo^n mat. em vo^ cung\" :-)) but, if you do feel inspired by the theme, please send in your poems too.
Happy Easter to all.
From Be^n Bo*\ So^ng
MC
Last Tuesday, before I left for my trip to Nairobi, my twin asked me what I thought of Eggs as the theme for the week after, in celebration for the upcoming Easter.
I told her that it was a great idea; I also told her that I did not know what I could come up with for my entry, but in the worst case scenario, I had two full boxes of eggs in my fridge (stored for my kids, just in case Chuong got too tired of cooking for his little sister during my absence).
When I mentioned to my kids that I planned to take the easy approach by submitting a picture of the eggs in the boxes upon my return from my trip, Chuong told me that I should try to come up with something a bit more fun and creative, and suggested that I take a picture of a fried egg... with some bacon and sausages (!). To which, Mai Han excitedly volunteered that she would help me by decorating the egg with ketchup to make a face (!!!).
However it turned out that I did not need to be that creative, as Chance decided otherwise for me:
on the first day of the meeting that I attended, the organizers gave each participant a surprise gift. We were told to dip our hand into a big bag and fish out our surprise. So I dipped mine into the bag, and pulled out something quite heavy for its size. When I unwrapped it, I discovered to my delight, hidden in the middle of blue shredded paper, a Kenyan limestone brown egg.
Then earlier today, while waiting for my connecting flight in Amsterdam, I browsed this little museum shop at the airport. There they were, nestled in a basket, a whole bunch of colorful little wooden Russian eggs.
So here they are, the pictures of my eggs, the Kenyan one hidden in the little corner of a Nairobi garden, and the tiny Russian ones displayed on a plate that looked a little like a sunny side fried egg.
I love the entries submitted by my twin BiTi, CiTiTi, KL, TNS, Caro Nhu Hoa, Hien Lan, Thu Huong, Be' Lan. The photos and aquarelles are all beautiful, each one so distinctively artistic in its own way. I also love the colors that are captured in the photos.
And now that I am done with my entries, may I very gently remind the regular contributors who have not submitted ( ie, Trie^'t, Doug, Thua^\n, Caro TD, Khie^m and Lu*o*ng Hie^\n, Tra^\n Ha\ Tua^'n, Hi Du*c', Hy Hoa\, Trang, MInh Thuy', and last but not least........Ai' My~:-) ) to do so :-).
I can hardly wait to see your entries which I know will be as usual, special and beautiful.
I am not sure how our very romantic poets will come up with love poems about eggs (may be something like "sang' nay thu*c' day^,. nhin\ qua? tru"ng, anh nho*' de^'n khuo^n mat. em vo^ cung\" :-)) but, if you do feel inspired by the theme, please send in your poems too.
Happy Easter to all.
From Be^n Bo*\ So^ng
MC
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] My entry for this week theme: Egg
Hi BT, BL, CTT, TNS, KL, Thg, Caro TD
Your entries are so interesting, I love the variety, different interpretations of the theme, the personal touch, the quirkiness... everything! Thg's paintings are always a delight, deceptively simple yet so expressive...
Here are my 3 entries - Hope you'll enjoy them
Caro
The first one was taken in the Barcelona market - there were all sorts of eggs, from ostrich, goose, duck, poultry, quail, you name it! It was just amazing
The second entry : Assorted egg shaped pumpkins, hand decorated with famous scenes from Chinese literature, from the Monkey King, to the Three Kingdom...
My last entry is one of my favorite snacks "Son in law Eggs" which I serve with a sauce made with tamarind juice, nuoc mam, fried shallots, crushed peanuts and lots of coriander... Just delicious! For large parties, you can make this dish with quail eggs too...
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Your entries are so interesting, I love the variety, different interpretations of the theme, the personal touch, the quirkiness... everything! Thg's paintings are always a delight, deceptively simple yet so expressive...
Here are my 3 entries - Hope you'll enjoy them
Caro
The first one was taken in the Barcelona market - there were all sorts of eggs, from ostrich, goose, duck, poultry, quail, you name it! It was just amazing
The second entry : Assorted egg shaped pumpkins, hand decorated with famous scenes from Chinese literature, from the Monkey King, to the Three Kingdom...
My last entry is one of my favorite snacks "Son in law Eggs" which I serve with a sauce made with tamarind juice, nuoc mam, fried shallots, crushed peanuts and lots of coriander... Just delicious! For large parties, you can make this dish with quail eggs too...
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Re: [MC74 and Friends] My entry for this week theme: Egg
Dear PNEH and friends,
I could not make up my mind to submit which one as "a monkey among us with an egg" entry.
Goi ca hai cho khoi thac mac. Just in case someone asks where is the easter egg, it is inside that egg-shaped thing. :=)
Happy Easter,
TNS
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] My entry for this week theme: Egg
Dear BT, MC, PNEH & Romantic MC Friends:
Hien-Khiem, BT & BeLan, your collages are just beautiful, much fun & show much beauty and grace of the whole MC group.
Hien-Khiem oi: now I realize that Texas is also a romantic place to be, it doesn't represent only "cows and cowboys" or "Don't mess with Texas"
BeLan, Montreux is just a heavenly place on earth! It's surely reflect the enlightenment of the inhabitant
BT, your second entry of the Digital DNA Egg is just a wonder to share with friends,
the last picture's a lot of fun, it's just makes me smile (the model's expression and the real egg-shaped face)
Dear TDCaro: I love so..so..so.. much your photo from the Barcelona Museum: I'm just in Awe!
CTT, the pigeon Egg shows so much tenderness in nature just as motherly love ( or your love with nature )
OMG! THuong, your paintings are so dreamy & just make us dwelling in heaven
Here are my colored eggs that I made this morning for this week's theme, hope that you like it
Wish you all inspired, saint & safe for the whole week to come!
Cheers from Liem
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] My entry for this week theme: Egg
Chers Amis PNEH ,
Ce matin je suis allée au poulailler pour ramasser les œufs …….
Et me suis preparée un bon petit dej J |
THg
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] My entry for this week theme: Egg
Dear PNEH and friends,
Here are my entries for this week's theme
- The first is called Perennial Easter :-)
This second one is The Palo Alto Digital DNA Egg - a seven feet sculpture downtown PA made of circuit boards. It's just a few blocks away from the famed HP garage and Facebook .
And this last one is called Doesn't she look like an Easter egg? :-)
Happy Easter !!!
BT
Here are my entries for this week's theme
- The first is called Perennial Easter :-)
This second one is The Palo Alto Digital DNA Egg - a seven feet sculpture downtown PA made of circuit boards. It's just a few blocks away from the famed HP garage and Facebook .
And this last one is called Doesn't she look like an Easter egg? :-)
Happy Easter !!!
BT
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Fw: [MC74 and Friends] New Theme - Egg
Dear CTT , BT, MC and friends…
Am I completely "HS" (hors sujet ) ?
When I read the new theme : anything egg-shaped,
I thought right away about the pink chair installed in the Garden of Montreux Palace and
this only during the jazz festival ! So I rushed to submit it with my all good intention !
(dun'g la méo mo' nghê' nghiep). For me the chair has an egg-shaped !This is up to you to judge.
Here I re-submit my entry : Egg shaped this time !Hope that the jury is generous.
Sorry, My rabbit looks a bit sad.
Enjoy sunny sunday,
BL
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] New Theme - Egg
Lan Dior,
Off -topic ! Even if your entries are very interesting
and so colourful ! .>) where is the ovoid shape ?
BiTi,
below is my entry, not a Fabergé, only a riquiqui
oeuf de Pâques ,made of polished horn ( corne ?)
CTT
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] New Theme - Egg
Dear BT, MC and friends,
As committed member I submit my entries for this week :
picture 1 : is the Egg Chair or Pink Chair in Montreux designed by Karim Rashid
pictures 2-3-4 : Egg Lamps in Singapore (even it is not really egg shape but I like the concept and the design)
BT, thank you for your devotion to the Blog, no matter how much we repeat, it's never enough !
Have a nice weekend everyone,
BL
As committed member I submit my entries for this week :
picture 1 : is the Egg Chair or Pink Chair in Montreux designed by Karim Rashid
pictures 2-3-4 : Egg Lamps in Singapore (even it is not really egg shape but I like the concept and the design)
BT, thank you for your devotion to the Blog, no matter how much we repeat, it's never enough !
Have a nice weekend everyone,
BL
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Fw: [MC74 and Friends] MC74 And Friends : MY ULTIMATE ENTRY FOR THE THEME " ATTITUDE"
As all my entries on the latter theme have been
deemed unacceptable by a very severe jury,
I dare resubmit an ultimate time,hoping they like
this picture and that suits their tastes.
I swear on my own head that I took the pic myself,
with MY camera, on a beautiful day last fall.
MY model was completely consenting.
" Xà Neo Attitude"
CTT
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