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Prosecco!
Posted on Samstag, November 15, 2008 at 10:45 PM by Reka
Eduard and I took four days off to travel around the Prosecco area of Italy, in the province of Treviso. The first three days consisted of patches of gray surrounded by rain, but I managed to take a few pictures anyway, which I have added to my gallery starting here.
The Prosecco region is named after one of its most important products, a white wine made in three styles - regular, spumante (sparkling) and frizzante (semi-sparkling). The Treviso area is also well-known for its many varieties of radicchio. We had a hard time of it with all the good food and wine, but fought our way valiantly through every meal. ;-) We ended up coming home with over 25 bottles of Prosecco (from 3.50-15 euros) and a desire to go back again.
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My new "toy"
Posted on Sonntag, September 28, 2008 at 6:19 PM by Reka
We have always had a good bakery in Margreid. Real handmade bread. Now the son of the family has taken over and had to rebuild the old bakery to keep up with code. Unfortunately, the quality of the bread has suffered, not to mention the fact that he makes so little bread that it is all sold out by 10am.
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When visiting a friend, she mentioned she had a bread maker. I
scoffed at the idea, but she had a loaf just finishing up and gave
it to me as I left. I was surprised at the quality of the bread
and started looking into buying one. I ended up with this Moulinex.
I put in the liquids, then the dry ingredients, and finally, the
yeast. Then bread baking starts after pressing at least one
button. The machine mixes, lets the bread rise, kneads and bakes.
The heating is so optimal that it only takes half the
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yeast of a regular recipe. Most breads take about 3 hours from start to finish, but there is also a "quick" program with more yeast which takes only about an hour and twenty minutes. And any program can be scheduled to start later, for example, just in time to give you a warm slice of bread for breakfast!
There are many ready-made mixes to be had, and most regular recipes can be adapted. You can even bake quick breads like banana nut bread or cook jam in it! And there is a program for making only the dough and baking it in any shape you like in your own oven. I still enjoy the therapy of kneading yeast dough, but it is great for everyday use when I have other things to do. And for days when I can't make it to the bakery by 10 o'clock!
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Ahhh! Feels like home!
Posted on Dienstag, September 09, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Reka
I was shopping for the week at a new supermarket - you know, where you have to go up and down *every* aisle to find the things you need - when, tired from searching, my eyes fell upon something that made me stop dead in my tracks. A blue box, a splash of milk...OREOS!!! Here in Bozen??? I snatched up a box and threw it in the cart. Matthäus asked, "What are those?". I answered in an enthralled voice, "Oreos!". He gave me a sidelong glance, and we continued shopping.
When we got home, I rifled through the bags for that blue box and ripped it open. Matthäus curiously took the foil package from the inside, opened it, and bit into a cookie. "No!", I said, "That's not the way to eat Oreos!!" And screwed one apart for myself, teething the sugary white insides out and munching into the cookie top. Ahhh! I was never particularly fond of Oreos, but some things just feel like home away from home...
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