jueves, 31 de marzo de 2011

PASTEL DE ZANAHORIA - FOTOGRAFIA

PASO A PASO - PASTEL DE ZANAHORIA - FOTOGRAFIA
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ZANAHORIA PICADA COCO Y PASAS






MESCLA PIñA Y NUEZ AL GUSTO

LATA DE PIñA PICADITA

BOSOROLA DE LA PIEL DE ZANAHORIA

miércoles, 30 de marzo de 2011

Pastel de zanahoria,receta

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Nanny Scherer

Pastel de Zanahorias

Ingredientes:

1 lata (250 gramos) piña picada

2 tazas de harina

2 cucharaditas polvo de hornear

1 ½ cucharaditas bicarbonato

2 cucharaditas canela en polvo

1 cucharadita de sal

2 tazas azúcar

1 ½ tazas aceite

4 huevos

2 tazas de zanahorias finamente ralladas

½ taza coco rallado,

nueces o pasas al gusto.


Preparación:

Cernir la harina, polvo de hornear, canela, sal y el bicarbonato y tenerlos listos. Batir a mediana velocidad , el aceite con el azúcar agrege poco a poco los huevos, batir bien por 5 minutos. Agregar las zanahorias (ralladas), la piña (bien escurrida), y el coco. Vertir al molde previamente engrazado y enharinado. Hornear a 350ºC por 45 minutos.

Sacar, dejar reposar 10 minutos y voltear.

Enfriar bien para luego decorarlo.

Decoración:

Lustre de Queso Crema

240 gr. (8 oz.) 1caja de queso crema estilo Philadelphia.

115 gr. (4 oz.) 2 cdas. Mantequilla

350 gr. (2 tazas) ¾ taza azúcar en polvo

1 cta. vainilla

1 cucharadita de ralladura de cáscara de limón.

O puede sustituirlo por 5 a 10 gotas de jugo de limón.


En la batidora:

Cremar la mantequilla y queso, agregar poco a poco el azúcar y la ralladura de limón y decore el panqué a su gusto.

Da para 12 personas en dos modes de 9", redondos

domingo, 27 de marzo de 2011

Carrot Cake from Scratch


Lear to Make Carrot Cake from Scratch


Carrot Cake

Ingredients

1 can (250 grams) of shredded pineapple
2 cups of all purpose flour
2 teaspoon of baking powder  
1 ½ teaspoon of baking soda
2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoons of salt
2 cups of sugar
1 ½ cup of oil
4 Eggs
2 cups of finely shredded carrots
½ cup of shredded coconut,
Pecans or Raisins to the taste.


Preparation:

Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda and have them ready. In a medium Speedy mixer add oil, sugar and one by one add the eggs. Mix good for about 5 minutes.
Add the shredded carrots, the drained pineapple and shredded coconut. Pour to mold previously buttered and covered with flour.
Cook in oven at 350º for 45 minutes.
Bring out, and let cool for 10 minutes and turn.
Let it cool completely to then decorate.

Decoration:

Cream cheese cream

240 grams. (8 oz.) 1box of Philadelphia cream cheese.
115 grams. (4 oz.) 2 Tbsp. Butter
350 grams. (2 cups) ¾ cup of powder sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon of shredded lemon peel.
Or you can substitute for 5 to 10 drops of lemon juice.


In Blender:

Blend butter and cream cheese, add sugar little by little, vanilla and the lemon Peel and decorate to your taste.

Recipe enough for about 12 person using 2- 9" round cake pans.


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domingo, 20 de marzo de 2011

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viernes, 11 de marzo de 2011

¿Por que en los cumpleaños soplamos las velas?




En muchos países es costumbre, cuando se celebra un cumpleaños o un aniversario, poner velas en la tarta y soplarlas.
Sobre el comienzo de esta costumbre hay varias versiones, una de ellas dice que proviene de los griegos.
En Grecia tenían la costumbre de ofrecer dulces redondos a la diosa de la luna representando su ciclo completo.
Sobre estos dulces se colocaban velas que los adeptos soplaban para que el humo ascendiera hasta la diosa.
Esta costumbre, al igual que muchas otras, se a extinguido a otros países.
La leyenda también dice que si a la vez que se soplaban las velas se pedía un deseo este podía cumplirse.No se si esto ultimo será cierto, la verdad es que ya que soplamos las velas cuesta poco pedir un deseo, por si acaso.



Curiosidades

Tomado de:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumplea%C3%B1os#Curiosidades
La
costumbre de rodear la tarta de velas viene de la antigüedad. El círculo de velas formaba parte de un ritual que protegía al homenajeado de los malos espíritus durante un año. Esto causó durante años que la Iglesia Católica considerase que la celebración del cumpleaños era un rito pagano. Fue hasta el siglo IV d. C. cuando se empezó a difundir la fiesta de la Navidad como cumpleaños de Cristo, el 25 de diciembre en occidente y el 6 de enero en oriente. Esto hizo que, con el tiempo, también los cristianos festejaran sus propios cumpleaños uniendose al de su Salvador (restos de este sentido cristiano del cumpleaños queda en una antigua tradición alemana que ponía en las tortas de cumpleaños la cantidad de velas que correspondían a la cantidad de años del cumpleañero más una vela grande que era la "luz de la vida" o la "luz de Cristo").
Los griegos creían que toda persona tenía un espíritu protector, o daemon, que estaba presente el día de su nacimiento y cuidaba de ellos durante su vida. Este espíritu tenía una relación mística con el dios en cuyo día de cumpleaños la persona nacía. Los romanos también aceptaban esta idea... La costumbre de los pasteles (tortas) con velas encendidas comenzó con los griegos; se ponían sobre los altares del templo de Artemis pasteles redondos como la luna, hechos con miel, que tenían cirios encendidos. La creencia folklórica es que las velas de cumpleaños están dotadas de magia especial para conceder deseos. De modo que las velas de cumpleaños rinden honra y tributo a la criatura que celebre su cumpleaños y le traen buena suerte. Los saludos de cumpleaños y las felicitaciones son parte intrínseca de esta fiesta, originalmente la idea estaba arraigada en la magia.
Los saludos de cumpleaños tienen poder para bien o para mal porque en este día uno está más cerca del mundo de los espíritus. (The Lore of Birthdays, New York, 1952, Ralph y Adelin Linton, pag. 8,18-20)
Algunas personas omiten este acontecimiento, debido principalmente a razones de orden religiosa (como por ejemplo los
Testigos de Jehová, que lo consideran como un rito de origenpagano).
Los
Hobbits, del legendarium de J. R. R. Tolkien, acostumbran dar regalos en vez de recibirlos, normalmente estos regalos eran rotados de tanto en tanto, siendo costumbre denominarlos objetos exclusivamente para este fin.

domingo, 6 de marzo de 2011

Patrick’s Day vocabulary in Spanish




















Here is Saint Patrick’s Day vocabulary in Spanish:
Bagpipes (Irish uilleann pipes bag) – La gaita irlandesaClover -el trébol


Corn beef and cabbage – Carne acecinada y repollo (cabbage). Please don’t confuse acecinada with asesinada which means assassinated. Acecinar means to salt meat, dry it and then smoke it.



Emerald green – verde esmeralda

Emerald Isle –

IrlandaGold –

oro (metal), dorado (color)Green –

verdeIreland –

IrlandaIrishman –

irlndésIrish woman –
irlandesaLegend –



la leyendaLeprechaun –



duende or gnonoLucky –




afortunado, suertudoMarch –

marzoParade –

el desfilePatrick –

PatricioPot of gold –








La olla or perol de oroRainbow –

el arco irisSaint –
el santoSt. Paddy’s Day –

el día de San PatricioSt. Patrick –
San PatricioSnake –
la serpienteshamrock –


el trébolwalking stick -bastónWish –



el deseo.



Pedir un deseo is to make a wish

El dia de san patricio en America Latina






El dia de San Patricio en America Latina


Guide to Costa Rican Spanish
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Saint Patrick’s Day in Latin America
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Saint Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day that celebrates the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17 of March.
Legend has it that St. Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland for, among other things, raising the dead and driving snakes out of Ireland.


In the United States, drinking has been the way of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day since it originally began. The excuse for drinking came from a rumor that Saint Patrick brought the art of distillery to Ireland.
The shamrock became a symbol of the celebration because it is said that the Saint used it to explain the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Ghost or Spirit) as he converted the Irish to Christianity.
Saint Partick’s day is celebrated in many places in Latin America including Costa Rica. There is a usually some type of Saint Patrick’s Day celebration at any of the local bars where Americans hang out.
You will be surprised to know that there have been many prominent Latin Americans of Irish descent.


Probably the most famous was Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842). O’Higgins was a South American independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. O’Higgins was granted dictatorial powers as Supreme Director of the country on February 16, 1817 and on February 12, 1818,


Chile was proclaimed its independent republic through the Chilean Declaration of Independence. For six years, O’Higgins was a largely successful leader, and his government initially functioned well. In time, however, he began to alienate important political factions. Eventually he was deposed in 1823 due to a growing opposition. O’Higgins lived in exile for the rest of his life.
O’Higgins is widely commemorated today, both in Chile and beyond. The Chilean village of Villa O’Higgins was named in his honor. The main thoroughfare of the Chilean capital, Santiago, is Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins. There is even a plaque in his honor in Merrion Square in Dublin.
Anther famous Latino of Irish ancestry, some of you will remember, was Antonio Rodolfo Quinn. Most people know this late actor by the name of Anthony Quinn. One of his most famous roles was that of Eufemio, Emiliano Zapata’s brother, in the movie classic “Viva Zapata!” starring Marlon Brando. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck.



A notable arm of the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War was the The Saint Patrick’s Battalion (Batallón de San Patricio). It was a group of around several hundred immigrants of European descent (made up primarily of ethnic Irish and German Catholic immigrants), who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States U.S. in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. Most of the battalion’s members were deserters from the U.S. Army. The majority of these men were immigrants who had arrived at northeastern U.S. ports, as part of the Irish diaspora to escape the Irish Potato Famine and extremely poor economic conditions in Ireland. Therefore, many chose military service because other jobs were not available to them.


Considered traitors at home there are several theories as to why the immigrants fought for Mexico.


First, the Mexican government offered incentives to foreigners who would enlist in its army: it granted them citizenship, paid higher wages than the US Army and gave generous land grants. Others say it was due to the mistreatment of immigrants by their Anglo-protestant officers and prejudice in the military. Some historians believed a primary motivation was the Catholic religion they shared with the Mexicans and sympathy for the Mexican cause, likely based on similarities between the situations in Mexico and Ireland.


For many Mexicans The Saint Patrick’s Batallion is still fondly remembered and its members considered heroes.
Mexicans hold the Irish in very high regard.




Did you know that St. Patrick is the patron saint of many towns in Mexico? The three joined towns of Melaque, Villa Obregon, and San Patricio celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Fiesta del Torros. The festivities include rodeo events, bullfights, parades, folk dancing, and fireworks.

St. Patrick's Day: Facts and Legends




St. Patrick's Day: Facts and Legends
Tuesday , March 17, 2009



To mark St Patrick's Day, Faith Central has compiled 10 celebratory tidbits, some myth, some fact, on the Patron Saint of the Irish.
1. The potato crop was traditionally planted in Ireland after March 17
2. Blue not green is the color originally associated with St Patrick. “St Patrick’s Blue” is used on Ireland's Presidential Standard or flag, while the Irish Guards sport a plume of St Patrick’s blue in their bearskins. The emphasis on green is thought to be linked to “wearing the Green”, a symbol from the 18th century on, of sympathy with Irish independence.
3. St Patrick is patron of fishermen in the Loire, where a legend associates him with a blackthorn bush. The saint is said to have slept beneath it, and when he awoke the next day, Christmas, the bush flowered, and was said to have continued to do so every Christmas until its destruction during the First World War.
4. A regiment of the Mexican army in the 1846 -8 War between Mexico and America was named after St Patrick. Members of the Batellón de San Patricio included Afro-Americans freshly liberated from the slave plantations of the South, and the soldiers were granted Mexican citizenship afterwards.
5. The first St Patrick’s Day parade took place in 1737 in Boston, followed in 1762 by New York. George Washington allowed his soldiers a holiday on March 17, 1780 as “an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence.”
6. Until the 1970’s, all pubs were shut in Ireland on St Patrick’s Day, and the sole venue selling drink the annual dog show. Lenten fasting – and the obligation to abstain from meat – were lifted on the day, which most families would begin with Mass.
7. St Patrick’s Day is a public holiday in Ireland and also in Monserrat "the Emerald Isle of the Carribean,” so called because it was settled in 1633 by Irish migrants from St Kitts.
8. According to legend, on the day of Judgement, while Christ judges all other nations, St Patrick will be the judge of the Irish.
9. Since 1962, tons of green dye are tipped on St Patrick’s Day into the Chicago river, although the quantity has reduced, for environmental reasons, from 100 to 40.
10. Should you wish to carry on celebrating St Patrick after March 17, in the United States, you might visit the four Shamrocks in the USA including Mount Gay-Shamrock, W.Va or the nine cities named Dublin, including Dublin, Ohio (the largest Dublin in the U.S.) and Dublin, Georgia.