Party Mix, para a festa de fim de ano.
31.12.08
30.12.08
29.12.08
Bom apetite !
Como é que querem os vossos ovos? Apetece-vos ovos cozidos, estrelados, escalfados, mexidos?
Ou perderam o apetite ???
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Not really about Humpty Dumpty, but they are roundish too, they appear in Alice too, they are twins and there is a Dylan song, Tweedledum and Tweedledee:
Illustration by John Tenniel
They were standing under a tree, each with an arm round the other's neck, and Alice knew which was which in a moment, because one of them had 'DUM' embroidered on his collar, and the other 'DEE.' 'I suppose they've each got "TWEEDLE" round at the back of the collar,' she said to herself.
They stood so still that she quite forgot they were alive, and she was just looking round to see if the word "TWEEDLE" was written at the back of each collar, when she was startled by a voice coming from the one marked 'DUM.'
'If you think we're wax-works,' he said, 'you ought to pay, you know. Wax-works weren't made to be looked at for nothing, nohow!'
'Contrariwise,' added the one marked 'DEE,' 'if you think we're alive, you ought to speak.'
'I'm sure I'm very sorry,' was all Alice could say; for the words of the old song kept ringing through her head like the ticking of a clock, and she could hardly help saying them out loud:—
'Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.'
'I know what you're thinking about,' said Tweedledum: 'but it isn't so, nohow.'
'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll
They stood so still that she quite forgot they were alive, and she was just looking round to see if the word "TWEEDLE" was written at the back of each collar, when she was startled by a voice coming from the one marked 'DUM.'
'If you think we're wax-works,' he said, 'you ought to pay, you know. Wax-works weren't made to be looked at for nothing, nohow!'
'Contrariwise,' added the one marked 'DEE,' 'if you think we're alive, you ought to speak.'
'I'm sure I'm very sorry,' was all Alice could say; for the words of the old song kept ringing through her head like the ticking of a clock, and she could hardly help saying them out loud:—
'Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.'
'I know what you're thinking about,' said Tweedledum: 'but it isn't so, nohow.'
'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll
Disney's Alice:
Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee
They're throwing knives into the tree
Two big bags of dead man's bones
Got their noses to the grindstones
Living in the Land of Nod
Trustin' their fate to the Hands of God
They pass by so silently
Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee
Well, they're going to the country, they're gonna retire
They're taking a streetcar named Desire
Looking in the window at the pecan pie
Lot of things they'd like they would never buy
Neither one gonna turn and run
They're making a voyage to the sun
"His Master's voice is calling me,"
Says Tweedle-dee Dum to Tweedle-dee Dee
Tweedle-dee Dee and Tweedle-dee Dum
All that and more and then some
They walk among the stately trees
They know the secrets of the breeze
Tweedle-dee Dum said to Tweedle-dee Dee
"Your presence is obnoxious to me."
They're like babies sittin' on a woman's knee
Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee
Well, the rain beating down on my windowpane
I got love for you and it's all in vain
Brains in the pot, they're beginning to boil
They're dripping with garlic and olive oil
Tweedle-dee Dee - he's on his hands and his knees
Saying, "Throw me somethin', Mister, please."
"What's good for you is good for me,"
Says Tweedle-dee Dum to Tweedle-dee Dee
Well, they're living in a happy harmony
Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee
They're one day older and a dollar short
They've got a parade permit and a police escort
They're lying low and they're makin' hay
They seem determined to go all the way
They run a brick and tile company
Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee
Well a childish dream is a deathless need
And a noble truth is a sacred creed
My pretty baby, she's lookin' around
She's wearin' a multi-thousand dollar gown
Tweedle-dee Dee is a lowdown, sorry old man
Tweedle-dee Dum, he'll stab you where you stand
"I've had too much of your company,"
Says, Tweedle-dee Dum to Tweedle-dee Dee
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, by Bob Dylan
28.12.08
Ratovo
Optical Egg Mouse:
Features
Perfect in size, design, and control, Elecom presents M-EGUR, the new Optical Egg Mouse. It is available in 6 different colorful outfits with a smooth surface. The egg-shape body gives it a unique look. It fits perfectly in the palm with a comfortable contact. The scrolling wheel has a fluid spin for easy control and timing. The body size is small and compact for the portable purpose. M-EGUR adds a new look to the desktop. Available only in Japan.
Specifications
Corresponding type: Windows Vista / XP(SP2) / 2000 (SP4) Interface: USB Resolution: 1000 counts External size: W65.0 x D86.5 x H46.0 mm Cable length: 1.5m Mass: 80g
Features
Perfect in size, design, and control, Elecom presents M-EGUR, the new Optical Egg Mouse. It is available in 6 different colorful outfits with a smooth surface. The egg-shape body gives it a unique look. It fits perfectly in the palm with a comfortable contact. The scrolling wheel has a fluid spin for easy control and timing. The body size is small and compact for the portable purpose. M-EGUR adds a new look to the desktop. Available only in Japan.
Specifications
Corresponding type: Windows Vista / XP(SP2) / 2000 (SP4) Interface: USB Resolution: 1000 counts External size: W65.0 x D86.5 x H46.0 mm Cable length: 1.5m Mass: 80g
Cinquentona jeitosa
The Egg Chair
Designer: Arne Jacobsen
Date: 1958
Country: Denmark
Materials: Steel frame. Fabric cover.
Style/Tradition : Modernist
Dimensions: 87 cm x 79 (95) cm x 107 cm
Colours: originally red, now variable
Designer: Arne Jacobsen
Date: 1958
Country: Denmark
Materials: Steel frame. Fabric cover.
Style/Tradition : Modernist
Dimensions: 87 cm x 79 (95) cm x 107 cm
Colours: originally red, now variable
PRESS RELEASE, from www.fritzhansen.com
THE GOLDEN EGG
The world famous Egg chair designed by Danish Architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 and manufactured by Fritz Hansen will launch its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with 999 limited edition designs.
The limited edition collection will for the first time include chocolate brown suede on the back and dark chocolate brown leather on the front. The sophisticated combination of leather and suede is perfectly com-plimented with a base in solid bronze; hand polished to create a unique finish. The bronze base will darken in appearance, becoming more beautiful over time.
Each of the 999 Eggs will be individually engraved, under the seat cushion, with a unique number and a brief text about the history and origin of the Egg chair design. A special, limited edition 50th anniversary book will also accompany the chair.
THE GOLDEN EGG
The world famous Egg chair designed by Danish Architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 and manufactured by Fritz Hansen will launch its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with 999 limited edition designs.
The limited edition collection will for the first time include chocolate brown suede on the back and dark chocolate brown leather on the front. The sophisticated combination of leather and suede is perfectly com-plimented with a base in solid bronze; hand polished to create a unique finish. The bronze base will darken in appearance, becoming more beautiful over time.
Each of the 999 Eggs will be individually engraved, under the seat cushion, with a unique number and a brief text about the history and origin of the Egg chair design. A special, limited edition 50th anniversary book will also accompany the chair.
See also:
The Egg Chair, A community resource site dedicated to Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chairs by Fritz Hansen.
The Egg Chair, A community resource site dedicated to Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chairs by Fritz Hansen.
It’s an egg’s life !
Eggs (2006):
Created by: Dane Boedigheimer
Plot: A carton of eggs find out that life isn't all it's cracked up to be!
Plot: A carton of eggs find out that life isn't all it's cracked up to be!
27.12.08
26.12.08
25.12.08
Christmas Eggnog
Christmas Eggnog
12 egg yolks
5 cloves, whole
4 cups milk
4 cups cream
3 cups light rum
1+ ¾ cups sugar
2+ ½ teaspoons vanilla essence
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
¾ teaspoon nutmeg, ground
In a saucepan over low heat, blend the milk, cinnamon, cloves and half a teaspoon of the vanilla essence.
Keep stirring while mixture heats, and remove from heat just before boiling point.
In a bowl, mix together the sugar with all those egg yolks.
Make sure you whisk them well so that they're light and fluffy.
Gently and a little at a time, pour in the milk mixture while continuing to whisk.
Transfer mixture back into your saucepan over a medium heat while continuing to stir.
Keep stirring until your eggnog mixture starts to resemble custard.
Never let the mixture to reach boiling point!!
Pour and strain the mixture into a jug, making sure to remove the cloves.
Stand jug in the fridge for an hour or two.
Gently stir in the cream, light rum, remaining vanilla and ground nutmeg.
Put back into the fridge overnight.
Serve in cups with a little extra ground nutmeg, cinnamon or baking cocoa sprinkled lightly on top.
Serves: 8.
12 egg yolks
5 cloves, whole
4 cups milk
4 cups cream
3 cups light rum
1+ ¾ cups sugar
2+ ½ teaspoons vanilla essence
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
¾ teaspoon nutmeg, ground
In a saucepan over low heat, blend the milk, cinnamon, cloves and half a teaspoon of the vanilla essence.
Keep stirring while mixture heats, and remove from heat just before boiling point.
In a bowl, mix together the sugar with all those egg yolks.
Make sure you whisk them well so that they're light and fluffy.
Gently and a little at a time, pour in the milk mixture while continuing to whisk.
Transfer mixture back into your saucepan over a medium heat while continuing to stir.
Keep stirring until your eggnog mixture starts to resemble custard.
Never let the mixture to reach boiling point!!
Pour and strain the mixture into a jug, making sure to remove the cloves.
Stand jug in the fridge for an hour or two.
Gently stir in the cream, light rum, remaining vanilla and ground nutmeg.
Put back into the fridge overnight.
Serve in cups with a little extra ground nutmeg, cinnamon or baking cocoa sprinkled lightly on top.
Serves: 8.
24.12.08
23.12.08
22.12.08
The Autochef
Gromit likes them scrambled, but Wallace prefers them fried. Watch here how the Autochef cooks them. More cracking contraptions at Aardman Channel and screenshots here.
I think it is safer to boil them. The egg cups can be bought here.
The Humpty Dumpty Love Song
Travis - The Humpty Dumpty Love Song:
All of the king's horses
And all of the king's men
Couldn't pull my heart
Back together again
All of the physicians
And mathematicians too
Failed to stop my heart
From breaking in two
'Cause all I need is you
I just need you
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
I had a premonition
A movie in my mind
Confirming my suspicions
Of what I would find
It followed me to L.A.
Down to Mexico
Came in through the back door
At the start of the show
Still all I need is you
I just need you
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
It was a perfect day
In a perfect way
You know, something had to go
You left me high, you left me low
Now, as I lie in pieces
I wait for your return
The sun upon my forehead
It burns, baby, burns, baby, burns
An eye on all my horses
You've slept with all my men
I'm never gonna get it
Together again
Still all I need is you
I just need you
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
Yeah, you got the glue
There's nothing I can do
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
Travis, The Humpty Dumpty Love Song
And all of the king's men
Couldn't pull my heart
Back together again
All of the physicians
And mathematicians too
Failed to stop my heart
From breaking in two
'Cause all I need is you
I just need you
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
I had a premonition
A movie in my mind
Confirming my suspicions
Of what I would find
It followed me to L.A.
Down to Mexico
Came in through the back door
At the start of the show
Still all I need is you
I just need you
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
It was a perfect day
In a perfect way
You know, something had to go
You left me high, you left me low
Now, as I lie in pieces
I wait for your return
The sun upon my forehead
It burns, baby, burns, baby, burns
An eye on all my horses
You've slept with all my men
I'm never gonna get it
Together again
Still all I need is you
I just need you
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
Yeah, you got the glue
There's nothing I can do
Yeah, you got the glue
So I'm gonna give my heart to you
Travis, The Humpty Dumpty Love Song
21.12.08
La Poule aux Œufs d'Or
L'avarice perd tout en voulant tout gagner.
Je ne veux, pour le témoigner,
Que celui dont la Poule, à ce que dit la Fable,
Pondait tous les jours un œuf d'or.
Il crut que dans son corps elle avait un trésor.
Il la tua, l'ouvrit, et la trouva semblable
A celles dont les œufs ne lui rapportaient rien,
S'étant lui-même ôté le plus beau de son bien.
Belle leçon pour les gens chiches :
Pendant ces derniers temps, combien en a-t-on vus
Qui du soir au matin sont pauvres devenus
Pour vouloir trop tôt être riches ?
Je ne veux, pour le témoigner,
Que celui dont la Poule, à ce que dit la Fable,
Pondait tous les jours un œuf d'or.
Il crut que dans son corps elle avait un trésor.
Il la tua, l'ouvrit, et la trouva semblable
A celles dont les œufs ne lui rapportaient rien,
S'étant lui-même ôté le plus beau de son bien.
Belle leçon pour les gens chiches :
Pendant ces derniers temps, combien en a-t-on vus
Qui du soir au matin sont pauvres devenus
Pour vouloir trop tôt être riches ?
Jean de La Fontaine - wiki
La Fontaine - Gutenberg
Musée Jean de La Fontaine
Site de La Fontaine, illustré par Willy Aractingi
Jean de La Fontaine, par la famille Vidaud
Fables of Jean De La Fontaine, Aesop's Fables
La Fontaine - Gutenberg
Musée Jean de La Fontaine
Site de La Fontaine, illustré par Willy Aractingi
Jean de La Fontaine, par la famille Vidaud
Fables of Jean De La Fontaine, Aesop's Fables
Dino Dads
You can call it dino daddy day care. Scientists who examined the fossilized remains of three types of medium-sized dinosaurs found with large clutches of eggs have concluded that the males rather than the females seem to have guarded the nests and brooded the eggs.
From Daddy day care: dinosaur fathers guarded the eggs, Reuters
From Daddy day care: dinosaur fathers guarded the eggs, Reuters
More:
Dinosaurs Were Dutiful Dads, Scientific American
Dinosaur Dads Played "Mr. Mom"?, National Geographic News
Dinosaur day care dads, Science News
Dinosaurs made good dads, The Great Beyond, Nature
Dinosaurs Were Dutiful Dads, Scientific American
Dinosaur Dads Played "Mr. Mom"?, National Geographic News
Dinosaur day care dads, Science News
Dinosaurs made good dads, The Great Beyond, Nature
Humpty Dumpty's travels
Of the travels of Humpty-Dumpty much could be said; he went East, West, North and South; he sailed the seas, he walked and rode on the land through all the Countries of the Earth, and all his life long he was happy and content.
From Denslow's Humpty Dumpty.
From Denslow's Humpty Dumpty.
20.12.08
Humpty Dumpty and Alice
Illustration by John Tenniel
'Why do you sit out here all alone?' said Alice, not wishing to begin an argument.
'Why, because there's nobody with me!' cried Humpty Dumpty. 'Did you think I didn't know the answer to THAT? Ask another.'
'Don't you think you'd be safer down on the ground?' Alice went on, not with any idea of making another riddle, but simply in her good-natured anxiety for the queer creature. 'That wall is so VERY narrow!'
'What tremendously easy riddles you ask!' Humpty Dumpty growled out. 'Of course I don't think so! Why, if ever I DID fall off — which there's no chance of — but IF I did —' Here he pursed his lips and looked so solemn and grand that Alice could hardly help laughing. 'IF I did fall,' he went on, 'THE KING HAS PROMISED ME — WITH HIS VERY OWN MOUTH — to — to —'
'To send all his horses and all his men,' Alice interrupted, rather unwisely.
Through the Looking-Glass, by Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll (there's also the great The Annotated Alice, by Martin Gardner)
'Why, because there's nobody with me!' cried Humpty Dumpty. 'Did you think I didn't know the answer to THAT? Ask another.'
'Don't you think you'd be safer down on the ground?' Alice went on, not with any idea of making another riddle, but simply in her good-natured anxiety for the queer creature. 'That wall is so VERY narrow!'
'What tremendously easy riddles you ask!' Humpty Dumpty growled out. 'Of course I don't think so! Why, if ever I DID fall off — which there's no chance of — but IF I did —' Here he pursed his lips and looked so solemn and grand that Alice could hardly help laughing. 'IF I did fall,' he went on, 'THE KING HAS PROMISED ME — WITH HIS VERY OWN MOUTH — to — to —'
'To send all his horses and all his men,' Alice interrupted, rather unwisely.
Through the Looking-Glass, by Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll (there's also the great The Annotated Alice, by Martin Gardner)
19.12.08
Egg Nobel ?
Eggs can explain the Universe...
The Boiling Eggs Principle : The Boiling Eggs Principle that Strephon demonstrates here is an extraordinarily effective principle of how the cosmos functions, both in the kitchen boiling eggs and in the half million solar galaxies of the universe.
This is also Strephon Kaplan-Williams' special submission for the 2009 Ig Nobel awards, now an international event.
This is also Strephon Kaplan-Williams' special submission for the 2009 Ig Nobel awards, now an international event.
Humpty Dumpty
Here's Humpty Dumpty, a very well-known English riddle:
Illustration from the wonderful Denslow's Mother Goose
HUMPTY-DUMPTY was a smooth, round little chap, with a winning smile, and a great golden heart in his broad breast.
Only one thing troubled Humpty, and that was, that he might fall and crack his thin, white skin; he wished to be hard, all the way through, for he felt his heart wabble when he walked, or ran about, so off he went to the Black Hen for advice.
This Hen was kind and wise, so she was just the one, for him to go to with his trouble.
“Your father, Old Humpty,” said the Hen, “was very foolish, and would take warning from no one; you know what the poet said of him:
‘Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king’s horses, and all the king’s men
Cannot put Humpty-Dumpty together again.’
“So you see, he came to a very bad end, just because he was reckless, and would not take a hint from any one, he was much worse than a scrambled egg; the king, his horses and his men, did all they could for him, but his case was hopeless,” and the Hen shook her head sadly.
Denslow's Humpty Dumpty, by W. W. Denslow
Only one thing troubled Humpty, and that was, that he might fall and crack his thin, white skin; he wished to be hard, all the way through, for he felt his heart wabble when he walked, or ran about, so off he went to the Black Hen for advice.
This Hen was kind and wise, so she was just the one, for him to go to with his trouble.
“Your father, Old Humpty,” said the Hen, “was very foolish, and would take warning from no one; you know what the poet said of him:
‘Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king’s horses, and all the king’s men
Cannot put Humpty-Dumpty together again.’
“So you see, he came to a very bad end, just because he was reckless, and would not take a hint from any one, he was much worse than a scrambled egg; the king, his horses and his men, did all they could for him, but his case was hopeless,” and the Hen shook her head sadly.
Denslow's Humpty Dumpty, by W. W. Denslow
18.12.08
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Buy this pan here.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
Se o Ovo era de Colombo, de quem era a Omeleta?
Em 1492, a despique com os já típicos desmancha-prazeres que tentavam desvalorizar a sua descoberta do Novo Mundo, Cristovão Colombo rachou o ovo e tornou-o, proverbialmente, seu.
Em 1872, no sopé do místico Mont Saint Michel, Mère Poulard partiu o ovo e inventou a omeleta.
A famosa omeleta de Mère Poulard, era o consolador ex-libris do “L' Auberge Tête D' Or”, por ela fundado.
A receita engorda, até aos dias de hoje, o misticismo do rochedo normando. Estará o segredo no separar a gema da clara, ou no adicionar de creme de leite fresco?
Talvez nas palavras da própria: "Nada como o calor da lenha queimada".
Em 1872, no sopé do místico Mont Saint Michel, Mère Poulard partiu o ovo e inventou a omeleta.
A famosa omeleta de Mère Poulard, era o consolador ex-libris do “L' Auberge Tête D' Or”, por ela fundado.
A receita engorda, até aos dias de hoje, o misticismo do rochedo normando. Estará o segredo no separar a gema da clara, ou no adicionar de creme de leite fresco?
Talvez nas palavras da própria: "Nada como o calor da lenha queimada".
A "quadratura" do ovo
Se está farto de ovos tradicionais "No princípio era o ovo" tem a solução: ovos cúbicos!
Enquanto as galinhas não decidem pôr ovos cúbicos tem ao seu alcance o magnífico Egg Cuber que permite transformar um tradicional e monótono ovo cozido num fascinante ovo cúbico, fácil de empilhar e armazenar.
17.12.08
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