Last Wednesday was November 11th. Here, in France, this is a national holiday, when we remember and commemorate the soldiers who died during the Great War (how could anyone call it that?) in other words, WW1.
During lunch in Montuel, Brigitte, one of Thierry's sisters, and a nurse, mentioned a diet: the fat and starch diet. She told me that I could loose quite a lot of weight in a short time on this diet. In fact you can eat but you should avoid eating fats and starch together. Seems quite easy but when I come to cooking nearly everything I make includes a mixture of the two.
Lasagnes, mmmmmmm, I love it - it's a no no! Minced beef (fats, lipides) and pasta (starch, glucides)! Although if you make a vegetable lasagne without a bechemel sauce (milk=lipide (fat) that should be OK but how do you make the sauce without milk?
I have also decided to eat differently. Like most of us I work and lunch is short so usually I eat some raw vegetables covered in mayonaise, and some frozen meal thing. I am eating a real meal at midday, keeping to meat (lipides) and veg and then in the evening I am having something like a soup where there are vegetables and perhaps either ham (lipide) or potato (glucide). In short as I said before you should not mix lipide and glucide so it a green veg and one of the two!! I think that is it!!
Of course I have been told also to cut down on the wine but that will come later. Anyway, I have lost 1300 grams since Wednesday.
I just want to loose 7 kilos as according to the thing on this site, I am overweight!!!
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Friendship
Friends remain friends.
Yesterday evening I was at Mireille and Eric's place for a meal, ummmmmmm, and delicious it was! However, also invited were Leylak, Emeric and the girls. Although we have spoken on the phone, we haven't seen each other in nearly 7 months! It was good to see them all again. Leylak and Emeric have been part of my life since, well, for a very long time (probably since 1987)! They were young, and so was I. We have done so many things together over the years but over the last few years we have seen and done fewer things together. Normal I suppose, we have different priorities now. They have two adolescent girls (14 an 17) who are beginning to show their personalities and they have other centres of interest too. But when we get together it seems as though we saw each other just a couple of days ago. Perhpas that is one of the criteria which shows real, firm friendships.
Here's to friendship!
Yesterday evening I was at Mireille and Eric's place for a meal, ummmmmmm, and delicious it was! However, also invited were Leylak, Emeric and the girls. Although we have spoken on the phone, we haven't seen each other in nearly 7 months! It was good to see them all again. Leylak and Emeric have been part of my life since, well, for a very long time (probably since 1987)! They were young, and so was I. We have done so many things together over the years but over the last few years we have seen and done fewer things together. Normal I suppose, we have different priorities now. They have two adolescent girls (14 an 17) who are beginning to show their personalities and they have other centres of interest too. But when we get together it seems as though we saw each other just a couple of days ago. Perhpas that is one of the criteria which shows real, firm friendships.
Here's to friendship!
Washing day!
I heard a key in the door and then the doorbell rang as my keys were in the other side and an unexpected visit by Thierry. He didn't say at first why he was here but it soon became apparent when I saw they bag of dirty clothes!!
"Il n'y a pas encore de lave-linge à St George!"
Which is true. Thierry spends most of his time now at Jean-Pierre's place and they, well not exactly 'they' knowing Thierry, more like Jean-Pierre, is repainting and DIYing and the flat is not quite finished and there isn't a washing machine, yet!! (That sentence was long and would probably have sounded better in a video!) Anyway, Thierry popped in leaving his dirty washing before having to go to a nearby swimming pool to pick up Jean-Pierre. However he was able to have a look at my Macbook and the very thing I was hoping not, it is not a software problem but a hardware problem. Thierry suggested that I go to the FNAC and get a cleaner disc (although I think we have one here somewhere) but he thinks it is more serious than that! So does that mean I have to buy a new macbook or have it repaired or buy an exteral DVD drive?? If you have some ideas let me know.
"Il n'y a pas encore de lave-linge à St George!"
Which is true. Thierry spends most of his time now at Jean-Pierre's place and they, well not exactly 'they' knowing Thierry, more like Jean-Pierre, is repainting and DIYing and the flat is not quite finished and there isn't a washing machine, yet!! (That sentence was long and would probably have sounded better in a video!) Anyway, Thierry popped in leaving his dirty washing before having to go to a nearby swimming pool to pick up Jean-Pierre. However he was able to have a look at my Macbook and the very thing I was hoping not, it is not a software problem but a hardware problem. Thierry suggested that I go to the FNAC and get a cleaner disc (although I think we have one here somewhere) but he thinks it is more serious than that! So does that mean I have to buy a new macbook or have it repaired or buy an exteral DVD drive?? If you have some ideas let me know.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Saturday, 7 November 2009
En hogy szeressem őt, mondd?
Having talked about the Budapest Operetta Theatre I have just had a look at some of the things going on there and some of their singers. I came up with this video from Jesus Christ Superstar - Én hogy szeressem őt, mondd?
I don't know how to love him!
This is for YOU!
Here is the 1973 version.
I don't know how to love him!
This is for YOU!
Here is the 1973 version.
Une soirée au Budapesti Operettszinhaz
I thought I had lost all the toolbar settings but was signed into Edit HTML rather than Compose!! Although, blogger has taken off the video uplink but I think I know how to add the video. I have to upload my video onto another link and then put in the video link to blogger!! This is getting all too complicated for little old me!!
De toute façon, je voulais rajouter quelques photos que j'ai prises pendant mon séjour à Budapest avec Istvan. Nous avons fait plein de choses interessantes:
Nous sommes allés écouter Laslo Keringer (the Chorus dirctor at the Budapest Operetta Theatre) sing at a Lutheran Church. Although everything was in Hungarian et même que je ne parle pas l'hongrois, je l'ai trouvé interessant. Puis on nous a invité au Budapest Operetta Theatre ou nous avons écouté les suivants:
Ok, la photo n'est pas terrible mais la musique était superbe. De plus on était dans un loge!!! Quelle classe!
De toute façon, je voulais rajouter quelques photos que j'ai prises pendant mon séjour à Budapest avec Istvan. Nous avons fait plein de choses interessantes:
Nous sommes allés écouter Laslo Keringer (the Chorus dirctor at the Budapest Operetta Theatre) sing at a Lutheran Church. Although everything was in Hungarian et même que je ne parle pas l'hongrois, je l'ai trouvé interessant. Puis on nous a invité au Budapest Operetta Theatre ou nous avons écouté les suivants:
et voilà bien sûr, la photo de nos billets!!
J'ai passé un super moment chez Istvan et j'espère en passer plein d'autres!!
Monday, 2 November 2009
Cooking again
So here I am once again in Budapest and to fill in the time that Istvan is out working, I went to Pannicka's for us to cook. As she had shown me a couple of recipes last time, I showed her my recipe for Moussaka and it wasn't half bad, if I say so myself. So for those of you who might like to know this recipe:
500 g or minced beef
1 large onion
5 cloves of garlic
2 tomatoes
4 big aubergines
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
salt
pepper
butter
flour
1 litre of milk
4 cloves of nutmeg
salt
pepper
a bottle of white wine
So first of all cut the garlic or press it
then dice the onion
Fry the garlic and onion for a short time and then add the minced beef and keep on a small flame. Add a teaspoon of cinnemon, a small amount of salt and some pepper.
Melt some butter, 50 to 100 g of butter in a saucepan
Add a heaped soup spoon of flour and make a roux. Keep stirring so that it doesn't burn. Add a little milk and stir into a paste and do this until you have added all the milk and there are no lumps. Add the salt, pepper and the nutmeg and stir. Let it come to just before it boils then take it off the heat.
Cut the aubergines in lengths about half a centimetre and fry them gently in a little oil and put them in an oven dish. Once you have one layer add some of the meat sauce and a little of the bechamel. Add another layer of aubergines. Add a half bottle of white wine to the meat sauce and bring to the boil. Then pour this over the dish with the aubergines and finally cover with what is left of the bechamel.
Put all of this into a hot oven for 40 to 60 mins.
Bon appetit!
500 g or minced beef
1 large onion
5 cloves of garlic
2 tomatoes
4 big aubergines
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
salt
pepper
butter
flour
1 litre of milk
4 cloves of nutmeg
salt
pepper
a bottle of white wine
So first of all cut the garlic or press it
then dice the onion
Fry the garlic and onion for a short time and then add the minced beef and keep on a small flame. Add a teaspoon of cinnemon, a small amount of salt and some pepper.
Melt some butter, 50 to 100 g of butter in a saucepan
Add a heaped soup spoon of flour and make a roux. Keep stirring so that it doesn't burn. Add a little milk and stir into a paste and do this until you have added all the milk and there are no lumps. Add the salt, pepper and the nutmeg and stir. Let it come to just before it boils then take it off the heat.
Cut the aubergines in lengths about half a centimetre and fry them gently in a little oil and put them in an oven dish. Once you have one layer add some of the meat sauce and a little of the bechamel. Add another layer of aubergines. Add a half bottle of white wine to the meat sauce and bring to the boil. Then pour this over the dish with the aubergines and finally cover with what is left of the bechamel.
Put all of this into a hot oven for 40 to 60 mins.
Bon appetit!
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Famous Ads
This morning we were talking about music and I happenned to hum the Cadbury's advert song from years ago and realised that every British person of my age has loads of classics in their memories but with advert lyrics! Where do these classics come from? Well, there are loads of sites on the net but here are some of the classics.
Old Spice:O Fortuna from Carmina Burana-Composer Carl Orff
Bao Chocolates/Kleenex Tissues: Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana: Composer Pietro Mascagni
Black And Decker: Flight of the bumble-bee: Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
British Airways: Flower Duet from Lakme: Composer Leo Delibes
Hovis: Largo from Symphony No 9 "From the New World": Composer Antonin Dvorak
Ragu Pasta Sauces: Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore: Composer Guiseppe Verdi
Hamlet: Air on a G string-Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Cadbury's Fruit And Nut: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker-Composer Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Peugeot: Moldau-Composer Bedrich Smetana
Woolworths: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba-Composer George Frederic Handel
Threshers: Cannon-Composer Johann Pachelbel
Royal Bank of Scotland: Playful Pizzicato from Simple Symphony-Composer Benjamin Britten
Mercedes Benz: Soave il vento from Cosi fan tutte-Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Boursin Cheese: Clair de lune-Composer Claude Debussy
Rover: Largo from Serse-Composer George Frederci Handel
Dulux Weathershield: Jupiter from The Planets-Composer: Gustav Holst
IBM Computers: Fur Elise-Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven
Chanel L'égoiste: Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet-Composer Sergei Prokeofiev
Old Spice:O Fortuna from Carmina Burana-Composer Carl Orff
Bao Chocolates/Kleenex Tissues: Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana: Composer Pietro Mascagni
Black And Decker: Flight of the bumble-bee: Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
British Airways: Flower Duet from Lakme: Composer Leo Delibes
Hovis: Largo from Symphony No 9 "From the New World": Composer Antonin Dvorak
Ragu Pasta Sauces: Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore: Composer Guiseppe Verdi
Hamlet: Air on a G string-Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Cadbury's Fruit And Nut: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker-Composer Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Peugeot: Moldau-Composer Bedrich Smetana
Woolworths: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba-Composer George Frederic Handel
Threshers: Cannon-Composer Johann Pachelbel
Royal Bank of Scotland: Playful Pizzicato from Simple Symphony-Composer Benjamin Britten
Mercedes Benz: Soave il vento from Cosi fan tutte-Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Boursin Cheese: Clair de lune-Composer Claude Debussy
Rover: Largo from Serse-Composer George Frederci Handel
Dulux Weathershield: Jupiter from The Planets-Composer: Gustav Holst
IBM Computers: Fur Elise-Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven
Chanel L'égoiste: Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet-Composer Sergei Prokeofiev
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