3.16.2012

Spring and eyerock!!


Spring is here and we are all running wild and enjoy our selfes in the little sun we can catch, even the most eager skiiers have given up and faced the warm truth...
So bag your skis and welcome the spring...
BTW check out Eyerock.no

1.23.2012

Beef Bourgnion ?? Sweet..





"Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be."


This quote reminded me... of course there is,  there is... 
I learned this the other day,

2 tablespoons butter
1 kg beef, pot pieces of some fine meat, like entrcote from moose, or just some beef, or like google suggested, just some Frenchwoman.
1 teaspoon salt or more if you prefer.
1.5 tsp black pepper, freshly ground or more, you know how you like it.
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 tablespoons flour
0.5 cup balsamic vinegar
2 cups veal stock, all the seasoning is a process of trial and error.
4 cup red wine, of course you have to pour your self a glass before you commence this session.
280 grams of bacon
200 grams of mushrooms
2 garlic clove (s), roughly chopped
1 can (s), pickled onions, (no broth)
1 tablespoon herbs, French, it looks nice if these are fresh.


How to do it?
  
First you preheat the oven to 175 degrees. This isnt necessary, since you just can finnish the whole thing in the pot.  Heat the butter in a roomy pan  or a pot and brown the pieces of meat  in the pot, a few at a time so it gets fried and not cooked. Add salt and pepper.
Stir in tomato paste and cook a few minutes. Sprinkle with flour and mix well.

 Pour the balsamic vinegar and cook a few minutes. Add the veal stock and red wine. Reduce heat and simmer a few minutes.

 Shred the pork, wash and cut mushrooms into quarters and scale and rough chop the garlic cloves. Fry quickly in butter and pour the ingredients into the pot along with the onions and stir.

 Let simmer for about 1.5 hours in the oven or in the pot and sprinkle with herbs for the last 10 few minutes.

Serve with some home made mashed potatoes, turn up the heat and and forget all about the the cold cold winter outside…
Have some more wine and enjoy!   


1.06.2012

Hair Cut.!


Got a hair cut today, spontaneously I walked in to barber shop. From the outside it could be mistaken for a ordinary hair dresser. You know, with some fancy pink chairs some lights behind the mirrors and shelfes filled up with crazy products....
Anyway,  I came in and his happy face just incendered with a big smile. It made me smile.
 While he was cutting my hair he was constantly trying to sell his products, he was going on and on how popular his products were, how important it was for him to satisfy customers.., and so on.. The whole time I was smiling and being polite. Maybe threw in a little joke here and there.
Then he said, "my products will make you happy, they will make you glow and spread out your energy and make people happy". Thats when I realized : He wasnt really trying to sell products, he was creating happiness for his customers...

Because of him Im smiling right now, we should all be smiling more!!!