happy 1.th of april!

thought i'd make a thread to collect all the april-pranks i've found and done today:
people, i've pulled a successful prank on: 1
people i unsuccessfully tried to prank: 2
pranks i've found on the web: 5
Number 1 (german)
Number 2 (german)

more to come later today! (^_^)

movies i wanna see this year!

so, finally after 18 years we'll see a new indiana jones movie! yay! can't wait for it! i mean, indy's one of the reasons why i decided to study archeology... whoopidooo!

and who would've thought, that this movie'd actually get to the cinemas this year? yes, i'm talking about mr. "i'm so cool and a genius and i can...'t fly". but even though he thinks he's the coolest guy of em all, i wanna see the movie. it seems to have style. and it's marvel, which means, that it has to be good! and... for everyone who still hasn't got any idea what i'm talking about: the movie this widget is about is iron man!




aaaand another one: i was hoping for this sequel but didn't know they'd actually make one! whee (^_^)




weird. i actually liked the ang lee version of this... well, we'll see if this one's better (^.^)




it's really sad, that heath died. but at least he's left some movies everyone'll remember! like this one - maybe? i really loved the first one, so let's hope, the second one gets at least as good as the first one (*.*)

Tea

i finally managed to get some mint! so - i made tea (^.^)
and i made pics of it!
the tea usually gets a lot darker after it's cooled down, but if it's really fresh (like in my pics) it's got a beautiful yellowy-green-honey-color! (^-^) kinda like... umm... white tea?
well, now i'll continue posting as often as possible!
see you soon around!

arabian tea

another recipe!
this time for one of my favorite drinks. this can be enjoyed hot, warm or cold, just as you like it!
it's not the classic arabian tea, which is made with black tea, but a variation my dad showed me:

arabian tea - buder version

what you need:
a few fresh mint leaves (at least 1 handful), 1 cinnamon stick, 4 whole cloves and about a liter of fresh and clean water

how to brew it:
bring the water to a boil, add the mint leaves, the cinnamon stick and the cloves and let it steep for 3 to 10 minutes in a covered pot, depending on how much you want it to taste of cinnamon. remove the leaves, the stick and the cloves and sweeten it as much as you can bear with lots of sugar(^.^)
usually you get it so sweet, that it's nearly impossible to drink, but some people don't like it that sweet (^.~)
then let it cool down.
the arabs drink it very hot, but in my opinion it tastes just as well if it's chilled, if not even better, 'cause you tast a lot more if your taste buds aren't burned (^_^)
it should be of a light yellowish-green color, kinda like acacia honey ... well.... kinda... since the honey's not supposed to be green (x.x)

have fun brewing and drinking, i'll add a picture as soon as i can get my hands on some fresh mint!

first set of icons

my first set of icons!
the first nine ones are from doctor who, the others from various other tv-shows, movies and pictures i found on the web! (^-^)
hope you like them! (^.^)
if you use one of them, you don't have to credit me, but it would be nice to leave a note! (^.~)
love,
ikchen =(^.^)=

(programs used: photoshop elements, paint.net)

recipe for caracs

caracs are my all time favorite tartlets.
the mix between chocolate and sugar is just perfect to sweeten your afternoon!



<<< (half a carac)

here's a recipe i've found online, haven't tested it myself (i usually buy them - i'm way too lazy to bake them myself) but it looks quite accurate:

recipe for 8 caracs

what you need:
8 shortpastry-tartlets, 100ml cream, 10g butter, 200g chocolate (dark),
3sp fondant (sugar glaze), green food color

filling:
boil up the cream and the butter in a pan. take the pan from the cooker, add the chocolate and stir, while it melts. when it's molten, pour it into the tartlets, smooth it out and let it set in a cold place.

glaze:
warm up the fondant (available in the bakery/confectionery) and stir it with a few drops of green food color. pour it over the chocolatey-stuff and cool the tartlets, until it's solidified.

when the glaze is solidified, you can put a small drop of chocolate in the middle of a tartlet, let it set and enjoy it!

(picture found on wikipedia.de, recipe found on chefkoch.de)

hello everybody!

hello everybody!
it's nice to finally have finished the coding and designing for this blog. (+.+)
i'll try to post a blog every day containing a recipe, a joke, icons or anything else interesting!
i just hope, this will become interesting enough for someone to read... (>.<) well... hope dies last, doesn't it?
so, that's everything for today, i'll start collecting recipes and making icons now (^.^)
hasta luego!
=(^.^)=

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