Antiperspirant reduces the sweating that creates friction, and friction leads to blisters. Wash and dry your feet every day for five to six days before a major walk, run or hike. Cover your entire foot, in between toes, tops of toes, backs of heels and bottoms of feet. Whether you use stick, spray or roll-on, just make sure you didn’t miss any spot. Just one missed spot could lead to sweating and blisters. By reducing sweating, antiperspirant also helps existing foot blisters to heal faster. CLICK HERE to find out more health tips.
October 23, 2008
Prevent Blisters With Antiperspirants
Cooking Measures You Should Know…
In order to simplify directions and recipes in books relating to cookery, it is customary to use the abbreviations of some weights and measures. Those which occur most frequently in cookbooks are the following:
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pt. for pint
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qt. for quart
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c. for cup
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oz. for ounce
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lb. for pound
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Gardening Info
With some, the home vegetable garden is a great hobby; with others, especially in these days of low income and high prices, a great help. There are many in both groups whose experience in gardening has been restricted within very narrow bounds, and whose present spare time for gardening is limited. So, if you want to do practical, efficient healthy gardening, and do it with the least possible fuss and loss of time, than this is your “first aid” guide.
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Travel Tips
If you are taking a cab from the airport in a non-English speaking country, make sure you have a piece of paper with your hotel’s name and directions written in that country’s language to hand to the driver. You’ll get to the right hotel much faster and without frustration.
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Polish Name Day
In Poland, name days (imieniny) are widely celebrated, and more important than birthdays. Most Polish calendars contain the names celebrated each day. Name day celebrations in Poland traditionally involve a gathering of friends and family at the celebrant’s home at the dinner table, followed by drinking and socializing, similarly to birthday celebrations. It is traditional to call and wish the person “Wszystkiego Najlepszego.” The song “Sto lat” is sometimes sung. Children, and often adults too, receive presents, just like we do here on birthday. Name Days have been celebrated in Poland for centuries.
October 22, 2008
PIKE IN HORSERADISH SAUCE (Szczupak w Sosie Chrzanowym)
Ingredients:
2 - 3 lb northern pike, clean and sliced
salt and lemon juice to taste
5 - 6 cups vegetable stock
2 tablespoons white vine vinegar
2 heaping tablespoons flour
2 heaping tablespoons butter
1/3 cup prepared horseradish
1/2 cup sour cream
salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste
pinch of sugar
Preparation: Clean 2 - 3 lb northern pike and slice it into 1-1/2-inch steaks. Sprinkle with salt and lemon juice and refrigerate overnight or at least 2 hours. Place fish in heavy skillet, drench with 4 cups vegetable stock to cover, add 2 tablespoons vinegar and cook covered until fish is done and flakes readily warm oven. Gently transfer fish to platter and keep in warm oven. In saucepan lightly brown 2 heaping tablespoons flour in 2 heaping tablespoons butter, gradually add 1 cup or more stock, stirring until smooth. Stir in 1/3 cup prepared horseradish and 1/2 cup sour cream. Simmer, stirring constantly until thick and bubbly. If too thick, dilute with a little more stock. Season to taste with salt, pepper, lemon juice and pinch of sugar. Drench pike with sauce and serve at once with cooked rice or mashed potatoes. Garnish with cooked vegetables of your choice.
Traditional Polish Christmas Food
The traditional Polish Christmas Eve Supper consists of twelve dishes representing the twelve months of the year. No meat is served during the supper, only fish, usually herring, carp or pike. Other traditional dishes appearing on the table include red borscht, mushroom or fish soup, sauerkraut with wild mushrooms or peas, dried fruit compote and kutia, a dessert especially popular in eastern Poland. Boiled or fried pierogis, Polish dumplings with a wide variety of fillings, are among the most popular Polish dishes. For the Christmas Eve supper, pierogis are usually made with sauerkraut and mushrooms.
