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Italians Do It Best

Tue, 11 Jun 2008 17:33:30 GMT

posted by sabjimata
Bubbly, cheesy, crisp. Pizza perfection.

Last Sunday we were invited to Kiriti and Radharadhya's house for a going away pizza. We had no hesitation to accept the offer since Radharadhya's last name is Cannavino. It doesn't get more Italian than that. He was in charge of the kitchen, turning out at least 7 pies while me, my husband, Kiriti and the kids sat on the deck and stuffed our pie holes.

Radharadhya is a total pro at pizza making. In actuality, his skill cannot be reduced to his bloodline. He is a bread head through and through. I hung around the kitchen, in between slices, in order to get some tips. First off, I was really impressed by his level of calm and cleanliness. An orderly kitchen and a chill cook go a long way as far as adding to efficiency in the cooking process and digestibility of the food.

Working on a maple butcher block, Radharadhya rolled out the dough, which he made the night before and left resting in the fridge. His dough making process was something I never heard of before. After proofing the yeast, he made something that sounds like "a purush" but really I have no idea how to spell it. As far as I can remember, a purush is when you take the proofed yeast and then add flour to it, making it the consistency of pancake batter. I think he may have even done that two times!

As he rolled out the dough, he did not roll to the edges so beautiful air bubble would remain, making the pizza look very pizza parlor authentic. His sauce was made with whole seeded red dried chili, which he removed at the end of cooking. Although he didn't start baking the pies until after we arrived, he had his pizza stone heating in the oven all morning on 500.

Thin crust rolled out not past the edge adds to the bubble factor.

Hand shaped dough. See, Italians do do it best!
The best part of the pizza was surely the crust. Thin, crisp, full of bubbles in all the right places, it held it's shape under the variety of toppings. There were so many varieties--pineapple, kalamata olives, red pepper. But my favorite was definitely the white pie with pine nuts and capers.

I love you, White Pie with Pine Nuts and Capers.

I am really going to miss Radharadhya, Kiriti and their daughter, Vrindavani, when we move. But after this visit to their house in Emmaus, I decided what I am really going to miss is their pizza. I have to say, hands down, this is the best pizza I had in the past 11 years.

My desire is that after we move, Radharadhya will come visit in Florida and hold a bread workshop at our house. He's not just limited to pizza. Bagels, pretzels, baguettes--you name it. If it's got yeast, he can make it.

Gardening. Squared.

Another thing that made the pizza simply divine was the fresh basil from Radharadhya's square foot garden. For about a hundred bucks, he transformed some wasted space behind their shed into a garden patch that will produce fresh veggies, herbs and flowers well into the fall. Not bad, especially considering the cost included fencing, mulch, top soil and organic fertilizer.

Kiriti is no slouch in the kitchen, either. She made this beautiful cake for my daughter's birthday. Although she's not Italian, she is from New Jersey, which means she might as well be Italian. Kiriti is also a formally trained natural vegetarian chef. She went to school and even wore a chef's hat!

Madhumati loved her cake topped with fresh raspberries.
I will miss these guys so much when we move. Driving home to Port Royal I said to my husband, "That meal was great. You know what really stinks about this move? I just realized we should have gotten together with them for dinner more often over these past couple of years!"

I appreciate the pizza. i appreciate the company of our friends. Hopefully I won't have to wait too long to get either again. Especially the pizza.buyhumanmade.com

Welcome to our wikizine called "salami project"

Fri, 22 Sep 2007 13:56:24 GMT

posted by luvautumn
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "salami project". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!

what to wear on a caper

Mon, 18 Sep 2007 00:10:00 GMT

posted by luvautumn

www.tactical.com

PLEASE PLEASE NOTE: do NOT even think of getting a weapon!!!! if you can't master the salami without a weapon, you are a frickin dumbass and shouldn't take part in anything outdoors, especially at night. Seriously - weapons are not funny. salami is funny. stick with the meat and leave the guns and ammo at home.

commie salami

Mon, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

posted by luvautumn
SALAMI TACTICS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_tactics

Salami tactics, also known as the salami-slice strategy, is a divide and conquer process of threats and alliances used to overcome opposition. With it, an aggressor can influence and eventually dominate a landscape, typically political, piece by piece. In most cases it includes the creation of several factions within the opposing political party and then dismantling that party from the inside, without causing the "sliced" sides to protest.

The term was coined in the late 1940s by the ultra-Stalinist Mátyás Rákosi to describe the actions of the Hungarian Communist Party. Similar tactics were also used in the majority of the Communist-dominated states of the post-war era.

The tactic is not limited to communism. Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party achieved absolute power in Germany within the early months of 1933 by squeezing out his conservative partners, partners who had acceded in the outlawing of Communists and Social Democrats and granting emergency powers to him.

[edit] Salami Tactics in Road Building

Salami Tactics refers to the common bureaucratic practice of proposing unpopular measures in a piecemeal fashion, so that people see the relatively innocuous pieces rather than the cumulative effect. In the case of freeway planning it means building half a freeway, allowing traffic to build up, then building the other half to solve a ‘traffic problem’ that no-one remembers them creating in the first place.

* Public Transport Users Association, 'Its time to move' 2002. "[1]".

Salami Tactics was a theme in an episode of the Yes Minister TV series.

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teen abstinence: don't hide your salami, tape it

Fri, 22 Sep 2007 07:43:04 GMT

posted by luvautumn
if to hide your salami means to have sexual intercourse, to tape your salami means to decide to take matters into your own hands; to say no to the peer pressure to conform and sin, and to say yes to true freedom. the freedom that comes only from letting your salami hang out. don't be ashamed of your salami. don't try to stick it where it doesn't belong. stand up and stand proud - grab your salami and shout: "i don't need to hide my fuckin salami!! i am so proud of my salami, i am guna stick it to your door".

let the fools & conformists play the idiotic games of adolescence. you have bigger fish to fry. for you, my friend, have a salami that was meant to shine; a salami created to change the universe.

so stand tall and stand proud!
hold your salami in your hand and get ready to stick it all over town!

if you don't believe me, check out my source:
http://www.clichesite.com/content.asp?which=tip+567