Griddle

For decades, I assumed the cross my Irish grandmother cut into the top of her round loaves of soda bread in her upstate New York farmhouse was a traditional blessing. It was a natural conclusion since her bread was as soul-sustaining as communion at an Irish Catholic mass. So I was astounded to learn that the bread cross had a far more ancient – and superstitious – purpose. When I asked master baker Mary Gleeson, co-owner of Gleesons Restaurant & Rooms in the Irish town of Roscommon about the…

for himself. Which meant he got 18 percent of the gold and silver they collected. The way he got the gold was horrendous. Bartholome de las casas states, “The way they normally dealt with the native leaders and nobles was to tie them to a kind of griddle consisting of sticks resting on pitchforks driven into the ground and then grill them over a slow fire, with the result that they howled in agony and despair as they died a lingering death”. This is barbaric procedure was committed after the…

Veggie Stuffed Soft Tortillas Number of Servings: 2 Ingredients:  4 corn tortillas  1 large green zucchini, peeled and sliced into thin strips  1 large Portobello mushroom, approximately 6 inches  1 medium green bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips  1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips  1 medium yellow bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips  1 large white onion, sliced thinly  2 small garlic cloves, minced  1/8 tsp ground cumin  1/16 tsp…

Often times I write how I talk for example if I am wanting to say the creek was bubbly and bright. I often write the crick was movin, groovin, and the fish were jumpin like hotcakes off a griddle. I usually end up editing an assignment a lot if I have to turn it in. I feel if someone is not from the country and that the jargon that I use is not going to be as common to them and their going to wonder what I am trying to talk about. Meanwhile…

The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most amazing natural and physical environments in America. Spanning from grassy fields up to the jagged mountains of the Cascades, down to the many islands in the waterways of Puget Sound. I am fortunate enough to call this land home. I have lived here my whole life and have no intention of leaving. For some it's a mountain conversely for some it's a tiny hole-in-the-wall coffee shop, a beach, a road, a bed, a view, a place to call their own, but for…

short essay that the main character will do what they need to. Fondation writes, “After some hesitation, I got up from my red swivel stool and went behind the counter. I grabbed a spare apron, the picked up the spatula and turned my eggs.”(208) Here the main character takes full control of his food and the way he cooks it. Fondation does not give the reader any background information on the main characters cooking skills. This quote here shows when the main character decides to stop watching his…

Bread, one with the longest history and the most widespread food in the world along with other global foods. Bread has played a major part in the cuisine and even in history due to how easy it is to make bread along with bread being versatile to allow many changes and variations to occur. Throughout the course of time bread has changed and evolved alongside with humanity to keep humanity going since bread has always been one of the staple foods of humanity. Changes and improvements to bread was…

The events of Malouf’s novel Ransom and Eastwood’s film Invictus are both driven by the optimism and courage of their protagonists, respectively Priam the vanquished king of Troy, and Nelson Mandela the triumphant first black President of South Africa. As leaders of peoples harbouring profound historical animosities, it is in large part their sense of hope enables them to transcend division to inspire change. This is manifest within the characters, their relationships to other people (both…

Abortion was first practiced in Western Europe and United States in the 19th century by women healers. The women healers “used a variety of techniques to end pregnancies, making use of herbal abortifacients, mechanical methods (such as constriction of a griddle or introduction of foreign objects into the uterus), heat applied externally, strenuous physical activity, and starvation” (Lewis Alexander/Alexander 125). By the end of the 1800s many physicians tried to launch movements…

Sir Gawain learns a lesson Don’t throw a diamond in the ocean and then cry about it, don’t lie to somebody and get mad when they will not forgive what one did, and don’t expect to do someone wrong and nothing come back to hurt you in return. A person will always receive what they give, does not matter if it is not in your thoughts at the time, does not matter if one is not honest at the time, one will always get the same payback. In the tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain gets a…