If you're like me, you like to tell people what you expect to be done and have it turn out just the way you imagined it in your mind. How often does that happen, right? Well, sometimes it's what we communicate (or fail to communicate) that hinders our success. We need to be precise and to give the steps in the correct order or else the resulting product won't meet our expectations. And that's process writing -- plainly stated.
Your writing assignment: Select either #2, #9, or #10 from page 107 as your topic for a process paragraph. If you choose #2, you can number the steps if that helps. Since I have a cooking blog (http://www.lauraskitchencapers.blogspot.com/), guess which one I'm going to choose!
My response:
BEEF AND OLIVE EMPANADAS
1 lb. lean ground beef
2 large red onions, coarsely chopped
1 large red pepper, coarsely choped
4 bay leaves
2 1/2 tablespoons beef base
1/2 cup chopped pimiento-stuffed olives
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1 package discos de empanadas, thawed
vegetable oil
For filling: cook beef, onions, bell peppers, and bay leaves in saucepan over medium heat until beef is no longer pink and the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add beef base, olives, and cumin. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Drain completely in a colander. Let cool.
To make the empanadas: fill each pastry with a heaping tablespoonful of the beef mixture. Wet the bottom half of the empanada disk with a little water and fold the top half over to meet the bottom. Using a fork, crimp the edges to seal completely. Prick the top with the tines of a fork to allow steam to escape when cooking. Fill all ten discs.
Pour oil into a large saute pan to a depth of 2 inches. Be sure the oil is hot before adding the filled empanadas. Cook several at a time being careful not to crowd the pan as the empanadas will puff up as they cook. Fry until golden brown on each side, about 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Serve as soon as possible. Don't let anyone sample as you are cooking or you won't have any left to serve!
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I dont know what went wrong,We were so in love.All I ever did was lavish her with love and buy her the best of everything. And we had so many great times with friends. I just don't know what went wrong.
ReplyDeleteWe were so in love,we spent every waking hour together, hunting, and fishing and, spending time with freinds.Up at 4 A.M.rushing around to get the gear together so we could spend another day just sitting in a tree and waiting for the deer to cross our path so I could shot it right in its preety little head, and then we could rush off to clean and gut it. We couldn't wait to get to the river, and stand in the feezing water, up to our crotch, for hours at a time,so we could bond like only a man and awoman can. I remember cleaning fish and laughing about the fact that we havn't had a shower in days, and joking about how the mosquitoes have ruined the camping trip.Oh, how she enjoyed that sort of thing.
And when I bought us the new Harley. I said nothing but the best for my girl. I bought all the laterst exsessories, leather this and leather that, boy did she look hot, just the way I always new she could.I cant stop thinking about all our freinds, and the great times we had together.She really loved all my old girlfreinds and we would spend hours together. My girfreind and I would go out for a nice dinner, and everytime it seems, we would run into an old freind and we would spend hours together just drinking and talking about old times, sometimes my girlfrein would leave and we would be having so much fun fun we wouldn't even notice she was gone. Wow, those were the good old days, Im sure going to miss ole whats her name.
Author Fran Lebowitz wrote, “Romantic love is mental illness”. To some, truer words were never spoken. If you believe you suffer from this illness there is hope if these simple steps are taken. First and most important, LIE, LIE, LIE. You must remain diligent with your lies. This is the only 100% proven effective method. Next, forget all birthdays, anniversaries and any other dates of importance to your significant other. Then, make sure under no circumstance do you give flowers, candy or gifts on Valentines Day and if asked why you did not, explain that Valentines Day was a holiday created by Hallmark and corporate America. This combined with the aforementioned steps should prove effective in the less extreme cases but for the more advanced cases you will need to pull out all the stops. Now for the big guns! When she asks, “Does this dress make my butt look big?” You must answer with a resounding “Yes!” Finally, if you have performed all the steps and are still suffering you can perform one last step. Only in the most extreme of cases you may call her by her sister’s name at that most intimate of moments. While this may cause the immediate removal of all symptoms of this affliction, it will most undoubtedly leave you with physical scars from the assault that will come directly after such an act. Following any particular order, these steps can be taken and ruin any potential or current love affair. If for some reason these steps do not have the desired affect, you can always show her the blog you wrote on how to ruin a love affair. That should do the trick!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever just loved a dessert so much that it’s in essence the only dessert you’ll make? Well, for me its pumpkin cheesecake, and the fall season is right around the corner. Every time I make my pumpkin cheese cake, everyone asks me for the recipe. Hope you enjoy making it and of course eating it.
ReplyDeleteIn order to make my delicious pumpkin cheesecake, you will need the following ingredients: Graham cracker crumbs, butter, granulated sugar, 3 (8 ounce) packages of cream cheese, light brown sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 (15 ounce) can of 100% pure pumpkin, evaporated milk, cornstarch, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and last but not least ,vanilla extract.
First you always want to make sure you wash and dry your hands thoroughly. Then, gather all of your equipment and food items in your work area, organize it according to the order you will use them in making your cheesecake. Make sure to preheat your oven to the appropriate
temperature before you begin. For this recipe make sure the oven is preheated at 350 degrees before you start. Next, combine 1 ½ cups of graham cracker crumbs, 1/3 cup of butter and ¼ cup of granulated sugar in a large bowl. Press the mix onto an ungreased 9-inch pan. You want to make sure you bake it for about 6 to 8 minutes, and then cool it on wire rack for 10 minutes. The next step is making the pie filling. First, beat the cream cheese, 1/3 cups of granulated sugar and ¼ cup of brown sugar in large mixing bowl until fluffy. The second part is to beat in the 2 eggs, pumpkin puree and 2/3 cups of evaporated milk. Lastly, add 2 tbs of cornstarch, ½ tsp of cinnamon, ½ tsp of nutmeg, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract; beat well. Once you’re done with the filling, pour it into the crust. Bake the pie for about 55 to 60 minutes or until the edge is slightly toasted.
There you have it, a delicious pumpkin pie that anyone would be more than happy to devour. Just follow my recipe and in less than 2 hours, you will have a new favorite dessert for the holidays. This pumpkin pie will surely be a delightful hit at any thanksgiving dinner; I’m sure of it.
Omg I don't know what went wrong, I thought I was doing everything the right way. It began one monday morning when Dr.Miller came to work and began yelling, screaming,and throwing things around. He called a meeting with the staff going over and over on how we wasn't never doing anything the right way. After the meeting I told my co workers weve always done everything we needed to do around here to make the patients and Dr. Miller happy
ReplyDeleteI was already beginning to hate my job, but at this point i dint't care. The behavior He had done to be so distruptive and rude to us, that was the last string. I began to do everything wrong, so that he could fire me. I wasn't gonna quit. On mornings I knew he wasn't gonna be there until 10:00am I would schedule patients at 9:00am to see him. That really bothered him. I would mix up patients labs putting the wrong name on other patients blood work. The patients would tell him that's not my cholesterol level screaming at Dr. Miller. Next, I would do all the vitals signs wrong writing the vitals signs backwards so that the patients vitals would be low as possible.
Finally, the trash would be left from the previous day. Dr. Miller called me into his office started talking to me going over all the terrible, and wrong things I had done. Dr Miller held his head done for a brief moment. He began to look at me with that awful look and stated young lady your FIRED.
Southern Grilled Barbecued Ribs
ReplyDeleteIngredients:
4pounds of baby back pork ribs
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup ketchup
1 cup water
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup prepared mustard
4 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175degrees C). Place ribs in two 10x15 inch roasting pans. Pour water and red wine vinegar into a bowl, and stir. Pour diluted vinegar over ribs and cover with foil. Baked for 45 mins. Baste the ribs with their juices halfway through cooking.
In medium saucepan, mix tgether ketchup,water,vinear, Worcestershire sauce, mustaard, butter brown sugar, hot pepper sauce, and salt bring to boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer barbeque sauce for 1 hour.
Preheat grill for meduim heat.
Lightly oil preheated grill. Trafer ribs from the oven to the grill, cook in medium heat for 15 mins, turning ribs once. Based ribs with sauce and grill for 8 mins turn ribs and base the other side for 8 mins.
when you go see a Doctor, often the visit seems to be over in a flash and you leave wondering exactly what it was the Doctor wanted you to do.If you don't have a regular Doctor you need to find one who best meets your needs with regards to such things as location and the Doctors experience.
ReplyDeleteYou miss the single life huh? Is your love affair working your nerve? You want to be free from the hell your in? Feeling cluttered, overwhelmed? Well here are some good steps to do the following. Your first step would be to start ignoring him. Don't listen to anything he says when he's speaking just continue on with whatever it is your doing at that present time, weather it's watching your reality tv shows or talking on the phone. Second go into the bathroom, take a nice shower, get all beautified, then throw on your most revealing dress, and just walk out the house. When he calls your phone repeatedly make sure to forward it straight to voicemail. Meet up with your girlfriends, go out to the club, pick up as many numbers as you can, and remember to give your number out as well. Make sure you let the guys know it's alright to call you whenever they like doesn't matter the time. Get home no earlier then 4am, and when he ask where you been and why were'nt you answering your call, simply reply "I was busy." Then you want to make sure you call your girlfriends in front of him and start insulting him. You can say things like his feet smells, he's a scum, looser, lame, and idiot. While your on the phone make a few more calls to the random guys you met the night you went out, you want to let their phone ring wait for them to pick up then hang up. This is because you want them to call you back. When they call back say hello in your flirtatious voice then walk away from him to a more private area. Go out often without cooking or cleaning up at all. Finally when you both go to bed at night he will try to be intimate with you to see if you actually will. This will determine in his mind if you really are cheating or not. When he tries to go in for the kill you tell him that your not in the mood. He will then start to feel insecure. If he doesn't leave you just yet then you take it to the next level. You will continue to do all of the above, but this time when your arguing you will start talking about his mother and how you hate her, you will also compare him to his bestfriend listing good attributes. You will want to laugh every time he says something to you. If all else fails just tell him you slept with his brother, father, or bestfriend. That will definitely do it for you.
ReplyDeleteHow to get Fired...
ReplyDelete1. Walk into work 2 hours late without giving notice.
2. Dont do any of your work, just sit around
3. Look on the internet all day at websites that you shouldnt be looking at.
4. Wear something inappropiate.
5. Do everything completely wrong.
6. Talk back to your boss.
7. Not doing any team work.
8. Demand a raise.
9. Do a no call no show
10. Have a Acholoic drink during work hours.
Im sure that if you do any of those things above, or maybe even all in one day you will get fired. Atleast my job you would.
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ReplyDeleteMy respond:
A visit at the doctor office can be very stressful. However, there are many ways to get the most out of the doctor office. One way is by asking all the important health relates questions that you need to know. These healths related questions might be the thing that saves your life. Another way to obtain the most out of the doctor office is by making sure that the doctor is a healthful and patience person. Some doctor does not want to spend much time with their patient. They are always on a rush, so by making sure that the doctor is helpful and patience then you are able to ask questions. Also make sure that the doctor is someone that makes you feel comfortable because being comfortable make a patient more likely to be truthful. The doctor office environment might seem like the least important thing. However, it is the most important thing for a patient. If the doctor office environment is good then the patient is more likely to come back, but if the environment is bad the patient might not come back again.
L. Spann
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Mac and Cheese
A pot
1 ½ cups of water
1 1/3 A box of macaroni (any shapes and cheese should all ready be in ther)
2 ¼ Milk and Butter
You can also add any season of your choice.
Gather the ingredients and supplies listed.
Set the stove range to about medium high. If you want, you can bring it down slightly. This makes it take longer.
Pour about three cups of water in a large pot. It should be about two inches away from the rim.
Place the pot on the stove range.
Pour the macaroni in. There should be about three inches of water between the top of the pot. Make sure to take out the cheese.
Let it sit for about ten minutes, stirring occasionally. The noodles should be about an inch long when the ten minutes is up.
Put the top on it and take it to the sink to drain. If you can’t drain without spilling half the noodles, use a strainer. Make sure all the water is gone.
Then pour the milk and butter in. Let it sit for a while, then add the Mac and Cheese again.
Mix in Cheese until nice and creamy.
Serve and enjoy!
Ingredients for delicious Enchiladas:
ReplyDeleteChicken breast
1 package of corn tortillas
Olive oil
A little bit of water maybe half a cup depending on how big your pan is.
2 large bottles of green salsa: mild, medium or spicy.
Extra large bag of Mexican mixed cheeses.
Aluminum foil
Instructions on making delicious enchiladas first boil the chicken breasts and if you like you may add any spices you may already enjoy. After the chicken is done take it out and shred it.
Second add olive oil to a pan and turn the temperature to medium and fry the tortillas individually until they turn yellow not brown. “Brown means burnt.” After every tortilla is taken out of the frying pan add as much chicken as you like, a tiny bit of cheese and wrap it up nice and firm. Its ok if the tortilla holds oil.
Finally, take a deep rectangular pan and add a thin layer of water to cover the bottom of the pan and begin to place each chicken taco into the pan nice and tight leave no room between each taco. Now add enough salsa to cover all the tacos keep in mind that the salsa is going to vaporize so don’t be cheap with it add plenty. After add a layer of cheese on top of the salsa and cover the top of the pan with aluminum foil and place the pan at the “bottom” of a preheated oven so that the water vaporizes first leaving the enchiladas moist not dry. When the water vaporizes your enchiladas are ready to be eaten.
Delicious Peruvain Rice
ReplyDeleteIngredients:
A small pot
Half a cup of rice
Cup of water
Shredded garlic
Salt
Wooden Spoon
Olive Oil
Instuctions:
First, place small pot on to stove, set stove on medium heat, and whlie putting a spoot full of olive oil. Second, take out half spoon of shredded garlic, place into pot and spread it around with the wooden spoon, and wait until it turns into a light brownish color. Third, add cup of water into pot, and set stove on high heat. Fourth, add about three teaspons full of salt into pot, and waith until the water is just boiling. Fifth, set stove on low heat and add a half-cup of rice into pot. Lastly, wait ten minutes for the rice to fully cook. And there you have a fresh, homemade Peruvian rice.
Russian Borscht.
ReplyDelete1 lg pot of water
2 lb of pork meat
3 lg beats
1 lg onion
1 sm cabbage
1 med size fresh tomatoe or 1 can of diced tomatoes
4-5 med. sized potatoes
1 fresh papper
1 clove of garlic
3 carrots
First we need to put pork in pot of water and turn heat on( boile meat for 30-40 minutes).
Mean wile prepare all the veggies: peele potatoes,carrots onion...
When meat almost ready,turn heat down and let it seamier.At asame time ,priheat a skillet with olive oil and start to add diced onion,then carrots,and leave to siamer for 10 minutes,then add diced beats and let it cooked for a 15 minutes,and don't forget to cover skillet with a lead.Then in the pot with meat add diced potatoes, then cabbage and let it cook for 15-20 minutes,then combine all ingredience together,add skillet veggies to pot and let it cook for a 30-40 minutes on the medium heat,dont forget to add soult,and pepper. When soup ready to serve,you can garnish with fresh gill,or parsley,and soup is ready to eat.