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Deighv tells us "No new news on 3DP, as far as I know Toxic should have it back up some time within the next two weeks."Movie Review
by jdb_educator: "After Earth"- PG13 - 1hr 40min - I've been wanting to see this movie. Wednesday I did. I found it a very nice coming of age movie with lots of interesting cgi and great locations. I enjoyed it and wanted more, but that's the way it s with movies I like.New Movies on the ePod!
"Avatar: SCE (Special Collectors Edition)"- PG13 - 2hr 58min"After Earth"- PG13 - 1hr 40min "Now You See Me" - PG13 - Crime/Mystery/Thriller - 1hr 55mins An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Jokes!
by jdb_educator They do change their featured jokes. Take a look. http://www.jokesclean.com/ http://www.danggoodjokes.com/Comics!
by jdb_educator These comics change daily. Take a look, comic fans: Good old classic newspaper comics: http://news.yahoo.com/comics/ Editorial Cartoons and more: http://www.gocomics.com/One New Recipes
Lilly03, a FB friend, has a lovely recipe that she tells us just won't work without the right ingredients! It is in French and English. The link is on the recipe page. We've two recipes from last week: Dave's Chocoffee and Chicken Marbella. We already have "Dave's EZ Pilaf" and Slumgullion Stew today! Of course "Dave's Po’ Man McRib" ,"Dave's Ugly Soup", "Dave's EZ Fudge", Medeusa's "Untomato" and more are at our Recipe page too: Recipes. Here we add medusa's offering WITH Pictures (Pay attention Dave!*grin*)
PIE IS A MANY FLAVORED THING!!
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Article and pictures by Medeusa, Sentinel Reporter
"This is supposed to be about pies :) Or rather: what my Mama taught me about pies, that's a better way to say it. Everybody learns about pie making from their Mama, Granny, Auntie, or whoever would happen to be THE piemaker in the family. Now, my Mama was very opinionated about pie: How it was made, what was put in it, but most especially about how many CRUSTS it was supposed to have.
If it had 1 bottom only crust or 2 top and bottom crusts, it was a pie. Hot or cold, it was a pie. If it had 3 or more crusts it was a cobbler. Cheesecake is a different thing altogether.
Cheesecake is neither pie or cake, it IS cheesecake. 'Nuff said, it also gives me headaches, that one does ;)
Pies could be made of very different fillings: fruit, pudding, custard, there was one that my Granny called 'candy filled', and another one she called 'pecan praline' pie. They are ALL delicious, :D I get shivers thinking about homemade chocolate, cherry, and the 'pecan praline' pies. This last one was SO yummy that all the kids would fight over that one, ;)
Now, on to cobblers. The best cobblers are made with fresh sweet fruit, and need no extra sweetening. Some of the ingredients you can buy. Maybe even the fruit, if you get it in season and make sure to SMELL each piece of fruit. You can buy the pie crust, unless you have a fantastic recipe that you LOVE and works every time. You will only need: at least 3 pie crusts, frozen grated butter, fruit (washed & the seeds taken out), and cooking spray.
For your first time, I suggest you use a 8 X 8 pan. Spray the inside of the pan lightly. Line it bottom and all sides with one of the crusts. Place in one layer of fruit, followed with a light sprinkling of the grated butter. Add another crust, layer of fruit and more butter sprinkles. Add the last crust on top, sprinkle with butter. It never takes much butter and you CAN use margarine, but butter is SO much better. If you want to make more layers, feel free to add them. Layer with crust, fruit, grated butter in that order, finishing with a final top layer of crust. I've had a lot of people say they didn't know how to make an 'old-fashioned' cobbler, lol, there it is.
NOW: As to that pecan praline pie, I never got the recipe, but I've tried several variations and think I might have figured it out. I'm sure everyone knows or has figured out the recipe for caramel (where you cook the can in water??), if not, please search for it on you tube. I think it's under Banoffee Pie. Or make caramel your own way :D I have no recipe of my own for caramel, that's why I suggest searching youtube* Now, cook a regular pie crust with nothing in it. When it comes out, after it cools, fill it with pecans. Then dump the caramel all over the pecans. You may have to do this in stages and warm it up a little bit in the oven to get it to all into the pecans, but its worth it! It also may be hard to cut through those pecans, but Enjoy :D!!!"
Latest News from Last Week
"I have just added 8 more 3D worlds to the 3D Chat menu in 3dpNet. The new movie "After Earth" is loaded on the ePod. "Avatar: SCE (Special Collectors Edition)" is also now available on the ePod. It has about 23 extra minutes of footage compared to the regular theatrical version and is about 3 hrs long so make LOTS of popcorn.I am creating a new website called http://www.3darchive.ca as sort of a storage/display area for all things 3D (VRML) that members of the various blaxxun sites may have made over the years. It'll be setup kinda like 3dpNet, like a community/social network. Creators will have their own Gallery and have access to special tools/downloads. It’s still under construction and I'll let everyone know when it's ready. Until then get your 3D items out of the closet and ready to upload!"