Help with my profile photo please! [Archive] - Monachos.net Discussion Community

Rick H.

10-04-2007, 06:30 PM

I am attempting to place my profile photo on my personal profile, but it doesn't seem to want to accept it. The size requirements are in line, but I wonder if anyone could help me understand why my photo won't load properly? Looks like I may have purchased this bow tie and had my photo taken all for nothing.

http://davehill.typepad.com/temperama/images/niven_bowite.jpg (http://davehill.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/niven_bowite.jpg)

Fr Raphael Vereshack

10-04-2007, 06:36 PM

Nina

10-04-2007, 07:42 PM

OMG!!! That's you Rick? If yes I had imagined you different. :)

Correction: No that's not you! You misleader you! :) I rushed and did not take the advise of Father Raphael. He is right, as always. :)

Paul Cowan

11-04-2007, 04:40 AM

What a dashing, debonair, not a hint of grey scoundrel you are.

Didn't you play opposite Steve Martin in "Scoundrels"?

Trudy

11-04-2007, 11:27 PM

my profile photo

The most important question: can you dance like him?

~Athanasia~

John Charmley

11-04-2007, 11:32 PM

M.C. Steenberg

12-04-2007, 12:39 AM

Aren't you wearing my bow-tie.......?

Fr Raphael Vereshack

16-08-2007, 12:19 AM

For some reason the link posted as part of Alexander's post above showed up in my email inbox but not here on the Forum.

Effie Ganatsios

16-08-2007, 07:28 AM

Funnily enough Rick, your personality as perceived through your posts, is similar to the one this actor protrayed in many of his films.

Good choice.

Effie

Florianos

16-08-2007, 11:57 AM

Father bless!!

I also can not upload a foto on my profil!!

Please help me!!

In Christ Alexander

Rick H.

16-08-2007, 01:48 PM

Effie Ganatsios

16-08-2007, 04:35 PM

From James Bond to Inspector Clouseau . . . Hmmm . . . probably more the latter :) But then again there was that Bishop and his antics with his mission. Actually, I've always considered myself a little bit of a Columbo man too! Do you know who this is Effie? This is a character played by Peter Falk on American TV in the 70's.

Peter Falk - Columbo Photo at AllPosters.com (http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Peter-Falk-Columbo-Posters_i1253654_.htm)

Yes, yes, I know Columbo. Are you really like this? David Niven is the exact opposite - dress wise, at least............................

I loved the Columbo series. I wish some of these old series were on TV today, although there are also some good ones on now. I just finished watching the first two seasons of Jail Break on DVD. It's been a long time since I watched something that was so riveting.... Went through all the episodes in about 3 days!!!!!

I had no trouble posting my profile photo but I don't really remember how I did it!!!

Fr Raphael Vereshack

16-08-2007, 04:40 PM

I loved the Columbo series. I wish some of these old series were on TV today, although there are also some good ones on now.

Hmmm! I wonder what Columbo sounds like in Greek?

And what would they call him? Kolumvakis?

Effie Ganatsios

16-08-2007, 05:12 PM

Hmmm! I wonder what Columbo sounds like in Greek?

And what would they call him? Kolumvakis?

Father, the suffix "-akis" is for greeks from Crete.

In north west and central Greece our names usually end in "os", or "as".

So Columbo would be Columbos as in Christopher Columbos.

All foreign films and series are aired in their original language and have sub-titles. The exception is the Spanish language series, which is terrible because before the TV channels changed their policy we were all becoming quite proficient in Spanish, which is one of the most beautiful languages in existence.

Thanks for making me laugh - I've just been watching the news report of another terrible forest fire. This summer will be remembered for the destruction caused by these fires.

Rick H.

16-08-2007, 05:33 PM

You know Effie, now that you mention it, I'm not really like that. And, since now am I Greek Orthodox man, I think I am not like Lt. Columbo at all anymore, but now more like Lt. Kojack!

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PS I know, somebody needs to get a life! :cool:

Michael Stickles

16-08-2007, 05:41 PM

I also can not upload a foto on my profil!!

Please help me!!

Hmmm... are you guys using the "Image Hosting" link from the menu at the top of the page? You click it, it pops a menu up, you select "Upload an image", it takes you to your upload images page where you have this panel on the right:

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You click "Browse" and select your image from the "Choose file" dialog that pops up, then click "Upload for hosting" to actually upload it into your image collection (I forgot that last step the first time I tried).

If you did all that and it didn't work, and the image is within the size and type limits (GIF, JPG, PNG, or BMP; 700x768 pixels; 1024KB), then I be clueless (Call Columbo! Call Clouseau! Call Kojack! We have a mystery!).

Mike

Effie Ganatsios

16-08-2007, 06:52 PM

Rick, please, please post a photo!

Niven, Falk and now Savalas.................a combination of the 3?????????????

We are all waiting.

Rick H.

16-08-2007, 08:14 PM

But, Effie, Mike just said we have a real mystery on our hands! And if I put my real photo up on the board then I will no longer be "the international man of mystery" (no not John Kerry)
. . . Austin Powers. And, then where will this leave us with the mystery which has just presented itself to us here a few posts ago? :confused:

I really dunno about this Effie? There is so much at stake here! And, speaking of stakes, based on some of the PM's I get, there are those who have gathered wood already and this would make it much easier for them. So I'm not sure . . .

Rick H.

17-08-2007, 07:01 PM

Dear Effie,

As Telly always used to say, "Who loves ya baby?"

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Actually, in this photo, I look a little more like Kojack's brother Stavros. :)

Effie Ganatsios

18-08-2007, 09:18 AM

Dear Effie,

As Telly always used to say, "Who loves ya baby?"

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Actually, in this photo, I look a little more like Kojack's brother Stavros. :)

It's terrific that we now have an image to couple with your posts, Rick.

You look like a thoroughly nice person, full of humour. It would be nice to see photos of all our posters, wouldn't it? I have posted mine. I'm with my son and the photo's an old one. I tried to post current photos of myself, my husband and my son but they were too big or something. I made them a lot smaller and then the thought came to me that perhaps I shouldn't post personal photos of my family as everyone else seemed to have posted pictures that were religious. I then deleted them and left only the photo of Meteora.

Effie

Effie Ganatsios

18-08-2007, 09:30 AM

Rick, I uploaded my personal photos. You can see them, if you like, on my profile.

Effie

Rick H.

18-08-2007, 03:16 PM

Facing the Music

Dear Effie,

Thanks for posting your images, it is very cool to have faces with names. It is like I mentioned to another member who sent me pictures of her and her family just the other day, when we have faces with names somehow it is like we become real people to each other. I think it would be neat if all the posters would do this too because is occurs to me now that this could help to counteract some of the unpleasant dynamics that I have noticed are unique to internet discussions. Do you know what I mean. It's like we have an idea who we are talking to and in turn possibly more compassion or concern for an actual human being, as opposed to just some words on paper that we don't always completely understand or agree with. I know we would still not have facial expressions and voice tones and inflections, but I actually think it would be a good thing for at least the regular posters to post photos. The miles and the borders seem to fade significantly when we have a face to go with a name.

As I shared with my friend who sent me the photos last week, in some ways, I have most people pictured a certain way in my mind, and I have actually thought in the past that I wouldn't want to know what they looked like because I wanted to keep my visions of them intact. Like I have Herman pictured as being very tall and think with grey hair, and a person who smiles a lot. But, anyway thanks for posting your photos, you and your husband look like great people, a great looking family! If you and Dimetrios are ever in my neck of the woods I hope you stop by for cup of my special coffee!

But, now, for the bad part. I feel bad because the last photo I posted was an actor from a movie called 'Super Bad' that was just released yesterday. That's not me either. But, I tell you what, if you are still speaking to me now :) then maybe you can think of something I can include in a photo to prove it is me, and I'll ask my daughter to use her camera and help me get it posted.

Thanks again Effie.

In Christ,
Rick

Fr Raphael Vereshack

18-08-2007, 03:22 PM

In order to get to know each other better here is the most recent photo I can find of myself.

Apologies to all if I appear not quite myself.

Mary

18-08-2007, 04:58 PM

Dear Fr Raphael,

for some reason, I'd imagined that you'd have a beard, you being a monk and all... =)

My picture's posted on my profile. Thanks to Paul C, I found a good one, that was the right size.

Let me see if I've learned how to post pictures within a post:

Herman Blaydoe

18-08-2007, 05:56 PM

Father Anthony

18-08-2007, 06:17 PM

I really can't help myself here so I will post like Fr Raphael did and enclose my photo.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gwrra-mi.org/Images/clipart/TAZ.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gwrra-mi.org/Clipartpage1.htm&h=977&w=1200&sz=83&tbnid=fG_4LIhKYmVtbM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtaz%26um%3D1&start=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=1

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

Father David Moser

18-08-2007, 07:27 PM

In order to get to know each other better here is the most recent photo I can find of myself.

Apologies to all if I appear not quite myself.

You know Father, the scary thing is that it does look kind of like you.

Fr David Moser

Effie Ganatsios

18-08-2007, 07:31 PM

Facing the Music

Dear Effie,

Thanks for posting your images, it is very cool to have faces with names. It is like I mentioned to another member who sent me pictures of her and her family just the other day, when we have faces with names somehow it is like we become real people to each other. I think it would be neat if all the posters would do this too because is occurs to me now that this could help to counteract some of the unpleasant dynamics that I have noticed are unique to internet discussions. Do you know what I mean. It's like we have an idea who we are talking to and in turn possibly more compassion or concern for an actual human being, as opposed to just some words on paper that we don't always completely understand or agree with. I know we would still not have facial expressions and voice tones and inflections, but I actually think it would be a good thing for at least the regular posters to post photos. The miles and the borders seem to fade significantly when we have a face to go with a name.

.............................
But, now, for the bad part. I feel bad because the last photo I posted was an actor from a movie called 'Super Bad' that was just released yesterday. That's not me either. But, I tell you what, if you are still speaking to me now :) then maybe you can think of something I can include in a photo to prove it is me, and I'll ask my daughter to use her camera and help me get it posted.

Thanks again Effie.

In Christ,
Rick

That's OK Rick. Anytime you want to post your photo I would be glad to see it and it's true, as you said, we become real people to each other and are able to be a little kinder to each other when we disagree in some of these discussions. It would be great if you could post pictures of all your family.

Effie

Fr Raphael Vereshack

18-08-2007, 07:52 PM

You know Father, the scary thing is that it does look kind of like you.

Fr David Moser

Especially on days when my feathers get more ruffled.

:rolleyes:

Paul Cowan

18-08-2007, 08:21 PM

That's OK Rick. Anytime you want to post your photo I would be glad to see it and it's true, as you said, we become real people to each other and are able to be a little kinder to each other when we disagree in some of these discussions. It would be great if you could post pictures of all your family.

Effie

I don't know Effie,

I don't know we can believe any picture to be actually of Rick since he seems to be the man of disguises and intrigue that he is.

Rick H.

18-08-2007, 08:50 PM

I don't know Effie,

I don't know we can believe any picture to be actually of Rick since he seems to be the man of disguises and intrigue that he is.

:) Come on Paul, let's get in the game here, it's not man of disguises and intrigue, it's "international man of mystery" (IMOM).

And, yes be careful Fr. Anthony, this is habit forming. :)

Paul Cowan

18-08-2007, 09:05 PM

Thank you Rick for the clarification. I just want to confirm is it IMOM and not IMAM. You know how one little letter changes the whole meaning in Greek.

Paul

Karena Hryniuk

18-08-2007, 09:18 PM

Trying to post pictures on here is harder than I thought! I did manage to get few teeny tiny enough to upload after about 10 tries :cool:.

~In Christ
Karena

Father Anthony

18-08-2007, 09:26 PM

:) And, yes be careful Fr. Anthony, this is habit forming. :)

Yes Rick,

If only I can get the knack of it. :)

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

Nina

18-08-2007, 09:32 PM

Thank you Rick for the clarification. I just want to confirm is it IMOM and not IMAM. You know how one little letter changes the whole meaning in Greek.

Paul

Actually... IMAM is not Greek, sorry to break the news to you.

IMAM is BAYALDI. :) If you and Leah were in proximity geographically, I would invite you for IMAM dinner, because I am making that dish for after-tomorrow. And since you know that I do not share (from the book thread), you can look at my plate all you want because 1. that IMAM is delicious. 2. there will not be leftovers. 3. I eat very slowly. :) :) :)

Effie Ganatsios

18-08-2007, 09:51 PM

Actually... IMAM is not Greek, sorry to break the news to you.

IMAM is BAYALDI. :) If you and Leah were in proximity geographically, I would invite you for IMAM dinner, because I am making that dish for after-tomorrow. And since you know that I do not share (from the book thread), you can look at my plate all you want because 1. that IMAM is delicious. 2. there will not be leftovers. 3. I eat very slowly. :) :) :)

Imam Baldi? Is that the dish with eggplants? If it is, I make it too and it is really delicious.

Effie

Nina

18-08-2007, 09:58 PM

Imam Baldi? Is that the dish with eggplants? If it is, I make it too and it is really delicious.

Effie

Yes! That is the aubergine dish. Dear Effie, I think we have to get together at the Lenten recipes thread (or PM?) and compare recipes. I would like to know if those resemble.

Paul Cowan

18-08-2007, 10:01 PM

Sorry for the confusion Nina. I should have said..
You know how one little letter changes the whole meaning as in Greek.

I meant to compare Rick's IMOM "international man of mystery" to IMAM.

Definitions of IMAM on the Web:

prayer leader and elder of mosque

Bad joke. Sorry Rick and all.

Although IMAM Bayildi (http://hande.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/ratatouille-byaldi-imam-bayildi/)"the IMAM fainted" sounds delicious too. There is nothing better than a good sloppy dish of ratatouille in olive oil. MMMMM

Paul

Mary

18-08-2007, 10:07 PM

Actually... IMAM is not Greek, sorry to break the news to you.

IMAM is BAYALDI. :) If you and Leah were in proximity geographically, I would invite you for IMAM dinner, because I am making that dish for after-tomorrow. And since you know that I do not share (from the book thread), you can look at my plate all you want because 1. that IMAM is delicious. 2. there will not be leftovers. 3. I eat very slowly. :) :) :)

Now you have me freaking out! Last I heard, an Imam is a muslim priest. You eat Imams?! And they're delicious?!!! :confused:

Nina... I hope you don't ever post a picture of yourself, and remind me to never give you my home address. Why, if run out of Imams for dinner, you might come after me!! :p

Mary.

Nina

18-08-2007, 10:11 PM

Sorry for the confusion Nina. I should have said..

I meant to compare Rick's IMOM "international man of mystery" to IMAM.

Bad joke. Sorry Rick and all.

Although IMAM Bayildi (http://hande.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/ratatouille-byaldi-imam-bayildi/)"the IMAM fainted" sounds delicious too. There is nothing better than a good sloppy dish of ratatouille in olive oil. MMMMM

Paul

Uh oh! I was joking! I perfectly understood you and I was just joking since the tone of the thread is such. Please do not say sorry because you did not do anything wrong.

Aaaand now, I wish I could post the picture with my French flag here and thus in complete authority (from my kitchen) :) to tell you that ratatouille and imam bayaldi (at least the one from my family's recipe) may have as main ingredient aubergine, but are two different recipes. And the whole idea with imam bayaldi is to be very esthetical and not sloppy at all. You have to preserve the form of the aubergine so you can really convey the image of the 'fainted imam', or as some others translate it 'stuffed imam' - I am not sure which one is more correct.

Effie Ganatsios

18-08-2007, 10:13 PM

"Title: Imam Baldi
Categories: Vegetables
Yield: 6 servings

3 Japanese eggplants
2 Yellow onions, chopped
-coarsely
1 Tb. olive oil
1 lb Ripe tomatoes, chopped
-coarsely
3 Cloves fresh garlic, minced
1/2 ts Dried basil
1/2 ts Dried oregano
1/2 ts Salt, or to taste

Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly oil a large baking dish.

Cut each eggplant in half lengthwise. Scoop out the insides and
coarsely chop them; set aside. Place the shells face down on a
baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

In a skillet over medium-high heat, saute onion in olive oil for 10
minutes, stirring frequently to prevent browning. Add tomatoes,
garlic, eggplant insides, basil and oregano. Simmer until soft,
about 10 minutes. Season with salt to taste.

Fill eggplant shells with mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve hot.

Makes 6 servings.

The name of this recipe literally translates as “the Imam fainted”.
The legend goes that the ruler liked this dish so much, he fainted
with delight."

When we're not fasting we add a bechamel sauce on top of each eggplant shell and bake until lightly browned........................................... .........

Rick, post your picture because next we'll be talking about eskimos or something!!!

Paul Cowan

18-08-2007, 10:18 PM

The name of this recipe literally translates as “the Imam fainted”.
The legend goes that the ruler liked this dish so much, he fainted
with delight."

Interesting. In the legend from the website I found it says the IMAM fainted because his wife used so much of olive oil. A full cup in that recipe. I suppose both can be true at the same time.

"Honey, that's the best ratatouille you ever made. You used how much?"

Mary

18-08-2007, 10:24 PM

"Title: Imam Baldi

Ok - so it's not just any Imam, it has to be a bald one... interesting!

Aaaand now, I wish I could post the picture with my French flag here and thus in complete authority (from my kitchen) :) to tell you that ratatouille and imam bayaldi (at least the one from my family's recipe) may have as main ingredient aubergine, but are two different recipes. And the whole idea with imam bayaldi is to be very esthetical and not sloppy at all. You have to preserve the form of the aubergine so you can really convey the image of the 'fainted imam', or as some others translate it 'stuffed imam' - I am not sure which one is more correct.

This is getting to be more than interesting... not just any Imam, but a bald aborigine, who is also an Imam!

I'm glad I'm not bald! :)

Mary

Effie Ganatsios

18-08-2007, 10:24 PM

Interesting. In the legend from the website I found it says the IMAM fainted because his wife used so much of olive oil. A full cup in that recipe. I suppose both can be true at the same time.

"Honey, that's dog gone good. You used how much?"

Probably both. Some women fry the eggplants but if you just brush them with a little olive oil and then grill them you use only a little and then your husband loves you and doesn't divorce you for squandering all his hard earned money, because, let's face it, olive oil is very expensive..............sending you home to your mama is definitely cheaper.

Paul Cowan

18-08-2007, 10:30 PM

I think before Matthew scolds us for getting off topic, we should either post a profile picture of ourselves as a stuffed bald oily imam or move these posts over to the lenten recipe thread. ;)

Paul

Nina

18-08-2007, 10:37 PM

Now you have me freaking out! Last I heard, an Imam is a muslim priest. You eat Imams?! And they're delicious?!!! :confused:

Nina... I hope you don't ever post a picture of yourself, and remind me to never give you my home address. Why, if run out of Imams for dinner, you might come after me!! :p

Mary.

Giggle....A LOT!

Dear Mary, what do you think? We are Christians and have been accused in the past for "cannibalism" - I have to state here that this is a joke.

Yes, you say that because you want to have exclusivity over the pictures I have emailed you. But I know where you live - la la la la la la.

Dear Effie,

Yes, I see that you make the one version of the dish which is very popular also here in the Greek community. Since my family was from the Poli, they make the version that is more similar of the area there. That is why we also call it bayalldi. So just versions.

Comparing the recipes we do not use:

Big eggplants. We use small (normal size) ones (2 eggplants for serving) - they call them here Italian eggplants.

also we do not use:

basil
oregano

and if there is no fasting time we use minced meat when preparing the stuffing for the imam.

However we use in our recipe:

lots of parsley,
1 bay leaf,
lots of garlic,
and red wine vinegar

Marie-Duquette

19-08-2007, 01:25 AM

Since I'm having indi-gestion with all this food, I decided to simply go "blueberrying" ... these are the very best anti-oxidents in God's Creation!

marie-duquette

Effie Ganatsios

19-08-2007, 06:40 AM

Giggle....A LOT!

Dear Mary, what do you think? We are Christians and have been accused in the past for "cannibalism" - I have to state here that this is a joke.

Yes, you say that because you want to have exclusivity over the pictures I have emailed you. But I know where you live - la la la la la la.

Dear Effie,

Yes, I see that you make the one version of the dish which is very popular also here in the Greek community. Since my family was from the Poli, they make the version that is more similar of the area there. That is why we also call it bayalldi. So just versions.

Comparing the recipes we do not use:

Big eggplants. We use small (normal size) ones (2 eggplants for serving) - they call them here Italian eggplants.

also we do not use:

basil
oregano

and if there is no fasting time we use minced meat when preparing the stuffing for the imam.

However we use in our recipe:

lots of parsley,
1 bay leaf,
lots of garlic,
and red wine vinegar

Nina, I downloaded the recipe I posted from an internet site. I also do it your way except for the bay leaf and red wine vinegar. I have a wonderfully aromatic laurel bush (daphne) from which I pick my leaves, the aroma is unbelievable, just opening a jar of dried bay leaves in winter is wonderful. I never knew that bay leaves had such a terrific aroma, which makes me wonder how many flavours and aromas we are missing from the commercial market that we don't even know about. My red wine vinegar is from our own wine - we have a vinegar barrel - and I use it for everything, even cleaning.

Nina, when you say Poli, you don't mean Constantinople do you? All the Asia Minor Greeks are famous for their cuisine.

Effie

p.s. when we fill eggplant shells with the minced meat mixture we call them
papoutsakia or scarpinakia = little shoes......................mmmmmmmm delicious...........

Effie Ganatsios

19-08-2007, 06:45 AM

Since I'm having indi-gestion with all this food, I decided to simply go "blueberrying" ... these are the very best anti-oxidents in God's Creation!

marie-duquette

Maria, I can't find them here!!!!!!!!!!!! There is a wild variety on the mountain slopes around here that woman use to make a liqueur, but they're not the same. And as you said, the very best anti-oxident...........

Effie

Herman Blaydoe

19-08-2007, 02:47 PM

I hereby declare this thread thoroughly and deliciously hijacked!

Herman

Mary

19-08-2007, 08:16 PM

I hereby declare this thread thoroughly and deliciously hijacked!

Herman

and the best part is, you can eat as much as you want because it has zero calories and no artificial ingredients! =)

Mary

Rick H.

19-08-2007, 08:26 PM

and the best part is, you can eat as much as you want because it has zero calories and no artificial ingredients! =)

Mary

Just like coffee! :)

Rick H.

19-08-2007, 08:35 PM

Just like coffee! :)

Speaking of coffee . . . here's a reprint from an earlier discussion:

Monachos Lenten Latte:

Combine in a coffee grinder: 1 part espresso bean + 1 part espresso bean + 1 part espresso bean. Hold the grinder button down until your wife and/or kids start to be annoyed just a bit. Then fill espresso maker with water and turn button to "ON" position. Add espresso to steamed soy milk, with chocolate syrup and favorite flavors (viz. caramel and vanilla for 'Milky Way' latte) and enjoy with one of your favorite monachos threads.

John Charmley

19-08-2007, 11:48 PM

Dear Rick,

And as you load up your photo and read your coffee recipe, perhaps some advice on pants might be useful?

Just a thought;)

John

Rick H.

20-08-2007, 11:30 AM

Dear Rick,

And as you load up your photo and read your coffee recipe, perhaps some advice on pants might be useful?

Just a thought;)

John

Dear John,

Yes, photos, recipes, and fashion statements! But, we already have a pants thread--'women in pants.' So to avoid duplication or a lack of focus in this thread, I wonder if we are not lacking a 'men in pants' thread? Or, as we consider the field of cultural anthropology as it relates to Scotland, Greece, and other middle eastern countries, would we be politically incorrect to leave out a thread for 'men in skirts?'

For example, here's a simple, but stylish package featuring a casual kilt, leather sporran, kilt pin and a pair of kilt socks, colour matched to the kilt. Ideal for wearing with a football or rugby top.

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The Tartan Army, not too sure how good these guys would be on the battlefield but possibly a start to our new topic.

Rick

PS I don't really see how the socks are color matched to the quilt.

John Charmley

20-08-2007, 11:58 AM

Dear Rick,

I am sure I saw that guy last time I was in Edinburgh. From what I remember about Scotsmen, I'm not sure that kilts would quite fit in with the more general theme of chaps and pants - viewers of Braveheart might recall why.

The theme of chaps in skirts reminds me inevitably of the (no doubt apocryphal) comment of the young child taken for the first time to Mass in a High Anglican Church who turned to its mother and asked: 'Why is that man wearing a dress, and does he know his handbag's on fire?' Such are the trials for those unused to men in clerical garb and censers.

:) John

p.s. You ought to make it clear (no disclaimers though) that that is not a photograph of you in the Henry tartan (is it?);)

Nina

20-08-2007, 08:22 PM

Nina, I downloaded the recipe I posted from an internet site. I also do it your way except for the bay leaf and red wine vinegar.

The vinegar balances the oil. So it is the perfect combo.
We use bay leaf in almost everything. After cooking discard it because it is toxic if digested - I have read, not that I have tried it.

It is so great that you have home made/grown cooking things. That is the best.

And yes, I meant Constantinople. They make a cold soup (gazpacho-but not Spanish :)) also to go with it. Now in summer that combination is fantastic. So cooling and refreshing meal! I love that soup but it is not for everyone, or always... it has lots of garlic so it is anti-social... actually it is anti-everything :) like the 'Seinfeld' episode with Kavorka. :) You can see it on YouTube if you have never seen it.

p.s. when we fill eggplant shells with the minced meat mixture we call them
papoutsakia or scarpinakia = little shoes......................mmmmmmmm delicious...........

Yes. :) But I was afraid to reveal this information because Mary's comments (imagination) might run wild :).

Mary

21-08-2007, 12:00 AM

Yes. :) But I was afraid to reveal this information because Mary's comments (imagination) might run wild :).

Thank you for helping me preserve the few shreds of rational thinking remaining in my brain cells. :p

Effie Ganatsios

21-08-2007, 07:27 AM

The vinegar balances the oil. So it is the perfect combo.
We use bay leaf in almost everything. After cooking discard it because it is toxic if digested - I have read, not that I have tried it.

It is so great that you have home made/grown cooking things. That is the best.

And yes, I meant Constantinople. They make a cold soup (gazpacho-but not Spanish :)) also to go with it. Now in summer that combination is fantastic. So cooling and refreshing meal! I love that soup but it is not for everyone, or always... it has lots of garlic so it is anti-social... actually it is anti-everything :) like the 'Seinfeld' episode with Kavorka. :) You can see it on YouTube if you have never seen it.

Yes. :) But I was afraid to reveal this information because Mary's comments (imagination) might run wild :).

I definitely want the recipe for your soup.

"Little shoes" does sound really strange, doesn't it? Why "little shoes" and not "little boats" or something??

The Imam fainting is not so bad either. I wonder what other strange names for dishes are floating around.............

The Greek women from Constantinople are famous for their cooking, for taking care of their households and their husbands, and for their beauty.

God's bounty : cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves........ mmm what man-made aroma can match these

Nina, I don't know if any of Maria Ioannidou's books have been translated into English but if they have I highly recommend that you buy them. One in particular - Loxanne (Λωξαντρα) is one of my favourite books. Her books are about her family when they lived in Constantinople and about their life there before the Turks forced the Greeks to leave their ancient homelands. She is a Constantinopolitissa................... a woman from Constantinople.

Nina

21-08-2007, 04:52 PM

I definitely want the recipe for your soup.

Of course, Effie! I can PM it to you.

"Little shoes" does sound really strange, doesn't it? Why "little shoes" and not "little boats" or something??

I like your suggestion. :) Mary is right that some dishes have weird names.

God's bounty : cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves........ mmm what man-made aroma can match these

I agree! Actually they make here potpourri, with the ingredients you mentioned, for Christmas. Cinnamon and Christmas are very connected here... (I miss Christmas!)

Also in northern Europe they make a mulled wine which is called Glühwein and the entire house smells like cinnamon, cloves etc. And it is amazing because I came across an old recipe book, which used the ingredients for Glühwein and called it the 'Hippocrates's wine' (although Hippocrates's wine is different - from what I have read, although I am not very sure because many things are attributed to him).

Nina, I don't know if any of Maria Ioannidou's books have been translated into English but if they have I highly recommend that you buy them. One in particular - Loxanne (Λωξαντρα) is one of my favourite books. Her books are about her family when they lived in Constantinople and about their life there before the Turks forced the Greeks to leave their ancient homelands. She is a Constantinopolitissa................... a woman from Constantinople.

This would be so interesting! I will research about her thank you for letting me know!

I hope we are ok here... because this is the 'Test Area'... or maybe we should move these posts to Lenten recipes? Although wine is not so Lenten :) - speaking of which...

I thought of an argument for those who do not believe what the Fathers say about the bread and wine becoming the real Body and Blood of Christ: if we can not drink wine during Lent, how come we receive it at church, unless it is the Blood of Christ as Fathers say (appearing to our senses as wine) ?