Rasma Raisters
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My passions are writing and creating poetry. I write for several sites online and have four themed blogs on Wordpress. Please follow me on Twitter.
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How The Cookie Crumbles
Europe Norway Krumkake are traditional Norwegian wafer cookies, The batter is prepared with eggs, sugar, vanilla, flour, baking powder, cardamon, and butter. Then the batter is cooked on a special griddle imprinting the wafers with an attractive design. When ready the wafer cookies are rolled, filled with whipped cream, and dusted with powdered sugar. They are particularly popular during the Christmas season.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Dine With Ghostly Spirits
California Ghost of former owner Patrick's Roadhouse in Santa Monica, California is known for celebrity sightings, overstuffed omelets, and a shamrock decorated exterior. This is a narrow roadhouse which has inherited some ghosts form the buildings previous businesses like a motel, hot dog stand, brothel, and trolley station, One of the most active spirits is the last owner, Bill Fichier, who publicly likes to ridicule customers complaining about the food. From time to time he shows up to check on the restaurant and staff. A chef quit after seeing Fischier's ghost appear at the back of the restaurant and glaring at the him with dissatisfaction.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Horror
An Exciting and Learning Experience Part One
When I went to Long Island University Brooklyn Center in Downtown Brooklyn, New York it was the late 1970s. To be able to get my diploma I also took the two summer semesters. Downtown Brooklyn was the shopping district and also had big department stores like Abraham & Strauss.However, to get a part time job between my morning and late afternoon classes it was very difficult to match the hours. So I decided that since heading home on the subway was not an option and I had quite a few hours to spare I headed for The Brooklyn Hospital and signed up as a vounteer. Even though I was a business major I loved babies and children so I decided to volunteer at the Maternity Ward, the Delivery Room to be exact. I discovered that this was time very well spent and I enjoyed it a lot. Here is my story.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Journal
Cheese Please
Europe Finland Leipajuusto is called Finnish squeaky cheese in the US because it seems to squeak when you bite into it. The cheese is made from the first milk drawn from a cow after it has given birth. Lipajuusto can be bought in a 2-3 cm thick dish which can be grilled, flambeed or baked. Due to its appearance the name of the cheese means "bread cheese." This cheese is usually served in slices with coffee or eaten with fresh cloudberries or cloudberry jelly or in a salad.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Dancing Butterflies
Europe Apollo butterflies have beautiful white bodies with eyespots on their wings.The forewings have a number of black eyespots and the hindwings are decorated with four attractive red eyespots. These butterflies can be found in France, Italy, and Spain. Apollo butterflies are among the most threatened species of butterflies in Europe.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Earth
Rock and Roll With a Symphonic Beat
British rock group Electric Light Orchestra or ELO comes from Birmingham, England. Actually, if you just hear their name, they sound like a symphonic orchestra. During their popularity in the years between 1971 and 1986, they came out with 11 studio albums and added on one more in 2001. This band came together as the creation of Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, whose dream was to add classical overtones to rock and pop songs. Wood departed the band after they came out with their debut album, but Lynne stayed and wrote and arranged all of their original compositions and also produced all of their albums.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Beat
Delicious Pork Dishes
Europe Norway Medisterkaker is a traditional dish made of pork meatballs. The meatballs are made with ground pork, flour, eggs, salt, nutmeg, ginger, milk, black pepper, and oil The meat is combined with salt and eggs and mixed until sticky then the flour and spices are added. The milk is added a little at a time and the entire mixture shouldn't be too firm, Then shaped into balls and browned on both sides.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Beware Halloween Is Coming
Halloween Pranks and Candy Apples The traditional colors of Halloween are orange and black and these also come from the pagan celebrations of the autumn and harvest. The orange color symbolizes the color of crops and changing leaves. As for black, it symbolizes the “death” of summer and the changing of the seasons. Other colors have been added to Halloween decorations and they include yellow, purple and green.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Horror
Halloween Candy Through the Years
The one thing that children look forward to the most is getting bagfuls of candy on Halloween. Both children and adults love to get dressed up in all kinds of costumes. My childhood favorite was a witch costume and that being the 1960s the popular costumes for children came packaged with plastic masks. As much as my mother wished I wanted to be a princess or a fairy year after year it was being a witch for me.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Horror
Comforting Bowl Of Soup
Norway Sodd is the national dish of Norway and is prepared with diced mutton, meatballs made with beef, lamb, or mutton, carrots, and potatoes. Usually, the vegetables are cooked separatly and then added to the soup. This soup is mostly served on special and festive occasions and is accompanied by Norwegian flatbread.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
