What’s For Dinner? Circassian Chicken, Apparently

Need to get chicken stock, this looks good!
Circassian Chicken
Recipe
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Circassian Chicken Recipe
INGREDIENTS
2 full chicken breasts (both halves)
4 tablespoons olive or walnut oil
4 teaspoons paprika
1 ½ cups chopped walnuts
3 chopped garlic cloves
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
1 teaspoon cayenne
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 slices of bread, crusts removed
1 quart chicken stock
Salt
Black pepper
The juice of a lemon
METHOD
1 Bring the chicken stock to a simmer and add the chicken breasts. Add some water if there is not enough liquid to cover the meat. Simmer gently for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat.
2 Meanwhile, heat the olive or walnut oil in a small pot over low heat and add the paprika. Stir well to combine. Heat until you can smell the aroma of the paprika, then turn off the heat.
3 Tear the bread into chunks and put into a bowl. Ladle out about a cup or two of the chicken broth and pour it over the bread.
4 Set aside ½ cup of walnuts and put in a bowl with the green onions and 1 tablespoon of the parsley.
5 Put the rest of the walnuts into a food processor with the garlic, the cayenne, about a teaspoon of salt, the rest of the parsley and the soaked bread. Buzz to make a thick, relatively chunky paste. If it needs a bit more chicken broth to loosen up, add some a tablespoon at a time.
6 Stir the paprika-oil, then pour it into the food processor and buzz to combine. Taste the mixture to see if it needs salt.
7 Pull the skin off the chicken breasts and tear the meat into shreds. Put it in the bowl with the unchopped walnuts, green onions and such.
8 Add the walnut-paprika paste from the food processor to the bowl and stir gently to combine everything thoroughly. Add black pepper and lemon juice to taste and stir one more time to combine.
Serves 4-6 as a lunch.

Worldview examines the Iranian election | Chicago Public Radio Blog

Listen to @WBEZ Worldview for discussion on Iran and Twitter, they quote an Iranian via IM who dared not call in via cell phone. Worldview examines the Iranian election | Chicago Public Radio Blog

Coming up at noon Worldview is doing a show on the Iranian election. Of course you should listen closely to what Jerome and his guests have to say, but Twitter has played such a huge part in this story that you probably ought to check out what’s being discussed there.

I heard this at lunch and it was worth a listen. Visit the page for many media links!

BBC NEWS | UK | Javelin train speeds from London

BBC NEWS | UK | Javelin train speeds from London

Rail travellers have been whisked out of London at 140mph for the first time on a special preview trip on board a new Japanese-built “Javelin” train.

When will we ever get this kind of rail service in the States? Sure won’t have it if Chicago gets the Olympics (and now it appears Daley now promises taxpayer funding on the inevitable cost overrun).

Air Force One From ORD

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I think this is Air Force One, we’re on the O’Hare outbound flight
path today, the timing was right for after the end of Pres. Obama’s
AMA speech today, the livery was very light, was a 747… and several
flights before and after all turned to the north, but this big bad boy
came staight and true, right over my office.

My co-workers had seen it from the eleventh floor and had all been
looking at it, too.

Ginny
I can has iPhone?

Via: Flickr
Title: Air Force One From ORD
By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 15 Jun ’09, 12.52pm CDT PST

FAQ: How to get an iPhone 3G S on Friday

Hmm. We’re getting ours shipped… hope this means we’ll get them on time.

FAQ: How to get an iPhone 3G S on Friday

When does the iPhone 3G S go on sale? In the U.S., Apple’s retail stores open their doors on Friday, June 19, at 8 a.m. local time. AT&T’s retail stores will open an hour earlier, at 7 a.m. local time, but only for people who pre-ordered via the Web or at a store. According to The Boy Genius Report, AT&T had sold out its pre-order allotment by Saturday, June 13, and any subsequent pre-orders won’t be shipped to a local store for pick-up until seven to 14 days after the order date.

AT&T will let customers who didn’t pre-order into its stores starting at 8 a.m. local time.

Best Buy and Wal-Mart, the other two outlets selling iPhones, will open at their usual business hours on Friday.