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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Europe Poffertjes Netherlands Made with yeast and buckwheat flour, poffertjes are small, round, puffy Dutch pancakes. The Dutch use a special pan called poffertjespan to bake them. When prepared for an outdoor event, they’re served warm on a piece of cardboard. These are usually eaten as a snack and topped with melted butter and powdered sugar. During Christmastime poffertjes can be bought at many street carts.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Old Photos
Old photos provide comfort to me, taking me back to yesterday. So much time has passed but they comfort me and take me back to the places and faces that used to be. I return to these days with every old photo I see and relive it all once more in my daydreams. It seems that was such a simple time, and there were many smiles while in the photos my family and friends wave to me and give me a feeling of comfort when I can see it all again.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Poets
Going Tropical
Europe France A French kiwi variety, kiwi de Corse originated from the Haute-Corse Department. This fruit is oval with brown-green hairy skin and bright green flesh that is dotted with black seeds. The kiwi is sweet and slightly tart, and the texture is soft and juicy.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Long Island On My Mind
Even though Long Island is not one of the five boroughs, it is very much a place to explore when visiting New York City. It is a primarily urbanized and densely populated island and part of the New York metropolitan area. Long Island begins at New York Harbor east of Manhattan Island and extends eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of four counties – Kings (the New York borough of Brooklyn) and the borough of Queens, Nassau County, and Suffolk County. New Yorkers use the term Long Island to refer to Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Wander
Taste of the Greek Islands
Soup Fasolada is a traditional Greek soup that is made with dried white beans drizzled with olive oil. The soup is eaten with different vegetables and herbs like onion, celery, and tomatoes. Prepare the soup by heating olive oil in the soup pot and add chopped onions, carrots, celery, and sliced garlic and sauté for a couple of minutes. Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, and crushed tomatoes with herbs and spices, and mix with white beans and broth. The soup is simmered for about half an hour until the vegetables are tender.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Exploring Queens
Even though the borough of Brooklyn gets more attention, Queens is the largest and most diverse borough in New York City. The county was established in 1683 and named after English queen Catherine of Braganza. At this time, it included Nassau County of Long Island. Then in 1898, Queens became a New York City borough.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Wander
African Cuisine
Northern Africa Algeria A traditional Algerian dish, rechta is made with thin, flat noodles and chicken sauce. The noodles are prepared with flour, salt, water, and ghee. The sauce consists of chicken pieces, onions, garlic, oil, chickpeas, ras el hanout (a special spice mix), cinnamon, turnips, potatoes, and zucchini. When the dish is ready, the rechta noodles are placed on a large dish and topped with the chicken sauce.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Exploring The Bronx
The borough, The Bronx, is coextensive with Bronx County in the US state of New York. The borough is situated south of Westchester County, north and east of the borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River, and north of the borough of Queens across the East River. The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Wander
Brooklyn Roads. Top Story - September 2022.
Even when you leave the borough of Manhattan behind and head into Brooklyn you can still see the incredible Manhattan skyline from many points in Brooklyn. This is the borough where I was born and raised, and often, as I daydream I set off on Brooklyn roads and return there in my mind.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Wander
Found My Thrill on Blueberry Hill
This is the legendary rocker who sang one of my all-time favorite songs “Blueberry Hill,” and I found a thrill in every note. His full name is Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino, Jr.. or in rock and roll simply Fats Domino. He’s an American R&B and rock and roll pianist, singer, and songwriter. Before 1955 he had released five gold records and had 35 Top 40 Hits in the U.S. Fats Domino comes from New Orleans, Louisiana, and has a mixture of African-American heritage and French Creole background. Music was prominent in his family his father was a well-known violinist, and his uncle was a jazz guitarist.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Beat
