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DailyInbox Presents
Knowledge, Insight, Fun and Food for December 21, 2004
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Good
Housekeeping's Site of the Day |
A
Virtual Tour of America's Largest Home
http://www.biltmore.com/
The
Biltmore House, America's largest home, 'boasts 250 rooms, 65 fireplaces,
an indoor pool, bowling alley, priceless art and antiques.' George
Vanderbilt and his family spent the first Christmas in their new home in
1895. Now you can take the 'armchair tour of the rich wonders of
America's premier estate' and enjoy Christmas as the Vanderbilts did in
days of old. Wander through the home, occasionally stopping to view
the 360 panoramic movies of some of the rooms. The Banquet Hall is
decorated for the holidays with garlands, poinsettias and of course a magnificent
Christmas tree. You'll certainly get some ideas for your own home
here, provided you have a 70-foot ceiling! Here's the perfect setting
for that dream Christmas. Make yourself at home; the library couch
in front of the fireplace is most inviting but remember, the preservationists
forbid sitting on the furniture!
To submit a specific site for
us to review in Site of the Day (or to make a suggestion for a site topic),
please click here.
Click
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Day Archive.
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Bits & Pieces |
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GROWTH
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Growth begins
when we start to accept our own weakness.
Jean Vanier
Advocate for
people with developmental disabilities
Difficulties
in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.
Dan Reeves
Football coach
and motivational speaker
Bits &
Pieces has motivated readers with
a unique combination of wisdom and inspiration for nearly 40 years. Every
month, for less than the price of a cup of coffee, true-life stories that
will lift your spirit. Order
today and learn why over a million subscribers have enjoyed Bits
& Pieces.
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Reader's Digest CyberSmiles |
My niece
bought her five-year-old daughter, Kayleigh, a hamster. One day he escaped
from his cage. The family turned the house upside down and finally found
him. Several weeks later, while Kayleigh was at school, he escaped from
his cage again. My niece searched frantically but never found the critter.
Hoping to make the loss less painful for Kayleigh, my niece took the cage
out of her room. When Kayleigh came home from school that afternoon, she
climbed into her mother's lap. "We've got a serious problem," she announced.
"Not only is my hamster gone again, but this time he took the cage."
--Contributed to "Life in These United
States" by Patsy Stringer
Smiles, grins & humor from
the files of Reader's Digest!
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The Recipe File |
Pasta,
Seafood, Eggs and Grains:
Shrimp
and Eggplant
from Tell
Me More,
A Cookbook
Spiced with Cajun Traditions and Food Memories
INGREDIENTS:
3
eggplants, peeled and cubed
1 finely chopped
large onion
2 minced large
cloves garlic
1/4 cup finely
chopped red bell pepper
2 finely chopped
ribs celery
2 Tablespoons
butter
2 Tablespoons
olive oil
3 cups shelled
raw shrimp
2 � 3 Tablespoons
green onion tops
2 � 3 Tablespoons
parsley
Salt,
pepper, red pepper or Creole seasoning to taste
1/2 - 3/4
can condensed shrimp soup
3/4 cup Italian
bread crumbs
TO PREPARE:
Peel eggplant and cut into cubes. Sprinkle salt on eggplant and soak
30 minutes. Drain. Steam eggplant until tender. Mash
slightly. Saute vegetables in butter and olive oil until soft.
Add eggplant, shrimp, seasonings and cook stirring often, about 10 minutes.
Add shrimp soup, onion tops, parsley and bread crumbs. Pour into
an oblong Pyrex dish. Bake at 350 degrees until hot.
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Copyright 1993
The Junior League of Lafayette, Inc. All rights reserved. To
purchase copies of Tell Me More, A Cookbook Spiced
with Cajun Traditions and Food Memories, call the Junior League
of Lafayette at (337) 988-2739 or (800) 757-3651 or order by mail at 504
Richland Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508.
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