Seafood Chowder

Serves 4

 

300g mixed shellfish

40g butter

40g flour

1 white onion, diced 1cm

2 sticks celery, diced 1cm

1 leek, diced 1cm

1 bulb fennel, diced 1cm

3 rashers of bacon, diced

2 potatoes, peeled and diced 1cm

2 pints of fish or chicken stock

½ pint milk

½ pint whipping cream

1 bay leaf

2 sprigs fresh thyme or ½ x 5ml spoon (½ teaspoon) dried

1 ½ x 15ml spoon (1 ½ tablespoons) flat leaf parsley, chopped (for garnish)

 

Method

 

1. Place butter, onion, celery, leek and fennel in a large saucepan over medium heat and cook 5-6 minutes. Add thyme, bay leaf and flour and cook for 2 minutes.

2. Add potatoes, stock and season with salt and pepper. (don’t season using stock cubes)

3. Gently cook soup until potatoes are soft. Add milk, cream and seafood, bring to the boil. Check seasoning and consistency. Serve in warm soup bowls, topped with chopped parsley.

 

 

 

Potage au fruits de mer a l'irlandaise:

300 gr de fruits de mer (mix de moules, coques, bouts de saumon frais-pas fume-, bouts de cabillaud, crevettes)
40g beurre
40g farine
1 oignon blanc
2 batons de celeri
1 poireau
1 bulbe de fenouil
2 pommes de terre (assez grosses)
2 pintes (=1 litre) de bouillon de poisson
250ml de lait
250ml de creme fraiche
1 feuille de laurier
du thym (2 branches fraiches ou une cuillere a cafe de thym seche)
du persil plat (3 cuilleres a cafe ou 3 branches fraiches)

recette:
- mettre beurre, oignon, celeri., poireau, fenouil dans une large casserole a cuisson moyenne pendant 5-6mn. ajouter le thym, laurier, et la farine et cuire pendant 2 mn.
-ajouter les pommes de terre epluchees et coupees en morceau, avec le bouillon et sel et poivre.
-faire mijoter la soupe jusqu'a ce que les pommes de terre soient cuites. ajouter lait, creme fraiche, le mix de fruits de mer. faire cuire jusqu'a ebullition.
-servir dans des bols et decorer de persil.

you like MGMT?

you like remixes?

 

well check that out:

http://spin.com/blog/spincoms-top-25-mgmt-remixes

 

Sleep Thieves

it was a nice gig last night, their first gig but totally fine for the audience, the sound was good, the musicians too, their experimental electronica sounds goes really well with Sorcha's quiet female voice. the only negative point will be that they didn't interact with each other or with the crowd because they were really nervous.

i'm sure they will get better and better.

 

www.myspace.com/wearesleepthieves

fun in a plane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUpEUON4oFk

 

cinema

quantum of solace: too easy, not enough entangled or complicated misteries, good action though

zack and miri make a porno: still undecided whether it is really funny or not at all

pride and glory: brilliant actors, good story so good movie, though not a lot of action

role models: great duo, entertaining and funny

my best friend's girl: a romantic comedy a bit too dull for me

 

(i haven't been to the cinema for all these movies, i've seen some of them on the internet)

Christmas time

i'm going home for Christmas

leaving on the 24th early morning, back on the 26th in the afternoon

 

and i put up the Christmas decorations in the flat on sunday. it looks cool and not too tacky. i love autumn, and i like winter as well. i think i smell snow... we'll see tomorrow. i'd love to see Dublin covered with a white blanket one day.

production week

Charles Dickens'
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
in a new version by Alan Stanford

Matinees at 3pm on the following dates:
Sat 6th Dec • Wed 10th Dec • Sat 13th Dec
Wed 17th Dec • Sat 20th Dec • Tues 23rd Dec
Sat 27th Dec • Wed 31st Dec • Sat 3rd Jan
Tues 6th Jan • Sat 10th Jan


Charles Dickens’s much loved classic has been brought to life in a wonderful new version by Alan Stanford. Nell Trent lives with her doting grandfather in his London shop, a magical place filled with dust-laden treasures. What is the secret of Grandfather’s mysterious night wandering? Why does he borrow so much from the evil money lender Quilp? As they run from the clutches of Quilp, the pair fall in with a number of colourful characters, some villainous, some affectionate. Quilp, however, is not a man to be trifled with, something they are all about to find out the hard way.

Nigel Anthony · Barbara Brennan · Stephen Brennan · Barry Cassin · Richard Clements · Donna Dent · Maude Fahy · Michael James Ford · Mark Long · Conor MacNeill · Dermot Magennis · Barry McGovern · Jill Murphy · Mark O’Regan Stephen Swift · Billie Traynor · Mal Whyte · Michael Winder

Director Alan Stanford
Set Designer Eileen Diss
Costume Designer Leonore McDonagh
Lighting Designer Paul Keogan

where am i?

i'm very busy hence the lack of posting

 

the gig last wednesday was amazing: Russian Circles and These Arms Are Snakes. lovely guys, Russian Circles set was incredibly intense and i was really into it. no lighting show, just a lot of smoke and one single light. only instrumental. TAAS are good, energic and they have that something more that makes them special. Bats, the first band on stage, are from Dublin and i was surprised because i hardly heard of them but they were really good.

i worked 18 hours on saturday: in the Gate for the get in of The Old Curiosity Shop, then in ALT for a very experimental jazz gig with The Thing and Otomo Yoshihide, then a charity club with old school djs from The Kitchen and Shaft.

 

beginning of the week is production week in The Gate.

and in ALT:

tuesday: club Trashed

wednesday: Tim Westwood

thursday: Klezmer music festival

friday: Dalek

saturday: HMV party

 

on friday, i'll be at the restaurant for Anabela's birthday, then helping Sleep Thieves http://www.myspace.com/wearesleepthieves setting up in Dorans and trying to do something lighting wise for them, then back to party for A's birthday.

learning and gigging

last night was a lot of fun, especially when i saw Les and Fergal, my two former teachers, on stage, rocking out covers of artists like Rihanna, Nelly Furtado or Robbie Williams.

and it was Laura's 21st, she is now entirely responsible for her acts ;-)

 

today i'm going to an audio visual seminar in the RDS, then gigging with Seattle punk-grunge These Arms Are Snakes, support by Russian Circles.

 

http://www.myspace.com/thesearmsaresnakes

 

hilarious

this is the facebook page of God

http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1764710