Ken Van Alsenoy
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El Dorado – For my dad
Gally Bedight,
a gallant knight,
in sunshine and in shadow,
had journeyed long,
singing a song,
in search of El Dorado.
Over the mountains of the moon,
Down the valley of the shadow,
Ride, Boldly Ride
Alan Bourdillion Traherne
alias Mississippi
in ‘El Dorado’
Alan Bourdillion Traherne is actually James Caan who is now playing the owner of the Montecito in the TV series Las Vegas…
according to this link
Look mum, dad, I’m growing
It’s been a while since I updated this topic!
But here are some new pictures 
For Antje
My dearest Antje,
While waiting and hoping for the best, I saw this wonderful poem from Toon Hermans.
’K heb gezocht, gevonden en verloren
en weer opnieuw gezocht totdat ik het weer vond
Een mens wordt zoveel meer dan ééns geboren
en voor wie zoekt is op ‘n dag de cirkel rond
Big brother
Proud as can be, our Mattias is being the best big brother anyone can ask for.
Loving, Caring, Holding, Kissing
Cute innit?
Bramboraky
This one is going to make my mum SOOOOO jealous!
After a hard days work, a good old Bramborak or potato pancake is another goody I got to eat. Combined with a cold one it is a perfect closing of the day. here in combination with the classical tomato/onion/vinegar salad.
recipe can be found here
cheers!
Hopdovody and pork chop in paprika sauce
Another Food post! When you look at the picture, you can see the typical HOPDOVODY (translated as ‘jump in water’). They are actually made on the same base as when making a bread, only – instead of baking the dough, you make small balls with a spoon or use a hopdovody-tool and drop the dough balls in boiling water. Together with the pork chops and paprika sauce, a filling great meal! Mother in law tip: the balls sink to the bottom of your cooking pot, when they float on top, they are ready!
chlebicky – (pronounced: chlebeechky)
In our food series this week a few words on the famous czech chlebicky! The opened faced cold sandwiches with an astonisching artistically arranged topping like ham, salami, hard-boiled egg, lettuce, cheese, tomato, mayo, mustard, pickles and many more, spoils your tastebuds!!!! Accompanied by a giant pot of tea with lemon and sugar makes the daily stress go away with every bite/sip you take.
Second baby to be born in Hemiksem
Today, I went to do a registration of our Annabelle her birth at the register office of Hemiksem at the Sint-Bernardus abbey.
Apparently but not surprisingly she’s the second baby to be born in Hemiksem this year. Most of the ’mothers to be’ assume they will be having their baby in hospital because that is what their friends or relatives did or it is what they have seen in the television programmes lately to be seen on the commercial channels. Some of the advantages of a birth at home can be found here Jef was the first baby this year.
Funky Turkey Surprise Rolls
HEAVEN… a beautiful thing! For me, being close with family, good weather and … Fantastic Czech Food!The coming forthnight, I’ll be bringing you the cooking art of my mother in law. Lucky me, my wife Katerina has her cooking skills after my MIL. So read and look at the mouth-watering pictures.
Today, I’ll introduce you to the Funky Turkey Surprise Rolls. I named them this way, because they look like ordinary turkey, but when you open them up, and by every bite you go further, different ingredients and colours pop up!
What’s in there: smoked ham, mustard, pickles, Paprika and other ’salad-like’ stuff, scrambled egg, pepper and salt, cheese. All of this is put on a Turkey breast and then rolled and stuck together with a couple of toothpicks. Together with some Basmati Rice and a sauce based on onion, soya-sauce, herbs and then thickened with flour, this was a divine dinner.
I hope you are at least a bit jealous?
I’ll keep you posted!
