THREE BLOOMS and a BUD

 

COLD TUNA PASTA FROM BOXED MAC and CHEESE : FOOD BANK RECIPE

 Hello Friends!

This recipe is one of a few I've posted to help you make more of the free food that is given out at food bank distributions. People appreciate the help but I know from volunteering at a food bank that there is a lot of repetition. Some of what is given away comes from stores that are throwing it out and still getting a tax deduction for donating it even if it's clearly not fresh. A lot of packaged food and canned food is given away because at least it doesn't go bad right away. At the food bank I volunteered at, we rarely had time to check the expiration dates on meats, which were rare, and we barely ever got fruits or veggies. This is a variation on the popular "Mac and cheese" but you don't mix it with butter and milk to activate the cheese and eat it hot.

COLD MAC AND CHEESE PASTA

One box of Mac and Cheese - the kind that has a packet of powdered cheese or cheese substitute.

One small can of tuna fish

One can of peas (which are already cooked before canning)

One heaping tablespoon of mayonnaise (about eight packets of restaurant give away mayo)

One level teaspoon garlic powder (optional)

Salt as you please.

Boil the pasta, drain, rinse with cold water till cool, drain again so that there is near no water left.

Open the can of tuna fish, drain. 

Open the package of dried powder cheese and set aside.  Add the garlic powder to it if you like.

In a bowl add the ingredients as follows.

Tuna, peas, cold pasta.

Sprinkle the dried powder cheese over the mixture and stir in.

Stir in the mayo, mixing well.

That's it.  This cold pasta needs no refrigeration if you eat it right away. Makes about four portions.

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JESUS PULSING WITH LIGHT

A friend sent me this Sacred Heart of Jesus.  I think the origin of it is somewhere in Poland.

PEACE? WAR? HUMANS?

I have a friend who is a veteran and peace activist. He networks with a great variety of other persons and organizations that are pro-peace.

We talked the other night after he returned from a Write In.

Why does it seem that all this peace activism has little to no effect?

Has evil taken over the earth?

We talked about the sociopath criminals - from those who rob stores to those who rape - and what is happening in Gaze - Jerusalem.  It seems that there are creatures walking around who only look human.

HUM

HUMAN

HUMANITY

HUMANITARIANS

Humans used to be thought of as basically good.

We thought in terms of HUMAN RIGHTS, honoring the assumed basic decency of conscious and living beings with the right to food, shelter, clothing, housing, medical care...

What has happened?

HUNGARIAN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

 Here's an opportunity for you!  Internships, education, and much more....https://www.haesf.org/

The Hungarian-American Enterprise Scholarship Fund (HAESF) was founded in 2004. Since then, we have helped more than 400 high-achieving and accomplished Hungarians gain professional skills in the United States.

• To promote free enterprise and business development in Hungary
• To enhance the potential for personal contribution to Hungarian society by investing in human capital through practical training in the United States
• To build the framework for long lasting impact in Hungary
• To strengthen the ties between the United States and Hungary
• To create positive Central European attitudes towards the United States

TAKE A BITE

 

AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION : DIGITALIZING THEIR ARCHIVES : NEEDS DONATIONS FOR THE PROJECT COLLECT CONSERVE CELEBRATE!

AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION ORG Located in New Jersey

Since the 1950's and recognizing that the North Eastern United States has had a great number of Hungarian heritage persons, the American Hungarian Foundation is digitizing their archives and needs your help.

TARD VILLAGE : THE EPICENTER OF TRADITIONAL MATYO EMBRODERIE

This article is about the economic conditions in Borson-Abauj-Zemplen County in Hungary and the way women, especially elder women, are turning to their traditional artistry to improve their incomes.

RADIO FREE EUROPE : TARD VILLAGE MATYO EMBRODERIE

Excerpts: The practice of Matyo embroidery is through to have started around 200 years ago and has since been passed down through the generations.  The women living in Tard mastered their skills, embroidering the distinctive flowers and leaves, by watching their mothers, who had learned it from their own mothers.

According to local mythology, the technique was born when the devil kidnapped a man and asked for the most colorful flowers as a ransom.  In the dead of winter, in order to get her husband back, his young bride presented the devil with a set of richly embroidered flowers.

According to local mythology, the technique was born when the devil kidnapped a man and asked for the most colorful flowers as a ransom. In the dead of winter, in order to get her husband back, his young bride presented the devil with a set of richly embroidered flowers.

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Like many towns and villages in Hungary's northeast, Tard has been in decline since the wider regional collapse of heavy industry and mining after the fall of communism.  Across Hungary, some 1.9 million people -- 12 percent of the population - now live in poverty.  According to 2019 statistics, 15 percent of people over the age of 65 lived in deprivation.

LOVE ME ANYWAY

 

OUR DRY SENSE OF HUMOR PROVES WE ARE TOO PESSIMISTIC TO SEE THE HUMOR IN THINGS : HUNGARIAN HUNGARIAN- AMERICAN STEREOTYPE

                                                    

HUNGARIANS are PESSIMISTIC and ALWAYS COMPLAINING.....?  Apparently we are only light-hearted when we dance.   Otherwise, we can bring anyone down.  That is, unless we unveil our DRY sense of humor.

OK, I've been accused of having a dry sense of humor, so dry it's imperceivable. On the other hand I've been known to laugh at my own jokes before I get to the punchline but I tell a jokes only once every few years and then it's usually the same old ones.  So I must not be insufferable...

What's wrong with looking at the dark side?  Well, to answer this we must be aware that we're in a hyper-positive culture in which every superlative is used to exaggerate importance, effort, as well as size.  Must we use so many adjectives?  Stunk and White would not be proud of our overuse of the English language in this way.  We should let words stand alone, allowing them the originally intended impact as is.

What about in Hungarian?

Do  you 'feel' this?

Let me know!

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WHAT ARE "AMERICAN SPACES" IN HUNGARY? THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES PROVIDES LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUNGARIANS

AMERICAN SPACES : UNITED STATE EMBASSY IN HUNGARY : EDUCATION 

• Educational advising for those who want to study in the U.S.,
• Workshops on a range of topics from career skills to English language learning,
• Classes and clubs introducing new technologies, 21st century digital skills, and academic resources,
• Films, discussions, and lectures on entrepreneurship, leadership, current events, international affairs, and much more.

VERONIKA SCHANDL'S ESSAY "A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME" FOCUSES ON CONTEMPORARY HUNGARIAN SHAKESPEARE THEATRICAL ADAPTATIONS

THEATRON : AN ESSAY ON SHAKESPEARE THEATER IN HUNGARY 

This is quite the literary essay!

Veronika Schandl (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest): “A rose by any other name”. Contemporary Hungarian Shakespeare Adaptations on Stage and in Cyberspace

HUNGRY