Dance belly dance!

Every country in the world has its own customs, traditions, religion, festivals, holidays – to cut a long story short, its own culture. We usually are curious about those parts of the world that are further from our own country – they are much different and even exotic. That is why they are so interesting.
When I think about the Far East I think about India and the very first thing that comes to my mind is belly dance. A few weeks ago I started making my website about belly dance and I discovered some very interesting details about it, for example the actual origins of this kind of dance. And guess what? It is not India, as it is commonly believed… Are you curious to know it? Go to www.bellydance123.republika.pl and find out! You can also find a link to the website on the right site of the screen, just above 'My blog list'.
On the website you can also find some videos, photos and language tasks to practise your language skills and learn something new. I won’t tell you anything else – go and check it yourself! I hope you’ll enjoy it!

How it started?

In the section ‘My interest’ you can read that I’m interested in baking. Well, you’re probably wonder how it happened that I found interest in that sphere of life. Everything started when I was 15.

It was summer and was travelling by train to my aunt’s house to spend a few days there. I got off the train and instead of going through platforms, like everybody did, I went across the rails – it was shorter way, of course. I could say I was punished for that because I slipped on the rails and twisted my ankle. Fortunately, I wasn’t alone – my cousin was also there. She helped me to go, or rather jump, to my aunt’s house. In that one moment my holiday plans disappeared. I planned riding bicycle in the nearest villages, long walks and all those outdoor activities, so as you can imagine I wasn’t delighted with that kind of holidays. I stuck at home and I was getting bored. I watched TV, read books and women’s magazines and one day I came across the recipe with a photo of (I assumed) a delicious pie. I thought: ‘I’ll try to bake it! Why not?’. All the ingredients were at home, so I started to make my masterpiece. After my little ‘kitchen adventure’ the cake looked as delicious as in the photo. I was satisfied, my aunt and my cousin were surprised and each of us wanted to taste it. It was worth the effort!

I found a new way for boredom: I looked through the all the magazines at home and started to rewriting recipes to my own notebook. When my ankle recovered I baked another cake, and another… and this adventure lasts till today.

I’ve baked a lot of cakes since then and I have my favourite recipes. Some of them are time-consuming so I can use them only when I have time. But many of them are easy. Below I attach a very easy recipe for an apple pie. It’s my sister’s favourite one!

Apple pie

Ingredients:

5 eggs

½ glass of sugar powder

3 glasses of flour

20 dag of butter

1 package of baking powder

1,5 – 2 kg of apples or a big jar of apple mousse (you can buy a ready-made one)

¾ glass of sugar

cinnamon (necessarily)

Flour, sugar powder, baking powder mix together, add yolks, mix again. Add chopped cold butter and make a cake. Put it into the baking tin (on the bottom and on the sides). Peel the apples, cut them into pieces and put into a pot. Cook for 20 min, add some sugar (3 spoons should be enough), cook for 5 min. Pour the mousse on the cake. If you use ready-made mousse pour it on the cake directly from the jar. Sprinkle the apples with cinnamon. Whip the egg whites with a bit of salt. They should be really stiff. Add sugar gradually, whip for a moment. Pour the whites on the apples – there will be meringue on the surface of the cake. Bake it for 30-40 min in 180^oC.

Bon appetit!