Popećci od humusa!

Što učiniti kada imate previše humusa? Napravite popečke! :)

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What do you do when you have too much hummus? Make patties! :) 

Humus je lako napraviti- u multipraktik ubacite slanutak, sol, papar, peršin, koju kap maslinovog ulja i koji vam već začin dođe pod ruke (mrzim zadano slijediti bilo što, a kamoli recepte, to ste već shvatili :) )

Što se tiče popečaka, u humus ubacite jedno jaje i nešto brašna, brašno dodajete dok vam smjesa ne postane dovoljno tvrda da od nje možete napraviti popečke. Bacite ih na vruće ulje i to je to. Možete ih jesti uz koprivu ili mlado od rotkvice koje pripremate kao blitvu s krumpirom ....

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It is easy to make hummus, just throw some chickpeas, salt, pepper, parsley,  a drop of olive oil and any seasoning that comes to your hand in the food processor (I hate to follow anything strictly, let alone recipes,  you already got that:)) 

As for the fritters, add an egg and some flour in the hummus, add as much flour as you need to make mixture hard enough to make fritters. Throw them in hot oil and that's it. You can eat them with nettle or radish greens which you prepare the same as chard with potatoes...

...ili ih raskomadane pobacate po mixu zelene salate i ostale zelenjave uz prženi sezam, buču i lan kao obavezan dodatak...

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...or you can throw the patties over the mixture of lettuce and other greens with toasted sesame, pumpkin and flax seeds as mandatory accessory...

... ili ih pak ubacite u pecivo i napravite hambić s finom kancerogenom majonezom i kečapom mmm :)

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or put the patties in a bun and make a burger with fine carcinogenic mayonnaise and ketchup mmm :)

Gdje je sreća? - part 4

Da sumiramo sve prethodno...

Tužni smo jer:

a) Imamo nerealna očekivanja

S pozitivnijim životnim iskustvom nego vlastiti roditelji koji su preživjeli ratove, gladi i depresije, naši roditelji odgajali su nas u optimističnom ozračju nepreglednih mogućnosti. Sjećam se kako mi je majka, još uvijek uvjerena da me čeka blistava budućnost, uvijek govorila: "Ti ćeš fino završiti fakultet, naći posao, kupiti stan i udati se!". Malo li je znala da naći posao po završetku fakulteta nije laka stvar, kao ni naći tog savršenog partnera za kojeg nam zaborave napomenuti kako zapravo ne postoji. Govorili su nam da možemo biti što god poželimo, ugrađujući nam pritom u psihu ideju posebnosti i predodređenosti za velike stvari. No, iza ograde nas po završetku školovanja nije dočekala velika zelena livada, nego razočarenje, kriza identiteta i jedno veliko ništa. Osjećaj ogromne nade koji je u nama ostavio odgoj naših roditelja koji su imali samo najbolje namjere, splasnuo je brzo iz dva razloga:

1. Ono što su imali naši roditelji, dakle siguran posao i egzistencijalnu sigurnost do kraja radnog vijeka, više nije dovoljno. Mi ne želimo samo sigurnost, mi želimo ispunjenje, sreću, unutarnji mir i zadovoljstvo, termine o kojma naši roditelji, a pogotovo naši djedovi i bake nisu puno razmišljali.
2. Ispostavilo se da ne samo da su sreća i siguran posao rezervirani za nekolicinu nego i da je nemoguće naći bilo kakav posao, a kamoli izgraditi karijeru do te famozne 30-e, takozvanog vrhunca odraslosti.

b) Ne znamo što želimo

Uspavljivali su nas pričama o odraslosti, a pritom su zaboravili napomenuti kako odraslost ne funkcionira po jednostavnoj jednadžbi – završi fakultet, nađi posao, udaj se, kupi stan, rodi, odgajaj, radi i umri. Zaboravili su napomenuti da prinčevi i princeze iz bajki zapravo ne znaju što žele raditi do kraja života u trenu kad upisuju fakultet. Zaboravili su napomenuti da prinčevi i princeze nakon happy enda imaju zapravo sasvim prosječne, ako ne i katastrofalne brakove. Zaboravili su spomenuti i krizu identiteta koju prolaziš na putu prema toj odraslosti koje se na kraju, ako pitate mene, očituje samo u tome koliko govana si u stanju progutati. I dok gledam, tuđe napuhane verzije vlastite egzistencije, vođena krivim savjetima i bajkama koje su mi servirali čitavo djetinjstvo, pitam se što ja uopće želim i hoću li u ovom društvu ikada uopće imati priliku ostvariti ono što želim? Gdje se kupi taj identitet koji mi je prijeko potreban kako bi znala što želim i čime se želim baviti do kraja života?

c) Vođeni smo stavovima i pravilima drugih

Unutarnji glasovi koji nas vode u odraslost, zapravo su glasovi naših roditelja i vršnjaka, naših škola i radnih prostora, naših medija i sadržaja koji konzumiramo. Glas našeg "ja" u cijeloj priči je potisnut. Kao da nije dovoljno što se vodimo savjetima drugih, jednako izgubljenih individua, mi tražimo potvrdu istih. To se zove prestiž. Ljudi su tako napaljeni na prestiž. Ali najbolji način da zaradimo odobravanje i poštovanje jest da se ponašamo kao da nam ne treba. To jednako vrijedi i za umjetnost i za posao...i za ljubav ..i za seks..zapravo za sve vrijedno posjedovanja.

Ono što sam uspjela saznati iz savjeta svih velikih ljudi koje sam citirala u prethodnim tekstovima je ovo:

1. Nema jednostavnog recepta za sreću, nađi ono što voliš i rokaj po tome i pusti neka se tvoje percepcije mijenjaju, nemoj se zadano držati cilja

2. Zajebi prestiž, mišljenje i potvrdu drugih

3. Nađi svoj cilj, nemoj dopustiti da ga drugi definiraju

4. Radi, radi i onda radi još malo

5. Okruži se ljudima koji te nadahnjuju

6. Ako tražiš ljubav svog života, prestani, čekati će te kada počneš raditi stvari koje voliš

7. Ako ti se nešto ne sviđa u životu, promijeni to

I dalje se čini kao lagan recept, i zaista jest lagan.Ono što je teško je skuhati obrok zvan život. To je znao i sam Huter S Thompson kojeg sam citirala na početku, a koji je koliko god da je dao dobar savjet na temu, skončao tako da si je oduzeo život hicem iz pištolja. Hoćemo li na kraju zapasti u ludilo i posegnuti za antidepresivima ili pak pištoljem ili ćemo naći sreću, nešto je što ne mogu znati, ali ono što znam jest da krajnje vrijeme da prestanemo srat' i ozbiljno se primimo posla.

photos: http://www.c-heads.com/2014/01/16/marusya-pianzina-by-tasya-kudryk-for-c-heads/

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                              where is happiness -?  part 4

Let's summarize all previously said...

We are sad because :

a) We have unrealistic expectations

With a more positive life experience than their parents who have survived wars, famine and depression, our parents raised us in an optimistic atmosphere of boundless possibilities. I remember how my mother, still convinced that bright future is waiting for me, always used to say : "You will finish college, get a job, buy an apartment and get married ". Little did she know that finding a job after graduation will not be an easy task, or finding the perfect partner for whom they forgot to mention he doesn't actually exist. They told us that we can be whatever we want, while incorporating the idea of uniqueness and predestination for great things into our psyche. But after graduation we were not welcomed with a large green meadow behind the fence, but with disappointment, identity crisis and big nothing. The feeling of tremendous hope that upbringing by our parents who have had only the best intentions dwindled quickly for two reasons :

1 ) What our parents had, a secure job and existential security until the end of their working life, is no longer enough for us. We do not want just security, we want fulfillment, happiness, inner peace and contentment, terms our parents , especially our grandparents didn't think too much about.

2 ) It turns out that not only happiness and a secure job are reserved for the very few, but also that it is impossible to find any job at all, let alone gain a career until the famous 30s', the so-called peak of adulthood .

b ) We don' know what do we want

We were put to sleep with stories about adulthood, but they forgot to mention that adulthood does not work by the simple equation - finish college, get a job, get married, buy a flat, have children, raise children, work and die . They forgot to mention that princes and princesses from the fairy tales do not really know what do they want to do for the rest of their life, at the very moment they enter college They forgot to mention that princes and princesses actually have quite average, if not disastrous marriages after the happy ending. They forgot to mention that you 're going through an identity crisis on the way to adulthood, which if you ask me, is manifested only in how much shit you're able to swallow . And as I look at other people's inflated versions of their own existence, guided by wrong advices and tales I was served throughout my entire childhood, I wonder what do I want to do with my life and will this society ever even give me a chance to accomplish what I want ? Where do I buy this identity that we urgently need if we want to know what to do with the rest of our life ?

c ) We are guided by the attitudes and rules of other people

Inner voices that guide us into adulthood are actually the voices of our parents and peers, our schools and work spaces ,our media and contents we consume. The voice of our inner " I " is suppressed in the whole story. As if it's not enough we take advices of other people, who are equally lost individuals, we seek confirmation from that same people . It's called prestige . People are so crazy about prestige. But the best way to earn approval and respect is to act as if we do not need it . This is as true for the art as for business ... and for love .. and sex .. really everything worth owning .

What I have learned from the tips of all the great people I have quoted in previous articles is :

1.There is no simple recipe for happiness, just find what you love and do it and let your perception change, do not stick to the plan sto hard

2. Fuck prestige, opinion and confirmation from other people

3 Find your goal, do not let it be defined by other people

4. Work, work and then work some more

5. Surround yourself with people who inspire you

6. If you 're looking for the love of your life, stop , they will wait for you when you start doing things you love.

7 If you do not like something in your life , change it

 Still seems like an easy recipe , and it really is easy , What is difficult is to cook a meal called life. Huter S Thompson , who I quoted at the beginning knew it too, but although he gave good advice on the subject he ended up by taking his own life with a bullet. Will we eventually fall into insanity and resort to anti-depressants or a gun or we will find happiness , it's something I don't t know , but what I do know is that it 's about time we cut the crap and get down to serious work .

 photos: http://www.c-heads.com/2014/01/16/marusya-pianzina-by-tasya-kudryk-for-c-heads/

Extra lagan mediteranski ručak za prijatelje!

Nekad je sve što treba za sreću čaša vina, nešto hobotnice i povrća, jedna sunčana terasa i nekoliko prijatelja. 

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Sometimes all it takes for the happiness is a glass of wine, some octopus and vegetables, a sunny terrace and a few friends.

Dobro je da je hobotnica zamrznuta prije nego se stavi kuhati. Ako je kupite svježu, bolje je zamrznuti je večer prije i takvu je zamrznutu ubaciti u vodu te kuhati 15 minuta. Batat i ciklu pečete pod folijom, na pola pečenja ubacite hobotnicu i nastavite peći pod folijom kako bi se pustili sokovi, možete dodati i bijelog ili crnog vina. Kada je hobotnica mekana, skinite foliju, pobacajte svježeg peršina i/ili neke druge zelenjave i pecite još malo. Sve skupa se peče oko sat vremena. Uz ovu divnu kombinaciju hobotnice, batata i cikle, mi smo još jeli i laganu salatu prema receptu Nigelle Lawson, a taj recept je pak jednostavan- pobacate mozarrelu, rajčicu, prepečeni kuh, bosiljak i masline, začinite i bok!

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It's better if the octopus is frozen before cooking. If you buy fresh one, it is better to freeze it the night before and put it frozen into the water and then cook it for 15 minutes. Bake sweet potato and beetroot in the foil, when they are half baked put the octopus in and continue to bake under the foil to let the juices run, you can also add red or white wine. When the octopus is soft, remove the foil, scatter fresh parsley and / or other vegetables on top and bake some more. The whole thing is baked for about an hour. With this wonderful combination of octopus, sweet potato and beetroot, we also ate a light salad by Nigella Lawson and this recipe is even more simple -throw in mozarrela, tomatoes, toasted bread, basil and olives, season it and voila!

Gdje je sreća? -part 3

Osim savjeta Huntera S. Thompsona na temu sreće i smisla života, svidjeli su mi se savjeti još nekoliko velikih mislilaca. Ovo su neki od njih...

Paul Graham - esejist i programer

Ono što ne bi trebali raditi je brinuti se za tuđe mišljenje, osim ono vaših prijatelja. Ne bi se trebali brinuti za prestiž... Prestiž je mišljenje ostatka svijeta....Prestiž je kao snažan magnet koji se omata čak i oko vaših stavova spram stvari u kojima uživate. Tjera vas da radite ne na onom što volite, nego na onom što bi voljeli da volite.. Prestiž je samo fosilizirana inspiracija. Ako radite išta jako dobro, napravit ćete to prestižnim. Samo radite što volite, a neka se prestiž pobrine sam za sebe.

Alain De Botton - pisac, filozof i televizijski voditelj

Jedna od zanimljivih činjenica koje se tiču uspjeha je da mislimo kako znamo što to znači. Mnogo puta naše ideje o tome što bi značilo živjeti uspješno, zapravo nisu naše. One su usisane od drugih ljudi. Također usisavamo poruke koje nam šalju mediji i marketing. To su sve snažne sile koje definiraju što želimo i kako vidimo sami sebe. Ne bi trebali odustati od vlastitih ideja i predodžbi uspjeha, ali moramo biti sigurni da su to zaista naše ideje i predodžbe. Moramo se fokusirati na vlastite ideje i pobrinuti se da ih posjedujemo, da smo mi zaista autori naših ambicija. Jer samo po sebi je grozno ne dobiti ono što želimo, ali je još gore imati ideju što želimo i onda na kraju shvatiti da to uopće nije to, da to nije ono što želimo cijelo vrijeme.

Hugh Macleod- karikaturist

Najvažnija stvar koju kreativna osoba mora naučiti, a koja se tiče profesije, je gdje povući granicu koja dijeli ono što ste voljni činiti i ono što niste. Umjetnost pati u onom trenutku kada ljudi počnu plaćati za nju. Što ćete više novca trebati, više ljudi će vam govoriti što da radite, imati ćete sve manje kontrole, više sranja ćete morati gutati, a užitka će biti sve manje. Znajte ovo i planirajte u skladu s time.

Lewis Hyde - esejist, pjesnik, prevoditelj, kritičar

Rad je ono što radimo po satu. Ako je moguće, to radimo za novac. Vožnja taksija, pranje suđa, branje šparoga, šetanje dvorištem psihijatrijske ustanove...sve je to rad. Težak rad, s druge strane, ima svoj tempo. Možda nas i plaćaju za isti, ali ga je teže odrediti. Pisanje pjesama, odgajanje djeteta, razvijanje novog načina računanja, rješavanje neuroze, stvaranje izuma u bilo kojoj formi- sve je to težak rad.

Rad je namjerna akcija postignuta voljom. Težak rad može biti namjeran samo do one mjere kada se napravi kostur ili ako se ne rade stvari koje bi mogle spriječiti težak rad. Iznad toga težak rad ima svoj raspored. Ne postoji tehnologija, uređaj koji štedi vrijeme koji bi mogao promijeniti ritmove kreativnog teškog rada. Kada se težak rad izrazi u terminima razmjene, kreativnost je automatski umanjena svaki put kad se pojavi uspon u tehnologiji rada.

Steve Jobs -poduzetnik i izumitelj

Posao će zauzeti velik dio vašeg vremena, a jedini način da budete uistinu zadovoljni jest da radite ono za što mislite da je odličan posao. Jedini način da radite odličan posao je da volite ono što radite. Ako to još niste našli, tražite dalje. Nemojte stati. Svim srcem ćete znati kad to nađete. I kao svaka dobra veza, postaje sve bolje kako godine prolaze.

Robert Krulwich - novinar

Radit ćete, ali ćete i stvarati prijateljstva. Upoznat ćete ljude koji će vam pomoći, a nekima ćete vi pomoći.Oni koje upoznate u ovom razdoblju će vas opaziti, izazvati vas, raditi s vama i čuvati vam leđa. Možda će biti vaša snaga. Ako možete zaljubite se u posao, u ljude s kojima radite, u svoje i njihove snove. Što god vas je dovelo do ove škole, nemojte to pustiti. Vjerujte u svoje prijatelje. Vjerujte da je ono što vi i vaši prijatelji imate za reći, da je način na koji to govorite, nešto novo u svijetu.

Alan Watts - filozof, pisac i govornik

Ako kažete da je novac jedina važna stvar, provest ćete život u traćenju. Radit ćete stvari koje ne volite kako bi nastavili živjeti, odnosno kako bi nastavili raditi stvari koje ne volite raditi, a to je glupo.

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where is happiness? part 3

In addition to Hunter S. Thompson's  tips on the subject of happiness and meaning in life, I really liked the tips a few great thinkers as well. Here are some of them ...

Paul  Graham- essayist and programmer

What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. You shouldn’t worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world...Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like...Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you do anything well enough, you’ll make it prestigious. . So just do what you like, and let prestige take care of itself.

Alain De Botton- writer, philosopher and television presenter 

One of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it means. A lot of the time our ideas about what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They’re sucked in from other people. And we also suck in messages from everything from the television to advertising to marketing, etcetera. These are hugely powerful forces that define what we want and how we view ourselves. What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we’re truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it’s bad enough not getting what you want, but it’s even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn’t, in fact, what you wanted all along.

Hugh Macleod - Cartoonist

The most important thing a creative per­son can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not. Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.

 

Lewis Hyde- essayist, poet, translator, critic

Work is what we do by the hour. It begins and, if possible, we do it for money. Welding car bodies on an assembly line is work; washing dishes, computing taxes, walking the rounds in a psychiatric ward, picking asparagus — these are work. Labor, on the other hand, sets its own pace. We may get paid for it, but it’s harder to quantify… Writing a poem, raising a child, developing a new calculus, resolving a neurosis, invention in all forms — these are labors.

Work is an intended activity that is accomplished through the will. A labor can be intended but only to the extent of doing the groundwork, or of not doing things that would clearly prevent the labor. Beyond that, labor has its own schedule.

There is no technology, no time-saving device that can alter the rhythms of creative labor. When the worth of labor is expressed in terms of exchange value, therefore, creativity is automatically devalued every time there is an advance in the technology of work.

 

Steve Jobs -entrepreneur and inventor 

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”

Robert Krulwich - journalist

You will build a body of work, but you will also build a body of affection, with the people you’ve helped who’ve helped you back. The ones you meet now, who will notice you, challenge you, work with you, and watch your back. Maybe they will be your strength.

If you can… fall in love, with the work, with people you work with, with your dreams and their dreams. Whatever it was that got you to this school, don’t let it go. Whatever kept you here, don’t let that go. Believe in your friends. Believe that what you and your friends have to say… that the way you’re saying it — is something new in the world.”

Alan Watts - filozof, pisac, govornik

If you say that money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time: You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is, in order to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!

 

sources: 

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/27/purpose-work-love/

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/10/if-money-were-no-object-alan-watts/

photos:

http://www.c-heads.com/2014/01/16/marusya-pianzina-by-tasya-kudryk-for-c-heads/

http://sarahemily1992.tumblr.com/post/25095666223/beach-beautiful-beauty-black-black-and

Jabukovita torta- pomaknuta verzija cheese cakea! Utonite u osvježavajuću kombinaciju jabuke i sira!

Sastojci:

Podloga

200 g brašna

1 žlićica praška za pecivo

1/2 žlićice cimeta

1 žlićica đumbira u prahu

100 g šećera

1 jaje

200 ml jogurta

50 ml ulja

naribana korica limuna

Preljev za biskvit

sok jednog limuna

2 žlice šećera ili meda

75 ml vode

Jabukoviti cheese parfe

500 g naribanih jabuka

sok jednog limuna

1 žlica šećera

cimet, đumbir u prahu

1 žlica gustina

2 vrećice vanilin šećera

500 g posnog sira

korica jednog limuna

50 g šećera u prahu

3 dcl vrhnja za šlag

2 vrećice šlag fixa

BISKVIT:

Pomiješati sve suhe sastojke pa dodati žutanjak, jogurt i ulje. Zatim ručno umiješati istučeni snijeg jednog bjelanjka i staviti peći u namašteni i pobrašnjeni kalup na srednjoj temperaturi 15ak minuta. Kada bude gotov, odstranite kalup i stavite biskvit na rešetku da se malo ‘prozrači’ dok pripremite preljev. Prokuhajte sok limuna s vodom i šećerom /medom. Kada provri, sklonite s vatre. Vratite biskvit u kalup i zalijte preljevom.

NADJEV:

Jabuke:

Sok jednog limuna, naribane jabuke, vanilin šećer, šećer, žličicu cimeta i đumbira zagrijavajte na vatri. Nek lagano, uz miješanje, krčka 7-8 minuta. Zatim stavite žlicu gustina, dobro promiješajte i još kratko ‘podgrijavajte’, te premjestite smjesu u veću zdjelu da se hladi. Mikserom sve malo izmiješajte da se rezanci još malo usitne, ali neka ostane mrvičasto. Pustite da se hladi, povremeno miješajući da ubrzate proces.

Sir:
Sir izmiksajte sa šećerom u prahu, limunovom koricom i vanilin šećerom, te dodajte u prohlađene jabuke.Sve zajedno izmiješajte, te na kraju dodajte i tučeno vrhnje za šlag koje ste izmiksali s dva šlag fixa. Sve zajedno izmiješajte da se dobije jednolična smjesa, te rasporedite po biskvitu i stavite u zamzivač na sat vremena (ili u frižider na duže).

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Apple cheese cake- shifted version of cheese cake!

Base

200 grams of flour

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon of powdered ginger

100 grams of sugar

1 egg

200 milliliter of yogurt

50 milliliter of oil

grated lemon peel

Topping for the biscuit

lemon juice from one lemon

2 spoons of sugar or honey

75 milliliter of water

Apple cheese parfait

500grams of grated apples

lemon juice from one lemon

1 tablespoon of sugar

cinnamon, ginger powder

1 tablespoon density

2 bags of vanilla sugar

500grams of low fat cheese

one lemon zest

50 grams of powdered sugar

3 deciliter of whipping cream

2 bags of icing thickener

BISCUIT:

Mix all dry ingredients and add egg yolk , yogurt and oil . Then manually mix battered snow from one egg and bake it in oiled and floured mold on medium heat for 15 minutes . When it's done , remove the mold and put the biscuit on the grid to get a little bit ' airy ' during which you prepare the topping . Boil the lemon juice with water and sugar / honey . When it boils , remove from heat . Put the biscuit back in the mold and pour with the topping .

FILLING :

Apples :

Heat lemon juice, grated apples , vanilla sugar, sugar, a teaspoon of cinnamon and ginger on fire . Let it simmer for 7-8 minutes,while stirring. Then put a spoonful of cream thickener, mix well and briefly reheat and then move the mixture into a large bowl to cool down. Mix everything a little bit more so the noodles would be chopped , but leave it crumbly . Allow it to cool , stirring occasionally to speed up the process .

Cheese:

Mix cheese with powdered sugar , lemon rind and vanilla , and add cooled apples.

Mix it all together and finally add whipping cream and cream that you have mixed with two icing thickeners. Mix it all together to a smooth mixture, spread it over the biscuit and place it in the freezer compartment for an hour ( or longer in the refrigerator ) .

Gdje je sreća? - part 2

Prethodni tekst o Lucy dao je bar donekle odgovor na pitanje zašto je čitava jedna generacija nesretna, a sada je vrijeme je da se bacimo na potragu za odgovorom gdje je ta sreća za kojom toliko žudimo...Hunter S. Thompson dao je svojevremeno dobar savjet na tu temu. "Nije potrebno prihvatiti izbore koji vam život kakvim ga poznajete nudi" napisao je dvadesetogodišnji otac gonzo novinarstva, veliki učenjak i filozof, u pismu svom prijatelju Humeu Loganu 1958. Ovo pismo daje divnu refleksiju na smisao i svrhu života. Oprezan, s obzirom na činjenicu da svaki savjet može biti samo produkt čovjeka koji ga daje, Thompson započinje  potrebnim objašnjenjem samog čina davanja savjeta te kaže: "Dati savjet čovjeku koji pita što učiniti sa svojim životom, implicira nešto što je vrlo blizu egomaniji. Pretpostaviti da možeš uputiti čovjeka na pravi i konačan cilj, uputiti prstom u PRAVOM smjeru je nešto čega bi se samo budala primila." Kako bi ipak odgovorio prijatelju, Thompson se okreće Shakespeareu kao izvoru nadahnuća za svoj odgovor:

Biti ili ne biti- to je pitanje.

Je l` dičnije za ljudski um sve praćke

I strjelice silovite sudbine

Podnositi il zgrabit oružje,

Oduprijet se i moru jada kraj

Učinit? Umrijet- usnut, ništa više!

I zaista, pitanje jest da li je bolje plutati zajedno s plimom ili plivati do cilja, odnosno prepustiti se očaju ili boriti se. Thompson smatra kako je to izbor koji svi moramo učiniti u nekom trenutku života, svjesno ili nesvjesno. "Sjeti se svake odluke koju si donio, a koja je bila u nekoj korelaciji s tvojom budućnosti. Možda je to krivo, ali ne vidim kako te odluke nisu bile ništa drugo nego indirektan izbor između ove dvije stvari koje sam spomenuo- plutanje s plimom ili plivanje do cilja.", objašnjava Thompson te dodaje:

"Odgovor, a u nekom pogledu i tragedija života, jest da se trudimo razumjeti cilj, a ne čovjeka. Postavimo cilj koji od nas zahtijeva određene stvari i trudimo učiniti sve kako bi došli do tog cilja. Prilagođavamo se zahtjevima koncepta koji ne može biti važeći. Kad si bio mlađi, recimo da si htio postati vatrogasac. Mislim da sa sigurnošću mogu reći da sada više ne želiš biti vatrogasac. Zašto? Zato jer se tvoja perspektiva promijenila. Nije vatrogasac taj koji se promijenio, to si ti." U duhu pisca Austina Kleona koji je rekao da smo kombinacija onog što puštamo u svoj život, Thompson kaže: "Svaki čovjek je konačan zbroj vlastitih reakcija na iskustvo. Kako se tvoje iskustvo mijenja i uvećava, postaješ drugačiji čovjek i stoga se tvoja perspektiva mijenja. Ovo traje i traje. Svaka reakcija je proces učenja, svako značajno iskustvo mijenja tvoju perspektivu. U tom pogledu bilo bi glupo, zar ne, da se prilagođavamo zahtjevima cilja koji svaki dan vidimo iz različitog kuta? Kako se onda možemo nadati da ćemo postići išta drugo nego galopirajuću neurozu? Stoga se odgovor na to što je smisao života, ne bi trebao baviti ciljevima. Tona papira bila bi potrebna da se ova ideja u potpunosti razvije. Samo Bog zna koliko je knjiga napisano na temu "smisao čovjeka" i koliko je čovjek razmišljao na tu temu. (frazu "samo Bog zna" koristim samo kao izraz).

Malo je smisla u mom pokušaju da ti sve objasnim u kratkoj poslovici jer prvi ću priznati vlastiti nedostatak kvalifikacija da reduciram značenje života na samo dva pasusa...Vjerovati u opipljive ciljeve bilo bi u najmanju ruku glupo. Ne bi trebali težiti tome da budemo vatrogasci, bankari, policajci ili doktori. TREBALI BI TEŽITI TOME DA BUDEMO SVOJI. Ali nemoj me krivo shvatiti. Ne mislim da ne možemo biti vatrogasci, bankari ili doktori, ali moramo prilagoditi cilj individui, a ne da se individua mora prilagođavati cilju. U svakom čovjeku nasljeđe i okolina zajedno proizvode biće određenih sposobnosti i želja. Uključujući duboko usađenu potrebu da funkcionira na način prema kojem bi njegov život imao smisla, čovjek mora biti nešto, mora značiti nešto i nekome. Prema tome, formula bi trebala funkcionirati odprlike ovako: čovjek mora izabrati put koji će njegovim sposobnostima omogućiti funkcioniranje na najvećoj mogućoj razini učinkovitosti prema ispunjenju njegovih želja. Čineći ovo čovjek ispunjava potrebu i stvara sebi identitet. Identitet dobiva tako što funkcionira prema određenom uzorku koji prati određeni cilj. Izabiranjem puta koji nema nikakvih ograničenja na njegov razvoj, on izbjegava užas koji nastaje gledanjem cilja kako vene ili gubi svoj šarm dok mu se približava. Umjesto da se pokorava zahtjevima onog što traži, on postavlja svoj cilj prema vlastitim sposobnostima i željama. Ukratko, on ne posvećuje život dosezanju prethodno definiranog cilja, nego radije bira način života za koji zna da će uživati. Cilj je apsolutno sekundaran. Funkcioniranje prema cilju je ono što je važno. I čini se gotovo smiješnim reći da čovjek mora funkcionirati u određenom uzorku koji sam izabere, ali pustiti drugog da definira tvoj vlastiti čin znači odustati od najznačajnijeg aspekta života- definirajući čin volje koja čovjeka čini individuom. Čovjeku koji odgađa definiranje svog cilja, neizbježno će se dogoditi da okolnosti u kojima će se naći to naprave umjesto njega. Stoga ako zapadneš među razočarane, nećeš imati drugog izbora nego da prihvatiš stvari onakve kakvima jesu ili da potražiš nešto drugo. Ali prilikom potrage za svojim ciljevima pazi na to da tražiš način života. Odluči kako želiš živjeti i onda vidi kako to možeš ostvariti unutar načina života. Međutim, ti kažeš: "Ne znam gdje tražiti, ne znam što tražiti!" E pa tu je srž! Je li vrijedi odreći se onog što imam kako bi potražio nešto bolje? Tko može donijeti tu odluku nego ti. I samo odlukom da tražiš svoj cilj, već si napravio dalek put prema donošenju svog vlastitog izbora. Ne nastojim te poslati na put u potrazi za svetim gralom, samo ti ukazujem da nije nužno prihvatiti izbore koji ti se nude od strane života kakvog poznaješ. Tu je puno više od toga- nitko ne mora činiti nešto što ne želi do kraja života. "

izvor:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/04/hunter-s-thomspon-letters-of-note-advice/

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 where is  happiness -part 2

Previous article about Lucy gave at least partly an answer to the question of why is an entire generation of youth so unhappy, and now it 's time to throw ourselves in the quest for an answer where lies the happiness which so many crave .. Hunter S. Thompson once gave good advice on the subject. " “It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.”" wrote twenty something year old father of gonzo journalism, a great scholar and philosopher, in a letter to his friend Hume Logan in 1958. This letter gives a wonderful reflection on the meaning and purpose of life . Cautious , given the fact that each advice can only be the product of a man who gives it, Thompson begins with the necessary explanation of the act of giving advice and says : " To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal — to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself." In order to nevertheless respond to his friend , Thompson turns to Shakespeare as a source of inspiration for the answer:

  "To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles…”

Indeed, the question is whether it is better to float along with the tide or to swim to the finish, to give up to despair or to fight. Thompson believes that this is a choice that we all must make at some point in our lives, consciously or unconsciously. " Think of any decision you’ve ever made which had a bearing on your future: I may be wrong, but I don’t see how it could have been anything but a choice however indirect — between the two things I’ve mentioned: the floating or the swimming. "says Thompson, adding:

The answer — and, in a sense, the tragedy of life — is that we seek to understand the goal and not the man. We set up a goal which demands of us certain things: and we do these things. We adjust to the demands of a concept which CANNOT be valid. When you were young, let us say that you wanted to be a fireman. I feel reasonably safe in saying that you no longer want to be a fireman. Why? Because your perspective has changed. It’s not the fireman who has changed, but you.Touching on the same notion Austin Kleon captured in asserting that “you are the mashup of what you let into your life", Thompson says: Every man is the sum total of his reactions to experience. As your experiences differ and multiply, you become a different man, and hence your perspective changes. This goes on and on. Every reaction is a learning process; every significant experience alters your perspective.So it would seem foolish, would it not, to adjust our lives to the demands of a goal we see from a different angle every day? How could we ever hope to accomplish anything other than galloping neurosis? The answer, then, must not deal with goals at all, or not with tangible goals, anyway. It would take reams of paper to develop this subject to fulfillment. God only knows how many books have been written on “the meaning of man” and that sort of thing, and god only knows how many people have pondered the subject. (I use the term “god only knows” purely as an expression.)

There’s very little sense in my trying to give it up to you in the proverbial nutshell, because I’m the first to admit my absolute lack of qualifications for reducing the meaning of life to one or two paragraphs...To put our faith in tangible goals would seem to be, at best, unwise. So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES. But don’t misunderstand me. I don’t mean that we can’t BE firemen, bankers, or doctors—but that we must make the goal conform to the individual, rather than make the individual conform to the goal. In every man, heredity and environment have combined to produce a creature of certain abilities and desires—including a deeply ingrained need to function in such a way that his life will be MEANINGFUL. A man has to BE something; he has to matter. As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES. In doing this, he is fulfilling a need (giving himself identity by functioning in a set pattern toward a set goal) he avoids frustrating his potential (choosing a path which puts no limit on his self-development), and he avoids the terror of seeing his goal wilt or lose its charm as he draws closer to it (rather than bending himself to meet the demands of that which he seeks, he has bent his goal to conform to his own abilities and desires). In short, he has not dedicated his life to reaching a pre-defined goal, but he has rather chosen a way of life he KNOWS he will enjoy. The goal is absolutely secondary: it is the functioning toward the goal which is important. And it seems almost ridiculous to say that a man MUST function in a pattern of his own choosing; for to let another man define your own goals is to give up one of the most meaningful aspects of life — the definitive act of will which makes a man an individual.A man who procrastinates in his CHOOSING will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. So if you now number yourself among the disenchanted, then you have no choice but to accept things as they are, or to seriously seek something else. But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life. But you say, “I don’t know where to look; I don’t know what to look for.”And there’s the crux. Is it worth giving up what I have to look for something better? I don’t know—is it? Who can make that decision but you? But even by DECIDING TO LOOK, you go a long way toward making the choice.I’m not trying to send you out “on the road” in search of Valhalla, but merely pointing out that it is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it. There is more to it than that — no one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life.

sources:  http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/04/hunter-s-thomspon-letters-of-note-advice/