Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Funny Onion article
Elizabeth here. I thought I was the only one who had patrons who said things like, "The Google" and "The Yahoo". This made me LOL!!
Monday, October 8, 2007
What's for Dinner?
Tonight, Mark made this recipe and paired it with a Bordeaux wine that was fabulous--yum yum. (The bottle of wine was less than $10 but wonderful--The label reads, "Collection des Chateaux de Bordeaux--Number One")
Ratatouille Nicoise: Vegetable Stew from Nice
1 1/2 pounds tomatoes; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 pound eggplants, thinly sliced or diced; 1 pound zucchini, sliced; 1 pound onions, thinly sliced; 1 pound sweet green peppers, seeded and thinly sliced; 5 garlic cloves, minced; 5 basil leaves; 2 sprigs of thyme; salt & freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley to garnish.
1--Make a small incision in each tomato with a sharp knife. Put them in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 1-2 minutes, then remove and skin the tomatoes. Chop them roughly.
2--Heat half of the oil in a large heavy saucepan and add the eggplants. Fry them gently over a moderate heat until they are lightly golden, stirring frequently.
3--Add the zucchini and continue frying for 5-6 minutes until they are lightly colored. Remove the eggplants and zucchini from the pan with a slotted spoon, and set aside.
4--Add the remaining oil to the pan. Stir in the onions and fry gently until soft and golden. Add the sweet peppers and garlic, increase the heat and fry for 3-4 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook gently for 10 minutes. Stir in the eggplants and zucchini, season to taste, and crumble in the thyme. Cook gently, uncovered, for about 40 minutes. Crumble the basil leaves into the ratatouille, and serve it warm or cold, garnished with parsley.
Source: The Essential French Cookbook, edited by Heather Thomas
Ratatouille Nicoise: Vegetable Stew from Nice
1 1/2 pounds tomatoes; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 pound eggplants, thinly sliced or diced; 1 pound zucchini, sliced; 1 pound onions, thinly sliced; 1 pound sweet green peppers, seeded and thinly sliced; 5 garlic cloves, minced; 5 basil leaves; 2 sprigs of thyme; salt & freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley to garnish.
1--Make a small incision in each tomato with a sharp knife. Put them in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 1-2 minutes, then remove and skin the tomatoes. Chop them roughly.
2--Heat half of the oil in a large heavy saucepan and add the eggplants. Fry them gently over a moderate heat until they are lightly golden, stirring frequently.
3--Add the zucchini and continue frying for 5-6 minutes until they are lightly colored. Remove the eggplants and zucchini from the pan with a slotted spoon, and set aside.
4--Add the remaining oil to the pan. Stir in the onions and fry gently until soft and golden. Add the sweet peppers and garlic, increase the heat and fry for 3-4 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook gently for 10 minutes. Stir in the eggplants and zucchini, season to taste, and crumble in the thyme. Cook gently, uncovered, for about 40 minutes. Crumble the basil leaves into the ratatouille, and serve it warm or cold, garnished with parsley.
Source: The Essential French Cookbook, edited by Heather Thomas
Feedback Thingies
I think that interactive participation is the hallmark of blogs. I definitely want to be able to utilize "feedback thingies" with my patrons. I liked what was said today about the fact that some patrons will not be reached via computer so we will replicate whatever survey we are doing in a different way for them. I really like the idea of reaching out in a multiple of ways because our patrons are all on different playing fields. I am pleased that this class is arming me with new ways to reach out to the computer/web literate. Just this month, we(my staff & I) were discussing how helpful it is when our patrons assist us with ideas for collection development. We were talking about how we should reach out for help in the area of choosing magazines. Here is something I would try using Survey Monkey. Just for fun, will you take my survey by clicking on Survey Monkey and tell me about a magazine that you really like?
Saturday, October 6, 2007
FMPL Wine Beer Cheese & Silent Auction Event--join us on November 3.
The Friends of Muehl Public Library will be hosting their 5th annual Wine & Beer Tasting Event with Silent Auction. Join them at the Crystal Springs Golf Course in Seymour on Saturday, November 3rd, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the library, Don's Quality Market, and Crystal Springs Golf Course. Advance ticket price is $15 or pay $20 at the door.
Support the Muehl Public Library and attend this fun event!
Triple Trouble with Tribbles
Last night, my staff members Colette & Megan held a showing of three movies at our library. They are so clever! We watched the original Star Trek, "Trouble with Tribbles". Then we watched a cartoon, "More Tribbles, More Troubles" of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Finally, we watched the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". I had never seen any of them so it was really fun for me! And the trekkies who attended had a ball, also! This is creative programming at its best! What creative programs have you done @ your library?
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Working with RSS Feeds
I chose 8 "fun" feeds and 2 "library" feeds. The hardest part for me to post the Blogroll on this blog was to make sure and mark that I gave permission for the Blogroll to be public via Bloglines. After I discovered how to do that, it was a piece of cake! I had fun choosing my feeds--there are certainly a lot of fun postings out there. Also, there is SO MUCH informative material. I'm hoping that I can make time in my schedule to avail myself of some of the feeds. As it is, I have been trying to simplify the information overload rather than add to it. Thoughts?
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