How to Make an Easy Cockle Clam Stew Recipe

                  

          Clam Stew is one of my favorite way of cooking  clams. It is not only tasty, but it is easy to make and not time consuming.  I live near the coast and I am living the life of it. It was a week of  nice low tide and I been missing eating clams so we decided to go clamming for four consecutive days. Four days of having clams is a few days of experimenting what dish should I make out of it.Clam stew is one of the dish that I came up doing, it is  made out of basic ingredients that I have in the kitchen and few clams that we get from clamming. 

Please see the ingredients below:




Ingredients:

• 8 cockle clams -  soak the clams in a bucket with a sea water and oatmeal for about 30 minutes to an hour, to make the clams spit the sand out
• 2 - 3 cups water - (adjustable) it depends of how many clams you have and how soupy you want it to be
• bokchoy
• salt
• pepper
• 1 red  jalapeño cut into strips (to add a little spice)
• 2 tbsp of olive oil
• ginger - peeled and cut into thin round slices
• garlic - minched
• red onions

Procedure:

1. Heat up the saucepan, set the stove in medium heat temperature.
2. Add olive oil in a pan.
3. Add garlic,ginger and red onions in the pan with a hot olive oil and sautee it for a few minutes.
4. Pour the water in the pan and add the rest of the ingredients (bokchoy and  jalapeño) and bring it to  boil.
5. Wash the clams in a cold running water before adding it to the other ingredients.
6.  Put the clams  in the boiling water  for 3-5 minutes or until it opens.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste
8. Serve it hot.

Note: When the clam opens up that means it is done

That was the ingredients and procedure of how to make a clam stew. Pretty simple right? I hope this blog gives you an idea on making one of the healthy clam dish. Hope you find this helpful and feel free to add this on your dish list. Enjoy!

How to get the Plate Stuck in a Pot the Easiest Way

       

        One night I accidentally dropped the plastic plate inside a pot. The pot was in the sink waiting to be washed, soaking some food that was stuck after cooking. I used a knife, crab meat picker, fork and other pointed and thin kitchen utensils to try and get the plate out. The plate happens to be the same circumference as the pot and I definitely can’t get the dish out and it seems as if it has been suctioned very tightly into the pot.

        I tried so hard to remove the plate manually and it made me very frustrated because I can’t still get the thing out and I don't want to break the plate neither the pot.  I spend hours and hours figuring out a solution even looked online and everyone just suggested using soap and water and so I decided to finish my other house chores. I left the pot in the sink and I filled it up with soap and water with the hope that the plastic plate will float or at least it will loosen up for a bit and wiggle free. I came back after a few minutes and still can't get the plate out. I pour the water out and leave the pot on the sink upside down overnight. Expecting that the plate will fell off the time I wake up in the morning. Morning comes, and nothing seems to be different. I bang the back of the pot and the sides, and shake it upside down, but still the plate doesn't want to come out. 

         

Finally I came up with the best and easiest idea, I filled the pot with water a little above the plate and I put it in the freezer and let it sit there until the water froze. After the water froze, I get the pot out, put it in the sink upside down and run it with hot water. After just a couple minutes the plate fell out unharmed. The weight of the ice and the pull of gravity bring the plate down. I am so happy that finally I resolved the problem and neither of the pot or the plate breaks.

       If you are having the same problem as mine don’t freak yourself out, try the solution on the yellow paragraph and it will be just a piece of cake for you. I hope this blog can help you get your favoite plate unstuck from your big metal pot. Good Luck!

New Year's Day

                     

           

          Another year has passed, and in that year we all have encountered different   experiences. New Year is something we all look forward to, people are busy doing variety of things when it arrives. Some will prepare foods, organize parties, watch games and set up fireworks. Others just stay at their homes  and have little food to eat with their families.

           When New Year roll in people start to think of their list of New Year's Resolution and dive into the things that they did not fulfill yet. People have different intuition of what the New Year will be and some of it depends on every situation that we had face in the past year. We start to reminisce the things that we have accomplished in the past year and all the challenges that we've been through. For some people this New Year would be the year to correct there unhealthy way of living and become more productive in life, while others will try to continue the things that they started and progress.

      We all have variety of plans and ambitions that we like to establish but at the end of the day we can't decide our destiny. There is only one person, who will, and it is God and all we have to do is to live everyday like it’s our last and be thankful for whatever we had and will have.

First Bikini Open in Katipa - 2011

         
                This video was taken last Aug. 13, 2011 in the small village of Katipa. Katipa is one of the villages in the town of Lopez Jaena in the province of Misamis Occidental in the Philippines. This contest was presented in commemorative to the feast of Katipa which is celebrated every August 15th. This video shows the first ever bikini open in Katipa and it brought joy to the people living in the area and also to the neighboring villages that attended the event. The contest consist of a series of alluring and sexy candidates in there enticing swimwear attire. Each one of them walked onto the stage with there swimwear on and  do several poses.
       
                  The ladies who were judged as the winner or winners all received a sash, bouquet of flowers, and even a cash prize. Bikini open was just one of the variety shows that was conducted last fiesta celebration, they also have sports tournament like volleyball and basketball for women and men in the area. They also have there "Pasikatay sa Katipa" which  means "talent show" contest of katipa, that creates a way for all the talented people in the village to show off there amazing and hidden talents, with both youth and adults.


             They also held a fantasy parade during the fiesta celebration. Multiple homosexuals dress up with there fantasy attire and the selected queens in every zone wore gown's with there escort wearing formal sleeves joining the parade all around Katipa under the decorated arch.  Katipa like the Philippines is proud to embrace everyone in our community and this parade lets them enjoy in the festivities too.


             The people in Katipa and neighboring village were able to indulge themselves not only with the delicious  foods but also to the awesome and convivial entertainment during the yearly festival.Everyone is always so thankful to all the people who made there festival full of good times.

San Francisco Pier 39 - Fun Day Trip

 
         


              San Francisco is one of the most visited country in the US. It has lots of beautiful scenery and cool places to go and hang-out. On my first trip to San Francisco we went to the place called pier 39. It has lots of different amusements and lots of different shops that sale variety of cool and fun items.The souvenir items are affordable and surely is a one stop shop to buy cool memorabilia for the tourist. If you are in Pier 39 don't hesitate to stop and eat in one of there restaurants, they serve delicious foods and good tasting sea foods and sea shells that will make you crave for more. 
       
            We eat at the Bubba Gump restaurant and ordered seafood,I really love the spot were we seated,because the Alcatraz Island and Golden Gate was just in our site it was very self-satisfying seeing beautiful scenery while we ate and there seafood platter were absolutely delicious it makes me feel so at ease to the food and just enjoy the unstoppable moment.lol


          When you walk around Pier 39 you can see different entertainments not only for adults but also for kids most importantly. They also have different store that are selling foods,desserts and coffee on the area. Don't missed yourself to try there cute and sweet  sugary mini donuts. This donuts is definitely a taste of heaven. Serve yourself with there barrels and barrels of  candies with variety of  fruit flavors inside the Candy Barons store.  All you have to do is to get a bucket and pick the candy flavors that you wanted to buy. They also have fruit stand that sell variety of  fresh fruits in the area.
     
       Take a stroll at the coast relax yourself in the bench and feel the cold sea breeze blowing while watching the sea lions swimming and chillin' in the bay.Pier 39 is one of the busiest place to visit but its cleanliness is habitually well-maintained. I could say that Pier 29 is one of the  must see and fun place to visit  with your family and friends in San Francisco.

Colorful silver hoop beaded woman fashion earrings

             This earrings really looks great. I like the colorful beaded design, very in to wear this summer season with your summer outfit. This will look great to wear with your maxi summer dress. You can also wear this earrings when you are going to the club with your friends and when you go to school. This earrings has the what we called WOW factor. It is so fun and the weight is just right for your ear. 

            

            This spring, summer and fall is a matter of color, so be ready to be in and  famous while wearing this such an adorable fashion earrings. The price is just right for your tight budget. So if you want to save money and stay in fashion at the same time. This accessory is what you are looking for.  A woman who has  the love of fashion will always wants to be in fashion. Hang-out with your friends, wear your outfit for the day and pair it with this pair of tantalizing dangling earrings. Start a colorful day with this colorful pair of earrings. Have fun;)

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