Science Fare

Sunday, April 2, 2006
3 p.m.
Hamline United Methodist Church
1514 Englewood Avenue, St. Paul
James Riccardo, conductor and director
Maranatha for violin and small orchestra
Premier performance
James Riccardo, violin Richard Pressley
To Earth and Back Paul Kovacovic
Intermission
Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) Antonin Dvorak

Watch Your Garden Grow – Pumpkin
Pumpkin Broccoli Chowder
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 ripe tomato, diced
1 large potato, diced
4 cups chicken stock, canned or fresh
1 bunch broccoli, tops cut into small florets, stems julienne into strips
3 cups fresh pumpkin puree (frozen or canned)
1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
1/4 to 1/2 cup canned evaporated skim milk
1.
In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium-low heat. Add onions and saute slowly for 6 to 7 minutes. Add soy sauce and diced tomatoes and cook stirring often until tomato’s juice has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
2.
Transfer saute to a soup pot. Deglaze the skillet with a little stock, add to pot, and add remaining stock and pumpkin puree. Heat stirring often.
3.
In a separate pot cook diced potato in 1/2 cup boiling water until tender. When done, using a slotted spoon, transfer to soup pot.
4.
Add the broccoli to potato cooking liquid and blanch for 4 minutes, covered. Add broccoli and cooking liquid to soup pot.
5.
Then stir in enough milk to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Let soup cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until hot and the flavors have blended, 8 to 10 minutes. Do not let soup boil. Serve hot. As an entree, serves four.

Andy and Becka go to Florida
The web gallery was made with Adobe Lightroom!

A fun read called Pharyngula which is, as he puts it :”Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal”

For D&D yesterday, I created a puzzle using the Substitution Cipher.
Also, Cipher Index has lots of other fun pen and paper ciphers.

This is the link to the full fledged one:
Javascript D&D 3.5 Character Generator
This little program is my gift to my fellow-gamers, and my way of saying “thank you” to the hobby’s developers. Over a quarter-century, I have enjoyed a cordial relationship with people at TSR/WOTC. In return, I’m glad to help make the process of character creation easier for everyone. Happy adventuring!

Need to roll up a DND character real quick like? Check this out:
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