Hey everybody, Every time I want to write "everybody" or "everyone" I forget an "e" and I write "evrybody", that's weird. But back to the main theme, today we are in the Mid-Atlantic which includes the states New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the District of Columbia. The capital of the USA, Washington D.C. (District of Coumbia) is in the Mid-Atlantic. Washington D.C. doesn't belong to any of the states because it's the capital. It's named after the first president of America, George Washington. Washington D.C. is the seat of the government and the White House, where President Obama, the first African-American president of the US, lives during his term (as have almost all his predecessors), seen in the picture on the left. Next to the White House is the Washington Monument, the biggest obelisk of the world. It's built on top of a hill, and in a big water basin (reflecting pool) on the hill you can see its mirror image. The Washigton Monument was put in on the fourth of July in 1848 and was designed by Robert Mill. Robert Mill had won the designer challenge for the Washigton Monument, but in his proposal there was, around the obelisk, a columned hall with statues of George Washington and other heroes of the War of Independence. But there wasn´t enough money to build it, so they just buildt the obelisk. Because of a stone from Pope Pius IX and the ensuing fight about it , they interupted the building activity in 1858. A few years after the civil war (1879 ), they resumed building it and ended in 1884 . So you see, the Washigton Monument has a looong history. That, and because it interested me, I told you about it. As you can see America makes big things, sometimes taking a long time and with many interruptions, but in the end it´s perfect. Á propos perfect, on this day I made Spaghetti with dried tomatoes. My mum's birthday was on this day and she had three recipes and could choose one of them and she chose this one. But they don´t eat just Spaghetti there, of course. the Mid-Atlantic enjoys the most different cultures since the 17th century. The Dutch brought wafles and pan cakes, the Norwegian fish recipes and the Italian pizza and pasta. But that isn´t even everything. In NY, for example, is a China Town and it has chinese cuisine. There is also a Little Italy......the cuisine of Pennsylvania has influences from the German speaking minority, they eat there many vegetables, soups, stews, and meat dishes. New Jersey is known for its vegetables, and above all of course the famous Jersey tomatoes.
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| Spaghetti with dried tomatoes and parmesian |
But for a birthday you always have to make a cake. Well my mum made brownies for her friends in her office and for our family, so I made peanut ice cream, because it goes perfectly with brownies. It was a weird taste but I liked the ice cream.
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| brownies and in the background peanut ice cream |
Hey everybody, Every time I want to write "everybody" or "everyone" I forget an "e" and I write "evrybody", that's weird. But back to the main theme, today we are in the Mid-Atlantic which includes the states New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the District of Columbia. The capital of the USA, Washington D.C. (District of Coumbia) is in the Mid-Atlantic. Washington D.C. doesn't belong to any of the states because it's the capital. It's named after the first president of America, George Washington. Washington D.C. is the seat of the government and the White House, where President Obama, the first African-American president of the US, lives during his term (as have almost all his predecessors), seen in the picture on the left. Next to the White House is the Washington Monument, the biggest obelisk of the world. It's built on top of a hill, and in a big water basin (reflecting pool) on the hill you can see its mirror image. The Washigton Monument was put in on the fourth of July in 1848 and was designed by Robert Mill. Robert Mill had won the designer challenge for the Washigton Monument, but in his proposal there was, around the obelisk, a columned hall with statues of George Washington and other heroes of the War of Independence. But there wasn´t enough money to build it, so they just buildt the obelisk. Because of a stone from Pope Pius IX and the ensuing fight about it , they interupted the building activity in 1858. A few years after the civil war (1879 ), they resumed building it and ended in 1884 . So you see, the Washigton Monument has a looong history. That, and because it interested me, I told you about it. As you can see America makes big things, sometimes taking a long time and with many interruptions, but in the end it´s perfect. Á propos perfect, on this day I made Spaghetti with dried tomatoes. My mum's birthday was on this day and she had three recipes and could choose one of them and she chose this one. But they don´t eat just Spaghetti there, of course. the Mid-Atlantic enjoys the most different cultures since the 17th century. The Dutch brought wafles and pan cakes, the Norwegian fish recipes and the Italian pizza and pasta. But that isn´t even everything. In NY, for example, is a China Town and it has chinese cuisine. There is also a Little Italy......the cuisine of Pennsylvania has influences from the German speaking minority, they eat there many vegetables, soups, stews, and meat dishes. New Jersey is known for its vegetables, and above all of course the famous Jersey tomatoes. 
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