Monday, June 7, 2010

My original recipe of fried rice

Ingredients
  • a cup of cooked rice
  • 1 egg
  • 1 onion or 1 green onion
  • pepper(as you like)
  • 1 spoon of salt
  • bacon or pork(as you like)
  • 2 spoon of oyster sauce
  • oil
Preparation
  • slice onion or green onion
  • chop up bacon or pork into small piece
  • mix rice with egg in order to separate each pieces of rice (this is completely different from normal recipe and easy to cook, and needless so strong fire)
Equipment
  • wok or frying pan
How to cook
  1. heat wok or frying pan and put oil into pan
  2. separate each pieces of rice while stir-fry rice for few minutes
  3. put onion or green onion and bacon or pork into pan
  4. stir-fry those for few minutes
  5. add seasonings and oyster sauce into pan
  6. serve fried rice on a dish
If you want other ingredients, you may cook them in advance

Saturday, June 5, 2010

The origin of the name

Introduction
I sometimes think strange about the names of the places, so I researched them.

Here is London, but...
-Trafalgar Square
This is very simple. It goes without saying that this is named after the Battle of Trafalgar. It is obvious that there is the Nelson's Column.
-Scotland Yard
Probably, you have heard this name in the films. Scotland Yard is a headquarter of the police in London. But why is this Scotland? Here is England. There are two opinions of the reason. One is that there was a building owned by Scotland. The other is that there was a yard owned by a man called Scott.
-Canada Water
This is named after the lake which lies there. Well, why is the name of this lake Canada Water? I don't know. I can't find out that. I guess this lake was owned by Canadian.
-Oxford Circus
I can't find out this reason as well. Probably this place was owned by Oxford University.
-Liverpool Street
This street is named after British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool. He is the longest-term prime minister of the UK.

Named after England
Well, is there something named after England? There are a lot.
-Victoria Peak
Victoria Peak is a mountain in Hong Kong. You can see a beautiful night view. This is named after Queen Victoria.
-Great Victoria Desert
This is the biggest desert in Australia. This is also named after Queen Victoria.
-Victoria Falls
These are some of the largest falls and among Seven Natural Wonders of the World. This is between Zambia and Zimbabwe. This is also named after Queen Victoria.

I can guess how popular Queen Victoria is from above.

Otherwise we can also see an influence on America.
-New York

This is named after Duke of York which is the title of James II before becoming King.
-North/South Carolina
This is named after Carolus which is the Latin name of Charles I.
-Virginia
This is named after Virgin Queen which is the nickname of Elizabeth I.
-Georgia
This is named after George II.
-Maryland
This is named after Henrietta Maria who is the wife of Charles I.

The UK still has a powerful influence on the world.