mrdee

Now that spring seems to have come in (a bit sudden, I must say, we still needed the heating on five days ago and now we have to leave all the windows open) I am going to give you some recipes for foods which are nice in weather like this.

The good thing is, you can prepare all the dishes in advance as they are eaten cold, so any cooking involved can be done beforehand and then all the ingredients are to be mixed cold.

The three recipes are a variety of pasta, rice and potatoes and vegetables, also fish and meat.

Here we go:

COLD TUNA PASTA

Ingredients:

700 grammes (24.5 oz) of pasta (I prefer spirelli).
2 cans of tuna.
2 eggs.
1 can of sweetcorn.
5 dessert spoons of mayonnaise.

Method:

Boil the pasta.
Boil the eggs hard.
When the eggs and pasta have gone cold, do the following:
Slice the eggs.
Drain off the tuna.
Mix the pasta, tuna and sweetcorn together.
Put in the mayonnaise and mix well.
Put in the fridge until nice and cool.

Delicious.

COLD RICE MIX

Ingredients:

400 grammes (14 oz) of white rice.
A tin of mixed vegetables.
2tins of hot dog sausages (or 10 frankfurters).
2 hard boiled eggs
5 dessert spoons of mayonnaise.

Method:

Boil the rice.
Boil the eggs.
Let the rice and eggs cool off.
Slice the hot dog sausuages into thin slices.
Slice the eggs.
Drain off the mixed vegetables.
Mix all ingredients together.
Put in the mayonnaise and mix well.
Put in the fridge until nice and cool.

COLD HAM, VEGETABLE AND VEGETABLE SALAD

Ingredients:

Half a lettuce.
2 eggs
1 kilo (35 ounces) of salad potatoes
4 tomatoes
400 grammes (14 ounces) of ham.
5 dessert spoons of mayonnaise.

Method:

Boil the potatoes.
Boil the eggs.
Let potatoes and eggs cool down.
Cut the lettuce into thin strips.
Dice the ham.
Slice the tomatoes.
Slice the eggs.

Mix all ingredients together.
Put in the mayonnaise and stir well.
Stand in the fridge to let it get nice and cool.

All these dishes are for 4 persons.
None of the dishes need a lot of preparation time nor a lot of work.
They are great to be eaten in hot weather, delicious and very filling.

They can all be eaten on their own, or, if so desired, with some (French) bread.

The question I want to ask here is mainly about an experiment I want to conduct in order to learn a bit more abou networking, network management and networking software:

in my house, there are 4 machines, two laptops and two PCs.
All those machines are running Windows 7 and they are on a home network in order to share the use of the internet and the use of the printers between all of them.
For the time being, the users (2 or 3) just start up the machine they usually use (two are allocated to me), in other words, in the normal way things usually go on a home network.

What I would like to achieve now is the following:

I would like it to be possible for every one of the users to log in from any machine, and have access to their own files, settings and emails ec. from any of the machines.

I know that I could (since there are only four machines and a maximum of three users) set up separate user accounts in Windows 7 on every single machine, but, for the sake of learning about the more advanced side of networking, that is the way I do not want to do this.

Imagine a system manager in, let's say, a school, a school with 1,000 pupils, 250 staff and 350 machines around the building.
I cannot imagine the system manager having to go around the building at the beginning of the school year, and setting up a separate user account for 1,250 people on all 350 PCs around the school, I assume he would probably do that via his server.

I would probably do it the same way (if I knew how) by letting the most powerful PC (the one with the fastest processor and largest hard drive, the one to which both printers are connected too, function as a "server" (be it only a modest one, of course).

I seem to remember having been told in the past there is a certain program around (by Microsoft?) to achieve this, but I do not remember the details nor the name of the software (although I would imagine there are probably a number of programs about to get to the same result).

So, if any networking specialists on here could guide me further, I would love to hear about it, and I would, of course, be very grateful for any help received.

I was wondering if there are people here who have a sound knowledge of Adobe Acrobat, or at least Adobe Acrobat Reader.
I have the following question:

I want to print out sheet music (in PDF format), but, as is usually the case for organ music, I want it to be printed out in Landscape rather than Portrait.

What I am asking here might sound simple or straightforward, but it really is not.

The problem is, when I click on "Landscape" in the Orientation part of the Print menu, it does indeed print out in what it thinks to be Landscape, but the file is printed in Portrait in the middle of the horizontal page, rather than being orientated horizontally, ie. evenly spaced over the horizontal page from left to right, rather than being squashed in the middle of the page.

Is there anyone who has a sound enough knowledge of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat reader to tell me whether the thing I wish to achieve is possible at all, and, if it is, how it has to be done to get what I want.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Ok then,
Here is a recipe in order to honour Velma's request.

Ingredients:
(To serve 4 people).

• 350 grammes (12.35 ounces) of Quorn mince.
  
• 200 grammes (7 ounces) of mushrooms, finely chopped.
  
• 1 teaspoon of dried oregano.
  
• 1 cube of vegetable stock, dissolved in 200 ml (7 fluid ounces) of boiled water.
  
• 2 cloves of garlic, squashed and finely chopped.
  
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
  
• Parmesan flakes.
  
• 100 ml (3.5 fluid ounces) of red wine.
  
• 1 celery, finely chopped.
  
• 350 grammes (12.35 ounces) of spaghetti.
  
• 400 grammes (14 ounces) of canned chopped tomatoes.
  
• 1 tablespoon of tomato ketchup.
  
• 1 tablespoon of tomato puree.
  
• 1 onion, finely chopped.
  
• Some fresh basil leaves.
  
• 1 carrot, finely chopped.

Method:

• Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onions, the carrots, the celery and the garlic gently for 5 minutes. Then add the mushrooms and let fry for a further 2 to 3 minutes.
  
• Add the chopped tomatoes, the tomato puree, the red wine, the oregano, the ketchup and the vegetable stock. Cover the pan with a lid and let simmer gently for 8 to 10 minutes. Add the Quorn mince while stirring and let the ingredients boil together on a low fire for a little while, while the spaghetti is being boiled according to the instructions on the packaging. Season to taste.
  
• Drain the spaghetti and divide over the bowls. Spoon the bolognaise sauce over the spaghetti and garnish with some basil leaves and Parmesan flakes.

Buon appetito.

Here is a combination between genuine German, Italian and French food.
This combination leads to a Swiss dish , as Switzerland is wedged between France, Germany/Austria and Italy, and, apart from their own Swiss language, French, German and Italian are the official languages, hence, their cuisine is a mix between foods from those three regions.

This basically makes this dish a "Swiss hot-dog", or a "Hot-dog from the Swiss Alps".

Ingredients:

(Per 1 person serving).

• 1 Frankfurter
  
• 1 Panini
  
• 50 grammes (1.8 ounces) of Sauerkraut
  
• 1 slice of cooked bacon
  
• Grain mustard
  
• Italian spices
  
• 1 clove of garlic
  
• 1 teaspoon of beef stock
  
• 1 slice of French cheese
  
• Thyme, Rosemary, Bay leaf, Juniper Berries (optional)
  
• 1 onion
  
• 1 dl (3.5 fluid ounces) of white wine.
  
• 50 grammes (1.8 ounces) of butter.

Method:

Melt the butter in a saucepan and stew the onion and garlic in it.
When onion is getting sautéed, add the sauerkraut, pour in the white wine, add the thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, beef stock and juniper berries and let simmer for about minutes.

At the same time, boil the Frankfurter in a saucepan with water.

When the sauerkraut and frankfurters are done, take a panini bread, cut it open lengthways and cover with sauerkraut.
Put a slice of the bacon on top of the sauerkraut, a slice of the French cheese above that, and then put the Frankfurter on top.

Shut the sandwich and toast in a Panini machine (Panini toaster) for about 10 minutes.

Take the sandwich out of the toaster, sprinkle the italian spices on it, and serve with a generous dollop of grain mustard.

To say it in the 3 combined languages: Bon appetit, Buon appetito, Mahlzeit.
(In plain English: Enjoy).