2022年9月24日 星期六

坎特伯里大教堂 Canterbury

 

坎特伯大教堂在英國/歐洲歷史上占有重要的地位。十字軍東征就是從這裡發起的,起因是亨利2世不想再聽從教廷,而讓他的四個侍衛在坎特伯里殺死了大主教湯瑪士(Thomas Becket)。教廷大為震怒,亨利2世為了平息教庭的怒火,只好答應率領十字軍東征。唉,早知如此,何必當初呢!


導遊當初講解的時候,我還一頭霧水,誰是Thomas?這個景點在西方歷史非常有名,不過我看中文的遊記比較少一點。可能因為文化差異和地點離倫敦比較遠。就像我跟阿斗仔說台灣的大甲媽祖廟很有名噢!他們可能也不太清楚之類的。大教堂在倫敦東邊,靠近英法海峽。



(這裡是大主教殉教的地方)

在教堂的建築和裝飾上,我們依然可以看到政治(國王)和宗教互相角力。(彩繪玻璃左下角是亨利八式,右下角是維多利亞女皇,其他都是主教或聖人)歐洲那個時候,王權和神權常有角力。想想也蠻合理的,人民是要聽神的呢還是國王的呢? 所以後來亨利8式脫離羅馬教會,自己創了英國教派。
 
地下室有祈禱室和紀念主教/聖人的地方。地下室很莊嚴肅穆,不能拍照。



當初和大大討論我們是要去布萊頓還是坎特伯里大教堂,大大立刻說坎特伯利大教堂很有名還有古英國作家專門寫一本書(The Canterbury Tales)  連大大平常不看書的人都知道的書,一定是非常有名的書。所以我們後來捨棄了布萊頓海灘~ 現在覺得很值得!
   大教堂附近有很多商店餐廳,也有攤販,逛完可以找個地方用餐


這家店專門賣美國糖果,裡面有麥片,poptart, M&M 巧克力,我跟大大說沒想到美國糖果這麼有名~









Package store 不賣 package

 自從我搬來喬治亞州,常在路上看到package Store。我常想難道賣包裝材料還是UPS這麼賺錢嗎?還可以開這麼多家店。直到有一天我問了大大,package store 賣package 嗎?有這麼賺錢嗎?(因為我常常在路上看到。商人無利不圖嘛,賺錢的生意才能一直開店啊。)


大大一聽,笑倒。原來package store 其實是專門賣酒。叫package store 也是有歷史緣由的。

有兩個說法,其一:以前美國政府規定人民攜帶各種酒類在路上,必須包裝在棕色的紙袋,而且保持未開封,看起來就像brown package。所以大家就習慣稱package store。

以後在路上看到package store, 別跟我一樣囉哈哈!


2022年9月8日 星期四

Hilton Head Dolphin Cruise

We went to Hilton Head island, South Carolina, for David’s friend’s wedding. They have beautiful beaches, the white and soft sands ones. Most people know Savanath beach but not Hilton Head island, they are actually next to each other, only takes only 30 minutes drive.

We went to the Dolphin Cruises in Sea Pine Resort which requires $9 (cash only) car daily pass. We saw many dolphins! There are many dolphins playing around and chasing fish, they are not afraid of boats at all. I was worried the boat will scare they away but they seem don’t care at all. The tour guide told us that there are 1,500 dolphins in the sound. I attached the video of Dolphin cruise in the bottom. 

 We also saw the islands with beautiful mansions, and tour guide told us the only transportation in these island are golf cart. I guess because they are so small island and boats can’t ship the normal size cars to these island; however, these houses have great ocean views and dolphins basically dancing in front of them.It was fun! I highly recommend to try the Dolphin cruise! The price varies from $35 to $200 so I just searched on Expedia and booked the ones with many reviews for $35 per person. 

Our boat is bigger than other boats I saw during the Dolphin cruise. It is spacious. 


You can use my referral link to join Expedia


Except for the Dolphins, the lighthouse is another spot to see!

The inside of the  lighthouse.

If you are lucky! You might see gator 🐊!



There are three restaurants, a ice cream shop we went are great! 1. Hudson’s seafood restaurant on the Docks. It is a restaurant really on the dock. Yo can enjoy the beautiful river view. I like their oysters.




I also like the ice cream shop: the ice cream cone! They have over 70 flavors! 




2022年9月7日 星期三

Dragon Con 2022

 First time in Dragon Con! Dragon con is the largest convention for pop culture, gaming, filming, and music. I will say cosplaying is the huge part of the convention, David told me people will spend a year to prepare, and make more than one costumes. It is like 4 days party on Labor day holiday in downtown ATL. It is held in 5 hotels: Hyatt, Hilton, Marriot, Sheraton, Westin, and Americansmart. 

There are 65,000 people came to Dragon con this year! See how popular it is!

I also saw many awesome costumes, and cute stuffs.






What we do in the shadows! I happened to see this TV show! It is funny show! And they look so real!

The below left one is Moon knight, and the right one is Star Wars Droids!





I was helping David set up his volunteer X Wing Games Booth so I got the volunteer pass. It was a memorable experience!
Go! Pokémon! They have a full building with cool things. This one I took picture is the Lego Pokemon.

2022年9月1日 星期四

冰皮芒果優格 月餅 食譜


中秋節快樂! 芒果控如我當然也要做個芒果口味的冰心冰皮月餅啦!內餡口感吃起有點像像芒果冰淇淋,酸甜綿密,芒果味濃郁。也很容易做,不需要烤箱。我吃過美心的芒果月餅,內餡主要是用綠豆沙+芒果,但是我覺得不夠輕盈又太甜了,所以開發了這款「優格芒果冰皮月餅」。

內餡:

芒果泥mango pulp 100g - 可以去Walmart 買一包處理好的芒果泥,或者是用新鮮芒果打成泥

乳酪起司 cream cheese 50g

芒果/原味優格 yogurt 100g

吉利丁粉 gelatin powder 5g

糖 10g (可自行增加如果想吃更甜一點)

冰皮:

再來米粉 50g

糯米粉 50g

低筋麵粉 25g

糖 25g

牛奶 170g

煉乳無糖的 evaporated milk 25g (有糖的也可以)

蔬菜油 vegetable oil 25 g


要先做芒果內餡噢,因為我們要把內餡放冷凍庫幾個小時定型。

內餡步驟:

1、奶油起司、優格和吉利丁粉一起加熱攪拌,確保三者都融化

2、芒果泥小火加熱5分鐘去除水份,煮後的剩下100g 芒果泥。

3、果泥和奶油起司泥攪拌均勻。用攪拌棒攪拌,使內餡更綿密細緻。

4、倒入矽膠模型,放入冰箱2個小時以上,等內餡定型即可。


再來做冰皮:

1、把所有的粉類和煉乳、牛奶拌勻

2、把一半的油加入廣口碗/盤中,再把(1)的冰皮汁倒入廣口盤中,有廣口的受熱面積大比較容易蒸熟。

3、廣口盤用鋁箔紙蓋住,確保水不會滴入盤中,放入蒸籠。


4、蒸25分鐘,把凝固物挖出來,戴手套加剩下的油搓揉。可以加入色粉或者食用色素。

5、分成25g 的麵團。

最後就是把內餡包入冰皮,沾點糯米粉防黏。



放入月餅模型,壓成月餅
完成!放入冷藏即享用😋 如果當天不吃完的話要包好放冷凍庫。因為內餡是冰淇淋口感的,離開冰箱太久會軟化噢~大大看到白色的月餅還說怎麼沒烤熟c哈哈!










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