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Breakfasts Around the World

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:10:00 +0000

Full English

Sausages, bacon, eggs, grilled tomato, mushrooms, bread, black pudding and baked beans. Knocked back with a cup of tea.

Cuba

Usually consists of sweetened coffee with milk with a pinch of salt thrown in. The unique Cuban bread is toasted and buttered and cut into lengths to dunk in the coffee.

Morocco

Usually consists of different breads with some chutney, jam, cheese or butter. They have a really delicious crumpet-style bread which they make in huge slabs for you to tear a bit off, and a semolina pancake bread called Baghir.

Portugal

Delicious and simple, stuffed croissants and plenty of coffee served in the sun.

Australia

Only one crucial ingredient here, Vegemite. Traveling Aussies are often found with a sneaky pot of the sticky, salty brown stuff in their backpack. Just don’t get in the Vegemite vs Marmite war – everybody knows Marmite is better, but let them have their fun.

Brazil

A selection of meats, cheeses and bread is the normal breakfast fare.

Italy

‘Cappuccino e cornetto’ aka a cappuccino and croissant.

Germany

Wursts, local cheeses and freshly baked bread, all washed back with a strong coffee.

America

Home made thick pancakes with bacon, syrup and blueberries.

France

Le croissant, plain or with crushed almonds, butter, chocolate or cream., and coffee of course.

Argentina

Usually consists of “mate” (an infusion drink made with leaves of “yerba”) or dulce de leche with “facturas,”a croissant-like typical pastry.

Canada

Perogies are boiled, baked or fried dumplings made from unleavened dough and traditionally stuffed with potato filling, sauerkraut, ground meat, cheese, or fruit. Then you’ve got some sausages and toast to mop it all up.

Mexico

The delightful plate above consists of beef tips, chilequiles and other assorted goodies eaten in Manzanillo. Nachos, cheese and beans always feature heavily and a delicious, spicy breakfast is the norm.

Thailand

Usually consists of some meaty treat dropped in a semolina/porridge mixture. What you see above is pork porridge. It features Chinese doughnuts, beansprouts, pork intestine stuffed with peppery pork mince, sliced pork heart, stomach slivers and blood pudding. A bit more interesting than toast and jam anyway.

Bolivia

Saltenas are a bit like empanadas crossed with Cornish pasties. They’re the traditional option for a Bolivian breakfast and usually filled with meat and vegetables, and slightly sweetened with sugar.

Egypt

The breakfast of choice here is Foul Madamas. It’s made from fava beans, chickpeas, garlic and lemon. Above you’ll see the dish topped with olive oil, cayenne, tahini sauce, a hard boiled egg, and some diced green veggies.

Japan

What do you mean you’ve never had tofu for breakfast? It’s a popular choice in Japan, along with fish and rice. Soak it in soya sauce and you’ve got yourself one delicious, and semi-healthy breakfast.

China

A lot like lunch and dinner in China. Expect noodles, rice, sticky coated chicken and fried veggies.

Mongolia

Generally consists of boiled mutton with lots of fat and flour and maybe some dairy products or rice. In western Mongolia they add variety to their diets with horsemeat.

Pakistan

In Pakistan you’ll get Aloo Paratha for your breakfast. It’ s an Indian unleavened flatbread made by pan frying, wholewheat dough on a tava. The dough contains ghee and the bread is usually stuffed with vegetables. It’s best eaten with butter, chutney or some other spicy sauce. It’s not uncommon to roll it up and dip it in your tea.

Estonia

Curd cheese on a wheat bloomer – known locally as ‘cheese on toast’. The creamy topping can be supplemented with ricotta or fromage fraiche instead, if you prefer.

Venezuela

Empenadas are the order of the day. Fill the little pastries with fresh cheese, minced meat or any combination of veggies and beans.

Ghana

The most popular breakfast item in this African country is waakye. It’s basically rice cooked in beans and is found at all the street stalls in Ghana.

Turkey

The full Turkish treatment usually consists of a few varieties of cheese, butter, olives, eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers, jam, honey, and spicy meat.

American Nazis annual convention

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:55:00 +0000

Chilling images showing the mundane preparations ahead of a hate-filled Nazi rally have been captured by a photographer given unprecedented access. Photographer Johnny Milano was allowed to shoot behind the scenes at the National Socialist Movement convention in Atlanta, Georgia, after months of negotiations with Nazi leaders. The disturbing photographs show white supremacists ironing their swastikas and getting tattoos as they kill time in their hotel rooms.

How to Destory a Maserati (9 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000

People in China are so freaking rich, they can destroy a Maserati which costs $420,000. Only because they didn't like the service.

Do You Think This Is Fitness Overkill? (8 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:36:00 +0000

It has taken a few years of hard training for this girl, Eva Andressa, to transform her body from slim to muscular and curvy. But do you actually think she looks better or worse?

Felice Varini (5 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:55:00 +0000

Awesome optical illusion in Paris. It's called Felice Varini.

Faceplants (26 gifs)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:54:00 +0000

Girl With and Without Cosplay Makeup (4 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:13:00 +0000

Cute girl in cosplay costume? Let's see her real face in the last picture.

First Pitch Fail (4 gifs)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:12:00 +0000

Guy fails at the first pitch at a Florida Stattetson college baseball game.

Unbelievable Facts About Britain (19 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:20:00 +0000

Moms in nature

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:11:00 +0000

How Earth has Changed (6 gifs)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Google Time Lapse helps to see how our planet has changed during the last three decades (1984-2012).

Celebrities at School (19 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:24:00 +0000

Photos of celebrities at their High School proms and other dances.

Ashton Kutcher
Senior Prom at Clear Creek Amana High School in Homestead, Iowa (1996)

Sandra Bullock
Senior Homecoming at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia (1982)

Shaquille O’Neal
Robert G. Cole High School (San Antonio, Texas)

George Clooney
Augusta High School in Augusta, Kentucky (1979)

Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights, California (1993)

Paula Deen
Senior Year at Albany High School in Albany, Georgia (1965)

Will Ferrell
Senior Winter Ball at University High School in Irvine, California (1986)

Snooki (Nicole Polizzi)
Senior Prom at Marlboro High School in Marlboro, New York (2006)

Jessica Alba
Claremont High School

Britney Spears
Parklane Academy McComb, Mississippi.

Taylor Swift
Hendersonville High School

Bruno Mars
Roosevelt High School

Lebron James
St. Vincent – St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)

Natalie Portman
Syosset High School Syosset, Long Island

Brad Pitt
Kickapoo High School

Taylor Lautner
Valencia High School

Tiger Woods
Western High School, Anaheim

Usher
North Springs High School, Sandy Springs, GA

James Franco
James never went to Palo Alto High School’s prom…

Impressive Artwork Made Out of Denim by Ian Berry

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:35:00 +0000

Totally Useless Facts (25 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Sat, 11 May 2013 15:37:00 +0000

This Woman Has a Total Troll Obsession (13 pics )

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:40:00 +0000

Little Photobomber (5 gifs)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:13:00 +0000

Oklahoma Time Capsule (32 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:08:00 +0000

This time capsule was buried under the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City 100 years ago, in 1913. Now the time capsule is opened. All these items were inside it.

The 21 Most Awkward Moments In Handshake History

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:47:00 +0000

Two Lifelong Peas in a Pod

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:26:00 +0000

The first time Maja Daniels saw Monette and Mady together, walking briskly down the streets of Paris, she wasn't sure they were real. Like Alice's White Rabbit, they were there and gone in a flash.

When she finally approached the identical twins in 2010, after years of watching them from afar, they thought it was strange that she would want to document them.

Admittedly, though, it wasn’t the first time they’d been approached by curious passersby. And it's easy to see why: Not only are the sisters identical, but whenever they go out in public, they dress exactly alike.

It's not uncommon, perhaps, to see that with babies and young children. But turn the clocks forward a few decades, and the sight is bound to turn heads.

"I think they do it as a provocation to other people," Daniels said. "To them, we’re just singular people. They've elevated beyond the single person."

Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serthar, Tibet

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:28:00 +0000

Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, also known as Serthar Buddhist Institute, sits in the Larung Valley at an elevation of 4,000 meters, about 15 km from the town Sêrtar, in Sertar County, Garze Prefecture in the traditional Tibetan region of Kham. The academy was founded in 1980 in an entirely uninhabited valley by Jigme Phuntsok, an influential lama of the Nyingma tradition. Despite its remote location, Larung Gar grew from a handful of disciples to be one of the largest and most influential centers for the study of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. Today it is home to over 40,000 monks, nuns and lay-students.

The campus of Larung Gar is enormous. Houses for monks and nuns sprawl all over the valley and up the surrounding mountains. A huge wall through the middle of Larung Gar separates the monk side from the nun side. Monks and nuns are not allowed out of their designated areas except in front of the main monastery assembly hall which is common to both nuns and monks. The houses are all built in a wood style that is traditionally found in this region, and built so close together that they appear almost on top of each other.

Celebrity Photoshop Bobbleheads

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:12:00 +0000

Crude Oil Spas of Naftalan, Azerbaijan

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:47:00 +0000

n the Azerbaijan city of Naftalan, 320 kilometers north-west of the capital Baku, crude oil is found in such abundance that people literally bath in it. During the Soviet era, Naftalan’s famous crude oil baths used to draw tourists from all over the Soviet Union. It is believed that Naftalan crude oil has medicinal properties and is good for treating skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis, easing joint pains and generally calming the nerves. At their peak in the 1980s, Naftalan spas had 75,000 visitors a year. This reduced to a trickle when war broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians in nearby Nagorno-Karabakh in 1988, and many resorts were converted into camps for housing refugees. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, petroleum baths closed down entirely. Now nearly two decades later, crude oil spas have started opening up again.

The qualities of Naftalan oil has been known since ancient times. In the 13th centaury AD, the famous explorer Marko Polo who was passing through Azerbaijan on his way from Venice to China mentioned about Naftalan oil which he saw being loaded on to camels. He noted the oil’s therapeutic properties and how it could treat humans and animals with skin diseases. Modern use of the oil started during the 1870s under Czarist Russia. By 1912, a German joint-stock company was founded to export and trade the oil, which was used as a treatment in the Russo-Japanese War.

Bicycle Built Out Of Wood (54 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:43:00 +0000

Guy builds recumbent bicycle out of wood.

What Your Drug Choice Says About You

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:15:00 +0000

Early Movie Concept Art. (33 pics)

noreply@blogger.com (Crack Two) — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:04:00 +0000