Friday March 25, 2005

Bruce Springsteen..

The Boss . His best album is Born to run . The tracks follow each other brilliantly. "Thunder Road", the title track and "Jungleland" are awesome. Born in the USA must come next with another excellent title track, "Cover me", "Working the highway", "Glory days" and " I'm on fire". Strange as it might seem my next favourite album of his must be the recent The Rising. Again a good title track, also with "Lonesome day", "Into the fire", "Nothing man" and "Empty Sky". Other albums I like are The River , Darkness on the edge of town" and Tunnel of love. I can thank my wife for introducing his music to me. Unlike her I have not seem him live.

Some people compare Springsteen to Dylan. The idea that both brought certain special talents to them usic industry when they started yes I would agree with that. But otherwise they are like chalk and cheese. I would say Dylan has stronger lyrics and Springsteen's music is better. Combine the two and that would be awsome.

Product of the week a pasta machine

This little machine was a Christmas present a year or so back. Although one can buy decent pasta in the shops and even 'fresh' I think it is kind of fun to make your own. The easiest to make is pasta for a lasagne. You can make ribbon pasta and spagetti types but they are messier to make and not so successful for me - anyway ( you pass the pasta through the section at the back of the machine pictured to get this variety). The trick is to use strong flour and also while passing it through the machine the first couple of times, fold it over itself and then gradually set the thickness setting smaller each time. Also use plenty of flour to avoid a sticky mess. I have made pasta in the presence of children who enjoy taking part in the whole process.

The ingredients to make the pasta are really easy. One egg to one hundred grams of flour. This mixture can be blended in a food processor, allowed to rest in the fridge before rolling out in the machine. After rolling out allow to dry before using.