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Regi's owner Alan Morstein said the restaurant's Charred Peep Tini has become one of his most popular dessert drinks. When they light the marshmallow right in front of guests, it's a charming conversation starter that gets customers talking and laughing. |
At a recent Bolton Hill neighborhood soup night, one of the co-hosting couples didn't just bring dessert, they brought Peeps attached to cookies to make the get-together feel more festive. |
One recipe contest entrant, Eleanor King, told us that after Easter, she's been known to treat her family to chocolate chip and marshmallow pancakes, repurposing her stale Peeps. |
Peeps are evidently inspiring. Contest entries arrived slowly at first, then multiplying — bunny-style — from across the Baltimore region. The youngest entrants were mere chicks themselves, only in elementary school. The eldest was a near-centenarian in Baltimore County, Josephine DiNenna, who says she's not too old to... |
There was the sophisticated: How about a savory butternut squash soup drizzled with a sour cream and Peeps sauce? Or coconut lemongrass soup with chicken and broiled Peeps? Anyone for wings with a horseradish, mustard and Peeps glaze? |
There was the winkingly creative — sweet spins on classic dishes, but with Peeps. Spaghetti and Peepballs. Split Peep soup. Peep-a-roni pizza. |
And hard as it might be to believe, not one but two contestants found a way for Peeps to meet the Maryland mainstay: crab. |
Though it wasn't a winner, one of our favorite entries came from the Hopkins family, who submitted their Peeps Plop. It was less recipe than a how-to guide for disposing of leftover Peeps — by drowning them in wine, tequila or, when feeling fancy, Prosecco. |
"Plunge your pink Peep, beak first, in wine," they wrote. "Swirl, allowing Peep to fully enjoy the plop, ignoring the Peep's pleas for mercy. Once the pink Peep is properly primed, partake of the pink Peep." |
We had a lot of fun and thank all of the entrants for their contributions on behalf of Peepskind. Though competition was as stiff as a marshmallow-based competition can be, it ultimately came down to which recipes were the most creative, the most potentially scrumptious and best at highlighting the star ingredient. |
BEST SAVORY: Pork loin stuffed with peaches and Peeps and drunken Peeps sauce. |
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. For the muffins, mash the bananas and milk together in a large mixing bowl. Then add vegetable oil and egg and mix together. Finally, add the flour, brown sugar, salt, and baking powder and mix until the mixture is moist but still lumpy. Put into lined muffin tins and bake for 20-25 min... |
For the chocolate frosting, mix the melted butter and chocolate until smooth in an electric mixer. Then add the powdered sugar and milk. Mix at medium speed until smooth. Finally, add the vanilla until incorporated. |
Take the cooled cupcakes and use an apple corer and remove some of the middle of the cupcake. Spoon in some of the chocolate frosting. The top with the Peep frosting. Decorate with extra peeps and colored sugars. |
Coat pork loin with olive oil and season to taste. Mix stock, peaches and red onion in a skillet and simmer until onions are translucent. Cool and add Peeps. Stuff pork and tie string around loin to hold stuffing in. Saute in a little olive oil until meat is brown on all sides. Bake pork loin at 375 degrees until done. |
In a skillet, simmer chicken stock, add rest of ingredients and bring to a boil except rum, lower heat and simmer 5 minutes. Add rum and simmer until sauce reduces by half and thickens. Pour over pork loin and serve. |
In mixing bowl, add prepared vanilla pudding. Stir in diced Peeps (and other candies/ cakes) OR you can layer candies-pudding-candies-pudding-candies. |
Slice pound cake and put one layer on top of the prepared graham cracker crust. Pour pudding/candy mixture into prepared graham cracker crust on top of the pound cake. Set Peep pot pie in refrigerator to set (per pudding instructions). |
Meanwhile, prepare the top "lattice" crust by melting the butterscotch chips in microwave (stopping every 15-20 seconds to stir). Keep warming until it is a smooth consistency. Mix in the corn syrup into the melted butterscotch. Let mixture sit in bowl to cool (about 1 hour). |
Mix in 3 tablespoons of the flour and stir. You can then try to handle and work the "dough" like Playdo. Add more flour if still too sticky to handle. On a floured cutting board, roll out the dough. Using knife, pizza cutter or pastry cutter, cut into 1-inch strips. |
(Tip: the dough might look too white once you add the flour, but if you keep handling the dough, the butterscotch color comes through). |
Remove Peep pot pie from refrigerator. Place the butterscotch strips on top of pie and weave to create lattice look (see picture). Garnish with Peep of your choice. |
Pick over crab meat; remove any bits of shell and cartilage. Flake crab meat; place in mixing bowl. Put Peeps in freezer and freeze. Melt butter in small sauce pan. Add seasonings except for Old Bay, bread crumbs, and egg yolks to crab. Add melted butter. Put frozen Peeps in food processor and process the Peeps until t... |
The sweetness of the Peeps combined with the Old Bay give the nuggets a real taste kick. |
While Gov. Lawton Chiles hits the Florida hustings on behalf of higher taxes, several other governors are also trying to enlist grassroots support for tax reform. |
The goal, say the governors, is to prevent what could become an irreversible erosion of public education and other government services. |
The proposal calls for a wide-ranging series of school reforms and an increase in the sales tax from 3 cents to 4 cents. |
To build support, Governor Romer, who is chairman of the Colorado Children First campaign, has made a circuit of schools and community meetings throughout the state. Mr. Romer tells audiences about the initiative, how education got into its current predicament, and what the projected $450-million deficit next year coul... |
"The strategy is that it needs to be a grassroots effort,'' said Donna Gardner, the president of the Colorado P.T.A. |
Organizers are building the grassroots effort around the approximately 1,300 school buildings in Colorado. |
That number is far in excess of the 50,000 signatures organizers need to get on the ballot, Ms. Gardner noted. |
In Oregon, meanwhile, Gov. Barbara Roberts is not currently proposing tax increases. But, since November, she has been going directly to the voters in person and via two-way broadcasting to explain the difficult fiscal problems confronting the state. |
"It's not really time to talk about [specifics of] the tax restructuring,'' said Sarah Carlin Ames, a spokesman for Governor Roberts. |
Oregon's difficulties stem in large measure from Measure 5, a ballot initiative approved by state voters in 1990. The measure took effect in July 1991. |
The tax-limitation measure decreases property-tax rates for school and local spending over five years. State government is responsible for picking up the cutback in education funding during that five-year period. |
Rather than calling immediately for a rise in state income or other taxes, or for the creation of a state sales tax, to counter projected budget shortfalls, Governor Roberts first launched a campaign to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy throughout the state government. |
Then, through the state's two-way broadcast system, Ms. Roberts has asked some 13,000 randomly selected voters how they feel about the way their tax dollars are spent and what level of government service they want. |
In effect, what Ms. Roberts is trying to do is make voters realize that if they are unwilling to accept fewer services, the state's tax structure must be revamped. |
SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers after midnight. Low around 50. Light wind. |
MONDAY...Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. High in the upper 60s. Light wind in the morning becoming north around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent. |
MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers in the evening. Low around 50. |
TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. High in the mid 60s. |
TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Low in the mid 40s. |
WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. High in the mid 60s. |
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers. Low around 50. Chance of rain 80 percent. |
THURSDAY...Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. High in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 80 percent. |
THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Low in the mid 40s. |
FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. High in the lower 60s. |
Each year American City & County honors public officials from across the county for their impressive accomplishments and outstanding leadership with the Municipal Leader, the County Leader, and the Public Works Official of the Year awards. |
County Leader of the Year: Dan McCoy | County Executive, Albany, N.Y. |
Public Works Official of the Year: Rob Herr | Public Works, Parks and Recreation Director, Henderson, Nev. |
Since his appointment to director in 2015, Rob Herr has been instrumental in the ongoing mergers of Henderson, Nev.’s public works department, parks and recreation department, and the city’s department of cultural arts. To say Herr has a lot on his plate is a wild understatement, yet under his direction, the massive de... |
But Herr isn’t simply managing the department; he’s excelling. Earlier this year, Herr lead his team through its first American Public Works Association (APWA) accreditation – a first for any department in the state. Henderson achieved 100 percent full compliance, and was also recognized for nine national model best pr... |
Herr says these accreditations are the accomplishments of which he’s the proudest. The process was very collaborative and involved stakeholders and managers from across the departments’ varied functions, and the accreditations, he says, are confirmations that everyone is getting it right. “It’s outside validation of ho... |
But rather than resting on their laurels, the department has been hard at work. Over the past 18 months Herr’s team of 401 full-time and 856 part-time and seasonal staff completed 21 critical roadway and infrastructure improvement projects at a cost of $64.9 million. Many of these projects have earned regional and nati... |
Under Herr’s leadership, the city’s Inspection Services Material Testing Lab also earned national accreditation by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for the onsite testing of construction materials. This practice has saved the city significant amounts of money by reducing the amount... |
In an effort to become better environmental stewards, the city’s shop and fleet have also been reorganized and modernized. This includes the addition of six new electric vehicles, with five more pending delivery and 12 dual charging stations. |
Samsung Electronics and LG have ended a six-month dispute over broken washing machines during the IFA electronics show last year. |
The South Korean arch-rivals said Tuesday that a consensus had been reached among top executives from both sides that it was time to focus on improving their products and services for the customers, according to a joint statement. |
Both companies will drop charges and inform the authorities about the agreement. |
Samsung first sued some LG executives last September for allegedly damaging the door hinges of three “Crystal Blue” washing machines on display at two separate retail stores in Berlin before the trade show. LG countersued Samsung for fabricating and hiding the evidence, and also blamed the poor quality of the rival pro... |
South Korean prosecutors raided LG’s Seoul headquarters in December and probed the company’s top executives including Jo Seong-jin, the head of the home appliance division. In defense, LG released last month video footage of Jo testing different Samsung machines displayed in stores, claiming it was not a move to harm b... |
Recently, South Korean smartphone makers have faced stiff competition in the global market, specially challenged by less expensive Chinese devices. Samsung has released its latest premium flagship smartphones - Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge with a curved-screen - hoping to lift its smartphone profits, which plunged in t... |
The two companies have also decided to stop an ongoing feud between their sister affiliates, Samsung Display and LG Display, over allegations of theft of OLED technologies. |
Last night, my June issue of Consumer Reports arrived with a cover featuring Nest, Hue light bulbs and a connected Schlage lock. This caused me to actually shout in excitement: here was a chance to see how normal people view the smart home. The good news is that connected devices are making their way into the mainstrea... |
Consumer Reports notes the potential pitfalls of connectivity, such as ineffective passwords and weak Wi-Fi networks that can mean your devices are able to become part of a botnet army or, worse, share your data on the internet. As we’ve written, companies aren’t designing these products with security at the forefront,... |
CR’s writers must listen to our podcast, because they also nail the pitfalls of betting on the wrong technology and recognize that the centrally connected smart home is still far away. So, since this is Consumer Reports, what point products does the magazine recommend? In its worth buying category are the TCP lighting ... |
In the “never mind” category, Consumer Reports tosses the Nest thermostat and Nest Protect under a bus because of customer complaints about the heating turning off after updates and a lack of sensors on the Protect. It also tells people not to waste their money on a $5,685 smart toilet that I never even knew existed an... |
CR can’t make up its mind on the Philips Hue lights, the Belkin WeMo light switch or some of the connected washers and dryers. Price is a factor for Hue and the connected dryers, and the WeMo gets dinged because it’s an odd size that can make it a pain to install. I don’t agree on the hue bulbs and tend to recommend th... |
Check out the article for the ratings on connected locks and the nitty gritty about CR’s take on the smart home. I found myself in agreement most of the time, although I wish the article had tackled the hub phenomenon and discussed the pros and cons of that. Maybe next year. |
I read consumer reports and wrote my own article about Nest. At $225+ they are very pricey, don’t save much more money than if you take 20 minutes to progtam your current thermostat correctly, and are really funny for kids to play with…which is horrible. Plus, if they are hacked its easy for anyone to learn your habits... |
I think Nest gave up their smart home aspirations, back in January, to manage power consumption. But can you blame them? They were paid thirty times worth. |
This seems very reasonable to me. These are all just toys we’re playing with – we’re in the Commodore PET / TRS-80 / Apple ][ phase of the IoT. The real action is yet to come. |
Lol sorry for the “House of Janes” – it’s @dpjanes. |
They should have looked up insteon also. you don’t need a hub or smartphone if you use their remotes. The remotes link with the other devices via the setup buttons. |
I think the focus was less about hubs and more about devices and apps. And the remotes may have not fit their criteria. |
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that companies can monitor employees’ online communications during work hours. |
The ruling relates to the dismissal of a Romanian engineer in 2007 for flouting a company policy that prohibited the use of his professional Yahoo messenger account for personal purposes. |
Bogdan Mihai Barbulescu was asked by his employer to set up the account to answer customer queries, but was dismissed after the company discovered he was using the app to communicate with his fiancée and brother as well as his professional contacts. |
The ECHR dismissed the engineer’s argument that the company had violated his right to confidential correspondence. |
“It is not unreasonable for an employer to want to verify that employees are completing their professional tasks during working hours,” the court in Strasbourg, France, ruled. |
The court said the employer’s monitoring was “limited in scope and proportionate” and that the employee had not “convincingly explained why he had used the Yahoo messenger account for personal purposes”. |
The court also noted that the company had accessed the messages in the belief that they contained professional communications. |
The ECHR concluded that there was “nothing to indicate that the domestic authorities failed to strike a fair balance” between respect for privacy and the interests of the employer. |
Web monitoring software can block use of Facebook at work, but also raises privacy concerns. |
What is and what is not acceptable in terms of employee monitoring? |
Snowden has stirred national debate on internet surveillance, but employee monitoring barely gets a mention, says Weblife Balance chief David Melnick. |
The ECHR’s judgments are binding on countries that have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights and will be used as a guide for future cases involving employee monitoring and privacy. |
Some legal experts said the ruling would break down any strict divisions between employers’ ability to look at professional and private content online. |
However, others said employers should be careful what conclusions they draw from the ruling and recognise that the decision is largely based on the fact that the employee had claimed that the communications were of a professional nature. |
The ruling highlights the need for workers to beware of the pitfalls of using social media and email at work, said Claire Dawson, an employment lawyer at Slater and Gordon in London. |
Some employers allow for “reasonable personal use” of company systems, while others impose a complete ban, Dawson told Bloomberg News. “The advice to employees is clear: check what your employer’s policy is and operate within it,” she is quoted as saying. |
If it's during working hours and using a company device I see no reason they should not be able to. Maybe I'm still thinking like it was in the early 80's when I started out, we did not have a need to be connected 24/7. I still don't feel that way. I don't even own a smart phone and I have been in IT since 1982. I don'... |
Microsoft has launched its Azure DevOps platform, featuring a set of cloud-hosted services including CI/CD, testing, and kanban project boards. It is free for open source projects and for teams of five or fewer people; use by larger teams starts at $3 (€2.60) per user per month, with discounts. |
Azure DevOps Services can be downloaded from the Microsoft Azure web site. |
As the story goes, a herd of buffalo stampedes across a wide-open range under a cloudless sky when the herd’s leader suddenly stops in his tracks. One of the herd’s older members lumbers over to the leader and asks why he stopped. |
With his big brown eyes, and deep and whispering voice, he turns to his fellow buffalo and says, "I thought I heard a discouraging word." |
The first time I experienced a real discouraging word in real estate was during the 1973-75 recession. |
I had been in real estate for two years, serving as project manager of a 778-unit condominium project in St. Petersburg, Fla., selling about 25 units a month. Seemingly overnight, we jumped from the real estate fast-track to a housing train wreck. |
The Tampa Bay Rays are renovating Tropicana Field for the second time in as many years, reducing the stadium's capacity from 31,042 to between 25,000 and 26,000. |
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