Grandview Tople$$ Coffee Shop

Do you enjoy drinking a cup of coffee every morning, or any time of the day? Well, if you're enjoying doing it, then we have the same feelings about it. But how about drinking a very hot cup of coffee which has no top, in other words, tople$$! How was that? Do you imagine it? Hehehe.

Honestly, I'm not thinking of it. I'm worried of those money I will use to buy an expensive cup of coffee on those precious coffeehouse like Starbucks etc. I'll just prepare my own coffee in our kitchen. Hehehe. But do know that coffee was first consumed in the ninth century, when it was discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia? Yes, and from there, it spread to Egypt and Yemen, and by the 15th century, had reached Azerbaijan, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. From the Muslim world, coffee spread to Italy, then to the rest of Europe, to Indonesia, and to the Americas. Wow, That was awesome! And nowadays, with the help of technology, we are enjoying it even on our homes.

At this time, I'm adding some cinnamon powder on mine!

Super Bowl Party Recipe | Baked Chicken Wings

The perfect chicken wings for your Super Bowl party! This is baked, not fried! Yes, just follow the steps and you're done. Easy to do, easy to prepare and enjoyable to eat during your Super Bowl Party! Hehehe. Here is a video tutorial. Watch the video after the jump.

Video:


How nice. Or you may try this bacon recipe too. Just click here.

Bacon Explosion Recipe

Bacon Explosion Recipe Ingredients:
2 pounds thick cut bacon
2 pounds Italian sausage
1 jar of your favorite barbeque sauce
1 jar of your favorite barbeque rub

Here are the Steps in cooking Bacon Explosion:
1. Create a 5x5 bacon weave square shape.
2. Add some barbeque seasoning on top of your bacon weave.
3. Take two pounds of Italian sausage and layer it directly on top of your bacon weave.
4. Next up is bacon layer number two. Take the remaining bacon slices and fry them up. These pieces are going to be a major part of the inner flavor of our sausage fatty.
5. Crumble or chop the cooked strips into bite size pieces and place on top of the sausage layer.
6. Separate the front edge of the sausage layer from the bacon weave and begin rolling backwards. You want to include all layers EXCEPT the bacon weave in your roll.
7. Once the sausage is fully rolled up, pinch together the seams and ends to seal all of the bacon inside.
8. Roll the sausage forward completely wrapping it in the bacon weave. Make sure it sits with the seam facing downward to help keep it all sealed up.
9. Cook your Bacon Explosion at 225 degrees in a constant cloud of hickory smoke until your Thermapen gives an internal temperature reading of 165 degrees. Then cut and serve.

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Cool Vegetables Recipes and Design

This is a nice post to end this week. Hehehe. By the way, how's your whole week? Hope you're fine!

This thing isn't about blogging nor SEO. Yup yup yup, it's about fun! As you can see below, there are pictures of vegetables recipes designed in an outrageous cool style. Why don't you try those at home? Surprise your kids with a new food design! Hehehe. Aside from that, they might love vegetables too! So, what are you waiting for, take your fruits and vegetables out of the refrigerator and show your creativity! Go chop chop chop!



















































What can you say about that? Isn't it nice?

List of Top 5 Cancer-Causing Foods

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). Most cancers form a tumor but some, like leukemia, do not.

Most Cancer are formed due to the food that we eat. That's the reason why I post this article here. We want to avoid cancer and have a long life. Here is a list of the top 5 Cancer-causing foods that we may want consider.

1. Hotdog


Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.

2. Processed meats and bacon


Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.

3. Doughnuts


Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.

4. French Fries


Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams.

5. Chips & Crackers


All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.

Melamine in Cadbury

Preliminary tests have found the chemical melamine in Cadbury's Chinese-made chocolates, the company says.

At least 50,000 Chinese babies have been sickened and four killed by milk tainted with the industrial chemical.

Cadbury had earlier recalled 11 chocolate types from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia because of fears of contamination.

It remains unclear how much melamine was in the recalled products, a Cadbury spokesman told the BBC.

"It's early days, as these are preliminary findings from the tests," the spokesman said.

He emphasised that the only goods affected were those made in the company's Beijing factory, and not those produced in the UK or elsewhere.

China's reputation for food safety has nosedived since the revelations last month that milk products poisoned by melamine were responsible for causing renal problems in babies who drank the milk formula.

Chowking's Shot at a Laptop - Abot pa!

I. Promo Duration:

August 16 - October 5, 2008

 

II. Promo Concept:

Share your most creative Chowking Congee experience photo.

 

III. Coverage:

Nationwide

 

IV. Qualified Participants:

The contest is open to all Philippine residents only. No age requirement.

 

V. Mechanics:

How to join:

(a) Take a photo of yourself or your friend(s) enjoying CHOWKING’S NEW HONGKONG-STYLE CONGEE (you may choose from any varieties: CLASSIC, MEATBALLS, GOTO, CHICKEN or KING’S CONGEE).

Photo Policy:

1. The photo must contain a picture of you and/or your friend/s with the Chowking’s New Hongkong-style Congee. A mere photo of the product will not be accepted.

2. The photo must be the original work of the entrant.

3. Make sure that you will upload a high-quality and clear photo so Chowking can judge them well. Get creative as you like!

4. Uploaded entries should not contain any identifying marks (watermarks, borders, labels, text, signature) so judging is fair and unbiased.

5. Digital images (from digital cameras, cellphone cameras and the like) or scans of prints should be uploaded to www.chowking.com/congee;

6. An entry must be an accurate reflection of the subject matter and scene as it appeared, without alteration (other than standard optimization, including removal of dust, cropping, adjustments to color and contrast, etc.)

7. All photos are subject for review. Photos with nudity or malicious content will not be posted in the photo gallery nor be deleted from the entries hence; it will be stored in the CMS program of the third party (YEHEY) for safekeeping. All participants with photos of such subject will be notified thru email that their photos can’t be posted in the photo gallery because their entry is found not to have been in accordance with rules and regulations of the contest.

8. ALL photos subject for disqualification will be presented to DTI for final approval.

(b) Follow 5 easy steps to share your photo

Step 1 of 5: Registation

Fields for Registration:

Last Name

First Name

MI

Email Address

Contact Number (mobile or landline)

Birthday

Address/City

Chowking Store where congee was bought

Photo Caption

Step 2 of 5: Upload Photo

Step 3 of 5: Customize Message

Step 4 of 5: Send-to-Friends

Step 5 of 5: SHARE (Optional)

 

(c) After uploading, there will be a notification that a confirmation message has been sent to your validated email addresses: “Thank you for joining! A confirmation has been sent to your email address. Should you wish to upload another photo of your Chowking congee experience, just log on using your user name and password. We hope you had a great time enjoying our Chowking HK Style Congee.

(d) A participant shall receive a message confirming his/her registration and that his /her entry/s has been approved.

Sample of Confirmation Message: Dear (Name of the Participant), “THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE CHOWKING SHOT AT A LAPTOP PHOTO CONTEST! You may now access your account at our website. To activate your account please go www.chowking.com/congee/registration/123456.html Your photo will appear in the photo gallery within 24 hours from 8:00AM to 5:00PM. However, if your photo has been found not to have been in accordance with rules and regulations of the contest, you will be notified for disqualification with prior approval from Department of Trade and Industry We hope to see you soon.” Chowking

(e) Upon approval of the photo, Chowking shall send PHOTO EMAIL APPROVALS/REJECTS message to the participant:

Sample of Approved Message: Hi! Congratulations! Your photo(s) has been approved. Log-in at www.chowking.com/congee/gallery to see your picture at the photo gallery. Thank you and visit us again soon.

Sample of Disapproved Message: I’m sorry but the photo(s) you sent contains inappropriate subjects that do not qualify with Chowking’s contest mechanics and might conflict with public interest. Kindly upload another photo and go to www.chowking.com/congee for the contest mechanics. Thank you and visit us again.

(f) A Participant can send as many photos as he can but can only win once.

(g) Deadline of submission is on September 21, 2008 at 5:00PM.

(h) The most creative photos will win prizes.

 

How to WIN:

CRITERIA for JUDGING

CREATIVITY(50%) - Based on the Uniqueness and/or Originality, Overall Impact, Composition, Subject rendered, and Artistic Merit.

HUMOR (40%) Wholesomeness, wittiness and/or Entertaining

CLARITY/QUALITY OF PHOTO (10%) Quality and Sharpness of color and texture

*Decisions made by the Judges are irrevocable. CHOWKING will select top 5 photos. All the top 5 winners will get ACER ASPIRE LAPTOP CONSOLATION PRIZE: 10 winners of P5,000 worth of Chowking gift certificates. Prizes are Transferable but not convertible to cash.

 

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Only registered and validated users will be eligible for the contest.

• Contest is off-limits to all Chowking Employees and its business partner, YEHEY Employees and their relatives up to the 2nd degree of consanguinity or affinity.

Announcement of Winners:

• Banner announcement on Chowking website and Chowking Congee microsite.

• The winners will also be notified via their validated email address and via registered mail on or before September 30, 2008. In addition to this, they will receive a call through landline or cellular phone (if the data is readily available in their profiles).

How to Claim prizes:

• Winners must present 2 valid IDs in claiming their prizes. Valid IDs consist of SSS ID, Company or School ID, Credit Card with Picture, Driver’s License, Passport and/or Senior Citizen’s ID.

• Claiming of prizes will be done in the following manner: o Winners from Metro Manila – pick-up prizes from Chowking Corporate Office located in 33rd Floor, Jollibee Plaza, Emerald Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City. o Winners from outside Metro Manila – pick up prizes from the Chowking store indicated in your confirmation email/SMS.

• Prizes that are not claimed within 60 days of being notified by Chowking will be forfeited with prior approval from DTI.

 

Summary of Terms and Conditions:

 Participants must guarantee that they are the sole owners and creators of their entries

 A participant can send as many photo as he can but he can only win once.

 Participants will retain copyright and ownership of their images. However by entering the contest, participants agree to grant CHOWKING an exclusive, perpetual royalty-free license to use the winning entries.

 Chowking has the exclusive right to reproduce and circulate the winning entries, and to use, copy, publish, print, and distribute the winning entries for commercial and non-commercial purposes, without having to consult the photographer any compensation.

 The owners of the winning entries retain the right to post their images on their websites, blogs, or publish them newspapers and magazines, but not to enter them in any other contest, or use them in any way defames or damages the Chowking brand.

 6. If a winning entry is found not to have been in accordance with the contest rules and guidelines, Chowking reserves the right to disqualify any award made and seek return of any prizes given.

Beware of Energy Drinks!

Have you wondered how many people consume energy drinks on a daily basis, or even more often? Or what happens if you combine them with alcohol? Well, we must tell you there isn’t good news; and warn you to be careful.

At first, these high-caffeine drinks were consumed by all gaming elite to ensure their speed is high and reflexes are sharp in extended play, because the drinks were promoted as performance enhancers. However, they soon gained popularity so that an incredible number of people, not only gamers, consume them. It seems that United States citizens alone spent approximately 5.4 billion U.S. dollars on energy drinks in 2006, a figure growing about 47 percent per year, a report said.

According to the findings of a new study published in the Sept. 20 issue of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, the super-caffeinated energy drinks can trigger caffeine intoxication. "The caffeine content of energy drinks varies over a 10-fold range, with some containing the equivalent of 14 cans of Coca-Cola, yet the caffeine amounts are unlabeled and few include warnings about potential health risks of caffeine intoxication," said one of the authors of the study, Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Caffeine intoxication is clinically considered a syndrome. It is currently defined by a number of symptoms and clinical features that surface in response to recent excessive consumption of caffeine. Common features of caffeine intoxication include excitement, anxiety, rapid heartbeat, restlessness, tremors, insomnia, rambling flow of thought and speech or periods of inexhaustibility. In rare cases, caffeine intoxication can lead to death.

One death apparently linked to the intake of a popular energy drink, Red Bull, made the headlines in 2000, when Irish athlete Ross Cooney, 18, died of sudden adult death syndrome hours after drinking four cans of the drink. Following the occurrence, France prohibited the energy drink, but it removed the ban only days after. However, in countries such as Norway, Uruguay and Denmark, it remains banned.

Since a lot of energy drinks are marketed as "dietary supplements" that increase energy and physical performance, the limit the FDA requires on the caffeine amount found in energy drinks isn’t valid. Caffeinated energy drinks are a growing concern because they guarantee super alertness. Still, they carry with 10 times or even more the caffeine content of soft drinks.

The team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University who carried out the study said that manufacturers should note on caffeinated energy drinks’ labels the caffeine doses the products carry, and to caution on presumptive risks they pose to consumers.

The caffeine content of energy drinks can vary from can to can, from 50 milligrams to more than 500 milligrams per serving, whereas a normal 12-ounce cola drink has approximately 35 mg of caffeine per serving and a 6-ounce cup of brewed coffee has 80 to 150 milligrams of the stimulant drug per serving.

On the word of one drink-company manufacturer, the energy drinks can be a harmless substitute to drug abuse for youngsters. “We say, ‘Do the drink, not the drug,''' stated Raymond Herrera, Partner and world wide marketing director of Redux Beverages. “You do the drug you are dumb. If you do the drink you are cool.''

The Johns Hopkins researchers also said that caffeinated drinks can cause abuse of prescription stimulant drugs like Ritalin (Credit: eFluxMedia)