Tuesday, August 18, 2009
I feel that what the hijackers did was extremely wrong as the ship, carrying a cargo of timber worth US$2 million (S$2.9 million) and a crew of 15. Others who need the timber might be affected badly as they need it and the families of the people who were hostages will be very worried, too.'These hijackers boarded the Arctic Sea and, using the threat of arms, demanded that the crew follow all of their orders without condition,' news agencies quoted Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as telling President Dmitry Medvedev.
Thankfully, the crew of 15, was rescued without a shot fired, Mr Serdyukov said, adding that the crew were safe and had been taken aboard the naval vessel Ladny for questioning. The masked hijackers had boarded the freighter on the night of July 24 under the pretext that there was a problem with their inflatable craft. The armed hijackers then forced the crew to change course and turned off the freighter's navigation equipment.
- 8:20 PM;
Let me describe the origins of chicken steak first. The precise origins of the dish are unclear, but many sources attribute its development to German and Austrian immigrants to Texas in the nineteenth century who brought recipes for Wiener Schnitzel from Europe to the USA. Lamesa, the seat of Dawson County on the Texas South Plains, claims to be the birthplace of chicken fried steak, as does Bandera, Texas.
However, chicken steak can be eaten and cooked in more than one way. Typically, in Texas, chicken fried steak is deep fried in a pan and served with traditional peppered milk gravy. The same dish is sometimes known as "country fried steak" in other parts of the United States, where it is subject to some regional variations. Often there is brown gravy, and occasionally the meat is either pan fried with little oil, or simmered in the gravy. In some areas, "country steak" may refer to Salisbury steak, a chopped or minced beef patty in brown gravy.
Other meats may be used, with chicken fried chicken having appeared on many menus substituting a boneless chicken breast for the steak. The dish known as "chicken fried chicken" differs from the dish known as "fried chicken" because the meat is removed from the bones, and cooked in the fashion of chicken fried steak. Another term is steak fried chicken. Boneless pork chops, usually center cut, are served in this manner, as well as beef cutlet (tenderized round steak), buffalo, or boneless chicken breasts.
Chicken steak is defined as tenderized cube steak coated with seasoned flour and pan fried. It is associated with Southern U.S. cuisine and hospitality. Its name is likely due to chicken fried steak's similarity in preparation to fried chicken, though the dish is also similar to the classic Viennese dish Wiener Schnitzel (known in Latin American cuisine as milanesa), a tenderized veal or beef cutlet, coated with flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs and fried.
Now, my friends, you can finally see why I like chicken so much!!
- 8:01 PM;