Cooking
Dice
Cut into small cubes of equal size
Music make you...
lose control - Lose Control by Missy Elliott
Beavers and maple syrup
Canada
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
You shall not pass
Gandalf the Grey
Julienne
Cut into long thin strips
I see the crystal raindrops fall
and the beauty of it all - Just The Two Of Us, Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr.
KAWAII DESU JYON-CHAAAAAAN! Also, bombs
Japan
Cross my heart
and hope to die
stick a needle in my eye
wait a moment,
i spoke a lie
i never really
wanted to die
Cross My Heart and Hope To Die by Claire Calman
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Albus Dumbledore
Flambé
Putting alcohol in a pan with other ingredients and lighting it on fire
White man came, across the sea
He brought us pain and misery - Run To The Hills, Iron Maiden
White flags and that dumb law about restricting where food can be made
France
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
Aromatics/Mirepoix
Flavour base made by lightly cooking vegetables until it smells good, usually onions and garlic and sometimes carrots, bell peppers, and celery
There is trouble in the forest
There is trouble with the trees - The Trees, Rush
Once the Hermit Kingdom, now a massive culture exporter
Korea
Then this ebony bird beguiling
My sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum
Of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven,
Thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven,
Wandering from the nightly shore
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
What is "Nevermore" also works
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
Jesus Christ
Braise
Brown (usually meat) very quickly, then pour in liquid and simmer for a long time
Disturbed in the house
dropping plates - Dropping Plates, Disturbed
The birthplace of Joseph Stalin, and some really good garlic chicken
Georgia
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?
George W. Bush, 43th President of the USA