Dimash - STRANGER | Almaty | part 3

Dimash - STRANGER | Almaty | part 2

#Dimash - #STRANGER | #Almaty | part 1

Making the Best Prime Rib

1 (4 pound) prime rib roast

¼ cup unsalted butter, softened

1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon herbes de Provence

kosher salt to taste

Place prime rib roast on a plate and bring to room temperature, 2 to 4 hours.

Preheat an oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).

Combine butter, pepper, and herbes de Provence in a bowl; mix until well blended. Spread butter mixture evenly over entire roast. Season roast generously with kosher salt.

Roast the 4-pound roast in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. (If your roast is larger or smaller than 4 pounds, see notes to calculate cooking time.)

Turn the oven off and, leaving the roast in the oven with the door closed, let the roast sit in the oven for 2 hours.

Remove roast from the oven, slice, and serve.

Notes: 

 Multiply the exact weight times 5 minutes. For example 5.35 x 5 = 26.75 minutes, which we round up to 27.

Cook the room-temperature prime rib at 500°F for exactly that many minutes. Then turn off the oven and wait 2 hours without opening the door. When the time's up, remove the prime rib and slice into the most perfectly medium-rare meat you've ever seen. That's all it takes to make foolproof prime rib cooked to a perfect pink that's somewhere just a shade under medium rare. Just make sure you're starting with a prime rib that has been brought to room temperature!

We had this for our Christmas Eve feast, and it was delicious. 

 

Cancer Doesn't play Fair!

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#Enya - And Winter Came… [full album]

A wonderful voice

#Dimash's Speech at the Central Asian Media Forum

#Dimash speech at Central Asia Peace Forum

“Peace is the greatest and most precious treasure of mankind! The most important key to peace and tranquility is political diplomacy, human relations, and interstate respect. One country must respect the territorial integrity and domestic policies of another.

If we look back at the period when scientists’ studies first documented the history of humankind, we find that humans have only lived peacefully on earth for a total of less than 300 years in the last millennia. This unfortunate fact shows that the human mind has not changed considerably since ancient times. To this day many countries suffer the consequences of war, causing the decline of their economy and their spirituality. Many innocent people suffer from this darkness.

All this proves that when peace is gone, disaster will follow. Averting the fire of war and fighting for peace are the most crucial objectives of the 21st century.

Why can’t we learn to live peacefully for thousands of years?

Why can’t we unite for the common interest of all mankind?

How can we stop the warmongering that drives thousands to death in order to realize one’s own violent ambitions of dividing nations through the rabid actions of agitators?

The fact is that saving a human life by causing another human death is not salvation at all; it is just a pretext.

Knowing all this, we still live in an era of racial divisions, religious wars, and ethnic divisions.

Humanity, forgetting that in this life it is being tested by the creator, is unable to rid itself of its insolent pride.

Why should a few leaders of countries with boundless ambition, who consider themselves great, wage war and interfere in the internal life of another country and decide how their people should live?

Due to my work in the art field, I have been to many countries around the world and experienced the cultures of different peoples.

What I have learned during this time is that there is nothing wrong with people. There are no bad nations, but only statesmen who manipulate people’s minds, steal blood money, and fight wars out of personal ambition.

I published my work entitled “The Story of One Sky,” dedicated to the unity of humankind, and to the creation of concepts such as goodness, peace, and humanity. Needless to say, we are all divided into races, nations, religions and different states, but we are all children of a common mother earth and live under the same sky.

No sacred book calls on humanity to be cruel and wage wars. Children should not suffer because of the mistakes of adults. That is why we must not allow violence, but be friends. The future of humanity and the world is in our hands today. We are children of one home, one place, one sky.” – said Dimash.

Vocal Coach Reacts to Dimash Kudaibergen - Your Love

I have watched many of her reaction videos but this one is one of the best. Keep on getting on that soapbox!

Angel Food Candy

 This has been one of my favorite candies during the Christmas holidays but is hard to find at other times of the year so having a recipe for homemade is great!

1 cup sugar

1 cup dark corn syrup

1 tablespoon white vinegar

1 tablespoon baking soda (you can dissolve in small amount of water to prevent lumps)

1 pound milk chocolate candy coating, melted

Butter a 13x-9-in. metal baking pan; set aside. In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and vinegar. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until sugar dissolves. Cook without stirring until the temperature reaches 300° (hard-crack stage) on a candy thermometer. Do not overcook.

Remove from the heat and quickly stir in baking soda. Pour into prepared pan. Do not spread candy; mixture will not fill pan.

When mixture is cool, break into bite-sized pieces. Dip into melted chocolate; place on waxed paper until the chocolate is firm. Store candy in an airtight container.

Cherry Christmas Slices

 1 cup butter, softened

1 cup confectioners' sugar

1 large egg, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (see note)

2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup red candied cherries, halved

1 cup green candied cherries, halved

1 cup pecan halves

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Add flour; mix well. Stir in cherries and pecans. Chill for 1 hour.

Shape dough into three 10-in.-long logs; wrap securely and place in a freezer bag. Freeze until ready to bake, or up to 2 months.

To bake, cut frozen logs into 1/8-in. slices, and place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° until edges are golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on wire racks

Note: Dough can be made ahead of time and kept in freezer until ready to bake. I suggest removing the log from the freezer for about 15 minutes before baking to make slicing easier.

Add grated orange, lemon, & lime zest, slivered almonds, & orange extract instead of vanilla.

Use Almond Extract instead of Vanilla

Toast the nuts for extra flavor.

Try rolling the logs in shredded coconut, refrigerate for 1 hour or so and then cut into cookies. Coconut toasts well while baking and gives these cookies more zip.

(Taste of Home)

#Dimash - D-Dynasty Moscow | Full Concert

His talent is unstoppable! This was three years ago and like fine wine, he has only gotten better.

The Voice from #Kazakhstan (Dimash)

Dinmuhammed Kanatuly Kudaibergen, known professionally as Dimash Kudaibergen, is a Kazakh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is university-trained in classical as well as contemporary music and is known for his exceptionally wide vocal range. 

Born: May 24, 1994, Aktobe, Kazakhstan

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimash_Kudaibergen  )