Ginkgo Dreams - Celebrating Ginkgo

Ingredients 1 fresh frozen abalone 100g fresh scallops 100g gingko nuts, shelled and skinned 1 kampung chicken, skinned and halved 1/2 tsp white peppercorns 3 pips garlic, unskinned 2 litres water Seasoning Salt to taste Sugar to taste Method To prepare fresh frozen abalone, thaw abalone in the refrigerator. Scrub off all slime and dirt. Put in a saucepan of clear clean water and cook for 15 minutes. Remove and steep in cold water for 30 minutes. Bring water to a boil. Add chicken, garlic and peppercorns and cook until it comes to a boil again. Reduce the heat, add gingko nuts and simmer soup gently for 30 to 40 minutes. Add abalone and scallops. Simmer soup gently for 20 to 30 minutes over low heat. Remove abalone and slice into thin slices before serving.

Recipe by Amy Beh.

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I’m pleased to announce the redesign of Ginkgo Dreams. Reese of Design by Reese has done a fabulous job of making Ginkgo Dreams look better than ever. Click here for the old version, and you’ll really see what I mean.

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Two Warblers in Ginkgo, by Laura McCaul of Earth Wood and Fire.

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Custom personalized ginkgo leaf keepsake guest book/scrapbook, from Jenni Bick Bookbinding.

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Image courtesy of Rob Millenaar.

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From Designs by Christine.

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Ginkgo pillow from Modern Basics.

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Ginkgo circle necklace from Small Things Designs.

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Propaganda infiltrates a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) news article about a heroic ginkgo tree:

There is some 720 years old hero gingko tree in Ichon Township of Ichon County, Kangwon Province of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It, planted in 1282, has been called “hero gingko tree” from the period of the Fatherland Liberation War (1950-1953).

During the war, people there and military transport vehicles used to shelter themselves beneath the tree from the U.S. air raids.

One day in August Juche 41 (1952), a U.S. fighter spotted a truck of the Korean People’s Army hidden under the tree and attempted to attack it. But the fighter ran into the tree to be crashed. From then on, the people of Ichon have called the tree “hero gingko tree.”

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Pacific Palisades, California, USA. Image courtesy of rutabegabunny.

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Gingko Nuts, by artist Mayumi Hatano.

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Ginkgo leaf trivet by Charles Orlando of Orlando Forge.

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I periodically imagine creating a collage of gingko leaves (and have just added the project to my someday/maybe list). Steve Nix’s instructions on how to make and use a leaf press will come in handy.

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Image courtesy of tonysoko.

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Stained glass from Tashiro Stained and Leaded Glass Studio.

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Handblown glass by David Lindsay. Available from The William Morris Studio.

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Ginkgo paper sculpture by Carol Tao of Tao of Paper.

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If you have access to ginkgo leaves, you could press your own. Otherwise, consider purchasing some at Nature’s Pressed.

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Ginkgo Leaf Green, from Bert Myers Fine Art Photography.

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Artist, Bettinardi Graziella. Oil painting reproduction available from Master Works Art Gallery.

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obachan makes mukago takikomi gohan.

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The first Festival of the Trees is now up at Via Negativa.

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Meyda Tiffany fireplace screen, available from Lamps Beautiful.

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