Une morsure n'est jamais assez

Today my flat-mate and I, made some home-made apple turnovers using some delicious French Apple Compote.

It was quick and easy to make where we used the following ingredients :

- Two packets of fresh puff pastry
- Apple Compote
- Flour
- 1 egg
- Sugar for decoration

Utensils needed :

- Chopping board
- Rolling pin
- 15-20 cm diameter circular bowl
- Bowl
- Sharp knife
- Two Spoons

1- Lightly flour the chopping board and roll out the fresh pastry making it 2-3mm in thickness.
2- Take circular bowl, place on dough and cut around using the knife
3- Take circular piece of dough and spread apple compote on one side. Fold in half and place on foiled/greased baking tray
4- Carry on with 1,2,3 until all dough is used
5- Beat one egg and lightly glaze each apple turnover on both sides
6- When finished ensure to press down the outsides of each apple turnover so that the filling is kept inside
7- Place on a baking tray in the oven at around 200 C for approx. 15-20 minutes or until golden brown
8- Finish off by sprinkling sugar on the top of each apple turnover
9- Make some coffee and compliment with a hot apple-turnover

For best results, invite some friends over so that you can take full advantage to share what will be a wonderfully satisfying experience.

I hope yours will turn-out just as delicious as ours did.

Le Pouvoir des Fleurs

In my opinion, 2011 needs to start off as you mean to carry on. For my flatmates and I, it is about Success and Prosperity throughout 2011.

So, the other day I visited a florist in Bastille and stumbled across a beautiful pink and white Lily, that I ended up taking home with me. As you can see from the picture, the fruits of the flower are extremely large and look very healthy.

For me, the power of this flower resembles peace and tranquility, and I am positive it will bring success for my flatmates and I in 2011.

Quelle est votre opinion?

On my way to work early in the morning, I walk past many supermarkets in Bastille. I have come to realise that the likelihood is the supermarkets receive their deliveries early in the morning, before the store opens, to overcome be stuck in or holding up traffic. However, this is not always the case.

You see, many supermarkets along Rue De La Roquette have to accept their deliveries through the main doors because there is not enough room to have a seperate good inwards. This means lorries have to park out along the highstreet to drop off the delivery but Rue De La Roquette is not wide enough to compensate for the gigantic lorries. As a result, no matter what time of day, the deliveries hold up the traffic because delivery drivers use pump-trucks to pull the pallets, stacked high of goods, across Rue De La Roquette and in to the supermarket.

One of the reasons for this chaos is because there is no strategy behind the layout of Rue De La Roquette without any consideration taken into account for the 'What Ifs' when allowing a company to set-up.

This means that the delivery driver is forced to make many risks when delivering goods such as leaving the vehicle un-attended, moving heavy palletts up and down curbs, and in customer & vehicle pathways. What's more, the delivery driver is also in danger of getting run-over because many people become in-patient and frustrated.

In addition, this also adds to the wear-and-tear of the non-electric/electric pump-trucks. As you can imagine, road surfaces are un-even and are much rougher than smooth shop flooring. Therefore, this is also not a cost-effective solution that will detrimentally affect company expenses or even budgets.

In my opinion, this is an example of 'Statism' where the thought process is only to drive a tangible ROI and does not consider how the ROI can be driven effectively and efficiently.