"This is the basic recipe for what is unappetisingly called a "boiled cake". When I make it for Christmas I add a lot of glace cherries to the fruit. For a Christmas cake I make it about 10 days before so that I can "feed" it for a few days with a small tot of brandy each day - not too much as it will just run through! You have to experiment. 

1cup (large tea cup/small mug) water

1 cup brown sugar

110 grammes butter (+or-)

500g mixed dried fruit

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1teaspoon mixed spice

Mix together in a saucepan and bring to the boil.

Simmer 10-15 mins

Allow to cool  (does not have to be cold)

2cups self raising flour

2eggs

Mix into boiled mixture

Turn into cake tin  (16-20 cm diameter)

Bake on middle shelf @ 150 centigrade for 11/2-2 hours

Turn out on to wire rack to cool

Cover with marzipan a couple of days before icing.

       

English people use to represent the typical French guy with on one hand a "camenbert", cheese from Normandy, on the other hand The French Baguette (the typical Parisinian bread) and...a necklace of onions...?!
So following our british-reputation,  I am proud to show you an authentic french bread, home made from the leaven to the...picture in...Spain.
Flours (200g of whole-grain flour,150g white flour,150g rye flour)  are  coming from Spain and France, the leaven is the mix of the same quantity of wey and rye flour and the pictures were done with my ...eeepc!

     

Something typical, funny, amazing in your city, in your area, in your neighbour's garden or in your kitchen...put it in Zaragoza DiWiKi .
Zaragoza International Expo will close its door next September,15th and it will be nice to extend this "big Hug" with the world through this social website, opened in November 2006 with people living in Zaragoza (Spain).
Click on this link to share a little "slice" of your "world" with Zaragoza and more... > http://es.zaragoza.diwiki.org/index.php/Zaragoza_conecta_con_el_mundo
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Have caffeine right before you nap. This may sound counterintuitive since caffeine is a stimulant, but it won't kick in immediately. The caffeine has to travel through your gastro-intestinal tract, giving you time to nap before it kicks in. Taking a "caffeine nap" in which 200mg of caffeine are consumed right before a 20-minute nap will not only improve your performance, but it'll also lessen how sleepy you feel once you wake up. Skip the caffeine, however, if it's late in the afternoon--you'll have a hard time falling asleep later--or if you're trying to quit caffeine.

Even if you can't sleep, close your eyes and meditate.
What you're doing during a power nap is capturing the benefits of the first two of the five stages in the sleep cycle. These first two stages take place in the first twenty minutes. In addition to making you feel more rested and alert, the electrical signals in your nervous system strengthen the connection between neurons involved in muscle memory, making your brain work faster and more accurately.^[5]After 15 minutes, not only will your alarm go off, but caffeine will also kick in and help since it blocks adenosine, the neurotransmitter that promotes fatigue.
* More in http://www.wikihow.com/Power-Nap