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What We y Wednesday Hruby . Food: Homemade (Sweet Po- '^"tato) Fries - Now, I am like eveiy other American out there, and I love french fries. But with my 2010 reso lution to stop eating as much pro cessed food, I've had trouble find ing non-fast-food and non-frozen versions. I also have a penchant for sweet potato fries (which are even more elusive), so a few nights ago, I went back to the basics and bought a sweet potato and a fiying pan in ef fort to make myself some homemade sweet potato fries. After wrestling a bit with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, what do you know% I can cook! ,!\nd no^v, I am here to share with you my easy-peasy homemade, sw'eet potato fiy recipe: Ingredients: 1 sw'eet potato, 2-5 Tbsp butter, 2 Tbsp brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon 1. Use a fork to stab aeration holes in the potato, then bake it in the micrownve for five minutes. 2. Take it out and cut it into fry- slices (I made my fries circular to make this easier). The slices should - be about V4" to V2’' thick. 3. Melt 1/2 of the butter in a fiying pan on medium-high heat. The but ter should sizzle and pop a bit. 4. Add the potato slices. Then sprinkle half of the brown sugar and cinnamon on the top of the pota toes. 5. Cook for about a minute, or un til the bottom of the potatoes start to blacken and crisp a bit. Flip each fry over, then sprinkle the remain ing brown sugar and cinnamon on this side of the fries. 6. Add the rest of the butter to the pan, so that it will continue to sizzle and ■‘fiy’” the potatoes. Cook until both sides are blackened and a bit crispy (you may want to turn the fries a few more times.) 7. Remove fi'om heat and let cool a bit. Enjoy! *Note: These fries are not veiy crispy. To make them crispier you could use oil instead of butter. But be careful because oil splatters and burns more. Also, you could use this same method to make regular French fries. Just replace the cin namon and brown sugar with salt and pepper. Fashion: Trendy Scatv^es -Scarv'es hat'e been a major trend this season, and I see most Meredith w'omen sporting colorful pashminas or knit numbers under jackets these days. But when I spotted a woman com ing out of Urban Outfitters wearing what I could only describe as a scarf wath a hood. I must admit that I was originally a bit confused. How'ever, I must admit that upon inspec tion I realized my error. Hooded scatv'es hold so much more warmth that regular scarves, and they offer^ ' protection from the wintry drizzles ^ we’ve been experiencing recently^ Another scarf trend this season - ."y,; is the “eternity" or circle scarf. Promoted especially by American- Apparel, these are scarv'es with the ends sewn together to create a giant loop, and you only have to visit the' AA website to see that they offer ' .i - endless wardrobe possibilities. " . With the cold weather seem ing prolonged this year, I’m ' thinking I may just need to go ' out and buy myself a trendy scarf for the extra warmth and fashion this season. February Movie Madness Caitlin Griffin, Staff Writer Don’t avoid theaters in Febru ary just because you hate mushy movies! The box office is on the ball this month with various new releases for all cinematic tastes. For the ladies: Dear John, starring Channing Tatum, Henry Thomas, and Amanda Seyfried. PG-13. Young soldier John Tyree meets the love of his life, college student Savannah Curtis, while home on leave. They begin a whirlwind romance that lasts seven years, even though it is largely conducted through a stream of love letters throughout the long period of John’s dangerous deployments. Little do they know that their in nocent correspondence will trigger tragic consequences! You can try to talk your boyfriend into taking you to this romance flick, but we all know that movies based on Nicho las Sparks’ novels are better on a girls’ night out. For dates or mixed groups of friends: Valentine’s Day, starring Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts, and Anne Hathaway. PG-13. Now here’s a side-stitching comedy that even the guys are sure to love! Simply put, Valentine’s Day follows the intertwining stories of a group of Los Angeles couples and singles as they find their way through romance (or suffer from the lack thereof) on February 14. If you’ve ever felt anxiety about the expectations of Hallmark’s favorite holiday, this is the perfect movie for you. For the action maniacs: From Paris with Love, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and John Travolta. R. The guys will adore you for accompanying them to this excit ing and comedic action flick. As a personal aide to the U.S. Ambas sador in France, James Reece has a life in Paris that anyone would want, but he’s bored to tears. His real passion is his side job as a low-level operative for the CIA, and his goal is to become a true secret agent. So when he’s offered his’first senior-level assignment, he can’t believe his good luck... until he meets his new terrorist hunting partner, Charlie Wax. Wax leads Reese on a dangerous shooting spree through the Pa risian underworld that suddenly has James praying for a quick return to his desk job! But when James discovers he’s a target of the same crime ring they’re trying to bust, he realizes that Wax might be his only hope for staying alive. Viewers will surely appreciate the promising mix of hard-core action and genuine humor. For the strong stomachs: The Wolfman, starring Anthony Hopkins, Benicio del Toro, and Emily Blunt. R. This classic horror movie remake remains more or less true to the 1941 version. After his brother mysteriously vanishes, British nobleman Lawrence Talbot returns home to his family estate to investigate the disappearance and finds out that something monstrous has been stalking the residents by night. No one can dream up a rational explanation for the recent gruesome occurrenc es, yet rumors persist of an ancient curse that transforms humans into blood-thirsty monsters by the light of the full moon. Talbot must ven ture into the moonlit woods and destroy the beast before it destroys the woman he loves. Before the beast is slain, however, the devas tating discovery of his own primal blood lust will risk destroying Talbot himself. If you can stomach the gore, this movie is a must-see for all horror flick fans!
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