Music -"La Chanson du dimanche"

Since February, Alexandre and Clement, two happy musicians and lyricists of their condition, concludes weeks of hard work by a music clip on a thematic of the current political and social "Chanson du dimanche".

It was necessary to do a Paris concert in Bellevilloise, the first part of Fatals Picards and especially the transit strike this month of November with their "Petit cheminot"(Little railwayman) to Start a conciderable success. A song funny and light, like his parents. "We have no legitimacy to criticize the policies or the social movement", says Alexandre.

In the first rank of their "sundays victims", we find Nicolas Sarkozy, the president which finds his popular consecration: "Nicolas et Rachida", "Le pouvoir d'achat"(The purchasing power)."Sarko accompany us so everywhere, all the time, we can only speak" Alexandre fun.

Darwin Awards

A Darwin Award is a tongue-in-cheek honor named after evolutionary theorist of Charles Darwin. "Awards" have been given for people who "do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the Gene pool", i.e., lose the ability to reproduce, as early as 1863. It is for people who kill, or in rare cases, sterilize themselves accidentally by attempting to do stupid feats. As described in the Darwin Award books: The Awards honour people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion. While an attempt is made to disallow urban legends from the awards, some older winners have been 'granffathered' to keep their awards.

Examples of Darwin award winners include :
- juggling active hand grenades (Croatia, 2001)
- jumping out of a plane to film skydivers without wearing a parachute (U.S., 1987),
- trying to get enough light to look down the barrel of a loaded gun using a cigarette lighter (U.S., 1996),
- using a lighter to illuminate a fuel tank to make sure it contains nothing flammable (Brazil, 2003), (This method is not entirely original: a mid-1950's Burma-Shave commercial reads:"He lit a match to check a tank. That's why they call him Skinless Frank.")
- attempting to play Russian roulette with a semi-automatic pistol that automatically reloads the next round into the chamber,
- crashing through a window and falling to your death in trying to demonstrate that the window is unbreakable.

Recipe - " Kougelhopf"

The Kougelhopf is a tradition of Alsace's region. A little devising : it's a kind of brioche and has nothing to do with a cake.

A little history before delivery recipe. The famous cake change its name according to regions and countries. Different spellings are also used: kouglof, kougelhof, gougelhof, gougelhopf, kougelhopf.

In the Palatinate, the kouglof is called "Turkish cap", in reference to its shape, as attested by an encyclopedia dating from the mid-eighteenth century. In the Netherlands, it's simply a "turban".
In France, the recipe for the cake was introduced in the court of Versailles by the Queen Marie-Antoinette who helped to the fashion of this pastry. In Alsace, this sort of raisin brioche, molded crown, has become a traditional delicacy that we enjoy as a family on Sunday for the breakfast.

The shape of the mold with a central chimney has not changed since the sixteenth century. The rule is old. This type of mold has been known since Roman times. The chimney ensures regular dissemination of heat at the center of the dough.

Recipe :

1kg flour, 150g sugar, 15-20g salt, 300g butter, 3 eggs, 40cl milk, 25g brewer's yeast, 150g seedless Malaga raisins, 75g almonds, One small glass of kirsch

For 8 servings
Baking time: 45 minutes
First make dough with the brewer's yeast, half the milk (previously warmed), and enough flour to obtain a dough of medium-firm consistency. Leave in a warm place. Vigorously mix the flour, salt, eggs and the rest of the warm milk in a bowl. Beat for around 15 minutes lifting the dough with your hand. Add the butter, previously softened by holding it in your hand, and the dough, which should have doubled in volume. Continue beating for another few minutes, cover with a cloth and leave in a warm place for around 1 hour. Beat the dough again, then break it open and add the sugar and the Malaga raisins soaked in the kirsch or water, then add a small glass of kirsch (optional). Put the dough in a kougelhopf tin with the grooves well buttered. Garnish with almonds, peeled and wiped if possible. Leave the dough to rise to the top of the tin a second time, then bake in a medium-hot oven. If the kougelhopf browns too fast, cover with a sheet of baking paper. Bake for around 45 minutes.