Wordless Wednesday
Theme: October Calendar
Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia : Maelstrom Troll
We continue our tribute to Maelstrom this week as it sets sail this weekend. As you make your way through this attraction your boat encounters a few trolls along the way. One of these trolls is pretty upset and makes your boat disappear, back, back, over the falls. How many heads does this troll have?
You are not the first to pass this way,
Nor shall you be the last.
Those who seek the Spirit of Norway face peril and adventure,
But more often find beauty and charm.
The answer is 3 – pictured below.
Hidden Mickey Monday – Maelstrom
Our Hidden Mickey this week is a tribute to an attraction that is closing this week to make way for a Frozen attraction. Maelstrom! You can read more about it here, but Maelstrom will sail it’s last voyage this Sunday, Oct 5th, 2014. Yes it’s hard to say good bye, but we look forward to seeing how they incorporate Frozen into Norway.
As you stand in line for this attraction there isn’t a lot to hold your attention besides the huge mural on the wall. And, what better thing to do with a mural at Disney than try to find where some Imagineers might have placed some Hidden Mickey’s. Here are a few that we have found. Please share any you have found in the comments below.
Hmm here are some hints on where to look….
Let’s start from left to right – the one on the far left is our favorite. Of a viking in a viking ship wearing a set of Mickey Ears – see that one here.
The next one is in the middle – here you find a fishing boat that has some uniquely placed fishing net floats (in reddish color)
Our final Hidden Mickey takes us to the one marked on the right had side of the mural and always the most difficult for me to point out to others. This Mickey is setting on it’s side with ears pointed to the left, look just to the left of metal clip on her clip board.
Virtual Food & Wine Festival – Apple Strudel
Willkommen to the Virtual Food and Wine Festival, we are the next best thing to being in the parks. Better yet, these visits visits are calorie free. Be sure to tour around the virtual festival by following the links at the end of this article.
It’s fall and every year we head out to our local apple farm to ride out into the apple trees and pick some tree fresh apples. As we sampled the many varieties and picked the apples we often think about how we are going to use all the apples we pick. This year I knew that some were going to make up the apple strudel that we love so much in Germany. I searched the internet and found the recipe at AllEars – you can visit the site and see the recipe shared below here.
First gather all the ingredients, luckily there is nothing out of the ordinary so you might not even have to make a trip to the grocery store.
What do I need for the dough:
½ cup bread flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 (one) egg yolk
¼ cup warm water
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
What do I need for the apple filling:
2 pounds apples, sliced
½ cup melted butter
4 tablespoons toasted breadcrumbs
¼ cup raisins
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
How to pull it all together
First we make the dough
. Mix together the bread flour, all purpose flour, and salt in a mixing bowl using the dough hook on a mixer.
2. Slowly add the egg yolks, oil and warm water on medium speed until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl, but slightly sticks to the bottom of the bowl.
3. Remove from the mixing bowl and place in a sealed container covering with vegetable oil.
4. Place dough in refrigerator overnight. (We tried this and didn’t like how hard the dough was to work after being in the refrigerator overnight, so we made a fresh dough and continued on with the recipe)
Adding the apple mix to the dough
5. Remove from refrigerator and gently wipe off the excess oil from the dough. For best results, place a clean, lint free towel on the kitchen counter and gently pull the dough with your hands until the dough is paper thin, shaping into a rectangle.
6. Once you have stretched out the dough, place 3 tablespoons of the breadcrumbs on the long end of the dough closest to you approximately 3 inches wide.
7. Mix together apples and raisings and place on top of bread crumbs. Mix together sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over apple mixture. Sprinkle remaining breadcrumbs over apple mixture.
8. With a pastry brush, brush melted butter on the dough that is exposed.
9. Grabbing the towel with the side where the apple mixture, roll the dough to the other end making sure that the apple mixture inside is even. Brush the outside of the dough with more of the melted butter.
10. Bake at 400ºF degrees for approximately 25 to 30 minutes or until dough is golden brown.
11. Let cool at room temperature for approximately 30 to 45 minutes, then slice with a serrated knife into 8 equal portions.
Enjoy!
Overall we loved our apple strudel, the one thing I think it is missing is some spice or added flavor to the filling. It seems a bit bland to me, but once mixed with ice cream anything tastes good!
Thanks for stopping by – be sure to walk along our Virtual World Showcase and visit all our friends.
Silent Sunday in the Parks
