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Eggplant-Shallot Stew

Preparation Time: 30 min
Level: Easy
Cook Time: 30 min
Serves: 6

This simple combination of coarsely mashed eggplant and shallots makes a quick vegetarian side dish or main dish.

Ingredients:

•1 tablespoon canola oil
•1 tablespoon coriander seeds
•1 dried red chile, such as Thai, cayenne or chile de arbol
•1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate, or juice of 1 large lime
•1 cup water
•1 teaspoon black or yellow mustard seed
•1 1/2 pounds eggplant, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (6 cups)
•1 cup thinly sliced shallots, (about 3 large)
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation:
1.Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; add coriander seeds and chile; toast until the coriander turns reddish brown and the chile is slightly blackened, about 30 seconds. With a slotted spoon, transfer spices to a plate to cool. Grind in spice grinder or mortar and pestle until the mixture is the texture of coarsely ground black pepper.

2.Dissolve tamarind concentrate (or lime juice) in water. Reheat the oil over medium-high heat; add mustard seeds. When the seeds begin to pop, cover the pan. As soon as the popping stops, add eggplant and shallots; cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add the tamarind (or lime juice) mixture, salt and the ground spices; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until the eggplant is fork-tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Coarsely mash the stew with a potato masher. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

Nutritional Information, Per serving:
Calories 69 cal
Calories From Protein  -
Calories From Carbs -
Calories From Fat -
Carbohydrates 10 g
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Fat 3 g
Saturated Fat - g
Monosaturated Fat -
Polysaturated Fat -
Protein 2 g
Potassium 297 mg
Sodium 200 mg
Iron -
Cholesterol - mg
Folic Acid -
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  • Boycott advertisers of Glenn Beck's radio show and his quest spots on Fox News. Glenn Beck is anti-gay rights. Update: Boycott Successful: Update 4/7/2011: Beck has been fired by FOX NEWS! Radio stations dropping Beck as well in several locations. Now, tell FOX to stop having Beck as a Guest.
  • Update: DADT has been repealed. President Obama has kept his promise!
  • Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers. Bill discussed a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida friendly as well? Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida!
  • Boycott Arizona the home of "hater" - U.S. Senator John McCain. Arizona's Hateful anti-Immigration Law - encourages racial profiling and increases hatred towards minorities. A remedy: Demand Republicans to support Immigration Reform (The Dream Act). Further, Senator McCain voted against ending DADT and Blocked Immigration reform!
  • Boycott Target, Best Buy, Gold's Gym - for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians. Update 03/08/11 - Lady Gaga Ends Target Partnership, Reportedly Over Target's Poor LGBT Stance. Update 3/25/2010 - Target displays their hypocrisy and Sues California Gay Rights Group for Lobbying Outside Stores. Target is attempting to block the LGBT right of free speech! STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Update 4/8/2011: Target lost its case to stop the LGBT from canvassing in front of their stores. A huge PR Disaster for TARGET! Perhaps Target should go out of business as they betrayed their investers and customer base. Target contributed massive funds to a politician who would like to exterminate gays. Now, Target can not stop us from Boycotting them, nor picketing, nor talking to customers near their stores; although, Target allows a anti-gay company such as the Salvation Army to stand outside their door and speak with customers and raise money. Isn't this a double standard?
  • End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). Prevents Federal employees and Gays in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from gaining equal benefits.
  • Pass ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act). ENDA would prevent employment discrimination of LGBT workforce.
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  • Boycott WALMART - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, force criticized Wal-Mart for denying employee benefits to same-s-x partners and for failing to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. By comparison, the group said two other chain stores with a strong presence in New York, Costco and Walgreens, did much better.
  • Remember David Kato, Gay activist - Uganda, who was slain because he is gay!
  • "Tune Out Trump", Boycott all Trump Hotel, casinos, holdings, The Apprentice and NBC Network! At CPAC, Trump said he is considering a run for president as a Republican. In a interview with the Des Moines Register, Trump added that he opposes all forms of legal recognition for gay couples, not just marriage. "They should not be able to marry," he said. So why does NBC keep the Apprentice when Donald Trump has stated he may run for president? After making racist remarks about Obama and recv'g public backlash, Trump decided not to run for president after NBC renewed his awful TV Show. How can NBC re-new the clown's show after he pulled such hateful shenanigans? Boycott NBC! Boycott advertisers of The Apprentice and Trump's other business's. Don't shop at any bullding with Donald Trump's name to include Trump Hotels, Casinos, Condo's, Offices, Shops! The Donald has expressed extreme Hatred towards gays and blacks with his birther remarks and anti-gay rhetoric. Remember how poorly Trump treated Rosie O'Donnel? Now we know why he did that! It was hate against a lesbian as we now know he is biget. Unforgiveable! Again, Dump NBC because they air/re-newed Donald Trump's "The Apprentice"! Now the Donald Claims the Long Form Birth certificate is a fraud. And NBC keeps this guy?
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For Bachmann, Gay Rights Stand Reflects Mix of Issues and Faith
New York Times - Jul 16, 2011 - By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
 
ST. PAUL -- In March 2004, with Massachusetts soon to allow gay couples to wed, Michele Bachmann delivered a dire warning to her fellow Minnesotans: The children of their state were at risk.

"We will have immediate loss of civil liberties for five million Minnesotans," Mrs. Bachmann, then a state senator, told a Christian television network as thousands gathered on the steps of the Capitol to rally for a same-sex marriage ban she proposed. "In our public schools, whether they want to or not, they'll be forced to start teaching that same-sex marriage is equal, that it is normal and that children should try it."

Now that she is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, Mrs. Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, is talking more about federal spending than about gay rights. But her political rise has its roots in her dogged pursuit of an amendment to the State Constitution prohibiting same-sex marriage -- "her banner issue," said Scott Dibble, a Democratic state senator who is gay -- and her mixing of politics with her evangelical faith.

The "Bachmann marriage wars," as Mr. Dibble calls that legislative debate, offer a case study in the congresswoman's ability to seize an issue and use it to circumvent the party establishment -- the same tactic, analysts say, that made her a Tea Party star in Washington and a hot commodity on the campaign trail.

"That's her recipe: find the issue, then use it politically to mobilize previously marginalized or disconnected groups," said Lawrence Jacobs, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota. "For those of us who followed her from the beginning, it's like reading a romance novel with a formula."

Mrs. Bachmann's strong stance on homosexuality -- she once likened it to "personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement" -- and her anti-abortion views have appeal for some Republican primary voters. In Iowa this month, she delighted conservatives by signing a pledge opposing "any redefinition of marriage." (Her fellow Minnesotan and presidential rival, Tim Pawlenty, a former governor, was left explaining why he did not.)

Yet her position has also become a distraction for her campaign, drawing critics and subjecting her family to the kind of scrutiny once reserved for the relatives of nominees. It has exposed a longstanding rift between the congresswoman and her stepsister, who is a lesbian. It has also raised questions about whether her husband, Marcus, who runs two Christian counseling centers, practices "reparative therapy," or gay-to-straight counseling, derided by critics as an effort to "pray away the gay."
 
For the Bachmanns, the issue is entwined with faith. Until recently, they were members of Salem Lutheran Church in Stillwater, part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, which holds that "a believing member" cannot "remain a practicing homosexual in defiance of God's word." Friends say they now attend services at another evangelical church, Eagle Brook, closer to their new home in another Stillwater neighborhood.

"They are absolutely not against the gays," said one close friend, JoAnne Hood, who also attends Eagle Brook. "They are just not for marriage."

Same-sex marriage was not much of an issue here when Mrs. Bachmann, who declined to be interviewed, arrived at the Statehouse as a new senator in January 2001. Minnesota had already enacted its own version of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which for legal purposes defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

Then, in November 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that state's law banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Mrs. Bachmann sprang into action.

"She was holding press conferences and saying, 'We can't have that in Minnesota,' " said Don Betzold, a Democrat and a former chairman of the State Senate Judiciary Committee. She vowed to introduce a constitutional amendment and, seemingly overnight, emerged as Public Enemy No. 1 to Minnesota's gay rights advocates, who were alarmed by her word choice and her intensity.

"The threat she represented was very real," said Mr. Dibble, who remembers Mrs. Bachmann "trotting out junk science and debunked claims that being gay is a choice." During visitor tours of the empty Senate chamber, he said, Mrs. Bachmann would bring people in "to pray around my desk."

When Out Front Minnesota, a gay rights group, conducted lobbying days at the Statehouse, Mrs. Bachmann made clear she was opposed to its agenda, which included legal recognition of domestic partnerships and nondiscrimination initiatives. Sometimes she would meet gay constituents with guests of her own, said Monica Meyer, the group's executive director. "She had ex-gay people," Ms. Meyer said, "who would tell her constituents that being gay was wrong and immoral."

Inside the Statehouse, some Republicans were uncomfortable.

Stephen E. Dille, a retired Republican state senator who says Mrs. Bachmann was known more for "giving peppy speeches" than getting legislation through, said the marriage amendment was "awkward" for the caucus because one Republican senator was gay. Others saw the issue as a political loser in a state known for tolerance.

But Christian conservatives embraced it -- and Mrs. Bachmann.

"She stood up as a Christian," said Bob Battle, pastor of the Berean Church of God in Christ here. "She made her point of view known, and she gave Christians a voice."

She proved herself an extraordinary organizer. "The social conservative groups were largely isolated; she went to them and made a very hard-edged argument that their deeply felt values were being ignored," Professor Jacobs said.

She worked with the Minnesota Family Council, which opposes abortion and gay rights, to plan a series of "Minnesotans for Marriage" rallies at the Capitol. They organized churches to send buses; Mrs. Bachmann promoted the events on Christian talk shows.

"We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time -- every man doing that which is right in his own eyes," she warned the hosts of one radio show, "Prophetic Views Behind the News." She went on: "They aren't interested in being Ward and June Cleaver, that's not what it's about. They want legitimization, and they want to force us to shut up about our opposition to the gay lifestyle."

Her passion proved too much for her stepsister, Helen LaFave, who is openly gay and turned up for a hearing on the bill. "She saw us -- you could see the shock on her face," said Linda Cielinski, another stepsister who was there. "I don't think she has any idea how badly she's hurt our side of the family, and I don't think she cares."

But Mrs. Bachmann's brother, Dr. Paul Amble, a psychiatrist in Connecticut, said in a recent interview that his sister was simply doing "what she thought was right," and meant her stepsiblings no harm.

In the end, the Bachmann amendment faltered. The Minnesota House, controlled by Republicans, adopted it. Mr. Pawlenty made brief appearances at two of the marriage rallies - a nod to how Mrs. Bachmann had managed to elevate the issue. Mrs. Bachmann rose through the ranks to briefly become assistant minority leader, a position she later lost in a dispute with the Republican leadership.

But her bill stalled in the Senate, controlled by Democrats. In 2006, in the waning days of the legislative session -- her last in St. Paul -- she tried to revive it.

"She brought in a whole bunch of people that were going to be at the Capitol around the clock," said Mr. Betzold, the former Judiciary Committee chairman. "Kids were sleeping on marble floors, trying to pressure us to bring the bill up in the closing hours."

Her tenacity earned her a shot at a job in Congress. In 2006, Bachmann loyalists turned out in droves to help her leap over more senior Republicans to grab the party's nomination for the seat she now holds.

In Washington, Mrs. Bachmann has again found herself at odds with the party establishment, this time as head of the House Tea Party Caucus, which she founded. Some Republicans gritted their teeth when Mrs. Bachmann gave her own televised rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union address; the party had picked Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin to give the official response.

Mrs. Bachmann has not been a leader in Washington on same-sex marriage, but has co-sponsored four resolutions opposing it. Here in St. Paul, though, her advocacy seems to have had a lingering effect. A constitutional amendment barring gays from marrying will be on the Minnesota ballot in 2012.
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