Thursday, October 7, 2010





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This ad is one of their funniest ones I’ve seen for slim fast.Slim-fast, one of the most known products for weight problems, this product’s audience is mainly for everyone who’s willing to try anything to lose weight, as well as those who want to lose weight without much effort, especially since females tend to be the main audience since females are  typically more self-conscious about their weight. 

In this case this is mostly for brides. More than likely this ad tempts the brides to want to fit into their dream dress for what will be one of the happiest day of their lives (or something cliche like that.)
As you see there a nicely decorated weeding cake but it’s out of focus since the main point the designer wanted to show was the little wedding cake toppers of the bride and groom. That’s were you will notice something odd, the bride has fallen into the cake! It’s funny but at the same time it adds the feeling of being self-conscious. Another point in this is that the text at the bottom of the ad says “Need to lose a little weight before your wedding?” the before is the key point, that way they earn more sales since the audience will want to lose as much weight before hand so it would be more effective.
I find it amazing how this is a popular, I personally find the drink’s taste to be horrid, yet so many buy this in hopes to lose weight.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Food Blog

My family is very close knit, especially on my fathers side. More than not, we always celebrate at my Grandma's house. And weather it's New Years, Halloween, Christmas, or simply my Grandmother invited everyone over there was always a pot filled to the brim, of what I still believe is an endless amount of hot.
When my Grandma makes a pot full, everyone never fails to show up and have a bowl or three.
Pork posole.  The variations of eating this dish are from everything from adding extra ingredients like butter or some cumin to making posole verde(green) , rojo (red), or replacing pork with turkey or chicken. You can eat it with tostadas, with lemon and salt, or add some cabbage and sour cream.


INGREDIENTS: (Simplified){Posole rojo}
3 lbs of pork (preferably from the rear shank)
3 cloves of garlic
1 large or medium onion
2 can of hominy
5 dried pasilla chili peppers
1/2 tsp of Salt

(First off the garlic should be cut off,  and the onion should have the fuzzy tip chopped off and pull off the first few layers of skin.)

In a large pot of water cook the Pork on a low heat for five or six hours to make it tender.

During this you would prepare the sauce. Boil the chili peppers with that garlic until the chilies are soft after that you let it cool. When it's cool, remove the stem from the chilies and put the chilies, garlic and the water they were in, into a blender and liquefy it. Afterwards, run it through a strainer to remove the skin and seeds.

After it's done, turn off the heat and let the meat cool down for a bit and separate the roast into chunks, removing the fat.  Strain the water and put the meat and water back into the pot.
Put the two cans of hominy into the pot. Then put in the pasilla sauce you made while the meat was cooking, and add in the onion and some salt to taste. When your done cook on low heat for an hour.
And there you go a nice bowl of hot soup good for any occasion.
So grab your self a bowl, toss in some lettuce and salt, sprinkle on some lemon and your favorite hot sauce and enjoy. Change around the recipe a bit and experiment the possibilities are endless.

The sauce is what gives it the red color, and the inclusion of rojo in it's name.