Blazer Magazine 2020-2021 (The Unexpected Issue)

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CHOCOLATE N EW WAYS TO I N COR P E R AT E

I N TO E V E RY M E A L

Dark chocolate isn’t just for baking with, it also can add a velvety richness to stews! Try the following very chocolaty Venezuelan chili chicken recipe for a new way to add chocolate into your diet.

Ingredients

Preparation

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1 tbsp coriander seeds

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F

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400g thinly chopped tomatoes

2. In a large dish, fry the shallots

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1 tbsp brownsugar

and the garlic in the olive oil,

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300 g dark chocolate

then add the chicken pieces and

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25 g coriander leaves

brown on all sides.

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4 banana shallots

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3 garlic cloves

ies, coriander seeds, tomatoes

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1 tbsp olive oil

and sugar, and simmer for 5

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4 chicken thighs

minutes.

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4 chicken drumsticks

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3 oranges, juice and zest only

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4 fresh red chillies

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2 tsp dried chillies

3. Add the orange juice, zest, chil-

4. Pop on the lid and cook in the oven for 20 minutes.

5. Remove from the oven, lift out the chicken and melt the chocolate into the remaining sauce.

6. Serve with the sauce smothered over the chicken and garnish with coriander leaves.

RECIPE BY JESSICA AGES & TALIA CHERUN ART BY ALEX JOHNSON

RECIPE ADAPTED FROM:

• HATTIE B’S, NASHVILLE. “NASHVILLE-STYLE HOT CHICKEN.” BON APPETIT, BON APPÉTIT, 14 MAY 2014, WWW.BONAPPETIT.COM/RECIPE/NASHVILLE-STYLE-HOT-CHICKEN.

• HTTPS://WWW.LOVEFOOD.COM/RECIPES/57961/VENEZUELAN-CHOCOLATE-CHILLI-CHICKEN

• PAUL A YOUNG, ET AL. “VENEZUELAN CHOCOLATE CHILLI CHICKEN.” THE DEFINITIVE WEBSITE FOR FOOD, RECIPES AND REVIEWS, WWW.LOVEFOOD.COM/RECIPES/57961/VENEZUELAN-CHOCOLATE-CHILLI-CHICKEN.

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AN UNEXPECTED EXCUSE * ART AND POEM BY GALA DAVILA *

You never expect to get tired of one’s

With synonyms of beauty and love,

body:

But my shining knight never appeared.

Of course, there’s always hate and sadness towards it,

I’ve grown tired of these lungs that can’t

Still, you never yawn, your eyes are

breathe correctly,

always alert.

This heart that hurts when it pounds,

We obsess over it;

The heavy shoulders I have,

It keeps us awake at night.

The pain in my throat, My hands that sweat and shake,

And in the mornings, we find another

My ears that ring, oh it hurts

reason to think

My outverted curves,

We’re masochists; we love it secretly.

My constant aching legs,

We make it the biggest problem about

My itching skin,

life,

My falling hair,

You see, it shows us we aren’t perfect

My eyes that burn.

And that gives us an excuse.

Call me narcissistic for no longer seeing But my eyes are growing tired of the

an excuse,

flaws

But after all that wiping,

And the mirror started looking strange,

my excuse disappeared.

dull.

The screams became loud.

I got bored, I tried cleaning it

I never expected my body

Over and over and over

To be the least of my problems,

It just kept looking average.

in this world.

No one helped me, I always thought that someone would Take me away from the mirror.

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ART BY ARMITA DABIRZADEH

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by nazifa ahmed

新冠疫情真的這麼糟糕嗎？ Kamwai Cheung

2020年糟透了,一場無情的肺炎把世界各地人們的生活都打亂了，所有人都在埋怨肺炎的出現，但其 實以樂觀的態度去面對疫情也帶來一些好處。 每天起床打開電視轉到新聞台，就是聽到世界各地不同地方疫情的感染人數不斷增加惡化，我很慶 幸我身處的地方疫情不算很嚴重，但看見其他國家人們生活那麼痛苦我也是感到無奈和痛心。因為一場 疫情，各國人民失去了工作，生活變得十分困難；人們不得在外出旅遊,做自己想做的事；所有學校都 停課了，我們不能再看見朋友；走到街上，街上靜得鴉雀無聲，杳無人煙，就像進入了另一個世界； 所有商舖都拉下了大閘,有很多商舖更倒閉了，各國的經濟都大幅下降。而最難過的是世界各地都不斷 在互相指責，我們作為生活在地球上的人不是應該要互相幫助的嗎？在疫情下平常毫不起眼的口罩變成 了十分珍貴的奢侈品，可是有些人們卻藉著肺炎在賺錢，當在大家最需要口罩的時候，把口罩的價格調 到極高。一場肺炎就把人們的醜惡看穿了，我們不是應該同心合力對抗疫情的嗎？ 雖然疫情十分糟糕，但這是改變不了的事實，我們能做的就是樂觀面對它，做我們能做的事，其實 從另一方面想，這場無情的肺炎也為我們帶來了一些好處：人們都花更多時間在家裏與家人一起相處， 更加了解家人；人們的活動的減少也讓我們的地球變得更加健康,減少了污染；各大商店都在做減價和 折扣，也為我們節省了不少金錢；由於大部分工作都轉做在家工作，人們的工作時間更加彈性和自由。 因為疫情，人們的生活中產生了一些積極的改變。 從這疫情當中我們得到一些寶貴的 經驗，看見各個民族的團結性。他們以 樂觀，幽默的態度去面對，他們能苦中 作樂，因為他們知道雖然有疫情但是日 子總要過，所以他們選擇以快樂去面對 每一天。從堅持不戴口罩，改變為搶購 口罩，人們逐漸意識到了科學抗疫的重 要性。企業經營不再逞強，而是因應時 勢，講究實質績效。世界各地更加著重 衛生和個人健康。 雖然疫情很可怕，但最重要的是我 們的心態。我們有沒有進我們全力去做 我們應該要做的事？我們有沒有進我們 的全力去減低疫情對我們的影響？這些 事都不是靠一個人去做的，而是要靠每 一個在地球上的人去共同達成的。這個 疫情讓我們上了寶貴的一課,我們更應 該在這場疫情中反思。

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ART BY TAYLOR AGES

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COVID-19 Survival kit Kiera Vered Boredom has been a serious side effect of COVID 19. Here are some essential items that will help you deal with these slow times:

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Face Masks Uber Eats Blankets

Netflix

Tie Dye

Ice Cream

Among Us

Iphone & Laptop Toilet Paper

Ramen Noodles Hair Dye Disney+

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Ein Neues Kapitel

By Susana Macias

Die Sonnenstrahlen schienen durch das Fenster Eichhörnchen sprangen durch die Bäume wie Gespenster.

Schnee viel von dem Ast Aufgesprungen wäre ich fast.

Ich bin nicht mehr bei mir Zuhaus Aus meinem gewohnten Umfeld bin ich nun raus.

Wie wird es mir hier gefalln’?

Werde ich gut klar kommen mit allen?

Die sorge wurde mir schnell genommen Ein neues Kapitel in meinem Leben hat begonnen.

Viele Freunde habe ich hier gemacht, So laut habe ich schon lang nicht mehr gelacht.

Meine Familie vermisse ich sehr, Hier zu sein fällt mir jedoch nicht ganz so schwer.

Lange hatte ich auf diese Zeit hier gewartet, Doch hatte ich es nie – so erwartet.

Art by Pud Kanatharana

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