If the Christmas Carol Train comes to your town, you should plan to go. It is a lot of interesting fun. This November Disney will be introducing its remake of the famous Dicken's tale featuring Jim Carey.
We toured the train which had five cars with all kinds of neat exhibits from the making of the movie.
In the last train you could have your face superimposed onto that of a character from the story. Later on you would get it emailed to you. Our friend's images arrived a few days later. Mine never showed up. I am not sure what happened to them. Either way, it was pretty cool. Here's Ellie as Tiny Tim.
The last activity was a very cool 15 minute cut from the movie. It was shown in a giant blow up building that holds almost 100 people. It made me feel like I was in a jumpy castle as I wore the 3D glasses you needed to watch the flick.
On another note, I thought I might share a simple, tasty and easy to make recipe:
Mike's Bean
1 bag or about 3 cups Dried Beans (today I am using Pinto Beans)
7-9 cups water
4 Bay Leaves
1 tea Salt
1 tea Cumin*
1/2 tea Mustard Seed*
1 tea Coriander*
1 - 2 tea Paprika
1-2 tea Red Pepper
Rinse the beans and pick out any bad ones. Place them in your crockpot with the water, Bay Leaves and salt. Let it cook on med. over night or on high for about 4-6 hours. Check to be sure that there is still water with the beans.
* Concerning the spices - you can use whole spices which you roast in a skillet and grind up before adding to the beans. You can also use preground spices.
Add in the spices, stir well and serve. They can be served over rice and topped with cheese. Left overs can be mashed and used in burritos.
Thanks to Mike for the lovely recipe.
Enjoy!
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