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HEALTH & HABITAT

December 2012/January 2013 www.esb.ie/em

CROSSWORD: Win shopping vouchers worth €200 and €100 with our crossword competition

Crossword 1

€100 to be won!

Across

1. Healthy. (3)
3. Immunity jab. (11)
8. White fur. (6)
9. A drink before bed. (5-3)
10. Stories. (5)
11. Latin American dance. (5)
13. Cavity near the nose. (5)
15. See 26 across.
16. Chooses. (7)
20. Nook. (5)
21. Scenic area in Austria. (5)
23. Big cat. (5)
24. Least heavy. (8)
25. Movie theatre. (6)
26 and 15 across. Whatever is currently all the rage. (3,6,2,7)
27. Take a seat. (3)

Down

1. Swift. (5,2,4)
2. Eternal. (8)
3. Planet known as the Evening Star. (5)
4. Imprison. (7)
5. Pains. (5)
6. Salary. (6)
7. Short sleep. (3)
12. A movie with this has only big-name actors. (3-4,4)
13. Item of cutlery. (5)
14. You use it to sift flour. (5)
17. Formal gathering. (8)
18. Withdraw from a competition. (7)
19. Irish accent. (6)
22. Turner’s tool. (5)
23. Robber. (5)
24. Item in an auction. (3)

Crossword 2

€200 to be won!

Across

1. Sea creature resembling a squid. (10)
6. Saga. (4)
10. Earn. (5)
11. Traditional police weapon. (9)
12. The No 10 in a Rugby team. (3-4)
15. Glue. (5)
17. The Orient. (4)
18. Attack. (4)
19. Wash out with water. (5)
21. Exact. (7)
23. Turns sharply. (5)
24. Piece of Celtic jewellery. (4)
25. Related, similar. (4)
26. With which to dry oneself. (5)
28. Hotplate. (7)
33. Non-stop trains. (9)
34. Brass instrument somewhat like a cornet. (5)
35. Whirlpool. (4)
36. Final answer to a long tot. (5,5)

Down

1. Arrived. (4)
2. Blue-green colour. (9)
3. Fastening. (5)
4. Deadly. (5)
5. Rotated. (4)
7 and 8. Meeting to which journalists are invited. (5,10)
9. Piece of regalia. (7)
13. Slightly open. (4)
14. Using an epee, perhaps. (7)
16. Detective such as Sam Spade. (7,3)
20. Gas based illumination. (4,5)
21. Book of David’s holy songs. (7)
22. Traditional Asian garment. (4)
27. Cleaned with a cloth. (5)
29. Sap. (5)
30. Bank action - the opposite of credit. (5)
31. Employer of a tool or other object. (4)
32. The Devil’s home. (4)

FESTIVE TREATS

Christmas Cherry Muffins

Serves 8

100g butter, melted
100g plain flour
½ tsp baking powder
2 tsp mixed spice
100g dark muscovado sugar
2 eggs
Zest of 2 oranges, finely grated
200g cherries, de-stoned and halved

To serve: Vanilla ice cream

1 Grease and flour eight small ramekins and set aside.

2 Add the butter, flour, baking powder, mixed spice, sugar, eggs and orange zest into a large bowl.

3 Using a hand blender, blend until completely combined.

4 Add the cherries and stir to mix together.

5 Cover the cake mix with clingfilm and place in the fridge for 10-15 minutes, until needed.

6 Heat the oven to 230°C/gas mark 8.

7 Remove the mixture from the fridge and divide it between the ramekins.

8 Place the ramekins on a baking tray and put in the oven to bake for 15 minutes until puffed up and golden. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Download the Easy Food App for tasty recipes and features that will help you to make a delicious meal with the ingredients in your fridge! The Easy Food App is available from iTunes.

Last-Minute Christmas Pudding

Serves 8

300g mincemeat
140g orange marmalade
200g dark brown sugar
4 tbsp treacle
3 eggs, beaten
4 tbsp whiskey
100g butter, frozen and grated
200g self-raising flour

To serve: Brandy butter Cream

1 Butter a 1.5-litre plastic pudding basin. In a large bowl, stir together all the ingredients until completely mixed.

2 Pour the pudding mixture into the basin and cover with a circle of parchment paper. Place the pudding on a plate and microwave for 20-25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

3 Leave to stand for five minutes, then turn out and serve with brandy butter and cream.

EM Comp 1

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To be in with your chance of winning one of 10 copies of the amazing Easy Food Christmas Annual just answer the following question as per the instructions on the right.

How much melted butter do you need to use for the Christmas Cherry Muffins in our Festive Treats feature?

a) 1g b) 10g c) 100g

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NAME THE NEW COFFEE BAR AND WIN A HAMPER

The ESB Restaurant team are looking forward to the new barista coffee bar opening soon in ESB Head Office.

Thist will be installed in the restaurant, serving Costa Coffee and using sustainable takeaway cups. The new facility will offer restaurant customers the same choices of lattés, cappuccinos etc, that are available in High Street coffee bars.

They are asking you to name the new coffee-bar and the winner will recieve a hamper full of goodies. Suggestion.

Please send your suggestions to Joe Mescall, Facilities Manager, BSC, ESB Head Office, 27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 or email it to joe.mescall@esb.ie with ‘EM competition’ in the subject line.

EM Comp 2

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The Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel enjoys the enviable advantage of being one of the most centrally located hotels in this colourful city. A genuine welcome, luxurious surroundings and an outstanding location combine to create a truly memorable experience. A hotel full of space and quiet corners and just a short stroll to our top City landmarks. Although, with a choice of two restaurants within our hotel and also the Castle Lounge boasting deep seated armchairs in an imposing light-filled space, you could be forgiven for never leaving the hotel! Sit back, relax and let us look after you, you deserve a break! Select Hotels of Ireland was established 10 years ago as a marketing platform for independently owned hotels, all with a recognised rich tradition of Irish Hospitality and premium 3 & 4 star establishments.

To be in with your chance of winning this fantastic prize just answer the following question as per instructions below:

How long ago was Select Hotels of Ireland set up?
a) 2 years ago
b) 6 months ago
c) 10 years ago

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EM Comp 3

WIN A COPY OF ‘DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS’

In Emma Hannigan’s new novel Driving Home for Christmas she has decided to focus on a subject very close to her heart.

About the book: Christmas for the Craigs means being together at Huntersbrook House, their beautiful family home in the Wicklow mountains. Each year, Pippa, Joey and Lainey obey a much-loved festive tradition to spend the festive season with their parents and this year they can’t wait for the holidays to begin.

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Where is Huntersbrook House?
a) Co. Cork
b) Co. Donegal
c) Co. Wicklow

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Last issues competition winners

EM COMPETITION 1: Paul Nielsen; EM COMPETITION 2: Katherine O’Reilly, Des Clarke, Kevin Grace; EM COMPETITION 3: Carol Maloney; EM COMPETITION 4: Georgina Orr; EM COMPETITION 5: Bernard Keogh, Caroline McCoy, Orlagh Deegan; CROSSWORDS €200 SHOPPING VOUCHER: Joan Shaw, Evelyn Crowe, J. Young ; CROSSWORDS €100 SHOPPING VOUCHER: Mick King, F. Sheehan, Kathleen Doyle.

Last issues Crossword solutions

EM Crossword 1: Across 1. Bow 3. Concentrate 8. Target practice 10. Heron 11. Swarm 13. Maine 15. Breadth 16. Cossack 20. Roomy 21. Dames 23. Litre 24. Clarinet 25. Remiss 26. Shepherdess 27. Say Down 1. Butcher bird 2. Wardrobe 3. Clean 4. Captain 5. Ticks 6. Animal 7. Eye 12. Mackerel sky 13. Motor 14. Ebony 17. Abstains 18. Rotated 19. Impale 22. Smith 23. Leeds 24. Cos

EM Crossword 2: Across 1. Mob 3. Study groups 8. Baltic 9. Contract cleaners 10. Lorry 11. Delia 13. Slang 15. Humbled 16. Monarch 20. Dumas 21. Exert 23. Gorge 25. Red Sea 26. Bitter-lemon 27. Leo Down 1. Mobile phone 2. Ballroom 3. Shiny 4. Decimal 5. Rated 6. Unable 7. Set 12. Archipelago 13. Steed 14. Gloss 17. Reprisal 18. Impasse 19. Decent 22. Tinge 23. Green 24. Cub