Sweet Mung Bean Porridge with Coconut Cream
Hulled mung bean 150 g
Water 100 g
Soak 30 min. – 1 hour
Steam 5-10 minute
Coconut milk 1 cup
Salt ½ tsp
Water 600 g
Sugar 120
Arrowroot flour 1 tbsp
Tapioca flour 4 tbsp
Water 100 g
3-5 serve
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#WeWearCulture | Discover the surprising history of the trendy Sukajan - Duration: 3:06.
I would wear this jacket for special occasions
because it really is such a statement piece.
The jacket in question is called a Sukajan, or souvenir jacket.
It's definitely trending up.
Souvenir jackets are really cool
because they have this interesting back-story
involving a back and forth exchange between countries.
It turns out the name "souvenir jacket"
is extremely literal because at the end of World War II
American soldiers found themselves
about to head home from Japan.
But before they left, they wanted a souvenir.
So soldiers took their jackets to Japanese tailors
to create an embroidered keepsake.
The Japanese name "Sukajan" is pretty straightforward too.
The jacket first started surfacing in the Yokosuka--
sorry, Yosaka.
Yo... Yo... Wait.
Yo-Ko-Su-Ka.
I'm trying, guys.
So "Suka", from Yokosuka,
was combined with "Jan,"
a casual term for jacket.
So you're probably thinking,
"Okay, but what's the deal with all of those cool patterns?"
Well, as I mentioned before,
the soldiers wanted something to remind them of Japan,
so they commissioned the local tailors to jazz up their jackets
with this special embroidery.
Now, you might notice that the images on these jackets
aren't exclusively Japanese.
In addition to cranes and cherry blossoms, for example,
you'll also see things like tigers or dragons
or all sorts of stuff.
That's partly because the soldiers
weren't experts on Japanese iconography,
but it's also because other imagery, like dragons,
made its way over to Japan
through the cultural exchange that happens
in port cities like Nagasaki.
Regardless of what imagery was chosen,
the jackets turned out great.
And that's because Japanese embroidery,
or "Nihon Shishu," is incredible.
Every detail, down to the size and color of the thread,
can be used to reflect the wearer's personal style.
Now, in the decades that followed,
these eastern-influenced jackets
didn't really catch on in America,
but western fashion did catch on back in Japan.
The American look got so popular, in fact,
that some Japanese youths started wearing Sukajans
as a sort of rebellion against that western influence.
So the Sukajan, in addition to being gorgeous,
started getting this kind of rebellious bad-boy image,
and this new cool factor encouraged Japanese designers
to experiment with new colors and designs.
As fashion designers started reading
more Japanese fashion magazines, the Sukajan made its way
to the fashion scene worldwide.
Now, it seems like everyone is wearing them--
pop stars, models, movie stars--
but it took a pretty wild game of cultural tag
just to get us here.
So just to recap--
Americans placed Japanese art on American jackets,
which caught on in Japan
because of a reaction to American fashion,
which Japan perfected and shared with the rest of the world.
Huh, okay, got it.
That's what's really fun about fashion.
It's like a conversation between cultures,
and it's always changing.
Thank you so much for watching, guys.
If you enjoyed learning about that as much as I did,
you can let me know in the comments,
or on social media using the hashtag #WEWEARCULTURE,
and head on over to Google Arts and Culture here,
and make sure to check out
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#WeWearCulture | Why are chokers trendy again? - Duration: 2:57.
The first time I saw a choker,
the coolest girl in my class
wore one of those plastic chokers and I was like,
"Oh, my God, what is that?"
I was like, "That can't be comfortable".
Chokers are definitely having a moment,
and it provides us with this really great vehicle
for exploring how trends work.
How do they start, and what determines which ones catch on?
Fashion is cyclical, and right now
a lot of fashion is looping back to the '90s,
but chokers have a pretty amazing history.
The earliest ones we know of are thousands of years old.
In ancient Egypt in Mesopotamia, chokers were seen as amulets,
granting the person wearing it with attributes
like power and strength.
It makes a lot of sense if you think about it.
You neck is a pretty vulnerable area,
so covering it up comes with a feeling of security.
You can see that same idea in the Native American tradition,
where men and women wore chokers
made of leather and bone
as both a ceremonial garment and protective armor.
Chokers have had thousands of years to evolve,
but one thing has remained pretty consistent,
and that's that chokers have a surprisingly royal history.
Anne Boleyn, the former queen of England
is widely credited with bringing chokers
into vogue in the 1500s.
You might be thinking, "Anne Boleyn, I've heard of her,
"she's pretty infamous.
Is that were the sexual connotation comes from?"
Not quite.
You have to jump ahead to the 1800s
to get to the sexy stuff.
Psychoanalyst J.C. Flugel had this theory
that clothing can create shifting erogenous zones.
Even if your clothes are covering something,
they can still draw attention to it in a sexual way.
Hey!
And that's maybe why prostitutes started wearing them.
You can famously see a choker on an escort
in Manet's "Olympia,"
as well as chokers on ballerinas,
who often doubled as escorts
in a handful of paintings by Degas.
So the narrative that chokers are sexual
actually has a little history to back it up.
These two ideas, of royal status and sex appeal,
finally caught up with each other in the '90s
when chokers showed up on the necks of celebrities
with overt sex appeal.
Kylie Jenner or Rihanna wearing a choker on Instagram
is what fashion historians call a "microtrend".
One reason why this microtrend caught on is sheer simplicity.
The choker is cheap, easy to manufacture, and easy to wear.
It can be a ribbon, or a shoelace, or a strip of fabric.
And it's a lot easier to copy
that part of Kylie or Rihanna's outfit
than the $4,000 dress.
What I love about retro trends is we get to revisit
and explore the stories behind these clothes,
and sometimes, we get to add a new twist.
The choker, once a trend for royals,
now a trend for the people.
So I wanna know,
do you think the choker is gonna stick around?
You can let me know in the comments or on social media
using the hashtag #WEWEARCULTURE.
Thank you so much for watching.
If you enjoyed learning about that as much as I did,
head on over to Google Arts and Culture here,
and make sure to check out
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#WeWearCulture | What is the true meaning of wearing ripped jeans? - Duration: 2:43.
With a lot of the jeans that I have,
I wear them a ton and they just kind of become destroyed,
then they become fashionable
as they start to fall apart more,
which is really interesting.
What a weird cycle.
Ripped jeans are a great example of how fashion can hijack
the function of clothing in favor of style.
Many people believe that jeans were invented by Levi Strauss,
but that's technically incorrect.
Jeans were actually invented in the 1800s
by a tailor named Jacob Davis.
A woman asked Davis for pants her husband couldn't rip,
so Davis made a pair held together by copper rivets.
The resulting pants were so popular among workers
that Davis asked his fabric supplier, Levi Strauss,
to help apply for a patent and scale up production.
Think of jeans as a start-up
and Levi Strauss is more of a founding investor.
It's very silicon valley.
Now, the whole point of that story is that jeans exist
in the first place because people needed pants
that were hard to rip.
Pretty ironic.
But let's go back even further
to Switzerland in the 15th century.
After the Swiss army defeated the Duke of Burgundy,
soldiers came home with two things--
ripped clothing and a bunch of cool fabric.
The soldiers repaired their clothes
with all those cool textiles.
The repairs were so eye-catching
that all the wealthy Swiss wanted in on the fun.
The new fashion trend was called "slashing".
Now, the point of that story is this--
working class soldiers experienced
genuine wear and tear on their clothing,
a look then adopted by the rich.
So let's get back to jeans.
When punk and grunge rolled around,
the whole idea was authenticity.
The implication was your pants were ripped
because you actually worked in them,
or you couldn't afford new ones.
It conveyed an anti-capitalist overtone.
Remember, the Swiss started that slashing trend
not because they couldn't afford it,
but because they wanted to copy the look.
That's pretty much what happened again.
Once you had rock stars like the Sex Pistols or Nirvana
wearing grungy duds onstage, people wanted to join in.
In 1980 that tattered look even made it to high fashion.
The initial response was... mixed.
But those designs set the stage for the ragged look
you still see in fashion shows today.
Jeans have gone from sturdy denim pants designed for miners
all the way to a pre-ripped fashion statement.
Do you wear ripped jeans?
And if so, do you buy them or do you rip them yourself?
Tell me in the comments below or on social media
using the hashtag #WEWEARCULTURE.
Thanks so much for watching, everyone.
If you enjoyed learning about that as much as I did,
head on over to Google Arts and Culture here,
and make sure to check out
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#WeWearCulture | From sportswear to everywhere, how has the hoodie become so trendy? - Duration: 3:09.
Let's talk about the hoodie.
The hoodie is a symbol of comfort,
something that I throw on
because I'm feeling lazy that day.
For something that started
as a really basic piece of sportswear,
the hoodie is everywhere--
college campuses, the workplace, concerts, protests--
how'd that happen?
The hoodie is an example of how fashion can contain
important different social contexts.
Hoods have been around forever.
If we were just talking about the origin of hoods,
you'd probably have to travel back in time.
But the hooded sweatshirt is much more recent.
It was developed in the 1920s by Champion sports apparel.
Athletes would complain about their heads feeling cold.
It probably contributed to that myth
that 50 to 70 percent of body heat
is lost out of your head.
That's been debunked.
You see, mom, I told you.
So Champion added a hood to their cotton sweatshirts,
but they weren't able to patent the hood,
making it open season for other designers to explore.
This new sweatshirt caught on immediately,
especially on college campuses.
One thing the hoodie works really well for
is custom graphic printing.
It's like this blank canvas
that you can plaster with your sorority,
university name, or team mascot--
pretty much anything that you want.
The popularity of this sporty casual item
even caught the eye of designers like Coco Chanel,
who began using textiles like jersey
to make more sportswear inspired clothing in the 1920s.
Sportswear got another fashion push in the '80s
from designers like Norma Kamali and continues today.
Just look at the current "athleisure" trend.
Hoodies stopped showing up exclusively on athletes
and started showing up on everyone-- myself included.
That's the thing about the hoodie--
it wasn't designed to be flashy, just comfortable.
It's a very democratic piece of clothing.
That universal appeal is also probably why the hoodie
occasionally has such different cultural connotations.
For example, a hood provides a degree of anonymity,
a feature that comes in handy
when you're trying to duck authorities.
Say you were a skateboarder
trying to find a cool spot to skate,
or a graffiti artist trying to avoid being ID'd.
The hoodie was a useful tool in exploring
these artistic expressions
that occasionally required bending the law.
[man] Hey!
So at the same time you have models
wearing hoodies down a runway,
you have people calling to outlaw hoodies in public places.
And this dichotomy between
casual sportswear and banned clothing can clash in a big way.
That's what happened when a call to the police
reported Trayvon Martin,
an unarmed teen, as a suspicious character
based merely on the combination of his skin color and a hoodie.
Trayvon's hoodie acted as a blank canvas
that his killer used to project his suspicion.
Millions have pointed out
that only two months after the Trayvon incident,
Mark Zuckerberg made news by wearing a hoodie
to a big meeting with Wall Street investors.
There's no reason why Mark Zuckerberg or I
should be able to wear a hoodie, but someone else can't.
The hoodie provides this really unique look
at the flexibility of fashion,
how society can take an item of clothing
and can apply different cultural meanings.
For me, the hoodie represents comfort,
and a unique slice of fashion available to everybody.
So what does the hoodie mean to you?
You can share it in the comments below,
or on social media with the hashtag #WEWEARCULTURE.
Thanks so much for watching, everyone.
If you enjoyed learning about that as much as I did,
head on over to Google Arts and Culture here,
and make sure to check out the rest of the videos
by clicking over here.
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#WeWearCulture | The bikini: How did the smallest suit in the world become the biggest? - Duration: 2:54.
I actually remember the first time
I wore a two-piece bathing suit,
and I remember sitting on the edge of the pool
and just crouching over and trying to pull the top down
because I wanted the two pieces to connect.
The bikini is a fashion icon.
Let's be honest, people like to look at people in bikinis.
But the skimpy nature of the bikini
doesn't quite explain all of its popularity.
So how did the smallest suit in the world
become the biggest one?
It's pretty crazy that the bikini
is the most popular swimsuit on earth,
given how restricted women's clothing
has been throughout history.
Up until the 1900s,
people in Europe and North America
used this really weird contraption
called a "Bathing Machine"-- a wooden box on wheels,
like a mobile changing room.
Women would sit in the box,
which was then pulled down to the ocean by a horse.
This was meant to keep women hidden away
from the eyes of men.
A lot of places had strict laws
about minimum swimsuit length.
Police would even walk around with rulers
and straight up measure your bathing suit.
That is so gross.
Public opinion on the matter didn't really change
until Annette Kellerman, a swimmer and silent film star,
was arrested for wearing a more form-fitting suit in 1907.
Kellerman's high-profile arrest caused people
to re-think the frumpy suits in favor of a tighter,
more aerodynamic approach.
It's good to note, more revealing two-pieces
had already existed for hundreds of years.
These mosaics from the Villa del Casale in Sicily
feature women in bikini-like outfits
as early as the fourth century.
So when did the skimpy swimsuit finally resurface?
Fast-forward to 1946.
The United States has been testing nuclear weapons
in a place called Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
A French engineer by the name of Louis Reard
decided he wanted to make a similar sized explosion
in the world of fashion.
Reard had created what he called
the smallest bathing suit in the world--
basically just two triangle pieces of fabric
held together by some string.
There's only one problem-- the suit was so small,
that none of the models in Paris would wear it.
Reard had to enlist the help of a burlesque dancer
from a nearby casino, Micheline Bernardini,
to unveil the bikini at the Piscine Molitor pool in Paris.
The suit got a big reaction.
The Vatican declared it sinful.
Spain and Italy banned it immediately,
and Bernardini started getting lots of fan mail.
By 1950, the bikini was a permanent fixture
on European beaches,
and by 1960 it caught on in North America.
And now, it's one of the most iconic pieces of clothing ever.
At the end of the day, you don't have to wear a bikini,
but it is pretty nice having the option.
What's your experience with a bikini?
You can tell me in the comments below,
or on social media with the hashtag #WEWEARCULTURE.
Thank you so much for watching.
If you enjoyed learning about that as much as I did,
head on over to Google Arts and Culture here,
and make sure to check out
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Tennis Players and Budapest (with english subtitles / magyar felirattal) - Duration: 4:17.
So far everything is great apart from the weather.
The weather has been challenging and we just hope it gets warmer and less wind.
//Because of the wind?//
Yeah, wind and cold.
The first two days, saturday and sunday were really cold.
Well, yeah…. everything is nice for players, everything is made for us to be…
yeah to feel good, so far it's a very nice tournament.
I'm satisfied with everything, especially because I could win my first round.
Organisation is excellent, there are many visitors too.
Luckily, the weather is much better, so everything is totally fine.
I like it. As I mentioned, I like to play in Budapest,
I like the city, its atmosphere, the environment.
I've played two Challengers here: last year and this year,
those were organised amazingly as well, almost on ATP level
- and this one is even better, I feel fantastic here.
I really like Budapest. I think Budapest is one of the best European cities to live in.
I really enjoy.
When I heard first time that the tournament's gonna be held in Budapest
I was kinda excited because I knew how vital is the city
and how attractive it is for a tourist and how good could be the event.
So I was really encouraging the guys to come
and I heard that everybody kinda liked it, so it's great.
Looks like a very wonderful city, very beautiful monuments also.
I've heard we can visit the Parliament, which is impressive.
I thought people were supposed to work there, but they told me you can visit anytime still, so maybe I go there.
I have a lot of friends and family who plan to come if I was able to go far in the tournament,
because everybody heard that Budapest was a nice city, and I have to say it's pretty nice.
The view from my hotel room is...
...and the Danube is very nice.
I really like the Buda Castle.
I visit it whenever having a couple day-offs.
We take walks there with my girlfriend.
It is a pretty romantic location, I can only recommend it to everyone.
It's because of its beauty.
It's one of the most magnificent points of Budapest,
you see the whole city below.
I had my first day-off yesterday, otherwise I trained only.
I visited the Buda Castle, had a little walk,
but mostly tried to rest and prepare for today's match.
I find the Parliament beautiful as well, I might take a walk around there too.
I like the whole city anyway.
Everyone was really nice to me.
I really like the city, there is a lot of history behind.
It a little bit reminds me of Zagreb
- you know - because there was history in between our countries,
so I really like it here a lot.
Oh, paprikás is not bad.
And goulash of course… szegedin goulash.
I like a lot of Hungarian food,
but for me sometimes a bit too spicy.
I'm more a sweet person.
But there is a great cuisine, there are great restaurants in Budapest,
there is lot of good stuff.
There are many good restaurants in downtown Budapest.
I booked a table for my good friend, (Marius) Copil
the other day in a downtown restaurant,
and he said everything was fine.
Everyone knows the goulash soup.
They even joke with me at the competitions
that they'd finally like to eat a good bowl of goulash.
These foods are already familiar to me.
It is somewhat similar to the serbian cuisine,
I eat both when I'm at home: serbian cuisine, hungarian cuisine
- I like both very much.
I know that it's really nice here
and that's why i'm looking forward coming here.
There is lot of history
and food is also unbeliveable,
it's kinda similar like ours in Croatia,
so I really like it.
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Lauren Hunter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | TENTEN TV - Duration: 6:13.
Lauren Hunter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Fitness model Lauren Hunter has been out of the public eye for some time, but the National Enquirer has thrust her back into the spotlight.
The Enquirer says that Alex Rodriguez aka A-Rod aka Mr J-Lo has been sexting Hunter, 31, in secret.
The tabloid goes on to allege that A-Rod tried to get Hunter to come to Kansas where he was announcing on a Royals/Yankees game in May but she didn't make the trip due to child care issues.
Hunter is the mother to three boys, one with former NFL running back Marcus Allen. Here's what you need to know:.
Hours Before the Enquirer Report Went Live; TMZ Reported That A-Rod Was Preparing for Court Over 'Sexting' Extortion Attempt.
The National Enquirer report claims that A-Rod first began seeing Hunter in 2011 while he was still in a relationship with Cameron Diaz. Quoting a source, the report reads:.
On May 10 [Rodriguez] told [Hunter] he missed her, and may 11 he asked her to send a video of her [doing a sex act].
Another massive allegation from the Enquirer alleges that A-Rod offered to pay Hunter $20,000 for a threesome with another woman.
Hours before the Enquirer report emerged, TMZ reported that A-Rod was preparing for a "legal war with ex lover who's threatening extortion." The gossip site says that the ex lover was looking for around $600,000 in exchange for keeping sexy texts between the two.
Lauren Hunter is not mentioned by TMZ.
Hunter Met Her Babydaddy Marcus Allen on MySpace While He Was Still Married.
In January 2014, Hunter gave birth to her and Marcus Allen's son Drake Connor Allen, reported TMZ at the time. The site said that the pair had met on MySpace.
Drake Allen was her third child, having two sons from a previous marriage. The couple's baby registry remains online.
At the time of Drake's birth, Allen was 53 and Hunter was 28. Also never forget, it's been heavily alleged that Allen once had an affair with OJ Simpson's wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Allen married his first wife, Kathryn, in OJ's backyard.
Hunter Has Taken Her Instagram Offline & Hasn't Updated Her Twitter Since 2015.
Hunter's fitness modeling career appears to not be her priority any more. She no longer has an Instagram page online and her Twitter hasn't been updated since May 2015. The bio on that page described Hunter as:.
Farm girl, Titled Swimwear and Fitness Competitor, Bikini Universe Finalist, Mother of 3 Strong Boys, Personal Trainer.
While Hunter's Model Mayhem page hasn't been updated since May 2012. Hunter makes it clear on that profile that she does not do nude photo shoots. Perhaps for nostalgic reasons stemming from her relationship with Allen, Hunter's MySpace page remains online.
Hunter Says She's 'Just Surfing This Earth Trying to Find the True Point of Living'. During her modeling career, Hunter was based in Beverly Hills, California. Nowadays, she has returned home to Illinois.
Hunter's Facebook page gives her location as O'Fallon, Illinois. Of the other limited information that can be taken from the page is Hunter's assertion:.
I am, nothing more than all I can be—I'm a human just surfing this earth trying to find the true point of living, BEING HAPPY!!!. A-Rod & J-Lo Were Most Recently Pictured Having a Family Day by the Pool With Their Kids.
A-Rod and J-Lo first got together in late 2016. Their relationship was solidified by March when they were pictured in the Bahamas together. Happy Sunday everybody!! #sundayfunday.
Just before the Hunter scandal broke, J-Lo uploaded a photo of her and A-Rod with her twins, Maximillian David and Emme Maribel, 9, and his girls, Ella, 9, and Natasha Alexander, 12, having fun in the pool.
An unnamed source told Page Six that the couple are not putting too much stock in the Enquirer reports about Hunter. The source said, "He and Jennifer are together all the time.
Every week the magazines write something ridiculous about their relationship, last week they were getting married, she's pregnant.
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