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Juggling brothers challenge audience

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Over the years, performers of all types have had to share their stage with cute puppies, adorable children or over-the-top fellow entertainers.

But on occasion, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, known for their juggling, music and comedy act, have had to share the stage with dead animals.

“A few weeks ago we had a cardboard box on stage and inside the box was an octopus and tied to its tentacles were raw eggs,” said Harry Levine, one of the four Flying Karamazov Brothers who will perform on Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

The reason for the unusual visitor, which one of the brothers eventually juggled, is that part of The Flying Karamazov Brothers act involves audience participation.

The bit is called The Gamble and the main character is The Champ. The Champ wagers that he can juggle three items which have been brought to the theater by audience members.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Easy, fun to cook outside boxed-stuffing box

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Your turkey is perfectly brined and roasted, and the pumpkin pie's just begging to be devoured. But no honest-to-goodness Thanksgiving meal is complete without one thing: a huge side of stuffing.

Be it based on bread crumbs, sticky rice or dry ciabatta bread, some folks go straight for the stuffing before even putting their fork in the Thanksgiving bird. Let's take a minute to think outside that Stove Top box and consider what makes a good stuffing, and what tasty twists can be added to this traditional Thanksgiving dish.

"I'm looking for big flavors inside that bird," said Paulette Bruce, who teaches a Sacramento cooking class series called Good Eats. "I don't want something that's mushy. A lot of people like bread stuffing, but you have to be careful because too much stock or juices will make it mushy. I keep going back to the flavor because turkey doesn't have a lot of it, so you have to help it along."

The tradition of stuffing animal cavities with edibles goes back centuries, with some versions documented back to the time of ancient Romans. Stuffings in various times have been referred to as "farce," but were seen as the word "stuffing" by the 1500s. Go down to the Deep South, and you still might hear stuffing referred to as "dressing," a term first favored in Victorian England.

Source: Sacramento Bee