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Spirals of pasta with bacon, originally uploaded by La Tartine .

There is a thin boundary that separates habit, vice and dependence. The limits that are interposed between these three concepts that define the ascending climax to evil are very fuzzy and undefined. The word derives from the Latin habit habitude, and goes literally to indicate a physical or moral: it is an automatic behavior that we take as a result of its repetition in the course of our experiences of our lives. For example, it is a habit get in the car and fasten the seat belt, without thinking. Or drink a glass of water upon rising. Habits can be the most diverse, but when they take on negative connotations, flow into the defect, a term that indicates a habit is actually incorrect, malignant. Enter a vicious circle means taking the habit of doing something wrong, we know to be wrong, but now we do mechanically. Then, when we can not do without that very vicious circle in which we have entered, click the dependency, and then get out of it is virtually impossible. Let 's take alcohol, the smoking or game. Once it became a habit to drink several bottles of wine or beer a day to consume about three packs of cigarettes a day, to focus our goods more expensive in front of a poker table, thus ensuring a direct trip to the Way of the pavement, not even the biggest willpower could help. Quitting an addiction is perhaps one of the most difficult trials, and many times you can not do it alone. For me, I'm proud of the fact of not having started smoking: I tried to suck that tar and nicotine full of toxic substances, but its not, not for me. First, it is not at all pleasant, second, the image of two lungs ruined by excessive smoke from detrattrice worked for me. The gain in health is reliable and, moreover, there is also a big saving statement. In seventh grade, conducting research for the school paper about the harmful effects of smoking, I could even make my parents stop smoking. That was one of the most satisfying achievements I have ever achieved: now in our house even passive smoking (which many claim to be even more harmful than the active one!) Can make a note of unbearable noise. However, the variety of defects that offers the world today is as vast as a collection of fabrics in haberdashery. Dependencies arise that we never imagined could exist. Like that of caffeine , a substance readily available in coffee, tea and energy drinks Coca-Cola: This causes symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, mood decline, confusion and susceptibility. Or Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), the result only of our time, laptops, PCs and PDAs. The Internet addiction is growing: even in the United States there are real centers of disintossicamento.La first alarm indicator lights up when in the day the same actions are repeated continuously: checking e-mail several times a day, too much time spent chatting or looking for programs and online tools to communicate more and more innovative, and the second stage is defined tossicofilia and is characterized by an increasing time spent online, during business hours, at the expense of sleep and a growing sense of discomfort and pain when you are disconnected, a great experience comparable to that of abstinence, and finally reach the state of addiction when it's obsession network affects interpersonal relationships, the school-work and leads to social isolation. And not only are young people to be affected by this terrible disorder: course prevent is always better than cure. The hours at the computer are allowed three per day (I myself spend more time there!), To be interspersed with other activities which do not fall by sitting in front of a monitor. Worrying is like for some, the virtual life can substitute for the normal life: how to remain captivated by a smile rather than a genuine smile?

Instead of cigarettes, but I recommend these cigars, which I took from the snack blog flower Chamomile Shortbread , tasty and satisfying for an appetizer or a drink. But be careful ... addictive!


Spirals of pasta with bacon

Ingredients for 8 people

2 puff pastry fresh ready
approximately 50 g of sliced \u200b\u200bbacon
½ teaspoon fennel seeds
50 g grated Parmesan cheese 1 egg


procedure

In a shallow dish shell egg, beating it with a fork and chop the fennel seeds in a blender (or knife). Unroll the two disks of pastry and brush, one side only, with the beaten egg, then arrange on top of one of them the bacon slices and sprinkle evenly with the grated parmesan and fennel seeds. Cover with the second disc by holding the brush stroke down, it fit perfectly together and press a little to make it stick. Using a pastry cutter wheel
get the 2 cm wide strips (I recommend no more) and roll each on itself so as to give a spiral shape, having the care to create the desired very narrow and close together. This is because during cooking the pastry swelling will tend to relax, creating a bulge rather annoying from the aesthetic point of view.
Place them on a plate lined with baking paper and cook in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes or until golden brown (if you use multiple pans and bake at a time). Remove the coils from the oven and let them cool thoroughly before handling to avoid breaking them.

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