@schowardjd@IhabFathiSulima Wow. A terrible disease we don’t see as often anymore. Great photo. And infographic
By the way I just wondered if you believe in the theory of applying mupiricion in the nares….
Italian Cream Bombs
Ingredients
For the Dough
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2/3 cup milk
1 egg
Oil, for frying
For the Cream Filling
2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons butter
For Topping
Powdered sugar
Instructions
Make the Cream Filling
In a saucepan, whisk together sugar, egg yolks, cornstarch, and milk.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and creamy.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and butter.
Cover with plastic wrap touching the surface and chill completely.
Make the Dough
In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Add melted butter, milk, and egg. Mix until a soft dough forms.
Roll dough out lightly and cut into small circles.
Heat oil to 350°F (175°C).
Fry dough pieces until golden brown and puffed, about 2–3 minutes per side.
Drain on paper towels and cool slightly.
Fill the Cream Bombs
Transfer chilled cream to a piping bag.
Poke a small hole into each pastry and pipe generously with cream filling.
Dust heavily with powdered sugar before serving.
Tina Turner survived abuse, a stroke, cancer, and kidney failure.
Through all of it, one man never left her side.
His name was Erwin Bach.
And their love story was never flashy or dramatic.
It was steady.
Which, for Tina Turner, meant everything.
For years, Tina lived in two very different worlds.
On stage, she was unstoppable:
A global superstar with one of the most powerful voices in music history.
Off stage, she carried deep scars from her marriage to Ike Turner — a relationship marked by violence, fear, and control.
After finally escaping that life, Tina rebuilt herself from nothing.
And she made a quiet promise to herself:
No one would ever steal her peace again.
Then, in 1985, she met Erwin Bach at an airport in Germany.
He was a music executive assigned to pick her up.
No grand cinematic moment.
No instant declarations.
Just conversation.
And for the first time in a very long time, Tina felt calm around a man.
Erwin was 16 years younger than her, but he never cared about the age gap or the fame surrounding her.
He simply loved her as she was.
Not “Tina Turner” the icon.
Just Tina.
Their relationship grew slowly and privately.
In fact, they stayed together for nearly 30 years before finally marrying in Switzerland in 2013.
By then, they didn’t need a wedding to prove anything.
They already knew.
Then came the hardest years.
Tina suffered a stroke in 2009.
Later, she battled intestinal cancer.
Soon after, doctors discovered her kidneys were failing.
By 2016, the situation had become critical.
She faced the possibility of spending the rest of her life on dialysis.
Tina later admitted there were moments when she quietly prepared herself for death.
Then Erwin made a decision.
Without hesitation, he offered her one of his kidneys.
Not for attention.
Not for praise.
Because he wanted her to live.
The transplant took place in 2017 and succeeded.
After the surgery, Erwin walked into Tina’s recovery room and simply said:
“Hi, darling.”
That small moment became one of the happiest memories of her life.
And somehow, that simplicity says everything about their relationship.
No spectacle.
No performance.
Just someone staying.
In the years that followed, they lived quietly together in Switzerland, far from the chaos that had once defined her life.
When Tina Turner passed away in 2023 at the age of 83, Erwin was still there beside her.
That’s what makes their story so moving.
Not perfection.
Not fantasy.
But loyalty.
A woman who spent years surviving pain eventually found a love that asked for nothing except the chance to remain beside her through whatever came next.
Sometimes the greatest love stories are not the loudest ones.
Sometimes they are simply the people who stay.
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