Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
My daughter Karla made this cute little bunny to celebrate Easter! Easter is a special time for family, food and remembrance. Everyone has special memories of their favorite Easter… but mine is always the one that is happening today.
We settled on making a wonderful Greek inspired dish “Reddened Leg of Lamb!”
Happy Easter to you and yours!
Most of the time I talk about food and family on my blog and I try to stay away from things that upset an evening’s brandy in front of the fire. However, the shrill marketing approach out of Washington is a bit over the top, the New York City uber rich mayor’s latest effort to control the world with his money and local California Senators complaining about gun control all the while bristling with weapons themselves… is unsettling at best.
There is an effort — again out of Washington — to divided and pit people against each other for their own personal gain. They’ve enlisted the usual wacked out celebrities, hypocrites and opportunists to carry water for them on gun control.
One would think getting the country moving forward would be high on the agenda, creating new jobs, factories and the like… but again, I am naive.
So, let me recommend to you that you might like to participate in this discussion by joining the NRA (even if you have never fired a gun) and receiving training and go on a hunt and experience what life and living is all about. I have a few links to the right that might help you get started!
You have a right called the second amendment … it is worth experiencing & learning more about!
I think we have all heard about the so-called health benefits of red wine and I think it tends to make most of us smile a little. We smile when some folks say they smoke marijuana for their glaucoma… it’s sort of the same thing.
However, I have been taking RESVERATROL now for about a month and I am a bit surprised at how much better I feel… granted I am taking the equivalent of 4000 glasses of wine… but it seems to be more than an expected placebo effect.
Anyway, just thought I’d mention it.
Are you having a little corned beef for St. Paddy’s Day?
Here’s our contribution to this fun day:
Tofu is worshiped by vegetarians, vegans and others not too worried about its estrogen enhancing properties. Tofu is billed as a meat substitute when prepared properly, but I don’t think I’ll ever hear anyone from down under saying to ‘throw another on the barbee!” or a confused hunter announcing that he’s ‘gonna hunt some reclusive snipe or tofurkey!”
However, when flavored with a sweet and tangy sauce and diced into a salad … it makes a nice diversion… especially when you are on a diet… as I am now. The key to preparation is to find a very firm grade of tofu and extract part of the moisture through a low bake or pressure method ( a step-by-step process is given by clicking on a link below) and then re-immerse the tofu in your favorite marinade! Some folks like a Chinese or Thai marinade… some even use a thinned barbecue sauce. Make the sauce as you like it… this is roughly how I make it…
Here are some ideas:
I am reminded that meat would also taste rather bland ( some say like aluminum) without the process of searing ( which converts the surface to sugar) and the blood content… so tofu really needs an infusion to have wider appeal.