Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
There aren’t a lot of Carrot Cake Rolls on the internet. There are some commercial outfits that will display what they call a carrot cake roll and I am sure there are carrots swimming through there somewhere. However, the challenge of making a roll from a standard carrot cake recipe is a big one!
However, I think it can be done and with only minor changes. The Amarula frosting really made it , too!
Here is my recipe made with love for Kris and Karen!
enjoy! oh yeah, it was very yummy!
Roger
Congratulations to General Dunwoody!
I wrote about her nomination to become the first four star general in the United States military.
Here is a nice article on General Anne Dunwoody.
General Dunwoody had a couple of things that made me smile:
“This nomination only reaffirms what I have known to be true about the military throughout my career—that the doors continue to open for men and women in uniform.”
and
“There is no one more surprised than I—except, of course, my husband. You know what they say, `Behind every successful woman there is an astonished man.’ ”
So, Congratulations and make us all proud.
Roger Freberg
Living in San Luis Obispo, California doesn’t give one a chance to put on formal wear. However a local sorority DELTA DELTA DELTA was honoring Laura with “Faculty of the Year”.
Obviously, Laura is modest in these sorts of things, but she is an excellent professor. How do I know? Well, once a year or so, I step into her world and take a day to attend her class sessions. I sit in the back and she will graciously introduce me with a few words that you can say only when there are many witnesses! Ha!
Laura is not the easiest professor, she is demanding but very and painfully fair. She has helped students into grad school and beyond. This recognition was sweet.
Yes, Laura and I have know each other for a long time… in fact, since she was taller than me. We’ve taken classes together along the way and married at 20.
Congratulations, Laura
Roger
PS. Win something else so we can dress up again!
For whatever reason, I have had a few requests for my Margarita recipe. What’s funny is that I don’t make my Margaritas for anyone but myself and my immediate family and my late mother-in-law June Sievers.
My recipe isn’t for the Margaritas-by-the-gallon set… but for those special occasions when only the best will do or to impress someone… this’ll work. I don’t measure when I make my Margaritas and this never has gone wrong… so here in it’s simplest form is what I put in it:
1 1/2 – 2 oz. Don Julio ‘Anejo’ Taquila
1/2 oz. Grand Marnier ( a triple sec)
1/2 oz. or more lime juice fresh or otherwise ( vary according to your taste for tartness)
1/2 oz. or more of liquid sweetener ( Agave syrup or Margarita Mix of your choice if you must)
(HINT) mix the lime juice and your choice to sweeten separately and taste until you get it right for you! I like it balanced. This Margarita might be slightly sweeter than you are used to… but definitely more flavorful!
refrigerate all ingredients
Pour over finely crushed ice!
delicioso!
Roger Freberg
I always like to remember special occasions with humor. I received today an email ( as did hundreds of thousands of others) from our good friend Dilbert offering some real life butchered quotes from inDUHviduals… here are a few:
“I wish life was in 3-D.”
“You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me!”
“I have to go drop a kidney.”
“I’ve already forgotten more than I’ll ever know!”
“I’d rather be safe than sore.”
“He smokes like a fish!”
“He’s not the sharpest hole in the wall.”
“My sister gave me a cream-colored couch, and honest-to-god I hate it as much as life itself.”
“I’m running around with a head like a chicken.”
“It’s going to be bad around here when the cows come home to roost.”
Thank you, veterans and our men and women serving around the world… I hope if & when you see this… it makes you smile.
Roger Freberg
here’s the latest from DILBERT