Monthly Archives: January 2013
Recipe Exchange Updates, Rosemary and Author Wiley Cash
Kirk Spencer had a terrific suggestion in an email this morning. We were talking about bamboo skewers (and how you MUST soak them before grilling to avoid flaming kabobs) and he said he’d used rosemary stems as skewers. I thought this sounded just wonderful. Maybe a lemon marinated chicken skewered on rosemary. It wouldn’t need much other seasoning, that’s for sure, and of course you’d really need to like rosemary. Lamb would probably hold up well with that type of seasoning. Yum. Can’t wait to try on something.
Now for some news on the Thursday Recipe Exchange. This week it will be postponed to Friday because the wonderful Wiley Cash will be live blogging over at Balloon-Juice about his book A Land More Kind Than Home
Friday night is where it’s going to stay for the time being, because of some special events planned at B-J on Thursdays. I’m good with that, hope you are, too.
Back to Mr. Cash, first of all, has there ever been a better novelist’s name? I read his book when it first came out and gave it as gifts over the summer. It’s worth a read, sets a beautiful North Carolina mountain scene as the backdrop to a dark mystery. It’s a quick and compelling story, told from the perspective of several characters in the first person.
I think that covers everything. Hopefully Kirk and I will have a big cooking announcement in the coming weeks.
Until tomorrow….
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Katie Update
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Kate is hanging close to the house and has been chowing down on the beans we put out for her. She’s still wary and you can see how she is keeping an eye on me through the window on the front door. I was able to get her to eat yesterday while I was out there myself, sitting quietly in a chair. It’s hard, keeping the boys in all day except when on a leash. I let them out yesterday afternoon when it looked as if Katie was elsewhere but they spotted her coming back around and gave chase. Sigh.![DSC_3314 [1600x1200]](http://whats4dinnersolutions.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/dsc_3314-1600x1200.jpg)
She comes back, chastened, and even more skittish. Miss Bitsy, the calico, has no fear of dogs and is curious about the new girl. Her interest kept Kate away until she came back into the house.![IMG_0936 [1600x1200]](http://whats4dinnersolutions.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/img_0936-1600x1200.jpg)
Here are a few more kittehs from St Francis.
Homer Kitteh
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The boy went fishing in a crawdad hole, looks like. We had rain and thunder last night, and spring-like temps. It got up to 68 degrees yesterday here in Beautiful Southern Illinois. Weather is weird. I blame Al Gore.
Shrimp Stir Fry
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Hard to beat a stir fry for a quick and tasty dinner. They’ve been selling these baby carrots for a good while now and they are great in this dish. A few minutes in the pan and the raw is gone but they still have some snap to them. I wonder if they are hydroponic? Also in the dish are sliced purple onions, broccoli, re-hydrated mushrooms and a few red peppers that went into a sauce pan with the mushrooms to soften them up.
