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Real Food

2012-07-23T20:22:00.001-04:00

A friend of mine and his wife have opened a specialty sausage shop in Keego Harbor. If you find yourself in the area drop in, you will not be disappointed.

Here is a link to a channel 7 interview done this past week.

Channel 7 interview

And a link to their website.

www.keegoharborsausagecompany.com

How to Cook Alligator

2010-03-20T10:34:00.001-04:00

One of my favorite meals here in the South is some good, hot alligator, but it has been somewhat difficult for me to cook in the past.

The first three times I tried to cook gator meat, it turned out a little tough, and did not taste too extraordinary. But if you want to make it good each time, try this-

It all starts with some alligator fillets. Usually I buy mine from the locally Louisiana owned Rouse's Grocery although I have been known to buy one or two at Bobby's Seafood a few miles down River Road in River Ridge.

An alligator fillet is not any particular shape, but it is almost always relatively thin.

After I thaw them out with some room temperature tap water, I marinate them in...

olive oil (this is the base ingredient) use it liberally
Greek seasoning
and garlic salt (regular sea salt and garlic powder work here if one is out of garlic salt)

Then I marinate the fillets for at least a day.

The next day, it is time to fire up the grill. When I grill, I always use my Weber charcoal grill. Using a chimney stack to turn my coals grey, and so I do not to have to use lighter fluid which can effect the taste, I make sure that my fire is good and hot.

Then I put a tray on the grill. Although a grilling tray is preferable, a cookie sheet works too. I cover the tray in a lot of olive oil.

Then I pan sear each side of the marinated alligator fillets for three minutes per side.

Simply remove them, and eat them immediately. Delicious!!!

Part 5

2010-03-06T10:05:00.001-05:00

Part 4

2010-02-21T13:30:00.001-05:00

Part 3

2010-02-06T12:57:00.001-05:00

2010-02-05T16:13:00.001-05:00

This Takes Me Back

2010-01-24T17:32:00.001-05:00

2010-01-17T20:26:00.001-05:00

Jokes.com

Preview - Brian Posehn - Where Do I Know You From

comedians.comedycentral.com

Joke of the Day

Stand-Up Comedy

Free Online Games

Be Careful of Deals You Make With People on Craigslist

2010-01-07T15:57:00.003-05:00

You might end up like Tyler.

Broken Pinky Promise - watch more funny videos

Eight Resolutions Not to Make for the New Year

2009-12-31T14:13:00.003-05:00

8 Resolutions Not to Make for the New Year

Looking Forward to New Year's Eve!

2009-12-30T17:26:00.004-05:00

Hopefully this year's "dance off" will be as fun as it was last year!

Paperback Swap

2009-12-27T11:54:00.000-05:00

http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php

Joy Ride

2009-12-20T11:35:00.001-05:00

Talk about a joy ride, this one would leave you with your hair standing up.

Better Than Snow Drifts

2009-12-13T20:35:00.001-05:00

With snow drifts not too far away in these parts, I'd like to think of a different kind of drift.

Tour of My Backyard Part TWO

2009-11-24T13:26:00.005-05:00

Tour of My Backyard Part ONE

2009-11-24T13:26:00.003-05:00

The audio is a little jumpy.

New Orleans Po-Boy Festival

2009-11-22T12:36:00.001-05:00

Today, Sunday, November 22, 2009 is the Po-Boy Festival here in New Orleans.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

David Thorne vs. Strata Management

2009-11-19T18:47:00.001-05:00

Subject: David Thorne vs. Strata Management

From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 30 September 2009 6.04pm
To: Peter Williams
Subject: Inspection Report

Dear Peter,

Thankyou for the surprise inspection and invitation to participate in the next. I appreciate you underlining the text at the bottom of the page which I would otherwise have surely mistaken for part of the natural pattern in the paper. I was going to clean the apartment but had so many things on my 'to do' list that I decided to treat them all equally and draw pictures of sharks instead. I have attached one for your honest appraisal.

I have read through your list of chores and intend to rectify the situation by wrapping my entire body in eighteen rolls of super absorbent Thick'n'thirsty® paper towels, hosing down the apartment, then rolling around on the floor and rubbing myself up and down walls. I will cover the more stubborn marks with Liquid Paper. I will also get back to you in regards to the premises being inspected in another two weeks, my agreement to do so will depend on availability and not wanting to.

Regards, David.

From: Peter Williams
Date: Thursday 01 October 2009 9.41am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Inspection Report

David

I suggest you take this matter more seriously. You were sent notice of the inspection as part of our normal procedure. You will not use a hose in the apartment. I have never heard of anything so ridiculous and it is not just about the marks on the walls - the light fitting in the lounge room is broken and the apartment smells of smoke.

Peter

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 01 October 2009 10.26am
To: Peter Williams
Subject: Re: Re: Inspection Report

Dear Peter,

The light fitting was the victim of a toy lightsabre being swung in a space too small to do the same with a cat. I dodged a leaping double handed overhead attack and the fitting, being fitted, didn't. I will grab a matching replacement $12 fitting fromIKEA the next time I require a tiny ironing board or glass tea light.

The smell you mistook for cigarette smoke was probably just from the fog machine. Each Tuesday I hold a disco in my bedroom with strobe lighting and special guest. As my wardrobe door has a large mirror on it, it looks like someone is dancing with you. I once dressed as a lady and it was almost exactly what I imagine dancing with a real lady would be like. Unfortunately, I kept worrying about falling, hitting my head and being found dressed that way so she left after only a few dances and a brief, but full of promise, kiss. You should come one night, it will be a dance spectacular. I imagine you are probably a good dancer because you are small and the smallest member of the Rocksteady Crew was definitely the best one.

Regards, David.

From: Peter Williams
Date: Thursday 01 October 2009 1.16pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Inspection Report

David

I do not appreciate being called small and being sent stupid drawings of me being eaten by a shark. The apartment is to be cleaned and reinspected in two weeks time. You cant have a fog machine or anything like that at the apartment in case the smoke damages the walls.

Peter

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 01 October 2009 4.02pm
To: Peter Williams
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Inspection Report

Dear Peter,

I apologise for mentioning your smallness. It must be a subject most people you know avoid. Was it the Rocksteady Crew comment or the fact that the shark was actually very small in the picture, making you, in comparison, the size of a very small fish? I have attached a revised version which you can print out, pin to your cubicle wall, look at whenever you are feeling down and think "That Volkswagen looks way too small for me to get into, I must be huge."

Regards, David.

From: Peter Williams
Date: Thursday 01 October 2009 5.12pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Inspection Report

David

Do not send me anymore drawings. I am not joking. I am keeping a record of everything you send just so you know. If the apartment is not clean when we reinspect in two weeks time, we will consider terminating the lease. I suggest you take this matter more seriously as we have also had noise complaints regarding your premises.

Peter

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 01 October 2009 6.27pm
To: Peter Williams
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Inspection Report

Dear Peter,

Yes, I find loud music helps me relax while I clean as the music distracts me so much that I stop cleaning. Which is relaxing. I will probably get onto it this week though. I do not wish to be evicted as I have developed a severe case of agoraphobia and residing in an apartment where I can reach all four walls while standing in the one spot brings me a feeling of comfort and safety. Although the wood printed linoleum and IKEA light fittings only go so far in disguising an old apartment in a old building on a busy and extremely loud main road, the daily culling of plague proportion cockroaches gives me something to do in my spare time. I class the eighteen cans of surface spray I use per week as sporting equipment.

I purchased one of those electronic things you plug into the wall which is meant to scare cockroaches by sending a pulse through the apartment wiring but while it seems to have reduced the numbers, others have evolved to feed off the electrical signal, increasing their size. I am using one as a coffee table in the lounge and two smaller ones as side tables in the bedroom. Cockroaches would no doubt be susceptible to carbon monoxide poisoning though so will try running a hose pipe from my car exhaust to the apartment, closing the windows and leaving the vehicle running overnight. It is apparently an odourless gas so should not prove an issue for my son's cub group sleepover. I read somewhere once that cockroaches can survive a nuclear attack so I have been collecting the dead ones and intend to glue several thousand to the walls thereby ensuring my survival should Cyberdyne Systems become self aware between now and when the lease runs out.

I also need to purchase a new vacuum cleaner before I can start cleaning as I used my current one to suck up a large spider a few weeks ago and I am afraid to pull out the sock I shoved into the end of the pipe to block his exit in case he is sitting in there waiting and getting more pissed off by the day. A few months ago while I was at work, a spider ran up my arm. I threw myself backwards from the desk onto the floor and rolled around thrashing while undressing to make sure the spider was not in my hair or clothes. Unfortunately I was in a client meeting at the time with a company that sold cleaning products. If the meeting had gone better they would have proven quite handy at this point.

Regards, David.

From: Peter Williams
Date: Friday 02 October 2009 10.18am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Inspection Report

I am not going to waste my time reading any more of your stupid nonsense. Clean the property or we will terminate the lease - the choice is yours. Do not email again unless it is of a serious matter.

Peter

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 02 October 2009 10.36am
To: Peter Williams
Subject: Nom nom nom