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| THE JACK PINE IN WINTER |
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| OL' MAN WINTER STILL HANGIN' ROUND OUR DOOR |
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| TUNISIAN TAGINE |
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| DINNER FOR TWO |
Friday, 9:00 AM. 10 degrees F, wind NE, moderate to very blustery. We had blizzard conditions all night and got about 6” of snow. The sky is still overcast and it is snowing lightly so it probably isn’t over yet, but the barometer predicts sunny weather. Ol' Man Winter is still hangin’ ‘round our door.
As most of my readers kno, food is a favorite topic of mine. Joan received a new cooking utensil for Christmas which is proving both an aesthetic and culinary blessing: it is a tagine, a handmade Tunisian ceramic roasting pot that is perfect for cooking meals for one or two persons. Originally she was intrigued by its artistic qualities, but it cooks wonderful, simple roasted meals. Last night we had a Cornish game hen surrounded by mixed vegetables. Cooked in wine, the fowl was perfectly done, tender and tasty, after two hours in the oven at 350 degrees F. Salt, pepper and paprika were the only seasonings, along with a cut up lime stuffed inside the bird.
Commentary, and for me the last straw on the government’s economic stimulus effort: the purchase of a “green” hybrid engine for the Mayor of Los Angeles’ official yacht, at a cost to US taxpayers of a half-million dollars. California is on the verge of bankruptcy because of its profligate spending, and the rest of us were sucked into paying for one of their more outrageous expenditures.
P.S. There was evidently nothing wrong with the original diesel engine.
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