That's right, a smoked turkey :o)
Posted on 11/21/2005 4:45:03 PM PST by WestCoastGal
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I have a brother-in-law in Mississippi that hunts every Thanksgiving and Christmas day. It's a family tradition for him. Last Christmas I was visiting them, and he went out around 3 pm. By 6:30 or 7 pm, he was back with a nice 8-pointer on the back of the 4-wheeler. Man, I love that venison sausage!!
[Marty Smith] ..... With that, Rudd and I traded Happy Thanksgiving wishes and went on our respective ways. Then, minutes later my phone rang again. Ol' Rooster was riled up.
[Ricky] The bottom line on the points deal is there's way too much emphasis on watching points accumulate, whereas in the old days TV covered the racing on the racetrack. Fans want to see racing. They don't want to count points. They want to see the action on the track, and the cameras used to go where the action was on the track. I get it over and over and over again from fans on my website that they're losing out on the racing action on the track because television is always showing the top 10, and not the action.
It's also gotten way too political. It's about whose sponsor buys network time and whose doesn't. I miss the old way.
[Marty] Many fans agree, Ricky. They yearn for the old way, too. And on many levels.
I am one of this group of fans. What counts here? .... Racing, or the personalities? I dare say, that when raceday comes, it's the racing that brings most of the fans to the track. When I'm at the track, I watch from two to five or more seperate races on different parts of the track. That's how I learned about racing from my father and grandfather. The TV coverage is on the top ten, and only if another driver wrecks or gets in the picture by accident some way, do they mention the rest. I grew up listening to the races on the radio, when there wasn't TV coverage, except for the occasional Wide World of Sports segments, which were only a portion of a race. The announcers for MRN and PRN do a fantastic, sometimes amazing job, of race coverage. They've been doing it much the same way for over thirty years. I usually have the TV muted, and listen to the radio coverage, on raceday. I have quite a few friends that do the same. I hope ABC gets the coverage that NBC has now.
I just heard a story yesterday about someone's Mom who would cook for days and wouldn't let anyone help on the big day either. By the time dinner was on the table, she went to bed and would get up later to heat up leftovers.
We had so much food here that we won't have to cook for days!!
Sounds like you enjoyed cooking dinner, that IMHO is one of the best parts of Thanksgiving!! Although the washing dishes part I can do without. I have this little quirk about not leaving dirty pots on the stove or in the sink when I sit down for dinner, so I have to wash them as I go.
{{hugs to ya'll in Utah from Texas}}
It was really a wake-up-call to cook at mom's. How in the world can she get by with no kosher salt? Or pepper mill? And what in the world is up with the Christmas music? Yeek.
Fortunately, I, like my mentor Alton, carry my own. I also happened to take silicone spatulas, a stick blender, multiple spices and herbs, kitchen tongs, latex gloves and the only things I forgot, and really missed, were my oven mitts.
I guess even us foodies have to rough it sometimes. Hey, I've cooked a roast with a stick over a fire (I think that was after the Yuba hurricane / propane grill disaster). I guess I know what mom's going to get for Christmas. That's right, a smoked turkey :o)
That's right, a smoked turkey :o)
Aha!
I wondered where my lighter went.
So you were the Masked Stranger in the kitchen putting lumps in the mashed potatoes...
I adore pepper mills. I do miss the pepper medley combination I used to get at Trader Joe's. Actually I miss Trader Joe's a lot. I can't figure out why they aren't in Texas.
I cannot just pass by the spice section in the market and don't get me started on the Penzey's site.
I just bought Mediterranean sea salt and put it in a grinder, fabulous!! And whoever invented the silicone spatula and the stick blender deserves an award!!
I like Alton most of the time, right now I'm trying to think of something I'm having trouble cooking so Tyler Florence can come to the house to help me out!! :)
November 25, 2005
Army, NASCAR initiative steers youth to service
by Lt. Col. William Thurmond
Army News Service
Thanks to the Army, approximately 300 Miami young people got the chance to meet some of NASCAR's top professionals and, maybe, hone the skills they'll need as they embark on their future careers.
As part of the U.S. Army's newest education outreach initiative, educators and students spent most of the day exploring the 01 Army Chevrolet, climbing rock walls, and talking to Soldiers and business professionals about how they could transform their dreams into reality.
Among those speaking to the students were Jay Frye, CEO and General Manager of MB2 Motorsports, whose company builds and races the Army NASCAR Nextel Cup car. Frye discussed the types of skills required to work on a top-flight racing team.
Joining Frye were Ryan Pemberton and Joe Nemechek, the crew chief and driver for the Army's 01 Chevrolet. They echoed Frye's comments and told the students about the importance of teamwork and trust in both racing and in the Army.
"I'm excited to teach them about what hard work and education have done for me, and hopefully we can inspire these students to reach their own potentials," said Nemechek.
Mary Kay Runyun, Waste Management Corporation's vice president for fleet and logistics and a Naval Academy graduate and former naval officer, related how her military background paved the way for her highly successful civilian career.
Two noncommissioned officers, Sgts. 1st Class Kevin Dailey and Spencer Swearingen, gave the young people a taste of military life from basic training to deployment, relating their personal stories and answering dozens of questions.
The students weren't shy in asking about the realities of combat. Dailey told one young woman that while he felt fear during his two combat deployments to Iraq, he also felt confidence in his training and his fellow Soldiers, knowing that together they would be OK.
One of the students, Future Farmers of America officer Becca Hamilton, said that she liked what she learned today.
"I was pretty impressed that the Army's out here supporting students, encouraging them to stick with it and follow their dreams. I was most impressed by how important teamwork is, from mechanics in the pits to the marketing specialists," said Hamilton.
http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/pentagram/10_47/sports/38472-1.html
Andy Cagle: Having Fun While NASCAR Enters Off-Season
As I am writing this, the final checkered flag of the 2005 Nextel Cup season fell roughly 48 hours ago.
Tony Stewart is the champ.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon missed the Chase. Junior finished lower in the points standings than Brian Vickers, Jeff Burton and Joe Nemechek.
Yes, that’s right.
Joe.
Nemechek.
The season was filled with some highs — Carl Edwards’ first back flip — and some lows — where do I start? — and more in-fighting, controversy and pseudo-backstabbing than a sorority house.
The season is still kind of a blur. I’m still not real sure what happened at Dover with the Hendrick cars or what is Kurt Busch’s major malfunction.
Fortunately, I’ve got until February to put it all together but until then I’ve come up with some things that will make NASCAR much more entertaining and fun for me in the future.
1. No more NBC.
I hate Bill Weber. Really, really hate Bill Weber. Yeah, I said it. For me, he’s like Tim McCarver wrapped in Larry Merchant surrounded by Joe Morgan after going to the Joe Theisman school of sports broadcasting. And the way he sat on the “war wagon” in pre-race broadcasts really bothered me.
Other than my Weber issues, NBC bugs me with its uncanny ability to miss every single restart, any important pit stops live, and all good crashes. Oh please, dear God, make that network go away.
2. In an effort to make everyone drive faster, force all the drivers to listen to Gwen Stefani over the in-car radio. I swear she makes me want to shove very sharp, pointy objects into my ears directly into the center of my brain. You may see someone actually wreck to avoid 500 miles of listening to that.
3. Get Tony Stewart a new personal trainer. The one that he is currently sharing with Jimmy Spencer and Kirstie Alley is not really working out for him.
http://www.thepilot.com/sports/112505A-Cagle.html
PIR Press Release
Tony Stewart is scheduled to be on Dayside/Fox today.1pm ET
Carl Edwards on Regis & Kelly. 9am most time zones
Thanks for the tip, I just happen to be home from work today.
There might be some actual meat to chew on during championship week.
For starters, it will be stunning if the new television deal isn't officially announced. The latest scuttlebutt about negotiations had Fox getting the season's first 13 races, then TNT having six races before ABC/ESPN airs the final 17. One late-developing wrinkle was that the Nextel All-Star Challenge apparently will air on Speed Channel.
http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/13274732.htm
Thanks but work called today, I missed it.
New entry for the truck races:
The Milkin' Machine!
I saw that one. The question is why?!?!?
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