A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-29-06 ..... A Visit to The Old West

8-29-06 | JustAmy & MamaBear

[JustAmy]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Cowboy Blues

I yearn for the life that I used to know
When the range was free and wide,
When a man could see where the sunsets go
'Way out past the Great Divide.

Oh I want to mount my old cayuse
And gallop off with a song,
To twirl my rope and to throw the noose
And chase the dogies along.

I long for the roads of yesterday,
For the trails I used to ride,
For the cowboy's life, his yip-oo-ray
As he roamed the countryside.

What's a man to do who rode all day
Through shortgrass and mesquite,
With tractors and plows and a paved-highway
And fenced-in fields of wheat?

My sad heart pines for the prairies still,
I long to follow the trail,
I miss the call of the whippoorwill
And the coyote's lonesome wail.

I want to feel the wind in my face
And to give my horse the word,
To wheel and turn as he sets the pace
And cuts through a longhorn herd.

By Laressa Cox McBurney
Published in Always The Prairie in 1949

Stuffed Diamondback

1 - 3 ft. or longer Diamondback
1 cup dried cornbread cubes
1 tbsp oil
1/2 cup beef stock
1/2 stalk of celery, chopped
1/2 onion,chopped
1 tbsp Jack Daniels whiskey
1 cup molasses
1 cherry tomato

Slice down belly of snake from bottom of jaw to tail with a shallow cut. Gut the snake and throw away internals. Run gutted snake under warm tap water and remove extra blood.

In a mixing bowl, mix cornbread cubes, oil, beef stock, celery and onion. Allow to stand for 10-15 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Roll stuffing into a tube (snake) shape and insert along the inside of snake. Close up skin and sew together with cooking twine in a zig-zag pattern.

In a small mixing bowl, mix Jack Daniels and molasses. Set aside.

Place snake in a casserole dish. Make sure snake does not overlap as uneven cooking will occur.

With a cooking brush, brush snake with Jack Daniels glaze. Pour extra glaze around the snake in the casserole dish.

Place casserole dish into 275 degree oven for an hour and a half or until tender.

Remove casserole dish from oven and prop open snake's mouth. Place cherry tomato in mouth for appearance.

Serve and Enjoy!

Click the cowboy!


Thank you, LouieWolf, for letting
us borrow your "Adios" graphic. :-)

07-01-06 ~ Hall of Fame #16

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 08-28-06 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Majie Purple]

((((Wow! Great to *see* & hear from you Victoria!))))
Have missed you 'round these parts!

[Majie Purple]

"Oh, my gosh, now there will be a stampede for the donuts! LOL.
I've got run in the other direction and get ready to leave the house for awhile. Maybe you'll leave me ONE, glazed donut, Louie? *smooooch* :-)

TTYL."

Trust that You left ONE for Mama Bear...
;OD

[Alberta's Child]

Wow -- that's a great selection of songs, Victoria. Thanks for the ping!!

[WFTR]

Dolly,

Thanks for the ping. I love that little animated snake in the original post for this thread. That's a cute picture of you, but I do feel the need to mention that the cobra is a rear-fanged snake. In any case, you look great. I need to find a way to post a couple of pictures of me that you can see.

Bill

[luvie]

I know I am late...are ya still up....shhhhh

Hubba-hubba!

[luvie]

Yes, Odessa is doing well. We finally got some rain. I am in Florida visiting my son and DIL right now. Waiting for Ernesto to come visit.

I know it's hard to leave them that first time, but she is going to LOVE it there at A & M and it's close enough that you should be able to visit her often. It was a 7 1/2 hour drive for me when my son was there. But....I did it! :D

Glad you're staying busy. You work so hard!

[The Mayor]

August 30, 2006

Persecution That Backfired

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READ: 1 Peter 2:18-25

Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps. —1 Peter 2:21

In AD 64, someone set fire to Rome.  A few days later, two-thirds of the city lay in smoldering ruins. A rumor spread that the emperor Nero had set the fire because he wanted to rebuild the city and name it after himself. Needing a scapegoat to get himself off the proverbial hot-seat, he chose to blame a defenseless and unpopular minority—Christians. He then initiated such intense persecution that he’s been referred to as the first Antichrist. It’s believed that both Peter and Paul were martyred during this time.

Because Christianity was new and its followers still relatively few, the sadistic treatment that Nero leveled against believers, which included using them as human torches to light his palace garden, continued with little opposition.

His persecution eventually backfired, however. Instead of weakening the new faith, it strengthened it. History tells us that within a few hundred years Christianity became so influential that Emperor Constantine made it the official religion of the Roman Empire.

God always has a purpose in persecution. He will use it for good if we follow the example of Christ, who, “when He suffered, He . . . committed Himself to Him who judges righteously” (1 Peter 2:23). —Julie Ackerman Link

The purposes of God are right,
Although we may not see
Just how He works all things for good
And transforms tragedy.  —Sper

It is better to suffer for the cause of Christ than for the cause of Christ to suffer.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 129-131; 1 Corinthians 11:1-16

[Lady Jag]

LOL!

[ConorMacNessa]

We're getting Sunday and Monday off, but then we go back to seven days. Should be steady for the next month or so.

[dutchess]

Warm Fuzzy ping HERE

[Dr. Scarpetta]

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

You're welcome! : )

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Thank you Mayor.

[Majie Purple]

((((That young cboy lad w/ the Flag is a gem dandy!!))))

[Majie Purple]

Is that your little boy, or Grandson, or Nephew, Dr.S?
Just wondering.
If so, it adds to the specialness of
recieving the ping to that pic!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I found the picture on Google Image and thought it was so cute.

[JustAmy]

*smile*

Now that is what I call a cowboy!! :)

Thanks, Dr. Scarpetta.