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]

You're very welcome for the "coming & going" cows!

[Majie Purple]

Hope you have a nice lunch with your M-I-L later!

[Majie Purple]

Cool song Diver D.

[Majie Purple]

Make mine a sasperilla with a shot of root beer.

[DollyCali]

wow, Amy a gorgeous thread!!

Love the table, borders, graphics, content(well except the stuffed rattlesnake.. Yuk, I could do w/o that one). I like my snakes slithering around acting prissy

OUTSTANDING JOB,

Pinging Trussell & Bill.. think you might enjoy browsing around here..here is a pix of me w/snake..

[Majie Purple]

Re: your %8 post & gif.
Thanks much & Y W! My pleasure!
Plan to BUMP it a bunch!
Howdy back.

[Majie Purple]

%8 = 58! Typo BUMP LOL!

[DollyCali]

I have always loved the Silverton/Durango train and the two cities. Makes me feel a little like I was there THEN. Never been to boot hill or much of the toursity things surrounding the old west.. but heck, it is funny, Missouri, Oklahoma, etc were considered the west.. NOT CALIFORNIA ETC,

[JustAmy]

Great Graphic. Thank you.

Here is one of my favorite cowboys. :)

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

How to Cowboy

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

AWESOME TBob!

[JustAmy]

Howdy! Thank you, GB.

Did you play Cowboys when you were a kid?

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Yes ma'am, I always enjoy a purty view...

[Tennessee_Bob]

It's a dream - one of these days, I'll get to Wyoming.

[GodBlessUSA]

We sure did Amy :)

[Majie Purple]

See the wee bb B? So I pinged you to this too!

[JustAmy]

Howdy, Meg.

Thank you.
This was a fun thread to put together.

[Majie Purple]

[Majie Purple]

Re # 69...R. W. R. is also one my real life Bros. "favorite cowboys"...ping!

[Lady Jag]