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The FReeper Canteen Presents: Gourmet Cookin’ on A Shoestring! (and helpful dollar stretching tips!) Good evening, everyone! Tonight we’re going to share budget friendly wonderful recipes and dollar stretching tips! I’ll start off with a few, and hope you guys will chime in! Chicken is versatile, and good for you! It adapts well to so many dishes! Here’s a favorite of mine: Chicken Tacos Ingredients 6 Skinless, Boneless Whole Chicken Breasts, halved 4 cups Fat-Free Low-Sodium canned Chicken Broth 1 whole Jalapeño Chile Pepper 2 large Garlic Cloves, crushed 1/2 teaspoon Crushed Dried Oregano Leaves 1/4 cup Medium or...

  The Freeper Canteen Presents “What Is The Origin Of Your Screen Name Part II” Hello Everyone! Welcome to the Second Edition Of "What Is The Origin Of Your Screen Name" How did you choose your screen name? Did you get it from the military? A Famous Actor? A fictional character? A time in History? In my own case, I was thinking about a screen name, and I heard “Ain’t misbehavin” on the radio. A few days later, my MIL send me a cute book about a kitteh named Ms. Behavin. That same week, I bought a new blouse...

Cookin’ with the Canteen presents: Fresh recipes of Spring! Spring is here! Time for new and lighter recipes made with fresh ingredients, and lots of wonderful spices! Mojo! Would you give us a hand here please? Sheesh! No Ma, really! You don’t have to help..thanks anyway! Ahem! Okay, lets’s get started! Steamed Baby Bok Choy with Broiled Salmon and a Warm Roasted Tomato and Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2006 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh marjoram leaves 1 teaspoon lemon zest 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 3/4 teaspoon...

Cookin' With The Canteen Presents... It’s Harvest Time!! The weather is cooler, and it’s time to cook all the wonderful stuff that’s been harvested! First, let’s go on a hay ride! Oh, look! A Cider press!! Let’s head back to the kitchen and do some cookin’! New England Boiled Dinner 2 1/2 - 3 lb. picnic ham 3-4 garlic cloves 4-5 bay leaves Approx. 12 peppercorns 4-5 sm. onions (halved) Potatoes Cabbage Carrots Kielbasa (ring) Place ham in large Dutch oven. Cover with hot tap water. Add spices, simmer 1 1/2 hours. Drain some water to add remaining ingredients....

The Freeper Canteen Presents Budget Friendly Cooking Good evening and welcome to our Cooking Thread! Tonight we will share some ideas for great meals on a tight budget! Chicken Chicken is inexpensive, versatile and nutritious! I watch the for sales on whole chickens. Cutting them up and using different parts for your recipes is a great way to save money! The plus is you get to use the bones for a base for stocks and soups! I slice up the breast meat for stir fry and freeze then for meals in a hurry. I use the legs and thighs...

Welcome to the ~ Freeper Canteen ~ Tanks Alot! (The history of the armored tank- Part One) A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and tactical offensive and defensive capabilities. Firepower is normally provided by a large-calibre main gun in a rotating turret and secondary machine guns, while heavy armour and all-terrain mobility provide protection for the tank and its crew, allowing it to perform all primary tasks of the armoured troops on the battlefield. Tanks were first manufactured during World War I in an effort to break the bloody...

Welcome to the Vintage Military Humor thread! Tonight, we will visit some of the famous Military cartoons and cartoonists that lifted our spirits during Wartime. David Breger: David Breger (April 15, 1908 - January 16, 1970) was the American cartoonist who created the term and comic strip "G. I. Joe" during World War II. Growing up in Chicago, where he was born, Breger had encounters with the local gangsters while he was working in his father’s sausage factory. Breger graduated from Northwestern University where he was honored in 1946 with an Alumni Merit Award for distinguishing himself in his...

The FReeper Canteen Presents A most wondermous Seafood Cookin' Thread! A little something different for your summertime get togethers! Lets start off with a New England Clambake! Recipe from Chiff.com: 3 dozen steamer clams (more if you’d like) 3 dozen fresh mussels 6 live lobsters 18 small red or white potatoes 6 ears of corn (in the husk) 6 medium onions 3 lemons (cut into wedges) One or two sticks (quarter pound) of melted butter If you live near the beach some seaweed or rockweed 12 pieces of 18” x 36” cheesecloth 12 pieces of heavy duty aluminum foil...

The Freeper Canteen Presents A Regional and Ethnic Cooking Recipe Swap! It’s cold outside! A perfect time to try new recipes! What’s your specialty? Come share it with us! Here’s a few to get us started! From Mylife: Albondigas(Mexican meatballs) soup or with chili gravy Albondigas (Meatballs) Although albondigas (Mexican meatballs) are usually served in soup, they make a nice appetizer or main dish , too. * 1-1/2 pounds ground pork * 1/3 cup finely chopped onion * 2 large or 3 small garlic cloves, minced or put through a garlic press * 2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo...

  The Freeper CanteenTHE BLUES BROTHERS The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a "Saturday Night Live" musical sketch. It features musical numbers by R&B and soul legends James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, and epic car chase scenes. The story is a tale of redemption for the paroled convict Jake and his brother Elwood, who take on "a mission from God" to save a Roman Catholic orphanage from closure. To do so they must re-form...

The Freeper Canteen's The Gathering of Eagles After Action Report by Ms.Behavin Greetings Canteeners and Troops! Greetings Freepers! It was our distinct honor and priviledge to attend The Gathering Of Eagles in DC this Saturday, it was a day we will never forget! The weather was not in our favor,but what's a little snow? Yours truely sports a special armband made for this event. Upon arrival inside the gate where the Patriots were gathered, we found this fine fellow! Mr Tonkin, our promise was kept..no moonbats ever made it near that wall.. We carried you in our hearts that...

The Art of Eating~ A Freeper Canteen Recipe Exchange ~ It's the dead of winter.. A perfect time to dust off the cookbooks and try some new recipes! We all love and use convenience foods, but if your grocery cart is starting to fill up with these, this thread is for you!     Lets start with fresh ingredients!     We've got casseroles!       We've got Catfish!       We've got spices!      We've got to keep Ma out of the kitchen!       Come exchange your recipes! Have fun!  

----------------------- The Freeper Canteen and The Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers -----------------------The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a fantasy epic film, directed by Peter Jackson and based on the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings. It was released on December 18, 2002, with a running time of 179 minutes.Following on from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, it intercuts three storylines, as Frodo and Sam continue their quest to destroy the One Ring in Mordor and meet Gollum, its former owner. Aragorn, Legolas...

----------------------- The Freeper Canteen and The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship of the Ring -----------------------The Lord of the Rings film trilogy comprises three live action fantasy epic films; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). For simplicity, the titles are often abbreviated to 'LOTR', with 'FOTR', 'TTT' and 'ROTK' for each of the respective films.[1]Set in Middle-earth, the three films follow the young Hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and a Fellowship embark on...

  Episode IV:  A New Hope  The opening crawl reveals that the galaxy is in a state of civil war. The Rebel Alliance has stolen plans to the Galactic Empire's Death Star, a space station capable of annihilating a planet. The plans were transmitted to the rebel blockade runner Tantive IV, a ship in the service of Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. Imperial stormtroopers take control of the ship, and Darth Vader arrives to assess the damage. Before she is captured, Leia entrusts the plans and a holographic recording unto a small droid named R2-D2. R2-D2 and his partner,...

   "The Accolade" Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922) The process of training for knighthood began before adolescence, inside the prospective knight’s own home, where he was taught courtesy and appropriate manners. Around the age of 7 years, he would be sent away to train and serve at a grander household as a page. Here, he would serve as a kind of waiter and personal servant, entertaining and serving food to his elders. A page was usually the son of a vassal, who sent him to his or another lord’s castle to become a page. For seven years a page was...

    Come tell us about your worst   Hi Gang! Have you ever had a kitchen disaster? Get a little distracted and burned something beyond recognition? I recently over processed some mashed taters. Aiyeee!!!!! Wallpaper paste!     Ever been yakkin' on the phone and all of a sudden... Whazzat smell? Oh no!!!!!   I once burned a leg of lamb so bad it could have been carbon dated! After Mr. B gave it last rites, and the even the dog wouldn't eat it, I gave up and tossed it out!   Come share your stories! We'll post...

  The FReeper Canteen's Day of   The longbow was used in the Middle Ages both for hunting and as a weapon of war and reached its zenith of perfection as a weapon in the hands of English and Welsh archers. The longbow was first recorded as being used by the Welsh in 633 C.E., when Offrid, the son of Edwin, king of Northumbria, was killed by an arrow shot from a Welsh longbow during a battle between the Welsh and the Mercians -- more than five centuries before any record of its military use in England. Longbows were...

  The FReeper Canteen's Day of~Heraldry~             Heraldry is the practice of designing, displaying, describing and recording coats of arms and badges, as well as the formal ceremonies and laws that regulate the use and inheritance of arms. The origins of heraldry lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts, whose faces were hidden by steel helmets.In the U.S., the word "crest" is commonly used to refer to a coat-of-arms. However, in heraldry, a crest is just one component of a complete achievement of arms. The crest sits on top of a...

     The Camelot of legend may differ from the 5th-century stronghold of fact, but the stronghold of the imagination remains impregnable, even to our cynical age. Arthur's lasting legacy to us, the order of knighthood he created, stands in our common lives as the lofty goal to which many still aspire. And historians and poets alike both remind us that Arthur shall return from the Isle of Avalon to defend Britain and Christendom in their most desperate hour.   Arthur (or Artos, "The Bear"), the post-Roman warlord of central Britain, stands tall in legends as the archetype of...