Good Food, Good Drink and maybe an occasional commentary

Butcher Shops See Resurgence

Seeded on Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:00 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Walk up to the counter at Rain Shadow Meats and you may feel like you are entering a bygone era: A shiny white case is packed full of beef, sausages, poultry and pork, the prices and farm of origin hand-scrawled on labels atop each cut.

meat, home-garden, butcher-shop

Please go and vote today!!!

Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:16 AM EDT

"We get the government we deserve. Never is that more evident when you look at Congress and the White House. It starts when you have people who can not be bothered to stop and vote ONCE A YEAR ON AVERAGE.

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politics, vote, apathy

Chocolate moose to be married at Bennington candy store on Friday

Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:54 AM EDT (RutlandHerald.com)

In what might be Vermont's sweetest summer wedding, Benny, the 88-pound chocolate moose, will marry Molly, his 72-pound chocolate sweetheart, at the Village Chocolate Shoppe on Main Street on Aug. 27.

home-garden, village-chocolate-shoppe

KFC owners wonder what happened to the 'F'

Seeded on Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:59 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Marilynn Pankratz fondly recalls the time Colonel Sanders donned an apron at her Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant and taught the staff how to fry chicken according to his Original Recipe.

chicken, kfc, fried, home-garden, grilled

Trial for 2009 Naples slayings to be delayed

Seeded on Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:13 AM EDT (News Press)

A trial for accused family killer Mesac Damas won't happen until next year because of mental evaluations to determine his sanity, mounds of documents and about 100 potential witnesses in the case, prosecutors said.

murder, crime, mental, us-news, fl, naples

Any one know where I can get one?

Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:23 AM EDT

Some one forwarded me a forwarded, forwarded, forwarded e-mail (I usually don't even open them with multiple "fwd" in the subject line) with a photo of a T-shirt. I emailed back the original sender, but he had no clue where I could get one.

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politics, guns, conservative, ammo

$69 Hot Dog!

Seeded on Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:27 AM EDT (Post Chronicle)

A $69 hot dog has been unveiled in honor of National Hot Dog Day. In case you were not aware, Friday July 23 was National Hot Dog Day.

beef, hot-dog, home-garden, haute-cuisine

The secret to a great-tasting burger

Seeded on Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:50 AM EDT ()

You can buy the best-looking ground beef your supermarket sells, gently hand-form it into patties, season it perfectly and cook it over your grill's highest heat and it still doesn't come close to the best hamburgers at top restaurants. And why is that, you ask?

burger, beef, home-garden, grilling

Lee County Board of Commissioner's, District #4

Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:40 AM EDT

The Big Special Interest Money is on Tammy Hall

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florida, politics, lee-county, tammy-hall, debbie-jackow

Make mine a meat-flavored vodka, please

Seeded on Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:06 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Once meant for Bloody Marys, they are finding wider use among mixologists. Prepare your palate for carnivorous cocktails.

vodka, home-garden

Wiener Wars, Part Deux

Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:49 PM EDT

This is a rerun from June of 2008, but it's well worth the read.

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franks, home-garden, hot-dogs, wieners

Types of Chicken?

Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:31 PM EDT

“What are the different types of chicken that I’ll find in the grocery store?”The four main types of chicken are….. 1) Broiler-Fryer. These are very young chickens ranging in age from 7- 13 weeks and weigh any where from 1¼ - 4 pounds.

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chicken, greek, home-garden

Eat light this summer!

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:05 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Grilled salmon with a cucumber salad Treat your family this summer to something more than just burgers and ribs

home-garden

Martha Stewart's stove top Clam Bake????

Seeded on Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:31 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Is it really possible to throw a clambake right in your very own kitchen, regardless of what the weather is doing outside? Domestic diva Martha Stewart says yes, you can!

home-garden

Poached Salmon w/Crab Meat Primavera

Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:53 AM EDT

This is not BBQ, but you could certainly skip the poaching and grill the salmon instead.Ask-A-Butcher's Poached Salmon w/Crab Meat Primavera1-2, 6 oz Salmon fillets2-3 cups of chicken broth1 clove garlic minced¼ cup onion, diced1 small carrot, diced1 rib celery, dicedSalt …

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salmon, pasta, primavera, home-garden, crab-meat

'MY' Reuben Sandwich

Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:38 PM EDT

Ask-A-Butcher's Reuben Sandwich2 slices thick cut Rye2 slices Swiss Cheese1/3 lb cooked and sliced Corned Beef*1/3 cup drained sauerkrautThousand Island DressingButter both back sides of the rye bread; turn over and slather 1-2 TBS Thousand Island dressing on each slice of bread …

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home-garden, corned-beef, swiss-cheese, rye-bread

Boar's Head Meats Disrupts Cancer Fundraiser

Wed Dec 9, 2009 10:44 AM EST

"Boar's Head, the country's top-selling deli meat company, left local folks angry and scratching their heads Saturday after it disrupted Susan G. Komen for the Cure support breast cancer research fundraisers at four businesses.

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business, cancer, boycott, deli, publix, meats, boars-head

Ahhh, Fall is finally in the air!

Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:25 PM EDT

OMG, hard to believe, but Fall is actually in the air down here in SWFL!!! We've been hitting record setting numbers, mid 90's+, for the first half of October.

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food, fall, bbq, home-garden

Florida Gators' Tim Tebow's mission should be to win games, not souls

Seeded on Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:34 AM EDT (News Press)

Thank God Tim Tebow is a senior at the University of Florida. Or, if Tebow was talking for me, "Praise the Lord!" I don't know how many more "God bless" comments I can stand from the 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback.

football, religion, gators, tebow

Soldier dies after receiving smoker's lungs in transplant - CNN.com

Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:18 AM EDT (CNN)

A leading UK hospital has defended its practice of using organs donated by smokers after the death of a soldier who received the cancerous lungs of a heavy smoker.

health, transplant, smoker, lungs

Heisman Trophy Winner Announced!

Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:13 PM EDT

BREAKING NEWS: This just in !!! Obama wins the Heisman Trophy after watching a college football game !!!

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football, sports, heisman-trophy, obama

Tortilleria La Rancherita Taco's Best in Bonita Springs

Seeded on Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:22 AM EDT (News Press)

After an exhaustive and belly-busting 10 days in which four reporters and an editor visited all of Bonita's Mexican restaurants in search of the perfect taco, one restaurant stood above the rest.

taco, home-garden, grilled-meat, southwest-florida, bonita-springs

Postal clerks decry no-work policy | KeysNews.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:10 AM EDT (keysnews.com)

The U.S. Postal Service is paying employees to do nothing.

business, unions, post-office

Beer prices about to get frothy - Aug. 25, 2009

Seeded on Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:37 AM EDT (CNN)

Beer drinkers beware: The cost of a cold one is going up. Brewers across the globe are hiking prices to compensate for lower volumes and higher commodity costs in the recession.

business, prices, beer

My Key Lime tree is turning me into an alcoholic!

Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:08 PM EDT

Back in the Spring of 2003 we planted a Key Lime tree in the back yard, hoping that it would fare a better fate than the previous orange, tangerine and native lemon trees. Our soil is disgusting and we both have 'black' thumbs, which is way worse than 'purple' thumbs.

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rum, home-garden, key-lime, tonic

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