David Louis Harter's Blog: The Jaws of Death, To Love Honor and Obey, -and- Going Ape

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The Jaws of Death, To Love Honor and Obey, -and- Going Ape


The Jaws of Death - gator eats fleeing robbery suspect
To Love Honor and Obey - man marries dog
Going Ape - Florida town has mysterious primate sightings

On this day in history: November 14, 1991 - Former postal employee Thomas McIlvane shoots and kills four of his ex-coworkers and wounds five others, and then suicides. The act was revenge for his recent firing for lying on his time card. McIlvane's previous work experience includes a dishonorable discharge from the Marine Corps, after he ran over a car with a tank.

Born on this day in history: November 14, 1947 - P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - ____) humorist, editor. He was editor of "National Lampoon," 1973-1981.

Scripture of the Day: "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit." (1 Peter 3:18)

Video of the Day: Happy





Many think that who live in Wyoming are a bunch of uncivilized ruffians.
This is not true! In fact, they have ladies' groups that meet regularly to
discuss current events and develop needed home skills. Here is a photo taken
at a recent "Say NO to Hillary" ladies' group meeting in Cheyenne. Click to
enlarge.






Recommended Site: Corning California Net - A free forum for Corning, California!

Recommended Site: Nikon Photographer - A free forum for all photographers (NOT just Nikon users!) and anyone interested in photography!

The weather remains wonderful! Hopefully, this weather will continue through Saturday and provide an excellent environment for Hometown Christmas. For details on this event, see the Calendar of North State Events.

For dinner last evening, I grilled large salmon fillets on the indoor grill and poached sugar snap peas with slivered white onion and slivered Roma tomatoes. All was seasoned with Red Monkey Lemon Pepper Spice. I built a tray from heavy-duty aluminum foil, doubled. I sprayed this with Pam olive oil spray. The tray allowed about 1" around it for the heat to convex from the cooking element. I cooked the salmon skin-side down and did not touch it until it was done. I built a dome from another piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil so that the heat would gather and convex about the salmon and cook thoroughly. A nice glaze appeared on the outside, and the inside was juicy and moist. It was a delightful meal.

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12 Comments:

  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:02:00 AM, Anonymous Cap'n Jack said…

    HA! The first thing I saw was the ladies club photo. HA! I love it!

    Gator story is great. I saw it on Fox this am.

    Salmon...YUM!

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:16:00 AM, Blogger David Louis Harter said…

    Cap'n,

    I was emailed that photograph and thought it was entirely too good not to share it here. [G]

    - David

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:34:00 AM, Anonymous Jeff B said…

    David,

    With the salmon do you wrap it in something to grill it or just slap it down and go?

    I guess spraying the grill will help it not stick? I still have to try this Red Monkey.

    JB

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:48:00 AM, Blogger David Louis Harter said…

    Jeff,

    I built a tray from heavy-duty aluminum foil, doubled. I sprayed this with Pam olive oil spray. The tray allowed about 1" around it for the heat to convex from the cooking element. I cooked the salmon skin-side down and did not touch it until it was done. I built a dome from another piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil so that the heat would gather and convex about the salmon and cook thoroughly. A nice glaze appeared on the outside, and the inside was juicy and moist.

    I shall add this to the post.

    Red Monkey spices are wonderful.

    - David

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:31:00 AM, Anonymous Darin West said…

    That pic is worth two thousand words! :)

    Funny stories in the news...good gator!.

    Salmon sounds good...haven't had any in awhile...I'll have to get some...like it with a teriyaki glaze on it and grilled...good eats.

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:33:00 AM, Blogger David Louis Harter said…

    Darin,

    The previous time we had salmon, I made a teriyaki glaze for it. It was excellent. This time, Laura added soy sauce (teriyaki sauce would have worked equally well) at the table. I used wasabi paste as a condiment.

    - David

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:03:00 AM, Anonymous Cindy said…

    Yeah that pic's pretty darn funny but it stops being funny real quick when you think bout it in any detail at all cause it sure wouldn't be any kind of joke (cept maybe a sick joke) if she got made president while we all laughed and said no way it'll ever happen cause it's for sure they're pulling out all the plugs on this one, and it's way scary stuff.

    That gator should get a medal that's for sure, and that guy marrying his doggie needs a good shrink to check him out and quick but it's probably too late already anyways from what I see.

    Vid's pretty darn funny. The little guy finally laughs. Ha. Kind of naughty I guess but funny enough to overlook it I spose, think so anyways.

    Salmon is wonderful and so good for you too. The stuff I've read all says the skin is good for you and good to eat too but I'm not eating any salmon skin thanks just the same. I ate a little piece once upon a time and didn't like it at all, so that's that.

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:05:00 AM, Blogger David Louis Harter said…

    Cindy,

    We eschew the salmon skin also. The way I grilled it, the meat separated easily and perfectly from the skin. It was wonderful.

    - David

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:26:00 PM, Anonymous Danica Anderson said…

    That pic's hilarious!

    What kind of indoor grill is that, David? Seems to me you described it once but I forget. It sounds like something I need.

    Dani in Chico

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:29:00 PM, Blogger David Louis Harter said…

    Danica,

    It is a very simple device with a porcelain bottom, into which a stainless-steel drip tray fits, over which lies an electric heating element, then a stainless-steel grill. It is very simple, but with practice and by using aluminum foil for a tent while cooking, it does a nice job. The trick for getting nice grill marks is allowing the element to come to full heat prior to placing the meat on the grill.

    - David

     
  • At Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:02:00 PM, Anonymous laura harter said…

    And don't forget that you won't get as superb results with this indoor grill if you don't place the foil "shiny side down" when placing a tent OVER the food, and "shiny side up" when you prepare a foil tray, as David did for the salmon.

    The reflection of the heat on the shiny side of the foil really does make a difference, as silly as David thinks I am about this! But...every time he DID place it in such a fashion, the food was better, in my opinion.

    Laura

     
  • At Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:31:00 AM, Blogger David Louis Harter said…

    Laura is not foiling...er...fooling.

    - David

     

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