Shrimp Scampi Day - Today is Shrimp Scampi Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Shrimp Scampi Day is your opportunity to eat and enjoy a great meal.
Shrimp scampi is simple and easy to make. And, it is so tasty!
Just sauté the shrimp with butter and chopped garlic.
EASY SHRIMP SCAMPI
Ingredients:
Preparation:
Melt butter in a sauté pan. Add minced garlic. Slowly simmer for two minutes. Add wine. Simmer another 2 minutes. Add shrimp. Simmer until shrimp is cooked (opaque in color), about 4-5 minutes. Serve hot by itself, or on a bed of pasta or rice. Sprinkle parsley on top.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Shrimp Scampi Day, In the News, and Enjoy
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
National Tempura Day, In the News, and Enjoy
National Tempura Day - Today is National Tempura Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Tempura is a delicious deep fried Japanese dish made with lightly battered vegetables and seafood.
The original cooking technique is actually attributed to the Portuguese, who landed in Japan in the sixteenth century to establish new trade routes.
The word "tempura" is also related to the European roots of the dish. It comes from the Latin phrase "quattuor tempora" meaning "Ember Days." This term refers to the days when fish or vegetables were eaten instead of meat.
Tempura batter is made with cold water and wheat flour. Some recipes also call for eggs, baking soda, oil, or spices for extra flavoring. A traditional tempura will usually include shrimp, scallops, eggplant, green beans, sweet potato, mushrooms, or bamboo.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Happy Anniversary, Anniversary Dinner, and Smile!
Happy Anniversary - Laura has long yearned for a necklace and earrings custom fashioned from white gold and Tahitian black pearls. Smile! - It is now time to smile!
The Tahitian pearl (or black pearl) is an organic gem formed from the black lip oyster.
She found the cost to be prohibitive, however, and such things existed only in fanciful daydreams.
I wished to display my great love for her and directed her to go to a local custom craftsman and have him create the necklace and earrings of her dreams. She protested initially—saying the cost was too great—but I remained steadfast.
It was necessary to endure a lengthy wait, since Tahitian black pearls are very rare, and it took a great deal of searching to find just the right pearls. As you can easily see, it was well worth the wait and expense!
Happy Anniversary, Laura!
Laura produced a delightful anniversary dinner. She made a pasta dish featuring shrimp, minced garlic, grated ginger, red pepper flakes, and lemon extra-virgin olive oil. It was delicious!
Friday, May 10, 2013
70-Year-Old Man Fights Off Home Intruder and National Shrimp Day
70-Year-Old Man Fights Off Home Intruder - Fighting back stories such as this are easily my favorite news stories! The concept of someone displaying great courage when confronted with danger evokes scenes from Charles Bronson's "Death Wish" movies. When the courageous man who is fighting back is seemingly at a great disadvantage because of age or health, in my mind he is all the more a hero! National Shrimp Day - Most of the shrimp consumed in the United States comes from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Gulf Coast. Generally speaking, the colder the water the smaller and more succulent the shrimp. Shrimp change color when one cooks them due to a heat induced chemical change in their shells. Jumbo and colossal shrimp are referred to as prawns—although the prawn is actually a different species.
Seventy-year-old Michael Salame has eight heart stents, nerve damage, and apparently quite a right hook, as an alleged home invader found out.
It was about 3 AM Saturday when Salame was at home with his girlfriend and heard something outside. He did not realize that the intruder—identified as 24-year-old Timothy Adams—had already shattered a window, climbed inside, then gone back outside.
When Salame spotted the man outside stumbling over his trash barrels, he called 911. By then, Adams was back in the house and the two were face-to-face in the foyer.
"I went to the other side of the house to call the police department and didn’t want to spook him so I didn't turn any lights on," Salame said. "I turned around and there he was; he was inside my house." Salame said he was in no mood for visitors.
"He came in, and that's when I grabbed him by the throat and slammed him down on the floor and told him to stay on the floor and not to put his hands in his pockets. I didn't know if he had a knife or a gun on him," Salame said.
"He managed to get up again and he tried to get up the staircase and I decked him three times with a right and he went down again," he said. "I give him three good rights — I caught him right in the face. He went down and he never got up again."
It is not as if Salame is a retired boxer, and he has several limiting medical conditions. Due to nerve damage, Salame has to wear bracelets with metals straps on his arms at night. "That kind of worked as a weapon," Salame said. "It worked like a boxing glove."
When the intruder went down, Salame said the would-be thief offered him thousands of dollars to let him go. "He offered me $100,000," said Salame. Salame told the man the only place he would be going is the police station.
Adams is charged with breaking and entering and destruction of property.
Shrimp are available year round: shelled or unshelled, raw or cooked, fresh or frozen. Smell raw shrimp when purchasing and look for an ocean-side fragrance. Choose plump, juicy shrimp and rinse under cold water before tightly covering and refrigerating.
Shrimp can be used in a variety of dishes but classic shrimp cocktail is one of the best recipes to highlight the pure taste of fresh shrimp.
Shrimp Cocktail
5 large uncooked shrimp
1/2 cup chili sauce
1 Tbsp lemon or lime juice
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup horseradish
1 drop hot sauce
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt
Clean shrimp by deveining and discarding heads and shell if present. Leave shrimp tails intact. Boil shrimp for about 3-4 minutes. Do not overcook, as shrimp will become tough. Shrimp are done as soon as they become opaque. Combine all other ingredients to make sauce. Place 3-4 shrimp in individual serving dishes with greens and lemon garnish. Pour cocktail sauce over shrimp, or dip the shrimp in the sauce.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Fighting Back, Grave Injustice, -and- Look up in the Sky!
Fighting Back - man mauled by grizzly kills bear, lives to tell tale
Grave Injustice - investigators seek missing funeral funds
Look up in the Sky! - winged stuntman beats commercial flight
On this day in history: June 9, 1980 - In the midst of a cocaine binge, comedian Richard Pryor attempts suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze. The self-immolation attempt goes haywire when the flaming man leaps from his apartment window and runs down the street, screaming in agony. Pryor barely survives the incident, and only after six weeks of intensive care and three skin graft surgeries.
Born on this day in history: June 9, 1963 - Johnny Depp (1963-) Born in Owensboro, KY, and raised in FL, actor and director Johnny Depp left school at 17 to play in garage bands. He gained teen idol status on TV's "21 Jump Street" and today has carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprise critics and audiences alike.
Scripture of the Day: People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. - 1 Timothy 6:9
Video of the Day: Amazing Stick Men - submitted by Frank
You in a heap o' trouble, boy! Click to enlarge.
The wind has abated—now that the weekend has passed. The wind that plagued us most of last week returned Friday evening, after a brief respite, and continued through the weekend. It is gone this morning, and today promises to be calm and hot. It is forecast to be 96 degrees today.
Friday even, we had grilled cheeseburgers. Laura incorporated thinly sliced steamed mushrooms and Jalapeños, minced garlic, Tony Chachere's More Spice, and ground black pepper into Sierra Nevada beef. She grilled the patties, topping with extra-sharp cheddar cheese just prior to removing them from the grill. At the table, we applied condiments to sourdough bread and added sliced tomato, sliced onion, and baby spinach leaves. It was an excellent meal.
Saturday evening, I grilled New York strip steaks, large white mushrooms, medium white potatoes, and large Jalapeños. I rubbed the steaks four hours prior to grilling with Tony Chachere's More Spice and ground black pepper. It was a wonderful meal.
Sunday evening, we enjoyed sushi. I made California rolls with shrimp and avocado, green onion, and Jalapeño slices. It was wonderful.
We watched "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" Saturday evening. [Get ready to globe-trot with one of the big screen's greatest adventurers. When Dr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) -- the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist -- is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant (resting place of the original Ten Commandments), he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas teamed up to create this all-time favorite.] I had not seen this (or any of the Indiana Jones movies) previously. I enjoyed it a good deal and was impressed by the special effects and video quality of this 27-year-old movie. I highly recommend it.
Sunday evening, we watched "No Country for Old Men." [A hunter (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon a dead body, $2 million and a stash of heroin in the woods. He absconds with the cash, but brutal thief Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) comes looking for it, with a local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) on his trail. The roles of hunter and prey blur as the violent pursuits of money and justice collide. Joel and Ethan Coen direct this dark morality tale, which won four Oscars in 2008, including Best Picture.] The mere fact that this movie won four Oscars should have prepared me for disappointment, but my appreciation of Tommy Lee Jones drove me to want to enjoy the movie. This could very easily be the worst movie I have ever seen—at least, I judge it to be the worst mainstream movie I have ever seen. Surely, there are independent films that are worse yet, but for a major Hollywood movie, this one is truly abysmal. There is a very simple plot, scant plot development, and no character development. The action—what little there is of it—is, for the most part, senseless, gory killing. The one opportunity for special effects comes at the end of the movie, when the hunter's car is T-boned by another car. Unfortunately, this accident is anticipated—so there is no element of surprise—and there are no special effects or dramatic photography whatever. The movie adopts the premise that the depiction of gory, senseless murder is a theme. In actuality, the movie is embarrassingly gruesome and, ultimately, boring.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Stupid Criminal, Waste Not, -and- All Dried Up
Stupid Criminal - bank robber disguises himself as tree
Waste Not - "green" light bulbs pack toxic ingredient
All Dried Up - woman arrested for not watering lawn
On this day in history: July 9, 1997 - Attempting to spring him from the Arizona state prison at Florence, Rebecca Thornton meets her husband Floyd at the perimeter fence with a rifle. There the escape plan goes haywire, and Rebecca shoots her death-row husband after he instructs her: "Shoot me! I'm sorry things went wrong. Shoot me! Shoot me!" Then they are both gunned down by the guards.
Born on this day in history: July 9, 1908 - Paul Brown (1908 - 1991) football coach He is a NFL hall of famer who, as a coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, was known for calling plays from the sidelines.
Today's Video: The Zimmers Backstage at Graham Norton - submitted by Jeffrey
It was hot over the weekend, and this heat wave is forecast to continue through Wednesday—when the temperature is expected to drop below 100 degrees for the first time in several days.
We visited with my mother Saturday. Laura made shrimp wraps with large tortillas, medium shrimp, diced Jalapeños, slivered red onion, slivered tomato, julienned butter lettuce, minced garlic, mayonnaise, and curry powder. They were wonderful.
We journeyed to Chico in Mr. Nitro. Mr. Nitro recorded the best highway fuel economy to date: 22.1 MPG.
Sunday—following service at Harvest Christian Center—I made a pot of beans. I stewed the bone from a large spiral-cut ham in two bottles of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot ale for two hours. I took the bone from the pot, removed all the meat, returned the meat to the pot, and added a sliced red onion, a sliced white onion, a head of garlic (peeled, whole cloves), five stalks of celery (sliced), sea salt, ground black pepper, and cumin. Laura added three tablespoons of brown sugar and tended the pot for two hours—at which time she added four cans of white beans (drained), stirred, and turned the burner to low. It was a delightful meal.