Mother's seem to corner the market on their yearly holiday. I think it is time to start thinking about our our male parents and how much they have done for us to bring us to where we are today. Even if your father was not the best parent in the world, most of us have to admit that we learned something from his shortcomings and changed our lives for the better for having lived through it.
After tomorrow, I won't be posting again until the first of June but thought I'd get some extra verbal applause sent out to the dads of the world. Remember to mark your calenders for Father's Day in June!
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. ~Author Unknown
The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!
~Author Unknown
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
I imagine everyone has had a moment or two like this in their life . . .
There's one sad truth in life I've found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Enhancing vegetable soup broth . . .
I like a vegetable broth for some of my recipes but I can never seem to get them quite tasty enough. It isn't too much of a problem as I use it for a base for a stronger-flavored soup but know that the more depths you can build into a meal, the better it will taste.
I just realized that if I saute whole garlic until it is golden in a few teaspoons of olive oil, the flavor is very mellow and takes away from that raw, fresh garlic sharpness. Gently braising the diced onions until deep golden brown really excites the taste of the broth. The finishing step is to roughly cut your celery, turnips, etc., whatever you have on hand and then roast them in the oven for 10 of 15 minutes to release some of the sugar and flavor. Dump them all into a cooking pot with the prepared garlic and onions, add salt, pepper, and water to cover. Gently simmer for an hour or two, taste adn adjust the seasonings. At this point, you can think about adding some of your favorite fresh or dried herbs to the pot.
You can use it like you would for any recipe calling for broth. You can make it ahead and freeze it in containers and know you have a head start on a meal come some busy day.
If you want your soup NOW, drain the soup into another pot and discard the much simmered and used vegetables. Dice up your choice of vegetables for the soup. Taste for flavor. When the vegetables are almost tender, add diced potatoes. It would be good served over pasta or rice. You can even add some canned, diced tomatoes to the mix.
I just realized that if I saute whole garlic until it is golden in a few teaspoons of olive oil, the flavor is very mellow and takes away from that raw, fresh garlic sharpness. Gently braising the diced onions until deep golden brown really excites the taste of the broth. The finishing step is to roughly cut your celery, turnips, etc., whatever you have on hand and then roast them in the oven for 10 of 15 minutes to release some of the sugar and flavor. Dump them all into a cooking pot with the prepared garlic and onions, add salt, pepper, and water to cover. Gently simmer for an hour or two, taste adn adjust the seasonings. At this point, you can think about adding some of your favorite fresh or dried herbs to the pot.
You can use it like you would for any recipe calling for broth. You can make it ahead and freeze it in containers and know you have a head start on a meal come some busy day.
If you want your soup NOW, drain the soup into another pot and discard the much simmered and used vegetables. Dice up your choice of vegetables for the soup. Taste for flavor. When the vegetables are almost tender, add diced potatoes. It would be good served over pasta or rice. You can even add some canned, diced tomatoes to the mix.
Missing the point . . .
Over the last few weeks, a woman has deliberately walked into church in the middle of Mass. No, she wasn't late in the true meaning of the word as she didn't seem to be coming for the purposes of attending Mass. She comes walking down the side aisle right to the front of the church, lights a votive candle or two, stands in prayer before the Blessed Mother, and then leaves. Not only is she a bit intrusive on the solemnity of the Mass, you have to wonder if she understands that if she is in need of immediately contact with God on a close and personal level, she has been walking right past Him in the celebration of the Mass. Very bewildering that she doesn't understand the layers of prayer and devotion available and totally ignores a Mass in progress.
A second part of this is the fact that we now have votive candles that aren't even 'real'! By real, I mean they are not candles requiring a match to light them. Nope, pop in your quarter and you get something like 15 minutes of flickering electric light. Someone once said that come the End Times, the only light in the world will be in the sanctuaries of our churches. I always have to wonder if that include electric candles, too?
A second part of this is the fact that we now have votive candles that aren't even 'real'! By real, I mean they are not candles requiring a match to light them. Nope, pop in your quarter and you get something like 15 minutes of flickering electric light. Someone once said that come the End Times, the only light in the world will be in the sanctuaries of our churches. I always have to wonder if that include electric candles, too?
A very thoughtful reflection on our world today . . .
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=1577
Why do they do that?
Once again, I had the fun of driving to the airport and, once again, I got turned around and spent 15 minutes trying to find the correct parking lot for the flight I was meeting! Even when I think ahead and do my best to get it right the first time, I always seem to fall short.
And, WHY do airports make it all so convoluted in getting in and out of the area? You turn off to the airport and are presented with six lanes to chose from with hundreds of cars anxiously waiting behind you for that decision to be made as THEY know where they are going and YOU are slowing them down!
This time, I thought I had it all scoped out. I knew it was the second building I needed to avoid the quarter of a mile walk by parking near the first building. Uh, I came in from another direction thus turning the second building into the first one. I caught the error but was already in the paid parking area so I bit the bullet and exited. The clerk at the exit looked at my parking voucher, tried to hide a grin, and waved me through without a charge.
My daughter has been through the long walk to the car twice before with my error in parking choices. After two more drives around the airport, we not only found the right parking lot but a parking space close to where we cross the street into the terminal. Success!
My son, however, suggested we actually walk to the other parking lot, as usual, and then tell my daughter we were really in the correct one and we could all laugh. I considered the fact that my daughter has been on a plane all day after a morning of cleaning out her dorm and mailing off household goods and decided against it! Hey, and how much better can it get? A reasonable parking place, the plane arrived early, and I have one of my daughters home for the summer. Okay, my son and I leave on our trip in two days but we, at least, waited until she got home to abandon her! I think the two pumpkin pies in the refrigerator are helping her get over our leaving her for two weeks! She can help my husband paint the kitchen while we are gone! She's an art major, after all. It's right up her alley!
And, WHY do airports make it all so convoluted in getting in and out of the area? You turn off to the airport and are presented with six lanes to chose from with hundreds of cars anxiously waiting behind you for that decision to be made as THEY know where they are going and YOU are slowing them down!
This time, I thought I had it all scoped out. I knew it was the second building I needed to avoid the quarter of a mile walk by parking near the first building. Uh, I came in from another direction thus turning the second building into the first one. I caught the error but was already in the paid parking area so I bit the bullet and exited. The clerk at the exit looked at my parking voucher, tried to hide a grin, and waved me through without a charge.
My daughter has been through the long walk to the car twice before with my error in parking choices. After two more drives around the airport, we not only found the right parking lot but a parking space close to where we cross the street into the terminal. Success!
My son, however, suggested we actually walk to the other parking lot, as usual, and then tell my daughter we were really in the correct one and we could all laugh. I considered the fact that my daughter has been on a plane all day after a morning of cleaning out her dorm and mailing off household goods and decided against it! Hey, and how much better can it get? A reasonable parking place, the plane arrived early, and I have one of my daughters home for the summer. Okay, my son and I leave on our trip in two days but we, at least, waited until she got home to abandon her! I think the two pumpkin pies in the refrigerator are helping her get over our leaving her for two weeks! She can help my husband paint the kitchen while we are gone! She's an art major, after all. It's right up her alley!
A wake-up call? Socialism/Liberalism . . .
Quote from Norman Thomas (U.S. socialist presidential candidate) on the true evils of liberalism:
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
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