If it was fall, we played football. After school, we took an available-players inventory, gathered up any and all warm bodies, and headed for the vacant lot two doors from my house on Court Street, in Lewisburg, WV. Our neighbor, Paul Jones owned the lot and never had it developed. He delighted in seeing us enjoy it. I think every neighborhood should have at least one empty lot for kids to play … [Read more...]
Pepperoni Cheese Chips
Here’s a cooking tip. When you need a quick and easy appetizer for guests, whip up a batch of Pepperoni Cheese Chips. Everybody loves pepperoni, everybody loves cheddar cheese and every cook loves an easy recipe, so here it is. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add small dabs of grated cheddar cheese to the parchment lined baking sheet, making a … [Read more...]
The Perfect Hamburger
Ah, the perfect hamburger. Thick, juicy and exploding with flavor! Such is the case with the Perfect Hamburger and its two and only two ingredients – hamburger and Kosher salt. But the type of hamburger is critical. Modern hamburger is trending leaner. The meat departments offer 96/4 hamburger combinations, meaning 96% lean and only 4% fat. They have ground … [Read more...]
Going, Going, Gone
I had read that hummingbirds generally departed our area around October 10, and I remember it being early to mid-October when our resident hummers have left in the past. This year, they skipped town early, at the tail end of September. They left our yard the day before we had all the rain. I think their instincts somehow told them that all that rain would bring on extra stress, and they needed … [Read more...]
Vincas: Bordering on Beauty
For several years, Nancy planted impatiens as a border along our sidewalks and edges. The colorful flowers were genuine beauties, but required lots of watering, TLC and not too much sun. As our tree guy trimmed back the limbs on our senior citizen maple trees, the impatiens complained mightily about all that extra sunshine. Nancy decided to nix them and went with Vincas instead, and they are doing … [Read more...]
How Did We Ever Survive?
How did all of us kids born from the 40’s through the 70’s manage to survive? Against all odds, that’s how.First, we survived being born to mothers who probably smoked and drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes.Babies were put to sleep on tummies in baby cribs covered with brightly colored, lead based paint. … [Read more...]
Versatile Hot Dog Buns
Recently, I whipped up a nice batch of tuna salad. After I let it settle in the fridge for a couple hours, I piled it high on a couple slices of bread and bit into my delicious tuna salad sandwich. Only problem was that when I took a bite from one side of the sandwich, half the tuna salad squirted out on the other side since there was nothing preventing the inevitable escape. My next tuna salad … [Read more...]
It’s Rock-tober
Combine rockfish and October and you get Rock-tober, a perfect time to drag a bait or lure in the Bay or its tributaries. Rockfish season kicked in on October 4 and continues through December 31. Anglers can keep one rockfish per day that is at least 19-inches but not more than 24-inches. These regs protect the big females that lay more and higher quality eggs. Current reports … [Read more...]
Trout Stocking Underway
A couple inches of rain last week replenished the water in many of our trout streams and fall stocking is now fully underway. As of October 1, the trout hatchery trucks have been rolling down mountain roadsides, stopping here and there to introduce brook, rainbow and brown trout to their new homes. Fall is a great time to trout fish with cool weather, beautiful and colorful surroundings and … [Read more...]
Genuine US Keds
I think I was in 5th grade when a company called US Keds took the world (at least my world) by storm. They were high tops, white (not black) tennis shoes and they were cooler than an ice-cold Frostie. I had to have a pair and begged for them. The trouble was that while ordinary sneakers cost $3 or $4 at JC Penny’s, US Keds were $8.95 a pair and Daddy couldn’t comprehend paying that kind of a … [Read more...]
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