If pressed, I could not name one current, professional boxer, but there was a time when I could name the champion of each weight category. Those were the days of Joe Louis, Kid Gavilan, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Carmen Basilio, Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, Gene Fullmer, and with Don Dunphy as ringside commentator. These pugilists were household names because boxing … [Read more...]
For Gas Logs Service, It’s Tiger Fuel
I know people who can clean and service their own gas logs. And then there’s me. One time I disassembled the logs to get at the pilot light, then couldn’t get the logs back together. I didn’t do well with Lincoln Logs, either. So, for the past few years, we’d call a professional each fall to come out and get the logs in working order. The first year, I called one of the gas log specialists in … [Read more...]
Lemon Roasted Chicken
Some of the best recipes are simple, not only simple to prepare but simple in ingredients. Lemon Roasted Chicken is such a dish. The prep time is about five minutes, and the cooking time is about an hour, so how simple can it be? And it’s delicious. There are several variations to this recipe, but the best results come when the bird is cooked quickly in a relatively hot oven. Keep the … [Read more...]
Counting Crickets
We had a couple fat bullfrogs in our goldfish pond, and I had been tossing them mealworms for snacks. I was buying mealworms from an outfit called Fluker Farms and saw that they also sold live crickets. No doubt that my frogs would like a couple fat, juicy crickets for snacks, so I ordered a box of 100 from Fluker. They arrived in two days and were secured in a heavy corrugated box with wire … [Read more...]
Palmetto Cheese
It's a Southern thing. Pimento Cheese, that is. For at least a century Pimento Cheese has made its presence known at church picnics, funerals, weddings, graduations and in the lunch boxes of millions of freckled faced kids. Southerners have adopted pimento cheese as one of their favorite foods because it doesn’t readily spoil at room temperature and was widely consumed by those in the textile … [Read more...]
Omaha Steak Seasoning: The Best
I occasionally get a Gift Box from Omaha Steaks as a present from one of my kids. The boxes usually have more chicken, hamburgers, and hot dogs than steaks, but it’s all high quality and delicious. What I most enjoy about these gift boxes is that they usually include a bottle of their Omaha Steak Seasoning and it’s the absolute best on the market. It adds to and brings out the flavor of a steak … [Read more...]
Acorns Keep Falling on my HJead
By Katie Martin/DWR The “music” of fall for many wildlife species is the sound of acorns raining down from the trees. In most years, the steady “plop, plop” begins in early September and can continue, depending on the crop, through October. On calm days, they fall steadily as singles or pairs; but on a rainy, blustery day they can pour from the sky, leaving “marble yards” to navigate across in … [Read more...]
The Specks are Hungry
As the water temperatures decrease in the Chesapeake Bay, the speckled trout bite is on the increase. Currently, the sleek, speckled warriors are the Fish du Jour in the bay and tributaries. Some anglers are using live shrimp to entice the trout while other go with GULP baits under popping corks. Fishing shallow water banks with grass and structure on a falling tide produces the best … [Read more...]
Whitewall Tires: RIP
1959 Vintage Ramble American with Whitewall tires In the 1960’s if you drove a car with black wall tires, you were a low life. Sleek, muscle cars came with lots of glitz and chrome and absolutely with whitewall tires. But no more. Whitewall tires first came in vogue in the 1920’s and by the mid-30’s were commonly offered mostly on luxury brands. As tire sizes grew in the 50’s and 60’s, the … [Read more...]
An Amazing Fish Scaler
I was in Wal-Mart not long ago and looked for a fish scaler and they didn’t have any. Fortunately, I found an extra one tucked away in my tackle box and used it. Last week, we were headed for the Bay and again I couldn’t find my old scaler, so I checked with Amazon, and they said I could get one to me the next day and I ordered a product from Esteopt. This is a restaurant-grade, stainless steel … [Read more...]
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