Everybody loves an award. I remember those little blue and red stars my fourth-grade teacher put on my report card for good work or perfect attendance. Everybody loves an honor. And trophies or awards don’t have to be expensive. In fact, they are downright cheap at Rangeland Trophies, Awards and Archery in Ruckersville. Last weekend, our golfing group staged the equivalent … [Read more...]
Ham Salad
Chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad. Then repeat. Chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad. When it comes to salads for sandwiches, I have been in a rut. Chicken, egg, tuna. Not that there’s anything wrong with those three. They make great sandwiches, but I was bored. How about ham salad? I have had ham salad before that was gross – like cat food. Surely I could do better, and I think … [Read more...]
Flounder Action
After a somewhat dormant spring and early summer, the flatfish are biting. Lots of 4 to 6-pound flounder are showing near the CBBT, The Cell and The Wrecks. There is also world-class fishing underway for red drum and cobia. Huge schools of red drum have been surfacing daily in the lower Bay. As long as no one spooks them angers can sight cast them, for an hour at a time some days. Cobia … [Read more...]
Twenty-One
In December 1956, all of America was glued to a TV set. On Monday nights at 8 pm on NBC, the game show Twenty-One was on the air. It was the All-American boy, Charles Van Doren, in one isolation booth and Herb Stempel, a dorky genius in the other. Everyone in the country except Stempel’s mother was rooting for Van Doren, the Columbia University scholar, to win. And he did, with a little help from … [Read more...]
Red Clover
As I continue to travel Virginia’s highways and back roads – ever on the look for colorful weeds and plants – I have noticed an abundance of red clover, especially earlier in the summer. Red clover brings back lots of memories. As a boy in Lewisburg, WV, I was an avid quail hunter. Anytime we found a field of clover – used by West Virginia farmers for hay – there were quail nearby. Rabbits, too. … [Read more...]
Honey Baked Ham
I had forgotten how good a Honey Baked Ham can taste, but my sister-in-law, Laura Patterson, brought one to a family reunion and it was – as always – incredible. Honey Baked opened their first retail store in Detroit in 1957. The initial owner, HarryHoenselaar, actually patented the spiral-slicing process which is still prevalent. The Honey Baked Ham Company, LLC has since grown to over 200 … [Read more...]
I’ve Got the Butterflies!
I have never seen so many butterflies as I have this summer. It helps that we have a towering butterfly bush and that Nancy has planted several long borders of colorful zinnias, but we’ve got the butterflies. Yellow ones, black ones, orange and some small white ones. Unfortunately, few are Monarchs and most are Swallowtails. Monarchs lack any kind of extended tail – just rounded tail wings. … [Read more...]
Kirt’s Homemade Ice Cream
Summertime and ice cream. A perfect combination. On a hot night after dinner, there’s nothing like putting out a couple scoops from a Breyer’s carton of Rocky Road Ice Cream in a bowl, but for an extra special treat, it’s hard to beat a trip to an ice cream parlor - a place like Kirt’s Homemade Ice Cream. These folks do it right and they’ve been doing it right for some 20 years. This out of the … [Read more...]
Whitetop Laurel: Virginia’s Most Unique Stream
By Bruce Ingram Whitetop Laurel just might be the most unique trout stream in the Old Dominion. Located in Washington County in far Southwest Virginia near Damascus and Abingdon, Whitetop features mountainous scenery and classic trout habitat with plunge pools, runs, and pocket water. But as pristine as the setting is, the Virginia Creeper Trail runs along much of the stream, making … [Read more...]
Steamed Eggs for Egg Salad
This cooking tip bears repeating. Don’t boil eggs, steam them. My son Jimmie told me several months ago that if you steamed eggs, rather than boiling them for hard boiled eggs, the shells slipped right off. I accused him of using two-week old eggs, with shells that always come off easily. Nope. He said it made no difference. I tried it and it worked - once. Could have been luck. I tried it … [Read more...]
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