Sportsmen face many obstacles in their outdoor careers. Driving a Jeep down a muddy, rut-filled logging road deep in a grouse covert comes to mind. But that’s not the most difficult challenge. Stepping squarely on a hornet’s nest while creeping in on a spring gobbler is no walk in the park, but worse can happen. An outdoors type might even find himself or herself between a mother bear and her cubs … [Read more...]
End Zone Vegetarian Pizza
Pizza toppings? For me, it’s bacon, sausage, steak, pepperoni, ham and any other topping suitable for one of the world’s greatest carnivores. Sometimes I’ll sneak a few mushrooms on if no one is paying attention, but I like meat on my pizzas. Yet….. A few nights ago we had company and I decided on an easy meal of pizzas and wings. “What do you like on your pizza?” was my question, … [Read more...]
Clifty Farm Country Ham
I was born in Raleigh, NC and I was raised on country ham. Often, country ham or fat back was the only meat on the table. Sometimes Uncle Sidney would come back from the coast with a bushel of oysters – he tonged them himself - and sometimes we’d have a roasting hen for Sunday dinner, but it was often country ham. Eastern North Carolina was hog country. Many families in the country or outskirts … [Read more...]
Great Saltwater Fishing Halts
We were in the midst of some super saltwater action all the way from Chincoteague to Hatteras when Miss Florence decided to visit. Now, anglers along the Carolina coasts are just praying they’ll still have boats and cottages when the dust settles. Sadly, the first major blow generally signals the end of the billfish season, and Florence was a major blow. Marlin and sailfish say “Enough of this … [Read more...]
Red Hot Action at Nags Head
Capt. Reese Stecher of Beach Bum Fishing has been putting his clients on a wide variety of fish – and lots of them. The action at Nags Head is red hot. Cobia, apparently, are making their way out of the Chesapeake Bay and have found things to their liking off the Carolina Coast. On Sunday, Reese and party landed keeper cobia, some big stripers, moonfish, Spanish mackerel and bunches of … [Read more...]
See You Later Alligator
“That yoot is bad news. He’s a dipstick - gives me the cooties. He can DDT. Let’s cut out and find a boss bash.” As an official Boomer, may I interpret the above? “The youngster – obviously an underclassman – is an idiot and a depressing individual. As far as I’m concerned, he can drop dead – twice! It’s time to leave and find a real party.” Each generation has its own language … [Read more...]
(Blue) Stop Poison Ivy
One drawback of being a high handicap golfer such as yours truly is the propensity to spend lots of time in the high grass and along wood edges looking for wayward balls. Two weeks ago, I was doing just that when my left forearm came in contact with a three-leaf monster called poison ivy. I usually don’t get poison ivy, or if I do it’s a mild case. But I had been scratching at that arm for several … [Read more...]
Parker’s (Eastern Style) Barbeque
Over Labor Day weekend, Nancy and I travelled to Bath, NC, about 40 miles south of Greenville, home of East Carolina University. We would spend the weekend with my daughter, Angelin’s family, and drive up to see our grandson, Ben, a cheerleader for the ECU Pirates. We attended the Saturday night football game, or tried to. Somebody saw a flash of lightning and the game was delayed a half-hour. … [Read more...]
Road Trip: Eastern, North Carolina
(View from the Heron House) I spent the weekend in Eastern North Carolina over Labor Day. I would define that area as east of Raleigh, south of Rocky Mount, west from the Pamlico Sound and north of Jacksonville. This is tobacco country – hot, sandy and flat. A pile of mulch in somebody’s yard qualifies as a genuine hill. It is really flat. Pecan trees grow here and moss slithers along … [Read more...]
Ham, Cheese and Noodles
I was poking around in the meat department at Kroger’s and saw a pack of Hormel Diced Ham. I thought at the time I might use it in a breakfast omelet, but I never got around to it. One night for dinner, with nothing in particular in mind, I saw the pack of ham in the fridge and decided to use it. So I created a concoction of Ham, Noodles and Cheese and it was scrumptious – the ultimate in comfort … [Read more...]
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