There must be a million recipes for Chicken Casseroles. I’ve tried a good many and I can’t recall a bad one. I saw an interesting one recently called Creamy Chicken Casserole and decided to give it a try. It’s a keeper. Not only is it rich and creamy, but you can also put it together in no time. It starts with a Rotisserie Chicken. It doesn’t have to be. I often cook my own … [Read more...]
A Good Catbird Scolding
My wife Nancy got balled out this week. Not by me, of course. I’ve got better sense. But she did receive quite a scolding from one of our resident catbirds. Nancy was trimming an azalea bush and must have gotten a little too close to one of Mrs. Catbird’s babies. The catbird really let her have it. I’ve only had catbirds visit our yard for the last 7 or 8 years, but now they’re … [Read more...]
Spades and Flounder
Flounder fishing is good. Fish in the 4-6 pounds range have been caught near the CBBT, the Cell and around wrecks. Spadefish are hanging around the CBBT, many ocean buoys and the Light Tower. Anglers are floating fresh clam morsels to them on small hooks. If they are not aggressively feeding, try putting some chum in the water. Water temperatures are in the mid to upper 70’s … [Read more...]
New River Update
By Bruce Ingram The New River below Claytor Lake Dam has traditionally been the state’s best waterway for smallmouth bass, and both good and bad news exists concerning smallmouths and other gamefish. Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Fisheries Biologist John Copeland said smallmouth bass year class production has been poor in three of the last five years, driving adult bass … [Read more...]
Playing Whiffle Ball
Today, it’s hard to imagine a world without plastics. But plastic products really hit their stride in America after World War II. Before that, the war machine consumed many of the organic materials necessary to create plastic. In the 1950’s, plastics went viral. In the late 1950’s, a product called a practice golf ball hit the store shelves. It was a small, white plastic sphere … [Read more...]
Clemmons Memories
Clemmons Chickens Grandma Brewer was a tiny woman. Five feet tall if that. It is hard to imagine how such a small person could exude such energy. She split wood for her stove, cooked meals for a near-football team of children, hoed, raked, grew vegetables, made soap, canned all sorts of stuff, kept a spotless house, and absolutely doted on each and every one of her 15 … [Read more...]
How To Pick a Watermelon
My son, Jimmie, knowing that I am always ranting and raving about “unborn cantaloupes” that are unripe and have no flavor, sent me some information about how to pick out a good watermelon. Good timing. Watermelon season is here. My Daddy used to “thump” watermelons to pick the ripest one. I asked him once what he was listening for and he said that if he hears a muffled, hollow sound, … [Read more...]
Things Daddy Told Me
The things my Daddy told me over the years that stand out were not long dissertations or speeches. They were short and sweet pearls of wisdom gleaned from experience. Like this: “Bird dogs always hunt best by themselves. When they hunt with other dogs, they get too competitive.” We always had a pen full of bird dogs and sometimes we turned them all loose, and often one … [Read more...]
Golf Course Hotdogs
You come in at the turn – hungry, thirsty and wishing you had made that last 4-foot putt. It’s time to do something nice for yourself. Order a Golf Course Hot Dog. I don’t care if it’s a Nathan’s, a Ball Park, a Jesse Jones or whatever else brand, every hot dog you eat at a Golf Course is better than the last. Meadow Creek Golf Course, in Charlottesville, makes good dogs, as does … [Read more...]
Butter Beef
Butter beef? Really? Sounds good, doesn’t it. It is good, it’s fairly economical, and it’s easy. I saw the recipe recently and I had to try it - with my variations, of course. The recipe called for stew beef, but you never know what you’re getting with stew beef, and it’s really not that inexpensive. I rooted around and found a couple top round steaks – a bit over a pound total, … [Read more...]
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