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Tuesday, August 9, 2005 A couple of thoughts about the Niagara Peninsula 1. I wouldn't waste my money on bringing back the local wine. To my taste, the Australian wines are superior. Very much superior. 2. Still loving the peaches we bought. They are really juicy and tasty. 3. Still loving what little double-salted Dutch licorice I brought back. I love lickrish and I especially love the Dutch double-salted variety. Dutch licorice rules... And the apology... I regret ever supporting the war against Iraq...I regret being so stupid. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. My offer still stands, however, to use my sour apple tree to hang Osama and Mullah Omar but I have doubts they will ever catch them. You can string S. Hussein up there, too. He's still a rotten bastard in my book.
Posted by John Mahoney @ 04:25 PM EST [] Log Cabin Chronicles Wednesday, August 3, 2005 We're out of here Ayuh, the Silver Fox and I are taking a few days off and heading for the Niagara peninsula with Denis, Susie, and Jack Marquis. I'm just passengering. No responsibilities except taking sustenance and maybe making some photographs and writing a little copy now and then. We'll see... I'll try and update if I can get jacked in. Later, Johnny Posted by John Mahoney @ 10:01 PM EST [] Log Cabin Chronicles Friday, July 22, 2005 Truth will out ME: Listen up Silver Fox, I just read this just on from Slate.com: Dark chocolate reduces high blood pressure and bad cholesterol. Scientists think the key ingredients are flavonoids. The catch: Flavonoids make chocolate bitter (milk chocolate doesn't have much of them), and doctors want to maximize the ratio of flavonoids to fat and sugar. SF: I knew it! I always knew it! Posted by John Mahoney @ 06:47 AM EST [] Log Cabin Chronicles Monday, July 18, 2005 Slackerdom Ah, Jeebus, I continue to be the surly, sweaty Slack Guy @ The Hovel in Fool’s Hollow, QC. I thought I ought to find something positive to say about President Doofus and his coterie of clowns and their Adventure in Iraq but, shite, seek as I may, I cannot. And I’ve received several admonitions about no postings and what the hell is wrong with you, you lazy Irisher. Well, okay: all of our sequential company has vamoosed – brother in law, brother and sister in law, son, daughter in law, three grandchildren (all of whom are true lovelies) – and we are back to what passes for normal here in the Tomifobia River Valley. So, here’s the latest truth, as I see it: Ugly people continue to do bad things to others and I am obsessed about reading daily reports of these goings-on; good people continue to hide out in their pleasure seekings; and I give thanks that, because it’s summer, the local QC liquor store is open on Mondays and has an adequate supply of Polish wodka on the shelves. Thus spake Johnny Zaruthustra. Posted by John Mahoney @ 07:43 PM EST [] Log Cabin Chronicles Wednesday, June 29, 2005 Right up to his eyeballs President Smirkus says: “I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country.” How best to put this? President Smirkus is so full of merde… Posted by John Mahoney @ 08:13 AM EST [] Log Cabin Chronicles Monday, June 13, 2005 Le terrace de St-Francois Today, I put the finishing touches on our expanded 8x15 foot terrace. I transplanted portulaca and johnny jump-ups, stuck four solar lights between the faux brick patio blocks and the rock wall, and tenderly placed our shade garden statue of St-Francois de chemin Boynton in the corner, where he gazes benignly at the whatever plant. It’s far too hot to sit there but, in the shade on the porch where it was only 80 degrees F, with an iced Polish wodka well in hand, it was pleasant to look out over my labors and my guardian saint standing watch. To celebrate, a minor feast prepared mostly by Hisself with coaching/directions/admonitions from the Silver Fox: Sauteed chicken flattened into submission with a rolling pin and plate edge. Added to it in the pan: sauteed onion, rhubarb, garlic, ginger, red pepper, black pepper, hot curry powder, red wine vinegar with a dash of maple syrup. Pasta with pesto (I did not do this part). Small peas, sweet corn niblets with a dash of ginger and pinch of brown sugar crystals. Garden salad (our garden, folks): spinach, lettuce, chives, parsley, plump radishes. Plus, I stewed up some rhubarb sauce for later. Meanwhile, as we feasted, Osama bin Laden was still on the loose, George Bush was still president, and some daughters and sons of American mothers were having fun in Guantanamo Bay and other secret sites dedicated to the painful discovery of truth. Posted by John Mahoney @ 07:06 PM EST [] Log Cabin Chronicles Monday, June 6, 2005 I know that guy! The Urban Peasant cookbook I ordered through Amazon.com for the Silver Fox arrived at our Vermont PO box Saturday morning. The cover featured a beaming James Barber, the Urban Peasant hisself. The UP was famous world-wide a few years back because of his delightful TV cooking show. We discovered him a few weeks ago, thanks to video tapes loaned by friends from Newport, VT. We may be latecomers but we enjoy a lot of his recipes and cooking techniques. Who wouldn't? High quality ingredients combined in tasty ways, cooked quickly and simply. What's not to like? A fresh-faced Canada Customs officer was waiting as we presented ourselves for inspection under the canopy at Rock Island, QC. He looked like a college student doing a summer-replacement gig. I showed him the book, said I had paid $12.95 for it. "Hey," he said with a large smile, "I know that guy!" "Do you cook?" I asked, always the skeptic. "No, I'm not interested in cooking. That's how I learned to speak English, watching his show" He waved us through. The Urban Peasant would be delighted. Posted by John Mahoney @ 06:01 AM EST [] Log Cabin Chronicles | Ken Layne
$12 Postage Paid Cold enough for ya? is a collection of Grumble's writings. 152 pages, paperback. Buy this book, even if you don't read it. E-mail us HERE.
$15 Postage Paid The Silver Fox published the Country Bread & Soup Book with love and experience. I've eaten everything in it and can vouch for every receipe. You don't like it, you send it back, you get your money back, no questions asked. That's it, that's all. E-mail us HERE.
$10 Postage Paid "Flatter than a plate of piss" and other colorful talk from the Anglos of Quebec's Eastern Townships. If you don't know what "Boil it until it assholes" means, then this delightful little book is just what the doctor ordered. E-mail us HERE.  |
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