Day: June 16, 2015

Hawaiian Pork Chops — Tonight’s Meal

Chef Bill Sr. cheated a little to make tonight's meal using a Lawry's marinade for the Hawaiian Pork chops. There were no complaints though. Even the hummingbirds noshing at Chef Bill's feeder were happy.Chef Bill Sr. cheated a little to make tonight’s meal using a Lawry’s marinade for the Hawaiian Pork chops. There were no complaints though. Even the hummingbirds noshing at Chef Bill’s feeder were happy.

The feast began with a garden salad by Mrs. Chef Bill and included as sides sweet potatoes and grilled wax beans. The beans, bought fresh at the Produce Hut in Concord — a bag was 29 cents — were seasoned with a pepper sauce and grilled till they were nearly black.

Yes, it was a yum.

The wine was a Chateau St Jean Fume Blanc 2012 which actually comes from Sonoma County. That was also a yum.

Hawaiian Pork Chops — Tonight’s Meal

Irony Lesson

This lesson in irony is courtesy of Rick Palinko Irony Lesson -- The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 46 million people. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us "Please Do Not Feed the Animals." Their stated reason for the policy is because "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves." Thus ends today's lesson in irony.
The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 46 million people.

Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us “Please Do Not Feed the Animals.” Their stated reason for the policy is because “The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.”

Thus ends today’s lesson in irony.

Irony Lesson

Civil War Battlefield Preservation

National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis  announced, June 10,  more than $3.1 million in grants to help preserve Civil War battlefields. The Land and Water Conservation Fund grants will preserve more than 270 acres of battlefields that are threatened with damage or destruction by development, he said.  Civil War Battlefield Preservation National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced, June 10, more than $3.1 million in grants to help preserve Civil War battlefields. The Land and Water Conservation Fund grants will preserve more than 270 acres of battlefields that are threatened with damage or destruction by development, he said

They include $78,531.50 to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for 8.85 acres at Gettysburg.

In related news, the Department of Treasury has announced that for the 90th straight day our national debt remains at  $18,112,975,000,000.

Remember way back in the summer of 2008  all those news stories about how  our $9 trillion was a national scandal? Times sure do change.

Civil War Battlefield Preservation