Day: September 8, 2012

Baba Ghanoush — Recipe Of The Day

Baba ghanoush is an easy eggplant-based dish from the Levant. The name is Arabic and means “father of flirting”

Here is a recipe for the grill using Andrew’s garden eggplants:

2 eggplants (medium size to large)

1/2 Cup of tahini

1/2 Cup of lemon juice

4 Tbls of garlic powder

4 Tbls of sesame seeds

3 Tbls of olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Smear vegetable oil on the eggplants and grill grates. Poke holes in the eggplants with a fork. Cook on the grill with the cover down at 400°F for about 40 minutes, occasionally turning the eggplants.  It’s really hard to cook them too long. Take the eggplants off and put them in a pot of cold water. Remove the skin, which by the way, is rather tasty in itself off the grill. Put the insides in a bowl and combine it with the tahini, lemon juice, garlic powder, sesame seeds and salt and pepper. Mash them up, then puree them in a blender or Cusinart.  Add the olive oil, let chill for two hours and enjoy with crackers or chips.

Just One More Burden For The American Consumer

Reader Tom C submitted this link to a New York Times article dealing with why central planning doesn’t work and the lack of wisdom of those leading the modern environmental movement.

It concerns the smuggling trial of officials with Marcone, a century-old, St. Louis based firm that is the nation’s largest supplier of appliance parts. The company is accused of smuggling HCFC-22, a gas banned in the use of air-conditioners in this country in 2010 but still produced in enormous volumes and sold cheaply in China, India and Mexico.
The gas is needed to service old machines and the Obama administration has made the regulations on its importation rather burdensome.
The banning of the gas is due to fears it is destroying the ozone layer. Maybe it is wise for new air conditioners to be developed that don’t use it.
It should be noted, however, that it is rather futile with regard to saving the planet to keep the gas out of old machines here while it is still being used in large amounts in the rest of the world.
It does, though, make life harder for Americans so if that’s Obama’s intent that is achieved.
Just One More Burden For The American Consumer

How Democrats Reacted To Cardinal’s Prayer

And here is how the Democrats reacted to Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s benediction at the Democratic National Conventions: link (language warning) 

5 Years For The Sheepdogs

The American Sheepdogs, which have been holding demonstrations 11-noon Saturday mornings outside the Chester County Courthouse in support of the U.S. military,  is celebrating its 5th Anniversary, today, Sept. 8.

The Sheepdogs were founded by Rich Davis.
Hat tip American Independence Hall Tea Party Association