25 May 2009

Red Cabbage Salad recipe

This is a clone recipe of the very popular sweet and sour cabbage slaw served at the popular North Woods Inn California restaurant chain. Plan ahead. This salad needs a long marination time. It's good after 48 hours, but even better after 4 or 5 days. This is the perfect make-ahead salad.
Prep Time: 12 hours, 15 minutes
Ingredients:

* 1/2 head red cabbage
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil
* 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
* 3 Tbsp sugar
* 2 tsp salt
* 1 tsp Lawry's Seasoned Salt
* 1/4 tsp black pepper
* 3/4 tsp onion powder

Preparation:
Shred half of the cabbage finely and the other half coarsely. Place in a large bowl.

Whisk together vegetable oil, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, seasoned salt, black pepper, and onion powder.

Toss the dressing with the cabbage. Scrape the salad with the dressing into a zip-top bag or covered container and refrigerate at least 48 hours or until cabbage turns deep red, softens a bit, and flavors meld. It's even better after 4 or 5 days.

This red cabbage salad and a green salad with a creamy blue cheese buttermilk dressing are served together as a duo along with garlic cheese bread.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

24 May 2009

Going North - Missy Higgins



(Song starts at 1:43)

"Going North"

I wanna dance the tango with chance
I wanna ride on the wire
Cos nothing gets done with dust in your gun
And nobody respects a liar
So goodbye for a while I'm off to explore
Every boundary and every door
Yeah I'm going north

I wanna know where children would go
If they never learnt to be cool
Cos nothing's achieved when pushed up a sleeve
Till nobody thinks you're a fool
So goodbye for a while I'm out to learn more
About who I really was before
Yeah I'm going north

Up where the hunted hide with ease
Under the arms of eye-less trees
Up where the answers fall like leaves
Oh and your love is all I need
Yeah I'm going north

23 May 2009

Google alerts picked this one up today ... oddest thing

24 November 2005

Sioux Lookout


Blue-gray waterways
dreamlike through the deep green trees
meteor craters

The boy points to it
and I see the moose at last
flicker in the trees

Back of moose country
a sign says Bob’s Hunting Lodge
shack barely standing

The three little boys
with dad and first-nation mom
fly home from the train

22 May 2009

I don't believe in fate
if it's all the same to you
I'm done looking around corners
cause nothing there is true

I thought that my journey was done
but it quickly became undone
Now I read the mail without the Alt-3
And nothing is simple or the way it used to be

My horoscope truly freaks me out sometimes

Beautiful professional prospects; you'll find a job that suits you perfectly. Beware of nervous fatigue, which might worsen seriously. Your sentimental life will be very complicated; disappointments, frustrations, tensions and worries will be yours. Be yourself, don't imitate anybody.

21 May 2009

Piss. Off.

My ex sent me a text message today "by mistake" that was intended for his girlfriend. Geezus freakin Murphy, does if it makes him feel like a big man to kick me when I'm already down ?

17 May 2009

May 17, 2009

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You need to get outta Dodge. You want a change of scenery. You want new places, new faces and adventure! You also want to learn something new and exciting. You need to raise the bar and seek a fuller, more enriched life. I suggest you go someplace you've never been to before. Explore new territory. Meanwhile, be extra patient with partners and close friends because Mars is opposite you. Fortunately, fair Venus is there to soften the blow, make amends and repair bruised feelings. Since this year is your chance to party and enjoy yourself -- grab the baton and run with it! Remember: the day after tomorrow, is the second day of the rest of your life.

15 May 2009

May 15, 2009


Wistfulness
Alone tonight in my empty house,
Remembering that which now is gone.
I try to imagine tomorrow's gifts,
But all I see is cold, grey dawn.
My Prometheus, you brought me fire,
Rekindled passion in my heart.
To share with you my wounded soul,
Once more to love, I dared to start.
Such promise seemed within our reach,
Such resonance I felt within!
So many joys we found we shared,
Now reduced to might-have-been.
The camping trips we thought we'd take,
The nights of love, when all felt right.
So many memories not yet made,
The poem I promised you I'd write.
JG

12 May 2009

Dead End Driving - Ari Hest

Dead end driving in the dark
We don't know what we're headed for
Like lighters flicking off sparks
We've been counting on a little more

Dead end working every day
Wondering how we're gonna get through
And the time will come when we don't want to play
Along just to make do

Well, I don't know what you want
I don't know what you want
But we've been dead end driving in the dark
That ain't no way to make a mark

My philosophy
New ways I have found
To see things I have not seen
Bright enough to turn me around
Sure, it's a wasted thing
Someone is going to carry is down (or out)

Dead end talking about a dream
That we really ought to set free
Cause it likely isn't what it seems
And it no longer appeals to me

And, I don't know what you want
No, I don't know what you want
But we've been dead end driving in the dark
That ain't no way to make a mark

My philosophy
New ways I have found
To see things I have not seen
Bright enough to turn me around
Sure it's a wasted thing
Someone is going to carry us down
Carry us down, no

Dead end driving in the dark, we don't know where we're headed for
Dead end driving
Dead end driving in the dark, we can count on a little more
Dead end driving
Dead end driving in the dark, we don't know where we're headed for
Ohh, Whoah, Dead end driving
Dead end driving in the dark, we can count on a little more