Thursday, February 26, 2009

jewishGrandmotherFromBombay

This is a recipe that a Jewish grandmother from Bambay India, now called MUMBAI..might have made to incorporate..good old traditional Chicken soup.....with touches of other ingredients that will kock it up a few notches.....quite a few..

Start with the traditional chicken soup stock, made with a large chicken, onions, parsely, various root vegetables: potaotes,parsnip,carrots, turnip,and celery.Cut the pieces up very small....cook for a few hours till chicken falls off the bone...remove chicken....separate meat from the bones...throw skin away with bones....let cool and then remove all of the fat...skim it when it gets hard.
Strain the soup.....put the veggie in the food processor and when all mushed up, add it to the soup...stir..take a tablespoon of flour or corn starch....mix with cream or milk.....and slighting thicken the soup.....add one cup of chicken meat that is chopped.....
Clean a bunch of fresh cilantro...let wash in water for a while......to remove all sand...then chopp well and add two to four tablespoons of it to the soup....
Then cop an onion, very small...saute in oil....then add two tablespoons of curry powder (one if you dont want it strong)....and a one inch cube of fresh ginger sliced very very thin......and two chopped cloves of garlic.....a pince of dry corieander,when onion is soft, but not turned brown, add all of the contents of the pot into the soup. Simmer for 15 minutes...keep stirring....then taste for salt and "heat" you can add cayenne pepper for more heat...
Serve in deep bowl, with sour cream or yougurt and chopped chives,green onion topps,or parsley...Should have a little kick but not spicy.

How to change the entire taste with the addition of two ingredients....Heat up at least 4 tablespoons of peanut butter (or more to taste) thin it out with hot milk or cream...Instead of sale, you can ad lite soy sauce......

Well today I still have the flue, or whatever I have.. No fever, just a very mild headache, and a running nose...and....a bunch of sneezing......sneezing three and four times in a row..... all day long...I am exhausted from it... The customer who first came in....bargained so much, I walked away and said to him "LEAVE ME ALONE" well he wanted the items.....and he paid JOHN>.I was feeling bad..and didnt need to be nudged over ten dollars, when I gave him a really cheap price. The second two...did the same thing...and they walkd out.......even though they were getting 3000 dollars worth for 800....and they wouldnt pay....

John and RIch both went out and brought in some great items...Life size chines vases, chinese lamps, a great mirror with cut glass,.....and a pair of huge pinecorner cabinets........etc.... We only made one large sale of a greatbronze......a Remington COWBOY.........

When I am worn out....I havent been paying attention to details in the news.....I did hear one of the guys who killed the poor LAtino from Ecqudor......was caught...and now they are looking for the other bastard who beat him to death...This guy lookewd like our PANCHO....and I cried when I saw him on TV...it could have been PANCHo.......they beat him to death with a baseball bat.....I serious wish....I could catch him....and beat him...but not to death....just enough to disfigure him for life.....break his knees...and fingers....etc.......but, if I actually got the chance, I am sure, reality would hit home, and I am sure I really couldnt do it....but whoknows> I do not think, jail is enough punishment....nor do I belive in the death penalty.....its to fast....they dont suffer....

They freed a trapped whale today...that is good news...he got caought up in a huge fishing net......but now he is out to sea.... I cannot yet even comment on OBAMAs stimulus plan...and giving money to the banks...I can actually see both sides of the coin......but at least he is TRYING to do something, whereas BUSH sat back and only caused the mess.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Feb25

A few of my freinds had some kind of flu symptoms.....one had it for one day, and a few others for many days...so I said to
myself....How lucky I was to not have any colds, flus. pr bronchitus this year....so by the morning...I was sneezing....by evening a runny nose...but I was not feeling sixk at all...i thought it was an allergy.....24 hours later, it turned into a headache for two days...and today.....it entered my chest..... I think that when I mentioned how lucky I was not to get sick this year.....I should have crossed myself(had Ibeen Catholic) and put out two fingers and said "maloccio" the evil eyes, and said in YIDDISH " a kineahurra) (the evil eye in YIDDISH)..but I didnt....and I must have woken up the evil spirits that give out the flu. I must have used up enough toilet paper and tissues, that a forest somewhere is being torn down to replace it..
Tonight I had the worst meal in a restaurant...in my entire life.....at a ALl you can eat buffet, that used to be CHINESE....but when I enteres tonight, the people behind the countger were LATINO,....the bar to the right....was filled with LATINOS, all male....hanging out... The waitresses were all LAtino....and the food....had very little that was CHINESE anymore..... I cannot figure out what some of the dishes were.... There were round little things covered with greenish sauce...I thought it might be an entire small red potatoe....It turned out...(OMG) it was an avocado pit....why in hell was that in the tray???with three others> I didnt ask... Eeverything was cold....but must have been out all day. The broccoli and beef....well, the beef was paper thin and turned black and hard. Most other dishes were dry and brown around the edges....The shrimp were soaking in water and didnt taste good. There were big bones in a greasy broth....with mostly fat and not meat. I have no idea what it was. There were other mystery meats.....dried out spare ribs that were cold. There was some kind of pancake with stuff inside? The only thing that was almost oak was salmon...NOthing tasted good. NOTHING....well, the tea was oki. Even the choc and vanilla pudding, flan and coconut flan were tastless...... It was 12.00 that have been better throwing it down the toilet.....Do not eat in SPring VAlley at the NEW COUNTRY BUFFET......the only thing that is good..is that they keep the rodent population down.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

oscartears

Those who hvae read my blogs in the past few months might remember that I often talk about being brought to tears.....very easily....and often....What triggers my tears lately are tears of joy....rather than sadness. Its a liquid visual presentation of my happiness. I cried when Obama won the nomination, I cried when he won the election and I cried during the inauguration.
Obamas winning is a dual happiness...one, that our country grew up and matured to elect a person of color, a minority.....it was happiness that America is starting to realize that a persons color, religion, nationality...has nothing to do with their value as a qualitiy human being...and I was so proud also, to have Obmama as my president..ANd I was so happy that a Black person won..Happy also for the Black people....and I felt as if I were black...and it was one of my people who won.
Tonights OScars show similar signs of America growing up. Both the writer of the movie MILK, and Sean Penn, won Oscars for the movie.....which showed the life and death of HArvey Milk who was the first GAY person elevated to a high political position...in SAN FRANSisco....and he and the mayor were assasinated. The assasain was a piece of shit cop, who got off with the TWINKIE DEFENSE...a joke...that he had eaten twinkies before he killed Havey Milk...and the sugar made him temporariy crazy. Both The write and Sean Penn made political speeches about acceptence of GAY MArriage....and put down those who voted against it...
If you go out side now at night...you will hear...closets all over the world opening.........(GEORGE BUSH is that your closet door I hear?)
Other emotional moments of the evening occured when they brought out many movie stars.....who looked so very old.....The sadness, if you analyze it...is realizing that if they got that old.....so did I....but I think the sadest moment is when JErry LEWIS came out.....they showed him as a very young kid...being silly. Then he came out, all bent over, twisted, had trouble walking, breathing and talking....and made very strange movents of his mouth and jaw...He looked good...if he didnt talk, or move....but he was shot!!!
The crying continued when I went into the kitchen to make soup. I cut up a few onions...and the tears really started flowing...Tonights soup, is SAUERKRAUT SOUP....kind of easy...took the pot with Buddys Chicken broth...left over from cooking his daily ration of fresh chicken.....I added two onions ,4 cloves garlic, tablespoon (or less) carroway seeds, black pepper, paprika, three small potatoes,a few carrots chopped up, some green pepper, celery seeds.....At the end of the cooking,, I will add vinegar and salt to taste......
If you later on add beets, beef chuck steak and some tomatoe sauce......to the above..it will be called BORSHT!!!!!
Everysunday now, I am serving my customers SOUP AND SALAD...part of a gimick that I advertiswe as SOUP AND SALAD SUNDAY..today we served Tomatoe CORN GUMBO......simple and delicious.... It was vegetarian....so John Glen and any Vegffie peopel can enjoy it....
Here is the very simple recipe: two chopped onions, 4 cloves garlic, a few tablespoons fresh cilantro, 1/4 package frozen okra(you can use more) one chopped large red pepper, one can cream corn, one can drained creamed corn, teaspoon of celerey seeds,two tablespoon apple cider vinegar, few pinches of sugar or splenda,one inch sq of sliced fresh ginger,...cimmer for about an hour on very low heat....I used Creole spice....which had salt and cayeene pepper etc. YOu can serve with chopped fresh parsely or cilantro

Monday, February 16, 2009

feb16thcowsizesteak

The reason that my title has run on words is that, I cannot separate them. When I write more than two words that are separated...they disappear and crazy numbers come up and fill the entire space???? I have no idea why.....
Today was presidents day.....and we did have more than the average amount of people who up....BROWSING....I guess it is better than if the place was a ghost town....yep, plenty of people...and we did make a few sales, but......no commemsurate with the number of people that were here. ALl the people from SAT and SUNDAY who were going to go home and measure.......well, they are still measuring. None of them returned or even called. I guess its a sign of the times.....
Then about 5 in the afternoon, my freind Elliot and an entourage entered...and they browsed....and even bought a few things..and as tradition would have it...After browsing and spending money....what is the thing antique delaers do...YEP...GO OUT TO EAT!!!! I had told Elliot about EL CID's......so, we went to the home of the tripple loster and the steaks big enough to eat YOU>>>>> I dont think they belived me....the first sign of how big things were...was when the waiter brought out the Shrimp COCKTAIL....Now you have heard of collosal shrimp...an oxymoron....yes, so have I but these things......must have been 6 inches...the size of lobster tails....and there were four of them.....which must have weighed a pound........
When two waiters brought out our dinners.....I wish I had brought my camera to shoot the expression of everyones face. The prime ribs were a foot long and 4or 5 inches thick.........Elliot and Jerry shareed a Sirloin, which they just barely finishes, and the other two, whose names I already forgot....shared a prime rib.....and I had no one to share my prime rib with at the restuarant.....but...BUDDYDOG had a feast on two bones laden with plent of meat...and that wasnt mine....the two guys...whose name escapes me.....gave me their bones....(they took half of it home as well)....and BUDDYDOG will have my bones tomorrow...and I will still have enough prime rib for one or two meals.... Now since I am sort of doing the Atkins diet, I didnt eat the veggies or the potaotes. I did have the salad with blue cheese....and a coffee con leche to finish the meal.....and a great cup of coffee it was.
The laughing at the table really rocked. The double entandres (double means) went from dirty to absolutley filthy....and one of the two guys.... was outrageously hilarious...in words and expressions and body language... He was very animated, and althought he was not drinking.....nor had he been, did sound drunk..which added to the hilarity. He told stories about one of their freinds the not so famous DIVINE, who was the drag queen pig who starred in JOHN WATERS "Pink Flamingos" a cult movie of 30 years ago.....and who actually made it into a legimate movie HAIR SPRAY and then dropped dead the day after it opened(so the story goes).
We discussed other outrageous NEW YORK CITY antique dealers that we both happened to know...and laughed and gossiped...... NYC 30 years ago, was so outrageous...so unihibited.....so decadent..so wonderful....and we are survivors..here to tell the tales....laugh the laughs, and cry the cries....and tell the stories of the Viet Nam era, the pre aids era, the sexual revolution, the Hippies days, the long hair and funky clothes, free love, and the days where anything went....and the attitude was eat drink and be merry for tomorrow is another day to party.....the party that everyone thought would never end. "Those were the days my friend,,,,we thought would never end"...as the song went. I remember when the song came out....ALAN Seidman and I were in EUROPE.....in HOlland about 1966....we were in a bar ...a huge disco....and that song came on, for it was very popular in Europe before it came to the USA>...The place rocked.. Everyone sang along and danced along.....and ALAN got drunk...he ordered Ginger ALE because he didnt drink...but in EUROPE...Ginger ALE, is ALE...a beer, flavored with GINGER and very strong... he downed it so fast,m he didnt realized it contained booze....so he laughed and giggled and we sang.......but my ability to project myself into the futher....gave me tears in my eyes that night...I was in my early 20's, but for that moment,,,,I became the person I am now...sentimental looking back on the very moment I was expericning for the first time...and I was sad....when ONLY should have been feeling joy....but I sapped out of it... The D.O>K> was the name of the bar....in a basement... a block long, walls and ceilings were brick, and it was very warm, and quaint.....and wonderfu.
The next day....we went with someone I met at the bar.....and his dog..BOOFKA....all over the city, a personalized tour..of Amsterdam...and we hit the antique stores(of course) HANS Becker...said he was a communist....and didnt approve of selling and reselling things for a profit....HMMMMMMM 5 years ago, I traced Hans Beck down, 40 years later.....he was a multi millionair who had opened an antique store soon after he met me......He took in a partner who was an older person with money......now you can fast forward the story.. The older partner died and left HANS a builidng worth millions, and it housed an antique indoor MALL for antiques......whose rentals HANS collects to this day........
A VERY FABULOUS NEW SOUP RECIPE...."SWEET AND SOUR AISAN GUMBO"
I am not sure that is the proper name for it, becuase it contains other elements as well.....but whats in a name...its all in the taste....Now remember I am starting my new soup crazy with the liquid left over from cooking Buddy's daily ration of chicken...well, really I cook it every other day.....
Add to the chicken soup: one large green plantain cut in 1/4 slices, one large sweet potoatoe, hand full of celery leaves, tow large onions, one large red(or green)pepper) one small chili or jalepeno(optional unless you like it hot) one can of corn kernals (drain the juice unless you like it a little sweet) a hand full of washed cilantro leaves, teaspoon celery seens, teaspn tumeric, 6 cloves of garlicone chopped up one inch sq piece of sliced fresh ginger,one cup or more of sliced up okra,.....1/2 teaspoon cinnamon,..and creaole seasoning to taste.and let that all cook for about an hour on very low heat...when finished...correct the seasoning...with salt, pepper ,garlic.
Serve in bowls and ad a teasoon of heated roasted sesame oil and half to whole
teaspoon of rice or other vingear to the soup..stir and enjoy....
OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS.... YOU CAN AD POTOTOE, DICED TOMATOE, CUT UP CELERY ,PARSNIP, ALMOST ANY VEGTABLE EXCEPT BEETS. WATER CHESTNUTS.. BEAN SPROUTS.... ON AND ON..AND EVEN OTHER FLAVORS..TO MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING DIFFERNT. CURRY, TARRAGON...ETC.
ADD TOFU.....SHRIMP, OR ANY FISH OR MEAT... YOU CAN TAKE THIS BASIC RECIPE AND MAKE IT INTO A HUNDRED DIFFERENT ONES...BY ADDING AND SUBTRACTING....ADD WONTONS, OR ANY OTHER DUMPLINGS,.....
TOMORROW......OR NEST TIME, MY MOTHERS SWEET AND SOUR STRING BEAN SOUP

Sunday, February 15, 2009

PeePeeKola

Super-thirsty for something salty and delicious? If you can't find Gatorade and live in India, you might try some gau jal instead. The secret ingredient? Cow pee.

The Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is the oldest and largest Hindu nationalist group, projects that bottled cow urine could be unleashed on the world by the end of this year.

Not surprisingly, some of the concerns are getting rid of the pesky pee smell and making it tasty. The drink will be mainly cow tinkle with a few herbs to, er, mask the taste of its primary ingredient.
THE ABOVE WAS CUT AND PASTED FROM THE ARTICLE ON AOL NEWS, BUT CAME ONTO THE BLOW WITHOUT THE HEADLINE AND PHOTO OF A COW.. SOUNDS REDICULOUSLY DISGUSTING. THE WORD COW IN SANDSKRIT IS "GAU" SAY IT FAST.... IT SOUNDS LIKE "COW" SOP COW IS SANDSKRIT.

TODAY WAS NOT AS BAD AS YESTERDAY IN THE STORE....BUT STILL AWFULL...WITH ONE DIFFERENCE...TODAYS GROUP WAS TEN TIMES MORE ANNOYING THAN YESTERDAY...TODAY MANY LED ME ON THAT THEY WERE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IWN BUYING THINGS.....AND THEN BACKED OUT...THREE TIMES... AND ONE COUPLE BROUGHT BACK CHINA THEY BOUGHT THREE WEEKS AGO...SAYING A BUNCH WERE CHIPPED//// YES THREE WEEKS LATER.....SINCE THEY WERE NEIGHBORS OF MY OTHER STORE, I LET THEM EXANGE THEM....BUT THEY LIED ABOUT A FEW THINGS AND IF I COULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE SPRAYED THEM WITH PREPARATION H... BECUASE THEY WERE SUCH PAINS IN THE ASS.

ONE CUSTOMER, who I thought was Spanish....was from SOMOA...a lovely lady and ehr daughter saw my ad for SOUPS and SALAD SUNDAY at GRANNYS...... they devoured the salad, and then, ate the Chicken Based thick Vegetarian SOUP....and almost lick the plae clean.. then they offered to buy some to take home.....And then they went on to spend $500 The ad for the soup lured them in.....WOW!!! The other soup I made this morning was Pata Fagole, but used Garbanzos instead of other beans...and half of the large pot of soup is missing... The pasta absorbed so much of the soup, that my people thought it was a pasta and bean dish and ate it as a main course....It has onions,garlic, spinach, dice tomatoes,, tomatoe puree, and a new secret ingredited.....roasted sesame oil and olive oil.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

VALENTINESDAY

THE DAY OF LOVE STARTED EARLY WHEN THE DENTIST REPLACED THE LOST CAP WITH MY PERMANENT NEW CAP...GOOD. tHE AIR WHEN IT HIT THE EXPOSED NERVE WAS SIMILAR TO GETTING AN ELECTRIC SHOCK ORALLY....
THE STORE WAS FILLED WITH CUSTOMERS.....ALL DAY......AND IF EACH PERSON SPENT A DOLLAR, WE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN IN MORE MONEY.....IN THE WORLDS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL....NEVER HAS SO MANY BOUGHT SO LITTLE AND BEEN SO ANNOYING. MOST OF THE PEOPLE DIDNT EVEN ASK ABOUT ANYTHING....I WONDERED WHY THEY WERE HERE? AND IN DROVES......I THINK THESE WERE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN SEARCH OF LOVE ON VALENTINES DAY...WELL, I WOULD HAVE LOVED THEM IF THEY SPENT SOME MONEY.... It is nice to know we have a very popular museum>
I am not sure what was going on....NOTHING>..but maybe they all will surprise me and come back...and tellme they want to buy what they saw... I dont think I even had one laugh........
The highlight of the day was the food.....I dont remember if I mentioned a very simple dipping sauce for chicken or fish...or
tofu SHRIMP" Tofu shrimp is taking extra firm tufu and marinating it in sesame oil and garlic and soy sauce....overnight. slice into shrimp shapes...or strips and broil them on a GEORGE FORMAN GRILL... the consistancy is very shrimplike. The sauce.... MAYONAISE (hellmans is the best) garlic and some roasted sesame oil(buy the best!! in a Japanese grocer) make the garlic as strong as you like...and dip the tufu shrimps in this...its heaven on earth.....AND IT IS ALMOST CARB FREE.....IF YOU ARE ON ATKINS....
ANOTHER NICE INVENTION I MADE TODAY.... MOCHACHINO ALA ATKINS...... COFFEE..WITH ONE TABLESPOON OR A BIT LESS OF HERSHEYS NEW NO SUGAR SYRUP, ONE PKG OF SPLENDA, AND ONE TABLESPOON OF POWDERED COFFEE "WHITENER"(LOW CARB) AND A TABLESPOON OF FRESH WHIPPED CREAM. IT WILL BE BETWEN 3 TO 4 CARBS THE MOST....
AND TO MAKE AN ALMOST NO CARB SALALD DRESSING.....KENS STEAK HOUSE NOW HAS CEASER DRESSING THAT IS ONE CARB PER TABLESPOON....PUT THREE OR FOUR TABLESOONS IN A BOWL, ADD TWO TABLE SPOONS OF EGG WHITES(COMES NOW IN A CARTON) AND A FEW TABLESPOONS OF EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL (ONE 50 VIRGIN/50 LITE) SOME GARLIC,SOME BLACK PEPPER, AND A HIT OF CIDER VINEGAR....YOU ARE NOW STRETCHING THE KENS DRESSING...AND MAKING IT ALMOST FRESH...BUT THIS IS QUICKER....AND YOU WILL BE DOWN TO LESS THAN HALF A CARB PER TABLESPOON.......
ANOTEHR ALMOST CARBLESS SALAD DRESSING WITH A CEASER FLAVOR IS MADE BY ADDING CIDER VINEGAR TO MAYONAISSE....A BIT OF FRESH GARLIC, FRESH GROUND PEPPER, A HINT OF ANCHOVY PASTE, AND A TABLESPPON OF LIQUID EGG WHITE... YOU CAN EXPERIMENT WITH AMOUNTS OF EACH TO YOUR TASTE...

Valentinesday

So everyone has a heart on today. Hmmmm. I had not problem buying a little something for DOtty my loyal friend who helps out in the store, feeds Buddydog,...and I think is passionately in love with him... But the others in the store....what to get them. One doesnt get macho LAtinos and others Flowers or candy...not that they dont like them...it just isnt accepted in our culture. SO, instead of buying a cake with a heart on it...or an assortment of cupcakes.....I racked my brain.. Eddie and Juan like SHRIMP.... Sauce is red..So I am making a heart shaped platter of cooked large shrimp..covered witha red sauce.
Strawberries are red and heart shaped...and they boys love Strawberries...and I know they love chocolate...So I bought both....a cup of chocolate that gets microwaved....and they can dip their own strawberries in it.... Its a hands on gift..and tasty......
Glen is a vegetarian....so I bought him round Veggie Burgers...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

LincolnsBirdday

Years ago, Glen and JOhn said that in the future, we would have a depression....and it seems that it might be on its way...But even in a depression, some people can survive....and luckily, I never tried to live beyond my means....My yacht is still on the drawing board in my brain.....and my experience on the water is one of sea sickness. I once went on a cruise to the Bahamas for three days...and I was very happy when I got back on land...although, The food was good and plentyful.....I was smart enough to get the "patch behind the ear" which emits an anti-sea--sickenss medicine directly thru the skin.. So I was able to eat on that cruise...so Yachts are Us is not me.
The dream of having a ROlls Royce was another one that never existed. That is pure showing off.....I do not need such an ego booster. I would be embarassed to drive one of those. MY 2000 Caddy is obnoxious enough.... And my 40 bedroom Mansion on 200 acres..with an indoor pool, and indoor garden and waterfall, indoor movie theater....Tennis Courts....etcet is also on hold, but think of those who do have such homes and have monthly mortgages that look like the budget of a small country. I have no mortgage, and very low taxes...
My car and house is paid off....taxes low, and I only hav eto worry about paying for utilities, insurance and food. Most of my friends are similar to me....living modestly.....what we cherish most, is living fullfilled...which comes from good vibes from people around us... Also luckily, I do not smoke, drink or have any addictions other than being a shopperholic for my store, and eating good food.
I do not live in fear of loosing my porfolio....of stocks and bondsm, because I dont have any....I was smart enough not to buy any.....or invest in MADOFF

The other night, when a woman at the Town Hall Meeting with OBAMA, asked him for help and he came over and hugged her and kissed her....tears came into my eyes. I found out that it was not planned or rehearsed....or scripted. It really happened spontaneously...and Obama himself was moved by her plea.....TEARS came into my eyes immediatley....but again tonight, the tears returned. She was given a house to live in for as long as she wanted......she now doesnt have to live in her car....which no American should have to suffer..........
As bad as we humans are, the majority of us really are good.....A handfull of horrible people can cause a war....which is supported by their lies...but, the good people can joing and creat GOOD. In Austraila, the fire that wiped out many towns, and hundreds of miles of landscape.....so many people are homeless.....some towns were complete wipes out........well Russel Crowe, Nicole Kidman....and others are having telethons to raise money for those poor people....and Nicole and Husband personally gave half a million dollars.....

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

obamarules

Obama really is living up to his promises....He has really trying with all his might..to make change.....The best thing he did is the open town hall meetings..when people (unrehearsed and un scripted..... When a woman adressed him...with her problems..that she is living in a car with her kids, and needs a roof over her head, a kitchen and a bath room...... Obama said the right things, how he is tgrying to help her and all people like her, then....he told her to see his "people" after the meeting was over....then suddenly, even after saying the right thing, I think he reached his heart and he walked over to her....put his arms around her and gave her a kiss on the cheeks. I think he was visiably moved by her....She was begging the president for help, and the nation saw this and his body language of real compassion...and dont think I didnt have tears in my eyes.
Today one of the JEWISH NEwspapers (magazines)called me to rerun my ad.....I havent changed it in over a year....I said change it?? OK....hmmm. How about Obama wearing a yarmulka and talis(prayer shawl) and payess (those very Jewish Curls the men have).....maybe a black hat and long coat...saying yes we can (have a sale)
I was joking....I told the ad man that I was joking becuase it would probably offend all the Hassidics and orthodox....to my surprise he said. I am Orthodox and I think its veryh funny and catchy....so....My Next ad will have Barrack Obamawitz advertising my chachkas and furniture....and he will have all the acoutremont of a Hassid....

Sunday, February 8, 2009

LOBSTERADDICTION

We were very busy today.....but no giant sales...but grateful for what we did.......we actually were so busy, I didnt have time to cook lunch....GOOD. The more people that visit, the bigger the possibility of sales...and future sales. At the end of the dy, I was actually hungry......so, Glen and I returned to the scene of last nights dinner crime...EL CID....I think I am addicted to lobster and steak....well, not any steak, for the well aged meat that is tender as butter, and cooked just right....and since, I cant have most veggies or salt,...so a huge lobster tail and very large piece of filet mignon.....fills me up..so I had no need for the bread,rice or veggies or Spanish French Fries.....Just lobster and filet...how decadent....Glen is a veggetarian.......so taking him to a steak house....is like taking a HAssid Jew to a Southern BAr-B-Cue place.. But he likes this place... The rice is so full of flavor, and the grilled veggies have some kind of flavored oil....and butter sauce.....
The table next to me almost looked like a murder scene....a man about 40, with a marine crew cut,...who resembled a member of the Aryan Nation...and the SS, was devouring a 4 pound prime rib. I am not exxagerating. I have never seen a steak, with bone..this size..being devoured....it was five or 6 inches thick....a foot wide...and it was bleeding.... I do not thick it was possible for anyone to eat that much meat....(but think of all the fun trying)....The food at EL Cids is fabulous...possibly the best restaurant I have ever been to...and ALWAY up to par...Everything is alway fresh..theveggies cookied JUST RIGHT..and possibly the most delicious veggies.....in the world.. Years ago, The Automat in NYC had the most delicious veggies...and consistantly perfect. I fondly remember the baked beans with its bacon smoky flavor,the stewed tomatoes, the creamed spinach with a hint of garlic, the Turnips and Squash.....the spagetti with specks of greenpepper and tomatoes...I cant explain it, but I somehow can create the taste in my memory....
and the sentimentality of putting coins into the marble wall...and the glass doors opening.....to lets us grab our fresh pies and desserts, or prepared salads... This vinette of the Automat is one of the happinest memories of my childhood.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

greatSaturday

Another Saturday that started immediately at 10am with a customer...and ended at 6pm, with people milling around and browsing all day....Not a second passed that some customers were not browsing....although, the sales were not one would expect with so many people, but you never know when they will return. The irony is that one day this week, when the termperature and wind chill factor was near zero, one customer spent twice as much, as the total that all....these browsers spent today. But we are thankful that they were here..It is a good sign...and the more people who visit, the more chance that they will tell other people about the store.
One guy, who came with his family, told me that he gave Glen a hard time in the other store....bargaining him to death... I said really, we USUALLY THROW PEOPLE OUT WHO GIVE USW A HARD TIME!" I RETORTED...WHICH MEANT.... listen schmeckel, dont even think of giving me a hard time. He sort of tried, then he want me to break a pair of imported and carved French Deco chairs with real leather seats.....The Import tag from Paris was still on it.. I told him he could steal the chair from me for a mere $100...he said he only wanted one!!! Well.....i said NO!!!! BUT NICELY.....HE ALSO TURNED DOWN AN ANTIQUE 1880 TABLE FOR 100 DOLLARS......i dont quite understand...these were not poor people....and they didnt want to pay anything....I think people like this spend more on gasoline running around looking for bargains......than if they have paid more to start with....
Tonight I went to EL Cid's Spanish restaurant again.....after visiting the Heart DR, I was able to return to El Cids, with a new look at the menu. Now that I am on the Atkins diet, I cannot eat the rice and Spainish freind potaotes and mixed veggie that come with the dinner...nor, the bread...nor the Blue cheese dressing that happens to be the best in the WORLD...because of the salt content.....nor the sauted spinach...(salt content)...but their steaks are almost half of a cow....I ordered the sirloin steak with is 2 pounds...and the kind of meat you cant buy at the supermarkets..and they cook it exactly right....almost black on the outside and very red and juicy on the inside and very tender.....Bob ordered THREE LOBSTERS.. I traded him steak for a lobster.....he only wanted a small piece...so I was FILLED with lobster and steak and completely satisified..and low on carbs and salt. NOW THE IMPORTANCE of the story is NOT THE DELICIOUS FOOD>..but who sat down next to us.
Cindy G...and three men sat right next to us to our right. Cindy was one of my favorite students when I was a teacher...We started talking about the past and people, when some surprising things came to light. She was there for some very important times in my life, and I forgot.
One day in the 1970's, I stayed home from teaching becuase I had bronchitis....but since I already owned Grannys Attic , the store number was forwarded to my home. I didnt go to teach, becuase a teacher coughing his brains out...would only contaminate the kids....but when the call came to my home, that a lady needed to get rid of some antiques quickly, I left my home and went to pAssaic to her home, While in the Attic, I smelled smoke...very stronge smoke. I ran down the stairs, went outside to the street and saw a home a few doors down, with flames and smoke comming out of the attic.
I ran to find a fire alarm, stared at this for a moment...beucase I never pulled one of them before....PULLED IT, and then ran down the blow to hear a woman screaming MY BABY IS UP THERE!!! I ran up on the porch, but she screamed..dont go in.....I tried I couldnt get up the stairs....the smoke and heat was too intense, and I couldnt breather due to the bronchitis.....I returned to the woman screaming, trying to comfort her...I told here the firedept was on the way. I litereally held here up in my arms....as the building burned to the ground.....THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEVER CAME UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.....BECAUSE THERE WAS A FALSE ALARM AT A LOCAL SCHOOL A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. I held her up, as another friend of hers stood next to me.I do not remember to many details....but I told her I would help her. I already felt guilty that I culdnt save her child...We were close to the building, with wind blowing the smoke and ashes in our directions and we were covered.....and smelled like a barbque pit, without the food.
When I returned home, I was very depressed. I felt that if I didnt have bronchitis maybe I could have saved the baby....but then again, if I didnt have bronchitis, I wouldnt have been there to even pull the fire alarm, I would have been in school teaching...and the entire incident would have been something I might have read in the newspaper, and maybe never would have even known about it..
The next day of school, I still was able to smell smoke in my nostrils.... I was still depressed. The thought of the baby buringing to death, as I stood outside bothered me. I found out that this mother WAS NOT EVEN AT HOME. THE BABY WAS THERE ALL ALONE...SHE WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE A FEW DOORS DOWN!
mY FIRST PERIOD eNGLISH CLASS CAME IN SAT DOWN... I remember sitting on the desk, and annouced to the kids...."I cant teach today....I have to tell you what happened yesterday....and they listened very intensly....I gave them every detail that I could.. I explain, that today, and the days that follow, might be one of the most important and interesting lessons I could ever share with them. I then explain to the kids, that the woman was black, poor, unmarried (she did know the father)...but know, she lost, not only her baby (she had two others that werent at home during the fire)...but she lost her home, clothes,and everything she own...She now had NOTHING at all. In a few weeks it would be thanksgiving....with nothing to be thankful about. I told the kids "not to judge" but to open their hearts..then I opened the classes up for discussion.....Finally I asked each class what they thought we could do as a group to make this womans life a little better>
Suddenly, these 7th graders became adults....Their suggestions all were thoughtful, kind, mature,nurturing, warm, caring......Basically they said that all of them could ask their parents if they had household items they could donate to this woman...I already had her clothing size and the childrens clothing size..which I gave out to the kids. Thenext morning, i saw a parade of my students, schlepping bags, boxes, and "things"...even furniture: a few dressers, chairs, a sofa, little tables...etc.. It looking like a flea market "en parade" By the end of the second day we had enough furniture, appliances, clothing, dishes, accessries, pictures, lamps, and food....and since, XMAS was only a month away, there were tons of toys and other gifts for the children. My students were Glowing.....the joy of giving..was so self evident...maybe for the first time in their life,
Then I suggested that after she gets her new home, we would make a THANKSgiving dinner in my home....invite her, her "boyfreind" the CIty inspector that I worked with to get her a new home" and the head of the Black Communty outreach program. I suggested that we run a lottery to pick 4 students who would come to my house as representatives of the school and all the children who helped. CINDY, was one of the winners...and she suggested that we collect money to make the dinner fabulous.....The money was collected and then stolen out of the locker of one of the kids who helped collect it.....but undaunted...the kids again collected money....and the dinner went on and was a huge success....looking back, I am shocked that I didnt take pictures for memories....to look back on.
When it was all over, one of the assignments I gave the children was to write about their learning experience from The fire and the aftermath, anding with the dinner. I am so happy to tell you, that most, if not all, wrote that they experineced the joy of giving, and how people as a group can accomplish so much..when they work for a common goal.... I then told them of the old folk tale about "Stone soup" One family during the potaote famine in IRELAND was starving. They had not soup...but the father was very clever.. He called in all the people from the village and said he knows how to make a soup with only a "ROCK" He filled a huge black iron cauldron with water and brought it to a boil, and then he said"I will put this special rock in it" It boiled for a while and he then tasted it, as all the people watched. He tasted it and said" Its ok, but it would taste better maybe if someone had a potato....just one potatoe...Well, someone spoke up and said he had a potatoe, and another village said I have one too" and they ran an got it, gave it to him, and he cut themup and threw them in" They boiled and he tasted it and said, much better. "but if we had a turnip, it wold helP , and a trunip was brought and added...Then he suggested if someone had a carrot or two, and it was brought....and then he said, if we has some salt, and then some pepper, and then if we had just a little celery, and then a tomatoe or two, and another family brought this and that. Then he ased if a little parsnip was available. It appeard. Then garlic, then, an onion or two....and parsely...and various other veggies appeard. Then he said "now if we had just one little chicken" and then if we had some beef bones....by the time he got done, this rock soup was thick and delicious Filled with veggies and meat..and a little oak meal to thicken it... A huge pot of soup, that would feed the entire village... was started with just a rock..and a good idea.....and the cooperation of all the people, was able to feed them......
CINDY then reminded me, that she worked as a waitress for me when GLEN and I owned GLENMAUR Catering...She remember in fine detail how e fed 300 people under a tent in PEAPACK NJ, a fund raiser for the NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY Orchestra...and what a fabulous success it was..The people went nuts for our food. I created new recipes just for the occasion and named it for them....and the two page spread in the NEWARK STAR LEDGER....which included raves and some of our recipes. I was so embarassed that my mind was able to block the memory that Cindy had been part of some of the best times in my life.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Thursday

Before I get started rambling what is on my mind, let me preface it with...it is 1:12 in the morning, its freezing in here, but the elctric heater is warming my left leg..only....and I am half asleep, so I apologize in advance for any spelling mistakes and anything incoherent.
Today the Dr gave me some news, that should have shaken me up, depressed me, and put me into a bad mood. Either I am in shock and dont realize it, or maturity has brought me to accept the harsh blows of life as they occur. He told me that my high blood pressure has damamged on the the heart valves.....and it is not life threatening..but I have tokeep off salt....and loose weight.....and watchmy cholesterol. He is calm...I was calm. He said..we will work on it together....and I asked a few questions..which pertained to BLUE CHEESE DRESSING and the salt content of lobster. I mention the name of the restuarant where I ate the above mention delicacies...and he laughed.....EL CID HIgh salt contents. He said, eat the lobster....have salad with oil and vinegar and garlic ....no prepared veggies with salt.
Before I go rambling about Mr Olympic whose photo was smeared by a Tabloid NEWSPAPER....(that should be burnt to the ground...for ruining his career.)I want to give a recipe of the day... Dottie gave me a wonderful oversized George Forman Grill for XMAS.......so.....TOnight I used it to cook TUNA. I soaked it in extra virgin olive oil, with some fresh garlic in it.... I rushed it, but you can marinate it for as long as you want...then I coated it with dried ground mint leaves and black fresh pepper, and cooked it like a steak, meadium...with about half of it "red" uncooked in the middle.. It was deliciously different. Themint leaves, gave it a distinct flavor,but it wasnt MINTY.......it combined with the pepper for a brand new taste. I had this with red cabbage, cooked in a "steaming bag) for 5 minutes...and then with a blob of"I cant belive its butter" on it.. What a great combination.....of fish and cabbage...both a great new taste. and low or no carbs. and very low in fat...and not bad in calories either.. Sometimes very simple foods are extrememly delicious...We do not always need gormet foods. How about a fresh baked potatoe with a little butter(or no fat subsititue) a little pepper, chives, sourcream... It is almsot a meal in itself...
Now back to MIKE PHELPHS, Mr Olympics.... I think the newspaper is evil for more than one reason. One, they are sacrificing his career and future in hopes of making bucks on the story. Secondly, they are dragging down an American hero in the eyes of the world...He won over the other swimmers from many countries, and now they are exposing him as if he is a drug addict, whichhe is not. Being in sports, and on the Olympic team, he was constantly drug tested...and it stays in your system for weeks....and it would hav ebeen long detectged by now if he was a habitual user. BUT LETS SAY HE WAS... He was still a hero... Still a champion, and WEED didnt effect his performance....if he had been smoking, but again, he wasnt..because they are all tested. And, I personally so not smoke pot or do drugs....but I do feel that pot is no worse than those people who always run to have a drink to calm their nerves.. When you watch older movies....people who visit someone in an ENglish manor, traditionally is offered some Sherry, or Port, Or Scotch....or a MArtini.....or some kind of drink........People come home from work and have a drink.......they go to parties,m and restuarants, and bars..and discos......ALcohol is a DRUG "HELLO"" its a drug and perfectly legal... Pot should be too. The newspaper just destroyed a hero..for no real reason.... He is not advocating smoking pot to the kids who admire him...they wouldnt have known he smoked unless....the paper had printed it..and he should have said..he was only kidding around and not smoking...just playhing aroud and posing......Iam a kid of the 1960's and I think I was the only one who didnt smoke pot then.....I was too afraid too......Everyone else did..and I bet 50 % of the kids today still do.?
SuperbowlSUNDAY....I stayed late in the store to work on the computer...The lights were off. When I heart banging upstairs. Buddy barked.. The noice then moved to the other side of the building....and it kept up...and moving about. I tried to stay calm. We have had incidences of banging upstiars...but not so continuously....I tried to use logic....and went into the kitchen and heard another noise... I opened the door...and to my surprise I saw FIREWORKS. Someone on the next street, on the other side of the brook was setting off rockets, and things were landing on the roof.....I really thought ,this time the ghosts were going to come and get me......I did disprove the ghosts were turning on the lights...because I realiszed the switch is on a spring and its defective and must be turned off a certain way or it slowly goes back on.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

WEDNESDAY

TODAY NOTHING HAPPENED. WE ALL COULD HAVE RUNNAKED IN THESTORE AND ALMOST NO ONE WOULD HAVE NOTICED. 3 CUSTOMERS, OR RATHER BROWERS CAME IN.... We didnt buy anything today, we didnt sell anything today, and we only got 3 annoying telephone calls trying to sell us THE DISCOUNT YELLOW PAGES..Now tell me, did any of you ever hear of, or see the DISCOUNT YELLOW PAGES? Well I havent.....It is some kind of scam. A young woman who told me her name was Yennifer (she was from INDIA, and they always use American names, but Paleese....they should kinow how to pronouce the assumed name they were given. I promptly hung up, before the rath of MAURY got her. I use go into some obscene diatribe, how I would shave her private parts, and squeeze lemon juice upon it and she would suffer from a sour puss. My obsenity usually is laced with silly humor,which they never get...except once, it was an American lady named Laquisha, who got hysterical...and said, "HONEY, common down, that sounds like fun.......
Tonight I made a big decision, to pull the plug on the MAHWAHstore after 25 years..he havent made the rent in years there,....everytone comes here,,,and I have wasted enough money to almost buy the damn building, which is a wind tunnel, and the old fashion heating system is just too expensive to use. The landlord doesnt want to put any money into thebuilding..... he is a nice man, but a bi hard to deal with....in some ways. The sale starts in the morning, as we will start bringing the best things here....and the rest..sell off cheaply.
I have to give Obama lots of credit for simply saying that I SCREWED UP...when it came to checking on a few of his choices for his cabinet....I was very disappointed in BILL RICHARDSON....in that he might have a scandle brewing for giving contracts to those who donated money to his election campaign.....but....did they give the money before or after they got the contracts.....and does it matter? I met him at a party when he was stilling running for President,,,and I would have supported him.... He really did a great job in the Clinton Administration....he had been Energy Secretary...Ambassador to the United Nations, and had negotiated with Saddam Hussein, the leader of Sudan...etc to have hostages released..and he was successful. Now about those guys who didnt pay all their taxes.....what can I say, I do not know anyone who WANTS to pay taxes but we have to...did they really think they culd get away with it? IRA doenst care who you are....they will get you..SO what were they thinking???/ I will remain naive and belive that OBAMA really wants to shape of the United STATES. I dont remember ever hearing the asshole BUSH ever admitting that he screwed up....and he SCREWED UP, big time...like every day....starting with letting the SAUDIS have their 9/11 (as he turned his head) his constant lieing about everything from WMD, to "outsourcing is good for AMERICA" yes its so great that we have a horrendous unemployment problem. He said there was no global warming problem (as the Artic Ice melts and the glaciers are moving....and water levels are rising" Obama is conscious of all the problems we have and immediatley is making an attempt to start trying to corrrect them. He has inherited a tough problem, but isnt afraid to tackle it. The MONKEY BUSH inherited a good economy, with a surplus of money....and destroyed the eocnomy....and left us, our children and grandchildren in debt....which BUSHes friends robbed the county blind..That evil idiot (with Cheney the chief PUPPETEER) and Rumsfeld the chief tortuer,undid, all the years of Democracy started by George Washington......I hope that Obama and company can return some or most of what we lost.
A one of the customers who did venture into the store today, did make me feel good. SHe said she reads this blog.....since I do not have a counter...I have no idea who reads it....I dont know if there is a place for readers to send comments...so you can write me @ buddylubman@aol.com I stopped writing for a long time becuase I thought I had lost my audience when AOL just stop ALL BLOGS.....but they had kicked me off AOL and I lost my enitire adress book, and couldnt write to all the people that used to write to me...AOL did have a counter, and I had a lot of people reading my blogs daily.....I was inspired by the comments that people used to write to me. I would post my poetry and philosophy, when I wasnt just being silly or comical. I would have an almost daily new recipe or two. But when I thought I had no audience, my energy level to write the blog daily has been diminished. But now, that I find out I cant tell that people are reading...I will try to have a daily blog......
I also will blog about anything I feel like that need comments, interpretation, condemnation....or bringing something great to your attention....I am thinking of writing about the reality shows....how rediculous they all are....especially the rejection factor,when each week, they kick one or two people out of the group....some are so rediculous ...and it seems that most of all the people on all the shows...are so....phoney, so unrealisticly beautiful, some so very devoid of mental capacity,.....I am not sure which one is the worst.....the one where a bunchof men vie for a "Sex" change..and each week, she rejects one..until one "winner" is left.....I wonder what in hell is in the mind of these men,who are supposed to be straight..although one of them men was a lesbian who had a sex change....and wanted to hook up with this Sexual Sundae over boxtox lipped (now) woman. It was borderline hysterical, with a side order of pathetic thrown in, covered with Rediculous sauce.
Then there was a lesbian who had both men and women vie for her choosing one of them.....and the entire group reminded me more of a group theraphy session, or the play room in a Mental Institution.......Now the newest is where the MOthers of young men try to inlfuence them from picking out their choice of a women....The Mothers interefer...from ANNYOING JEWISH mothers, to big tough screaming Italian mothers..The men always picking the ones to give their mothers heartfailure on camera....
And the fear factor.....people eating worms, having snakes crawl over them Spiders...and other scary creatures....or jumping out of planes, or off bridges, or taking horrible risks to win prizes......
Then there is the program when they take a guy, and leave him in the mountains, or on a dessert island, or in the AMAZON, or in the dessert....and he has to surive for a week. He is left with no food or water...or tools......
Or a bunch of people all living in the same house.....and getting involved and see how long they can last before killing each other....most of these programs are pure worthless nonsense...they almost make the COP PROGRAMS more interesting..COPS who arrest poor low class people...and its all real.....
Too much bullshit and violence on TV......now that BUSH is gone, the humor of late night shows, who made fun of him has changed......They are not making fun of OBAMA.... he is not a comical indivudal....they made fun of BUSHes inability to talk, or choose the correct words, or completely screw up what he was saying.....Obama is articulate, smart, concerned....well I would rather have a good man at the helm, than an inconsiderate evil man to laugh at.
The only recipe for tonight....was made from the left over whipped cream from last nights jello. ALl I did to make a new dessert out of it was to sprinkle some cherry crystal lite on top of it, stir..and it was like a cherry pudding...which is completely no CARB and great for my Atkins diet.
And now good nite.....I will be making the blog more interesting as time goes on.......MAURY

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

mydayoff

Mike and I went to a trade show in Edison NJ....The Expo Center at Raritan Center host two each year, and as time races towards the future, the show seems to get smaller in size,and tackier in merchandise.
I am so sorry that I didnt take my camera, because words cannot adequetly describe some of the items we saw, and got hysterical over. The first is a granfather click in white resin. It was decorated with 18" women in flowing day glow ping gowns, lipstick far too red, yellow flowers in their hair, there were other flowers, animals, ribbons and bows, in reds,yellows pinks, two different shades of blue, and all had gold high lites. There was a fountain, in ceramic, with water flowing over a pair of people, painted similarly to the clock, It was on a pedastal,,,,,then from the back of the fountain, two brass branches with leaves terminated about 18inches about the fountain with flowered shades....One of the tacky-est things I have ever see....then there was a 36"elephant with horrible detials painted in cream and brown....and it wasnt cute...an ugly elephant with a bouquet of ceramic flowers coming out of his back....The enitre show didnt haveanything that wasnt low end horrible art work, lamps, ......next show I am going to bring a video camera....for an award wining short.
But what was beautiful was the international flavor of the participants....There were enough HAssidics to form a synagoge, while simultaneousl, Muslims, unrolled prayers rugs, and moved into corners of booths....and bent down to pray...I wonder how they could even figure out what direction MECCA was, when I couldnt figure out how to get out of the area. There were all kinds of ASIANS, Chinese and Koreans mostly, Orthodox and Hassidic Jews, Pakistanis, Indians,Egyptians, Indonesians,MOrroccons,many Latinos from all over the South of the American Border...etcetc....The beauty was that in this forum, everyone gets along.......a beauty that most people didnt go to see....and I hope, that it was noticed and appreciated by people other than me and MIKE. We did buy a few lamps and chandliers as the show closed.......but there was almost nothing there this time that I wanted for the store....there was only one dealer there that I knew from past shows, all the rest were gone. HOW SAD. I think the show was half the size of past years...
The highlite of the day was lunch. We went to Harolds NEW YORK DELI.....where everything is oversized and overpriced...Now if you go with a group of people of 4 or more, then it becomes more of a bargain......They do have the best pastrami and cornbeef in the world. The sandwhich that that mike and I had was 36 oz of meat. We ate ourselved unconscious and left over MORE than half. There is a picle bar that is free... you can have all the health salad, homemade saurkraut, pickled tomatoes, slicked pickle chips ,half sour pickles, kosher dills,and two other types of pickles,peppers, etc.......and a pile of rye bread. The sandwhich and two drinks and salads cost 40.00, but.....if there were 4 people, it still would only be a bit more for drinks..... A slice of cake there is enough for 4 people. A ball of chopped liver, is 19,95, but enough for at least 4 to 6 people. Everything is oversized, like the matzoball, big enough to go bowling.......
It was a good day to escape from the GRANNYS ATTIC PRISON....for there were almost no customers today.......the weather was lousy, but for me it was a fun day........Soon I will get back to my political, and other analysis, with my silly sense of humor......I am giving my brain a month off.....

Monday, February 2, 2009

Waiting4Thestorm

Siting by the computer, my link to the outside world, waiting for the storm that is supposed to be very bad....or... completely blow over.....should we be worried or not? They say its a 50/50 chance..which in reality means they have no idea....so typical of the weather people. Between the economy, the weather this winter...filled with snow storms and freezing weather, the election and inauguration, business has been so rotten......that I am waiting for a sudden surge of people packing into the store.......to spend money.
Today is day 3 on Atkins.....I am not sure exactly how close I am to the minimum of 20 grams of carbs.....which is all you are allowed to consume..to melt off the weight...because one never knows how many grams of carbs are in anything....I want to give you all recipes for very low carb and salt items, that are extrememly delish...I bought all natural ground beef 90 percent fat free. YOu know that you cant have a burger in a bunl..No bread..so you have to have it plain...regular catsup is a no no beucase it has sugar and cornsyrup in it...so MAKE YOUR OWN. Simple and more tasty than the best bottled Catsup on the shelf.
Take two cups of tomatoe puree. add two packets of SPLENDA with fiber.....roughtly half to a whole teaspoon of cinammon, half teaspoon of garlic powder, a spritz of tobasco sauce , a few tablespoon of cider vinegar. I didnt add any salt but you can. Taste, and add to make it perfect for you. You can also add other spices of your choice...YOu can make several flavors...like GARLIC,Cilantro,Curry,Tarragon....etc When it tastes good, slowly bring it to a boil and then let it simmer for ten min. This catsup has only 5 grams per 1/4 of a cup......so you might use one gram on your burger.....which makes it great....
I cooked one cup of broccoli (very low carb).... sauted a teaspoon of curry powder in olive oil for a minute on high in a micro wave.toss the cooked broccoli with the curried oil, then add HEavy cream (no carbs) add a pinch of salt (I didnt..for blood pressure issues) back to the microwave for a minute on high...or until the cream bubbles.....toss with a spoon...YUM. put on plate with hamburger topped with your homemade catsup and a mixed salald..with a dressing of olive oil,vinegar(or lemon juice),water, fresh garlic,black pepper and grated parmigian cheese>>>use just enoght to dampen and coat the greens....For dessert, slice half a cup of stawberries,add one or two Splendas with fiber....whip heavy cream with a splash of almond or vanilla flavoring, a sprinkle of cinnamon....top the stawberries....with the whipped cream....and you have a very low carb meal. maybe 7 grams of carbs....

Sunday, February 1, 2009

SUPERBOWLSUNDAY

Well boys and girls, its Super Bowl SUnday....the day that the macho men, and macha ladies get ready to expend their adrenalin..yelling and scream for their team. Some Idiots pay a small fortune to attend the game in person, to see a bunch of grown men, who earn millions of dollars a year, chase a ball around, throw it, hoping to score against the other team. Inorder to achieve this goal, they have to run,pounce,push, shove,knock over, tackle, mame, break bones, fart inothers faces, while screaming,drooling, like two packs of wolves vieing for a dead carcass.
In the interming of acting like drugged wild animals, theyh spent their off time,patting each others asses, hugging, and scratching their package....if it was anymore homosexually repressed, their would be time out for oral and anal sex..
The most obsene is the Americans who would spent a fortune on the gaem for tickets, betting, parties, drinking,......and the advertises of the TV event..who spend 3million dollars for 30seconds of advertising......,which by the way, is the best advertisements ever... If you contemplate the money spent by both advertisers and the general public, the total would be astronomical....enough to cure a few diseases....but ask the same people to donate a similar amount of money to lets says AIDS, Diabetes...etc....they would look at you as you were crazy...
I actually do not even know who is playing tonight...and I dont give a rats ass.It makes no difference to me who wins....it means nothing in the scheme of things.. The outcome will not bring peace to Iraq or Afganistan, it wont bring the bUSH ADministration to trial, it wont feed the hungry or house the homeless or cure the sick; It will not put people back to work who lost their jobs. So ,since it will not effect the world in any positive way....I ignore it as pure Bullshit....
And this isnt an American Phenomena... The Europeans are even more crazy with their soccor.. I was in Amsterdam for the BIG SOCCOR GAME.....It was Holland against Italy... There were parades.. Most of the people in the down town were drunk. Beer bottles were thrown and broken Fights broke out...and everyone was in Costume...ALl the Dutch wore ORANGE Costumes that were insane. MANY Dutch men went in drag with orange wigs and orange dresses...Everything is ORANGE.....because of a Dutch MAN Named Orange years ago..I will find the real anser and edit this later) The town went wild...and it was fun. In Beligum a few years prior, there wasa Riot...Belgium vs England. The English were bad sports and tried to burn down the town....I was in Rotterdam ,one year to the dayh of the riots, and there was another soccor match......right across the street from an auction we were attending>I got quite nervous when I saw tanks, armoured cards, a regiment of cops on horses, and police and soldiers with Uzies (machine guns),,,pass by the auction, and surround the stadium.... ALso in Italy and other countries, soccor matches turned deadly and giant fight broke out....and in some cases many died in the riots. All over sports...and of course, most every one of the macho men, were drunk.
Business Saturday was great for the first time in months...more people than we could wait on,but most people still didnt want anything....There was one repeat customer who fell in love with a few expensive items...which made the day...then three or four others brought the total,m to a very nice number. But today, Super Bullshit Sunday, few people came in,....theyw ere staying home preparing for the pre GAme party...polishing their pretzels, carefully emptying their Jalapena flavored poatoe chips into bowls, with sour cream dip....making chili for the chili dogs, and getting glasses frosty cold for the Beer.....
I am wondering what the ultior motive of theat women who has 8 babies might be. Thge bitch isnt married and already had 6 kids...one of whom is autistic. Who is going to support her and her 14 children..THE STATE. Of companies will sponser her...like Gerber FOODS, Pampers, Toys are US???? They family will be celebrities..TV star..Media moguls.... their will grow up in the public eye....And the money will flow like water.....She will become rich because the unmarried bitch had this plan.........You do have to give her credit...now, other women use what they got between their legs to make a living.....but that is illegal. This clever female, used what she got between her legs to get rich, and it IS legal.....But, if the companies dont foot the bill, then she will be on all of us...The state...will give her a bug juicy check...maybe build her a home.......and a mini van,,,or a bus......and...who knows.... I think its time to get out the crazy glue, and glue that thing up tight......