Archive for June 13th, 2007
We are now experiencing the perfect weather for grilling. It is warm without the humidity. Last night I decided to fire up the new charcoal grill and make some Chicken Kabobs. I made a batch of potato salad the day before to accompany the kabobs.
I have a couple of rules that must be followed when making potato salad, other than those you can incorporate any ingredients you like. Be bold with pickles, spice it up with radishes or leave the onions out for the finicky folks (personally, I refuse to cater to finicky eaters).
- Always make the potato salad a day ahead so the flavors can blend.
- After draining the cubed potatoes, return them to the pan you cooked them in and set the heat very low. Getting all the moisture out greatly improves the taste and texture.
- Mix some sour cream in the dressing with the mayonnaise.
- Do not under any circumstances use Miracle Whip®
Chicken Kabobs
The measurements are approximate and can be controlled by the your mood. If you’re a garlic fiend, go nuts with it.
First make the marinade. This is enough using 1 lb. of boneless chicken breasts cut into 1″ cubes. Serves 3.
- 1 cup of olive oil
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- generous amount of freshly ground pepper
- 1 tsp kosher or sea salt
Whisk the marinade ingredients together and use about half to marinate the chicken for 4 hours in the refrigerator. Turn chicken while marinating when you think of it.
Make some 1″ or so pieces of Green Pepper, Vidalia Onion and quarter some decent sized white mushrooms.
- Drain chicken and alternate on skewers with the veggies.
- Put charcoal and crumpled newspaper in the charcoal chimney. Light newspaper.
- Open a beer, enjoy and check charcoal when the beer is empty. The charcoal should be ready. If you drink quickly, this step will require 2 beers.
Grill the kabobs over a hot fire, turning frequently and baste with the reserved marinade. Remove from grill when done, serve with potato salad and ENJOY!
Bill Online Easily, Fast & Free with PayPal. No Software Needed. Sign Up Now!
People ask me why I support Ron Paul. I usually start out along the line that Ron Paul is not your typical politician. Karen De Coster has penned a perfectly coined response to that question.
. . . a guy like Ron Paul is being welcomed by freedom junkies because he offers something that no other candidate can offer: intellectual honesty instead of rehearsed responses; candid analysis as opposed to political power mongering; and from-the-guts truth in place of phony, popularity-driven pandering.
Read it all: Ron Paul’s American Education by Karen De Coster
Netflix Delivers DVDs to your home. NO LATE FEES. Try for FREE!
. . . Fool me twice, shame on me. Bush fooled many people once and the result is the ongoing war in Iraq. He is poised to do it again with Iran.
Last week we saw the “canning” of General Peter Pace because of the impending scrutiny from Senate confirmation hearings. The real reason is mainly due to the fact that General Pace was not a supporter of a military strike against Iran.
The time is at hand for every American to let Bush know that military action against Iran is not an option. Silence on this issue will result in many more needless deaths and economic devastation.
[tags]Bush, war, Iran, military, intervention, nuclear[/tags]
If you would like to see Ron Paul, republican candidate for president, speak in Buffalo, please go to Eventful.com and put in your demand.
The Buffalo area is like a concentrated microcosm of the problems plaguing the United States as a whole. Ron Paul is the person to address those problems. He is calling for a return to the Constitutional principles of a limited government that leaves you in control of your money and resources. Widespread government spending has placed our area and the country under a tremendous burden of debt and inhibits economic growth and prosperity.
Ron Paul has scored big in the Republican debates, on Bill Maher’s show and on the Daily Show. His message of fiscal and foreign policy responsibility is spreading quickly and resonating with voters of all parties. For a comprehensive list of resources with information about Ron Paul, please check out the Daily Paul.
[tags]Ron Paul, 2008, republican, candidate, president, limited government, foreign policy, non-intervention[/tags]
Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. A substantial part of the confiscation is affected by taxation. But the welfare statists were quick to recognize that if they wished to retain political power, the amount of taxation had to be limited and they had to resort to programs of massive deficit spending, i.e., they had to borrow money, by issuing government bonds, to finance welfare expenditures on a large scale.— Alan Greenspan, “Gold and Economic Freedom” [1966]
[tags]economics, economy, Alan Greenspan, United States, welfare, taxes[/tags]
