The PUB light's ON! :D

[Canoez]

This looks like fun too. Think I'd have to visit this place before I wanted to go out tho: (http://www.madriverrocket.com)

[Mrleft8]

Ever sat on a motorcycle seat after it been treated with Armor-All?

Not many have for very long.....
I'm still recovering..... And we're expectorating another "Snoreaster" tomorrow....... Nothing like a couple inches of ice and high winds to liven up yer weekend.....
But we have about 2 gallons of Carter's secret recipe in 8 OZ. bottles, and enough onions and potatoes for an army sized vat of Vichysois..... And yes....We have baguettes and fromage.....
Fear not loyal patrons! With the firewood from Floater's well seasoned pile, and the stuff that Cass and Spinny brought in from Finnsterland.... And that sack of coal that Jaime left by the front door the other day..... We should be good for at least a couple of days.....
The poor Equadorian cook is looking at me like I have 3 heads.....

[boylesboats]

This looks like fun too. Think I'd have to visit this place before I wanted to go out tho: (http://www.madriverrocket.com)

Trees!!!!!!!

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Snowed in at the Pub. I love it!
Things could be a lot worse than being stranded in a building full of good friends, good food and good drinks.
Cheers!

[boylesboats]

Not many have for very long.....
I'm still recovering..... And we're expectorating another "Snoreaster" tomorrow....... Nothing like a couple inches of ice and high winds to liven up yer weekend.....
But we have about 2 gallons of Carter's secret recipe in 8 OZ. bottles, and enough onions and potatoes for an army sized vat of Vichysois..... And yes....We have baguettes and fromage.....
Fear not loyal patrons! With the firewood from Floater's well seasoned pile, and the stuff that Cass and Spinny brought in from Finnsterland.... And that sack of coal that Jaime left by the front door the other day..... We should be good for at least a couple of days.....
The poor Equadorian cook is looking at me like I have 3 heads.....

If I could bring a 10 quarts stockpot of my hearty chili..

[boylesboats]

I have been wanting one these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Thiok...spagenameZWDVW

[Canoez]

Trees!!!!!!!

Hell yeah! This is New England.

No guts, not glory, no brains, no problem!

[Canoez]

I have been wanting one these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Thiok...spagenameZWDVW

That's quite an extreme machine for the everyday, no? Trip up north planned? Out looking for arctic seal to put on the Pub's menu?

[boylesboats]

That's quite an extreme machine for the everyday, no? Trip up north planned? Out looking for arctic seal to put on the Pub's menu?

Maybe to collect fare like a cabbie does, but help elders to get around town here.
I assumed it would be fun to drive while other is stuck in their drifts looking like an idoits.
But puttin' arctic seal on the Pub's menu?
Would Lefty like that?.... It would be a wasteful kill if no one wants to eat it...

[Canoez]

Not many have for very long.....
I'm still recovering..... And we're expectorating another "Snoreaster" tomorrow....... Nothing like a couple inches of ice and high winds to liven up yer weekend.....
But we have about 2 gallons of Carter's secret recipe in 8 OZ. bottles, and enough onions and potatoes for an army sized vat of Vichysois..... And yes....We have baguettes and fromage.....
Fear not loyal patrons! With the firewood from Floater's well seasoned pile, and the stuff that Cass and Spinny brought in from Finnsterland.... And that sack of coal that Jaime left by the front door the other day..... We should be good for at least a couple of days.....
The poor Equadorian cook is looking at me like I have 3 heads.....

Secret recipe of Carter's must be mighty popular.. 2 Gallons?

Big pot of French Onion soup on the fire here tomorrow. I'll have to bring a bunch along.

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

I just drove through a blizzard to go to SWMBO's company Christmas party.
I'm glad to report, we're still alive.

I had a good time but it's nice to be back near the fire and enjoying a beer at home.

I believe Ike did his best work with Tina, Gareth.
Without her he was........ nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XRN...eature=related



Popcorn and a draft of the day please.

[SaltyD from BC]

Hey KIA. Same same here mun. I didn't even go to my work Xmas party but being that SWMBO is the boss I couldn't avoid that party. Just got home.

Looks like there's a little weather comming in at the pub eh? I piled a cord of crazy knot Douglas fir scraps out back for the fireplace - might come in handy. Kick back time... Lets have a brew.

[Spin_Drift]

Not many have for very long.....
I'm still recovering..... And we're expectorating another "Snoreaster" tomorrow....... Nothing like a couple inches of ice and high winds to liven up yer weekend.....
But we have about 2 gallons of Carter's secret recipe in 8 OZ. bottles, and enough onions and potatoes for an army sized vat of Vichysois..... And yes....We have baguettes and fromage.....
Fear not loyal patrons! With the firewood from Floater's well seasoned pile, and the stuff that Cass and Spinny brought in from Finnsterland.... And that sack of coal that Jaime left by the front door the other day..... We should be good for at least a couple of days.....
The poor Equadorian cook is looking at me like I have 3 heads.....

Another blustery, snowy day... How about I stoke up the fire again..


That's better...

And Lefty, thanks for the freshly baked baguettes and fromage...

I'll have the Camemberts and Roquefort (with a lot of blue...) and a big cup of HOT chocolate...

[Vince Brennan]

Whuff.... morning all.... not nearly as bad out there as I'd expected.

Bit early but I need a nice shot and a cuppa joe, and if the shot found it's way into the joe, I wouldn't mind at all.

Sorry I missed all the folks last nite, but I was busy driving 45 miles one way for a board meeting which was not only cancelled and no-one let me know, but which had (anyway!) been scheduled for FRIDAY nite.

Now,the question is: does their oversight in not informing me of the cancellation cancel out my stupidity in getting the wrong night in my head? We argued this out for about an hour before I left last nite and I told them I would put the question to the "arbiters of such ephemera", i.e. Lefty and the crew.

So: who's the bigger berk in this case?

(glug!)

[floatingabove]

Their oversite absolutly cancels out your getting the wrong night!!! I had the same thing happen to me last week,went to the meeting and the woman who confirmed the meeting went out on maternity leave and didn't tell anyone about the meeting so they looked at me like I had 3 heads,Mine is rescheduled for jan 2nd thank you very much! They are idiots!!!

[S/V Laura Ellen]

But puttin' arctic seal on the Pub's menu?
Would Lefty like that?.... It would be a wasteful kill if no one wants to eat it...

Okay, It's time for:

Newfoundland Flipper Pie
2 seal flippers
1 small turnip, cubed
3 carrots , sliced
2 onions, sliced
1 parsnip, sliced
2 ½ cups water
1 ½ oz screech
½ fat back pork
2 tbsp vinegar

DUMPLING PASTRY:
1 ½ cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
small pat of butter

Cut all fat and slag from flippers, place them in a deep dish
and add enough boiling water to cover, add vinegar and set
aside to cool, then wipe dry with a paper towel and place
in baking pan or large casserole dish. Add pepper and salt
to taste, cover with sliced onions and sliced fat pork,
dribble the screech over the contents. Cover and cook for 2
hours in a pre heated oven , 375 degrees. Boil turnip,
carrots and parsnip in 2 ½ cups of water for 20 minutes.
When ready place in baking dish along with flipper. Use
vegetable water for gravy... thickened with flour. Make
dumpling pastry and pat over flippers and vegetables. Cover
and bake gently until pastry is done (about 15 minutes).

[floatingabove]

not enough money in the world to get me to eat that!!!

[boylesboats]

Mornin' gang.....
damn, it's -13 degree C / 9 degree F... And it ain't January yet
We got some snow here on top of ice...

Thank for lovely fire Spin, oooooo thats nice

[Vince Brennan]

Okay, It's time for:Newfounland Flipper Pie

You Ain't a Nova Scotian If You Don't Like Fish

You can tell a Nova Scotian
By the fragrance of the ocean,
For they always wear the perfume of the North Atlantic spray
But if you can't seem to smell 'em,
There's another way to tell 'em
For you'll always know a Bluenose by his diet right away!
(spoken) What do we eat? We eat...
Fish bones, herrin', oysters when we're daring.
And we often take a bake of hake 'cause that's a dandy dish!
To make chowder fit for dolphins, throw in everything but sculpins
And you ain't a Nova Scotian if you don't like fish!

What we eats, until we're bustin'
Most Albertans find disgustin'.
For it seems salt cod's upsettin' to that dainty western tongue.
And with faces hard and stony,
They say "Herrin's too durn boney"
But there's nothing for dissolving bones like Nova Scotian rum.
(spoken) and so we eat:
Cod cheeks, cod tongues, even though they're odd tongues
Fish sticks and Digby chicks as dainty as you wish.
We eat flat fish, like the flounder
And some others that are rounder
And you ain't a Nova Scotian if you don't like fish!

You won't find no haddock fillets
In them Manitoba skillets
And away out in Saskatchewan they don't know fish from beets
Way out in Red River Valley
They can't tell scallops from tomally
And you'll get no clams or salmon with your dandelion treats.
(spoken) But us, we eat:
Finnan haddie, good for lass or laddie
And a smoked eel will make you feel
Like dancin' ish a tish
We cook up salimugundi
Twenty seven ways from Sunday
And you ain't a Nova Scotian if you don't like fish!

Now lest there be a mix-up
There's just one thing I should fix up
For there's some that can't tell us from
Newfoundlanders tried and true;
We eat hake and cod and kippers,
But we don't eat no seal flippers
And that's how you tell the difference, 'cause the Newfoundlanders do!
(spoken) We just eat:
Mackerel, pollock
They never give you colic
If you wash down your tuna
with a little drink of squish
We love a mess of shad roe
Herring, cod and gaspereau
And you ain't a Nova Scotian
(By the Holy land o' Goshen)
And you've never seen the ocean
If you don't like fish!

[Mrleft8]

NO SEAL on the menu!!!! SEAL on the juke box is OK if you must.....
Vince.....I'd say call it a draw...
It's a good thing we stocked up on comestibles yesterday, cuz ain't nobody goin' out to the store today unless they got tire spikes.....
Anyone ready for brunch?

[Mrleft8]

Sunday Brunch Menu:
Scottish Oatmeal, with brown sugar and heavy cream.
Crepes Suzette.
Light and fluffy pancakes served with sweet creamery whipped butter, Vermont maple sryup, honey, strawberry preserves, or powdered sugar.
Thick slice of honey baked ham with 2 eggs sunny side up.
Eggs Benedict.
Champagne scrambled eggs with chives.
Sausage stuffed with wild mushrooms, savory herbs, and Swiss cheese.
Smoked salmon with bagels and cream cheese.
Fingerling carrot sticks marinated in orange juice, ginger, brown sugar, salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar. (sounds odd, I know, but try 'em...They're REALLY good!)
Grilled asparagus with a creamy Chevre cheese/cracked black peppercorn/lemmon dressing.
Roast quail, stuffed with wild rice, and chestnuts.
Boiled lobster with drawn butter, and lemon wedges.
Clams casino.
Smoked oysters.
Steamed mussels.
Never frozen St. Augustine shrimp.
Bacon. (Canadian, and strip)
Sweet breakfast sausage.
Thomas' English muffins.
Hearty sourdough toast.
Chocolate filled croisants.
Blueberry muffins.
Mimosas.
Bloody Marys.
Bloody Ceasars.
Carter's secret recipe "Bailey's".
Dark & Stormies
Coffee.
Tea.
Fresh milk.

[Canoez]

Fingerling carrot sticks marinated in orange juice, ginger, brown sugar, salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar. (sounds odd, I know, but try 'em...They're REALLY good!)

Talk to me, O Crafty One. How are these prepped? Sounds like these will go down well with the pork tenderloin that I've got on the menu for Christmas.

[boylesboats]

Ya know Lefty, I have been cravin' for clam bakes.. I love to pig out on that.. along with butterflied shrimps fried in tempura batter...

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Got a fresh CD for the juke box, good Sunday brunch music, pour me a Bloody Bull I'm not due behind the stick until later this afternoon due to ice storm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEJBfM9Rph0

Old local Hippy family The Veltz Family ~ Celebrate

[Mrleft8]

Talk to me, O Crafty One. How are these prepped? Sounds like these will go down well with the pork tenderloin that I've got on the menu for Christmas.

Quite simple really. You take a bunch (I did 8 this time) of big (But not stew sized... They're too woody inside) carrots. peel 'em cut them about 3" long, cut each 3" section into sticks about 1/4"-1/2" square (ish) Put 'em in a bowl with a cup of warm water, a half cup of no pulp OJ, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 2-3 tablespoons coarse salt, a couple good shakes of black pepper, 3-4 tablespoons ground ginger, a good slosh of red wine vinegar, and a glorp of olive oil. stir it all up and mix 'em around and let 'em sit for a few minutes to let everything meld. Now taste one...... Needs sweetning? Add a little more sugar. Let 'em sit for an hour...Taste one..... Needs more ginger? Add a little.... When it all tastes right put the carrots in a big jar (I use an old pasta sauce jar) and pour the marinade in to cover the carrots and refrigerate for a day.....Better try one to make sure they still taste good!.... They should keep like this for a few weeks.
Edited to add: You can also simmer the carrots in the mixture to serve as cooked carrots, just be careful to not over cook them. They should stay firm....Nothing worse than mushy cooked carrots....

[Canoez]

Quite simple really. You take a bunch (I did 8 this time) of big (But not stew sized... They're too woody inside) carrots. peel 'em cut them about 3" long, cut each 3" section into sticks about 1/4"-1/2" square (ish) Put 'em in a bowl with a cup of warm water, a half cup of no pulp OJ, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 2-3 tablespoons coarse salt, a couple good shakes of black pepper, 3-4 tablespoons ground ginger, a good slosh of red wine vinegar, and a glorp of olive oil. stir it all up and mix 'em around and let 'em sit for a few minutes to let everything meld. Now taste one...... Needs sweetning? Add a little more sugar. Let 'em sit for an hour...Taste one..... Needs more ginger? Add a little.... When it all tastes right put the carrots in a big jar (I use an old pasta sauce jar) and pour the marinade in to cover the carrots and refrigerate for a day.....Better try one to make sure they still taste good!.... They should keep like this for a few weeks.
Edited to add: You can also simmer the carrots in the mixture to serve as cooked carrots, just be careful to not over cook them. They should stay firm....Nothing worse than mushy cooked carrots....

Thanks, Lefty. I was thinking of them more like a cooked, glazed carrot with an Asian twist. I tend to do baby carrots with a Cointreau glaze.

Here's one in trade:

Steam a pound of baby carrots so they're still a bit crunchy and reserve.

Put 3 TBSP butter in a deep saucepan, add 1/4-1/3 cup of light brown sugar, 1/3 cup pulp-free orange juice (NOT from concentrate) a small amount of salt and pepper to taste and a tablespoon of rice wine vinegar. Slowly reduce to a glaze. Add the carrots and coat well. Only cook carrots long enough to heat up again. Add 1/4 cup Cointreau just before serving and stir again.

[Mrleft8]

My mother used to cook carrots that way...Except she put ginger and chicken stock in the mix....

[Norman Bernstein]

Sounds like a classic Yiddish dish from eastern European Jews.... only they called it 'tsimmes', and it was a bit sweeter than the recipe described.

Here's one recipe (not quite traditional)

• 4 Cups of carrots- (Use the already peeled baby kind.)
• 5 Tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1/2 Cup orange or apple juice
• 2 Tablespoons onion, grated
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon thyme
• Salt and pepper

Put carrots, 4 tablespoons butter or margarine and onion into pot. Cover and steam 10 minutes. Add other ingredients and cook 5 minutes more. Correct seasonings.

[Mrleft8]

Sounds good too!

[Spin_Drift]

Grilled asparagus with a creamy Chevre cheese/cracked black peppercorn/lemmon dressing....

Sounds like something good to tr,y if you please...

[Mrleft8]

You need something more than just that Spinner!.....How about a nice quail, and a handful of the carrots?

[Paul Girouard]

Is this a Pub or a cooking school ?

I may never get that whiskey I ordered last week Carrots! %$#% the carrots , how about that drink?

[Spin_Drift]

You need something more than just that Spinner!.....How about a nice quail, and a handful of the carrots?

OK, I'm game...

[Figment]

It's a good thing we stocked up on comestibles yesterday, cuz ain't nobody goin' out to the store today unless they got tire spikes.....

Jeez, I just got back from the food center with a couple of "muffalettas" for football watchin'....

[Spin_Drift]

Jeez, I just got back from the food center with a couple of "muffalettas" for football watchin'....

"Muffs, eh..." Who is playing?

I miss the American football here...

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Is this a Pub or a cooking school ?

I may never get that whiskey I ordered last week Carrots! %$#% the carrots , how about that drink?

Hey lefty, did you hear that whining noise, where's it coming from?

[Mrleft8]

Jeez, I just got back from the food center with a couple of "muffalettas" for football watchin'....

Must be less ice down there than up here in the hinterlands...

So these two Kiwis.....Nah....Aussies.....Nah....
So these two Alabamans ( ) are out hunting wild pigs..... They come across a clearing and what do they see? A beautiful woman, naked as a jay bird lying on a blanket in the sun...... First Alabaman walks up to her and says "S'cooze me miss.....But yoo seen any walled hawgs 'round theeze parts?" The woman looks up at him and shakes her head...Then gives him a sexy wink.
Second Alabaman say "S'cooze me miss... But since yoo ain't seen no hawgs... Whaddaya say we'all get nekkid and have sex wichoo?" The woman looks at the second guy, licks her lips, and says "OK, I'm game...."
So they shoot her....

[Mrleft8]

Hey lefty, did you hear that whining noise, where's it coming from?

I did.... Must be something stuck in the men's room ventilation fan, because it smells funny too.....

[Phillip Allen]

Just had several bacon and cheeze sandwitches with a big glass of milk...think I"ll take a nap

[Paul Girouard]

Boy you guys sure know how to make a guy feel welcomed.

Yer both gimps / whimps , so eat my shorts eh!

Go clean your shop , and gimmpy how did you fall off that staging? Putz!

So how about that whiskey , I'll take it in a dirty glass , don't make no never mind to me , no one ever wash's these glass's anyway from the looks of um

[Mrleft8]

That's not the drinking glasses Paul.....That's the fly specks, and forehead grease on your reading glasses.... And if you'd use your eyes as much as you use your mouth, you'd see a tumbler of J.W. Dant right there in front of you, where it's been for the last half hour....

[boylesboats]

Ever figure out what it was in men's room ventilation fan?

[Mrleft8]

Ever figure out what it was in men's room ventilation fan?

Hard to say for sure, but the whinning sound has been replaced by a slurping kinda sound.....

[boylesboats]

Don't ask me......






I didn't do it...

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Ever figure out what it was in men's room ventilation fan?

I think an errant rodent must have got caught up in the fan blades, at least that's what it sounded like.

[boylesboats]

Eeeeeeew....
Now I smell it.... woooooooo weeeeeee!

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Eeeeeeew....
Now I smell it.... woooooooo weeeeeee!

I think I smell a rat!

[Mrleft8]

Yeah.....One of those Whimpy Island rats I bet....

[boylesboats]

Ooooooh, man..... That is ripe.....

[Spin_Drift]

Yeah.....One of those Whimpy Island rats I bet....

Just a squeaky bilge-rat....