Golden Friday

Ah, the day before Howlloween...looks like some of you maybe out trick-or-treating or play dress up. We don't play dress up and there aren't many children near us, so there will be no trick-or-treaters coming. We hope all our furfriends and human friends have a happy and safe Howlloween! Pawrents, be careful with those candies, chocolate is poisonous to us doggies, please be sure to hide them from the doggies. :)

Candies? Did someone say candies?

What do you mean we can't have chocolate?

I'm going to howl to protest for no candies!

Wordless Wednesday

Golden Friday

Fall is for playing

Garlic

Fall is garlic planting time. I planted garlic for the very first time last year and I'm hooked! I know I didn't plant nearly enough last year being my first year and all and I only planted 1 variety.

This year I am planting more. I have planted my garlic last weekend and they are covered in straw for the winter. Here are the varieties I'm planting this year:

These were ordered from The Maine Potato Lady

1) German Extra Hardy (Hardneck), 1/2 Lb. I planted these last year.

2) Georgian Crystal (Hardneck), 1/2 Lb.

These were ordered from The Garlic Store

1) Xian (Hardneck) , 1/2 Lb.

2) Tuscan (Softneck), 1/2 Lb.

Do you like garlic? Will you be planting some garlic this fall?

And the winner is....

Thank you all for your comments. We had a total of 14 comments by 12:00PM E.T on Monday. Using a random number gerenator, we have picked a winner. Drumroll please.....

It's Number 8! So the winner is: Sierra Rose! Congrats Sierra Rose!

Sierra Rose said...
Congratulations on the 150 post!Oh wow! No more quacker!?!?! That's nice that you all are doing a giveaway!!!!Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,Sierra Rose
October 16, 2009 2:32 PM

Sierra's mom, please email me (ysdavis at hotmail dot com) your snail mail address so that I can send you your book!

Golden Friday - Giveaway Edition

The Giveaway is now closed. The winner will be annouced on Tuesday. Thank you all for your comments!

Samantha: "Hey June, do you know that today's post is a very special post?"
June: "I don't Samantha. Why is it special?"
Samantha: "We(us and mom) have been blogging for quite a while now and this is our 15oth post!"
June: "Really? I did not know that we had that much to talk about. So how are we going to celebrate?"
Samantha: "How about we do a Giveaway?"

June: "Oh a giveaway? That sounds like fun! Lets do it! What should we giveaway?"

Samantha: "Well, I was kinda thinking about this duck duck but unfortunately we killed it the other day."

June: "Oh ya...but that was fun tugging on the duck duck!"

June: "Oh I know, how about a book?"
Samantha: "A book? That sounds good. What do you have in mind?"
June: "How about this book mom got at the vet's? It's about a cat."
Samantha: "A cat? You are not serious, are you? Dogs don't like cats."
June: "This cat is special. She was rescued and this book is written by her furever home mom."
Samantha: "That does sound special. I bet our readers would like it."
June: "Now, you didn't hear this from me, but I found out that mom cried while reading this book(she bought 2 books, 1 fur her and 1 fur the giveaway)."
Samantha: "My lips are sealed."

Dear bloggie human friends and furfriends, if you would like to enter in this giveaway, please leave us a comment by Monday, Oct 19th, E.T 12:00PM.

The winner will be annouced on Tuesday. Good luck and thank you for being our friends!

Hugs,

Samantha & June & Mom

Corny

One of the things I love to eat in the summer time is corn on the cob. I used to steam them but lately I have been addicted to grilling them, husk and all.

When I eat corn on the cob, I like to eat them by the rows. Call me weird if you will. But I like to eat them, say, 4 rows at a time lengthwise like a typewritter. Hubby eats them around the cob. Samantha and June love corn as well. Samantha eats the whole corn, including the cob. June is a princess, she only eats the corn kernels and she eats it like a human.

Ok now here's what I would like to find out: How do you eat corn on the cob?

Sad to say, corn season is over. No more fresh corn on the cob. When corn is not in season, I buy frozen corn. Here's how I like to prepare the frozen corn:

Garlic Corn Saute

Ingredients:

2 tablesppon olive oil or butter

1 bag frozen corn kernels, 1Lb. bag

1 medium onion, chopped, about 1 cup

2 cloves garlic, minced

A handfull of chopped chives (told you I never measure when I cook)

A handfull of chopped parsley

Salt & Pepper to taste

A few dash of crushed hot pepper, optional

Instructions:

1) In a 10-12" skillet over medium heat(I have 8 settings and I usually set it at 4), heat oil/butter. Add all the ingredients in the skillet starting with the chopped onion in the bottom and ending with frozen corn. Season with salt & pepper and crushed hot pepper.

2) Cook on medium heat without stiring for about 3-5 minutes. Check it at 3 minutes, making sure it's not burnt. If it's starting to burn, turn the heat down a notch. What you want is for the onions to caramelized(at the same time the heat will thaw the corn). Then stir and let cook for another 3-5 minutes. Keep stiring every few minutes and cooking the corn mixture until the corn is caramelized(golden brownish). Taste and re-season if necessary.

This is a great side dish to serve with grilled steak, pork or chicken. Enjoy!

Please come back this Friday for a very special Golden Friday edition!

Golden Friday

Mom has been slacking lately. She's got some new pictures of us but she hasn't download them to the computer yet. So here are some pictures from camp and we promise we'll have some other pictures for your enjoyment soon.

My Words

Last Wednesday over at My Home Among The Hills I saw this meme and have asked to play along. Here's how it suppose to work:

I asked to be given my words, upon receiving of such words I am supposed to put my thinking hat on and relate those words to my life or something in that nature. If you want to play along, leave a comment saying you would like to play and I will find you your five words. If you don't want to play, you can still leave a comment.

Alright, lets get to those words:


Wander - We have been pretty lucky that Samantha can be left off-leash almost all of the time. She will wander a little but never far. June on the other hand has to be on the leash. Not because she will take off and run but because she will run after a squirrel or bunny or run towards a dog(not to attack but to say hi). That's dangerous because there might be cars coming or who know how the other dog's owner would react. So she would have to be on the leash.

Elegant - I never have any(at least that's what I think) decorating sense. Our place is totally not decorated at all. Don't get me wrong, my place is not messy or dirty, it's just plain due to lack of decorations. But if I were to pick a decorating style, I would pick a country cozy look over an elegant or sophisticated look.

Fantastic - Years ago I used to go to Fantastic Sams to get my hair cut and I even got a perm from there once. But I don't go to Fantastic Sams or any other hair salon anymore. I keep my hair straight, less maintainance that way. All I have to do in the morning is to brush it and that is it. No jell, no spray, nothing. I do trim it every once in a while but I do that at home. Hubby does that for me. I just don't justify paying whatever that they charge for a hair cut just to get a trim of less than 3".

Fruit - I try to eat at least 1 serving of fruit everyday. I'm really not much of a fruit eater. The fruits have to be sweet, otherwise I won't eat it. I can't stand eating sour fruits, even if it's slightly tart, I won't eat it. I do love to bake with fruits.

Radical - Do you know what Free Radicals are? Free radicals are atoms or groups of atoms with an odd (unpaired) number of electrons and can be formed when oxygen interacts with certain molecules. This means, when these radicals formed, will cause damaged to DNA or cells, which leads to the possible development of cancer.

Fishy

I have started typing this post a few weeks ago but never got around to finish it. It's finally done and over due.

One of the things we like to do while camping is fishing. We usually fish from shore, right at our campsite during the morning or evening and at night time we would go out in our canoe and fish about 50ft from shore. I, for some unknown reason, has a slight fear of darkness on the water. I'm fine during the day while in a canoe but I really don't like to be on the water when it's dark out (for fear that there might be a sea monster or something that would eat me. Did you just call me a wuss?).

Hubby went out in the canoe on the last night of camp and caught a small-mouth Bass! It has got to be at least 12" long, as you can see from the pictures, he is as long as the cooler. We took it home for future consumption.

Here's how I made it, please know that I don't normally measure anything, so the seasoning is pretty much taste as I go. It's simple to make and it's healthy!

This recipe is for one serving pouch.

Ingredients:

Fish, 1 fillet or 1 whole. I used 1 whole fish minus the head and guts.

A few pieces of cabbage leaves, depending on the size of your fish. The cabbage acts like the wrapper.

1 clove garlic, chopped

5-6 slices of ginger, or you can julienne the ginger

1 small jalapeno, sliced or julienned thinly (This is totally optional if you don't like it spicy, you could use green pepper instead)

1 whole green onions, chopped (You could use some thinly sliced onions)

You could also add in some veggies like snowpeas, green beans or zucchini. Just make sure that you slice them thin so that they cook quickly.

A dash or two of soy sauce, optional

Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions:

1) Place a sheet of aluminium foil on the counter. You may have to use 2 sheets depending on the size of your fish. Lay some of the cabbage leaves on top on the foil, about the length of your fish. Sprinkle 1/2 of the chopped garlic, ginger and green onions on top of the cabbage leaves.

2) Season your fish with salt and pepper and place it on top of the cabbage leaves. Sprinkle the remaining garlic, ginger and green onions on top of the fish. If you are adding some veggies, place them on top of the fish. Add a dash or two of soy sauce, not too much as the fish might already be salty from the salt. Then lay the remianing cabbage leaves to "cover up" the fish.

3) Fold the foil to make a package.

4) You can now cook the fish in the oven at 350 or on the grill or in a steamer. I cooked mine on the grill because I was using the grill for something else. For the whole fish, it took about 20min. For a fillet, I think 10-15min would do.

Bone-a-petit!

Golden Friday

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And what is the deal with NFL reinstating michael vick (AKA the Scum)?