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Lillian
Saverine (1907-2001) – Some of her best recipes
Pasta Fagioli or Spaghetti With Peas - Ingredients:
Onion, garlic, parsley; olive oil, Hunts Tomato Sauce; Progresso Cannelini
Beans or LeSeur Peas; #40 Ditalini Pasta
Cooking Instructions:
1.
Cover bottom of small saucepan with olive oil
and brown onion, garlic, parsley
2.
Add 1 can of tomato sauce and a little water and
1 can of Cannelini Beans (don’t strain) – Cook 10-15 mins.
3.
Cook Macaroni – #40 tube pasta al dente
4.
Strain macaroni -- leave a little water in the
bottom
5.
Pour sauce over macaroni. Cook together 5-10 mins. Should be soupy; don’t cook off water.
Shrimp Sauce – Ingredients: 3-4
cans of whole tomatoes – strained; no paste or very little (w/ ½ can of
water); onion, garlic, parsley – take some out with spoon
Cooking
Instructions:
1.
Cook tomato paste w/ oil, onion, garlic, parsley
and a little water
2.
Add tomatoes and let cook for a while (20-30
mins.) before adding shrimp
3.
Cook with shrimp -- cleaned, peeled/unpeeled
(30-40 mins.)
Swiss Chard with Potatoes – Ingredients:
2-3 tender bunches – don’t get tough stalks; use about ¾’s stalk – split about
halfway up; 2-3 large or 4-6 small potatoes
Cooking
Instructions:
1.
Cook Swiss Chard in salted water
2.
In small saucepan, put in olive oil and brown
garlic
3.
Take out garlic, add ½ can Whole Tomatoes --
mash with hands first
4.
Cook for ½ hour – slow
5.
Add Swiss Chard and potatoes (strained, cooked
separately)
6.
Cook altogether until ready
Beans and Escarole – Ingredients:
2 heads of Escarole – wash good and use outside leaves; 1 can Cannelini Beans
Cooking
Instructions:
1.
Cook Escarole in salted water (about ½ of
medium high pasta pot)
2.
Strain and save water
3.
Put Escarole back with beans
4.
Separately cook ½ cup of olive oil w/ garlic
5.
Pour oil (without garlic) back over Escarole and
Beans
6.
Add water until soupy
Giambotte – Ingredients: 1 large
eggplant (peeled, quartered & chunked); 2 large zucchini (peeled,
quartered, chunked); 2 peppers – red & green; 1 hot pepper; 1 stick of
celery; Italian parsley; onion, garlic, tomato, salt & pepper; parmigiano
cheese; 6 small or 2 large potatoes – boiled separately
Cooking
Instructions:
1.
Fill medium high pasta pot ½ way with water, add
½ cup of olive oil
2.
Add everything but potatoes to pot
3.
Cook until tender
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Lillian
Saverine (1907-2001) – Some of her best recipes cont’d
Lil’s Artichokes – Ingredients:
6 fresh artichokes – check points; don’t get dried out ones; garlic, parsley;
day-old Italian bread
Cooking
Instructions:
1.
Grate day-old bread into crumbs (1/2 loaf for
six chokes)
2.
Chop stems, parsley, 1 clove of garlic and add
to bread; salt & pepper
3.
Moisten with olive oil until mushy
4.
Bang artichokes face down, stuff and add touch
of S&P
5.
Place chokes in pot and drizzle with oil
6.
Fill pot with water [leave top ¼ of chokes above
water], add tsp. of oil
7.
Cover and bring to a boil – lower flame and
simmer for about 3 hours – til water is almost all evaporated
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Anise
Biscuits – Ingredients: 6 ExLg. eggs; 3 ½ cups of flour; 1 cup Wesson Oil; 1 cup sugar;
3 ½ teaspoons baking powder; 2 drops Anise Oil.
Frosting: Confectioner’s Sugar; heated milk; 2 drops Anise Oil
Baking
Instructions:
1.
Mix ingredients in large bowl
2.
Batter should be thick and pasty – consistency
of wall spackle
3.
Spoon batter (about 1 tablespoon) onto
buttered/floured baking pan
4.
Make drops side-by-side, about 4-5 inches each,
until a 12” long loaf forms
5.
Repeat until all batter is used
6.
Bake at 350 degrees until done (check with
toothpick)
7.
CAREFUL NOT TO BURN BOTTOMS
8.
Remove and let cool until loaf can be cut
9.
Cut into 1 inch wide cookies
10. Return
cookies to baking pan on one side; toast in oven until golden brown and flip
11. Mix
Confectioner’s sugar, heated milk and 2 drops Anise Oil to make frosting
12. Dip
tops of cooled cookies and sprinkle w/ multi-colored candy dots
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Brown
Cookies – Ingredients: 4 ½ cups flour; 4 eggs; ½ lb. of butter or
oleo; 1 cup of chopped walnuts; ½ cup of raisins; 1 cup of Brown Sugar; 1 cup
of White Sugar; 2 teaspoons of Baking Powder; 1 teaspoon of Baking Soda; ½ pkg
of Chocolate Chips; 1 teaspoon of Cinnamon; pinch of salt
Baking
Instructions:
1.
Mix all ingredients well in large bowl
2.
Batter should be thick and pasty – consistency
of wall spackle
3.
Spoon batter (about 1 tablespoon) onto buttered/floured
baking pan
4.
Make drops side-by-side, about 4-5 inches each,
until a 12” long loaf forms
5.
Repeat until all batter is used
6.
Bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes or until done
(check with toothpick)
7.
CAREFUL NOT TO BURN BOTTOMS
8.
Remove and let cool until loaf can be cut
9.
Cut into 1 inch wide cookies
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On
America’s longstanding image of “The Adman”
According
to a survey done in the 1960's, suburban professionals didn't want
"admen" as neighbors or in-laws.
Ad execs, the survey found, were seen as "heavy drinkers,
superficial, glib and opportunistic."
·
From The Fourth Hand by John Irving
On Patrick
Wallingford’s getting fired: It was a
good thing he was getting out of the business.
He wasn’t smart enough to be in it anymore. Maybe he’d never been smart enough.
On
Irving’s source of inspiration and storylines: I always listen to the storytelling possibilities. Every novel I’ve written has begun with a
“What if…”
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On First
Amendment protection -- Larry
Flynt:
Free speech isn’t freedom for the thought
you love, but freedom for the thought you hate the most.
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On Making
Your Fortune
The shortest and best way to make your
fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their best interests to
promote yours.” -- La Bruyere
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Give God Permission means God wants
to reach out to others through your hands.
He uses you as an instrument. Try
to make that your life.
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About
Online Art Galleries (p. 48 NY Post 5/22/2000) – Why are artists flocking
to the Internet to sell their work? “You
have to hustle all the time to sell your work with galleries,” said artist Kyle
Gallup. “I want to make what I want and
sell what I make. I’ve been able to get
by with work on the side but the Internet lets thousands of people see my
work.” Like many other artists, she
chose an online venue as another alternative to maintaining a financial
foothold in an economically precarious career.
·
PaintingsDirect.com;
eArtGroup.com; art.com; artdirect.com and ArtNet and others charge contractual
fees or require a review process to hang a virtual print, take a percentage of
the exchange between buyer and seller, and expand an artist’s selling
opportunities while eliminating many of the extra costs that accompany a show.
“The Web is populist,” says Steve Lapper, CEO of eArtGroup.com “It lets everyone on without a big wall to
keep them back.” [And] According to Hans Neuendorf, founder and CEO of
ArtNet.com., “Buying without seeing has been happening for years. Most art sells on the telephone, and it’s not
necessary to see a piece when you have a condition report that’s guaranteed and
signed,” he said. Many online art
dealers like ArtNet said their reports of authenticity convince buyers to
purchase works of art, especially paintings and two-dimensional items that are
easy to show online. Some, like
eArtGroup.com, have taken extra steps to reassure wary first-time patrons that
a purchase is legit by building an offline warehouse where buyers can make appointments
for self-guided appraisals.
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On Facing
Death from movie Spartacus:
Antoninus asks: Are you afraid to die? Spartacus replies: No more than I was to be
born.
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POW
Senator John McCain first threw his hat into the political ring less than a
year after moving to Arizona. Local
opponents accused the outsider of being a carpetbagger and an opportunist. He responded to his critics in a public
debate by telling the audience: “I grew
up an Army brat so I’ve lived in many cities.
I guess the longest I’ve ever lived in one city was in Hanoi.” The crowd was stunned and silenced by the
profound meaning of his reply.
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On the
Characteristics of Creative Work described by Henri Poincare (1854-1912), the great mathematician
Creative work, in the arts as well as other
fields of endeavor, consists of two phases: giving out and receiving. The first is like assuming the role of the
ideal mother (in the eyes of the child) who only gives without expecting any
thanks. The second phase can be compared
with a child who receives a present without having to say ‘thank you’. When doing creative work one is completely on
his own and derives pleasure from both actions consciously as well as
unconsciously. This enjoyment does not
depend on the appreciation or lack of appreciation by the public of the
result. Creative ability is not confined
to artists; it manifests itself in every kind of human activity: science, technic,
business, etc.
Creative
work – making something that did not exist before or doing something in a new
way – is primarily a matter of choosing from an infinite number of
possibilities. It is one’s unconscious mind, not bound by
conscious limits, that produces, often like a flash at some odd moment, the one
solution to the problem that satisfies our sensibility; condition being that
the unconscious has been provided with material to work on, by conscious
effort. Hard work is essential, though
this does not necessarily lead to direct results. Occasional interruptions can promote
creativity; a period of rest seems to give back to one’s spirit its power and
freshness.
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On Early
Rock ‘n Roll: Carl Perkins called it “feel good music”. “You feel good when you play it. You feel good when you sing it. You feel good when you listen to it.”
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On
our U.S. Government: Systems of government predating ours
came under either: monarchical, aristocratic or democratic. Our government and power base is centered
around all three -- a web or network of power.
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Prayer
To St. Jude
Most holy apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend
of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of
hopeless cases and things almost despaired of.
Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone.
Make use I implore you, of that particular privilege given to you, to
bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that
I may receive the consolation and help of Heaven in all my necessities,
tribulations and sufferings, particularly [request] and that I may praise God
with you and all the elect forever. I
promise O Blessed Saint Jude to be forever mindful of this great favor, to
always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage
devotion to you. Amen
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Novena Prayer [Say this followed by the “Our Father” and “Hail Mary” ]
May the most sacred heart of Jesus be adored and loved in
all the tabernacles until the end of time.
Amen.
May the sacred heart of Jesus be praised and glorified now
and forever. Amen.
Saint Jude pray for me and hear our prayers. Amen
Blessed be the sacred heart of Jesus. Blessed be the
immaculate heart of Mary.
Blessed be Saint Jude Thaddeus. In all the world and for all
eternity.
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The Two
Cow Explanation for What Makes a...
CHRISTIAN:
You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor.
A
SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your
neighbor.
A REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has
none. So what?
A
DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being
successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell
one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax
money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous.
A
COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with
milk.
A
FASCIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk.
You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.
DEMOCRACY,
AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you
have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow,
which was a gift from your government.
CAPITALISM,
AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd
of cows.
BUREAUCRACY,
AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one,
milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.
AN
AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to
produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH
CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
A
JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are
one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
A GERMAN
CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100
years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
AN
ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows but you don't know where they are. You
break for lunch.
A RUSSIAN
CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn
you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A MEXICAN
CORPORATION: You think you have two cows, but you don't know what a cow looks
like. You take a nap.
A SWISS
CORPORATION: You have 5,000 cows, none of which belongs to you. You charge for
storing them for others.
A
BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an
American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation
declares bankruptcy.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You
worship them.
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