February 14, 2011
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The Daily News
1 Got up to see my Dad on Saturday.
2 Always an amazing treat!
3 He's doing fine, although he has been put on a strict "renal" diet, whatever THAT means.
4 I innocently asked him what that meant, and his reply was, "It means I can eat a grasshopper every now and again."
5 Uthuh words...he has a pretty restricted diet, and he ain't happy about it.
6 Amazingly, last week I cooked a pork roast stuffed with garlic and rosemary and all sorts of other wonderful treats, and allowed it to cook for hours. My concept was that daughters were coming home, and their guys. I had read a long time ago an article about this, and it suggested Friday night pork roasts, cooked forever with lots of garlic and other treats will work every time.
7 The premise was that these guys are between parties, so they might be getting ready for another party, or are doing makeup, or whatever.
8 I thought it was a brilliant article.
9 You simply leave a bunch of forks around the roast. Because it is a slow roast, it becomes wonderfully luscious to the point of drool.
10 AnywayZ...
11 I started thinking about Dad's restricted diet, which includes clearly more than a grasshopper.
12 Last weekend I cooked the roast, and it absolutely worked. The girls came home and were able to fork some of that magnificent flavor, and life turned good!
13 Absolutely amazing flavor and perfect for girls who wanted to get themselves lookin' purty to go out enjoying.
14 After they all left enjoy their eve, I angled the roast into sections that would first make amazing burritos, and THEN used the rest to make the most amazing pazole one could concoct!
15 This stuff was incredibly good, the best I ever made. I am a true MAYHECAN, because if you get the entire scene, pozole rocks.
16 AnywayZ....
17 When I visited Dad, I thought, "My pozole from the other night WORKS with his diet!" Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
18 I told my sister Linda about it and she said, "I've lived and loved Mexican people my whole life, but I have NO idea what hominy is!"
19 I stood distracted, but willing to introduce a hominy virgin to what it's all about.
20 I said, "Once you have all the rest of this stuff blending, steaming, and making everyone smile, you add hominy!"
21 She looked at my like I had twelve heads.
22 Dad suddenly chimed in, "Hominy is huge corn!"
23 I instantly suggested, "If you put PEAS into the mix, then you have peas and hominy."
24 He groaned.
25 The cool thing is, he can have it.
26 So for two weekends I have experimented with variations on the recipe. You can't make a bad pot, you can only make a good pot better.
27 Great fun!
28 And stupid puns.
29 That's what it was all about anyway.
30 Dumb stuff.
31 Moving on, Part the First: The best Valentine's gift I can think of right now
is that pitchers and catchers report to work today.32 That means that the Giants are getting ready for the upcoming season.
33 They had a GREAT article in the Merc News yesterday about how the Giants have become like the Beatles of the modern Bay Area. Giantsmania was likened to Beatlemania, and they compared Lincecum to John Lennon, not too far off the mark.
34 Timmeh!
35 Lincecum, btw, is a HUGE Beatles' fan.
36 And yeah, it was a bit of a stretch, but last year was one for the ages if you have always been a Giants' fan. Love, love, love!
37 Peas and hominy.
38 I oughta be shot for that one.
39 AnywayZ our classes will be interrupted today with our A Cappella club making the rounds and singing love songs all day. I walked into one of their rehearsals and they totally rock!
40 So it is a day for lovers, and always a sad day for anyone going through heartache. To me, it's just sorta red flowers and hearts day.
41 I was never a huge fan of Valentine's Day because I always thought it was a great way for men to get ripped off. Flowers quadruple in price, candy is out of the question since the wimminz are constantly worried about weight and complexion, so it's tough to win this one.
42 But it's sweet, I guess, to have a day that celebrates couples. Many truly are in love, and it just adds to their ability to maintain a strong friendship.
43 So I no longer bash the day as when I was younger and feeling that it was a holiday invented to get at our wallets.
44 After all, aren't most holidays?
45 So you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day; enjoy the rain. It's what's real, and it's sometimes all about love.
46 Just put it in perspective. As I've always said, all you need isn't love.
47 All you need is chocolate.
48 Have a great one.
49 Peace.
~H~
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