Last night, at the farm, we had the ultimate local food experience. One of our hens was injured and had to be dispatched. We were repairing our deck so we had lots of white cedar scraps for our wood-burning barbecue pit. Our sweet corn is just coming on, there are new potatoes in the ground and Kate had just made a fresh mulberry pie. We roasted the chicken over the wood fire, turning it with a rigged-up Model A Ford jack handle. Kate added homemade barbecue sauce made with our own tomatoes. The potatoes, a few onions and freshly pulled garlic cloves, were wrapped in tinfoil and newspaper and tossed into the fire. In the last few minutes before the chicken was ready, Kate tossed just-picked corn on the cob, still in its leaf, into the fire. The meal that followed, eaten out on the deck of course, was one of the finest, ever. We are fortunate to live where we do and have the resources we have along with the know-how to put this kind of meal together.
Bill to the Rescue
Bill Clinton got the two US journalists out of North Korea and, in the process, he met with North Korean leader Kim Jung Il who probably passed on a message to the current administration: ”Please help, we’re out of everything!”
Paula Bows Out on Twitter
Paula Abdul, who is fascinating and sweet in an offbeat way, quit American Idol after eight years as a judge. She made the announcement on Twitter where you have to empty your head in 140 characters or less. Perfect.
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