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  1. Cherry chocolate dumP cake (not dumb) 1 box Devil's food cake mix (I usually add a teaspoon of shredded coconut and tell diners that "It looks like weevils got into the cake mix.") 1 can of red cherries in syrup 20 oz bottle of cherry coke Pour cherries into Dutch oven, sprinkle cake mix over the cherries (with or without weevils), and pour on the cherry coke. I've only done this on raft trips with a 12" Dutch, but this is the charcoal distribution: 5 or 6 underneath the oven, 20 on the outside rim of the lid, and 3 or 4 on the middle the rim
  2. hope you all enjoy the upcoming documentary produced by 'Calypso' Louis Farrakhan.
  3. Not the motorcycle attachment, but the classic drink. Invented in a bar in Paris during WW1. 1 part Cointreau 2 parts fresh lemon juice 8 parts Cognac Shake vigorously with plenty of cracked ice and strain into chilled cocktail glasses; a twist of lemon may be used if desired, but no other garnish.
  4. William the Conqueror by David Bates. Much thicker than its Yale Monarchs Series predecessor of the same title by David Douglas. Very detailed on Williams bastardy and how this didn't really matter at that time and place. I'm only about 30 pages into it.
  5. Have done a brisket a time or two, once a Prudhomme dark gumbo, smoked sausages, Frito Pie several times, Bob Armstrong Dip several times, and CoCola Salad (one of your Texas congealed salads with cherry Coke, Cherry Jello, a little pineapple, cream cheese, and some pecans. It looks like a dog's breakfast, but the crew likes it.), Even did Rotel/Velveeta queso once or twice in a rush. These are all for game-watching at various homes up here---tailgating being a bit remote.
  6. Just finished The Mormon Murders, by Naifeh and Smith (re-read) and starting to re-read No Man Knows My History, (about Joseph Smith) by Fawn M. Brodie.
  7. In the late '60's there was a Mexican fast food place on the Drag -where it hits the 'Y' just North of campus. They sold nachos made on tostada shells, with a bean and cheese paste and as many sliced japs as you wanted. The bean/cheese paste was kinda pink in color. I won't say they were the best I ever had, but I must have eaten hundreds of them.
  8. The lobster place is the Olgunquit Lobster Pound in Olgunquit. You pick your bugs from a concrete tank--way fresh. Locals suggest two 2 pounders rather than a 4 or 5 pounder--not so gamey. They put the bugs in a nylon mesh bag and hang it in boiling vat (salt water?). On the way to your plate, they snip it several times with some tin snips. The lobsters are served with lots of butter and lemon and a pointed stick a little smaller than a golf pencil. After the snips you can easily eat the whole thing with the little sticks. No fuss and not much muss.
  9. We were in LA for the USC game last fall; one of our other destinations was Musso & Franks restaurant. Together, Esquire and GQ said it had the Best Bar in America and the other said it had the Best Martini (can't remember which said what). We were early for our reservation so we sat at the bar and ordered Martinis (mine was a Gibson). The older guy who was making the Martinis was right in front of us at the left end of the bar. He used Tanqueray Gin and Noilly Prat vermouth and it wasn't the extremely dry version of current mythology. He shook the contents (I prefer mine stirred to the extent the gin is not only bruised but also suffers slight abrasions) then poured. As good as I've ever had. I cannot say it is the best I've ever had because I mix them the same way-except for the stirring.
  10. A very good friend of mine was interviewed by Wallace in connection with the death penalty imposed on a killer. The interview as seen on the broadcast was totally dishonest. The interview took about an hour, the clip broadcast was less than 5 minutes. Everything was out of context, some answers were connected to questions to which other answers were given. Some responses were shown in connection with questions which were not even asked during the interview but dubbed in later. Every conceivable manipulation of the content was indulged in by the producers who were bent on getting the murderer pardoned. Anyone being interviewed by these fraudulent newsmen should have their own tape recording of the entire interview.
  11. In Germany in the early '70's we went to quite a few Officers' Clubs on US facilities - from Berchtesgarten to North of Frankfurt. Above the bar there was always a folded card on a shelf that announced "We Also Serve American Beer." Never saw, or heard, anyone ordering anything other than the local German beer.
  12. The "Blue Wave" is turning into a "blue drip." A quote from a radio guy. I was going to call it porphyria, but the symptom for that is purple urine, and this won't be purple, but the chemical composition is about the same.
  13. To the North Anna River, Gordon Rhea's 3rd of 5 volumes on the Grant v. Lee 1864 Campaign in Eastern Virginia. The series covers battles from the Wilderness to the Federal arrival outside Petersburg. Very, very detailed and well written.
  14. I remember listening the radio as Hix Green missed Krystinik's pass in the end zone that would have won the '64 Arky game.
  15. As the five of us finally started to drive off the golf course after the 2006 Rose Bowl a guy passed us on foot selling T-shirts for $5. They were "USC 3-Peat" shirts printed up in anticipation of a Trojan victory. Mrs. Idahorn occasionally wears hers to game watching parties up here in Boise. We later walked by several USC fans in the Pacific Dining Car and we were very polite; they were sullen and gave us the unicorn salute in response to our Hook E'm signs. Many years ago a friend brought me a T-shirt from Brazil. It read "Miami Dolphins 1949 Super Bowl Champs." If you want a "USC 3-Peat" shirt you could probably get one in Sao Paulo.
  16. Gordon Rhea's 5 volume history of the 1864 Civil War campaign between Grant and Lee, books on the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and on to Petersburg. The newest came out pretty recently. One of the few nice things about being an old fart is that you can re-read books without too much recollection that you have already been there.
  17. Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden who wrote Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo. Gruesome detail on the only real urban fighting in Viet Nam.
  18. Gin Buck: Cut a lemon into quarters; squeeze one of these into a highball glass, then drop the squeezed lemon quarter into the glass. Add jigger of gin (I find Gordon's works best). Drop in 4 or more ice cubes and top off with Canada Dry ginger ale. Extremely refreshing--the combination of bitter gin, acidic lemon, and the slight sweetness of the ginger ale is synergistic. Tanqueray makes a better martini, but it's cousin Gordon's is better here. It is mentioned in my drink book The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks and was ordered in a speakeasy in the Cagney/Bogart film "The Roaring Twenties."
  19. Three books on Ulysses S. Grant: Captain Sam Grant, Grant Moves South, and, Grant Takes Command. The first was by Lloyd Lewis, the last two by Bruce Catton. Published from 1950 to 1969; the last two were after Lewis died and Catton took over the project. Christian Slater should play Grant. CGI could, only now, do the battles--particularly Chattanooga. If it is decided to use some narration, Grant's Memoirs (the best in American letters) would be the best source.
  20. Canceled our subscription several weeks ago.
  21. Hondo was kinda mixed as far as quality. The Conqueror was awful, but several of his last films (not including The Shootist) were just a series of remakes of remakes. The Searchers makes up for a lot.
  22. According to SI Nobis averaged 20 tackles per game. In the rain in Austin in 1965, I saw Nobis run Donny Anderson out of bounds for losses on four straight plays--alternating sidelines. Anderson was a 3 time AA and drafted by the Packers to replace Hornung when he was a junior.
  23. We have several: Here Come the Texas Longhorns, Longed Live the Longhorns, Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming, Darrell Royal Talks Football, Meat on the Hoof, Courage Beyond the Game, and, DKR: The Royal Scrapbook. The first two are recaps of seasons (nice to read that Texas beat Daniel Baker 92-0 in 1915 --my Mom graduated from DB in 1936). The others are all fundamental different and do not compare easily. The one on Steinmark is the most difficult to read.
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