StringGrrl sees the World

As we approach Mardi Gras in our house our minds start to simmer with thoughts of Gumbo. Our family favorite is Chicken and Sausage Gumbo (Gumbo Ya Ya).  Loosely adapted from versions listed in Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen, Online recipes by Emeril, and experience in our own kitchen. Unfortunately, I have never been one for getting all the measuring just right. But here is an effort. 1 lb boneless chicken breast diced (1 pouch from Costco pack) 1.5 cups flour 2-3 tsp Cayenne (might be more I roughly measure generous palm full) 2 tsp Cumin (might be less, shallow palm full) 1 tsp Black Pepper (eyeballed) 1 tsp White Pepper (eyeballed) 0.5 tsp Sea Salt 1 baseball sized onion (minced) 1 green bell pepper ? Celery (no body in my house likes it so we skip part of the "trinity") 2 quarts home made Chicken Stock  3-5 cloves garlic 2 links Andouille Sausage diced (smoked sausage will do in a pinch) 0.75 pound okra Chicken cooking in oil, "e...

As seen on the WEB from: Creative REVIEW  and  clearly also EXPEDIA.co.uk this advertisement leaves me with a huge feeling of "now why didn't I think of that?" feeling.   Like the creator of the ad campaign, I too had noticed the FUK (Fukuoka, Japan) tag on others bags and had my little giggle. But never had given it enough thought to look at the directory of codes and piece together the clever phrases here. 

Opening gifts on Christmas Day is always a joy, but especially so when you find one of these little babies inside YOUR boxes. While it is better to give than to receive  if you get one of these, you will be able to share much more. The Connect|X2 is the entry level memory card from a complete line of memory cards from Eye-Fi . You might look at the picture to the left and wonder, "what is the big deal about a 4GB SD card?" But look closer.... The card is Wi-Fi enabled. The Eye-Fi 4GB card is essentially an infinite sized card; limited only by the size of you share of the "cloud" or your hard drive. For once you have one of these cards set-up and installed in your camera, you should not have to often pull the card out to dump photos again.  From the moment you have configured the card to connect to your wireless network you will automatically be sending and syncing your pictures from the card direct to the network locations you specify. I set mine up straight...

FOUND IT!  Faye-Luther Cache #2 GC213MJ  View Larger Map Should be REALLY close to "Brittania's REST" GC3FDJJ

Dutch and IssaK DreyKa gives Dutch and Al some lovin StringGirl, Amber, and Akasha With no front teeth Tucker looks like he is being cheeky with his tongue out Al muscles in on Tucker's lovin Dutch the toothless wonder Tucker

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