….. I thought about this poem when I saw a recipe for a perfect Deviled Egg.
If one likes boiled eggs, it is the easiest of all foods to jazz up. Whether one egg or 1000 the directions are the same.
Boil the egg. Remove the shell. Cut it in half. Remove the yolk. Place the boiled egg white on a plate. You can buy an egg plate at walmart.
Mash the yolk with a fork very well. Add to taste: mayo, or salad dressing, salt, and pepper. Mix it, stuff it in the empty egg white, and dust the top with a little paprika. Eat it hot or cold. It doesn't matter. (I personally like Light Miracle Whip.)
What does matter is knowing that mayo and salad dressings can quickly become rancid in the summer; it will make you sick. If you are going to take it to a picnic keep it cool. A plate in a closed cooler with a little ice is all you need. The eggs will disappear before the ice melts.
One of the directions I read said to put the egg mixture in a zip bag and cut out a corner. Here is an old decorators trick that is easier and cheaper.
Tear off a piece of waxed paper. Roll it into a cone shape. Fill it with the yolk mixture and cut off the tip of he cone. Throw the paper away when you're done.
Believe it or not the waxed paper cone can be used to decorate cakes. All you need is the metal tip and frosting.
Life is too short to obsess over the perfect size zip bag. If you are going to make a large quantity of these eggs, in the long run it is smarter to buy a pastry bag. It will wash and dry very nicely, and last a long time.
If one likes boiled eggs, it is the easiest of all foods to jazz up. Whether one egg or 1000 the directions are the same.
Boil the egg. Remove the shell. Cut it in half. Remove the yolk. Place the boiled egg white on a plate. You can buy an egg plate at walmart.
Mash the yolk with a fork very well. Add to taste: mayo, or salad dressing, salt, and pepper. Mix it, stuff it in the empty egg white, and dust the top with a little paprika. Eat it hot or cold. It doesn't matter. (I personally like Light Miracle Whip.)
What does matter is knowing that mayo and salad dressings can quickly become rancid in the summer; it will make you sick. If you are going to take it to a picnic keep it cool. A plate in a closed cooler with a little ice is all you need. The eggs will disappear before the ice melts.
One of the directions I read said to put the egg mixture in a zip bag and cut out a corner. Here is an old decorators trick that is easier and cheaper.
Tear off a piece of waxed paper. Roll it into a cone shape. Fill it with the yolk mixture and cut off the tip of he cone. Throw the paper away when you're done.
Believe it or not the waxed paper cone can be used to decorate cakes. All you need is the metal tip and frosting.
Life is too short to obsess over the perfect size zip bag. If you are going to make a large quantity of these eggs, in the long run it is smarter to buy a pastry bag. It will wash and dry very nicely, and last a long time.
Wild Fires
Posted 07-04-2013 at 09:51 PM by linicx
Not all fires are started by careless campers or arson. Some are started by nature. It is not so uncommon in the United States where high heat and dry air are all too often reminders of just how dangerous nature can be. A bolt of lightening can fire dry timber and pine needles smoldering as easily as a match to paper can start kindling burning in a fireplace.
The problem is there is no fireplace to contain a fire on a mountain. There is no screen to defer or trap an errant flaming ember.
Firefighters are trained to manage most large fires and they do it very well. What they cannot manage, and what some cannot escape, is the wildfire. Just as the hurricane gathers strenght from water, the wildfire gathers strength from wind - the same wind that spreads a once controlled fire at an high rate of speed over an unpredictable path. Wind speed can change as fast as the direction. What was going away from has suddenly returned and consuming all in its path.
History does repeat itself, but humans forget. The worst recorded fire in U.S. forest history began in 1871 at nearly the same moment as the Great Chicago Fire.
The wildfire that started in Peshtigo Wisconsin spread into part of Michigan before finally ending at Green Bay when the high winds died and rain began to fall. When it was over more than 1.5 million acres and thousands of lives were lost.
The exact number of lives lost is still unknown. For some, their family genealogy in Wisconsin ends that night in 1871 as all records were destroyed.
We can call it a wildfire, we can call it a firestorm. The word really doesn't matter. When high winds take over a large fire human control is lost. The people and wildlife that escape by the grace of God are more than just lucky.
Wildfire is why forest management is critical. The controlled burns, the felling of dead trees, and the clearing of pine needles is vitally important in isolated forested areas especially in the arid Southwest where excessive heat, barren rock, and parched earth are contant companions.
The problem is there is no fireplace to contain a fire on a mountain. There is no screen to defer or trap an errant flaming ember.
Firefighters are trained to manage most large fires and they do it very well. What they cannot manage, and what some cannot escape, is the wildfire. Just as the hurricane gathers strenght from water, the wildfire gathers strength from wind - the same wind that spreads a once controlled fire at an high rate of speed over an unpredictable path. Wind speed can change as fast as the direction. What was going away from has suddenly returned and consuming all in its path.
History does repeat itself, but humans forget. The worst recorded fire in U.S. forest history began in 1871 at nearly the same moment as the Great Chicago Fire.
The wildfire that started in Peshtigo Wisconsin spread into part of Michigan before finally ending at Green Bay when the high winds died and rain began to fall. When it was over more than 1.5 million acres and thousands of lives were lost.
The exact number of lives lost is still unknown. For some, their family genealogy in Wisconsin ends that night in 1871 as all records were destroyed.
We can call it a wildfire, we can call it a firestorm. The word really doesn't matter. When high winds take over a large fire human control is lost. The people and wildlife that escape by the grace of God are more than just lucky.
Wildfire is why forest management is critical. The controlled burns, the felling of dead trees, and the clearing of pine needles is vitally important in isolated forested areas especially in the arid Southwest where excessive heat, barren rock, and parched earth are contant companions.
