4 Venison steaks about 1 in thick
-rub with garlic
-marinade for about 1hr. in 1 part olive oil, ½ part lemon juice, ½ part vinegar, 1 tsp. oregano
Cumberland Sauce
Combine and blend well:
– Grated rind of 1 lemon
– Juice 1 lemon
– Grated rind of 1 orange (eat the fruit :)
– 1 Tbs of icing sugar
– 1 tsp prepared mustard (I used dry)
– ¼ cup melted red current jelly
– 1 Tbs port wine (I used Grand Marnier)
– 1 Tbs slivered almonds
(I heated this mixture but you don’t have to.) Click read more…
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Groundhog Day’s True Purpose
Yahoo! News – Groundhogs Looking for Love, not Shadow
Groundhogs that emerge from their dens in early February are looking for sweethearts, not shadows, a researcher says. And what’s more, the female groundhogs invite the males in for a visit.
The rodent ritual, whimsically marked each Feb. 2 as Groundhog Day seems to be part of the mating ritual “to see which females are available and where they are,” said Stam Zervanos, an associate professor of biology at Pennsylvania State University’s campus in Reading.
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2 boys working with tools
Had a great guest over the weekend…Learned about the new comp and started playing with the new software..Thx Tom…(deep bow)
Listened to what 500 plus ponies sound like on a cold winter day…blissful! Picture in read more.
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Get Your Cowboy Nickname
For the easily amused… a cowboy Nickname Generator on the Calgary Stampede Site. Enter in some names from your household and select their gender. The nickname is not just randomly generated but uses a truly complex algorithm and other assorted voodoo for the utmost in nickname accuracy and characteristics :) For some reason Nick Bako’s cowboy nickname tickled my funny-bone (along with a few others 
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New Colour Scheme
I was tiring quickly of the blog’s current winter theme with all it’s “greyness”. I wanted something a bit brighter and created this in your face teal, yellow, and red combo and then placed Martha’s convertible picture back on the top. If the colours hurt your eyes… too bad. It’s my way to get through the winter blahs and I’m keeping this for a while.
I also changed the photo album theme slightly to try and visually link the two separate program webpages closer.
New Feature? Recipe of the Week
There doesn’t seem to be much family posting going on so I thought I’d try a different spin. I received a Mexican cookbook for Christmas and I finally got to try the first entr?e. I KNOW many of the extended clan here are great cooks so here is a chance to share some of your favourite creations.
I’ll start off… today’s recipe is “Chicken Breasts in Green Salsa with Sour Cream“. The sour cream removes it from the low calorie section but it’s up to you how much you use since it’s served as a condiment on the side. Click read more for the recipe.
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Happy New Year…misc
Hoping all have a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year! LET’S GO BULLS!
We had a seafood orgy for New Years Eve. I’m sure the garlic sauce is just now starting to leave the air…wherever we roam! My monitor pooped the bed…so I’m back to a 14 in standby.grrr.
“Time for a Dell dude” as the commercial says… We were gifted with a new digital cam. Still practising…but we will start contributing. We had a couple stay over on New Years and are now sufficiently motivated to finish our guest rooms. Spent the day at IKEA and got lots of ideas and a few trinkets.
Happy New Year 2003
Happy New Year *cheers* everyone! The Gillier’s celebrated with a lobster and chicken finger dinner and pie- yum! We counted down the seconds with Dick Clarke, a cheese fondue, wearing kookie hats, popping balloons and blowing horns. There was very little smooching as we all had various cold strains. Laura had her friend Jennie over and they partied till the wee hours.
Jackie left to go back to Humber College an hour ago. It was nice having her home these past three weeks. We wish her much success with her new courses and intern placement.
We had our second snowfall Thursday leaving us with 12 cm of powder. Laura and the cats are having a good time making tracks around the farm. The fields and trees are so pretty.
Fun Christmas Celebration
Well it seems everyone has survived the holiday period (so far). Nick, Eileen and family are on route back home and here’s hoping they make it to their doctor appointments on time. No… no one was in critical condition; just nagging cold/flu symptoms. It didn’t seem to dampen their spirits much, but they had chills, coughs, and heavy chests. It always seems to happen just before a planned trip doesn’t it? …continued
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Christmas in Mississauga
Hi there. Today I had a family brunch to celebrate Christmas before we all left to go to Chatham. I served a fabulous dish, “smoked salmon and potato breakfast casserole” and made a cappuccino ice-cream cake for dessert. If anyone wants the recipe I’ll gladly share it (Dec 2002 Bon Appetit). I took some pictures of our pre-Christmas. It is so much fun to celebrate the holidays all weekend and week-long.