Memere's Meat Pie Recipe

AKA: "Tourtiere"   in French

This top secret family recipe, less one key ingredient, is offered for the masses...

Needs:
One prefab crust (the kind you refrigerate, unroll, and use. (Pillsbury makes it easy.)
One pound lean ground pork
One pound lean ground beef
One can of unflavored bread crumbs
One medium white onion, diced small
Salt and Pepper to taste (I now use sea salt in everything)
"Bell's Seasoning" in the yellow box (or you can substitute poultry seasoning from any other maker)


Action: 
First Day
Mash the pork and the beef and the onion together in the pot.
Pour water over the top of the mash until it is covered by an inch and a half.
Mix it all up again this time with a generous amount of Bells Poultry seasoning.  (at least a table spoon)

Boil it for like three ours or until it reaches the consistency of new concrete and is a very fine particulate beef/pork mix.  You got to stir it and bust up the clumps every 15 or 20 minutes.

When you reach the loose concrete phase pull it off the stove and mix in the bread crumbs until you get the mix a bit solid like loose meat loaf.

Taste it and add salt, pepper, and seasoning the mash to taste 
Please Note: You can shorten this all up, and your life as well, by removing this next step... the refrigerate and remove the fat Frisbee section...  
Put the meat mash in the refrigerator over night

Second Day 
Remove the "Fat Frisbee" that forms on the top of the meat in the morning

Glop the meaty mixture into the prefab pie crusts pinch the edges closed

Bake it at 350 until the meat in the middle is warm or until the crust is brown on top

Serve it up hot and garnish with Ketchup, and smile lots!  

This is not CHOLESTEROL, nor HEART HEALTHY, nor in DIABETIC approved!

Eating this will actually cost you about an hour of your life per slice, so enjoy it while you can.  

I will be doing the same all by myself this year!

Happy Holidays!

Not only was it snowing....

But I woke up to The Chief trying on some of my underwear!  I think he was trying to tell me either:

a; You should buy a bathrobe.

b:  Its getting colder outside and he wants a set of "mudondies!"

c:  I shouldn't leave my clothes hanging around.

Don't know what he's trying to say!  Have to figure this one out.

Roger and The Chief

Snow day!

I'm taking a snow Day today!  After so many years of having to call in when I got snowed in, I have no one to call in to!   Do I miss it?  NOT ON YOUR LIFE!

Being the master of my universe is just as coooool as the driven snow!

Could do some serious online shopping, play the Wii, Xbox 360, NetFlix, figure out the bills, photo copy some more pictures... But how does that differ from any other day?

Roger

A Letter to My Friends and Family

A LETTER TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS

I have Parkinson's disease. It is not contagious or hereditary. No one knows what causes it, but some of the dopamine cells in the brain begin to die at an accelerated rate. Everyone slowly loses some dopamine cells as they grow older. If the cells suddenly begin to die at a faster rate, Parkinson's disease develops. It is a slowly progressive disease usually occurring as people get older. Medicine can help. I'll take newer, stronger kinds over the years. Some make me sick and take lots of adjustments. Stick with me. I have good days and bad days.

Emotions: Sometimes I cry and appear to be upset and you think you have done something to hurt my feelings. You have not. It is the Parkinson's, keep talking to me. Ignore the tears. I'll be ok in a few minutes.

Tremors: You are expecting me to shake. Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Medicine today takes care of the tremors. If my hands, feet, or head are shaky, ignore it. I'll sit on my hands or put them in my pockets. Treat me as you always have. What's a little shakiness between friends?

My face: You think you don't entertain me anymore because I'm not grinning or laughing. If I appear to stare at you, or have a wooden expression, that's the Parkinson's.  I do hear you and I have the same intelligence; it just isn't easy to show facial expressions. If swallowing, I may drool. This bothers me, so I will mop it up.

Stiffness: We are ready to go somewhere and I get up. I can hardly move. Maybe my medicine is wearing off. The stiffness or rigidity is part of Parkinson's Let me take my time, keep talking.

Exercise: I need to walk each day. Two to three miles is good. Walk with me. Company makes walking fun. It may be a slow walk, but I'll get there. Remind me if I slump or stoop. I don't always know I'm doing this. My stretching, bending, exercises must be done everyday. Help me with them if you can.

My voice: As my deeper tones disappear, you'll notice my voice is getting higher and wispy. That's the Parkinson's I know you can talk louder, faster and finish my sentences for me. I don't care for that. Let me talk, get my thoughts together and speak for myself. I'm still there. My mind's okay. Since I'm slower in movement, my thoughts are slower too. I want to be part of the conversation. Let me speak.

Sleeplessness: I may complain that I can't sleep. If I wander around in them middle of the night, that's Parkinson's It has nothing to do with what I ate or how early I went to bed. I may nap during the day. Let me sleep when I can. I can't always control when I'm tired or feel like sleeping.

Be patient, my friends. I need you. I'm the same person, I've just slowed down. It's not easy to talk about Parkinson's, but I'll try if you really want to know. I need my friends. I want to continue to be part of life. Please remain my friend.

Note:  A few years ago at the age of 44 when Sue and I received my diagnosis of "Young Onset of Parkinson's", a wise person sent me this letter that was written by someone else. I'm not sure of the letter's author and the searches I have done list this letter as Anonymous. The main point is that it explains what I feel on a daily basis. Please read it and rest assured that if I find the author I will credit him or her and the website or publication appropriately.

Let's get a contest going!

You'll need:


1.   A watch or clock
2.  One big glass of milk

Contest Rules:

1. Click the link and start slowly drinking the milk while watching the video.
2. Remember look at the time before you start drinking the milk.
(I'll know if your cheating!)



I hate kids smarter than me...    How long did you last?


(Thanks Drake!  You are THE MAN!)

Campy out!