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Revealed! Where babies come from! – Boing Boing

I always wondered about this, now I know not to blow on my wife's finger anymore!

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Frosted Meatloaf – my version!!

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Recipe: Frosted Meatloaf

Summary: different way to serve meatloaf and mashed potatoes

Ingredients:

  1. Meatloaf ingredients:
    1 lb. ground pork (or sausage or veal)
    2 lbs. ground beef
    1/2 onion
    2 pkgs. onion soup mix
    1 1/2 cups saltine crackers crushed
    2 eggs
    pepper
    bacon

    Frosting ingredients:
    8 or so potatoes (peeled and cubed)
    milk or cream
    butter
    sour cream
    grated cheddar cheese

Instructions:

  1. In a large bowl combine the meatloaf ingredients minus the bacon and mix well. Place aluminum foil on a shallow lipped baking sheet and place a wire rack on to sheet with a piece of foil on the rack and holes punched in the foil to allow drainage of the grease. Place meatloaf onto the rack and cover top of foil with bacon strips (tuck the ends of the bacon under the loaf). Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until internal temp is 140 degrees. “Frost” the loaf at this time with the mashed potato mixture made according to the instructions below with a spatula (make it thick!). Place it back into over at 350 until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees. Place under broiler for a couple of minutes to give it some color. Let sit for 5 minutes and slice and serve!

    Frosting:
    Peel and cube potatoes. Place them into a pan of water and boil until tender. Place into mixer and add some milk, butter and sour cream until mixture is smooth. Add a handful of shredded cheese to add elasticity to the mix.

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LiveLeak.com – Last Moments Of The USS Belleau Wood

U.S.S. Belleau Wood LHA-3

U.S.S. Belleau Wood LHA-3

This is the ship I called home for four years while I was in Uncle Sams Canoe Club between the years of 1979 and 1983. I have many fond memories of my time on board and the many people that I came to know there. I am also looking for copies (either actual copies or scanned pages) of the first two WestPac Cruises that we took on her in 1981 and 1983. If anyone can help me out with this I would be eternally grateful. I am also looking for some old shipmates:
Luther Black
Cory Nichols
Shoesmith
T.J. Fox
Ed Heiberg
Marty Crowther
Mike Roja
P.J. Munson
Dave Kotowski
Wayne Esper
Glen Vickers
I’m sure I’ll think of others later on….
All of these served on board the U.S.S. Belleau Wood LHA-3 sometime between the years of 1979 and 1983, homeported out of San Diego, CA. If you know these people please let them know I wish to contact them and pass the contact information to me (with their permission of course) in an email or comment here. Thanks!

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Heart Attack on a Platter….

Recipe: Heart Attack on a Platter (Crab Alfredo)

Summary: This is Nikki’s favorite dish

Ingredients:

  1. 2 cups Whipping Cream
    1/3 to 1/2 cups Parmesan Cheese
    1 stick Butter
    handful Italian Seasoning
    1 small onion
    3 cloves garlic
    2 lbs. Spaghetti Noodles
    2 packages Imitation Crab (I prefer real but my daughter likes the imitation)
    as many as you wish Shrimp (optional)

Instructions:

  1. Cook spaghetti (or fettucini or angel hair pasta, whichever you prefer) according to the manufacturers directions. While the water is heating for the spaghetti, chop your onion and garlic, heat a couple of tablespoons of butter in a skillet and sweat the onions and garlic in with the butter. Add your crab meat and/or shrimp and cook gently until heated through (note: this is assuming you are using pre-cooked shrimp otherwise be certain to cook the shrimp thoroughly.) Be careful with artificial crab as it tends to fall apart (it is really Alaskan Pollock and does flake readily). Add some italian seasoning to the crab/onion/garlic mixture.
    Once the spaghetti noodles are done, drain and place back into the pan they came out of. Add one stick of butter and the entire carton of heavy whipping cream. Stir. To this add about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese and stir thoroughly. Add the crab/onion/garlic mixture. Heat thoroughly and serve!

    Heart attack on a platter, about 1,000,000 calories but well worth it!

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