Since these animals aren’t usually seen anywhere near the ocean, let alone frolicking on the beach, I wonder if this cute image might be photoshopped. The ocean looks way too blue, and the shadows seem wrong. Maybe other eagle-eyes here can verify its authenticity on an Overnight Open Thread.
Revised 8/19/2010 after further experimentation
Despite the way the name may sound to modern ears, cock-a-leekie soup is a recipe from Scotland that has nothing to do with male urological maladies. But it does make a good topic for an open thread!
After seeing it discussed on a prior thread, and viewing a yummy-looking picture on Wikipedia, I was inspired to try it at home. I improvised a little; here’s my recipe:
2 pounds fresh chicken pieces
2 leeks
1 medium-sized onion
4 cloves garlic
1 1/2 pounds potatoes (I used red new potatoes; use whatever type you prefer)
54 ozs. (or more) canned chicken broth (WITHOUT added salt)
1 bay leaf
Fresh parsley
Dash of celery seed
Dash of thyme
Dash of rosemary
Black pepper to taste
Dash of Jalapeno or Habanero sauce
2 cups egg noodles (optional)
Scrub the potatoes and cut them into sections, but do not peel them.
Chop the onion coarsely.
Peel and slice the garlic.
Wash and slice the leeks. If you haven’t worked with leeks before, you have to be careful to remove the loose portion of the green leaves, because soil can be trapped between the leaves.
Put the chicken, the potatoes, the broth, the bay leaf, celery seed, thyme, rosemary, and black pepper (if desired) into a large pot.
Add a small part of the parsley, the garlic, the onions, and the leeks; reserve the rest for later.
Bring to a boil, then simmer for at least 90 minutes.
Remove bay leaf and discard.
Remove chicken pieces from the pot. Discard skin, cartilage, and bone. Return the meat to the pot.
Add the habanero sauce, the garlic, the onions, the leeks, and the egg noodles (if desired).
Simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes – no more.
Garnish with chopped fresh parsley and serve.
Makes at least 4 servings.
Note: The traditional version is garnished with thin slices of prunes. I didn’t have any on hand, but you might want to try that. Some other recipe variations add rice, pearl barley, cream, or flour as a thickener.
[Found somewhere in here.]
Occasionally while sniffing around the internest I’ll run across an image that jumps up and bites me right in the crackerbockles, and this is one of them. It’s a patent drawing for an invention technically referred to as a WTF, and is apparently designed with meth addicts in mind. That’s meth as in methane.
Of course there may be other explanations for this new addition to the wonderful world of plumbing abuse, but I’m not about to go all scatological on an Overnight Open Thread.
[Update 29 July 2010 – Here are the patent papers. It’s a lifesaving device. Really.]
[Image found somewhere in here.]
Someone’s got some very funny parents. He’s gonna have a blast growing up while we have some fun on an Overnight Open Thread.
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