Jim Morgan, WEZV

check out Clint Eastwoods first role...in Revenge of the Creature from the Black Lagoon

2011-11-01T05:02:00.000-07:00

Cut and paste to see on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahvUApvswNw

Jerry Van Dyke's First Appearance on the Tonight Show

2011-07-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eYACxx2RkQ

Amazing demonstration on how the International Space Station has grown!

2011-02-15T06:14:00.001-08:00

A quick link to USAToday shows how it's expanded...pretty amazing!

http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm

Easy but Delicious Shrimp Tacos

2011-02-10T05:55:00.001-08:00

one dozen large shrimp, peeled
flour tortillas
secret sauce (recipe follows)
shredded lettuce
diced tomato
blackening seasoning
1 tblspn vegetable oil

warm the tortillas in a heat pan, remove and set aside.
Add the oil to the pan and heat to medium high.
Dredge the shrimp in the blackening seasoning (or
you can use cajun seasoning). Sautee until done,
about one and half minutes per side, depending on
the size of the shrimp.

While the shrimp are cooking, add the shredded
lettuce and tomatoes to the tortilla. Add the shrimp,
drizzle with secret sauce, fold and eat!

Secret Sauce: equal parts ranch dressing, and Texas Pete
Buffalo Wing Sauce.

you can watch me prepare this dish on Feb. 23 at noon with Cecil Chandler
on WPDE!

How long has that ketchup been in your refrigerator?

2011-01-23T05:24:00.000-08:00

Unopened, it's good for a year! After you've opened it, you've got
four to six months before it goes bad....this link has 75 surprising
expiration dates...

http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/505/77-surprising-expiration-dates/

Ham Delights!

2010-12-30T06:39:00.000-08:00

Great party appetizer!

2 sticks butter
2 tbsp. poppy seed
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 med. onion
1/2 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. mustard
2 pkg. Pepperidge party rolls
1 lb. boiled ham slices
1/3 lb. Swiss cheese
Split rolls. Blend butter, poppy seed, Worcestershire sauce, chopped onion, salt and mustard. Spread it on top and bottom of rolls. Place ham and cheese on rolls. Wrap in foil and bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees.

Carrots by Sherry

2010-12-09T06:32:00.001-08:00

My friend Sherry serves these to me on special occasions. It may be the one recipe that takes a healthy vegetable and turns it into an assault on your health! But it sure is good……

2 lb. sliced, cooked carrots
1 stick butter butter
1 pound Velveeta cheese
¾ cup of milk
Ritz crackers

Grease a casserole dish. Mix and melt butter and Velveeta cheese. Stir in the milk. Pour carrots in the bottom of dish and then cover with cheese and butter mixture. Cover this with Ritz cracker crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or microwave for about 6 minutes.

Me, Don Knotts and Tim Conway

2010-11-16T05:21:00.001-08:00

Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake

2010-11-11T11:27:00.000-08:00

just in time for Thanksgiving, enjoy this incredible (and I mean incredible)
recipe from my friends at Shiver Me Pinchers.

2 8oz packages of cream cheese, softened.
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teasp cinnamon
1 teasp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 9" graham cracker crust
1 cup real pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1/2 teasp cinnamon
1/4 teasp nutmet.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix first 4 ingrediants with mixer on
medium speed until well blended. Add eggs one at a time until mix thins and there are no lumps. Pour 1/2 of mix into crust. Mix next 3 ingrediants into remaining cheesecake mix. Bake at 350 for 40 to 45 minutes until set. Top with whipped
cream or cool whip and enjoy!

Veal Marsala

2010-11-04T09:54:00.000-07:00

6 oz top round veal, sliced and pounded
2 Tabsp flour
2 oz blended oil (olive and vegetable)
4 oz mushroom pieces and stems
2 oz sweet marsala wine
6 oz chicken stock
2 pinches chopped italian parsley
2 pinches of salt
1 pinch black pepper

In a sautee pan, heat 1 oz of oil. Lightly flour the veal and place in
pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes on one side, then turn over and sprinkle a Tablsp
flour. Discard oil and add chicken stock and marsala. Add salt, pepper and
parsley. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes until sauce thickens. Serve.

Three Potato Salad!

2010-10-14T06:58:00.000-07:00

The sweet potato is a fabulous addition, and of course
this recipe can be made ahead!!

3 medium russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 medium unpeeled red potatoes, cubed
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon dill weed
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions
Place all of the potatoes in a Dutch oven; cover with water. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook for 20-30 minutes or until tender. Drain and cool.
Place potatoes in a large bowl; add onion. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour over potato mixture and toss gently to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Yield: 15 servings.

New Orleans Barbecue Shrimp

2010-10-08T04:59:00.000-07:00

2 lbs large shrimp with shells
1 and 1/4 Tbl minced garlic
2 tsp Creole Seasoning
1and 1/2 tsp Rosemary, ground
3/4 Cup Beer
2 Tbl Worcestershire sauce
3/4 cup butter, softened

Heat large skillet over high heat until hot. Add
shrimp, garlic, creole seasoning and rosemary.
Sautee shrimp one minute, shaking skillet.
Add beer and worcestershire sauce.
Simmer 2 minutes, lower heat slightly.
Whisk in butter 1 Tbl at a time. Heat
thoroughly, but do not biol. Stir and fold
to coat shrimp with sauce. Serve immediately with
rice or french bread. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Cream of Crab Soup

2010-09-19T05:38:00.001-07:00

from our friends at Shiver Me Pinchers!

1/2 cup butter
1 cup onion, diced
3 stalks celery, minced
1 T chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup flour
2 quarts of chicken broth
1 quart half and half
1 cup of white wine
1/4 cup cooking sherry
1 lb backfin lump crabmeat
1 T Old Bay
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. white ground pepper
1/8 tsp. black ground pepper
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

1. Melt butter in a large stock pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, green pepper and parlsey. Simmer on medium heat until vegetables are tender, about
four to five minutes.

2. Stir in flour, mising well. Cook about 1 minute stirring constantly. Do not burn or let go lumpy. Add chicken broth slowly and stir until smooth.
3. Stir in wine, sherry and half and half. Mix in crab meat and spices. Reduce
heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes stirring frequently so as not to burn the bottom.
Serve hot and enjoy!

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

Chow Chow!

2010-08-26T06:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a great recipe for chow chow..spoon it on collards, rice,
hot dogs and hamburgers, whatever sounds good for you. You can
increase the heat by adding more peppers..

10 green onions, 10 pulses in a food processor, salted.

1 cabbage, pulsed 10 times.

3 jalapenons
3 orange banna peppers
4 banana peppers
1 bell pepper
all pulsed

5 vidalia onions, pulsed

salted each layer as they went
in, and put in fridge for the night

mix: 2 cups vinegar, 1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1 Tablespoon mustard seeds
1 teas celery seed
1 teas tumeric
1 Tab pickling spices

simmer the liquid and spice mix till completely mixed.

Add vegetables to vinegar-sugar-spice mixture and simmer another 10 minutes. Bring to a boil. Then pack, boiling hot, into clean, heated canning jars, leaving only a 1/8 inch head space. Place canning lids and rings on jars and tighten.

Happy Birthday Jerry Van Dyke

2010-07-27T05:18:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday Jerry

2010-07-27T05:18:00.001-07:00

Blackend Tuna with South Carolina Peach Relish

2010-07-22T05:47:00.000-07:00

Blackened Tuna is so easy, so healthy, and so delicious!
And with our South Carolina peaches abundant now, here's
a really easy topping that cools down the heat of the sizzling
blackened tuna!

2 tuna steaks,
blackening seasoning (I like Paul Prudhomme's)
butter and olive oil

Peach topping!

2 small peaches, peeled and chopped (small are sweeter)
1/2 red onion,
2 tbl chopped green peppers
2 tbl feta cheese crumbles
2 tbl balsamic vinegar
1 tbl olive oil.
salt and pepper

Mix all together and pop it in the fridge for
at least 2 hours so the flavors can mingle and
marry...co-habiting in the south would just be wrong.

Add a splash of olive oil into a sautee or fry pay,
use medium high heat, and add a 1/4 stick of butter. Generously
coat the tuna with blackening seasoning while the pan heats up.
One the oil and butter starts to smoke, add the tuna steak to the
pan...this is gonna smoke a bit, but it's supposed to. Depending
on how well you like your tuna done and the thickness of the steaks,
cook each side from 3 to 5 minutes. Plate and top with the relish.

Easy Potato Wedges and Dill Dip

2010-07-08T06:10:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
6-8 medium potatoes
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons chili powder

Optional ingredients:
cayenne pepper
chives
dried parsley
grated Parmesan cheese

or just use Lawrey’s Seasoning Salt

Instructions:
1. Scrub potatoes and rinse under cold water. Pat dry.
2. Cut potatoes into wedges or thin steak fries (about 6-8 wedges per potato).
3. Using a large mixing bowl, toss potatoes in oil.
4. In a small bowl, mix dry ingredients thoroughly. Pour over potatoes and toss to coat.
5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread potatoes in a single layer on an ungreased non-stick* baking sheet.
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until potatoes test done with a fork. Sprinkle with salt to taste.

Dill Dip

· 1 cup mayonnaise
· 1 cup sour cream
· 1/2 tablespoon dried parsley
· 1 and ½ half tablespoons grated onion
· 1 and ½ tablespoons dried dill weed
· 1 teaspoon seasoning salt

Mix all ingredients and chill.

Grilled Veggie Sandwich!

2010-07-01T06:41:00.001-07:00

I'm so proud of my friend Larry Wolfe, a great cook, for
losing over 30 pounds by changing his eating habits. While
he's done that, he's created some fabulous tasting meals
that are very healthy, and this is one of them.

Marinated Fire Roasted Vegetable Sandwich on Ciabatta bread

eggplant
portabella mushroom
red bell pepper
red onion
zucchini
one tomato
feta cheese
ciabatta bread

Slice and marinade the vegetables (except for the tomato) in extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar , garlic and salt and pepper for at least 1 hour.

Grill indirect till done to your liking. I like a lot of char on mine.

Lightly toast the bread, and add feta cheese..

Layer the mushroom on the bottom, then the eggplant, then the onions
and peppers with a little more feta, and last but not least a sliced tomato that was marinated in balsamic vinegar and S&P.

This is a fabulous recipe that delicious and very good for you, plus it makes
use of all the great local produce that's available now!

Cobb Salad Dip

2010-06-03T06:16:00.000-07:00

Serve with celery sticks or crackers.

INGREDIENTS
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese (about 2 ounces)
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 medium avocado, finely chopped (about 1 1/3 cups, cut just before serving)
1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
4 pieces bacon, well-browned and crumbled

1. Place sour cream, blue cheese, lemon juice, salt, and Worcestershire in a medium nonreactive bowl and stir until well combined.

2. Fold in avocado, scallions, and parsley, transfer to a shallow serving dish, and top with bacon. Serve with celery sticks or assorted crackers.

Best Milk Shake EVER!!!!

2010-03-11T11:04:00.000-08:00

Chef James Clark made these this morning, and
all I can say is, no matter what you have to do,
make this recipe. It is incredible...

Cheesecake Milkshake with Blueberry Cream

Tina Spaltro
Executive Pastry Chef
Marina Inn at Grande Dunes

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
½ stick butter-melted

Mix together graham cracker crumbs, cinnamon, sugar & melted butter. Put on sheet pan and toasted until golden brown. Cool

1 pint blueberry-fresh or frozen
½ cup sugar
2 cup cold heavy whipping cream

Puree blueberries and sugar together. Strain to remove pulp. Mix cream and fruit puree together and whip in mixer on high speed till thick.

1 pint Maggie Moo or homemade cheesecake ice cream
½ cup milk

To make Milk Shake put Ice Cream and Milk in the blender and blend on high speed. Top with toasted graham cracker crumbs and blueberry cream. Garnish with fresh lemon zest. Enjoy!!

Super Bowl Appetizer: Pizza Dip with Garlic Toast

2010-02-01T04:41:00.000-08:00

1 32 oz jar Ragu spaghetti sauce
1 pkg Pepperoni slices (half of package cut in half)
1 ball mozzarella cheese (cut half into 1 inch chunks, shred other half)
1/3 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
1 loaf artisan crusty french bread, sliced then.

Brush both sides of the sliced bread with extra virgin olive oil,
and sprinkle with garlic powder. Place on a baking sheet for 6 to 8
minutes or until lightly toasted.

In a saucepan over medium heat, add the spaghetti sauce.
While that is cooking, fry pepperoni for a couple of minutes.
Drain on paper towels.

In a 2 quart casserolle dish, add the heat spaghetti sauce,
and stir in the 1/2 sliced pieces of pepperoni.
Add the mozzerella chunks and ricotta cheese.
Sprinkle shredded mozzarella on the top, and then top
with the remaining pepperoni slices.

Bake in a 350 oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until bubbling.
Serve with garlic toast and red pepper flakes.

Moinkballs!

2010-01-21T06:21:00.001-08:00

Dead simple to make, and sure to please, MOINK (Moo+Oink=MOINK) Balls not only are guest favorites but lead to interesting conversations that start with statements like “nice balls you got there”…
Essentially MOINK Balls are frozen meatballs (you can make your own if you are real ambitious) wrapped with bacon, stabbed with a toothpick, and dusted with your favorite rub or spice mix. Optionally they can be glazed with a variety of sauces or jellies, but they taste just fine plain. I suggest you use your imagination and find what works best for you.
Start with the basic ingredients: bacon, frozen meatballs, spice mix, and toothpicks:
Get some meatballs, put them on a plate, and put them in the microwave for 30-45 seconds. You don’t want to cook them, but you do need them to thaw just a bit so you can stab a toothpick through them. Alternatively, you could let them sit out for a little while if you don’t have a microwave (you get the general idea).

Cut the bacon strips in half and wrap one around each meatball. Secure by stabbing a toothpick through the bacon and meatball. Dust with your favorite spice mix or rub. For this particular batch, I used a combination of Basic Rib Rub and some Kirkland Mesquite Seasoning.

Put the assembled MOINK on the smoker (or use an indirect cooking technique and put them on your grill).

Cooking time will vary based on the temperature you are cooking with. In the picture above, the meatloaf was the primary attraction, so I had the WSM running at about 225°F. If memory serves me correct, it took almost 2 hours to where I felt the bacon was done enough to apply a glaze.
The glaze is optional, however we highly advise you give it a try. When the MOINK is close to being done, get your favorite sauce, glaze, or jelly and smear it liberally on the MOINK. We like to take a little of the Columbia Empire Farms Mango-Peach Pepper jelly, microwave it for a few seconds to loosen it up, and then drizzle it over the MOINK.
The MOINK is left on the grill for about another 10-15 minutes, long enough for a nice glaze to form. The finished product looks something like the picture below, with plain MOINK on the left side of the plate, and glazed MOINK on the right.

Cauliflower!

2010-01-14T06:06:00.000-08:00

Great way make healthy food taste great!

Mashed cauliflower is a great substitute for mashed potatoes,and it is low in carbs and high in nutrients.

Ingredients:

one medium head of cauliflower
1 sweet onion
1/4 cup of milk
2 tablespoons of butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
pepper to taste.
one clove minced garlic

Preparation:

Break the cauliflower up into florets, or just chop.
Dice the onion.
Steam both until tender -- a fork should easily pierce it.

Add the rest of the ingredients and mash, or use a stick (hand) blender to put it all together.

You can also use a food processor.

makes 4 servings.

Pepper Roasted Cauliflower--so EASY!!!

1 large head of caulifower, broken into florets.
1/8 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon granulated sugar.

Preheat oven to 450. Combine all ingrediants in a bowl and
toss to coat. Let it soak for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Put cauliflower in a single layer on the baking sheet, and roast
20 minutes or until tender.

Serve hot or a room temperature.

Spicy Sausage Dip from Grace Eckstorm

2009-12-19T10:50:00.000-08:00

1 pkg Jimmy dean Hot Breakfast Sausage
1 pkg Jimmy Dean Original Sausage
1 pkg Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 8 oz tub sour cream
1 cup mild to medium Picante Sauce

for garnish, if desired, fresh cilantro.

Serve with tortilla chips or scoops.

In a large skillet crumble both packages of sausage over
medium heat and scramble till brown. Drain very well.
Add the other ingrediants and cook through. Done!
Can be served warm or at room temperature.

Easy Vegetable and Beef Soup

2009-12-10T06:17:00.000-08:00

Perfect for those cold winter days!

Ingrediants

1 bottle of beef stock (28 oz)
1 cup uncooked macaroni noodles
1 cup of V8
1 lb hamburger
1 package of frozen mixed vegetables
mushrooms.
parsley
tyme
2 strips of bacon
1 tablespoon of woos sauce
2 tables spoons of red wine.

fry 2 strips of bacon in a 6 qt pot.
Eat the bacon.
Brown the short ribs well, and remove.
Add the hamburger in and brown.

then add the ribs back in,
the beef stock, wine and woos sauce.
Bring this to a boil and a simmer for
at least 45 minutes. Remove the ribs.

Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for at
least 30 minutes.

Manhatten (Red) Clam Chowder

2009-12-04T05:44:00.000-08:00

fry 4 strips of bacon, then slightly sautee:

1/2 cup onions
1/2 cup celery
1/4 cup carrots all finely diced.

add

1.5 cups chicken broth
1 8 oz bottle of clam juice.
4 6.5 oz cans of drained clam juice
16 oz diced tomatoes
1 cup V8
1 T of woos
1 t of Phillips seafood seasoning or Old Bay
1 t of black pepper
1 t garlic granules

and bring to a simmer for 20 minutes, then add

1 russet potato, diced.

Check with a fork for doneness after about 12 minutes

add the clams at last and turn off
the heat, let it sit for 5 minutes,
clams will still be tender. scoop
from the bottom.

Ice Cream Bread recipe

2009-12-04T05:40:00.001-08:00

Ice Cream Bread

Prep: 5 min., Bake: 45 min.

This two-ingredient bread is terrific any time of day. Pop it in the oven while you're preparing supper, or serve it for afternoon tea. If you are lucky enough to have leftovers, toast a few slices for breakfast and serve with butter and jam.

1 pint (2 cups) ice cream, softened
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour

Stir together ice cream and flour, stirring just until flour is moistened. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 8x4 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of bread comes out clean. Remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.

Note: Batter may also be divided evenly between 2 greased and floured 5x3 inch loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of bread comes out clean.

Yield: Makes 1 (8-inch) loaf

IS Elvis Alive?????

2009-12-04T05:20:00.000-08:00

Classic movie trivia today was about the movie Home Alone...a lot of people
think Elvis himself is seen in the movie, standing in line....take a look
for yourself...

Corn pudding and corn casserole recipes

2009-10-08T10:20:00.000-07:00

We did 2 recipes today for a great side dish.

Corn casserole

Ingredients:

2 cans creamed corn
1 egg
1 sleeve Ritz crackers
milk, approximately 3/4 cup
Butter or margarine to dot top
sugar, 2 teaspooons
Salt, pepper (liberally sprinkled)

(I added about 10 chopped jalapeno slices, and 2 slices cheddar jack cheese, and
1 can of whole kernal corn instead of creamed)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350-375 degrees.

Grease a casserole dish.

Mix corn, eggs, milk, salt, pepper and sugar. Mix in 3/4 sleeve of crackers, crushed.

Pour into a greased casserole dish.

Top with remaining crackers and dot with butter. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.

Bake for 40 minutes, checking for burning at 15 minutes. You may have to cover with some foil to prevent crackers fromn gettng burnt. It's done when the egg inside is done.

Corn Pudding

5 eggs
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup milk
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn
2 (14.75 ounce) cans cream-style corn

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Add melted butter, sugar, and milk. Whisk in cornstarch. Stir in corn and creamed corn. Blend well. Pour mixture into prepared casserole dish.
Bake for 1 hour.

Andy Griffith has a new movie!

2009-08-24T05:04:00.000-07:00

Andy Griffith's new movie opened in
his North Carolina hometown.
The Mount Airy News reported that "Play the Game" was shown
Sunday to a packed house at the Downtown Cinema in Mount Airy.
The film stars Griffith as a widowed grandfather living in a
retirement home. He tries to learn how to be a ladies' man from
his grandson.
The independent film also stars Paul Campbell, Marla
Sokoloff, Liz Sheridan and Doris Roberts. It was written,
directed and produced by Marc Fienberg, who was inspired by his
grandfather's experience re-entering the dating world.
Among those who attended the showing Sunday was Betty Lynn,
who played Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show."
"Play the Game" opens nationally Friday.

A Golf Poem

2009-08-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

In My Hand I Hold A Ball,
White And Dimpled, Rather Small.
Oh, How Bland It Does Appear,
This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.

By Its Size I Could Not Guess,
The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.
But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell,
I've Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell.

My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same,
Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.
It Rules My Mind For Hours On End,
A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.

It Has Made Me Yell, Curse And Cry,
I Hate Myself And Want To Die.
It Promises A Thing Called Par,
If I Can Hit It Straight And Far.

To Master Such A Tiny Ball,
Should Not Be Very Hard At All.
But My Desires The Ball Refuses,
And Does Exactly As It Chooses.

It Hooks And Slices, Dribbles And Dies,
And Even Disappears Before My Eyes.
Often It Will Have A Whim,
To Hit A Tree Or ! Take A Swim.

With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land,
It Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.
Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul,
If Only It Would Find The Hole.

It's Made Me Whimper Like A Pup,
And Swear That I Will Give It Up.
And Take To Drink To Ease My Sorrow,
But The Ball Knows ... I'll Be Back Tomorrow.

After years of research, the best fried pork chop recipe!

2009-08-21T10:43:00.000-07:00

Fried pork chops are a southern favorite, whether you call it soul food
or country cooking! This recipe gives you crunch but tender chops.
Make sure you follow the directions and don't stack up the cooked
chops...they'll steam and lose their crunch.

Ingredients:
1/2 Cup all purpose flour
1/4 Cup Corn Starch
1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Salt
4 seven ounce Center Cut pork loin rib chops (each about 3/4 inch thick)
2 Eggs beaten
Vegetable Oil
Preheat a heavy pan to medium, but DO NOT add oil.
Mix flour, cornstarch, and garlic salt in a medium bowl. Sprinkle
pork chops with salt and pepper.
Dredge pork chops in egg, then dip both sides in the flour mixture.
Place the chops on a pan and IN THE REFRIGERATOR for at
least ten minutes.
Now, add the cold oil to the hot pan, and then immediately place
chops in the oil, and fry for about five minutes per side or until
golden brown.

a funny clean joke!

2009-08-21T05:06:00.001-07:00

Three friends from the local congregation were asked, 'When you're in your casket, and friends and congregation members are mourning over you, what would you like them to say?'

Artie said: ' I would like them to say I was a wonderful husband, a fine spiritual leader, and a great family man.'

Eugene commented: 'I would like them to say I was a wonderful teacher and servant of God who made a huge difference in people's lives..'

John said: 'I'd like them to say, 'Look, he's moving!'
_________________

Smothered Pork Chops Stroganoff

2009-08-20T06:25:00.000-07:00

Smothered pork chops stroganoff

4 boneless pork chops
dijon mustard
Salt
Pepper
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 small container sour cream
onion
4 strips bacon
worcestershire sauce

Choose a sliced pork chop that is an even thickness throughout. Chops

that are an even thickness will cook evenly with less drying.

1. Fry the bacon and remove, set aside. Crumble into small pieces.

Slice and cook the onions in the grease until translucent, remove and

put with the bacon.

2. salt and pepper the chops, then place them in bacon fat and
brown both sides on high heat, about 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove

and set aside. Turn heat to low.

3. Drain all but a tablespoon of any remaining grease. Scrape the
bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to loosen up the fond.

4. add the cream of mushroom soup and about a half a can of water.
Mix well, add the sour cream and worcestershire sauce and 1 tablespoon dijon

mustard, and mix well, allow to come to a simmer. Return the chops

bacon and onions to the pan and simmer till tender, perhaps 45 minutes.

By starting the chop at a high heat to brown quickly, then finish at

lower heat on the stove in the gravy. This produces a more tender and

juicy chop.

Serve over rice or pasta, or with bread to sop up the sauce!

Sauce can be used for traditional stroganoff and more!

A really bad week

2009-08-17T12:05:00.001-07:00

last Sunday I took a neighbor to buy some shrimp. Apparently some
juice spilled out into my truck. The next day when the heat index
was about 100, I opened my door and almost passed out. Then on Thursday
a water pipe burst in my condo. 3000 bucks of damage, although the
actual figure has to be less than a 1000.

Anyway, our cute little intern from Coastal Carolina University had
the flu last week, and then got stung by a jellyfish over the weekend.

But the winner was Bob who works with me.

Last Sunday he wanted to make waffles for his kids, and decided to clean
the coffee pot. He opened the cabinet beneath his kitchen sink and found
a writhing, pulsating mound of maggots, worms and flies.

His garbage disposal had been dumping food under the sink. I would have just walked out and moved, but he cleaned it up.

Then Wed., he decided to fix a slow leak in a bathtub. Except he forgot to
turn the water off first....sooo, when he removed whatever plumbing thingy,
water started shooting all over his bathroom. He ran outside to a shed in his back yard to turn off the water, and when he went in, he felt something fall on his head. He turned the water off and turned around. What had hit him in the head? A nest of Palmetto bugs (South Carolina cockroaches that fly). They were crawling all over him, in his shirt and stuff and he was
barefooted too. I would have loved to have seen that dance.

Anyway, he gets the prize, so if you see Bob, buy him a doughnut or something.

ok the video below does not show the right side of the screen

2009-08-11T05:11:00.001-07:00

but you can see the full screen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuCbN0tL7xc

What's amazing about this video is what happens on the
right side of the screen, so try the link to Youtube!

One Amazing Video....this officer has been living right!

2009-08-10T07:48:00.000-07:00

I really liked this salute to our Heroes

2009-08-08T08:37:00.000-07:00

Cook Made Easy With Jim Thursday, August 6

2009-08-04T09:18:00.000-07:00

We will have Charlotte Observer Food Editor Kathleen Purvis on the

air to talk about tomato sandwiches and the huge controversy that

resulted from one of her columns! Gonna be fun, at 9:30 AM!

Tomato Sandwich article ignites new Civil War!

2009-07-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

from last weeks Charlotte Observer, this article got over 100 comments,
and things got ugly. Can't imagine what would have happened if
the topic was barbecue....go to the link and read some of the comments....truly worthy of something this board would do...

Kathleen will be my guest on August 6th during Cooking Made Easy With Jim, and we'll

discuss not only southern staples, but the regional reactions this story kicked up!

Mater madness

The true taste of summer in the South : White bread, mayo and red, ripe tomato.

By Kathleen Purvis
kpurvis@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2009
Consider the tomato sandwich.

It's an excellent example of the maxim that the simplest ingredients yield the highest reward: Bread. Mayonnaise. Tomato. Salt. Pepper.

You can debate each element – which bread, which mayonnaise, which tomato. But add anything more and you've gone too far.

You may be able to buy a tomato in January, but you can achieve tomato sandwich greatness only in the months of tomato perfection. Earlier than July or later than September and you should forget it – eat grilled cheese.

Of all the foods that define Southernness, the tomato sandwich may be right up there with grits as the true dividing line. Molly Mullen can tell you that. A native of Charlotte who works at Wells Fargo, Mullen celebrated the Fourth of July the best way she knew how. She invited a couple of dozen friends for her first annual Tomato Sandwich Social. She emphasizes “first annual” – it will return, she says.

She went to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market a week in advance, to make sure the tomatoes were at their peak for the party. She bought $65 worth of eight or nine kinds. “We had Mr. Stripeys, Purple Cherokee, all kinds of heirlooms, the regular beefsteaks.”

She sliced them up, put out bread and mayonnaise – Duke's for the purists, Hellman's for everyone else. Friends brought cold salads and appetizers, and Mullen threw in 4 pounds of bacon for those who insist.

At first, she discovered, the people who were not from around here didn't get the concept. Those from other regions wanted toasted bread, lettuce and bacon.

“They wanted club sandwiches,” she says. “They did not understand the concept of the white bread, tomato, salt and pepper.” (We won't tell you how they reacted to the fried green tomatoes.)

But Mullen cajoled and fellow Southerners instructed. The two sides eventually came together.

“Those Yankees here are like, ‘A tomato sandwich – what else do you put on it?' I say you have not experienced the true treasure of life if you haven't had a tomato sandwich.”

The newcomers who tried it came around, she said. They went through all the bacon, all the tomatoes, three loaves of white bread and one of ciabatta. And everyone is still talking about it, she says.

Summer is long and the tomatoes are plentiful. So we'll concede that you might get your fill. We've included recipes for a couple of variations on the tomato sandwich. But before you make them, consider the wise words of Molly Mullen:

“Sometimes, the simplest things in life, you think you have to make it better. And you really don't with a tomato sandwich.”

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/508/story/845450.html
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2009-07-22T05:59:00.001-07:00

Spelling counts -- especially when you're

looking for a job. A typo or two on a resume might just keep you

among the ranks of the unemployed. Three out of four executives

surveyed say a typo on a resume would disqualify a job applicant.

The poll was done on behalf of the staffing firm Accountemps. Max

Messmer is chairman of Accountemps and author of "Job Hunting for

Dummies." He says a potential boss might assume that if you make

mistakes on your resume, you'll do the same on the job. He

recalls one applicant who wrote "Hope to hear from you SHORTY."

And another who addressed a letter to "Dear Sir or MADMAN."

What are the odds?

2009-07-21T04:37:00.001-07:00

About 100 guests are expected to gather at a

Florida yacht club this October for Kelly Hildebrandt's wedding

-- to Kelly Hildebrandt.

Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt says she was bored one night last

year and decided to search Facebook for her own name to see if

anyone shared it. Kelly Carl Hildebrandt of Lubbock, Texas, came

up as the only match.

The two exchanged e-mails, then occasional phone calls.

Eventually that turned into daily conversations, sometimes

lasting for hours. After a few months, he visited her in Florida,

and that cinched it. Last December, she found a diamond

engagement ring hidden in a treasure box on a beach.

While the couple says it's fun sharing a name, there have

been complications. They nearly had a cruise canceled when a

travel agent deleted one ticket on their reservation, thinking it

was a duplicate entry.

The couple are including their middle names on the wedding

invitations to save confusion. And they've ruled out naming any

children Kelly.

Giant Flying Squids Attack!

2009-07-17T04:34:00.000-07:00

Like the plot of a bad movie, the shallow

waters off the coast of San Diego have been invaded by creatures

from the deep: giant flying squid.

They're as big as five feet long. They have razor-sharp

beaks. And thousands of them have popped up close to shore. The

100-pound calamari can be pretty aggressive.

Some divers report they've been roughed up by squid who've

yanked at their masks and diving gear and, in one case, even

tried to make off with a video light.

Diver Shandra Magill says one large squid hit her from

behind and pulled her sideways in the water before ripping away

her buoyancy hose. She says she "kicked like crazy" and it went

away.

Veteran diver Raleigh Moody just can't resist the thrill of

the experience. He says until he hears of something bad

happening, he's going to "be an idiot and go back in the water."

Another fabulous acapella performance!

2009-07-13T08:56:00.002-07:00

At Christmas time, I play an incredible acapella version of the 12 days of Christmas by

a very talented group called Straight No Chaser. The end their medley with Toto's

Africa.

I just found another group that starts with an amazing rain storm, then Africa, all just

using their voices and their bodies to make music.

The thunder is really cool...enjoy!

2009-07-13T08:56:00.001-07:00

2009-07-11T10:59:00.001-07:00

It's boiled peanut day!

A southern summer tradition....these got a salt and cajun brine, and

then (after a few pounds of sampling!) , into small freezer bags to be

enjoyed all winter!

2009-07-08T06:14:00.001-07:00

These kind of pictures are all over the internet....I don't know why I find them

so funny, but I thought I'd share a few

if you guys like them, I'll post some more!

2009-07-07T05:31:00.000-07:00

Here is something you will want to have and use ! I still remember when the telephone company charged me $1.50 to get a phone number from information
My compliments to Google !&n bsp;

Just leave it up to Google to come up with something like this!!!

Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone, or your home phone speed dial: 1-800-goog411. This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great when you are driving on the road with no pen, pencil or paper handy.< /SPAN>

Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time manually dialing the number. I am driving along in my car and I need to call the golf course and I don't know the number. I hit the speed dial for information that I have programmed.

The voice at the other end says, "City & State." I say, " Garland , Texas ." He says, "Business, Name or Type of Service." I say, Firewheel Golf Course." He says, "Connecting" and Firewheel answers the phone. How great is that? This is nationwide and it is absolutely free!

2009-07-07T04:28:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was the anniversary of the big water spout/tornado

in Myrtle Beach...this is one of the most shocking pictures I've ever seen.

2009-07-03T05:22:00.001-07:00

This had to be one of the easiest fires to

put out. But, imagine the panic of an elderly woman in Zurich,

Switzerland who called the emergency number to report that her TV

was burning. Police and firefighters rushed to her home but

didn't see any smoke. A closer look at the TV showed it was tuned

to a station that shows a fire in a fireplace during the early

morning hours. They turned off the "fire" with the press of a

button.

Did I read these signs right?

2009-07-03T04:28:00.000-07:00

Sign in a restroom:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

In a Laundromat :
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR
CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT
GOES OUT

In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS

In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY
PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND
STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

Outside a secondhand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC.
WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

Spotted in a safari park: (I sure hope so)
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE
IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE,
BUT THE BULL CHARGES.

Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO
GET LESSONS

On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR
-- THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

2009-07-02T05:40:00.001-07:00

FOR ALL YOU GOLFERS

OUT THERE.......you know, some of these come close to home.....

1. Winston Churchill: "Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture."

2. Jack Benny: "Give me the fresh air, a beautiful partner, and a nice round of golf, and you can keep the fresh air and the round of golf."

3. Lee Trevino: "You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work."

4 Unknown . "Golf is not a game, it's bondage. It was obviously devised by a man torn with guilt, eager to atone for his sins."

5. Hank Aaron: "It took me seventeen

years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course."

6. Lee Trevino: "Columbus went around the

world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course."

7. Lee Trevino: "I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced."

8. Sam Snead: "These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow."

9. Paul Harvey: "Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five."

10. Tommy Bolt, about the tempers of modern players: "They throw their clubs backwards and sideways, and that's wrong. You should always throw a club ahead of you so that you don't have to walk any extra distance to get it."

11. Tommy Bolt: "Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet."

12. Jimmy Demaret: "Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at."

13. Jack Lemmon: "If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball."

14. Lee Trevino: "If you're caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron."

15. Unknown: "Fifty years ago, 100 white men chasing one black man across a field was called the Ku Klux Klan. Today it's called the PGA Tour."

16. John Updike: "Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five."

17. "Silk Stockings" TV Show:

"The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music."

18. Gerald Ford: "I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose."

19. P.G. Wodehouse: "The least thing upsets him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of butterflies in the adjoining meadows."

20. Bob Hope: "If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him."

21. Ken Harrelson: "In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the centre-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got to be right over second base."

22. Chi Chi Rodriguez: "The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life."

23. Chi Chi Rodriguez: "After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on
rye."

24. Tommy Bolt, toward the end of one of his infamous high- volume, tempermental, club-throwing rounds, asked his caddie for a club recommendation for a shot of about 155 yards. His caddie said: "I'd say either a 3-iron or a wedge, sir." "A 3- iron or a wedge?" asked Bolt. "What kind of stupid,
#*!~%^* choice is that?" "Those are the only two clubs you have left in the your bag, sir." said the caddie.

2009-07-02T05:10:00.000-07:00

My friend Tab Allen sent me these....don't know if they all work, but

it might be worth a try...

Did You Know That? Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers"

Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.

Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.

Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.

Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.

Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly -- even though the product was never been advertised for this use. (Note: Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine is not the same..and contains aspirin, which can cause stomach bleeding if you have ulcers.)

Honey remedy for skin blemishes.. Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.

Listerine therapy for toenail fungus.. Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.

Easy eyeglass protection... To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.

Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done.

Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer.. If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.

Smart splinter remover...just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue.

Hunt's tomato paste boil cure..cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.

Balm for broken blisters...To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine .. a powerful antiseptic.

Heinz vinegar to heal bruises.. Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.

Kills fleas instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas.
Rainy day cure for dog odor.. Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.

Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil in your cat's ear. Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing.

Quaker Oats for fast pain relief....It's not for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.

I love this video..I'd tell you the drummer is a tractor, but it speaks for itself...

2009-07-01T11:55:00.000-07:00

Something you can't appreciate on the radio

2009-07-01T11:22:00.000-07:00

you have to see it....anyone who knows me knows I'm a prankster and almost

always have a rubber snake handy. This is a video I found on youtube (the best

thing on the internet after google) that makes me laugh every time. I believe

it is from America's Funniest Home Videos, one of my favorite shows.

2009-07-01T11:13:00.001-07:00

Carolina Dogs and Cooking Made Easy with Jim

2009-07-01T10:47:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is Thursday, a very happy day at the Easy radio ranch. At 9:30, it's

Cooking Made Easy with Jim, a cooking show on the radio. After winning some

cooking contests, Scott Richards thought it would be a good idea for me to start

talking food. The show brings in guest cooks and chefs with their recipes, and

many of my favorite recipes. Every year, the radio station publishes a collection

of the recipes, with proceeds going to charity.

Tomorrow, we'll get another visit from a really good guy, Chef Dave Porter from

Phillips World Cuisine Buffet. Dave has been on the show more than anyone else.

He started coming in and giving us seafood cooking lessons, and now brings in samples

from the incredible food at Phillips. The entire staff gets excited when he comes through

the door with his red cooler, filled with everything from clams and mussels to mac n cheese

to sushi and Korean steak.

I still give out a recipe which we post at www.wezv.com and tomorrow, it will be hot dog chili.

I've been working on a hot dog chili/sauce recipe for years, and while I won't say it's perfected

yet, it's pretty dang good. In the July 1st edition of the Sun News, there is a great article about

hot dog chili ( http://www.thesunnews.com/living/food/story/961741.html ).

One of my interests is studying regional food preferences, like the different styles of pizza,

barbecue and yes, hot dogs!

Chicago is known for it bizarre blend of vegetables (dragged through the garden, they call it)

New York for their many hot dog carts, and the Carolinas are home to the Carolina dog...meaning it's topped with chili and slaw. The classic Carolina dog, in it's truest form, is

simply mustard, chopped onions, chili and slaw. It's an incredible combination of textures

and flavors, yet so many people from other parts of the country find it odd.

In the Carolinas, we eat slaw on our barbecue sandwiches, hot dogs and hamburgers.

A buddy of mine from Detroit came to visit, and swore we put slaw on everything!

He tried it himself, and now he can't eat hot dogs without slaw. ..another convert.

I've noticed that in the northeast hot dog havens, the frank itself is most important.

All beef, kosher brands are often gobbled down with just mustard. But in the Carolinas

I believe the toppings are more important...thus you'll find the wiener itself is not the star

of the show, merely one of the players. Finding the right combination of wiener, slaw and

chili is crucial. That's why I've been working on this recipe so long. I like this with the kind

of slaw you get at Kentucky Fried Chicken best.

With the Fourth of July cookouts coming up this weekend, we'll talk about this tomorrow morning, and post the recipe for the chili at www.wezv.com

hopefully by tomorrow afternoon.

New Blog, first post

2009-07-01T10:28:00.001-07:00

I really never thought I'd do something like this, but I wanted a

way to interact more with listeners. I'm hoping this will be a spot

you come to for laughs (I plan to link to funny sites and videos)

and talk about Easy radio and music in general, and of course

food and recipes. I'm a foodie. We're a strange segment of society

but we can help you eat some good vittles!

While doing my job at Easy radio gives me a broadcast voice, it

doesn't mean I can say everything I want. We strive to be a music-

first radio station, with just enough information and entertainment.

This blog will allow me to communicate more and about specific topics,

without turning into talk radio.

But the most important thing is to have fun....and there's gonna be lots

of that here.