Webbed Feet and final thoughts for the day...

I love living in Seattle, but even my affection for the place has been tested of late. I just checked the Times, and grabbed this headline.. “City That Takes Rain in Stride Puts on Hip Boots”. We have had almost 15.5” of rain in November, and that doesn’t include the snow we had today.

Early this morning I was fascinated by the running of the Seattle Marathon. When I got up, the temperature was in the 30’s, it was raining, and there were thousands of people running in the marathon.

My pal Heidi suggested that the rain had reached “Biblical proportions…”, but I have yet to see any arks under construction or even anyone with umbrellas.

I tell my friends that when you are in California the prevailing sentiment seems to be that anything happening in the country East of the Sierras is irrelevant.

I tell them that living here is like living in Brigadoon. The area comes out of the mists every hundred years or so, and whatever is happening East of the Cascades is truly a mystery.

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[Michael Sawruk]

Buzz:
We also had a great Thanksgiving, but no wild rice!
Jeff asked if I had heard from the "Buzzer Man" and Mac wanted to know who that is?
Sounds like you're having a blast!
Keep in touch!
Sawruk

[Margaret]

Dear Nephew:

Lucille and I have been following this silly talk about wild rice. Charley's dogs slept on the rice and didn't do what that Spare Parts said they did. He shoots off his mouth too often.

I never have "blogged" before, and I am afraid that I have had to use my daughter Mary's e-mail address; I don't have one. Never had; never will. Let's leave you with a recipe that features wild rice:

1 c. uncooked wild rice
1/2 c. butter
1/2 lb. mushrooms, sliced.
2 T minced onion
2 T. minced green pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 c. chopped pecan
3 c. chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste.
Add leftover chicken or turkey and it's a main course. That's the way we did it at our house

Wash and soak wild rice 1 hour in boiling water or soak overnight. Melt butter and add mushrooms, onion, green pepper, and garlic. Cook 5 minutes, stirring often. Add pecans and cook 1 minute more. Drain rice and add to mushroom mixture. Add broth, salt and pepper. Pour into a 1 1/2 quart greased casserole. Cover and back in a 325 degree oven for 1 hour, then uncover and continue baking 20-25 minutes.

This is a real good dish. Lucille and I recommend it.

Love,

Your Aunt Margaret