Here's what got done . . .

Well, I did plant irises, and I raked the front yard. No need to trim the apple trees; they're cut down. Neighbor Jeff and his chainsaw took care of them. Now buddy Rick needs to come get his pig smoking apple wood. Daughter Pin thinks my life sounds weird. Chainsaws and pigsmokers: hey it's central New York.

Good thing I got it done yesterday. Today is cold and rainy so far. Good day to watch a documentary on Aileen Wournos to see if I want to show it to my analytical and research writing class. I think I do. It's one thing to see Cherlize Theron and Christina Ricci being bad girls, another to see the real things.

My class theme is crime and media, so the students read about representations of crime and criminals and watch a movie or two. I get the crime junkers in this class often, soc, psych and cj majors. They are fun and smart and they make my life easier. So far, I can't find movies to show in business communications: any suggestions?

D and I had Indian food last night at the new place in Clinton, which was hopping and fun and the food seemed better than at the same restaurant in Utica; go figure. Clinton is the place, maybe, for happenin' stuff.

Well bloggers, have a great Sunday and remember there's an old post about foods and places that I still want comments on, Clark.

Peace

Pictureless

I didn't have a camera for so long that I guess I forget I have one now. My goal last night was to take pics of the Friday night fish fry at the Creekside Cafe and post them here with some commentary about how sweet it is that we in CNY have this tradition. Fish fry happens all year, but it really takes on significance when Lent rolls around and Catholics forsake meat on Fridays. During Lent, every restaurant, bowling alley, church and just about any building in CNY with a kitchen is cranking out this delicacy. It's battered and fried haddock served with fries and slaw, and if you're paying more than ten dollars for it, you're getting robbed. The piece of haddock you'll get is HUGE, and the fries and slaw just add to the overall deliciousness of the dish. If you ate fish fry every day, you'd probably keel over in a month.

Writing this post has reminded me of all the good eats we have here in CNY. I'll be honest, I don't eat all of these area specialties, and one of them I haven't even tried, but here they are with no descriptions:
-- riggies, either chicken or vodka
-- tomato pie
-- pusties
-- spiedies (more a western New York thing, but you can get them here too)
-- greens
Okay, dear reader now it's up to you to provide descriptions of the aforementioned dishes.

Idaho has its delicacies too, and some of them I sorely miss. If you're reading my blog from the Gem State (Clark and maybe Ginger), can you tell our readers about the following delicious dishes?
-- Indian fry tacos
-- funeral potatoes (probably more Mormon than Idahoan, but oh so delightful)
-- chokecherry syrup or jam
-- Basque sheeepherders bread (from central Idaho)
-- huckleberry syrup or jam
-- fresh trout (rainbow, cutthroat, brook, any kind really)
-- Pollo Asada (clearly not just Idahoan, but certainly not on any Mexican restaurant menus around here)
What did I forget? There are plenty of potato-related dishes, from ice cream to chocolate covered potato chips, but I've never had the urge to partake in any of those.

Well, have fun with this post. It'll make you hungry. Maybe for a garbage plate at Betty's Cafe in Marcy, NY? That's where I'm going.
Happy Saturday