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Sing Dino!

While everyone else around here has been crowding the banks, shoulder to shoulder, I've been busy harassing the perch and pike without too much trouble. Have not taken too many pics. Have enough trouble keeping the theiving dog from biting into every perch or diving in after the pike. Was a little cold out for the dog to go swimming. There have not been the numbers like up on Simcoe, but there certainly has been the quality.

 

 

Bruce,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

FISH AN BRUSE.

 

Ya aint deep frying that.

Near as fine a blue water recipe as fish head soup.

Hard tack would be bruised and boiled to serve up with such other favourites as pemmican and bully beef

I was a bigger fan of Cream or the Yardbirds

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I wanna hear about the 16 vestal virgins.

This weekend I will be rapping 1" cubes of duck and goose breast with a hot pepper and B A C O N ....then placed on skewers and cooked on the BBQ at deer camp....probably wouldn't get a deer, but we'll eat good.

You yanks don't know what real bacon is.

Bucktail jigs and twister tails.

For in the boat, nothing beats drifting harnesses, especially for a novice.

Dang .....now i'm drooling over here.Gonna try it in the fryer.

BBQ them with a last minute melt of havarti or jack cheese

great subject (eating is one of my favorite pass times !). When frying fish - how do you know it's time to change the oil and/or how many times can you reuse the same oil ??

It depends on 2 things.

1) Are you straining all the sediment out of your oils after using?

2) Temperature you are frying at. The hotter you fry, or the more fatty your meats, the quicker the oil will darken. Get your oil to the point of burning/smoking, and i would throw the oil out.

Bacon and sausage cause the oil to darken very fast, unless you fry a lot of potato with it.

Truth is, you want a little colour in your oil to get that golden brown. Nothing worse than doing fries in new oil.

Glad to hear that things are looking brighter for you.

I'd heard the potato trick before, but that brings to mind a question... my mother in law is very much allergic to shell fish. should I cook up a batch of shrimp, do you think the potato trick would remove the shell fish problem from the oil?

I wouldn't try it, but I am curious...

HH

Clarifying the oil, to my knowledge, merely eliminates the fishy flavour in the oil. It will not remove any actual bits or scraps of meat left in the oil.

It's all about flavour holding in the oil. Thtaste of fish is not embedded in the fryer.

There is a way to remove the fish taste/odor from the oil. When you finish cooking your fish, you clarify your oil by frying a batch of taters. The taters, due to some chemical process. absorb or neutralize the residual flavours. Works quite well. Not every kitchen has a separate fryer for fish. You have a fryer bank for meat, and one for taters, rings, etc... YOu would be amazed at how many restaurants precook their breakfast sausage and bacon in the fryer.

Makes you wonder if you went over with our style lures and techniques for walleye... If you'd get Zander...

What do you think Rapala lures were originally patterned for? There's no bass where the original lures were designed.

My granparents loved Ontario when they first came here. Not only did the landscape look like home (Finland), many of the fish were the same, albeit smaller. Pike, perch and zander in abundance.

 

 

But I bet my dog would love me forever for it..

 

 

Your dog will live longer too!

Finally found where I left the camera.

Peanut was oh so happy when we finally started to catch some fish.

When the little thief gets her paws on a perch it will be beheaded and disemboweled in all of 30 seconds. THen she leaves the remains at your feet to dispose of the evidence.

Prime specimen. Well done!

Cute pup.

Chocs love to chase bobbers, or anything hurled to the water.

What happened in WWI was brutal. The conditions those men saw day in and day out was unimagineable. I've been a student of history for years and I can't understand the arrogance at the top echelons of the armies involved. The British and French high command fought the war nice and comfy in Paris living the highlife in villas, they had no clue as to the conditions that the troops lived in. The war was pretty much a stalemeate and battle of attrition. None of our vets who survived that maelstrom are still with us. May they rest in peace.

WWII was a different story, that one really needed to be fought. Once again the brutality of war was faced by our troops who, once again did their duty with honour and distinction. War is a terrible thing and I thank my lucky stars that I have never been in one and I pray daily that my children will never have to fight one.

I watched a program on TVO a couple of nights ago about a platoon of Danish soldiers and their tour of duty in Afganistan. It was very enlightening to see what was going during their time there. They faced IED's, snipers, rocket attacks, hit and runs the whole time they were there trying to help the people. This was filmed by one of the soldiers with a camcorder and it documented their off time as well as while they patrolled. My hat goes off to anyone who wore a uniform who left home to go help someone else in their battle for freedom.

In that era, generals, then, just as now, were not placed near the battleground. They were "too" valuable. They would have done their time, and faced risk, while holding lesser rank. It was the norm for that time for regimental and battalion commanders to lead their troops. The ratio of officer casualties was quite high in British and Commonwealth forces, with jr. officers having a very low life expectancy.

He looks like a little polar bear. Call him Bear

Congratulations your your new puppy. I bet you can't wait to get him home. They are such a joy, although exhausting sometimes Enjoy him and again, congrats.

 

We just got ours two weeks ago. I did the whole name search and picked Iggy for our French Bulldog, but Paul told me a dog picks his own name once you have them. Sure enough, the first name out of Paul's mouth was "Ralphy." I wasn't so sure but after calling him Iggy and Paul Calling him Ralphy, he ended up coming to Ralphy every time. So now his name is Ralphy and it does suit him

 

Here he is at 9 weeks

 

Yep. That first name doesn't really count. There will always be that pet name that the dog likes. In the case of Peanut, she has several. I usually call her "ping pong" or "pingers" because she bounces like a ping pong ball. If Granny is around, she will ignore me and only answer to Peewee.

Your pup is too cute, Joey.

My Uncle Bob, An old sweat in the Great war.

A bombardier with a horse artillery battery, thrown into the gap left by the zouaves during the first gas attack at Wipers. He got a gong for his efforts, but rarely talked of it.

My Uncle Matti, killed at the age of 16 during the Talvisota against the Russians.

My father in law, Alf Conley, a surgeon with the RCMC, attached to the GGFG through the liberation of Europe.

Uncle Harry, a CPO, lifer with the RCN. Carrier service from beginning to end.

The cadets at Valcartier, 1974. I knew some of the survivors, and they were never the same again.

My cousin Eric, a lifer PO recently retired from the RCN. Spent 3 years bouncing around the Serbian countryside setting up Canadian outposts

I cannot name the thousands I have known, and respect, who have served their country unselfishly through both World Wars, Korea, peacekeeping and in peace. Time and space will not allow. All too many with a scar that never truly heals. Each one a hero in his own right.

Pics from that era,I would have the gals drooling.

Gawd! Back then I looked like Fidel

I didnt need to troll,I had the moves to catch and release. And a trip to the corner MR.SUB did hurt. Oh to be 14 again.

 

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I bet you were quite the sight in your Herb Tarleck polyester suit

Man, I just hung out at the Terrace roller rink.LOL

Only went there to troll