Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Gravlax Recipe

I love this dish and have achieved much success with skin-on sandwich of salmon enclosed with a mixing of salt 2/3 with 1/3 sugar with a generous portion of fine pieces of fennel which grows wild where I live in Berkeley and then more fennel on each side where the skin is. Then I sprinkle more salt outside the fennel before I wrap it so that it is completely surrounded with plenty of salt and fennel to seal the cure. This prevents undue saltiness because the salt-sugar mixed with the fennel is next to the flesh.

Then wrapping with plastic wrap works fine and then into a glass baking oblong. I then take another glass baking oblong of the same dimension and place it upside down on top of everything and weight it with a brick (or once with an antique flat iron) once the weight is in the upper oblong, mash it uniformly to facilitate slicing later on. Refrigerate it. Turn it when ever you think of it and in 2 days it is done. The salty brine mixture facilitates the cure by drawing water out of the fish and the sugar takes the bite of the salt. The only pure salt is outside the skin and intermingled with the fennel while remaining away from the flesh. It gets pretty wetly briny and most of the bacteria have burst their placentas due to the salt induced osmosis and greatly compromised. If you want you can keep it in for another day that is OK too.

Slicing is important and must be as thin as humanly possible and at no more than a 15-20 degree angle so that you can achieve a piece that is razor thin and about 5 inches measured along the backbone. Be deft while separating the slice from the skin because the meat near the skin is more fragile.

A good piece of rough grain bread with a cardiac inducing smor of unsalted fresh butter will produce a delightful sensation you can feel in your ears. The second bite is sheer glutinous excess. It is really not necessary to obsess over keeping it, for it will be gone in short order.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Gee kiddo you actually believe they didn't??? and directed by jack abramoff! As Barney Frank would say "What planet are you currently living on???"
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 21:02:21

The Road Ahead for Michael Vick
...with his tongue
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 18:02:39

The Road Ahead for Michael Vick
When rich football players start fighting homeless people in pit rings on chains then maybe, MAYBE, the world will work out its demons but I doubt it. Bring back the gladiators. Let Vick fight a lion bare handed. Let's get totally Roman! Seriously though I really appreciate your bringing the facts into the light. It is a shame that your post got so little sensible and serious treatment. Your ASPCA group was completely right in setting the record straight on this inhuman brute aberration. People who do this are human beings in the clinical sense only and do not deserve to walk freely alongside the rest of us. Thank you sir. Send all dog fighters to jail for a minimum of 10 years hard labor at the Parchment Farm.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 16:13:30

Michael Vick: Black Sheep or Scapegoat on Animal Rights?
Michael Vick killed dogs to make money by illegal activity. If he had been hungry, it would have been justified. He has never needed the money or the food so he should not be given any breaks. Kim Basinger was right to book a flight out of this relationship. Read some Chomsky Alec, or Joe Lieberman will clean your clock. There is nothing to make anyone believe that Vick has any subtlety or sincerity regarding animals. He had his 15 minutes on the world stage and now is rich. He needs to summon some grace and go gently into the night and keep his nose clean.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 15:40:00

Should You Get Your Drug Information From An Actor?
If your dad has any indications for blocked arteries or has any indications at all of high blood pressure this inhaler could bring about a stroke. Inhalers are very, very, dangerous short term miracle cures which have dangerous addictive side effects. Most people who start to use them can never stop and have to use them more and more frequently. Find another way to fix dad. The inhaler will finish him off prematurely.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 15:29:47

Millions Face Shrinking Social Security Payments
The "facts" in this article are stunningly incorrect. Inflation has increased dramatically. Just check out the prices in the Safeway if you don't believe me. They are jumping up at rates approaching 20% here in the San Francisco Bay Area at Safeway stores. One item, beer, has now gone to $8.99 from $6.99 in less than 5 months. Boca Burgers have gone from $3.49 for 4 to $3.99 when on sale to $4.39 when not on sale. They have already made decision at the top of the corporate ladder to raise prices in advance of the inflation rate increase so their profits don't suffer, just their customers who are captive consumers who have to eat. Dog and cat food is becoming more appealing every day but even those prices have gone from $4.99 a bag to $9.99 a bag. An increase of 100% ! Please do your research more carefully and don't listen to people who peg inflation to oil prices. They are lying.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 14:42:10

Arianna Discusses Obama's Leadership on Charlie Rose
Just 40 days ago Obama was threatening to cut off all support for progressive legislators who wanted to show their disgust for burning even more money for Iraq and Afghanistan by voting against appropriations. He was not going to campaign for them and I guess brand them as lilly livered liberals. A big win for the defense industry to sell guns and ammo and support to perpetuate the killing by both sides and the prospect of promoting eternal revenge on all sides as in the 900 plus years of the Middle East blood bath. And now he cozy's up to Southern Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and ignores 78% of the population plus the majorities in both "deliberative bodies" and again sides with the profiteers in the health industry. And close by are sweet giveaways to suited criminals and yes men of Wall Street. And while we are at it let's give a boatload of cash directly to car dealers through a "clunker" program. And then how about expanding farm subsides for tobacco farmers not to grow tobacco so that they can maintain their position in elite society and not have to do anything at all for it. But don't give amnesty for student loans. And don't press Uncle Bernie Madoff about where 65 billion dollars went. (I bet he would cave with waterboarding...) This is what the outcome of 500 plus million dollars pocketed in the Denver Convention has come to.
posted Aug 21, 2009 at 11:19:58

Dionne: When The President Is Black, The Guns Come Out
Is this a stunt comment?
posted Aug 20, 2009 at 11:44:17

Jon Stewart Gives Props To Barney Frank (VIDEO)
"Wooden Ships" CSN "Have you seen any of those purple berries? ...Hav'n't got sick once, probably keep us both alive"
posted Aug 20, 2009 at 11:33:34

Jon Stewart Gives Props To Barney Frank (VIDEO)
This is no country for old men.
posted Aug 20, 2009 at 11:26:24

The Terminator is Back
Obviously, my dear, he doesn't give a damn !
posted Aug 19, 2009 at 20:18:17

"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
Name the states and state the conditions or stuff it.--liar! Or are these the Balkan states? Are you considering becoming an American? Ummm... indeed!
posted Aug 19, 2009 at 18:17:15

"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
This is exactly how we destabilize other countries. We give guns to conservatives and they become warlords and threaten and kill the producers in the society, burn their homes, and burn the olive trees. Now thanks to AZ, TX, and FL the disease of violence spreads and my country goes down in flames. All because of ignorance and genetic decay.
posted Aug 19, 2009 at 15:09:01

Stand Up, Max Baucus
It is really good to hear from you on this matter sir. You are channeling Jack Bauer and it is wonderful to hear you in this debate and inferring that Reed, Pelosi, et. al. show without doubt where they stand and demand that the majority be respected; and by all means take the gloves off and stop dressing in buttons and bows and rid us of these scoundrels Grassley and Baucus without further delay.
posted Aug 18, 2009 at 15:23:15

What's Wrong With American Medicine?
I have been with you for the entire journey since "The Natural Mind" Dr. Weil, having extolled your total approach to rational health care right here in these pages. With your work and that of Karen Sanders, Depak Chopra, and even Jamie Lee Curtis, I have been able to escape from the clutches of generally ineffective and decidedly toxic conventional drug care and have emerged into a personal space of strong robust health. For far too long, jejunely credulous Americans have fallen prey to the same marketing of tobacco and medicine with similar destructive results. Important areas of holistic dentistry and holistic medicine have been pushed to the fringes so that the toxic peddlers can continue to mislead their audiences while promoting irresponsible and irreversible courses of drugs which increase maladies on the long term for unrealistic short term and often disastrous short term "miracle cures". The sheer lunatic madness of modern day drug therapies can be seen right out in the open with the disclaimers which are routinely broadcast along with the commercials including "deaths" and "heart attacks". As long as legitimate herbal cures and healthy eating and recreation are ridiculed and often censored the public will continue to be exploited; ripe to be shot in a barrel like fish. Health insurers and conventional MD's aided by greedy litigators are all it takes to rig the system. Obama seems content to let this continue. Quite disturbing.
posted Aug 18, 2009 at 15:02:54

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call
Wanna get some of that giddus you will have to pull weeds and know your way around a leaf blower.
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 13:08:34

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call
My take? Rationing Coupons for Thanksgiving, breadlines for Christmas. Martial Law by St. Patrick's Day
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 12:36:20

Michael Jackson: Beyond Great
a little too frequently I might add...
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:51:22

Obama On Track To Break Records With Congressional Support
And the conclusion is: Democrats need the money!
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:36:03

Huffington Post Blogger Shannyn Moore in Palin's Cross Hairs (UPDATED - Press Conference in Anchorage)
A tempest in a teapot, I say.
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:15:53

Peter King: Michael Jackson A 'Pervert' And 'Low-Life' (VIDEO)
You are not alone.
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:11:07

150 Years for Madoff?
15o years is OK with me as long as we don't have to keep the bugger alive for that long.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 18:20:27

Michael Jackson: Beyond Great
Second that. Junk food for the hordes. Loaves and fishes for his fans. Crucified for his actions.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 18:12:09

Biden Ignores Warnings Of Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini And Others
don't laugh there are a "host" of these who bought the Brooklyn Bridge.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 16:48:19

Biden Ignores Warnings Of Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini And Others
The handwriting was on the wall but it was covered over with graffiti.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 16:44:17
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Gee kiddo you actually believe they didn't??? and directed by jack abramoff! As Barney Frank would say "What planet are you currently living on???"
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 21:02:21

The Road Ahead for Michael Vick
...with his tongue
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 18:02:39

The Road Ahead for Michael Vick
When rich football players start fighting homeless people in pit rings rings on chains then maybe, MAYBE, the world will work out its demons but I doubt it. Bring back the gladiators. Let Vick fight a lion bare handed. Let's get totally Roman! Seriously though I really appreciate your bringing the facts into the light. It is a shame that your post got so little sensible and serious treatment. Your ASPCA group was completely right in setting the record straight on this inhuman brute aberration. People who do this are human beings in the clinical sense only and do not deserve to walk freely alongside the rest of us. Thank you sir. Send all dog fighters to jail for a minimum of 10 years hard labor at the Parchment Farm.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 16:13:30

Michael Vick: Black Sheep or Scapegoat on Animal Rights?
Michael Vick killed dogs to make money by illegal activity. If he had been hungry, it would have been justified. He has never needed the money or the food so he should not be given any breaks. Kim Basinger was right to book a flight out of this relationship. Read some Chomsky Alec, or Joe Lieberman will clean your clock. There is nothing to make anyone believe that Vick has any subtlety or sincerity regarding animals. He had his 15 minutes on the world stage and now is rich. He needs to summon some grace and go gently into the night and keep his nose clean.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 15:40:00

Should You Get Your Drug Information From An Actor?
If your dad has any indications for blocked arteries or has any indications at all of high blood pressure this inhaler could bring about a stroke. Inhalers are very, very, dangerous short term miracle cures which have dangerous addictive side effects. Most people who start to use them can never stop and have to use them more and more frequently. Find another way to fix dad. The inhaler will finish him off prematurely.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 15:29:47

Millions Face Shrinking Social Security Payments
The "facts" in this article are stunningly incorrect. Inflation has increased dramatically. Just check out the prices in the Safeway if you don't believe me. They are jumping up at rates approaching 20% here in the San Francisco Bay Area at Safeway stores. One item, beer, has now gone to $8.99 from $6.99 in less than 5 months. Boca Burgers have gone from $3.49 for 4 to $3.99 when on sale to $4.39 when not on sale. They have already made decision at the top of the corporate ladder to raise prices in advance of the inflation rate increase so their profits don't suffer, just their customers who are captive consumers who have to eat. Dog and cat food is becoming more appealing every day but even those prices have gone from $4.99 a bag to $9.99 a bag. An increase of 100% ! Please do your research more carefully and don't listen to people who peg inflation to oil prices. They are lying.
posted Aug 23, 2009 at 14:42:10

Arianna Discusses Obama's Leadership on Charlie Rose
Just 40 days ago Obama was threatening to cut off all support for progressive legislators who wanted to show their disgust for burning even more money for Iraq and Afghanistan by voting against appropriations. He was not going to campaign for them and I guess brand them as lilly livered liberals. A big win for the defense industry to sell guns and ammo and support to perpetuate the killing by both sides and the prospect of promoting eternal revenge on all sides as in the 900 plus years of the Middle East blood bath. And now he cozy's up to Southern Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and ignores 78% of the population plus the majorities in both "deliberative bodies" and again sides with the profiteers in the health industry. And close by are sweet giveaways to suited criminals and yes men of Wall Street. And while we are at it let's give a boatload of cash directly to car dealers through a "clunker" program. And then how about expanding farm subsides for tobacco farmers not to grow tobacco so that they can maintain their position in elite society and not have to do anything at all for it. But don't give amnesty for student loans. And don't press Uncle Bernie Madoff about where 65 billion dollars went. (I bet he would cave with waterboarding...) This is what the outcome of 500 plus million dollars pocketed in the Denver Convention has come to.
posted Aug 21, 2009 at 11:19:58

Dionne: When The President Is Black, The Guns Come Out
Is this a stunt comment?
posted Aug 20, 2009 at 11:44:17

Jon Stewart Gives Props To Barney Frank (VIDEO)
"Wooden Ships" CSN "Have you seen any of those purple berries? ...Hav'n't got sick once, probably keep us both alive"
posted Aug 20, 2009 at 11:33:34

Jon Stewart Gives Props To Barney Frank (VIDEO)
This is no country for old men.
posted Aug 20, 2009 at 11:26:24

The Terminator is Back
Obviously, my dear, he doesn't give a damn !
posted Aug 19, 2009 at 20:18:17

"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
Name the states and state the conditions or stuff it.--liar! Or are these the Balkan states? Are you considering becoming an American? Ummm... indeed!
posted Aug 19, 2009 at 18:17:15

"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
This is exactly how we destabilize other countries. We give guns to conservatives and they become warlords and threaten and kill the producers in the society, burn their homes, and burn the olive trees. Now thanks to AZ, TX, and FL the disease of violence spreads and my country goes down in flames. All because of ignorance and genetic decay.
posted Aug 19, 2009 at 15:09:01

Stand Up, Max Baucus
It is really good to hear from you on this matter sir. You are channeling Jack Bauer and it is wonderful to hear you in this debate and inferring that Reed, Pelosi, et. al. show without doubt where they stand and demand that the majority be respected; and by all means take the gloves off and stop dressing in buttons and bows and rid us of these scoundrels Grassley and Baucus without further delay.
posted Aug 18, 2009 at 15:23:15

What's Wrong With American Medicine?
I have been with you for the entire journey since "The Natural Mind" Dr. Weil, having extolled your total approach to rational health care right here in these pages. With your work and that of Karen Sanders, Depak Chopra, and even Jamie Lee Curtis, I have been able to escape from the clutches of generally ineffective and decidedly toxic conventional drug care and have emerged into a personal space of strong robust health. For far too long, jejunely credulous Americans have fallen prey to the same marketing of tobacco and medicine with similar destructive results. Important areas of holistic dentistry and holistic medicine have been pushed to the fringes so that the toxic peddlers can continue to mislead their audiences while promoting irresponsible and irreversible courses of drugs which increase maladies on the long term for unrealistic short term and often disastrous short term "miracle cures". The sheer lunatic madness of modern day drug therapies can be seen right out in the open with the disclaimers which are routinely broadcast along with the commercials including "deaths" and "heart attacks". As long as legitimate herbal cures and healthy eating and recreation are ridiculed and often censored the public will continue to be exploited; ripe to be shot in a barrel like fish. Health insurers and conventional MD's aided by greedy litigators are all it takes to rig the system. Obama seems content to let this continue. Quite disturbing.
posted Aug 18, 2009 at 15:02:54

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call
Wanna get some of that giddus you will have to pull weeds and know your way around a leaf blower.
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 13:08:34

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call
My take? Rationing Coupons for Thanksgiving, breadlines for Christmas. Martial Law by St. Patrick's Day
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 12:36:20

Michael Jackson: Beyond Great
a little too frequently I might add...
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:51:22

Obama On Track To Break Records With Congressional Support
And the conclusion is: Democrats need the money!
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:36:03

Huffington Post Blogger Shannyn Moore in Palin's Cross Hairs (UPDATED - Press Conference in Anchorage)
A tempest in a teapot, I say.
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:15:53

Peter King: Michael Jackson A 'Pervert' And 'Low-Life' (VIDEO)
You are not alone.
posted Jul 06, 2009 at 10:11:07

150 Years for Madoff?
15o years is OK with me as long as we don't have to keep the bugger alive for that long.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 18:20:27

Michael Jackson: Beyond Great
Second that. Junk food for the hordes. Loaves and fishes for his fans. Crucified for his actions.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 18:12:09

Biden Ignores Warnings Of Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini And Others
don't laugh there are a "host" of these who bought the Brooklyn Bridge.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 16:48:19

Biden Ignores Warnings Of Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini And Others
The handwriting was on the wall but it was covered over with graffiti.
posted Jul 05, 2009 at 16:44:17