Death drags on................

Well it's been exactly a year since I made that post about the "phone call" {see below} and that was an ominous start to the rest of the year. In December I lost two friends from the music Business...Craig Redden and Dale Franklin. In Feb. I lost a very good friend Rob Hoskin {to cancer} two weeks later my "Uncle" Ron Morlock died..... On March 18 I watched my mother,Marilynn, pass away....2 weeks later I watched another very good friend, Richard Donnelly, pass on from cancer. Death is inevitable, but to take so many hits in such a short period of time, sure is character building.

People with no sense of humor

There's some guy writing letters of protest to various media outlets complaining about some neighbor of his who has rabbits. Seems a pair "escaped" and have been breeding. He keeps trapping the same one and returning it to the owner. So in the Comments" section I post a recipe for Rabbit Stew. He replies,and I quote," was waiting for the lowest common denominator to chime in!
Thanks for representing the thoughtless Reply-All knee-jerk didn’t take the time to understand what the real issue was. Nicely done!"

But,but...thats a damn fine recipe......LOL.

RABBIT STEW RECIPE
Courtesy of P.E.T.A. {People Eating Tasty Animals}

Ingredients
3 lb. of rabbit meat, cleaned and cut into pieces
1 c. of dry red wine
1/2 lb. of bacon, diced
1/2 c. of finely chopped shallots
1 clove of chopped garlic
1/2 tsp. of salt
2 tsp. of lemon juice
1/3 c. of all-purpose flour
1 c. of water
1 tbsp. of chicken bouillon granules
1 tbsp. of currant jelly
10 black peppercorns, crushed
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp. of dried rosemary, crushed
1/8 tsp. of dried thyme, crushed
3 tbsp. of water
2 tbsp. of all-purpose flour

Directions
First you want tp fry bacon over medium fame. Drain. and set aside.
Now you can sprinkle rabbit salt and coat with flour/
You can fry rabbit in bacon fat. Remove.
Saute the shallots and garlic in pan approx. 4 min.
Now you can add in the wine, 1 c. of water and bouillon.
Let this come to a boil, add in the jelly, peppercorns, bay leaf, rosemary, and the thyme.
Then add back in the rabbit and bacon.
You will want to let this come to a boil, then reduce flame to low for approx. 1 1/2 hr. letting rabbit get tender.
Take out the bay leaf and put your rabbit on a warm plate.
To make your gravy, add lemon juice to your skillet.
Now add in 3 tbsp. of water and 2 tbsp. of flou.
Mix this thoroughly over low flame.
Take your gravy and pour over stew.
Ladle and serve!