Housing Bubble? What's Seems to be the trouble

Housing Bubble? What's the Trouble Now?

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivp4YqGCI-s

Thanks iTulip


Song by Dave Girtsman

Tent City Video

Coming to your town?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmeHiFZUWtE

Tent City In The Suburbs

This one really grabbed my attention! Looks like we are going back to the days of the Great Depression... Tent towns in the suburbs...what will they think of next?

http://features.us.reuters.com/cover/news/D8C99CD0-AF35-11DC-9E67-616F0DA5.html

Tent city in suburbs is cost of home crisis , Thu 20 Dec 2007 REUTERS

Chicken Fried Squirrel

Chicken Fried Squirrel

~ quartered and cleaned squirrels, 1 per person

~ buttermilk

~ OldBay seasoning

~ flour

~ salt & pepper

~ shortening

Soak your meat for at least an hour in buttermilk.
Combine the flour & OldBay until you can see the flour turn light pink. Sprinkle in some salt and pepper to taste.
Heat up your shortening to 375 degrees in a iron skillet or deep fryer deep enough to cover the meat.
Roll or shake your meat in the flour mix and fry until the coating is golden brown.
Take it out and place it on a rack to drain. Place it in your oven for about 1/2 hour at 275 degrees.
Serve and Enjoy!

I am baaack!

Made a quick trip and now I am back...got a freezer full of meat.

This Hobo is On Da Road!

I am outta here to Alabama for a few days. Goin huntin', gotta keep the freezer full.

Braised Raccoon (or other small furry critter)

This is one of my favorite recipes. Goes good with some white lightning and corn bread. Of course most things go good with white lightning and corn bread!

Ingredients:

1 dead coon cut up into servng-size pieces

1 cup fruit (cranberies, blackberries, rasberries, etc.)

Salt and pepper, and garlic powder to taste

1 white/yellow or vidalia onion chopped fine

1/2 cup green onions chopped fine

2 sticks celery diced

1 bell pepper diced

1/4 cup minced garlic

2 cups chicken broth

1 cup apple cider

1/3 cup honey

one small orange (grate the zest), peel and section the orange

Dash of nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or use covered dutch oven over a campfire)

Season the meat with the salt pepper and garlic powder and place in roasting pan/dutch oven

toss in the chopped/diced veggies.

In a mixing bowl combine the remaining ingredients (orange zest, orange sections, nutmeg, cloves, cider, honey) mix and pour over the meat.

Cover and bake for 2-3 hours. Adjust seasonings to taste.

Serve over rice