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In fact, here is a simple and quick way to prepare most vegetables – substitute your favorite vegetable for green beans in this recipe (although I don’t know if you can fit an entire Hubbard Squash in a 2 Qt. Saucepan.) Ingredients 1/2 lb green beans1/3 cup of chicken stock (or water)2 tablespoons of oliveContinue reading “I happen to like vegetables.”

When is a Christmas advert not a Christmas advert – when it’s for JD Sports. Somehow the shopping bag from the store is transcendent and therefore beyond the holiday (and filled with celebrities I don’t know.) Here’s a carb for your meal. Demand Euphoria!

November 20, 1965 –The Supremes song I Hear A Symphony hit No. #1 (their sixth No. #1 pop hit on Billboard Hot 100 chart,) on this date. There isn’t a full symphony orchestra playing on this song, but there is a prominent string section, arranged by Paul Riser, that implies it. Otherwise, the instrumentation isContinue reading “I Hear A Symphony topped the charts”

November 20, 1973 – The third Peanuts holiday special, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Lucy has limited role in this special: she has her scene where she torments Charlie Brown by yanking away a football as the beleaguered hero attempts to kick it. But that opening scene is the onlyContinue reading “A primer for kids on how NOT to toss a Friendsgiving”

It’s the 48th anniversary of Generallismo Francisco Franco heroic fight to remain dead. While he may still working at it today, he is not doing it in peace. He was disinterred from his elaborate mausoleum and reburied in a family plot.

November 20, 1983 –An estimated 100 million people watched on this date, the controversial ABC-TV movie The Day After, which depicted the outbreak of nuclear holocaust in the United States. Twentieth Century Fox invited a group of scientists to preview this movie, to test their reactions to the “science” used in it. None of theContinue reading “The Day After premiered”

November 20, 1976 – Former-Beatle George Harrison appeared with Paul Simon on a Thanksgiving episode of Saturday Night Live on this date. George Harrison seemed to have misunderstood Lorne Michaels offer of the $3,000 payment for his appearance; Michaels explained to George that the $3,000 was for all four of the Beatles – making theContinue reading “A Thanksgiving treat from SNL”

You might love ’em and you find them the essential part of your feast. You might hate ’em because you think they are so caloric. I think you should find them a convenient delivery device for delicious gravy and be done with the debate. Here is a fat/ not so fat version of the deliciousContinue reading “Some of you have a love/hate relationship with Mashed Potatoes.”

November 19, 1980 –Brooke Shields was just 15 when she filmed a series of controversial Calvin Klein television commercials. ABC and CBS banned several of her Calvin Klein jean advertisement because of the highly suggestive question, “Do you know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing,” on this date.

I guess I forgot that multinational corporations join in the fun, releasing Christmas Adverts for their British audience. Coca Cola released their annual holiday advert. So everyone should remember that we all have Santa inside us. And there’s no better way to remember that than by drinking the formerly cocaine laced drink. I see. AContinue reading “In case you forgot: Coke invented Santa”