Day: April 10, 2010

Colorful Industry pic submitted to The GMG Flickr Group Pool by ciabat

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

When HACCP regulations came into the seafood industry it made wood handled shovels not usable for food handling and the industry turned to plastic shovels rather than the old wood handled and aluminum shovels we used growing up.  These plastic shovels suck for chopping ice and you need to put at least two or three shovel fulls of ice in the smaller plastic shovels compared to the deep strong hard aluminum shovels we used to use that would hold much more ice.

e82, originally uploaded by ciabat.

 

New Spring Recipes Coming Soon! But in the meantime, how about a vote for my Gorton’s “Taste of Mexico Tortilla Crusted Tilapia Salad?”

Posted on by laurielufkin

Good Afternoon all!

I am taping another episode of Inspired Cooking tomorrow so will have new recipes to share with you soon.   However, in the meantime, would you please go and vote for my “Taste of Mexico Tortilla Crusted Tilapia Salad?”  I need all of the votes I can get!

Here is a link to the recipe so you can vote:

http://www.gortons.com/grilled-details.php?id=425&page=

and here is a link to the terrific article from last week’s Cape Ann Beacon. Thank you so much Jane Dooley for doing such a great job with the article and to Dave Sokol for the wonderful photographs.  It was a blast doing the article and the photos with them and they left happy with the tilapia salad for lunch and a container full of brownies!

http://www.wickedlocal.com/gloucester/features/x1664778690/Essex-cook-Laurie-Lufkin-passionate-about-recipe-contests

Thank you Cape Ann and everyone all over the country for your continued support!

Cape Ann Fresh Catch 2010 News!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro


Dear Members and Potential Members,

The Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association’s Cape Ann Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery program is ready to start things rolling for the new May 2010 season. For us, we’ve been very busy in the off-season.

We’ve made some major changes to our communication tools and data management systems. We’ve redesigned our website- www.capeannfreshcatch.org -upgraded our email tools, overhauled our database, and soon, we’ll have online registration and payment. And that’s just the electronic stuff…

At the heart of CAFC’s mission–getting fresh, sustainable seafood on to your table–we’ve got three new delivery sites: Mills, Lexington, and Hamilton. Three other sites–Groton, Dracut, and Boston/Fenway– need more support to get the numbers up to make it economically feasible for us. (If you’d care to help, on our new website you can find and download pull-tab flyers. By printing and posting these pull-tab flyers in high visibility places in your community, you can help promote and “sustain” the viability of your delivery site…)

As for our offerings, we’re adding fillets to this season’s line up. Fillets required a whole new level of logistical considerations. You folks asked for them. We now offer them. Also, following up on the popularity of the alternating share, we’ll have another alternating share, one week whole fish, the next week fillets.

This a turbulent time for all of New England’s fishing communities. Your support in this venture gives a clear signal to our local boats and crews that their work is honored, respected, and most importantly, valued!

Here is a link to the May 2010 contract: http://capeannfreshcatch.org/may2010_contract.pdf. For your convenience, the first page is an interactive form you can fill out in a PDF reader and then print. Please retain a copy for your records. We hope to have an online registration and payment system up and running shortly. Check our website regularly for its rollout. If you’d like to mail in the contract with your payment check sooner, that’d be greatly appreciated.

Again, we thank you all for your support of our local fishermen through your participation in the Cape Ann Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery.

Sincerely,

Angela Sanfilippo (GFWA President) and the CAFC CSF Staff

Georges By Night Featuring The Sweet Sounds of Chelsea Berry

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From Dean Salah-

Hey all, Georges is hosting our first ever Georges By Night event on Sat. April 17th.
The evening will be highlighted by the sweet sounds of Chelsea Berry. Chelsea is a great up and coming talent and she will be taping a promotional video of herself that evening. We will be serving a traditional Lebanese chicken and garlic meal. Appetizers will begin at 6:30 with dinner to follow. Chelsea will begin her
performance at around 7:30. This is a BYOB event so feel free to bring your favorite spirits.
Coffee and dessert will round out the evening. Tickets are $25 per person and are very limited.
Tickets are on sale at George’s and will be sold on a first come basis. Due to limited space I will
not be able to hold any tickets, so if interested get down to Georges to purchase your tickets.

Thanks,Dean

New United States Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This new generation of Coast Guard Cutters is pretty Bad-Ass!

Fast Response Cutter – Sentinel Class

Artist Rendering of the Fast Response Cutter – Sentinel Class. (Courtesy of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.)
The Coast Guard was conceived in 1787, when America’s first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, wrote “a few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at entrances to our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of our laws.”

The Fast Response Cutter (FRC), a new generation of Coast Guard patrol boats, will continue the Coast Guard’s long history of protecting America’s citizens, assets and interests at home and abroad. The first FRC will be named the Coast Guard Cutter Sentinel, with the official class designation as the “Sentinel” class. Learn more about the FRC

Latest News Releases

U.S. Coast Guard Participated in Keel Laying Ceremony for first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter

The U.S. Coast Guard participated in a keel laying ceremony for the first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) Friday, April 9, at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La.

Sentinel Class Patrol Boat : Project Description

The Sentinel Class patrol boat project will deliver vital capability to the Coast Guard, helping to meet the service’s need for additional patrol boats. The current patrol boat gap hinders the Coast Guard’s ability to successfully and efficiently complete all potential missions, and this critical FRC acquisition will help address these identified needs.

Capability

The Sentinel Class patrol boat will be 154 feet long, capable of speeds of 28 plus knots, armed with one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun and four crew-served .50 caliber machine guns, and crew capabilities to hold 22 people. It will be able to perform independently for a minimum of 5 days at sea, and be underway for 2,500 hours per year.

The C4ISR systems on the Sentinel Class patrol boat will be fully interoperable with not only the Coast Guard’s existing and future assets, but those of our partners in the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.

Click the pic below for the detailed plans full sized-

click this picture for the full sized plans
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Characteristics:

Class name:  “Sentinel” Class
Quantity: up to 34 cutters
Manufacturer: Bollinger Shipyards Inc.
Parent Craft Designer: Damen
Classification:  American Bureau of Shipping High-Speed Naval Craft Guide
Length: 154 feet
Beam: 25.4 feet
Displacement: 353 metric tons
Speed: 28+ knots
Endurance:  5 days
Sea Keeping: Conduct all missions thru SS4.  Survive thru SS6.
Crew:  22 (2 officers, 20 enlisted)
Armament: one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun; four crew-served .50 caliber machine guns
DOD and DHS Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Equipment
Service Life:  20 years
First Delivery Date: Late 2010 (Q1 FY

It’s Been far Too Long-Chickity Check Bowsprite- A New York Harbor Sketchbook

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

It’s been far too long since I’ve visited buddy Christina’s Bowsprite- A New York Harbor Sketchbook

I love her illustrations and stories and I suspect if you dig GMG you will love her blog too.

I’ve been encouraging Christina to apply for a stint at the Rocky Neck gallery because I just know the work she would do with our industrial ships would be such a treasure.  I’m not sure if she followed through with her application but it would be a real treat for all of us.