My View of Life on the Dock
If you wanted one you can go down to Fort Square Café first thing Thursday morning and hope to get one of the 6 that were remaining there this morning. Other than that we are sold out!
Fort Square Cafe
29 Commercial St, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 281-3100
Award Ceremony
Lovely Felicia representing our wonderful Joey for an award
FYI: Tomorrow at 2 PM I will post my review of Donovan Hohn’s book, Moby-Duck. This is the true story of bath toys lost at sea. My review will focus on the 7,200 Rubber Ducks that fell off a container ship in 1992. As point of reference, the Good Morning Gloucester Rubber Duck washed up on the shores of Rockport in 1984.
Orange infused wine, or vin d’orange, is a warm weather Provençal aperitif, but I never remember to make it during the summer months, only during the holidays. Although, when drinking it, I like to imagine sipping orange wine from a garden somewhere (anywhere!) along the Côte-d’Azure. Vin d’orange is marvelously easy to prepare and makes a much appreciated holiday host/hostess gift.
Over the years I’ve experimented with the original recipe, which was, to my way of thinking, much too sweet—add more sugar if you like a sweeter aperitif. I think you will find this concoction intoxicatingly fun, light, and aromatic. I hope your family and friends enjoy as much as do mine!
12-15 Clementines thoroughly washed and cut in half
3 bottles modestly priced dry white wine
1 Cup sugar
½ Cup Courvoisier
Long strips of orange zest
In a large glass or stainless steel bowl combine the wine and Clementines, gently squeezing each half to release some of the juice. Cover tightly and refrigerate for 5 days. Save the empty wine bottles and corks; wash and remove labels. You will need a fourth empty bottle.
Remove orange infused wine from the refrigerator and squeeze any liquid remaining in the orange halves into the large bowl. Discard oranges. Add the sugar and cognac, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Strain through a sieve lined with cheesecloth. Pour wine concoction into wine bottles. Insert a strip of the zest into each bottle and cork. Chill the wine for one week. Serve neat or over ice. The vin d’orange will keep for 6 months when chilled. Makes approximately 4 bottles.
Dear Readers, There must be a southern Italian equivalent to vin d’orange? In Italy they make something entirely different, also called orange wine. Italian orange wine is made from white grapes that have been left to ferment with their skins, treated in essence like red wines. These wines may macerate for days or even months, which gives the wine color shades varying from rosy pink to amber cider to vivid orange, however this is a different process than wine infused with oranges. Please write if you know of an Italian version of the Provençal aperitif or some similar deliciously fun fruit infused wine recipe.
Ed’s review- It’s tough to mess up pizza.
Its day 3 of the 50$ Gift Certificate Giveaway presented by Sean Nolan of Extreme Truck & Auto and Gimmesound.com. Kory delivers the 3rd trivia question, so everyone break out your thinking caps and get to work! Good Luck!
Check out tonight’s music lineup here
Hopefully Santa Is Good To All My GMG FOBs
Discover the cosmos!Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
2011 December 14
After that unless you ordered one we won’t be getting any more in.
Here’s my muffin from this morning’s coffee with Ed.
Heidi makes the best muffins in town at The Fort Square Café.
When I left her place at 9:30 this morning she had 6 DVD’s left
Christmas is 11 days away! And for those of you who don’t live locally and haven’t ordered your calendars yet, this Friday, December 16, will be the last day to get them by Christmas. Of course, if you’re not giving the calendars as a gift, you can order yours after that.
Click here or on the photos for more information.
After Friday, the calendars will be at Present, downtown, as long as they last!
Whither the Sign Painter?
Sign Painter, circa 1900 Anonymous/©Fredrik D. Bodin
At the Gloucester Daily Times Taste of The Times They Are Featuring Felicia’s Video Recipes Of Our Uncle Charlie’s Baked Stuffed Topnecks. This was our Uncle Charlie’s recipe and is hands down absolutely my number one of all times favorite things to eat.
Read that again- MY NUMBER ONE ALL TIME FAVORITE THINGS TO EAT.
Follow her instructions precisely. Do not try to get creative. Do not get a different type of clam, the size matters. Order them at Intershell for your holiday.
You’ve seen all the pictures I’ve taken of all the great things I like to eat, right?
Let me say it one more time for emphasis-
Frankly I’m surprised she’s sharing this with the world. It deserves to be locked up in a high security vault.
From the Gloucester Daily Times-
To Felicia Ciaramitaro Mohan this recipe is very special. Her uncle Charlie began making this recipe for her family many years ago. It’s become a family tradition. Unfortunately Uncle Charlie passed away and will be sorely missed by everyone this Christmas and so this year this tradition has even more meaning to her family. “I know every family member will think of Uncle Charlie while enjoying every last clam.”
Click here for the recipe and video
We’ve been eating these every Christmas since I can remember and every Christmas it is the first thing we eat. people that show up late miss out and the rhetoric is always the same-
All the men who know will say to the newcomers-
“You may not want to try these, they taste funny” It’s a ploy to try to throw them off so there will be more for me. Of course they catch on by the time we are all pounding down our 10th or 11th baked stuffed topneck.
Len Writes-
Tried to capture the partial moon eclipse but too many trees in the way.
Here’s an earlier shot with a morning crow added
–Len Burgess
Da Godmuddah forwards-
Built in the late 1800’s, the Lanes Cove Fish Shack is very much a part of the living history of Lanesville and all of Gloucester. With your help, we will restore the Fish Shack to its appearance when it was last actively used by fishermen in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The restoration will employ traditional materials, including cedar shingles, roll roofing, and rough sawn lumber.
The Shack will be restored for use by commercial fishermen. Work will begin Spring 2012.
This is a community project that needs your active support. Please share copies of this flyer with your neighbors and encourage them to join you in contributing to this historic project so that together we can reach our $80,000 goal.
Contributions should be sent to:
The Gloucester Fund, Inc.
45 Middle Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
Be sure to note in the memo line of your check that your contribution is for the Lanes
Cove Fish Shack. Your canceled check is your receipt for this tax deductible contribution.
We also seek skilled and supervised workers to keep down the cost of restoration. Let Arnie Shore know that you will lend a hand with the work of restoration. You can reach Arnie at arnold.shore@gmail.com
At future community meetings, we will update you on contributions, volunteers, and restoration progress.
A safe, secure, and appropriately restored Lanes Cove Fish Shack is in our future and in the future of our children.
Thank you !
Good Morning Gloucester 