The Cape Ann Figure Skating Club is starting their new fall session of ICE SKATING classes right in Gloucester at the O’Malley Middle School for Boys and Girls. Classes start this Saturday, September 24th at noon. There are lessons for all ages and levels. Special Tot Classes for ages 3 and up, Classes for Beginners, Advanced and even Adults! We are offering a 6 week session for $120.
Other classes, days and times are available. We are offering a Tues 6 pm group class as well. Along with Learn To Skate Classes at the Pingree School in S. Hamilton. Private lessons also available.
We hope to see you this year. Please let us know if you have any questions or need more information.
Alisa Contreras
Coach
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Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
The creator of goodmorninggloucester.org Lover of all things Gloucester and Cape Ann. GMG where we bring you the very best our town has to offer because we love to share all the great news and believe that by promoting others in our community everyone wins.
What’s New in Jenna’s Garden? Week 13
By Jenna Howard
Week 13
"Now that we are coming to the end of the season, I’m looking for ways to maximize the crops in my garden. I grew lots of herbs over the past few months– basil, thyme, oregano, rosemary, parsley and more! I’m drying all my herbs so that I can use them through the winter. Here are some simple instructions for drying your fresh herbs (long-stemmed & short stemmed)."
How to dry long-stemmed herbs
Harvest herbs in the early morning hours just after the dew has dried off the leaves. (Picking them early in the day will result in a more pungent flavor!) Remove dirt by gently rinsing cut stems in cool water, then shake off excess water. Gently pick off and remove dead or discolored leaves with your fingers. Gather the stems into small bunches and tie cut ends together with string or rubber bands. Hang bunches upside down in a warm, dark, dust-free, well-ventilated area such as a closet or cabinet. (If dust is difficult to avoid, poke a hole at the bottom of a brown paper bag and place over bundle while drying herbs.) Take down bunches in two to three weeks – when herbs are dry and brittle. Strip leaves from stems and store dried leaves in small jars or plastic bags.
How to dry short-stemmed herbs
It is best to use two clean window screens when drying short-stemmed herbs. Simply place the herbs between the two screens using a brick to keep them together. Follow the same cleaning instructions above for long-stemmed herbs. Choose an area that has good air circulation and does not receive direct sunlight. Turn the leaves periodically to ensure the entire leaf is exposed to air. This process will take about 7 to 10 days. These herbs can be stored in a glass jar or plastic bag as well.
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Papi Gives His Broom A Rest
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Deadliest Catch F/V Time Bandit skipper Mike Fourtner at Cape Pond Ice
Mike Fourtner, crewman, engineer and skilled skipper of the kiing crabber F/V Time Bandit, of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, stopped by CPI today and now is one of the official "Coolest Guys Around!". He was with Gloucester’s own Jamie Marshall, heading down to a celebrity shootout fundraiser at Patriot’s Matt Light’s
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peaceful photo from Kate Wiggin
”between a rock and a hard place”. No rocks in her head, only out of her mind. Looks good upside down too!
Kate Wiggin
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MUST VIEW!!!! Gloucester in 1958 photo Slide Show of Gloucester Harbor from Nick DeWolf’s photostream
This is the most incredible archive of Gloucester Photos from the 50’s since Charlie Lowe.
MUST VIEW!!!!!
click the photo below for Gloucester in 1958 photo slide show of Gloucester Harbor from Nick DeWolf’s photostream
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Ardelle at the Madfish Photo From Len Burgess
Ardelle, looking beautiful, came over last Sunday A.M. to the Madfish.
–Len Burgess
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video- lobster roll preparation with kim smith, wendie demuth and sista felicia
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Neal Stephenson Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
“Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you…..”
Orolo to Erasmus in Anathem, 2008 by Neal Stephenson (1959- )
click picture for Neal Stephenson wikipedia page
Born into a family of academic scientists, Stephenson attended Boston University, graduating with a degree in geography. His third novel, Snow Crash, was widely recognized as the next step in the speculative fiction cyberpunk tradition of William Gibson. Subsequent works such as Cryptonomicon explore a fusion of cryptography, computer science and memetics, while his Diamond Age describes a steampunk world of nanotechnology and active literature.
Greg Bover (woodpunk)
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“ New England Inspiration – Two Views” Oils by Bruce Turner – Watercolors by Marilyn Swift September 19 – October 2 North Shore Arts Association
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Ken Duckworth Graciously Shares His Recipe For The Most divine Lobster Risotto!
Kim Smith Reports-
Filming and photographing like mad for upcoming documentaries and specials. September is THE month for STUNNING Light, Flora, and Fauna and I will have much to share! In the meantime, please enjoy this wonderful and generous treat, courtesy of Ken and Nicole Duckworth. As always, many more photos and the recipe can be found on my blog.
Warmest wishes,
Kim
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The Mrs Comes Through With The Lobster Fra Diavolo Recipe She Used (and modified a bit)
It’s rare that the Mrs finds time in her day to respond for recipe requests but here you go-
She used this recipe (and modified it just a bit) I like my sauce thick and full of flavor and this was the bomb!
She writes-
I just realized I never sent the recipe…
here is the link. I didn’t use the lobster broth – I basically made the sauce and then added cooked lobster meet at the end.
Hope this helps!
Active time: 30 minutes Total time: 1 hour.
Lobster Fra Diavolo Recipe
Ingredients
- Two 2-pound live lobsters
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1 dried Italian hot red pepper, split lengthwise, or 1/2 to 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups canned crushed Italian plum tomatoes, preferably San Marzano, undrained
- 4 anchovy fillets, chopped
- 2 teaspoonsdried oregano, preferably Sicilian
- 1 tablespoonkosher salt, plus more to taste
- 1 pound spaghetti or linguine
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley
- Freshly ground black pepper
For the directions click the link: http://leitesculinaria.com/66532/recipes-lobster-fra-diavolo.html#ixzz1YaNmgEFD
Here’s a pic of the one the Mrs made the other night-
Oh, I should also add that she only uses canned San Marzano tomatoes for her zugu. They cost a little more but if you want the best, that’s what you buy.
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Students from OceanClassroom learn how to buy fish on the auction computer system at Cape Ann Seafood Exchange
Meet The Artist Bruce Turner at North Shore Arts Association
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Here’s My Message To The AFA
You can suck schweddy balls. 
The American Family Association is organizing a protest over Ben and Jerry’s new ice cream flavor named "Schweddy Balls Ice Cream"
God almighty do people have to suck the fun out of everything? Can’t they just lighten up and laugh about it? Aren’t there way worse tragedies occurring in the world that could use attention rather than uniting the AFA forces in a fight against schweddy balls ice cream?
Last I checked no one died eating schweddy balls.
I stand firmly behind my large inventory of schweddy balls and would like to endorse the eating of schweddy balls for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
If there were more eating of the schweddy balls ice cream I’m quite confident the world would be a much friendlier place.
See I’m guessing the main problem for the founding fathers and organizers of the AFA schweddy balls boycott is the fact that no one has paid any attention to their schweddy balls in quite some time.
Perhaps if the men and women of the AFA enjoyed a little schweddy ball action instead of thinking up such ridiculous things to boycott, this too would lead to a much happier life.
I’m sure Ben and Jerrys could never pay for the kind of attention that their schweddy balls are getting thanks to the AFA boycott.
So unite normal people who can enjoy a little light hearted fun and go get you some schweddy balls.
Really if anything should be boycotted is any funding to the AFA. It’s a total misuse of money supporting such dopey organizations.
You want to donate to some organizations that can actually help the children of America? How about donating to organizations that help children with terminal cancer or fight child abuse, or drug prevention? I say the boycott should really be started on a far greater abuse and it starts with the abuse of the AFA taking funds which could be used for far greater good on something that matters. Who the fuck would want to attend a meeting where they can’t even appreciate the humor in an ice cream being named "Schweddy Balls" for chrissake anyway?
You can check out their fantastic records of how they pay themselves in this “non-profit” here at some dude named Kevin’s Blog–
I’ve gotten the information below from their tax forms, which anyone can view for free. You can see their 2005 990 tax form here. I have also summarized things at the end, in case you didn’t want to read all the gory details.
Let’s show these moral police bannanaheads that we won’t tolerate the pussification of America.
Who’s with me?
Here are some organizations that could probably use your donations a whole lot more than the ice cream nazis over at the AFA-
The Partnership at Drugfree.org (formerly Partnership for a Drug-Free America)
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
American Brain Tumor Association
American Kidney Fund
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Salvation Army – Eastern Territory
The Y (formerly YMCA of the United States) – N.O.
National Military Family Association
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2011 Gran Prix of Gloucester October 1 & 2- It’s Coming
-and Paul Boudreau assured me there will be a beer tent!
If you haven’t seen the spectacle that is cyclocross at The Gran Prix of Gloucester, mark your calendar now! I’ve heard from many many folks that you just won’t believe the action. It’s one of the best spectator sports around.
Here’s an article in the Herald’s travel section-
Cape Ann crusaders
Annual bike race draws visitors to Gloucester
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Ron Schrank Has Some Nice Things To Say
Ron writes-
Hey Joey,
We haven’t met but I live in Gloucester and we really enjoy your blog/web site.
My reason for this contact is to thank you for the great coverage of the Fish Box Derby. The post by Patrick really made my day as the father of two adult girls and the Papa of Alexis and Ava who won this years event.
Your coverage of all things Gloucester is beyond compare and I can only imagine the time and effort you put into this thing. Keep up the great work and know that your efforts are appreciated.
Ron Schrank
Well Ron we ain’t done yet.
Here’s a whole lot more photos in a slide show from Melissa Cox (click the pic for the photos)
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Cooking Fish – Cooking Lobsters the Right Way
This From Orca Bay Seafoods-
Perfectly cooked fish is moist and has a delicate flavor – overcooking is the most prevalent cooking error. Fish is done when the flesh has just begun to turn from translucent to opaque and is firm but still moist. It should flake easily when tested with a fork.
The 10-Minute Rule or Canadian Cooking Method is one way to cook fish by conventional methods including grilling, broiling, poaching, steaming, sautéing, microwaving, en papillotte, planking, and baking (at 400F to 450F). Here is how to use the 10 Minute Rule:
Cooking Lobsters-
I poked around about ten different online recipe’s for a good How-To cook lobster guide before I found one that wouldn’t have you completely overcook your lobsters. Wouldn’t you know it that the author of the one that made the most sense came from- get this, California, LOL! They must not be speaking with these Californians who get my all time worst marks for lobster recipes-
What Is Wrong With People???? Another Lobster Roll Disaster From Some Broads In California
Unlike the lobster roll debacle of all debacles which occurred on Eat Boutique! These Californian’s got it right on Simply Recipes
How to Boil and Eat Lobster
Years ago, my first job out of college was in Boston; I lived in the North End, above D’Amore’s Italian restaurant on Salem Street, right across from a little fish market. This was a magical time, to be in one’s early 20s, exploring the back streets of Boston, feasting on the sights, sounds, and smells, alone or with friends. I was amazed that I could buy fresh lobster across the street from where I lived, at the fish market, for $4.99 a pound, still a luxury at that time, but within reach. (This summer, 27 years later, I bought lobster for $5.99 a pound, a bargain for this Californian!) That summer as often as I could I rounded up friends to enjoy a lobster feast. I still have the big aluminum pot I used.
We don’t have American lobsters out here in California. (Well we do, but they’re shipped in from New England, and frankly they just aren’t as good as lobsters bought near the sea shore on the East Coast.) So whenever I’m in New England in the summer (according to my local friends, summer is the best time for lobsters, they’re more plentiful and therefore less expensive) I make a point to have some.
Click here for the correct way to cook lobsters from Simply Recipes complete with proper cooking times and an excellent visual section of the cleaning process.
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Don’t Forget The Farmer’s Market Tomorrow!
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Things To Do This Weekend- The Oarmaster’s Cup
The prestigious Oarmaster’s Cup with be presented to the fastest single dory rower in the land. All will be decided this Sunday, September 25th at 10 AM in Gloucester Harbor . The course will start and finish off the pier at the Heritage Center (show up there with your gear to row). Four boat heats will row out to Ten Pound Island, around clockwise and return to the finish line (1.7 miles). All members are eligible to compete and of course all are encouraged to attend, watch some great races and join us for refreshments afterward.
And, a heartfelt “thank you” to who helped remove the dories last weekend. It only took an hour or so due to a great turn out. You volunteers are what make this organization work!
IDRC Board
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