The Wandering Minstrel

Pan-seared, oven roasted beef rib roast, Danish stuffed baked potatoes, savory bacon Brussels sprouts with cheddar-topped broccoli and cauliflower. We hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas holiday.

Fourth of July Cuisine

Posted by Minstrel on 04 Jul 2011

We celebrated the Fourth of July with this delicious array of beef tenderloin steaks smothered in sautéed mushrooms along with asparagus spears, steamed veggies and The Better Half’s KILLER potato salad. Yummers. Clickable image.

Memorial Day Barbecue

Posted by Minstrel on 30 May 2011

Keeping the somber purpose of this Memorial Day holiday in mind, The Better Half and I fired up the grill and teamed up to cook up these meaty pork loin country style ribs on the grill this afternoon.

The Better Half prepared some cheddar-topped cauliflower and macaroni salad for side dishes. Damn, was it all really good!

God bless the American Spirit and all of our soldiers and sailors who gave all so we could be free to kick off the summer season. God bless America!

Clickable image - do not drool on your keyboard!

Roast Beast

Posted by Minstrel on 01 Jan 2011

The Better Half and I enjoyed our New Year’s Day dinner consisting of ribeye roast, apple cinnamon carrots, asparagus and Danish stuffed potatoes. We traditionally have this meal (at least the roast part of it) on Christmas but we were in Wickenburg staying in a hotel so today’s meal is a week late.

Next week when we go back to Wickenburg, we will be staying in our new home. That will be nice.

Watch Times Square in 3D

Posted by Minstrel on 31 Dec 2010

I read Ace of Spades HQ post this morning about New Year’s Eve 3D Livestreaming. I logged into the Earthcam 3D site and, being a stealth nerd with a pair of anaglyph (red-blue or red-cyan) 3D glasses, watched a bit of the Times square festivities in 3D. The 3D webcam pans around from time to time to several different views.

They claim that this the first-ever webcast in 3D. The site provides instructions (or links to instructions) on how to make your own 3d glasses Kind of like an arts and crafts project. The viewing mode can be switched to 3DTV (LCD glasses) or 2D (your naked eyes) as well.

Whether you watch the 3D or not, have a very Happy New Year.

Gargoyle Greetings

Posted by Minstrel on 25 Dec 2010

The Better Half and I went out to get a couple of things today. She noticed these gargoyles at one of the residences in town with Santa hats, so she needed to get me a picture to post here on Christmas Day. And here they are - clickable image.