HERB GRILLED SHRIMP EXTRAORDINAIRE + RIDDLE + HUMOR + WHAT IS LOVE
Hello Wednesday and Hello Daymakers!
Presenting Wednesday Reader this fine day of May 8.
Pretty sure you’ll love the read today as much as I do/did putting it together:
LESLIE ELMAN’S TRIVIA
Is so fascinating and I always feel smarter reading her pieces. Whoever heard the word “Kleptoparasite”? Raise your hand if you have. Not me. But I do now and I might pull the word out from time to time just to see people’s brows do a brow question mark thing. Ha!
QUICK QUESTION
How many animal sounds can I make? I actually started making the sounds to count and my cats awoke from their catnaps, at full attention, gathering around to see if I’d gone C-R-A-Z-Y. They amuse me and from time to time I try and amuse them.
I counted 8. How about you?
OUTTA THE MOUTHS OF BABES
Is beauty-full. I don’t even have a favorite take away. All are heartbeats of awwwwww.
HERB SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE
Is an absolute must make. I’m not even going to go on and on about it. Just gotta trust me. Once you make it – you’ll be a diehard fan all summer long! This summer – next summer – and all summers forward! Get ready for people to ask for the recipe because it’s gonna happen.
TRACY BECKERMAN’S
“Here’s To Mud In Your Dog” is a giant chuckle to all of us who have/or had dogs. So relatable!
THANKS
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We are so grateful.
Have a great rest of your week!
WAIT! ONE MORE THING!
Get ready – 5 for FRIDAY is a do-not-wanna-miss!
STACY’S WORLD column is fab.
Not gonna do a spoiler thing – but I will say the sleeping tips (which are yummy and they’re not gummys – ha) and race-ready get your happy rear-end outta bed in the morning with this awesomeness brewing in your coffee maker!
FILM CREW 101 behind the scenes.
FRIDAY
SAME TIME
SAME PLACE
POP QUIZ
- WHICH OF THESE TERMS REFERS TO A MISHEARD WORD, PHRASE OR SONG LYRIC?
a) Anagram
b) Gerund
c) Mondegreen
d) Simile - WHICH LEGENDARY GUITARIST IS NICKNAMED “SLOWHAND”?
a) Jeff Beck
b) Eric Clapton
c) Jimi Hendrix
d) Jimmy Page - AN ANIMAL IS KLEPTOPARASITE IF IT DOES WHAT?
a) Burrows into the skin of another animal
b) Eats its own young
c) Lives underground
d) Steals and eats prey killed by other animals
QUICK QUESTION
HOW MANY ANIMAL SOUNDS
CAN YOU MAKE?
POP QUIZ ANSWERS
- A mondogreen is a misheard word, phrase or lyric.
- Eric Clapton’s nickname is “Slowhand.”
- An animal is a kleptoparasite if it steals and eats prey killed by other animals.
~ COPYRIGHT 2024 LESLIE ELMAN
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OUTTA THE MOUTHS OF BABES
WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN?
The story goes that a group of professional people posed a single question to a group of 4-8 year olds.
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.
QUESTION – WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN?
ANSWERS:
- “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis, too. That’s love.”
- “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”
- “Love is what makes you smile – even when you’re tired.”
- “Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.”
- “You really shouldn’t say, ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”
- “Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.”
- “Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.”
- And then there was a 4 year child whose next door neighbor, an elderly gentleman, had just lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the older gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mom asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”
~ From my treasured collection of old emails
FOR BEAUTIFUL EYES, LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN OTHERS;
FOR BEAUTIFUL LIPS, SPEAK ONLY WORDS OF KINDNESS;
AND FOR POISE, WALK WITH THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU NEVER WALK ALONE.
~AUDREY HEPBURN~
INSTANT KARMA
SAY “GOOD MORNING”
EVEN IF IT ISN’T
RIDDLE ME THIS
WHAT IS ALWAYS IN FRONT OF YOU
BUT CAN’T BE SEEN?
HERB SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE
~ This is hands down my favorite recipe from my mother-in-law, Joan. As you may have guessed from “Barbie” in the title that it’s a recipe from Down Under. STELLAR! Serve with wild rice or lightly oiled linguine or thin spaghetti pasta + fresh bread and a simple butter lettuce + tomato + thinly sliced red onions side salad.
Leftovers? Refrigerate and serve cold with whatever strikes your fancy day #2! Serves 6-8
HERE’S HOW WE MAKE IT
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 TBSP double strength dry mustard (think Colman’s – in the cool yellow tin)
- 2 TBSP good quality Dijon or Brown mustard
- 1 TBSP salt
- 2 tsp ground pepper
- 3 pounds jumbo prawns (shrimp), peeled and de-veined – leaving tails on
Place all ingredients (except prawns/shrimp) in a blender and do the pulse/blend maneuver several times until everything is pureed.
Place prawns in a large zipper style bag or glass baking dish. Pour the marinade from blender over the prawns. Marinate at least 4 hours.
Skewer the prawns on Kabob sticks (if using wooden skewers, make sure to soak them in water first for about 25 minutes ).
Fire up the “Barbie” (aka barbecue grill) to medium high. Grill the prawns about 1-2 minutes per side being super cautious not to overcook.
~ Hippie Cowboy recipe box
RIDDLE ANSWER
THE FUTURE
LOST IN SUBURBIA
HERE’S TO MUD IN YOUR DOG
BY TRACY BECKERMAN
Every spring, the April showers not only bring May flowers but turn my backyard into a muddy swamp. During this period, we are forced to keep a laundry basket of rags by the back door so we can intercept the dog on his way back in the house, wrestle him to the ground, and sandblast his paws before he does a muddy cha-cha through the family room. If we are lucky, this ritual will only last until we hit summer and everything dries out. If we are unlucky, it can go all the way until winter when the ground freezes.
Sadly, this year the April showers kept right on showering into May, which means I have had to wipe the dog’s four paws roughly six times a day for going on 75 days.
And those are just the times I’ve actually caught him.
Which brings us to the muddy cha-cha in the kitchen.
“Tell me again why I insisted on getting another dog,” I asked my husband as I surveyed the expansive display of dirty pawprints all across the floor and rug.
“You said it would bring more love into the house,” he echoed my words back to me.
“Yeah, well, I’m not really feelin’ the love right now,” I responded, giving my muddy dog the hairy eyeball.
Much as I usually adored the dog, I was growing weary of adding daily paw-wiping, floor-mopping and towel-washing to my job description. So after two dogs and a cumulative 12 years of this routine, I finally decided I needed to smarten up.
Yeah, I’m nothing if not a quick learner.
I got out one of my old rectangular windowsill flowerpots and filled it with water. Then I put it out next to the back door. The next time the dog did his mud dance outside, I stopped him on the way in and dunked each paw in the flowerpot. Then I dried his paws on the way in the door. Of course, it added an extra step to the demudifying process, but it made for a lot fewer disgusting rags to wash.
The new procedure was working like a charm. I was thrilled. Then about a week into the Great Beckerman Mud Plan, just as the dog was trotting back to the house, someone rang the front doorbell. The dog heard the bell and came charging at top speed. In a flash, the dog ran straight into my paw-washing station and knocked it over, spilling a torrent of muddy water in the door and across my family room rug. Then he jumped over the washing station, into the house and across the rug with his muddy paws to greet whoever was at the front door.
I stood stunned.
“Mom, someone’s at the door,” yelled my daughter.
“Who is it?” I yelled back as I surveyed the wreckage that previously been my family room rug.
“Someone is collecting unwanted items for the needy,” she said.
I shook my head. “Ask them if they’ll take a dog.”
~ Tracy Beckerman is the author of the Amazon Bestseller, “Barking at the Moon: A Story of Life Love and Kibble”
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Fascinating Stuff
FASCINATING STUFF
- Mattel’s Hot Wheels cars debuted in 1968 with 16 models, including sporty versions of real-life cars from the Plymouth Barracuda to a souped-up Volkswagen Beetle, and replicas of one-of-a-kind custom cars such as the Hot Heap Model T and the bubble-top Beatnik Bandit. In 2018, to mark the Hot Wheels 50th anniversary, Chevrolet produced a limited-edition Hot Wheels custom Camaro, painted orange — just like Hot Wheels tracks.
- A typical museum visitor spends fewer than 30 seconds looking at a single work of art. For most people, it’s 10 to 15 seconds, which hardly qualifies as “art appreciation.” That’s what inspired Slow Art Day, an annual event that encourages museum visitors to spend 5 to 10 minutes taking in a single piece of art and then discussing it. Although the event is held in April, you can make any museum visit your own personal Slow Art Day if you linger, look and think about what you see.
- The Tornio “Green Zone” Golf Club gives players the unique opportunity to golf in two countries in a single round. Eleven of the holes are in Sweden, and seven are in Finland where the Tornio, or Torne, River separates the two countries. On the par-3 sixth hole, golfers tee off in Sweden to reach the green in Finland, crossing a time zone in the process and finishing the hole more than an hour after they started.
- Of the 30 teams in the National Basketball Association, 29 play on maple hardwood floors. The Boston Celtics are the exception. Their signature hardwood parquet is red oak. The original parquet was pieced together in 1946 using scrap lumber left over from World War II. When the Celtics relocated from the old Boston Garden to the TD Garden, the floor went with them. Since the, the team’s home venue has changed and the floor has been replaced, but it’s still red oak parquet.
- In the late 1990s, biologist Gustavo Hormiga of George Washington University discovered a new genus of spiders with conspicuously large, round bodies. He named the genus for Hollywood legend Orson Welles, who, in his later life, was known for his conspicuously large body. Hormiga named the 13 species in the genus after Welles’ film roles. They include Orsonwelles polites (from the Greek word for “citizen”) for “Citizen Kane” and Orsonwelles calx (from the Latin for “lime) for Harry Lime, Welles’ character in “The Third Man.”
~ COPYRIGHT 2024 LESLIE ELMAN, TRIVIA BITS
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Great Veggie Artwork! I can totally relate to the muddy paw issues!
What Does Love Mean made me smile. And brought a tear to my eyes. Sweet.
Herb Shrimp on the Barbie sounds delish! So delish I’ve printed it for my grill master hubby with the note “How soon can we try this???”
Audrey Hepburn has always been a favorite of mine and I love her words of wisdom.
Thanks DayMaker. You did indeed make my day!!!
Hey, I’m with Audrey Hepburn. “FOR BEAUTIFUL EYES, LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN OTHERS;
FOR BEAUTIFUL LIPS, SPEAK ONLY WORDS OF KINDNESS;
AND FOR POISE, WALK WITH THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU NEVER WALK ALONE. Today I spoke at a Memorial service for my friend nearly 100. I’m so grateful I knew her but never in her “knock down gorgeous years” as my favorite photo of her shows. The best part of our entire friendship was we could talk hours upon hours and leave knowing we had reached the best: Love and laughter.