Friday, May 13, 2011

Memorial Day

Here's a yummy recipe for Memorial Day...or any fun Summer day.  Awesome for your next BBQ.
Grilled Peaches & Cream
Ingredients
4 peaches, halved and pitted
2 tablespoons clover honey
1 cup soft cream cheese with honey and nuts
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Directions

Preheat a grill for medium-high heat.

Brush peaches with a light coating of oil. Place pit side down onto the grill. Grill for 5 minutes, or until the surfaces have nice grill marks. Turn the peaches over, and drizzle with a bit of honey. Place a dollop of the cream cheese spread in the place where the pit was. Grill for 2 to 3 more minutes, or until the filling is warm. Serve immediately.

The Pirates Are Coming!!!

In honor of next week's arrival of the newest installment of The Pirates of the Caribbean movies, I thought it would be fun to post some fun pirate stuff. Enjoy!
The Jolly Roger flag, with its black background and white skull and crossbones, was designed to be scary. This flag was not used by all pirates, usually it was only flown by those sailing in the Spanish Main.
Pirates believed that having women on board their ship was bad luck. They also believed that whistling on a ship would cause the weather to turn stormy (as in ‘to whistle up a storm’).
Almost all pirates stole their ships because they couldn’t buy ships incase they got caught and sent to jail. Once they had taken over a ship they had to convert it for pirate life, this usually meant making more room for sailors to live on board and strengthening the decks to hold the weight of the heavy cannons.
Pirate Captain’s would change out of their expensive, flashy clothes if there was a chance they might be captured. This way they could pretend they where only one of the crew, and not somebody important and hopefully escape.
Pirate’s Code Of Conduct.
No fighting on board ship.
No gambling with cards and dice on board ship.
No women on board ship.
All weapons and pirates to be ready for battle at all time.
Every pirate gets equal amounts of food and drink.
Every pirate gets equal amounts of all loot captured, except for the Captain and the Quartermaster who get twice as much, or any pirate who loses an arm or leg in a fight, he gets an extra half.
Every pirate gets to vote on where the ship goes and what the crew does.
Every pirate does what the Captain or Quartermaster says.
Aha, this be the Code of Conduct for The Pirate Ship, it maybe different on another ship, me Hearty.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Employee Spotlight for May!

This month's spotlighted employee is Diane Passey.  Here are some fun facts about Diane!
I was born in SLC and grew up in Murray. Go Spartans! Fashion Place Mall was non-existent at the time. It was a big field with a discount store where Chuck a Rama is. We used to wade through the grass, jump the ditch, and dodge the snakes to go to the store and buy penny candy.

I love to cook Mexican food. I make my corn tortillas and enchilada sauce from scratch. I learned from my mom, who learned from a lady in the neighborhood named Tilly Gomez.

Favorite holiday: Halloween, because you get to pretend to be someone or something that you’re not.  

Hidden talent: I can flip you off with my toes.

Unusual job: I used to be a “candy girl” at a mom and pop movie theater. IN between the matinee and the evening show, we would sun bathe on the roof.