Whistling Badger Blog

The first thing, here, is don't get too fussy about exact amounts of this or that.  My recipes are more like guidelines, anyway. What you need: --10-15 Tomatillos.  Cut into halves or thick slices (if they're big ones) and remove the stem cores. --2 Jalepeno peppers, stemmed and cut in half lengthwise.  Don't remove the seeds and membranes. --2 Ancho peppers, stemmed and cut in strips lengthwise, so all outside surfaces can be exposed to heat (see step 1A below).  Don't remove the seeds and membranes.* --2 Large Anaheim peppers, prepared the same way. --1/2 white or yellow onion, cut into 1" thick slices.  (A handful of green onions would also work.  A purple one might look cooler.  Let me know how it goes.) --2-4 cloves of garlic --A handful of fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped. --Juice of 1 fresh lime.  You can use the bottled stuff if it's all you can get. *This will give you a good "medium" to "medium hot" salsa.  For a hott

Now, HERE is an exercise of federal power I can get behind. " I call upon the people of the United States to observe these events with appropriate ceremonies and activities." Get out there and do your patriotic duty, everyone.  The United States is counting on you.

My mom is pretty much the most amazing person I know. As many of you will know, she has been very sick.  A few weeks ago, her kidneys shut down, bam, unexpectedly.  She spent almost a month in the Casper hospital, undergoing dialysis to keep her body going while the docs try to figure out what on earth happened.  They have mostly ruled out cancer.  Other than that, they are still scratching their heads.  My mom gets that from doctors all the time. What many of you might not know is that today was her birthday.  She is spending it in a nursing home.  For my mom, thank God, this is a temporary arrangement.  Despite my initial gut feeling, I believe she is going to pull through this (silly gut feelings).  The home is, for her, just a less-expensive place where she can have nursing and rehab care until she is strong enough to go home. Still, nursing homes are difficult.  As annoying as a hospital can be, with the constant activity, noise, lack of privacy, absurd schedul