Daily Holidays - December 14

[Sherman A1]

National Bouillabaisse Day Thank the French for this salty and filling stew. Although it's traditionally a mix of fish, shellfish and other seafood, feel free to throw in whatever you've got.

Summer Bouillabaisse With Smoky Rouille
Cajun Bouillabaisse
Island Bouillabaisse
Bouillabaisse Seafood Chowder
Cioppino-Style Bouillabaisse
Healthy Bouillabaisse
Easy Fish Stew
http://www.food.com/food-holidays/bouillabaisse-day-1214


Monkey Day Monkey Day is an annual celebration of all things simian, a festival of primates, a chance to scream like a monkey and throw feces at whomever you choose. Or perhaps just a reason to hang out with your friends while grunting and picking fleas off each other. http://monkeyday.com/faq/


Worldwide Candle Lighting Day The Compassionate Friends:

Providing Grief Support After the Death of a Child

"The Compassionate Friends is about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. It takes people out of the isolation society imposes on the bereaved and lets them express their grief naturally. With the shedding of tears, healing comes. And the newly bereaved get to see people who have survived and are learning to live and love again." http://www.compassionatefriends.org/home.aspx


World Choral Day. The World Choral Day

The World Choral Day An international choral event to extol the values of solidarity, peace and understanding!

Thousands of choirs have joined in the celebration of World Choral Day on or around the 2nd Sunday in December in the past twenty years. Millions of singers across the globe have been involved in World Choral Day concerts, festivals, sing-alongs, choral seminars, Days of Friendship and other events.

The World Choral Day is an initiative of Alberto Grau from the Latin American Vice-Presidency of the International Federation for Choral Music, proposed and approved by the General Assembly of IFCM held in Helsinki in August, 1990, within the framework of the 2nd World Symposium on Choral Music:
http://www.worldchoralday.org/pagina/home.html

[Crewleader]

1. December 14 Birthdays

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/december14.html

Good Morning!



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Happy Sunday LOLCats Day!

[Sherman A1]

2. Great!!!!

Love the comics! Thanks for posting.......

[Crewleader]

3. Happy Sunday to you Sherman A1

My pleasure friend.

[In_The_Wind]

4. Time to plug in my new crockpot again.

I treated myself to an early Christmas present: A Self Stirring Crockpot.

[Crewleader]

5. I did too I_T_W, same one at BJs' with a $10 coupon!

Made my famous Kale soup and the chili came out excellent too!

[In_The_Wind]

7. My crockpot also came from BJ's.

Most of my shopping is done there.

I want to give this a try:

INGREDIENTS:

5-6 pound (2.3 to 2.7 kg) Boston Butt (pork shoulder) roast
3-5 slices of American / streaky bacon
1-1/2 Tablespoons coarse red Hawaiian sea salt (OR 1 Tbsp fine)
5-6 peeled garlic cloves
1 Tablespoon liquid smoke

DIRECTIONS:

Line the slow cooker with the bacon slices.

Remove the skin and some of the fat from the pork roast. Pierce the roast in a few places so the seasoning can get in, and cut your garlic cloves in half. Stick a few of them in the holes you pierced or tuck them into any open areas of the roast.

Sprinkle the salt over the roast and then sprinkle the liquid smoke over the top as well. Use your hands to rub the salt and liquid smoke into the roast all over.

Place the roast on top of the bacon in the slow cooker, skin side up. Cover and cook on low for 16-20 hours. DO NOT ADD LIQUID! The pork will make enough liquid of its own, trust me.

I started mine last thing before going to bed and it was done by dinner time. When the pork is ready, remove it from the slow cooker and shred it with two forks. Taste for saltiness and mix some of the liquid from the slow cooker back into it, both to moisten and season it. If you shred it in the slow cooker it may be too salty.

It's wonderful cooking overnight without going to stir the pot.

[Crewleader]

8. That looks great and thanks for posting the recipe!

Cooking nicely while you are asleep...and ready at dinner...it's wonderful!

Thank you again for the recipe I_T_W and the great cooking tips my friend!

[pinboy3niner]

11. I learned an oven recipe for luau pig from a Hawaiian roommate many years ago

For his version, you make deep slits nearly to the bone on the top and bottom of a butt roast then slather the roast with a good brand of liquid smoke like Mrs. Wright's and put some rock salt into the slits. Then double wrap in foil and cook in a slow oven for several hours. No need to pull your pork, as it comes out falling off the bone.

But the bacon and garlic also sound like great additions!

[nomorenomore08]

12. Mmm... Homemade bouillabaisse sounds delicious. The closest thing I've had lately was paella

back in August - so good that I vividly remember it 4 months later.

[pinboy3niner]

14. I've done it, but be forewarned that it can be costly to make

Even in the '80s it could run $20-30 or more per gallon, but if you have a good recipe it's wonderful! I learned to do it in a gourmet cooking class at a seafood market in McLean, VA that was owned for some years by a Cajun shrimper from New Orleans. He co-taught the classes with a gourmand who was an analyst at the nearby CIA headquarters. They made quite a team.

[bigwillq]

6. wow, candle lighting day is the same day as Sandy Hook tragedy.

[femmocrat]

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[nomorenomore08]

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[Recursion]

10. Monkeys, you say?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018577487