Ingredients
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
3 tablespoons minced onion
3 tablespoons minced carrot
3 tablespoons minced celery
6 tablespoons minced yellow, red, and green bell peppers
¼ cup heavy cream
1 pound Dungeness crabmeat, picked over to remove cartilage
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
3 large whole eggs
1 cup milk
4 cups panko bread crumbs
Preparation
In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and bell peppers and cook, stirring, until tender but not browned, about 5 minutes. Add the cream and bring to a boil; cook until the cream is reduced slightly, 1 to 2 minutes.
Transfer to a large mixing bowl and let cool for 5 minutes. Add the crabmeat, egg yolk, salt, and pepper and stir gently to combine. Form the mixture into 24 balls. Put the flour in a wide, shallow dish. In a second dish, whisk together the whole eggs and milk. Put the bread crumbs in a third dish.
One at a time, dredge the balls in the flour, then dip them in the egg mixture, then put them in the bread crumbs; gently press the bread crumbs onto each ball and flatten it into a ½-inch-thick round patty.
When ready to serve, heat the clarified butter in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Fry the crab cakes in the butter until golden brown on both sides, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
FoxNews: A Michigan couple is crying unsportsmanlike conduct after their 6-year-old daughter was removed from a flag football cheerleading team because they complained that one of the team’s chants was too risqué.
Jennifer and Duane Tesch, of Madison Heights, say their daughter, Kennedy, was unanimously voted off of the Madison Heights Wolverines flag football cheerleading team during a team meeting Tuesday night. The meeting was held to discuss concerns the Tesches voiced last month regarding one of the team’s cheers:
“Our backs ache, our skirts are too tight, we shake our booties from left to right.”
But instead of seeing their concerns with the cheer resolved, the Tesches saw their little girl booted from the team.
“I don’t even have the words,” Jennifer Tesch told FoxNews.com. “I can’t believe their solution to this was to remove my daughter from the team. She’s going to be devastated. She’s going to be crying.”
The Tesches said Kennedy was asleep when they returned home from the meeting Tuesday night, so she has yet to learn she’s off the squad.
“She’s been sick today, so we haven’t had a chance to tell her,” said Duane Tesch. “She will take it bad.”
He said he was surprised that the team meeting took an abrupt turn.
“This meeting was supposed to be about keeping this cheer or not, and all of a sudden it turned into getting rid of us,” he said.
He said the parent of another cheerleader suggested that Kennedy be removed from the team while the matter was being resolved, and another parent seconded the motion. Kennedy was then voted off the team, Tesch said.
The Tesches said they were told they would receive a refund for the $125 team uniform and that Kennedy would be allowed to try out again next year. But they won’t be holding their breath, they told www.FoxNews.com.
“We’re probably going to look to get her into gymnastics,” said Duane Tesch.
Calls to a team official and other parents were not immediately returned on Wednesday.
Now, I remember this cheer quite well from my junior high cheerleading days, only difference was we said “my pants are too tight.” Also, I was 13 or 14, not 6. But… I really don’t think this poor little girl needs to get kicked off the team! How heartbreaking for her! Anyway, since this is happening in a town about 1 mile from where I currently live and it made national news, I’d like to know your thoughts:
I’m sure there are times when we could read our childs’ mind. I know I wish I could on the daily basis! This weekend, our son was crying and we went through the “checklist” of things that could be wrong.
Diaper changed: Check
Fed: Check
Tired: Had only been up for an hour, so check.
And, we had already been given his medicine for teething pain.
Needless to say, we were going round and round with him, trying to make him be his smiley-cheerful self again. My husband at one point, picked him up and said, “Just tell us what’s wrong!” (Because, yes… an 8-month-old can totally understand that. ) This now leads me to today’s poll:
1 Crusty baguette, cut lengthwise
16 oz. assorted tomatoes (chopped)
1 Avocado diced into ¼” pieces
Extra virgin olive oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Garlic, peeled and halved
Sea Salt
Chopped fresh basil
1. Toss tomatoes with 1 Tbs. olive oil and 1 tsp. sea salt.
2. Fry bread in 2-3 T. olive oil in skillet, browning on each side, add more oil if necessary.
3. Rub cut half of garlic over 1 side of fried bread.
4. Spoon tomatoes over bread. Top with chopped basil and more sea salt to taste.
I was in BCBG last weekend, drinking my latte, leisurely enjoying my time away from the house when all of a sudden piercing screams and alarm sensors started going off. I looked up and towards the door to see what was going on, when I was almost trampled by 2 children running through the store. Their mother; looking at herself in the fitting room mirror, completely oblivious to what was going on.
Now, I’m all for bringing your children out shopping with you on one condition—they behave! The guys and gals working retail on a Saturday afternoon do not moonlight as baby-sitters for you as well. It’s your job to keep the kiddies in line, and occupied too! If they are really small and having a meltdown, pay attention to them (or at least act like you are). Looking through the sale racks or trying on clothes in the dressing room while the little one screams their head off or goes “sensor crazy” cuz’ it makes a “cool sound” is just inconsiderate.
Moral of this post… if you bring your children out shopping with you, please teach them to behave in a store. Or, try this novel idea: when you need to shop, little junior can have some good ol’ “Daddy Time” or if you’re lucky and they live close, “Grandparent Time”—in the comfort of the home.
Ingredients
I’m sure there are times when we could read our childs’ mind. I know I wish I could on the daily basis! This weekend, our son was crying and we went through the “checklist” of things that could be wrong.
