The year was 1971. The President was Richard Nixon. The number one song for the year was Joy to the World by Three Dog Night. A gallon of gas was 36 cents. A gallon of milk was $1.18. To save money you could put gasoline instead of milk on your Buc Wheats.
On this day in 1971 the movie Diamonds are Forever was released. It was the 7th Bond movie. Sean Connery portrayed James Bond. According to Rotten Tomatoes it is the 17th best of the 26 Bond movies. I rate it much higher. Maybe even the top ten. The best of the Bond movies rated at Rotten Tomatoes is Goldfinger.
Diamonds are an allotrope of carbon. Their molecules are arranged in strong, tetrahedral manner. This makes them very hard. They are the hardest naturally occurring material. The word diamond comes from the Greek word adamao, which means unbreakable. That is why you give someone a diamond ring when you get married. You want your marriage to be unbreakable. As I remember Buc Wheats were very hard to chew...the diamond of the breakfast world.
This past Thanksgiving we started something new. Well, actually I started something new and dragged the rest of my family along with me. I am now making it a tradition to do something different every Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving we did two things that were not customary. One, instead of turkey I cooked up a pork loin with a vinegar and brown sugar sauce. It was pretty good, if I do say so myself. The second thing we did was have Irish butter. It is the same as American butter except it is imported from Ireland. We looked forward to that Irish butter eagerly (at least my daughter and I did) and it was quite good on our crescent rolls on Thanksgiving.
Having something to look forward to is a fun way to celebrate a holiday, even if it is something as small as a stick of Irish butter. The little things have a way of turning into...diamonds...if you let them. Why not plan something simple and different this Christmas? You can make a tradition that doesn't revolve around presents and instead is based on presence.
Diamonds are an allotrope of carbon. Their molecules are arranged in strong, tetrahedral manner. This makes them very hard. They are the hardest naturally occurring material. The word diamond comes from the Greek word adamao, which means unbreakable. That is why you give someone a diamond ring when you get married. You want your marriage to be unbreakable. As I remember Buc Wheats were very hard to chew...the diamond of the breakfast world.
This past Thanksgiving we started something new. Well, actually I started something new and dragged the rest of my family along with me. I am now making it a tradition to do something different every Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving we did two things that were not customary. One, instead of turkey I cooked up a pork loin with a vinegar and brown sugar sauce. It was pretty good, if I do say so myself. The second thing we did was have Irish butter. It is the same as American butter except it is imported from Ireland. We looked forward to that Irish butter eagerly (at least my daughter and I did) and it was quite good on our crescent rolls on Thanksgiving.
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Having something to look forward to is a fun way to celebrate a holiday, even if it is something as small as a stick of Irish butter. The little things have a way of turning into...diamonds...if you let them. Why not plan something simple and different this Christmas? You can make a tradition that doesn't revolve around presents and instead is based on presence.
Great post! We'll be having hot cocoa this Christmas.
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ReplyDeleteThis Christmas we're going to forego the traditional Diginorno Gluten-free Pizza for the much-sought-after regional dish, our Canadian neighbors call 'Poutine', our favorite recipe featured here: https://www.seasonsandsuppers.ca/authentic-canadian-poutine-recipe/ .
ReplyDeleteSure to plug the aortas, eventually, poutine, particularly as featured in the graphic included in this recipe, inspires a person who has just clomped through the door of their snowbound Ontario cabi ..., er, 'cottage' cold to the bone, to wolf it down straight from the frying pan, the grease cascading from the corners of their mouth, the steam arising from the skillet (skil-aye, in French), their eyes closed in the utter euphoria of that wonderful dish -- so they tell me, eh.
So, yeah, that's what we're having for Christmas dinner this year. Season greetings.
You are in for a treat my friend! Many Canadians put ketchup on top of the gravy...give it a shot...it is like the sugar on potato dumplings.
DeleteOf course the Irish butter is good. It's made by the little people. They feed their cows on the mash that was used to make the whiskey.
ReplyDeleteConcerning diamonds, I remember one Superman episode when he was negotiating a peace treaty between two African tribes. The two tribes agreed to marry the son of one chief to the daughter of the other. "Where's the diamond?" the daughter asked. Things were looking bad until Superman noticed a coal in the fireplace. He put pressure on the coal until it turned into a diamond. True story.
Ah Superman...is there anything he can't do!?!?
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