Category: MISC

DOWN SOUTH CHICKEN & RICE
2 large chicken breasts**
1/2 pound smoked sausage, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
4 tablespoons butter, divided
1 quart homemade chicken broth
1 KNORR tomato bouillon
salt & pepper to taste
1 teaspoon creole seasoning
2 cups long grain rice

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in dutch oven over medium high heat.
• Add onion and celery, sauteing until tender.
• Add sausage and saute until onion and sausage brown.
• In a small skillet add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and when melted saute chicken pieces until cooked through.  Add to dutch oven.
• In a saucepan bring the broth to a simmer and add the bouillon cube and seasonings, cooking until well blended.  Add to the dutch oven.
• Add the rice and simmer slowly for 30 minutes without peeking for 30 minutes.
• Serve with a salad and corn bread.

**The easy cheat and flavorful too is to substitute rotisserie chicken pieces which also eliminates the need to saute the chicken.

MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS SKY HIGH DEALING WITH THE VA!

Let me share with you the “LOGIC” of the employees at the Veteran’s Administration.  Here’s how the conversation went:

Me:  Hi, I’m trying to track down a missing travel check from August 3rd.
Pandgit: Did you just move here?
Me: No, we moved here in April and changed our address then with eligibility.
Pandjit:  You didn’t change it with the Treasury? You should have changed it with them immediately.
Me:  No, a gentleman from your office did when I searched for the first missing check.
Pandjit:  Well it can take Treasury several months to change the address and we sent the check to your old address.
Me: Why would you send it there since I highlighted on the form what the new address was when the request was turned into your office?
Pandjit:  I can’t speak for others, but we follow procedures here. You should have changed your address with Treasury.
Me:  How do I contact Treasury for our upcoming move.
Pandjit:  “You” don’t, we do.
Me:  Then why was there a problem after we registered with eligibility in April?
Pandjit:  You should have changed it with us also.
Me:  But you’re next to eligibility and when we registered with them they said we were all done.
Pandjit:  Yes, we’re next to them, but we operate separately.
Me: But you’re both VA?
Pandjit: So?

So my point is – WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS WITH THE SAME ENTITY MULTIPLE TIMES?  AND IF I CANNOT CONTACT TREASURY DIRECTLY WHY DID SHE TELL ME ORIGINALLY THAT I SHOULD HAVE CHANGED IT WITH THEM?

BLUEBERRY COBBLER

• In a bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and milk until smooth.
• Add the melted butter.
• Spread the batter into a greased 11X7 pan.
• Slice bananas evenly over batter.
• In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
• Sprinkle over bananas.
• Bake at 375 ˚ for 40 minutes or until filling bubbles.
• Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

BLUEBERRY COBBLER

• In a bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and milk until smooth.
• Add the melted butter.
• Spread the batter into a greased 11X7 pan.
• Slice bananas evenly over batter.
• In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
• Sprinkle over bananas.
• Bake at 375 ˚ for 40 minutes or until filling bubbles.
• Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.