Here's my question...

...posed on a Q & A site on the web and getting two answers:

What happened to Fifth Grader? I used to watch it on Thursday nights. Where did it go?

that show was garbage, its pretty obvious what happened.... it got cancelled for sucking so much.

Season 3 will premiere Sept. 5/08

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I don't think you can ask anything and get a consensus.

My Recipe: Chicken with Rice

Vinny’s Chicken with Rice

Ingredients:
6-8 chicken wings
1 3/4 cups Italian style rice
1 1/4 tsp. salt
pepper, parsley, parmesan cheese
Yield: four servings

Directions:
1. Fill a medium-sized pot with about 7 cups of water and bring to a boil. While waiting…
2. Wash chicken wings.
3. Cut the wing tips off.
4. Place wings in the pot.
5. When it reaches a boil, reduce to a simmer. Be careful it doesn't overflow. The fat will "foam up", but if simmering slowly enough, it will dissipate. Do NOT remove the foam. It provides much of the taste. While waiting...
6. Lightly rinse excess starch from rice.
7. After about 30 minutes, remove the chicken and spray with cold water. Do not discard the water in the pot.
8. Carefully separate the meat from the fat, bones and cartilage.
9. Ladle out about one third of the water in the pot and set aside (you may need some or all of it).
10. Place the meat back in the pot.
11. Place a chicken bouillon cube (or like powder) into the pot.
12. Put about 2 to 2 1/2 cups of rice into the pot.
13. Season with salt, pepper and parsley.
14. Simmer covered until rice is cooked, stirring occasionally.
15. Ladle out into bowls, sprinkle with more pepper, parsley and parmesan cheese if you have it.
16. Serve with garlic bread or bread sticks.

Notes:
1. If most of the water dissipates before the rice is fully cooked, stir in a bit of the reserve as you go along. The contents should be free of water when it's done.
2. Parmesan cheese is indispensable in an Italian household. I use it in many dishes--pastas and soups, for instance.

Odd News

A New York City man who was forced to leave a casino because patrons complained to staff has filed a complaint about his treatment with the Casino Control Commission. The man was followed into the restroom by a poker room manager and was told of the complaints from other gamblers. The stinky guy returned to his table but was asked to leave.

I don't know about you, but if in a bizarro world I was a 54 year old, 440 pound person who was gambling for 17 hours straight and I was told discreetly that half the casino was vomiting from the odour emanating from my body, the last thing I would do is go back to my seat to face my accusers. And if I had arrived by taxi, I would walk home, no matter how far, to avoid getting on a bus or into a cab near other people. What does this guy do? He makes a scene and then headlines with his antics. And now he demands an apology. You want an apology, Mr. Wax? We're sorry your B.O. will remain ingrained in the minds of our more fragrant clients whose business we may never see again thanks to you.

US toll in Iraq hits all-time low as month ends

That was the AP news headline today. Does anyone else believe that this is the calm before the storm that will be unleashed in the months ahead? The "opposition" in Iraq doesn't have the resources the Americans do or for that matter that Iraq has. But I don't believe that insurgents there are ready to give up, especially while American troops are still there. I expect that they are regrouping, raising money and re-organizing before mounting a major wave of attacks. Let's hope I'm wrong. Let's also hope that no major attack is perpetrated against a western country. After all, nothing has changed for those who have been disgruntled with The West for more than half a century.

My Recipe: Meatballs

Vinny’s Meat Balls

Ingredients:
225 grams (1/2 lb.) ground beef
225 grams (1/2 lb.) ground veal
225 grams (1/2 lb.) ground pork
3/4 cup bread crumbs
1/3 cup parmigiano (parmesan) cheese (reggiano if you can manage it)
2 tbs. of chopped Italian parsley (preferably fresh)
2 eggs, beaten
2-3 cloves chopped garlic
1 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
1 cup oil (in order of my preference: sunflower/canola/vegetable)
Yield: About 25 smallish meatballs

Directions:
1. Manually mix well all ingredients (except oil) in a large bowl.
2. Using palms, shape mixture into balls no larger than a golf ball.
3. If using in pasta sauce, do not fry. Place in sauce and simmer about 2 hours.
4. Pour oil into frying pan.
5. Set heat to medium high.
6. Place meatballs into pan allowing sufficient room to roll them around during frying.
7. Fry for about 5 minutes (from when sizzling starts), rolling them almost constantly to ensure uniform cooking and to avoid sticking.

Notes:
1. Do NOT fry until meatballs get scorched. If necessary, lower heat.
2. If using in pasta sauce, do not stir sauce very much to avoid disintegration.
3. Meatballs may be stored fried or uncooked in freezer until needed.
4. You can form marble-sized meatballs for use in soups such as chicken soup (do not fry, but be sure to simmer in soup sufficiently).