Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
One of my favorite ‘diet’ items is a stuffed bell pepper that Laura’s mother, then Laura, has prepared over the years. It gives the ‘illusion’ of being fattening… but it really isn’t all that bad.
After Laura cooks an assortment, she’ll freeze the left over Peppers… which ‘nuke up’ just wonderfully!
Roger Freberg
At Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the student newspaper the Mustang Daily once ran a contest with a significant prize to anyone who could take a picture of the elusive Cal Poly president Warren Baker. As I remember it… no one won!
so, Where’s Warren?
Before he ‘disapparates’ once again, you might get a glimpse of ‘he-who-nobody-has-ever-seen’ at Cal Poly:
the University Union room 220
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 4th
Subject: the Saudi – Cal Poly deal or “how I learned to love a world without professional women.”
There are many problems with the contract… the one that bothers me is the apparent ‘veto’ capability of the Saudis on any hire… this basically means that the Saudis are not bound by any of our ‘idealistic notions.’ One passage of an analysis provided in a link below states:
“These ideals should be America’s gifts to the world. Seek to include them in any educational contracts that Cal Poly makes with educators in all parts of the world!”
Here is a fuller analysis of the ‘deal’ presented by a long time esteemed member of the university and passed along for your consideration. Also provided is Cal Poly’s own non-discrimination policy! Do we see a conflict here?
Roger Freberg
Cal Poly is not the only one willing — in my opinion — to sell American values for gold… but that doesn’t make it right.
This weekend, we decided to treat ourselves to a special meal that we served on special gatherings of the extended family.
Our very hearty lasagna recipe!
Sit back and enjoy!
Roger Freberg
Ok…. didn’t you just hear where Cal Poly refused to add to the agenda of the Academic Senate a resolution opposing the Cal Poly-Saudi deal even though it included support from 5 prior Faculty Academic Senate Chairs? The reason? They didn’t have enough time to consider it?
Well… it appears as though they really can place on the agenda some things and not others! As a last minute addition… the Grand Mufti himself, the ever popular President of Cal Poly will come down from the mountain to speak to the masses on the virtues of dealing with Saudi Arabia, how women are really not missing anything and that this was one big misunderstanding by the ignorant masses. At least that’s how I think it will go.
Here’s the plan so far from a broadly distributed email:
“As previously noticed, next Tuesday’s Academic Senate meeting (3:00 – 5:00, UU220) will be a open forum discussion with President Baker on Budget and Budget Advocacy. An additional discussion item has been added beginning at 4:30: the proposed collaboration between CENG and Jubail University College in Saudi Arabia.
No printed agenda will be sent. This message is the formal notice for the
meeting.
If you have any questions regarding these discussion items, please feel free to contact the Academic Senate office at 756.1258, or I can be reached directly at bgiberti@calpoly.edu.”
Although Cal Poly may disagree, this meeting is more than likely subject to the ‘Brown Act” (a public Meeting)… so hopefully the press will show up, too!
Life’s never boring at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Roger Freberg
So… I guess what we are hearing is that Cal Poly makes up the rules as they go along… why am I not surprised?
Part of the joy of cooking is in finding the best way to please yourself and those important to you!
A real meat lasagna is one way to appease the carnivore as well as the pasta lover. My daughters always loved a lasagna chock full of: olives, mushrooms, sausage in a lovely modified Marinara sauce with ground beef! Of course, plenty of cheese all around including Mozzarella, Romano, Parmesan, Ricotta and a few surprises!
Our secret to a great lasagna cheese layer is just the right mixture: 7 eggs, 2 lb. Ricotta, 1/2 cup, Parmesan, 1/2 cup Romano, Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder and fresh herbs: parsley &/or dill. Chef Kristin has this mastered! (She’s probably smiling now because Kristin knows we add much more cheese than we show in our recipe).
However, it helps if you start with a great tomato based sauce… like our our “5 Chefs Marinara!” You can always build around something great! We also like to add a dollup or so of sour cream to smooth it out! (sssshhh… that’s a secret!)
So, are you curious?
Here’s our Recipe for our delicious “Meatsa Lasagna!”
Roger Freberg