Save the World! …. Eat Ostrich!

hmmmm.... you'd make a fine

My daughter Karen is back from South Africa & with Kristin coming to see us in a few months, I wanted to start preparing some of the South African dishes I have heard so much about. One is called “Ostruducken.” We visited a nearby  Ostrich ranch in Watsonville, California  … and started to look eye-to-eye with possible dinner candidates.  Karen had her own take  on the day at the farm. Jose’ showed us his home made (the best kind) smokers he has for his personal use… fantastic!

I am a fan of these multiple bird within a bird meals, especially  our family favorite “Turducken”  ( a chicken within a duck within a turkey and all with their own stuffing!). The “Ostriducken” sounds like a true feast! Here is a little history of the multiple bird meal:

“The largest recorded nested bird roast is 17 birds, attributed to a royal feast in France in the 19th century: a bustergophechiduckneaealcockidgeoverwingailusharkolanbler (originally called a Rôti Sans Pareil, or “Roast without equal”)…”

As far as the accompanying wine goes, thanks to  Peter May of Pinotage Fame, I am beginning to learn about some of the wonderful wines of South Africa… and “Pinotage” in particular. Some I have bought on-line, some are on order, and some have already been… er… “sampled”.

The male Ostrich in the picture is not tiny, I am 6’4″ (1.93 m) tall… so my Ostrich friend is none too small…. but looks delicious although a bit of a challenge for my barbecue.

However, where there is a will, there is a way.

 

Roger Freberg

PS. Yep, eating Ostrich also reduces ‘global warming’, “saves whales” and “promotes world peace’…well… it couldn’t hurt.

Do something different, just for fun!

Laura's fun timeI am reminded about an old Star Trek that stated “the more complex the mind, the more the necessity for the simplicity of play.”

For folks whose work is less active, they might find more pleasure if their hobbies and fun activities contain an largely physical role.

Some of my more intelligent and sedentary relatives would spend their non working hours rebuilding their home, painting and gardening… 

As for me, I have always enjoyed doing things very different that my true vocation. Investing my time exploring new aspects of our world has always had an interest.

By the way, speaking of fun, although I am not at all a soccer fan… I congratulate all of Iraq over their recent victory!

On a related note….

“The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest. Difficult tasks are a privilege to them, to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful and the kindliest.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche   

 

Roger Freberg

PS. My wife just finished painting the kitchen…. she had fun doing it… but the important thing was that … I didn’t have to do it!