Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Monday, September 8, 2008

Moose Recipes!

Moose Nose

Ingredients
1 moose nose
salt & pepper
3-4 bay leaves
onion

Directions
1 Place nose in large pot -- hide, hair and all!
2 Boil for 2 hours.
3 Don't look in the pot during cooking.
4 Cool dish down until you can handle it, then skin the nose without fainting.
5 Discard the hide. Wash the nose in cold water. Place the nose in a pot of clean, cold water. Add salt & pepper to your taste, bay leaves, and onions. Boil until tender.
6 Chill and serve sliced on crackers with a smear of cream cheese.

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Canadian Moose Soup

Ingredients
2 1/4 lbs moose (1 inch cubes)
12 cups water
1 large onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
1 turnip, chopped
2 parsnips, chopped
1/4 cup rice
1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Directions

1 In a large boiler add 12 cups water, 2 ½ lbs. Moose meat.
2 Add chopped onion and let boil for one hour. Add chopped.
3 vegetables and simmer for 30 minutes. Add rice and simmer.
4 until rice is cooked. Makes 10-12 servings.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Kapuskasing: Smooth Rock Truck Fest







The Kapuskasing Northern Times

Thunder Bay: What's Happening

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

* Perogies for sale every Friday, Port Arthur Prosvita, 540 S. High St. Orders: 344-7490. Pick up after 2 p.m.
* Perogies & cabbage rolls for sale, Polish Br. 19, 102 S. Court St., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Polish lunches, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Orders: 345-1166.
* Herb Carroll 55 Plus Centre, 1100 Lincoln St., 625-2316:
– hot lunch, 12 p.m.
– progressive bridge, 1 p.m.
* Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre, 700 River St., 684-3066:
– hot lunch, 11:30 a.m.
– badminton, 12 p.m.
– contract bridge, 12:45 p.m.
– ladies only billiards, 1 p.m.
– carpet bowling, 2 p.m.
* RCL Br. 5, 229 Van Norman St., steak dinner & DJ music, 5-7 p.m. $12 advance or $15 at the door. Call 344-5511.
* Royal Purple chip bingo, Elk‘s Hall. Early birds, 12:30 p.m.; regular games to follow.
* Grief Support Group meeting, Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre, 700 River St., 1:30-3:30 p.m. Info: 684-3471.
* Social Bridge, Oliver Rd. Community Centre, 12:50-3:30 p.m. $5, includes coffee & light lunch. Info: 768-3618.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Roy Morris: My Great Grandmother's Gifts


June 13 - September 14

Roy Morris, They Live Within The Cliffs. We Know of Them, 2008,
acrylic on canvas, Collection of the Artist

Exhibition Sponsor:


"While Roy Morris is no stranger to art, this is his first solo show in a public gallery. Given that fact viewers will be amazed by the fresh, bold talent evident here. ... He arrives as a master of his idiom."

Glenn Allison, Curator

Roy Morris is a husband, father, and grandfather. Born at Bearskin Lake, he is a member of Muskrat Dam First Nation currently living in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada.


See what other exhibits are at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery at their website.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

A Little Humour

An avid duck hunter was in the market for a new bird dog. His search ended when he found a dog that could actually walk on water to retrieve a duck. Shocked by his find, he was sure none of his friends would ever believe him.

He decided to try to break the news to a friend of his, the eternal pessimist who refused to be impressed with anything. This, surely, would impress him. He invited him to hunt with him and his new dog.

As they waited by the shore, a flock of ducks flew by. they fired, and a duck fell. The dog responded and jumped into the water. The dog, however, did not sink but instead walked across the water to retrieve the bird, never getting more than his paws wet. This continued all day long; each time a duck fell, the dog walked across the surface of the water to retrieve it.

The pessimist watched carefully, saw everything, but did not say a single word.

On the drive home the hunter asked his friend, "Did you notice anything unusual about my new dog?"

"I sure did," responded the pessimist. "He can't swim."

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Two men went bear hunting. While one stayed in the cabin, the other went out looking for a bear. He soon found a huge bear, shot at it but only wounded it.

The enraged bear charged toward him, he dropped his rifle and started running for the cabin as fast as he could. He ran pretty fast but the bear was just a little faster and gained on him with every step. Just as he reached the open cabin door, he tripped and fell flat.

Too close behind to stop, the bear tripped over him and went rolling into the cabin.

The man jumped up, closed the cabin door and yelled to his friend inside, "You skin this one while I go and get another!"

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Ten common fishing terms explained

Catch and Release - A conservation motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and Game officer pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.

Hook - (1) A curved piece of metal used to catch fish. (2) A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his live savings on a new rod and reel. (3) The punch administered by said fisherman's wife after he spends their life savings (see also, Right Hook, Left Hook).

Line - Something you give your co-workers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past weekend.

Lure - An object that is semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a frenzy that he will charge his credit card to the limit before exiting the tackle shop.

Reel - A weighted object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.

Rod - An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.

School - A grouping in which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for spam instead.

Tackle - What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back overboard.

Tackle Box - A box shaped alarmingly like your comprehensive first aid kit. Only a tackle box contains many sharp objects, so that when you reach in the wrong box blindly to get a Band Aid, you soon find that you need more than one.

Test - (1) The amount of strength a fishing line affords an angler when fighting fish in a specific weight range. (2) A measure of your creativity in blaming "that darn line" for once again losing the fish.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Nipigon: Fishing festival a hit

By SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE-JOURNAL
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The 44th annual Nipigon Fall Fishing Festival has been declared a huge success, with the fishing derby bringing in 268 fish plus 61 perch from the kids.

A total of 96 salmon were entered, along with 132 walleye and pike combined and 40 lake trout. Prizes are now given by draw rather than size, a format organizers say increases entries. Ryan Bonde of Thunder Bay got the top salmon prize while Emily Cooney of Red Rock had the largest perch in the kids‘ Huck Fin Derby.
Thunder Bay‘s Drifters won the 16-team slow-pitch tournament.

Winners in the inaugural Nipigon Idol contest were Terri Lee Lanigan of Thunder Bay, Tim Albertson of Dorion and Tatum Blanchette of Nipigon in the senior category; Kayla Netemegesic, Nipigon, Nakita Dubray, Nipigon, and Cole Larson, Thunder Bay in the intermediate division; and Jory Zechner, Nipigon, Jonna Zechner, Nipigon, and Hailey Tees, Red Rock, in the junior category.

Kylie Perala was delcared festival queen and Taria Turri festival princess.
John Zechner Jr. of Nipigon was overall winner in the annual Walkathon/Run. Kayla Kjellman, Nipigon, was tops in the female division.


Read more at The Chronicle Journal

Find Nipigon at NOmap.ca