| The Heart of New England's Weekly Newsletter Issue #120 ~ August 13, 2006 |
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| Greetings from The Heart of New England! Features of the Week: How to Cook a (Perfect!) Lobster A Gardener's Vacation In Season Recipe: Lobster Corn Chowder Calendar Pick of the Week Machias (Maine) Blueberry Festival ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worth Quoting "Don't throw away the bucket until you know if the new one holds water." New England proverb More New England proverbs & quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes from my back porch... We are back from our 2-week camping trip to Cape Cod (we stay on the Outer Cape in Truro...a place that is truly spectacular, located on the National Seashore). We camp with other families from our home town, which adds a special dimension of familiarity and community. Now, if only I can keep that relaxed Cape feeling all through the year :) When I came back this little quiz was in my email (sent to me by a friend) and I thought I'd share it with all of you who live in New England (or know it well enough to laugh at these jokes): Do you Live in New England? If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in New England. If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in New England. If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England. If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in New England. If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend, you live in New England. If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England. If you know several people who have hit a deer (or moose) more than once, you live in New England. If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in New England. If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England. If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you live in New England. If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in New England. If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in New England. If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England. If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in New England. If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England. If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England. If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in New England. If you actually understand these jokes, and pass them on to all your New England friends & others, you live in New England. * * * Thanks for stopping by The Heart of New England! Marcia Publisher & Editor This newsletter has been brought to you compliments of The Heart of New England online magazine, a Backporch Publishing site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buy an ad in this newsletter (distributed to over 900 subscribers weekly) $150 per year for 50 issues (that's just $3 per issue!) Click here to send an email to the publisher to reserve your space today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week's stories: How to Cook a Lobster Lobster. Does any other food conjure up such images of luxury and decadence? Without a doubt, lobster reins supreme as the perfect "Special Occasion, I've Got to Impress" dinner. But before you can serve lobster, you must cook lobster, and that's where many people draw the line. Dropping a live lobster into a bubbly pot of water rates at the top of the list of most feared kitchen tasks. Some cooks are intimidated by the mere thought of it. Click here to find out the right way to cook a (perfect) lobster.... A Gardener's Vacation Every summer I approach vacation time with a mix of excitement and mild apprehension. It’s tough leaving the garden when it’s in full gear. A lot can happen in a week or two. We could return to a mat of munched stubble, a patch of parched rubble, or a forest of trouble (overgrown weeds.) Click here for ideas on how to leave your garden while you go on vacation... In Season Recipe: Lobster Corn Chowder "When we had a cottage at Sebago Lake in Maine we had a Labor Day cookout each year with our North Sebago neighbors. September marks the peak in quality and availability of local produce, and I concocted this chowder to use the best Maine has to offer: flavorful local heirloom tomatoes, sweet fresh corn, new potatoes, herbs and, of course, Maine lobsters..." Read on... For more recipes click here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit this week's sponsor: Maine's Poland Spring Resort Maine Getaway Poland Spring Resort There is no resort on the planet that can match the beauty, the wonders, the fun, the shows, the music, and the history of Poland Spring and the Lowest Resort Rates Anywhere! Starting at US $59/Trip. Click here for more information about Maine's Poland Spring Resort. Click below for a listing of more B&Bs/Inns: Maine New Hampshire Vermont ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calendar Pick of the Week 31st Annual Machias Wild Blueberry Festival August 18, 2006 - August 20, 2006 Centre Street Chuch Center Street Machias, ME 04654 (207) 255-6665 (phone) www.machiasblueberry.com Come enjoy hundreds of crafters and a variety of food booths, home grown musical, 1 and 5 mile race, pie eating contest, and antique cars. Shuttle service from lots to east and west of town (the whole town is part of the festival!) Call for more info. For more Northern New England events for August visit: Calendar of (Uniquely-Northern New England) Events Get the Latest Northern New England Travel News: Maine Newsroom New Hampshire Newsroom Vermont Newsroom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit The Heart of New England to get more recipes, northern New England travel info, news, bed & breakfast/inns listings and more! Just visiting? 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