Collections

I collect essays, letters, obituaries and any display of good writing in compact form. If I agree with it it helps. But I do collect writings with which I disagree as well -- if it is well written. I have a filing cabinet drawer full of clippings, magazines and photocopies, but today one can find many of them on the web.

Every once in a while I reread one. I won't bore the readers of this blog with them often, but here's one of my favorites: The Silent Friendships of Men.

Concise, well-written, humorous, and a good story. The kind of writing I wish I could do.

My Favorite Shrimp Dish

Another recipe from RJS.
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This is a simple and guaranteed, crowd-pleasing shrimp recipe. Instead of bread, try it with fresh corn tortillas. I have found Mi Cocina’s tortillas to be very good and they can be purchased by the dozen.

1 lb. shrimp
2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. minced shallots
1/4 cup Tequila
3/4 cup heavy cream
Juice of 1 lime
1 1/2 tbsp. cilantro
1 tbsp. grated lime peel

Clean and de-vein shrimp.
Melt butter in large skillet, cook shrimp, stirring rapidly and cook about 2 minutes.
Add shallots, saute 15 seconds.
Add tequila slowly (may flare up).
Add cream, cook over high heat about 1 minute.
Using slotted spoon, remove shrimp to hot platter.
Add lime juice to pan and bring to a boil for 30 seconds.
Add cilantro.
Spoon sauce over shrimp.
Sprinkle with lime peel.

If you know a place to get good homemade and fresh corn tortillas, please let me know.

Hmmm . . . .