You can win a beautiful "Elle" silver bangle
bracelet from our friends
at Diamonds and Dunes! Tune in to Piper weekday afternoons at 5:35 for your chance to qualify!
Just listen for the “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” remix and be caller #1 @ 449-4104. There will be one qualifier each afternoon and the winner will be drawn at random on Friday, July 30th.
What's For Supper?
Shrimp Stir-Fry 7/26/10 1 ½ lb medium shrimp peeled
1 tbsp corn starch
2 tbsp sherry or sake
2 tbsp soy sauce
4 tbsp veggie oil
½ cup green onions chopped
½ tsp fresh garlic
Salt and pepper
Broccoli pieces or snow peas
Cooked rice
Mix corn starch, sherry or sake, soy sauce, sesame oil set aside. Season shrimp with salt and pepper, heat 2 tbsp oil in large skillet on high heat, add shrimp cook 4-5 minutes, remove, add onions, veggies stir fry 4-5 minutes, return shrimp to pan, stir in sauce, cook 2-3 minutes. Serve over steamed rice.
Crab Cakes 7/27/10
1 lb crabmeat
4 tbsp butter melted
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
Dash cayenne pepper
2 egg beaten
Bread crumbs
Mix crabmeat, butter, seasonings, and enough egg to mold into small cakes. Beat 1 tsp water into remaining egg and dip cake into mixture, roll in bread crumbs. Sauté each cake until a rich golden brown on both sides. Serve with buttered potatoes and fresh green beans.
Newbern Clam Chowder with Crabmeat 7/28/10
3-4 medium potatoes
1 qt clams chopped
1 lb crabmeat
1 medium can tomatoes chopped
3-4 slices salt pork chopped
2 onions chopped
Salt and pepper
1 qt boiling water
Place potatoes in large pot add water simmer about 10 minutes, add clams and tomatoes, cook about 10-15 more minutes. At the last 5 minutes sprinkle in crabmeat. While chowder cooks fry out the salt pork, drain, crumble in chowder, season with salt and pepper. Serve with fried corn bread.
Crabmeat and Shrimp Quiche 7/29/10
1 cup backfin crabmeat
1 cup shrimp cooked and diced
2 eggs separated
½ cup half and half
8 oz Swiss cheese grated
¼ cup onion minced
Few dashes Texas Pete
Mix egg yolk, milk, onion and cheese, add crabmeat and shrimp. Beat egg whites until stiff, fold into crab and shrimp mixture. Pour into an unbaked deep dish pie crust. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes, until a little brown. Serve with chilled melon pieces.
Fried Blue Fish 7/30/10
1 medium fish per person filleted
Salt and pepper
Cornmeal and flour
Cooking oil
Mix half cornmeal with half flour, season fish fillets with salt and pepper, roll in flour mixture. Heat oil in large skillet to medium heat. Carefully place fish in hot oil, fry on each side until golden brown. Drain on paper towel. Serve with boiled buttered potatoes and fresh green beans.
Moose's Internet Radio Station
Check out Moose's internet radio station devoted to the North Carolina Rock Music Scene. It's called Comboland Radio. Click the picture above to go to the web site, or click below to listen now!
