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Korean-Style Steak
64 months ago
Our schedules are very different this semester, but we have made the promise that we are going to try have home-cooked dinners together as much as possible. We started this week by cooking steak on our portable grill. I broke out some leftover soju, and we had a nice impromptu Korean meal.
Our favorite restaurant in Korea serves a side dish that consists of raw onions with a dark sauce poured over them. I would go to that particular restaurant just to eat the onions, and hate that I didn’t ask them how to make the sauce. We have been struggling to replicate this sauce ever since we got back to America. The main ingredient has to be soy sauce, but it also contains wasabi and other spices/oils. You can see our attempt in the photograph in the bottom left corner above, and although our attempt was not terrible, there was something missing, but I just don’t know what it was. Thankfully, everything else turned out great.
Jazz Funerals
0I came across a couple videos of jazz funerals when I was looking for a video for my previous post. Now, that is going out in style!
Another Great Year for the Saints
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AINTS
My family and I have been cheering for the Saints for many years now. I don’t really remember the ‘Aints” era, but I do know that it is saying a lot when Saint’s fans are disappointed by a close loss in the second round of the playoffs versus disappointed with an entire season. I hate that they did not win today, but it really was a great game, and should a team really win when they have 5 turnovers? I think that my heart rate has finally returned to normal; I really thought thought that they had pulled it off with that touchdown by Jimmy Graham in the last two minutes, but Alex Smith and the 49er offensive was just too strong. I hope that during the off-season they can pick up a number of players to improve the defense. Here’s to next year, and at least that loss was from the 49ers and not the Falcons.
Just for the record, B.B. and I share the same hometown. He still makes it back to Indianola, MS once a year for a summer concert.
Mississippi Ice Hockey
34 months ago
by JR
in Mississippi Life
Yes, we do have ice hockey in Mississippi (with real ice and everything). In fact, we have two teams that compete in the SPHL, a lower-level minor hockey league. Years ago, my friends and I would attend Mississippi Sea Wolves’ games in Biloxi, MS. At that time, the Sea Wolves were coached by Bruce Boudreau, who now coaches the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks. The Mississippi Sea Wolves were part of the East Coast Hockey League, but the team was dissolved in 2009. In 2010, hockey came back to the coast with the formation of the Mississippi Surge.
JJ and I went to Biloxi on Sunday and were excited that we were going to be able to see an in-state match-up. The Riverkings from north Mississippi made their way to Biloxi to do battle with the Surge. We arrived about 15 minutes before they dropped the puck and were able to score excellent seats; we were right on the glass. There were probably only 400 spectators, but the atmosphere was still exciting. I have seen a number of games, but this was JJ’s first, and she got to see an excellent game with lots of action directly in front of us. The Surge led most of the game, but the Riverkings tied it up with less than two minutes to play. The overtime period was a special treat. The overtime period in SPHL games lasts for only 5 minutes, but each team plays with only three skaters and a goalie. Even though the Surge lost in the last minute of overtime, the game was great, and we both really enjoyed the fast pace of the three on three hockey.
Our tickets were $18 each, but we could have had decent seats off the glass for around $10. It was not NHL caliber hockey, but the players really battled to the end. I was hoping that JJ would get to see a fight, but there were only a few skirmishes. I think this is the first game that I attended that did not have at least one fight. JJ did enjoy the game, and I just need to figure out how I can convince her that we need to travel to Nashville, Dallas, or St. Louis to see an NHL game. Unfortunately, I don’t think we will be able to see any of those teams play for $18 a ticket.
For more information about schedules and tickets, check out the Surge’s homepage here.
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