Sunday, September 13, 2009

Maine 5...

It has already been a month since our family trip to Maine and I'm still reminiscing...I did take many, many photos during a ferry trip from Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert to Islesford...The ferry leaves every two hours from Southwest Harbor Upper Town Dock.

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...We rode through beautiful Maine scenes...of mist rising before the mountains...

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...and lobster boats working...

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...and dinghies waiting...

 

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and arrived at a community of lobstermen, boat builders, and artists.

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Many of the pictures I took were of the dock at Islesford...of all the colors of the lichen and barnacles and weathered wood...

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...and many of the pictures were of Miss E and Mr J...

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...And of course we stopped to eat...

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On the ferry ride back to Southwest Harbor I started noticing the names of many of the working fishing and lobstering boats...

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...It's a beautiful place to live but it must be a tough place in which to make a living...

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

In The Mail…

Returning from vacation, I picked up a box of mail being held at the post office…On top was the September/October issue of AARP magazine…What? When did this happen?  The Boss is 60?  The cover boy for AARP?

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He still looks fine though…and he will remain my favorite singer/songwriter/rocker…

and I really want to win those tickets!

You can read the whole article here…

…and listen here to what I fell in love with …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk8VZgJkpeg.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Maine 4…

Another day of hiking…This time up Flying Mountain then down to Valley Cove…IMG_7648-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

… with the children…

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We had time for picnicking and playing on the beach…

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…Then back to town for lobster dinner…

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Maine 3…

Frenchman’s Bay in Hancock, Maine  is much quieter and flatter than Mount Desert Island …Mr O and I went there for a quiet hike through woods and along the shore…and found many textures…

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Blueberry Cobbler…

The Fannie Farmer Cookbook was to me what Mastering the Art of French Cooking was to Julie in the movie “Julie and Julia”.  I didn’t try to cook every recipe but it was the cookbook I learned to cook from…IMG_9005

My name and the date it was given to me is written in my mother’s hand on the endpaper…

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…The pages I have frequently used are well spattered…

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…and this is one of my favorite recipes.  It has lots of butter which seems perfectly alright after watching a movie on French cooking…

First a 8X8 or 9X9 inch baking dish is buttered and the oven is heated to 425.

Then make Cottage Pudding batter according to the recipe above…

1 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 cup sugar are sifted or whisked together…

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Then 1 well beaten egg, 1/2 cup milk, and 1/2 cup melted butter are mixed …I melt the butter in the microwave , then add the other ingredients right into the measuring cup…

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Stir gently into the flour mixture…

Mix 2 or more cups of blueberries with some lemon zest, sugar to taste (I used about 1/4 cup), a few grains of kosher salt, and 1 or 2 Tablespoons of flour…I just happened to have some Maine blueberries:)

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Spread the fruit in the baking dish, dot with butter, and spread the Cottage Pudding over the top…

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Bake about 30 minutes.  

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I usually serve it with vanilla ice cream but this is what I had for breakfast the next day…

 

 

 

I know for a fact that it is very, very good made with fresh peaches too.

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