Saturday, February 25, 2012

GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM


DAVID BOWIE




Hey Boys and Girls of today! Want to listen to some Great Music instead of All The Shit they make these days? I won't even call it music, "The Crap They Make These Days." Here you go. Listen to David Bowie. He's the real deal, a great musician, singer, Showman, innovator, 
David Bowie, "Ground Control to Major Tom."

Friday, February 24, 2012

GEORGE WASHINGTON McNUGGET



McDONALDS GEORGE WASHINGTON






GEORGE WASHINGTON
by GILBERT STUART




Hey Boys and Girls, is this some Funny Sh_t or what?   A lady in Iowa purchased a box of McDonald's Chicken McNuggets and noticed before putting this baby in her mouth that it was in the image of the Father of Our Country, none other than the great George Washington. What do you think? I say, "HeLl Yeah It does." The lady put This Gearge Washington McNugget up for Sale on Ebay. Yeah! The starting Bid is $100 .. Dam, is this some Funny Sh_t or what? I love it!  You can Win it. Do you want to be part of American History that includes the General of The Continental Army and The First President of The United States of America,  
President George Washington?                                                   
Only in America.




Daniel Bellino Zwicke



Link to Ebay Auction for "President George Washington Chicken McNugget"



MY MORNING SMOOTHIE





Yes I just love my Berry Smoothie in the morning. It tasty, refreshing, and good. Makes me feel good, in my mind and throughout my whole body. Wish I would have gotten started on these babies a long time ago. You are what you eat. This is oh so true, not just a cliched saying. If you're 50 or older you'll know what I'm talking about.
      Well, today my smoothie was made of 1 banana, about 7 fresh Strawberries, 4 Kiwis,1 pineapple slice, a bit of water and a good dose of Honey. Everything was fresh except the pineapple slice which I happened to have in a container in the frig. My shakes depend on what is on sale and or is the best price when I go down to Chinatown(New York) where the prices on fruits and vegetables are 1/2 to just a third the price of produce in the supermarkets near my house. When I was in Chinatown yesterday I got 12 Kiwis for only $3.00, and a large container of fresh Strawberries for only $2.50 and I picked up 3 bananas for 65 cents. Last week I was able to get a large container of Blueberries for just $2.00 .. Dam, I wish I would have bought 2 more containers and froze them. They were so cheap. Berries can be really expensive. Those same amount of Blueberries that I paid just 2 dollars for would have cost me 7 or 8 dollars at my local supermarket.
      Well as last week, I was making my shakes with Blueberries, Bananas, Kiwi, Honey, and Pineapple, this week I'm making them the same way, just substituting the Blueberries for Strawberries as the Strawberries were cheaper and the Blueberries more expensive this week. The point is, you buy what is on sale and you'll save a lot in the course of a year.
    It's not cheap making these Smoothies my dear friends, but it can be a lot cheaper if you are smart. I approximate that I spend about $12.00 a week on my smoothie ingredients. And I'd wager to say that other people might spend $25 to $30 a week on the same exact ingredients, simply because they are not as good of a shopper as me or they have so much money it doesn't matter to them. I calculable that I spend about $600 ..
And I also calculate that if I wasn't such a smart shopper that I would pay $1,200 to $1,500 a year on the same exact fruits and vegetables for my daily Smoothie consumption. Wow! That's a big difference! Huge! That's an average of about $750 a year that I ,save by being a good shopper and buying only produce that are on sale in Chinatown as compared to the overpriced supermarkets in my neighborhood (Greenwich Village, NY). Do you relieve that's $3,750 in five years time compared to what I could spend if I wasn't so frugal. That's $7,500 in 10 years time. Dam! That's a lot of dough. Even if I was more conservative on that figure i could easily say that I save $6,000 every 10 years with my wise produce purchases. Looking forward to the next 10 years, saving that $6,000 then taking a nice vacation to Sicily with that, where I'll eat fruits and vegetables like you've never seen. Yummm!



Daniel Bellino Zwicke




                                     
                 STRAWBERRIES BLUEBERRIES and BANANAS

   

                                     MAIN INGREDIENTS 
                     of MY FAVORITE FRUIT SMOOTHIE

                               Along With Water and Honey




A FRUIT SMOOTHIE A DAY KEEPS The DOCTOR AWAY 


Monday, February 13, 2012

MY DAYS with REUBEN .. The SANDWICH THAT IS ...

  Wow, The Reuben Sandwich is The Hot new food Item 2012. This is great. The Reuben is one of my All-Time Favorites. So why haven't I had one in ages, I wonder? And why if I haven't had one in ages, that it's one of my All Time Faves? Well I'll tell you. Number one, when made right, it's "Dam Tasty." And I say made right, cause if you don't have the right person or right place makin them, "a lot can go wrong." 
    So why is it one of my Favorites you ask, aside from it being so delicious? Well, The Reuben Sandwich takes my back to my youth, to my wonderful days at High School where I first discovered, made, and eat this wonderful thing. Wait a minute. No that's not where I discovered and first ate it, that's where I first made it, I'll tell you about that in a moment. Where I first discovered and ate it was at a restaurant I worked in as a busboy back in High School. It was the Moonraker Restaurant in Paramus New Jersey. Yeah, that's the place. I was working at this restaurant, the Reuben was on the menu and was one of the items we were aloud to order and eat for employee meal. How could I forget?








LOOK at THIS JUICY REUBEN
Yummm !!!



     Well back to high School and making the Reuben. Me and a few of my buddy's loved food. OF course. Now there was a Cooking Class in our High School that only girls took. Guys were never in eat. Never ever! Now me and my buddy's as I've said love food and tow of us work in restaurants. Now we figure if we could get into this Cooking Class we can get to eat a lot of good food, learn to cook, and be a hit with the girls. We didn't care that no guys ever took this class before, just girls, we had "Balls" we didn't care what other people thought, we wanted to eat and we wanted to learn to cook. We signed up for the cooking class and we got in.
    Anyway, one day the teacher asked us if there was anything we wanted to learn how to cook. A few things were thrown out there, I don't remember the other items, but i threw out The REUBEN and guess what, that's what we all decided on that we were going to make. The teacher researched the Reuben. She gave us printed han outs on the Reuben. All ingredients were assembled; Pastrami, Rye Bread, Sauerkraut, Mustard and Swiss Cheese. We were ready to go, me my buddy John P. and this girl Debbie P that my buddy John P couldn't stand. She was skinny as hell but ate a lot of food, more than her fare share and it drove Johnny Boy crazy.
   Anyway, all ingredients were ready, we read the hand out instructions and went to town making our Reubens,. Exciting! I must say, they came out pretty good. We loved them and subsequently I made them a couple times at home. But guess what, I haven't had one of these lovely morsels of a sandwich in years. And guess what. Yeah, I saw the piece in Neww York Magazine this week about "Reintroducing The Reuben." It caught my eye. Especially the great pictures of Juicy Reubens. Dam it got me going. I wanted one. I read the article and decided I had to go. Go get a Reuben that it. Two things appealed to me as to the place I was going to get my Reuben Fix. Number one, I want a real classic Reuben, not some dumb alternative version of one, like a dumb ass Turkey or Chicken Reuben. Hey that's not a Reuben. I want the Real Thing, one on grilled Rye with either Pastrami or Corned Beef, both exceptable meats for the Reuben, although I lean more towards one made with Pastrami.






Daniel Bellino Zwicke

Sunday, February 12, 2012

JEREMY LIN IS AN NBA SENSATION


JEREMY LIN
A NBA SENSATION





Yes JEREMY LIN is the Newest NBS Sensation and such a sensation that he's getting me, someone who hasn't been interested in NBA Basketball for Years, interested. Wow. The Guy is Awesome. He's come out of nowhere to become, Yes The Greatest Sensation in The NBA and all of basketball, college or Pro. Let's hope he can keep this going. HJe's good for Basketball, Good for the NBA, Good for The Knicks, good for New York, and yes Good for America. China too, I guess? And I'm sure most Asians are proud as Hell. Jeremy Lin is good. That's all there is to it.








Daniel Bellino Zwicke

THE GRAMMY'S SUCK SO FAR ... They DON'T HAVE ANY GOOD ARTIST Like in The 60s 70s and 80'S LIKE WHITNEY HOUSTON .. MARVIN GAYE ..The BEATLES .. The STONES ALL THE OLD R&B and CLASSIC ROCK ARTIST .. The MUSIC in The PAST 20 YEARS or SO SUCKS

Yes i'ts True. The Grammy's SUCK. Grammy's 2012 That is. And the Music in the past 20 Years or So with a few Exceptions here and there has Pretty Much SUCKED. They Don't have Great Artist these days like days gone by, with such great a Musical Artists like; the Beatles, Dianna Ross and The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, WHITNEY HOUSTON, Jimi Hendrix, and-on-and-on.
   Shit-Ass Rap Hip Hop Crap and Alternative Rock Killed all the GREAT MUSIC of R&B, Pop, and Classic Rock Days Lack Any Sort of Good Taste "What-So-Ever" And this is Not a Generational Thing, "The Music these Days Just Plain and Simple SUCKS." Sucks The Big One.  I grew up Loving all the Great Music of My Day as I've previously mentioned, and along with loving the music of the 60s 70s and 80s, I loved the great music of my parents generation, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and such. The few good songs they've made in the past 20 years I recognize and like, it's just that most of these days Is Shit, plain and simple. "Facts Are Facts," and this is fact.



Daniel Bellino Zwicke









HEY KIDS
LOOK HERE FOR
JUST A VERY FEW
of THE MANY
GREAT MUSICAL ARTISTS
of THE 60s 70s and 80s




THE BEATLES










The CHAIRMAN of The BOARD
FRANK SINATRA