DANA POINT, CA VFW POST 9934 PROGRAMS FOR SCHOLARS
  • Home
  • Books...
    • The Accidental Spy
    • The Reluctant Spy
    • The Last Spy
    • Infantry School >
      • Except from Combat Training
    • Vietnam >
      • Excerpt from A Soldier's Journal
  • Short Stories
  • Jack's BLOG
  • Contact the author
  • Home
  • Books...
    • The Accidental Spy
    • The Reluctant Spy
    • The Last Spy
    • Infantry School >
      • Except from Combat Training
    • Vietnam >
      • Excerpt from A Soldier's Journal
  • Short Stories
  • Jack's BLOG
  • Contact the author
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

JACK'S BLOG


12/23/2019 0 Comments

Have you tried slow roasting meat and fowl?

Food

I have been away from blogging for a couple years. Sorry. There were many distractions, but I’m coming back. I will likely focus on my collected research for my novel about the Korean War. Also, I’m tempted to begin blogging about cooking.

I began cooking at the age of 10 or 11 when my mother went to work for the telephone company. At first, she’d call with instructions to begin prepping food for her. In a short while, I began cooking family dinners. When I joined the Sea Scouts at age 14, I became the ship’s cook, preparing meals for 10 to 15 hungry teenagers and adult leaders in a four foot galley on a two burner propane stove. With almost 66 years experience, I have some interesting lessons and stories on the subject to share, such as my love of slow roasting.
Picture
Slow roast brisket with pot vegetables
My mother-in-law was convinced that I was going to kill the family when I took over duties of cooking holiday meals. Though she and the others survived my cooking for several years thereafter, she never let go of her fear. The issue centered on my use of slow roasting.

Read More
0 Comments

    More than 500 postings have accumulated since 2011. Some categories (listed below) are self explanatory, others require some explanation (see below):

    Categories

    All America Army Life Blogging Cuba Election 2012 Election 2014 Election 2016 Entrepreneurs Food Good Reads History Humor Infantry School In The News Korea Middle East Oh Dark Thirty Opinion Sea Scouts Short Story Sponsored Survey Technology Television Terrorism Today's Chuckle Veterans Vietnam Writing

    Explanations

    • ​Blogging: Commentary on the art and science of maintaining a successful website/weblog​
    • Cuba: History of the island and its people gathered while writing my novel, Hatuey's Ghost
    • Good Reads: Book reviews and interviews with current authors
    • Infantry School: A journal of my experiences in Basic Combat Training, Advanced Infantry Training, and Infantry Officer Candidate School in preparation to going to war in Vietnam.
    • Oh-dark-thirty: Random thoughts that wake me up in the middle of the night​
    • Opinion: I am not a member of any organized (or disorganized) political party. My views tend to be libertarian. 
    • Sea Scouts: A journal of my experiences as man and boy with this branch of Boy Scouting (probably not what you'd expect)
    • ​Today's Chuckle: Comics and jokes "borrowed" from other sources with links and thanks to the owners of the originals
    • Vietnam: A journal of my experiences and observations of the Vietnam War while assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, 1967 to 1968
    • Writing: Personal observations on the craft of writing and the current condition of the publishing industry
Banner photo and portrait by
  Mark Jordan Photography

Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Jack Durish All rights reserved
Web Hosting by iPage