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Backyard Cooking: Paella and Jambalaya

Suzanne — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:25:30 +0000

This year for Father’s Day, we got Steve all kinds of equipment so that he could do some gourmet backyard cooking. Steve loves to cook, and we have such wonderful weather here year round, cooking out doors can be a fun activity for him to enjoy with the kids.

To give you a little back ground, the whole family has recently discovered the Food Network show “Throwdown! with Bobby Flay”. If you are not
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Fourth of July

Mr Papa — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:38:16 +0000

Happy Fourth of July to all! What a great holiday and even nicer when it falls near a weekend enabling a long weekend!

Its been a whirlwind time lately as I was on business travel last Thur and Fri and then again Mon, Tue and Wed of this week. So, its been a while since I have been in the office. Sometimes, it does one good to get out for a while. Now, I just need to get
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Smoking and Super Heroes

Mr Papa — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:04:01 +0000

Yesterday I put my new Christmas present, a smoker to the test. We also decided to have a Super Hero movie marathon to watch three relatively new movies that we hadn’t yet seen.

I spent a fair amount of time yesterday getting the meats ready to smoke. I had decided to smoke a top loin pork roast, some boneless, skinless chicken breasts and some pork baby back ribs. I prepared a cure or a marinade for all of
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Christmas Fun

Mr Papa — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:18:19 +0000

Well, another Christmas has come and gone, though it joyfully continues to linger in the household. Mr Papa’s World celebrated another great Christmas.

It started a bit more than a week ago when Suzanne’s parents came to town for a visit. They timed the visit so they could be home for Christmas, but more importantly so they could see a couple of performances by Suzanne and the kids. Unfortunately, except for the weekend, I was working most of
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Christmas Menu

Mr Papa — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:19:33 +0000

Time to disclose what the Klasens will be having to eat this Christmas holiday season. I have to admit, that I am not planning on spending as much time cooking over the next few days as I have in past seasons. We are all quite in the holiday spirit, but have decided to spend more time together than have me being in the kitchen all day. Still, I think we some good food ahead of us.

As is
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Thanksgiving Activities

Mr Papa — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:52:32 +0000

Whew, its been a busy couple of weeks here at Mr Papa’s World. Sorry for the lack of recent posts, but luckily I have been able to get a few quick thoughts. If you hadn’t noticed, I post a my quick thoughts at the top of the light blue sidebar here at Mr Papa’s World.

We had a very enjoyable Thanksgiving this year despite not being on a cruise. Suzanne’s parents came over for a week long visit
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Thanksgiving Day Menu

Mr Papa — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:00:07 +0000

Thanksgiving is only a few days away. Soon, the kitchen shall be bustling as I prepare a wonderful day of food. Suzanne’s parents will be here for Thanksgiving this year, so I have to show out a bit. Below are my creations for this Thanksgiving Day celebration.

For Lunch, while watching the Lions (come on guys) vs the Packers, we will be enjoying a hearty soup. I plan to prepare a nice Corn, Smoked Sausage and Wild
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A Day Early Memorial Day Activities

Mr Papa — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:30:37 +0000

We celebrated Memorial Day a day early today. Having to go back to work and school on Tuesday, it made more sense to have the festivities today, instead of tomorrow.

Being Sunday, we started the day with Mass at the fire station. We are getting close to building our own church. We have some the land, some money and some initial architectural plans. Currently, we are awaiting the final engineering report on the land so that the
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The Past Weekend

Mr Papa — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:38:09 +0000

Whew, what a busy weekend – or at least it seemed like it. I thought I had finally put all of Suzanne’s vacation questions/issues to bed for the upcoming Alaskan cruise on the Celebrity Mercury. We booked our airfare, hotel and transfers to and from the cruise ship. We booked our excursions for the cruise. What else could be left?

Suzanne is very anal on planning of vacations. She spends hours and hours – wait, make
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Savannah’s Birthday

Mr Papa — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:38:16 +0000

Tomorrow is Savannah’s 9th birthday. She is excited and been planning all sorts of stuff for her Birthday.

This weekend, I allowed her to plan the menu for Sunday to count for her Birthday dinner. Boy, she went to town and planned a 5 course dinner. For an appetizer, she had me make her Scampi al Forno. She loves seafood and shrimp is one of her favorites, right behind escargot. I guess if you love shrimp,
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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Mr Papa — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:08:37 +0000

I always knew we were screwed up here in Mr Papa’s World. Just look at the activities around the homestead today…

Suzanne made a trip to Home Depot this morning to get some hardware supplies for the decorating project in Savannah’s room. She wanted her room redone as her Birthday present. Meanwhile, Mr Papa was in the kitchen cooking all of the special food for Savannah’s Birthday dinner tomorrow.

Suzanne gets home and starts working the room. She
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Perfect Prime Rib

Mr Papa — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:22:24 +0000

Since I posted my Christmas Menu, I had gotten a few requests for my Prime Rib recipe. Its an old family recipe that quite honestly isnt anything special, except that it turns out perfect Prime Rib every time.

The first thing I need you to do is trust me on this one. This is going to seem unbelievable to you and you will have doubts. But, it does work. In fact, the following recipe works for any
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