Best Potato Wedges ever !

 NOTE - we are already making reservations or looking into reserving sites for camping at a few places.  A good number of openings at sites during the week ( a bonus on being retired along with it's much cheaper). 

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As promised - the best potato wedges I have ever made.  

Ultra crispy on the outside and creaming on the inside.  I discovered this recipe when I stumbled across anything with smoke paprika in it  so I had to try it.   Just use this as a base and tweak to your own liking.

I will post whet WE did.

Take one Russet potato the kind you bake and cut it into quarters 

 

 

in a bowl mix the following

1/4 cup olive oil (could be less for 1 potato) 

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp smoked paprika 

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese (like Kraft) this ingredient is the key

then put the potatoes in a baggie and add the mixed ingredients - we let then soak for 15 minutes

Pre heat oven to 400 and put wedges onto a aluminum foil on a baking sheet

NOW - we let them cook for 35 minutes but since neither of us were REALLY hungry we turned off the oven and I bet we just let them sit for for almost an hour. 

Finally we said - maybe we should look at the potatoes and they looked and smelled awesome  

 DJ bit into one and said "OMG - these are amazing"  Crispy salty on the outside and creamy on the inside.   

The next batched we added a little more cheese.  

and there ya go.

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OH - look what we got in the mail yesterday a Pizza delivery thingy  

Why you ask?  Because a Bal Leveler fits perfectly in it and they get dirty and greasy so you don't want to store one where other things can get dirty!  

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Cheers 

Glamping next summer.

I was looking at some stats for the blog to see what post had the most page views - 13,700 views was the winner where a businessman in Columbus threatened me with slander (it's not slander if it's the truth it seems) . 

Millionaire's children on BadgerCare,/  Michael Eisenga's business no stranger to state investigations, / Wealthy divorced donor helped write controversial child-support bill dot dot dot was the main jist of the post. (I think I can add one more.) Former Columbus Mayor Charged with Bank Fraud. 

But that is all old news -   what struck me was 1.09 million pages read?  Seriously? That is pathetic on you guys!!   But thank you.  I've made OVER $200 with those million page views.

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SO - The old ShopKo and the little strip mall is being populated by Gates auto something or other. With that area now being developed by adults I have to think the empty Sentry will fill up at some point. 

HOWEVER - my big complain today is that Columbus is having free Covid testing  and we all know that the more tests the more Covid!  Without testing I'm pretty sure Columbus would have ZERO Covid infections!  

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DJ , Gus and I  took a little trip to Devils Lake to look at campsites.  OH - we PURCHASED a pop-up . . we just don't have it yet. You see if you want to buy a brand  new pop-up it's about a 5 month wait. 

Some people we know ordered theirs in early June - they JUST got it yesterday.  So we put money down a few weeks ago on a Rockwood 1910 ESP  and were told we would have it by spring.  

Not having a pop-up (pup) already there are many things we need to purchase that we do not have.  All the little things. It's like a tiny house.  You can buy one but you have to put things in it to make it livable.   

OH - we have lists and lists.  One thing we started searching for immediately was a Bal leveler.  VERY VERY short supply.  They have been on backorder at Home Depot for months. (It goes under one wheel and levels the camper left and right). 
 

We managed to find one on amazon - they had 13 and we ordered one and the next day they were down to 5.

My brother was confused when I asked him if Menards had them (he works part time in the plumbing section) and after 10 minutes of confusion he calls back and says "your iphone has a level on it".   ummmmmm

Bal is the name of the company that makes them.  ANYWAY

we were up at Mirror Lake yesterday and most campsites were closed but for one area with about 15 sites.  We drove past one of those Airliner Hard Side pop-ups and commented on it as "cool"  and drove on lookin at sites.  

Then when we got home I was Google Earth'd  the area and LOOK - same exact place

I went down to almost ground level - yup same one. 

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OK OK - I interrupt this blog for a funny thing that just happened.

NBC is on and the screen is split. On the left is the normal reporter guy and on the right is a guy at the WH and the question is asked about the intelligence not being able to give Biden a meeting. 

The guy on the right looks down at his phone and utters loudly  SHIT!  FUCK!   as his phone with notes dies!!   LOL  

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SO - camping or is it glamping with a pup.  ANYWAY - Gus (also a pup)  is not so sure about camping because we had OUTSIDE fire!   is fire OUTSIDE safe?  He's only seen fire INSIDE a house - not outside. Seems dangerous.

I wonder how long in advance we need to make reservations on campsites.      

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 45 years ago today

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OH on FB - I made a nice comment on a thread that had ALL LIVES MATTER on it and one reply was 

Rod Melotte I’m sure someone had to explain how racist you are, I’m not surprised at all. How’s it feel to think your communist party won? How you going to feel when law and order comes raining down? Do you really think Joe Biden got away with cheating? I would love to see your face when you finally figure it out God bless America, God bless the Constitution, long live this great Republic Trump2020 because he already won

  

Ya just gotta love some Trump supporters.

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TOMORROW - the BEST Potato Wedges ever made!!  Stay Tuned. 

 

The International Nightmare is over

 SO - I've been holding off as there was some sort of local election going on that people were interested in - something about restoring democracy and all that . And now it feels like a dictator has been vanquished.  

My gut feeling is Trump will go to Mar-La-Go at Christmas and never go back to Washington AND never concede.

But here is the funny part and I honestly thought this was some joke but  . . no it's not. 

Trump has brought in his "A" team of lawyers headed by his #1 best lawyer Rudy Giuliani whose job it is to change the results of the election.

SO - what did this team of geniuses do?  The FIRST thing was get a big presser to tell America the election was a fraud.  SO! they booked a big even outside the Four Seasons . . . . . . . LANDSCAPING company.  OOPS   It was supposed to be the For Seasons Hotel. 

This is where the fight for Dictatorship starts 

No seriously it was.  I saw this press conference live and was wondering about the beams in the background - was it new constructions?  It looked like a deplorable place to have a press conference , , and I was right! 

So it seems everybody had to walk through the building to get to the back parking lot.

BUT WAIT - next door is an adult bookstore WITH VIEWING BOOTHS!   

YUP - Trump has his #1 crack team on the job! 

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I just found this funny from Rick Steves the worlds #1 travel writer.  

Wisconsin is now one of only 7 States in America where Cannabis is totally illegal. Thank you Wisconsin and it's do nothing but obstruct  GOP.  The biggest dopes in America.  Johnson who is STILL looking under the rugs for dirt on Hunter Biden and Grothman who has literally done nothing for the last 2 years. 

And then Fitz who complains that our government is not doing enough to stop Covid in WI and then blocks everything to help stop  Covid.   OK OK - sorry got off track. 

Five more States legalized cannabis and if you look at the markets today - Well - cannabis stocks are all way way up.  This past week most cannabis stocks are up about 40%.  CGC is up 41.4% 

Not a surprised as Democrats are MUCH better with the stock market then Republicans.  In fact since 1900 the average annual return for a Democratic President is 7% while Republicans are 3%. 

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In my baseball Strat-o-matic  - I swept Richmond in 4 games with a total score of 30-11 but it was not that close.  Verlander was going for 2 shout outs but after 17 and 2/3 total inning he ran out of juice. Gave up 2 home runs and walked 2 guys - had to take him out. Still won 8-4.

Golf?  I came in 16th place in virtual golf on TGCTours so I seem to be getting better . . . or learning that, just like poker - you win by NOT losing.  Stay away from bogies and let the birdies just happen. 

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After today we go back to average weather of 45 degree highs - I believe we broke a record for warmest low temp this morning. 

Otherwise - just buying things for camping next year and obsessing over everything pop-up-camper.  We don't want to buy EVERYTHING at once next year when we get the pup. 

BUT - if anyone has suggestions for websites or best places to camp and so forth . .I'm all ears . . I tell ya - DJ has become a book expert on pups. BUT - where to go is always the question.  Next summer will be interesting.  

 Nuff for today - I had to relearn how to type.

OH - Bridgejumper has had an off year so far.  Covid - injuries and just weirdness in the NFL I have to think.  3-4 so far.  

Cheers