August 31, 2020

Corona Virus isolation ~ Day 169: Canelones pa comer

~
 canelones  
prepared by Tom White 
photo by Styrous®


From The Foods and Wines of Spain by Penelope Casas:

Canelones came to Spain by way of Barcelona when, in the sixteenth century, Italy was ruled by the Spanish Crown and communication between the two countries was close. Although other types of pasta are uncommon in Spain, canelones are found everywhere. The dish is now considered quite Spanish and should properly be a part of any Spanish cookbook.     

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1½ pounds mixture of ground beef, veal and pork
1 chicken liver, chopped
4 tablespoons minced cured ham
1½ cups tomato sauce, preferably home made
1 tablespoon dry (fino) sherry
2 tablespoons minced parsley
1 egg lightly beaten
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
salt
freshly ground pepper
butter

Dough:

1 egg
2 tablespoons melted butter
1½ cups water
1½ cups flour

White sauce

5 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
salt
freshly ground pepper
dash of nutmeg



photos by Styrous®
















El Postre












4 cloves
3 black peppercorns
lemon zest
butter
Nelson Creek port




bake pear in port with cloves, peppercorns,  lemon zest and butter
serve with vanilla ice cream


     

From Wikipedia:   

Cannelloni (pronounced [kannelˈloːni]; Italian for "large reeds") are a cylindrical type of lasagna, possibly one of the oldest types of pasta.   


Cannelloni tubes 
photo by Popo le Chien


Cannelloni are generally served baked with a filling and covered by a sauce in Italian cuisine. Popular stuffings include spinach and ricotta or minced beef. The shells are then typically covered with tomato sauce.         

Cannelloni are also a typical dish of the Catalan cuisine, where they are called canelons and traditionally consumed on Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr. It is an official public holiday in Catalonia as well as many other European countries.   

Early references to macheroni ripieni (stuffed pasta) can be traced back to 1770; but the word cannelloni seems to have appeared at the turn of the 20th century. Manicotti are the American version of cannelloni, though the term may often refer to the actual baked dish. The original difference may be that cannelloni consisted of pasta sheets wrapped around the filling, and manicotti was machine-extruded cylinders filled from one end.      

Just in passing, there are some great bands and songs ranging from traditional to garage to house music by the name of or referring in some way to canelones. In particular there is a terrific hip hop song, Canelones, by Flowtime, a group from Barcelona, who have a video that is a lot of fun to watch; the lyrics (link below) speak of the ingredients and the making of canelones by the mother of the singer . . .   

"Canelones pa' comer
Con queso y bechamel"

. . . however, the visuals say something completely different with a very wide range of references (link below).

And the Capitol of Uruguay is Canelones, the name derived from a species of cinnamon, which is called "canelón", growing along the banks of a river. It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) North of Montevideo.  


    date & photographer unknown



 
canelones
 photo by Styrous®



 
photo by Styrous®


      
Viewfinder links:            
                  
Corona Virus articles        
Corona virus food                    
Flowtime ~ Canelones lyrics      
Styrous®
Tom White       
            
Net links:            

Canelones recipes             
C. G. De Arie vineyard & winery          
Facebook ~ Flowtime            
Instagram ~ flowtimetv         
Twitter ~ Flowtime            
       
YouTube links:            

Food:             
El Toque de Aquiles ~ Los Canelones de Mi Mamá                
Canelones de pollo MUY FÁCILES. ¡Los TRUCOS que nunca fallan!

Music:          
Angel Barchin ~ Canelones         
Nerio Canelones music ~ Zacarias ferreira  
Los Canelones - Salsa - La Muerte (Live Session Cover El Gran Combo)
Flowtime ~ Canelones (Videoclip Oficial)   
Hoy Canelones ~ Desolado  
Papaíto y los Salchichas Explosivas ~ Canelones 
Zenon Perez - Los Canelones De Durango
Spain's Got Talent ~ Flowtime ~ Canelones  
          
                     
       
       
Styrous® ~ Monday, August 31, 2020         











August 30, 2020

Raymond Massey ~ Thespian Extraordinare

~     
date & photographer unknown


Today is the birthday of radio, stage and screen actor, Raymond Massey. His most dramatic roles were his portrayals of the eighteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.         
      


Abraham Lincoln - 1857 



 
photographer unknown


Massey scored a great triumph on Broadway in the Robert E. Sherwood Pulitzer Prize-winning play Abe Lincoln in Illinois despite reservations about Lincoln's being portrayed by a Canadian. He repeated his role in the 1940 film version, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Massey again portrayed Lincoln in The Day Lincoln Was Shot on Ford Star Jubilee (1956), a silent appearance in How the West Was Won (1962), and two TV adaptations of Abe Lincoln in Illinois broadcast in 1950 and 1951. He once complained jokingly that he was "the only actor ever typecast as a president." His preparation for the role was so detailed and obsessive that one person commented that Massey would not be satisfied with his Lincoln impersonation until someone assassinated him. On stage in a dramatic reading of John Brown's Body, by Stephen Vincent Benét (1953), Massey, in addition to narrating along with Tyrone Power and Judith Anderson, took on the roles of both John Brown and Lincoln.           

My favorite role of his was when he starred in Things to Come, in 1936, a film adaptation by H. G. Wells of his own speculative novel The Shape of Things to Come (1933). The cultural historian Christopher Frayling called Things to Come "a landmark in cinematic design". The film also starred, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke and Ann Todd.        


Things to Come UK poster


Massey became an American citizen in 1944. After he became an American citizen, he continued to work in Hollywood. Memorable film roles included the husband of Joan Crawford during her Oscar-nominated role in Possessed (1947) and the doomed publishing tycoon Gail Wynand in The Fountainhead (1949), with Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper. In 1955, he starred in East of Eden as Adam Trask, father of Cal, played by James Dean, and Aron, played by Richard Davalos.      

But Massey had a good sense of humor: he played Jonathan Brewster in the movie version of Arsenic and Old Lace which is proof Massey could take a joke. Brewster was created for Boris Karloff, who played the part on Broadway, but was unavailable for the movie. The character required Massey to look like the Frankenstein monster. A running gag in the play and the film was the character's resemblance to Karloff. It was an American black comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson; the score for the film was written by Max Steiner of King Kong fame.    


 movie poster


Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, on August 30, 1896. He was the great-grandson of founder Daniel Massey, whose branch of the Massey family emigrated to Canada from New England a few years before the War of 1812, their ancestors having migrated from England to the Massachusetts colony in the 1630s.         

Massey joined the Canadian Army at the outbreak of World War I, and served on the Western Front in the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. Lieutenant Massey returned to Canada after being wounded at Zillebeke in Belgium during the Battle of Mont Sorrel in 1916 and was engaged as an army instructor for American officers at Yale University. In 1918, he was recalled to active service and joined the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force that went to Siberia during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. On the orders of his commanding general, he organized a minstrel show troupe with himself as end man in blackface to bolster morale of allied troops on occupation duty in Vladivostok.           

In 1942, during World War II, Massey rejoined the Canadian Army and served as a major in the adjutant general's branch. After being wounded, he was invalided from the Canadian Army in 1943.
Raymond Massey died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California on July 29, 1983, he was 86 years old. His death came on the same day as that of David Niven, with whom he had co-starred in The Prisoner of Zenda and A Matter of Life and Death. Massey is buried in Beaverdale Memorial Park in New Haven, Connecticut.         
      

     

Viewfinder links:     
    
Judith Anderson       
Gary Cooper     
Joan Crawford        
James Dean   
Sir Cedric Hardwicke           
Grace Kelly     
Raymond Massey           
Patricia Neal         
David Niven            
Tyrone Power       
Sir Ralph Richardson         
Max Steiner           
     
Net links:     
     
Filmography     
Radio appearances     
Major Smolinski ~ Raymond Massey: Did not suffer fools     
     
     
YouTube links:     
     
Raymond Massey ~      
    Abe Lincoln in Illinois (excerpt) 
    Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) scene with Peter Lorre     
    Arsenic and Old Lace ~"He Looks Like Boris Karloff!"         
     
     
     
photographer unknown
     
     
     
     
     
Styrous® ~ Sunday, August 30, 2020    















David Niven articles/mentions

~
     
     
Miss Barbara Eden Bends It!           
Raymond Massey ~ Thespian Extraordinare  
    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
David Niven - 1939 


















Judith Anderson articles/mentions

~
     
     
The Lost Weekend & Ray Milland 
Raymond Massey ~ Thespian Extraordinare       
Carl Van Vechten & the Harlem Renaissance 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Judith Anderson - 1934  
photo by Carl Van Vechten


















Sir Cedric Hardwicke articles/mentions

~
     
    
Raymond Massey ~ Thespian Extraordinare   
The War of the Worlds     
Worlds on Film    
     
   
     
     
     
date & photographer unknown 


















Sir Ralph Richardson articles/mentiona

~
     
     
     
     
     
Demetrius and the Gladiators  
Raymond Massey ~ Thespian Extraordinare  
     
     
     
     
     
     
photographer unknown 


















Patricia Neal articles/mentions

~
     
The Day the Earth Stood Still     
Raymond Massey ~ Thespian Extraordinare  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Patricia Neal - 1952  
publicity photo


















Patsy Cline articles/mentions

~
Still Walkin' After Midnight!   
Walkin' After Midnight     
     
mentions:           
Hawkshaw Hawkins ~ Ling Ting Tong    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Patsy Cline - 1957
publicity photo 


















August 24, 2020

The Falwell Affair: Jerry Falwell, Jr., his wife, Giancarlo Granda, Donald Trump & the (a)Moral Majority

~


Giancarlo Granda says his sexual relationship with the Falwells began when he was 20. He says he had sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell Jr, head of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a staunch supporter of President Trump, looked on.           

Jerry Falwell Jr’s decision to endorse Donald Trump for the presidency in 2016 helped swing evangelical Christians (The Moral Majority) toward Trump. REUTERS/Scott Morgan                

The Moral Majority was founded in 1979 by Jerry Falwell Jr’s father, Baptist minister Jerry Falwell Sr.        




‘IDEAL TARGET’: Giancarlo Granda, who says he had a years-long sexual relationship with the Falwells that began when he was 20, said he now believes the Falwells preyed upon him. “Whether it was immaturity, naïveté, instability, or a combination thereof, it was this ‘mindset’ that the Falwells likely detected in deciding that I was the ideal target for their sexual escapades,” he said. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst






‘IDEAL TARGET’: Giancarlo Granda, who says he had a years-long sexual relationship with the Falwells that began when he was 20, said he now believes the Falwells preyed upon him. “Whether it was immaturity, naïveté, instability, or a combination thereof, it was this ‘mindset’ that the Falwells likely detected in deciding that I was the ideal target for their sexual escapades,” he said. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst           


































Viewfinder link:           
        
Donald J. Trump       
        
Net links:           
        
Reuters ~ The Falwell Affair       
       
     
YouTube links:         
        
ABC News ~ Influential Christian conservative mired in alleged sex scandal        
The Dad Challenge Podcast ~ Jerry Falwell Jr. taken down by poolboy (16:41) 
Daily Mail ~ Jerry Falwell Jr & Miami pool attendant sued       
       
       


Family Values!?!



Styrous® ~ Monday, August 24, 2020