Where the eyes go, the mind follows.
So stretch your eyes. Gently look in all <10> directions, holding each gaze at least four seconds.
This is at least as important as stretching your other muscles, if you use your eyes daily.
~Jason
Hamembert (Ham and Bear) Snack
A ham steak (nice thick cut, good quality, approx. one pound)
A small wheel of Camembert cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 cup bourbon
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place ham steak into shallow baking pan. Whisk honey, cayenne, bourbon for the glaze. Pour half over ham steak and place in oven until sizzling and singed on edges.
Flip ham steak, coat with other half of glaze and broil at 500 degrees F until sizzling and singed on edges.
While cooking second side of ham steak, heat heavy cream until near boiling. Lower temperature to simmer, add Camembert and yolk, whisk briskly for 90 seconds. Remove from heat until ham is finished.
Drizzle Camembert sauce over the ham and serve.
Add other cool stuff to your liking, Kojack. Maybe green onion slices or mango wedges. Let me know if you are stuck.
~Jason
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We won’t say much more for now. But we have a guilty product pleasure. We are sure you want to get one. Probably two.
Absolutely sure.
If there is anything more geekily and professionally satisfying at the same time, we don’t even want to know about it.
You have wanted one since 1977. Or maybe only more recently … if you are … young? At least one of you may not even know yet, but you do want one. Bonzuko has a stock of four and counting. Stage props are integral to our business!
We’ll keep you “posted!”
~JAS
VoWoD
~Vocal Warmup of the Day~
All vocal warmups found on the Daily Cross-Swords have been officially approved by Monaco J. Snackcracker (seen at left) prior to posting.
Enjoy and use these freely in your own classes and venues!
Today:
Why does one relocate position?
Consider a throwing technique from the martial arts … most devastating.
When thrown, a person’s physical space is taken. Relocation is involuntary and receptive. Recovery is possible if one is properly trained or intuitively responsive. If not, one is vulnerable to major injury or total devastation.
When throwing, a person assumes the physical location of another person. Relocation is voluntary and invasive. It can be a strong strategic maneuver.
With proper form, one may be dominant and stable after executing a throw. Without training or when fueled by emotion, this attack is clumsy and easy to counter by a professional martial artist.
At Bonzuko we stress the importance of understanding ways of receiving and redirecting a fall of any kind. This is important from the earliest stages of martial arts training, and should be practiced on a daily basis and under various circumstances.
Age and physical condition will require adjustment to the intensity and methodology of this training. Yet there is no reason to consider this “advanced training.” It is possible to adjust the level of training to accommodate.
Make no mistake: taking an unexpected fall of any kind is one of the most likely high-risk activities one may experience in everyday life.
There are times to roll, and times to simply receive a fall most safely. There are times when rolling to receive a throwing technique is absolutely inappropriate. Training must encompass all ways of dealing with this issue.
And yes, this applies to psychological falls, falling short of expectations, being “put down,” and more.
So, have a nice trip! See ya next Fall.
~JAS
The Freshman Wheat from 2008. Named for Jason’s return to school last Fall, and consumed within a week, we hardly knew ye.
It was one of our first batches. We love the German style wheat any time of the year.
It was so excellent that we have formulated a base recipe from that run which has become the Bonzuko House specialty. The name does not remain the same, however. Jason is deep into year two at MSCD. This is the end of the innocence.
So, we give you … Sophomore Wheat. Creamy and fizzy, powered by Saaz hops this time, and in very short supply. We ran out of bottles too early. The good news is that we saved the runover for gourmet sciences. And cooking with it is damn near as good as drinking it. Really.
As always, if you ty it please let us know what you think!
~Jason
The Gal-Lager has been popped!
A nice lager character with ever-so-slight bitterness from the Saaz hops, kissed with a fruity finish from the addition of fresh watermelon during a tertiary fermentation.
We are glad to report that it is not too sweet, and the watermelon does not overpower the lager. Since it is real melon, there isn’t that fake-fruit flavor like one gets from commercial brews.
It tastes like a smooth beer, accented with summer goodness.
This is a very limited release, but we plan to work it again in 2009. If you tried it, let us know what you think!
~Jason
Aw, no. Sho’nuff, as in the late Sho’nuff.
Julius J. Carry III (Sho’nuff in The Last Dragon) has passed away, age 56.
Not from barrel-dunking or kung fun, but pancreatic cancer. Ouch.
Respect, Julius. You had the glow.
R.
I.
P.
Be sure to check the link below and give your personal moment of silence or laughter in honor of the man. He rocked.
~JAS
YouTube – Sho Nuff
…thanks Dlisted.com for the pic
