I Love History THE FART THAT KILLED THOUSANDS! The following story is true. It can be found in the Works of Flavius Josephus, specifically in The Second Jewish War. Jerusalem has always been a city of unrest, but never more so than under the Roman occupation in...See More »
I Am Roman Catholic THE MEANING OF 666 “...for it is a number that stands for a certain man. The man's number is six hundred sixty-six.” --Revelations 13:18. How did the Bible come up with a number to represent the name of The Beast? In the same chapter the Apostle...See More »
I Love To Cook Italian Food Linguine and Squid Yeah, I know. Squid? You mean the things with the tentacles? Yes I do, and if you haven't tried it you're in for a real treat. Italians, especially those close to the sea, have been eating squid for centuries. A very popular way...See More »
I Enjoy Food and Cooking GREEK PASTITSO Every year I go to a local Greek festival, where I watch the dancers, browse the souvenir table, and above all, eat the ethnic foods that are offered. One of my favorites is pastitso, which is a sort of Greek lasagna. I obtained the...See More »
I Am Against Racism WHAT IS RACISM? I took a seminar on Racism when I was a social worker, taught by a black woman, and I learned a simple truth about why white people are racists and black people are not. Racism is the notion that one race is better than another,...See More »
I Am Native American (mohawk) The Redskins? Come On! Some nights ago I watched the John Stewart show, and saw the heated debate between Washington Redskins fans and a Native American coalition. As a Mohawk I want to side with the Native Americans. Okay, I admit I'm not...See More »
I Am Native American (mohawk) We'll Take Manhattan! Americans, especially New Yorkers, are familiar with the 1626 purchase of Manhattan Island by Peter Minuit for a pathetic $24. But there is much more to that story, and we must understand what was going on socially and...See More »
I Enjoy Food and Cooking SLOW-COOKER TONGUE I admit that tongue is not as readily available as it used to be, unless you buy it from a farmer who has recently butchered one of his beef cattle. But tongues can be found with a bit of diligent searching. Personally I like...See More »
I Speak Spanish Una Broma Un hombre viene en la oficina de una psiquiatrica con un pato sobre la cabeza. La psiquiatrica roga, "¿Puedo ayudarle?" Y el pato dice, "Que sí! Quíta este tipo de mi culo!"
I Love To Cook Italian Food SOFFRITTO Here's a dish you probably never had, but I've tried it at the homes of my Italian in-laws. It was surprisingly good, and unless I was told what it was made from (which I was and it made me skeptical) I would not have known that it...See More »
I Love To Cook Italian Food Roast Chicken with Potatoes and Peas When you marry an Italian, be prepared to cook Italian food. My husband's family is from Torino, way up north, where the cuisine is somewhat different from the spaghetti and tomato sauce dishes of the south....See More »
I Love Christmas Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday? On a recent Sunday morning I was flipping cable channels when I came across a program hosted by a preacher with a Southern accent (have you ever heard a television preacher with a Northern accent?). Anyway, I caught...See More »
I Love Indian Food Rasam Soup—Indian Comfort Food I make a pretty good rasam, if I do say so myself, even though I don't use some of the ingredients because they are not readily available. But I think what I come out with would make any Indian nostalgic. Here's how...See More »
I Enjoy Food and CookingSUFFERIN' SUCCOTASH! My Mohawk ancestors used home-grown crops to their benefit in many delicious recipes. The three main staples—corn, beans and squash—were known as The Three Sisters because they were vital in sustaining life. The Iroquois (which...See More »
I Am Native American (mohawk) A Visit To Caughnawaga Recently I took a delightful day trip with my fellow church parishioners to the towns of Auriesville and Fonda, New York, which are about forty miles west of Albany. Although the bus trip was basically religious in nature, I...See More »
I Enjoy Food and CookingMOHAWK CORN SOUP This was a staple of my Mohawk ancestors. It's a lot of work, but the results are more than satisfying! “Corn soup” is really a misnomer, because corn is only one of many ingredients that make up this dish, which is really more of...See More »
I Believe In EvolutionWell, sort of. I don't believe that man descended from monkeys. If that were so, why are there still monkeys around? They should have all died off and been replaced by man. There are some definite forms of evolution, in which I must believe...See More »
I Have An Accent PAM'S ACCENT (Peyem's ek-sent) I have a unique accent called West Endicott (Endy-kaat). This accent belongs to a speech pattern group that encompasses the Southern Tier of New York, just above the Pennsylvania border. We are used to it, but to...See More »
I Pray the RosaryPraying the Franciscan Crown The Franciscan friars have a special rosary that they recite. You can see them wearing this rosary on their cord belts. It consists of seven decades instead of the usual five, but the introductions are usually eliminated,...See More »
I Pray the Rosary Reciting A Proper Rosary I know what The Bible says. Jesus tells people not to say "vain, repetitious prayers" and mindless lip service to God. To an untrained observer, that is just what the Rosary appears to be--a string of long, repetitive...See More »
I am a New Member at Similar WorldsHi to all my old friends and hopefully some new ones! I should be back to my old self again once I can figure out how this new site works. Pamela Ann