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While Thanksgiving usually brings to mind canned yams, Pilgrim hats and cranberry stains on a white lace tablecloth, things may be celebrated a little differently in Eastern New Mexico. That’s because everything’s done a little differently in Eastern New Mexico. One can start by analyzing the menu, which is sure to contain a secret ingredient — chiles. “Of course the Pilgrims didn’t cook with chiles, nor did the Native Americans who befriended them,” writes Nancy Gerlach, the foods editor at fiery-foods.com,...
The story is that G. D. Anderson, president of the Security State Bank in Farwell, back in 1966 had a farmer friend named J. W. Crim who had a brother named Bromo. Unlike the uncultivated yahoos of north Abilene, Texas, the Plains country people do not go around remarking that a man’s name is unusual. He might call them by a more unusual one. Bromo was elsewhere, and Anderson and J.W. Crim had been friends a long time when the banker finally asked the farmer why his brother was named Bromo. “Simple,” said J. W. Crim. ...
This Thanksgiving my husband will not be with us. Like countless other families whose loved ones are serving in the armed forces, we’ll do our best to keep the holiday spirit alive, and show our children that we have lots to be grateful for, despite the fact that Daddy is far away. I am fortunate to have my dad and aunt visiting for the holiday season. I come from a large extended family, stereotypically Italian. Since their arrival, I have had delicious Italian food, exquisite wine, lots of laughter and fun. Picture the So...
This Thanksgiving my husband will not be with us. Like countless other families whose loved ones are serving in the armed forces, we’ll do our best to keep the holiday spirit alive, and show our children that we have lots to be grateful for, despite the fact that Daddy is far away. I am fortunate to have my dad and aunt visiting for the holiday season. I come from a large extended family, stereotypically Italian. Since their arrival, I have had delicious Italian food, exquisite wine, lots of laughter and fun. Picture the So...
Is there anybody out there who wishes, at this time of year, for wild rice stuffing? C’mon, anybody out there? I don’t mean the type that comes in a box, taking only a few minutes to make. I mean the kind my mom used to make, from the slow-cooking rice. It would be misleading to say that it took her all day to make; it took a few minutes to make and all day to cook. What about mincemeat pie? Maybe that’s another regional thing. It is a kind of raisin mixture, at least as interpreted in our household, with a thick and...
Quarterback Chris Mosier and the Portales Rams play at Bloomfield today in the quarterfinal round of the state Class 3A football playoffs (CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks) With their first playoff win in three years already behind them, and the confidence that comes with it, the Portales Rams aim to crash Bloomfield’s party as the second-seeded District 1-3A champion Bobcats (7-3) host the seventh-seeded District 4-3A champion Rams (5-5) in a 1 p.m. kickoff today in the Class 3A playoff quarterfinals at Bobcat Stadium....
While he wouldn’t mind seeing a repeat of last month’s 32-13 district win at Clayton, Fort Sumner football coach Dexter McDaniel expects it won’t be that easy when the teams clash for the Class 1A state championship at 3 p.m. today in Fort Sumner. The defending champion Foxes (6-4) will try for their seventh 1A football title since 1995. Meantime, the Yellowjackets (8-3) are seeking their first football crown. “It’s going to be a big challenge for us,” McDaniel said. “We’ve had our bumps and bruises this year....
I once asked a gubernatorial candidate to give me one word that would describe why he put himself on the awful election campaign trail, and after a moment, he looked at me and said, “Ego.” So now that all the election rhetoric is over and the winners are happily getting muscle cramps while patting themselves on their backs, and the losers are vowing revenge on those who voted against them, I’m transported to happier political times, days when affairs of state were not so polarized and lots more fun. Ah, those were the...