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The only poem that Ernest Lawrence Thayer ever wrote became one of the most beloved and oft-quoted set of lines in American literary history. What was it? Surely you know of Casey At The Bat! Thayer was born on 14 August, 1863, in Lawrence, Massachusetts to a family in manufacturing. He went to Harvard, where he joined the two famous humor societies: Hasty Pudding Club and Harvard Lampoon. Another member of those groups was William Randolph Hearst. When Hearst took over at the San Francisco Examiner, he hired Thayer to write a humor column for the paper. At the end of his two-year stint, the parting column in 1888, was a poem about a self-important baseball slugger who is humbled for being prideful. The poem went unnoticed until it became part of the act of a vaudeville performer later that year. “Casey” caught the popular imagination and rumor was rampant: was Mudville a real place? was Casey modeled after a particular ball player?? Thayer maintained that it was a work of pure fiction, although two towns actually claimed to be Mudville. Mike ‘King’ Kelly, from the Boston Beaneaters team, stated for years that he was the original Casey [one would brag about that???]. Nobody doubts that “Casey at the Bat” is everyone’s favorite baseball poem. My favorite rendition of it was by our older son when he was in 4th grade. He chose the poem as his entry in the school’s poetry recitation contest, and practiced long and hard. The audience and judges loved his changing inflections as he shouted “Strike One!!” contrasted with the echo’s whispered “Fraud.” He won the competition and was asked to repeat his performance on the school house steps on the last day of school. It was a triumph and his parents were proud.
Although baseball was invented in the United States, it involves countries around the world. Baseballs for the US market were once manufactured in Haiti [on a grand scale, but for a pitiable wage], and at the other end of the Island of Hispaniola, players from the Dominican Republic have been stars in the Major Leagues. The Japanese love baseball, and several top-notch Japanese stars play on American teams. Our breakfast is from Haiti and our dinner is from Japan.
Haitian Chicken Bake: 131 calories 5 g fat 1 g fiber 13 g protein 8 g carbs [6 g Complex] 43 mg Calcium NB: The food values given above are for the egg bake and fruit only, not the optional beverages. PB GF The Haitians love to eat their ‘pates’ [pronounced ‘patty’], spicy fillings in puff paste dough. Here is the filling alone is used to jazz up some eggs at breakfast.
1 two-oz egg 2 Tbsp chicken pate filling** 1.5 oz pineapple Optional: blackish Haitian coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or mocha cafe au lait [65 calories] Optional: 5-6 oz fruit smoothie or berry-yogurt smoothie [88 calories]
NB: Prepare the chicken pate filling in advance and freeze or refrigerate it. Whisk the egg with salt and pepper, then whisk again with the meat filling. Pour into an oven-safe dish which has been spritzed with non-stick spray. Bake at 350 F for 12-15 minutes. Portion the fruit and brew that Haitian coffee. Zut alors! A taste of Hispaniola!
**chicken pate filling = 1 cup ‘pate’ | Prepare a mise en place. You will be adding ingredients at rapid intervals, so do the prep now. |
1 habanero pepper | Cut pepper lengthwise and scrape the seeds out of one half. Chop both halves. |
Chopped pepper ¼ cup chopped onion 2 tsp garlic, minced | Spritz a non-stick skillet with non-stick spray. Saute the pepper, onion, and garlic 3 mins until tender. |
½ pound ground chicken | Add chicken and cook 5 mins, stirring often. |
¼ cup shredded carrot | Add carrot and cook for 2 minutes. |
2 tsp no-salt tomato paste | Add tomato paste and stir constantly 1 min |
2 tsp lime juice 1 tsp cider vinegar | Pour in lime juice and vinegar and stir. |
1 Tbsp chopped scallion 1 Tbsp chopped parsley 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves ½ tsp pepper ¼ tsp salt 1/8 tsp ground clove 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg | Add scallion and all the seasonings. Stir, take off heat, and cool to room temperature. Run it all through the food processor. |
>Use in omelettes, bakes, quiches, crepes. >>Wrap in wonton wrappers >>>Roll out purchased puff pastry and cut into 20 squares. Use 1 Tbsp filling per square, seal edges and bake at 400 F for 20 minutes.
Miso Salmon: 242 calories 9 g fat 2 g fiber 29 g protein 12 g carbs 37 mg Calcium PB GF Having heard of this over and over again, I asked our son for a recipe. So easy! So good tasting! You will have left-over sauce for flavoring a soup or another fish dish.
4 oz salmon filet, skinned 2 Tbsp miso sauce** 5 spears asparagus OR 3 oz broccoli
Place the fish on a small plate and paint one side with some miso sauce. Turn fish over and repeat. On medium-high, heat a well-seasoned cast iron pan or a non-stick pan and add a spritz of cooking spray. Cook the fish on one side for 4 minutes while painting the up-side with more miso sauce. Turn the fish to the other side, paint with the sauce, and cook 4-5 minutes longer, depending on the thickness of the fish. Test for doneness by cutting a small slit down to the middle of the filet to see if it has changed from deep pink to opaque pink color. Cook the asparagus, brush it with some of the miso sauce and plate.
**Miso Sauce: makes 6 Tablespoons 33 calories/Tablespoon 2 Tbsp white or yellow miso 2 Tbsp mirin 1 Tbsp sake or sherry 1 Tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp sesame oil Stir together to combine.