Big Water....

flowing into Big Tupper.

Took a ride late yesterday afternoon to survey the high water around Tupper Lake.

As I posted previously, it's unlike anything I or anybody else has ever seen. 

A 100 year event to be certain. 

So Mrs. Tupper and I hopped in the car and took a ride up to Bog River Falls.

The Bog River is an outlet from Low's Lake and flows into Big Tupper Lake at the falls.

Some years it's low, and some years it's high, and once a century it's like this.

(Click on the pic to enlarge)

Right side of the Falls looking upstream.

Same side as above.

Left side of the Falls, upstream from the bridge.

Below the bridge, downstream.

Upstream pic of the water going under the bridge.

Water heading out into Big Tupper.

Upstream, right side, water's either hitting a rock or a log, can't tell, but it's a natural fountain. Pretty cool.

Same spot as above, further back.

Underneath the bridge, heading downstream.

Another pic of the fountain.

That's it. A crapload of water.

Stay dry my friends!

Happy Star Wars Day!

Stuffed Meatballs.....

So yesterday was Monday and we all know Mondays suck, right?

After a decent weekend at camp and some relatively nice weather it was back to work.

So what to make on a Monday night, when you wished it was still the weekend?

I decided on spaghetti and meatballs early on.

But I didn't want just plain old pasta and meatballs, so I went on a surf to find something slightly different.

My search paid dividends, it was a total success.

Here's the recipe I found for Spaghetti with Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs.

Click Here for the Recipe!

It's actually two recipes, one for the meatballs, one for the sauce.

The sauce was similar to my go-to recipe, but I went with it anyway.  

I didn't have San Marzano crushed tomatoes, so I used Red Pack Brand which worked just fine.  Can't find San Marzano up here in God's Country.

For the meatballs, instead of one clove of garlic finely chopped I used about six, hey I like garlic.

Here's the progression.

Meatballs, pre-bake.

Post-bake. A couple popped, which is to be expected.

I sliced one in half-yes it's not cooked all the way through.

So I tossed them all in the sauce and let them finish cooking.  

A win-win, meatballs flavor the sauce and vice-versa.

The Result.

Sauce and meatballs on Barilla pasta with some homemade garlic bread.

The better half said they were the best meatballs I've ever made, and I have to agree.
The sauce was very good, I think I have another go-to.

And what do you do with the leftover sauce and meatballs?
Why, make hot meatball subs of course!

Comfort food all the way.

Eat well my friends!

Top 50 Pizza Blogs......

I love pizza. 

I love eating pizza, therefore, I love reading about pizza, today while reading Peter Reinhart's blog,  "Pizza Quest" , I ran across this list.

Click Here For Link To Top 50 Pizza Blogs! 

According to California Culinary Schools, these are the Top 50 Pizza Blogs out there in the Blogosphere.

Now I'm not sure about the actual rankings, some of the blogs I read daily, like Slice , others I've seen, and many I've never heard of, so it's like hitting the motherlode of pizza info- not sure what I'm going to find, but man am I looking forward to the pizza discoveries that await.

Just the fact that there are hundreds of pizza blogs out there speaks to the popularity of my favorite food.

Quite simply it's amazing.

And to think that 25 years ago this thing we call the internet barely existed.

Pretty cool I say.....

Here's my 50-50 Pie from a while back.

Eat well my friends!