Ancestors, The Coulter Men.

I am quite excited to discover that there once was a woman, Maria Duttson Cattermole who died in 1912 in London, Ontario where she is buried in Woodland Cemetery. Apparently the funeral home which handled the arrangements has closed since that time so I have been contacting London funeral homes in the hopes of finding which one has the records. I do hope I can find them. My maiden name was Duttson in case you don’t get the connection. Incredible really, I have a relative in Australia who wrote to me about this originally. It’s a small world. The Grounds Superintendent has offered to send me a picture of her headstone (if there is one) when the snow has gone.

I have just finished the last of the books I had on my Kindle which was written by Elizabeth Seckman. It was actually the third of her Coulter Men series. I really enjoyed her books and can recommend them to anyone. Her most recent was Defying Reason which was, in fact, the first book I read in the series.

I love shrimp so often choose shrimp recipes. This one sounded somewhat different.

Tequila-Chipotle Shrimp

Contributed by Deborah Schneider

SERVINGS: 4


Chef Deborah Schneider calls this easy, 12-minute dish “firing-squad shrimp” because it gets a little spice from a chipotle in adobo sauce.
Ingredients

1. 2 tablespoons canola oil
2. 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
3. 1 chipotle chile in adobo sauce, minced
4. One 15-ounce can diced tomatoes
5. Salt
6. Pepper
7. 1 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined
8. 1/4 cup finely diced fresh pineapple
9. 1 tablespoon tequila
10. Chopped cilantro, for garnish

1. In a large skillet, heat the oil. Add the onion and chipotle and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until just starting to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper, then nestle the shrimp in the sauce and cook, turning once, until just white throughout, about 5 minutes. Stir in the pineapple and tequila, garnish with cilantro and serve right away.

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