Friday, February 13, 2015

Ancestors, The Coulter Men.

I am quite excited to discover that there once was a woman, Maria Woodland CemeteryDuttson 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 KindleDefying Reason 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

12 Minute + A141023 + FW + Hanbook Feb 2015
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.
Have a great day
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14 comments:

  1. Hi Jo. I hope the ancestor research goes well. It can be very exciting. I haven't read any of Elizabeth's books, but now you have me interested. Thanks for that.

    "Firing squad scrimp," sounds dangerous... maybe I can handle this. It just sounds so good.(smile)

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    1. I've never been strongly interested in finding ancestors. But knowing there was one living "just down the road" has sparked my interest. I enjoyed Liz's books. They are romances but well written.

      Yup, gotta try this too.

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  2. I hope you can track down those records. Waiting for the snow to melt might take a while.

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    1. You are right Alex. A lot depends on when the place closed down.

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  3. Have you joined Ancestry.com? I bet you could do a lot of research on that site. Although come to think of it, it might just have only American records. I've done a little research but not as much as a couple of my cousins. We can go back to about the mid 1800s in Italy.

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    1. I thought about it, but I wouldn't really use it I don't think. And, I am not sure about Canadian records.

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  4. What a beautiful photo of a graveyard. I hope you find the information you're looking for.
    I didn't know you had a relative in Australia! Wherabouts?

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    1. Western Australia. Not sure where precisely. Matt has at least one relly in Oz too. She is a Finance Officer in the State Parliament in Western Australia. I didn't know about Ralph really, not til recently. Realtive in London was working on geneology and Ralph met him a year or two back and started working with him.. I personally am not that interested in ancestry. Matt has lots of relatives here, but none of them are Wakes any more. I speak to one or two of them on Facebook.

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    2. I have a lot of second cousins in England. I've only met one. My father is very interested in genealogy and has been doing some research. Western Australia is quite a long way from here. I've been to Perth twice though. It's a beautiful city.

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    3. One of my favourite authors, Glenda Larke, lives in WA. Looks like a gorgeous place to live.

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  5. I've been wanting to read Elizabeth Seckman's books for a while now. And anything with chipotle is heavenly. Happy Valentine's Day!

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    1. I really enjoyed them. They are romances, but good reading. Chipotle is a tad hot for me

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  6. Good luck with tracing down those records. My grandmother actually spent years tracing our lineage and was able to go all the way back to the 1500s in Spain. The work she did with that is incredible.

    Also, I love adobo sauce. Tequila not so much, but that's probably from drinking it in excess in my youth. I suppose I can handle a tablespoon for the sake of a good recipe, though...

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    1. Good on your grandmother, I must confess I don't have a lot of enthusiasm for it.

      I'm sick at the moment anyway.

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