Monday, October 24, 2016

Jaws, Hallowe'en

Saturday night they had Jaws on Turner Classic Movies. I turned it on for Matt to watch. He ended up going to play on the PC and I ended up glued to the TV. I had forgotten what a good film it was although having read the book I didn't think enough was made of the town wanting to preserve their holiday business. I am sure if Matt had watched it he would have assured me this was wrong or that was wrong, but I am not so critical and I really enjoyed it once again. Not sure when I last saw it, but it was quite a few years ago. The movie was made in 1975. The year we came to Canada. Amazing. What occurred to me later, people were all smoking in the movie. You rarely see anyone smoke in movies today. One thing I don't think I believed, shark cages are not that vulnerable. I have actually seen real film of Great Whites attacking shark cages and they did NOT break them. Mind you I guess this was the Moby Dick of Great Whites.

I pay for our bowling a couple of weeks or so in advance. That way I can use my Visa card and get
cash back on it. Anyway, when I paid last week, it included October 31. These days, we have the owner, his son who is also an owner and his son who is now called the manager. So the manager made some comment that I had to arrive in costume. I said how about I come as an old woman!! However, it would be fun to turn up in some costume or other but I don't want anything difficult or elaborate. So, anyone got any ideas? I did think I might see if I could buy a witches hat or something. Whatever I do it has to either be wearable when I bowl or easily removed.

I am not a Roman Catholic but recently I have adopted the idea of Fish on Friday. Last Friday we had smoked salmon open sandwiches, but I wanted something else with it and ended up doing a Crisp Snow Pea Salad. Luckily I have a Julienne gadget which made life simpler with the carrots. We both liked it very much although I think I might have added a touch more wasabi powder although Matt figured there was enough..

Crisp Snow Pea Salad

A simple Japanese dressing turns crunchy snow peas into a refreshing salad. Great with grilled
salmon or chicken.

1 lb snow peas
1/4 cup very thinly sliced carrot ( Matchstick size)
2 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs lemon juice
1 Tbs dark sesame oil
2 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp wasabi powder
salt
2 tsp sesame seeds, preferably toasted

1. Snip ends and remove string from snow peas. Fill a large bowl full of ice water.

2. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil, and add snow peas and carrots.

3. Cook just until snow peas turn bright green, about 15 seconds, drain and plunge into cold water. Drain well and pat dry.

4. Cut snow peas diagonally into ½-inch (1-cm) wide pieces. Place in a bowl along with carrots.

5. To prepare dressing, whisk soy with lemon juice, sesame oil, sugar and wasabi powder, making sure sugar and wasabi powder are dissolved.

6. Stir with snow peas and carrots. Taste and add salt if needed. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Servings: 4

Author: Heather Trim
Source: Food and Drink.

Have a great day

19 comments:

  1. I've seen Jaws a few times and I don't much care for it. Of course a lot of it was filmed around here, on and around the islands, so 1975 was a rough year for beach goers. I was so glad my aunt had a pool by then. I don't think I went in the salt water farther than my ankles. (I was 10 that summer).

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    1. Funny, I like it more now than I did when it first came out JoJo. Didn't realise you were that much younger than me. That was the year we emigrated to Canada.

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  2. I haven't seen 'Jaws' since it came out. We have a hamburger joint here called 'Jaws' that shows movies, but I've never seen them show 'Jaws'.

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    1. I enjoyed it Denise. Maybe they showed Jaws when the place first opened.

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  3. I've never seen 'Jaws" but I did read the book. Not much of a movie goer I'm afraid Matt wandering off is pretty much the sort of thing my husband does. Makes me wonder sometime why I bother.

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    1. It's years since I read the book Helen. It is a good movie and worth watching. I know what you mean about why you bother.

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  4. I guess going as a bowling pin is out of the question.
    Jaws is an awesome film. It's held up well over the years, despite all the issues they had with Bruce the shark. Never read the book though.

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    1. I guess one could Alex, but I am not sure it would be possible to bowl dressed like a pin LOL.

      The book was very good. I agree, it has held up well over the years. I didn't know they had issues with the shark. Maybe they should have used a real one LOL.

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  5. I've seen a the movie dozens of times and read the book years ago.

    I went as a hobo one year. That's easy to do. A little charcoal on the face and layers of really old, mismatched clothes.

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    1. I certainly read the book prior to seeing the film Diane. Not sure what year I actually first saw the movie.

      What do you mean, I wear really old mismatched clothes all the time LOL. Not a bad idea though.

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  6. I don't have any ideas. Unless you want to zombie up your face and limp about like the undead?

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    1. I limp about a lot of the time anyway LOL. Not really Ivy.

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  7. I love snow peas. I also really like the original Jaws. I think I first saw it in high school. Still scary.

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    1. Me too and yes I like Jaws, is there a remake Susan? I have only ever seen one version. Very scary.

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  8. Jaws is such a good movie with the great Robert Shaw as Quint. The film holds up and that music...I still jump every time the sheriff is throwing over dead fish and then he says....."you're going to need a bigger boat".

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    1. I agree with you Birgit. Isn't it amazing how tense we can get during a movie when we have seen it before and we know the ending. Apollo 13 is a good example of that.

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  9. Did you see the great white shark that actually jumped IN a shark cage the other day on the news? It was in Mexico I think. There was someone inside it at the time! I know someone who constantly points out things that are wrong with movies too.

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    1. No I didn't see it but just asked Matt and he saw it Pinky. Irritating isn't it?

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    2. Just watched it Pinky. I thought those cages were stronger than that. Now that is scary.

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