Gone Fishing!

The other morning, just for a change of pace, I decided to grab my fishing poles and a little gear and do a little fishing for the first time in 2012.  I picked up some minnows and crawlers at the local hardware/sporting goods store and I headed over to Larry and Bev’s party dock. (Larry is also known as Big Dude…blog site http://bigdudesramblings.blogspot.com/)

This photo from Larry’s dock is from last year when our son David and his wife Amy and our grandsons David III and Emmett Lee came down to visit.  The best part about this cove is that no one else lives on it, so it’s very quiet and peaceful...especially ‘early’ in the morning. (Being retired, Laurie and I regard ‘early’ as anytime between 8 am and 9 am!)

I fished off the dock for 2 mornings in a row… It was very relaxing.  I didn’t have a camera with me that first morning…but I caught a nice Bluegill, what I would call a Rock Bass, a decent Channel Catfish, a small Largemouth Bass and an undetermined fish that the East Tennesseans would call a Brim...  Everything was caught on minnows…

Note: Brim or Lepomis is a genus of freshwater fish that consists of 16 species which includes Sunfish, Bluegills, Warmouth and Pumpkinseeds.

On the second morning, I started out with a nice little 13” Channel Catfish.  He put up a nice fight and got my adrenalin started.

Then I picked up a 12” Largemouth Bass.  He fought a little harder than the catfish and I had to bring him in all the way from the other side of the cove…

I was fairly close to the back of Larry and Bev’s pontoon boat when this bruiser of a Channel Catfish hit my minnow… What a fight he put up!  He jumped, dove and did everything he could to shake the hook.  He’d see the surface and the dock and he’d dive, bending my pole almost in half…lots of fun!  I measured him at between 22 and 23” and I could barely get my hand around his chunky body to get the hook out.

This is the last fish that I caught on the second morning.  I’d never caught anything like this before…anywhere.  It was 13” long and a decent fighter.  I wasn’t sure what it was, so I went on line at http://www.tnfish.org/PhotoGalleryFish_TWRA/FishPhotoGallery_TWRA/TWRAFishPhotoGallery.htm to see what I could determine.  My best guess after looking at this site and then Wikipedia is that it’s a Mooneye.  They’re widespread across the USA and they can reach 19” in length.

All in all, I had 2 nice peaceful mornings on the cove listening to the birds calling and the fish jumping.  The variety of fish I caught made it even more interesting. (Note: My fishing standard is 'catch and release') Thanks to Larry and Bev…and I’ll be back!

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Thanks for stopping by and sharing you time with me!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

What’s Next? More Animals of Course!

If someone were viewing our Florida trip to determine if there was some kind of overall theme, they could come to the conclusion that the trip was all about seeing as many animals as possible.  So far, we’d been to the Everglades, the Miami Seaquarium and Jungle Island.  We still have one more major animal attraction on our list of things we could do while in southeast Florida.

Yes…that is Laurie with her head in the Lion Safari sign/photo opportunity!  Lion Country Safari is located in west Palm Beach County.  This attraction was developed by British and South African entrepreneurs in order to give American’s a taste of an African Safari without the time and expense necessary to see the real thing.  Lion Country opened in 1967 and it was the first drive-thru safari park in the United States.

The drive through safari portion of the park is divided into 7 segments.  These female Greater Kudu are in the section named “Ruaha National Park”.  Greater Kudu are found in eastern and southern Africa.  Males can weigh up to 690 lbs.  Their horns curl around 2 ½ times and they average 4 ft. long.  They are commonly used to make ‘Shofars’, a Jewish ritual horn blown at Rosh Hashanah.

Other animal in the Ruaha segment of the park include Impala and Aoudad, with the latter also known as Barbary Sheep.

The real Ruaha National Park is located in Tanzania, it covers 8,494 square miles and among its wide variety of wildlife are an estimated 10,000 elephants. 

This female Ostrich was photographed in the Serengeti Plains section of the park.  She’s quite a bit smaller than a male…but no less aggressive and stubborn.  In another drive through park…a long, long time ago, Laurie and I learned to be very wary of these birds!  They are the world’s largest birds and they can grow up to 8 ft. in height.  One Ostrich egg equals 2 dozen chicken eggs in volume!

Other animal in the Serengeti portion of the park include Watusi with their 9 – 10 ft. horns, Waterbuck, Wildebeest, and Eland.  Male Eland can weigh up to 2,000 lbs. and they are the largest of all the African antelopes. 

The Serengeti Plains in Africa occupies 12,000 square miles in Tanzania and Kenya.  The Serengeti hosts the largest annual land based migration of animals on earth and that migration is one of the 10 Natural Travel Wonders of the World.

This beautiful gazelle is a Gemsbok.  They were found in the Kalahari Bushveldt area of the park.  In the wild, they’re found in arid areas of southwest Africa.  They’ve adapted to go long periods of time with little or no water.  The males and females both have horns.  Gemsbok were released on the White Sands Missile Base in New Mexico.  It’s estimated that there are now about 3,000 Gemsbok in that state.  Without lions to hunt them, they’ve prospered in this new American range. 

The Kalahari Bushvelt is a dry desert-like plateau in southwest Africa.  It covers about 100,000 square miles across Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.  This portion of the park also features the Nile Lechwe.

The Gorongosa Reserve is exclusively set aside for the Lions.  True to its name, Lion Country Safari has a lot of Lions on premises.  This big male was trying to get the attention of either of the females…but they totally ignored him.  Males can weigh up to 500 lbs…a far cry from our former big boy housecat named Hank the Tank.  He ‘only’ weighed 27 lbs.

In an effort to hold down the size of this blog, I haven’t included any photos from the Gir Forest or Las Pampas sections of Lion Country Safari. 

The Gir Forest is a large national park in India...the last stronghold of the Asiatic Lion.  At Lion Country, this park is represented by Kulan, an Asiatic Wild Ass, Nilgai, Blackbuck and Asiatic Water Buffalo. 

Las Pampas doesn’t have much to do with Lions…as the real Las Pampas area is in South America. This segment of Lion Country Safari is represented by Brown Pelicans, Aldabra Tortoises, Llamas, Tapir and Rhea… The Rea is the Western Hemisphere’s smaller version of the Ostrich. (Rheas are the 4^th largest bird in the world)  

OK…so, of all the themed segments, we like the animals in the Hwange National Park’s portion of Lion Country Safari.  Laurie photographed and I’ve included 3 different animals that are featured in this segment of Lion Country.  FYI, Hwange is the largest game preserve in Zimbabwe.

The first of these is the Southern White or Square Lipped Rhinoceros.  They were named White Rhinos due to a mistranslation of the Dutch word ‘wijd’, which means wide in English…not white.  Much more docile than Black Rhinos, they can weigh up to 2 ½ tons and they can live 40 years.  It is estimated that there are about 19,000 of these Rhinos left in the wild.  Poaching Rhinos for their horns is big business and a deadly one as well with poachers and park rangers killed in gunfights each and every year…

Laurie loves any creature that either resembles or is remotely related to horses.  Grant’s Zebras are widely found across East Africa’s plains and they are the most plentiful of all Zebra species or subspecies.  Grant’s Zebras are a subspecies of the Plains Zebras, along with 5 other subspecies.

The other 2 species of Zebras are the Mountain Zebras with 2 subspecies and Grevy’s Zebras.  Grevy’s Zebras are endangered with only about 3,000 of them remaining in the wild.

We’ve always loved giraffes!  They are so different than anything else and yet they are also so very elegant.  As the tallest land mammals, they can be as tall as 20 ft.  A full grown male can weight 1600 lbs.  From my research, these appear to be Reticulated or Somali Giraffes.  Over 450 of them are in zoological parks but only 5,000 of them remain in the wild. 

There are an estimated 80,000 giraffes in the wild…with 9 subspecies.  While giraffes as a group are not listed as endangered, some of the subspecies are likely to become extinct.  For example, there are probably no more than 250 Nubian Giraffes left in the wild and there are only 14 in captivity.

While you wouldn’t want to be kicked by a giraffe…they can kill a lion with one blow…they are fun to feed.  Their prehensile tongue can reach 15 inches.  For a nominal cost, the attached Safari World Amusement Park offers guests the opportunity to feed lettuce to the giraffes from a raised platform.  Don’t you just love her eyes!  How could you not give her a little treat…?

The Amusement Park portion of Lion Country Safari has rides for children, some shopping and food and a number of additional animal exhibits.  In addition to this handsome Iguana, there are Squirrel Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, Sarus Cranes, Simang, Flamingos, Burmese Pythons, Storks, Macaws, Alligators, Hornbills, Porcupines, Sloths and a Parrot Exhibit. 

In addition to the opportunity to feed the giraffes, there are 4 other interactive animal encounters for park visitors.  We fed the budgies, (aka Parakeets), which was nice, truly a treat for the children visiting the park.  One could also feed fish, and Lory’s, plus there is a petting zoo. 

All in all, Lion Country Safari was a positive experience…although Laurie and I have visited other safari type parks that we enjoyed a bit better.  But with us, if there are animals to encounter or view, it’s almost always a winner!

Lion Country Safari and Amusement Park is located at 2003 Lion Country Safari Road in West Palm Beach Florida.  There is a $6.00 charge for parking.  Adult cost $27.50, seniors are $24.50 and children from 3 to 9 cost $20.50.  Phone: 561-793-1084.  To learn more about hours, special tours and events just go to www.LionCountrySafari.com.  

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Thanks for stopping by and sharing another animal adventure with us!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

Our Son’s Birthday…

Just the other day we called our son on his birthday and we sang Happy Birthday to him… When we recently visited both he and the family near Cleveland Ohio, we’d had a celebration of his birthday…complete with gifts and more singing!

Here we are…minus Laurie, my better half and photographer…celebrating our son’s birthday! (Big Daddy Dave, David II with Amy and our grandsons, David III and Emmett Lee)

Just for the record, he claims it was his 37^th birthday!  I would like to note, if this was really his 37^th birthday, I wouldn’t be old enough to retire yet!

This is a ‘classic’ photo of David with Emmett Lee and David III taken at a time when he was indeed closer to 37 years of age… 

So anyway, when we called on his birthday, he told me that he’d been checking my blog site all day…looking for some commemoration of this important day in history.  He claimed to be a little depressed as nothing had been published…

Of course, I couldn't resist showing just a few more photos of David's formative years.  Here he is at his Grandmother's house squeezing a little love into a kitten.

What a handsome Cub Scout he was!  It was hard taking the redeye out of the photos back in the old days when everything was on actual film.  Although he wasn't a Cubscout for long, he surpassed yours truly...as I 'flunked' out as a 'Tenderfoot' and never even got around to getting a uniform.

Moving right along into that 'awkward' phase that many pre-teens go through... This is David, Laurie and I on a trip to Florida...many, many years ago.

Here we have our son posing with my Tennessee Long Rifle... The great hunter in his pyjamas!

Had enough?  I have some real dandy photos but, truth be told, I fear retribution.  Consequently, I'm ending this display of historical, some would say hysterical or even pre-history era photos, before I get in too much trouble.  

Ah yes…love between a son and his father… I hope that this little visual celebration will salve David II’s ‘bruised’ and ‘sensitive’ feelings!

We will have to ensure that Amy, David III and Emmett Lee...plus numerous other relatives...have a chance to view these pictures. 

From Nana and Papa…once again…Happy Birthday David!!

By the way, if David II just turned 37, the good news is that I’ll only be 64 this year! 

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Thanks for stopping by for a family celebration!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

A Burger and Beer Joint

It was our first night in Miami…our first night staying at Dawn’s condo on Biscayne Boulevard.  We wanted to grab a quick and casual dinner…and an upscale first class burger sounded great!  

There are 2 locations for Burger & Beer Joint restaurants.  This one is in downtown Miami.  They opened their first location in August of 2009 and then followed up with this restaurant in July of 2010. 

You can dine inside or ‘outside’ in the enclosed mall area just outside the entrance. 

The Burger & Beer Joint was quite busy…with a little wait required before we were seated.  Of course, it was a Saturday night in Miami, so one would expect the place to be bustling!

Laurie took this photo of Dawn Marie and me at the Burger & Beer Joint. 

A little bit about the menu… Appetizers include some of the usual suspects.  There are Wings ($10.00); Fried Dill Pickles ($6.00); Wagyu Sliders ($12.00); Pig in a Blanket…hickory smoked thick sliced Duroc pork belly bacon served with Vermont Grade A maple syrup ($11.00); Green Bean Fries ($9.00); Popcorn Shrimp with spicy garlic mayo ($14.00) or; Buffalo Chili and Sharp Cheddar Cheese over the ‘Skinny’ Fries ($9.00).  We chose none of the above, opting to try a highly recommended house specialty instead!

For our shared appetizer, we ordered the Mac Daddy Cheese Gratin…a 3-cheese mornay sauce and panko bread crumbs with parmesan cheese and macaroni noodles ($7.00) It was moderately disappointing, lacking the distinctive flavors that would elevate it much above the really good mac ‘n cheese that can be found in many local southern restaurants.   

The Burgers & Beer Joint is named appropriately… The food related focus is on burger!  My Burger as shown above was constructed using various elements from the “Build Your Own” burger portion of the menu.  I started with the 8 oz. prime Angus patty on a brioche bun ($9.00); with sharp cheddar cheese ($1.50); the Duroc thick sliced pork belly bacon ($3.00) and; a side of Duck Fat Fries ($3.00). Total = $16.50! (A 10 oz. pre-set burger ordered from the menu is at least $2.00 less expensive…but that only works if they include the ingredients that you like)

This was a good burger…perhaps not a great burger but a very good one.  The bun was excellent.  On the other hand, the ‘pork belly bacon’ didn’t taste that special to me, (or to Laurie)…it was decent bacon but the trumpets weren’t blowing… We’d heard about duck fat French fries before, that they were reported to be really great, a real treat.  OK…neither Laurie or I cared for the fries.  They were greasy and limp.  Maybe it’s just us…but we would never order these again. 

Laurie’s Build Your Own Burger was very similar to mine.  The only differences were that she had the smoked Gouda cheese on her burger plus she asked for the spicy garlic mayo to accompany her creation. ($.75) Total with Duck Fat Fries = $17.25!

From the Build a Burger menu, you could choose an 8 oz. or 16 oz. patty.  It could be a prime Angus patty ($9.00/$12.00); a Waygu beef patty ($12.00/$18.00); a Turkey patty ($8.00/$10.00); a Chicken patty ($6.00/$8.00), or; a Ahi Tuna patty, 8 oz. only available ($13.00).  You could put this patty on 1 of 5 different buns or a lettuce wrap; add one or more type of cheese from the 10 offered; add an item or items from the grill (6) or from the farm (8). ($.50 each) Eleven different sauces are available as well as 11 different toppings from the ‘pure platinum’ listing.  These toppings range from $1.00 to $11.00 each… 

Dawn kept it simple…ordering an 8 oz. Angus burger on an onion roll with a side of the Jalapeno Cheddar Sauce and some ‘skinny’ fries. ($14.75) Her burger was cooked just the way she likes it…bloody!

For some reason, some of the ‘regular’ burgers on the menu are 10 oz. In any case, among others there is the Hotel California ($14.00), Thunder Road ($14.00); Paradise City ($19.00) and; the Mustang Sally ($16.00).  No…well how about the Stairway to Heaven…10 oz. Waygu beef, 3 oz. pan seared foie gras, black truffle demi, brioche bun, served with duck fat fries with parsley and roasted garlic aioli. ($32.00).  If you like sharing a burger or if you’re into food challenges, how about The Motherburger?!  It’s 10 lbs. of Angus beef!  If you order it with cheese, 2 other toppings and 1 sauce, it costs $150.00.

This is a pricy burger joint.  It has lots of atmosphere, 99 beer or hard cider choices, and it appeared to be very ‘in’ or popular.  I’m sorry, but we can do better for a lot less money.  Burgers for 3 with fries and the shared Mac Daddy came to $68.85 before the tip.  That didn’t count the milk shakes that we had…for free.  They didn’t charge us for them because it took so long to get the shakes that we were done with dinner before they arrived.

We did find a better burger in South Florida!  It will be reported in a future blog…

Beer & Burger Joint is located in the Mary Brickell Village at 900 South Miami Avenue, Suite #130 in Miami.  Phone: 305-523-2244. Website: www.bnbjoint.com.

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Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

Seasons Café – Casual but Upscale

I’d heard a lot about Seasons Café in the west Knoxville area.  Laurie had eaten here before, but this was my first visit.  It has a reputation for quality as well as for being a little pricy.  The good news is that it was lunch time…which is a great time to test higher priced venues.

Seasons Café describes itself as serving innovative American cuisine in a casually sophisticated atmosphere.  They go on to say that their American Bistro style menu is designed around moderate pricing with high-quality preparation and presentation.  They wanted to create a comfortable and casual environment of distinction where guests will find unparalleled service and product at a reasonable price.  So…how did they fare with their mission and goals?

The interior of Seasons Café is indeed very comfortable and casual.  Given the build-up by friends who’ve eaten here, it was actually a bit more casual than I’d expected.  As you can see, business was good… It was just too cold outside for patio dining.

Laurie opted for a light lunch… There are 4 flatbread choices offered at lunch only.  They range in price from $11.75 to $12.75.  Laurie went with the Fire Grilled Shrimp with Pesto.  This is described as Oven roasted corn, sautéed spinach and artichoke hearts…under a creamy layer of melted cheeses.  She gave me a bite…and we both agreed that her lunch was delicious!

Trying to be ‘good’, I ordered fruit with my Chicken Saltimbocca Ciabatta ($10.75) This sandwich is described as Sauteed breast of chicken…delicately seared with prosciutto and covered in melted mozzarella cheese…served with pesto mayonaise, oven roasted tomato and baby spinach leaves.  To be honest, it would be a challenge to serve a better chicken sandwich than this!  It was very, very good!

One other plus… One of my pet peeves is when restaurants serve unripened fruit… That wasn’t the issue at Seasons.  The fruit was fresh and just ripe enough…

OK… We like Seasons Café for lunch.  Note: other than Specialty Hamburgers, Seasons doesn’t have any sandwiches on their dinner menu.  The most expensive sandwich on the lunch menu is $12.50.  Service was pleasant and effiecient without being rushed.  We will be back soon in order to experience the dinner menu!

Seasons Café is located in the Renaissance Center in the Farragut area.  Address: 12740 Kingston Pike, Suite 106, Knoxville, Tennessee 37934.  Phone: 865-671-3679.  Website: http://seasons-cafe.com/.

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Thanks for stopping by for lunch!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

A Visit to the Miami Seaquarium

Another day…another experience!  During our trip to southeast Florida, Laurie and I wanted to see as many key attractions as possible… Dawn Marie worked hard to ensure that we visited most of the locations that I had on my list of tourist hotspots in the area.  This was yet one more attraction she hadn’t visited since she moved to Miami…

The Miami Seaquarium is built on 38 acres along the Rickenbacker Causeway, the bridge and roadway leading from Miami to Key Biscayne.  It is the oldest oceanarium in the USA…having been opened in 1955.  When it opened in 1955, it was the largest marine-life attraction in the world.  The Seaquarium attracts over 600,000 visitors every year!  This operation employs 225 full and part-time workers.

One of the shows that we attended at the Seaquarium was the Golden Dome Sea Lion Show.  In the photo above, Salty, one of the stars of the show, jumped up on the wall next to the audience… We think that he’s very handsome!  Salty has even appeared in a movie of the same name…

This will give you a little better idea of the stage setting inside the Golden Dome.  We didn’t get a photo of the ‘thief’, but a big blue heron had learned about the buckets of fish used by the trainers as a motivator for the Sea Lions and every time no one was looking, he’d grab a fish out of one of the buckets.  He stole at least part of the show with his antics!  A Harbor Seal was also part of this show…

This was Laurie’s favorite at the Seaquarium.  This is Lolita.  She is a 46 year old, 20’, 7,000 lb. Killer Whale.  Laurie has a way with animals and Lolita seemed to be very interested in her.  When Laurie started reaching her arm out and giving signals to Lolita…one of the attendants chased her back from the wall next to the pool.  Lolita got even closer to Laurie than this photo shows…so close that I didn’t use the photo because Lolita took up most of the frame.

When Lolita and her 3.5 tons made this move…if you were anywhere in the first 10 rows at the center of the amphitheatre…you got wet!  She is a big girl!

There are a total of 8 different marine animal shows and presentations offered at the Seaquarium.  In addition to the two shows shown in previous photos, we also watched the fish feeding in the Shark Channel, petted the stingrays in the Tropical Wings and Stingray Pool, and we listened to the keeper talk about saving Manatees over at the Manatee Exhibit.

These 3 other ‘events’ failed to produce any clear and useful photos.  Laurie was basically shooting photos of animals in the water.  The manatee’s photos really just show some big gray lumps in the water.  The Seaquarium is one of 3 licensed care centers in the USA for the care and rehabilitation of injured manatees.  The facility has rescued and rehabilitated 24 manatees as well as 136 sea turtles. 

Laurie sure got the timing right on this photo!  The trainer has to experience a rush every time she performs this act with Lolita.  Dawn was a little nervous as she kept thinking about the recent death of a trainer when her mammilian ward attacked her.

For the kids, there is Salty’s Pirate Playground, plus some remote controlled boats and cars for playtime.  In addition, one new attraction is Sharky’s Sky Trail…a trail of rope bridges and climbing challenges… Entry to this attraction/activity is $5.00.

Here’s one more photo of Lolita…looking up at her trainer and hoping for more fish…while 3 Pacific White Sided Dolphins perform for the crowd.

We missed the Top Deck Dolphin Show and the Flipper Dolphin Show.  Those shows are performed by the Seaquarium’s Bottlenose Dolphins.  About 80% of all the Bottlenose Dolphins at the park were born here.  One of them, Bebe, starred in the Flipper TV series and in 2 related movies. We also missed the Tropical Reef Presentation…where a diver hand feeds the fish, although we have viewed that type of activity before.

This handsome group of Pelicans were poised along the Shark Channel during the presentation…all of them hoping for a chance for some fish.  They were so persistent that one of them actually got right next to the keeper and grabbed a fish out of the bucket that was in his hands!

There was another area called Crocodile Flats… Not too far from the Crocodiles, there was a display of Alligators, there was a pool with islands for sea turtles and a couple of white tail deer. 

Laurie managed to capture this close-up shot of a Pink Flamingo.  They are an elegant though primitive looking bird.  While I didn’t expect birds in a Seaquarium, at least flamingos live in and around water.

The Seaquarium educates about 85,000 students as they tour the facility each year.  Another 20,000 kids have participated in an annual camping program that has been in place since 1987.

I didn’t quite understand the white tail deer in the sea turtle habitat or the parrots over by the Sting Ray Pool…but I’m sure that some tourists like seeing them even if they seem a bit out of context.  He or she as shown above is indeed a pretty bird!

The Miami Seaquarium is open 7 days a week.  Admission is $39.95 for adults; $37.95 for Seniors, and; $29.95 for children.  Parking is $8.00.  There are a number of special experiences or encounters available.  These include Dolphin Odyssey ($199.00); Dolphin Encounter ($139.00); Trainer for a Day ($495.00), and; Sea Trek Reef Encounter ($99.00). 

The Seaquarium is a little dated in appearance but the experiences are educational and interesting.  The staff is  knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. All in all, it was a positive tourist adventure!  For more information, go to www.miamiseaquarium.com.

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Thanks for stopping by to share another experience with us!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

Another Little Breakfast!

What can I say…!  It was time for breakfast and I just didn’t feel like toast and jam, a fruit smoothie or some healthy cereal with blueberries.  Don’t get me wrong.  I like all of those things but there are those days that come along when a man has to do what a man has to do!

My efforts resulted in the ‘constructed' pictured above…

But, it all started with an inventory of the contents of the refrigerator to see what opportunities, i.e., leftovers, might present themselves.  What food groups could I find that might be available to match up with a couple of eggs so I could create something that would satisfy a man’s hunger?

Well let’s see… There was one lonely hotdog, there was a little leftover piece of a thin rib eye steak…and there was just about a cup of chili without beans left in a small container.  PERFECT!

Split and fry the hot dog just to heat it up and add flavor…same with the piece of steak.  Microwave the chili.  Then throw down a slice of toast from a Tuscan loaf for a base, put the split hot dog on one side, the little piece of steak on the other, cover them both with the hot chili and then drop a couple of easy over eggs on top!  Add Tabasco…and I had a darn near perfect breakfast… (I did forget to add the shredded cheddar cheese on top of the chili)

Thanks for stopping by to share breakfast with me!

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Take Care, Big Daddy Dave