Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Today's Lunch Special at Enzo's Outdoor Grill.
I baked up some pork chops today for lunch. I gave it my special dry rub (combination of black pepper, season all, and Italian seasoning) . I gave generous amounts of dry rub on both sides of each chop. Placed the chops on a baking pan. Preheated the oven to 350 degrees and set the timer for 45 minutes. I then added fresh Cherry Tomatoes from my garden into the baking pan to give it a little color and that tarty zest flavor.
While the pork chops were baking. I cooked up some banana-cue without the skewers. This is a traditional Filipino dish that my grandparents and parents used to cook for the children. Then when I went to the Philippines in the late 70's and early '80's, I watched how the street vendors cooked bunches of cooking banana in huge woks along the streets of Santa Mesa, Manila; also outside the gates of UPLB, Laguna; and now, 2007-present, Cagayan De Oro City.
Anyway, back to Enzo's banana cue. I took some ripe bananas out of the refrigerator. Ones that we had skinned earlier. I took a small pot with oil and heated it up on high. I placed several ripe bananas inside the pot and let cook until the underside turned a little light to dark brown. Then I flipped it over. When both sides of the banana are close to Golden Brown, I took it out and let it drip dry on a plate. After I few minutes, I took each cooked banana and tossed it into my sugar/cinnamon mix bowl. There, I would turn it over a couple of times until the whole banana was lightly covered in the sugary cinnamon mix. Then I would place it in a medium serving bowl to let it cool. It's so good, that I've kept going back to the kitchen to get a piece to eat as I write this blog to post.
Please don't ask me for measurements. I have not done any measurements, since ever since. I primarily go by taste and smell.
Enzo's Outdoor Grill is located on Matua Ranch, just off the BackRoad to AAFB, in Yigo, and caters currently to immediate family members and very close friends.
While the pork chops were baking. I cooked up some banana-cue without the skewers. This is a traditional Filipino dish that my grandparents and parents used to cook for the children. Then when I went to the Philippines in the late 70's and early '80's, I watched how the street vendors cooked bunches of cooking banana in huge woks along the streets of Santa Mesa, Manila; also outside the gates of UPLB, Laguna; and now, 2007-present, Cagayan De Oro City.
Anyway, back to Enzo's banana cue. I took some ripe bananas out of the refrigerator. Ones that we had skinned earlier. I took a small pot with oil and heated it up on high. I placed several ripe bananas inside the pot and let cook until the underside turned a little light to dark brown. Then I flipped it over. When both sides of the banana are close to Golden Brown, I took it out and let it drip dry on a plate. After I few minutes, I took each cooked banana and tossed it into my sugar/cinnamon mix bowl. There, I would turn it over a couple of times until the whole banana was lightly covered in the sugary cinnamon mix. Then I would place it in a medium serving bowl to let it cool. It's so good, that I've kept going back to the kitchen to get a piece to eat as I write this blog to post.
Please don't ask me for measurements. I have not done any measurements, since ever since. I primarily go by taste and smell.
Enzo's Outdoor Grill is located on Matua Ranch, just off the BackRoad to AAFB, in Yigo, and caters currently to immediate family members and very close friends.
Friday, May 14, 2010
RTDNA Condemns Police Search of KUAM-TV Studio in Guam
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Contact: Ryan G. Murphy, ryanm@rtdna.org
WASHINGTON – The Radio Television Digital News Association condemns the Guam Police Department's search of a television station's newsroom to obtain documents associated with an investigative piece about a new police recruit.
RTDNA believes the police department acted in disregard of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980, which forbids federal, state and local law enforcement officers from conducting searches and seizures of work product and documentary materials of reporters and broadcasters except in very limited circumstances.
According to KUAM-TV, the NBC affiliate serving Guam, 12 agents from the Guam Police Departments' Criminal Investigation Division served a warrant at the KUAM studios, on Wednesday, asking the entire staff to leave the office and ordered them to turn off their cameras.
According to KUAM, an agent explained that the warrant was for an ongoing theft complaint being investigated, though the KUAM News team is concerned that the police action was an operation of intimidation prompted by a story the station ran on how a police trainee failed to pass a polygraph examination.
KUAM says the warrant was issued to determine how KUAM News received a document to support their story from a confidential source. The station is pursuing legal action, having filed suit against the Guam Police Department and the Government of Guam.
“When government attempts to intimidate journalists through actions like those of the Guam Police Department, the ability of the press to serve as the eyes, ears and voice of the public is compromised,” said RTDNA Chairman, Mark Kraham. “We applaud KUAM for asserting its First and Fourth Amendment rights in the civil lawsuit it immediately filed against the police department and the Guam government. We are confident that long-standing law and constitutional principles concerning freedom of the press will prevail. RTDNA firmly believes the search warrant should be quashed and the seized materials returned. With a motto of 'Where America's Day Begins,' we hope that American freedoms also shine brightly in Guam."
Guam Senator Judi Guthertz, a former chief of police, told KUAM: "The issue of obtaining a search warrant to inspect the office of a communications company, a media outlet on Guam, is a serious matter. As you know, we honor the freedom of the press in this country, our Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. I think that if the chief is concerned about leaks of documents in the police department, I can tell you, that's something that I lived with when I was chief, director of public safety and acting chief of police.”
In 2006, KUAM won the RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award for best small market Web site in Region 2 for kuam.com.
ABOUT RTDNA
RTDNA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. RTDNA represents local and network news executives in broadcasting, cable and digital media in more than 20 countries.
RTDNA Condemns Police Search of KUAM-TV Studio in Guam
For Immediate Release: May 13, 2010Contact: Ryan G. Murphy, ryanm@rtdna.org
WASHINGTON – The Radio Television Digital News Association condemns the Guam Police Department's search of a television station's newsroom to obtain documents associated with an investigative piece about a new police recruit.
RTDNA believes the police department acted in disregard of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980, which forbids federal, state and local law enforcement officers from conducting searches and seizures of work product and documentary materials of reporters and broadcasters except in very limited circumstances.
According to KUAM-TV, the NBC affiliate serving Guam, 12 agents from the Guam Police Departments' Criminal Investigation Division served a warrant at the KUAM studios, on Wednesday, asking the entire staff to leave the office and ordered them to turn off their cameras.
According to KUAM, an agent explained that the warrant was for an ongoing theft complaint being investigated, though the KUAM News team is concerned that the police action was an operation of intimidation prompted by a story the station ran on how a police trainee failed to pass a polygraph examination.
KUAM says the warrant was issued to determine how KUAM News received a document to support their story from a confidential source. The station is pursuing legal action, having filed suit against the Guam Police Department and the Government of Guam.
“When government attempts to intimidate journalists through actions like those of the Guam Police Department, the ability of the press to serve as the eyes, ears and voice of the public is compromised,” said RTDNA Chairman, Mark Kraham. “We applaud KUAM for asserting its First and Fourth Amendment rights in the civil lawsuit it immediately filed against the police department and the Guam government. We are confident that long-standing law and constitutional principles concerning freedom of the press will prevail. RTDNA firmly believes the search warrant should be quashed and the seized materials returned. With a motto of 'Where America's Day Begins,' we hope that American freedoms also shine brightly in Guam."
Guam Senator Judi Guthertz, a former chief of police, told KUAM: "The issue of obtaining a search warrant to inspect the office of a communications company, a media outlet on Guam, is a serious matter. As you know, we honor the freedom of the press in this country, our Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. I think that if the chief is concerned about leaks of documents in the police department, I can tell you, that's something that I lived with when I was chief, director of public safety and acting chief of police.”
In 2006, KUAM won the RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award for best small market Web site in Region 2 for kuam.com.
ABOUT RTDNA
RTDNA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. RTDNA represents local and network news executives in broadcasting, cable and digital media in more than 20 countries.
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