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Show Wednesday, April 17, 1974 fflcomm THE CHUCKHOLE RETURNS Pages sH0M(2a gS)M2P At their regular meeting on April 8th, the Park City Lodging years ago, a friend to me read John D. Mcurged Donalds A Purple Place for Dying. I did, and liked it so much that I began hunting for others in the series featuring a quixotian hero by the name of Travis McGee. For the next several weeks (or was it months) I scrounged through second-han- d bookstores, searching furiously for McDonald books with color in the title: The Deep Blue Goodbye, Nightmare in Pink, The Quick Bed Fox and others. I became panicky when I couldnt find the Girl in the Plain Brow n Wrapper. It was unbelievable. There I was, a bona fide Ph.D. in English, looking for paperback mysteries. Then one day I ran into one of my colleagues'. It was embarrassing for a moment until I discovered that he was in search of Pale Grey for Guilt. And most importantly, he HAD a copy of The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper. If there is a moral in all this, I guess it would be that we all like to think that theres a little Travis McGee in us. A houseboat bum and private investigator who is idyllically free who only works when he runs out of money, and when he does, makes enormous sums by saving people from evil .forces, whatever they may be. It has been in keeping with the Travis mold that he is a paperback hero. However, I became alarmed when I learned that The Turquoise lament, the fifteenth book in the McGee series, had been sold to three clubs, and was to be serialized in Cosmopolitan. Alas. I cried, McDonald has sold out. Now, we must not only scrounge in second-han- d stores, but must look for back issues of Cosmopolitan. Its unfair. Yet there is a ray of hope amid all this gloom. McDonald once A couple of A CHALLENGING CHUCKHOLE TO A TRUE CHUCKHOLER Heeding the clamor of public demand, the mystery chuckhole has returned this weeks issue. After omitting the contest picture last week, the Coalition was verbally abused by numerous parties for its lack of sportsmanship and its abundance of parsimony. Study the picture carefully and you may be able to locate the cavernous crater. If you can and if youre the first to do so. you will win the glorious sum of $9.58. Why $9.58? You ask! Why not? We ask. Our first contest winners discovered the pot (hole) of gold while doing their laundry. You too can cleanup in your spare time by keeping your eyes on the road. If you stumble upon, over, or into what you think is the w inning hole, rush to the Alamo and buy yourself a beer. While there, inform Doug or Hilly as to your good fortune and they will see that you receive the cash prize, or the chuckhole, w hichever is of greatest value. in ITALIAN LOUNGE UPSTAiRS Open at 6:00 Daily Association set the requirements to be met by the proposed reservation cento . The requirements agreed upon for the center were: A. That it be completely unbiased and impartial. B. Completely non-politica- C. D. . by Fonda Eaton This week's gourmet meal Is Sweetbreads Financier And it could be the pinnacle Of your culinary career. A sweetbread is a gland The thymus to be specific Located in the neck of a calf or lamb Sounds unappetizing but tastes terrific. The preliminary step In the preparation of the animal glands Is to marinate ONE HALF CUP OF OIL With ONE GARLIC CLOVE CHOPPED by your little hands. Place ONE POUND OF SWEETBREADS Into a pan Add TWO BAY LEAVES, SIX PEPPERCORNS And a TEASPOON FROM THE GARLIC POWDER CAN. Toss in ONE TEASPOON OF SALT And cover the ingredients with 11,0. Boil for an hour To get your glands hot and ready to go. Allow the sweetbreads to cool And divest each of its membrane Cut into quarter inch slices While singing a sweetbread refrain. Place TWO CHOPPED GREEN ONIONS Into a frying pan Saute in the garlic oil Until tender an' Then add the sweetbreads Saute until hot Drain off the oil And thimplc thymus is what you got. ONE HALF CUP OF MUSHROOMS Is next to enter the plot And ONE QUARTER CUP OF SWEET RED WINE Should stimulate our glands a lot. Turn the fire on low PARK CITY RESERVATIONS We have homes for rent during the sum649-959- 8 LE COMPLl! 1: .iiul ESCROW SERVICE 1 1 1 Summit County f Citlc (Company P.O. Bn 'i2 Snowbird Utah, 84070 Phone (801) 521-604- 0 M Phono (SOI) Park Cii (vW-S.12- 2 A VERSE IN COOKING SWEETBREADS FINANCIER Alan Crooks mer. Call by-la- SplBMSgMEfiQ ilunked an elementary journalism course for not turning in a Salt Lake Citys funnest bar & finest steaks are at snowbird past, present, or pending lodging affiliation or lodging association. In other Association business, Lloyd Stevens reported that the PCLA is in the process of being incorporated. This will necessitate a new constitution and which are being formulated. Also, Mr. Stevens will request inclusion in the Resorts brochure and will see that PCLA qualifies for the Consolidated Airlines Tour Manual. crtie cEATIWg book-of-the-mon- th 412 Main Street l. Non-prof- it. Completely free of "conflicts of interest . "Conflicts of interest being defined as any final paper on time. And now that he has broken the hardcover barrier, he is writing under a deadline. And hates it. Thus, we can hope that Travis McGees creator hasn't lost all his old bad habits, and that the sixteenth novel in the series, which he is working on now will be released in paper where it should be. CUISINE LODGING ASSOCIATION NEWS BOOKS & THINGS f ( S Add WATER. ONE HALF CUP Drop in TWO BEEF BOUILLION CUBES And stir it all up. Mix ONE QUARTER CUP OF WATER With TWO TABLESPOONS OF FLOUR Blend well into the Financier And it's ready for the dinner hour Served with boiled potatoes It will delight every sir m'am. Think it was a pain in the neck to fix ? Consider the poor calf or lamb! - RESTAURANT HOURS 7:30am - 2:00pm |