As you are aware, we old folks do a lot of day dreaming about the “Good Old Days”. It's so much better than remembering the “Bad Old Days” and screwing up our dreams. During one of my remembering the good old days I have no idea why, but my thoughts went to the year 1961. I think it might be the result of looking at all the commercials for beautiful cars and then checking out some of the current prices. Yes, even old guys like me think about buying one of those beautiful new machines. My thoughts, however, jumped to my first ever brand new car in my life. At the ripe old age of 25 I purchased a pretty, dark blue 1961 Plymouth Valiant. I paid a whopping $2,400.00 for it.
That was the start of a very momentous year. I heard that a house on our street was going to be sold at auction. I was intrigued and decided to go. Just in case I wanted to open my mouth at the event I needed to have $1,000.00. I didn’t have it but knew where to get it….a loan from my uncle. Armed with the needed deposit I went to my first ever auction and unbelievably ended up buying a house. Marge was not involved in my crazy venture so I was able to go home, open the door, and pull what could have been one of those “LUCY I’M HOME” guess what I bought skits? By the way, I bought this, my first house, at auction for the grand total of $12,500.00. Even paid my Uncle off with a quickie home improvement bank loan. If I remember correctly the monthly mortgage payment for house and loan was something like $109.00. Prices have certainly escalated haven’t they?
1961 continued to be momentous, since I had also recently taken a new job with Bowman Products selling Bolts and Nuts and thousands of other automotive and industrial items. In thinking about these times, I can’t believe I either lacked the brains of had some very large b___s to make these moves.
Recipe for today’s Blog: I love Swordfish if prepared properly. I’ve done this recipe and was very happy with it. Unfortunately this recipe can feed four or more so I don’t have many occasions to make it. Marge and I can’t handle two pounds of fish, not even in our prime but the left overs go well in next day’s salad.
SICILIAN STYLE SWORDFISH
3 ounces raisins
5 tablespoons olive oil
1small onion, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 pound ripe tomatoes, diced
10 green olives, pitted and minced
2 ounces pine nuts
¼ cup capers
2 pounds swordfish steaks
Salt and pepper to taste
Soak raisins in lukewarm water for 30 minutes. Drain and set aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or skillet over high heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft. Stir in raisins, tomatoes, olives, pine nuts and capers. Cover pan, reduce heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes.
Season steaks with salt and pepper. Place in a lightly oiled baking dish and cover with cooked sauce. Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until steaks are firm.
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