Archive | April, 2015

Bareboat Chartering on a Barrier Reef

Belize, Bareboat Chartering on a Barrier Reef, the Blue Hole and Besties

In the 80’s, before I moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands, we used to do a bareboat charter every Winter to get away from the Northeast winters. One year we chartered a sailboat in Belize (located in Central America on the Caribbean Sea and bordered by both Mexico and Guatemala) and cruised for 10 days […]

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Cleaning Mushrooms Cooking Tips

Mushrooms… To Rinse or Not to Rinse

Remember that old rule not to rinse the dirt off your mushrooms because they will absorb the water and be mushy? Well, the powers that be have figured out that’s not really true. The only real rule of thumb about rinsing them is if the mushrooms are really dirty, rinse and dry them thoroughly right […]

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