Here are links to the Frying Pan live feeds off the coast of North Carolina, enjoy the view.
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Just wanted to wish everyone well.
I am happy to be able to say that now that I have made it through three quarters of the year. I hope all is well with everyone else out there.
I have had a couple out patient procedures that went swimmingly.
Aruba live web cam links
Feel free to click the links below to see live cams at several of the beach resorts in Aruba.
PASTECHI AN ANTILLEAN SNACK
INGREDIENTS
- Beef filling
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- ½ small onion, finely mined
- ⅛ of a medium sized green bell pepper, finely diced
- ½ teaspoon of paprika powder
- ½ teaspoon of cumin
- ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg
- 300 grams of ground beef
- 1 tablespoon of raisins
- salt & pepper to taste
- Tuna filling
- 2 cans with tuna chunks (300 grams of tuna)
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 small tomato, diced
- ½ teaspoon of paprika powder
- 1 teaspoon of piccalilli
- ½ tablespoon of capers
- 1 tablespoon of raisins
- Pastechi dough
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 500 grams of flour
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 7 grams of baking powder
- 150-200 ml of water
- *Sunflower oil to fry the pastechi’s
INSTRUCTIONS
- Beef filling
- Heat the olive in a skillet on medium heat
- Add the onion and bell pepper, cook until the onions are translucent
- Add the paprika powder, cumin and nutmeg and cook the spices for about 30 seconds
- Then add the ground beef, mix often, until beef is fully cooked
- Mix in the raisins and remove the skillet from heat
- Let cool off.
- Tuna filling
- Drain the tuna cans of oil, or water and shred with a fork into smaller chunks
- Heat the olive in a skillet on medium heat
- Add the onion and garlic, cook until the onions are translucent
- Add the tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes begin to soften
- Add the tuna and sprinkle the paprika powder over the tuna
- Mix the onions, tomatoes and tuna well
- Add the piccalilli, capers and raisins and mix well with the other ingredients
- Remove the skillet from heat
- Let cool off
- Pastechi dough
- Mix the oil and butter to a paste in a small bowl or cup
- In a large bowl add the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder and mix well
- Add the oil and butter mixture and a little bit of the water
- Start kneading the dough, add more water if needed, until the dough comes together
- Roll the dough in a ball and cover with clingfilm and set aside.
- Assemble
- Cut the dough in about 12-15 equal sized pieces, and shape into balls and cover
- On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough in a 10-15 diameter round that is +/- 0.5 cm thick
- Fill the dough in the center of the round with 1 tablespoon of filling
- Leave a border at the edge of about 1 cm
- Brush the edge of the dough with a little bit of water and fold one half over the filling
- Seal by pressing down the edges with your fingers or a fork.
- Heat oil in a deep pan
- Carefully place max. 2 pastechi’s in the oil and cook on each side till golden brown
- Remove and drain on kitchen towels
NOTES
Do you to try want a different filling? These are the other ones I know about.
Gouda Cheese (Perfect for breakfast)
Just fill the pastry with about 1 tablespoon of grated Gouda cheese
Chicken (A great option)
Follow the recipe of the beef filling
Replace beef with shredded chicken
Salted cod (The first choice for a lot of people)
Follow the recipe of the tuna filling
Replace tuna with desalted shredded cod
Desalt the cod by boiling water in a large pan
Add the cod and lower the heat to a soft simmer for 10 to 15 minutes
Discard the water and rinse the fish with cold water
Remove the skin and bones
Shred the fish with your fingers or with a fork (If you put this in a kitchen machine you’ll get fish paste)
* Don’t add salt to the dish, until you finish cooking and have tasted it.
More recent Wade Rock update
I will post here and on the gallery page as well.
See below current photos for link to gallery




Got my yard mowed finally !!
Gave another try to fix my mower due to miscommunication between the person I wanted to fix it and myself.
I had car in shop for oil change and new tires and they were going to keep the car for a couple days. I still had the mower in the back of the truck. I didn’t want to be riding around for two days with it in the back.
So, I attempted to repair it again and it worked.
I can do my laundry again
Duke forest
Scary things in Duke Forest. See below
tree down at Woodburn and McDowell
Wade Rock new change
new photo

Photo gallery of visitors to the neighborhood!
sharing photos for the list serve not sure who to give credit to.
visitor bug visitor bug also owl visitor owl visitor owl visitor
tree down at Woodburn and McDowell popular yard sign in and around tree down at Woodburn and McDowell
I have a new visitor at least 3 0r 4 sightings so far.