For Fish

For Fish

Ingredients:
For Sauce:
2 T butter
2 T flour
½ tsp dry mustard
1 lemon
2 cups reserved liquid from fish

Directions:
Cut bell peppers in strips and onion in slices. Place in large skillet. Slice lemon and put
three slices in pan. Put in two bay leaves and add water to about 1 to 1-1/2 inches in pan.
Cover skillet tightly and bring to a boil. Arrange fish in a single layer in a skillet. Salt and
pepper to taste. Simmer for 5 to 8 minutes until fish is flaky and tender. Remove bay
leaves and discard.
Sauce:
In small saucepan, melt butter and slowly add flour. Stir until smooth. Drain off
remanding liquid from fish and add to flour mixture. Add water to make 2 cups if needed.
Bring to a boil. Add mustard and lemon juice from lemon not used in fish. Add salt and
pepper to taste. Simmer until thickened. Serve over fish. Serves 4.
Author’s Bio:
My name is Kathleen Walls. I divide my time between a cozy North Georgia
mountain cabin and a St. Augustine, Florida home. My housemates are husband, Martin,
dog, Romeo, and cats, Smoky and Spice.
LAST STEP (), my second novel, is available at most online
bookstores and my web site. BY ANY OTHER NAME, the first, is available in e-book
format. I recently finished GEORGIA’S GHOSTLY GETAWAYS; a spirited travelogue
about Georgia’s haunted sites. Currently I’m working on KUDZU, a story of love and
betrayal, past and present, in the northeastern Georgia mountains.
I also am a frequent contributor to travel and food publications, such as Woodall’s
Publications, Family Motor Coaching, Amateur Chef, Doggone Newsletter and North
Georgia Journal. I also did a stint as a reporter for a local paper, The Union Sentinel.
I would love for you to visit me at my web site,
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VENISON STEW
Setting the Scene:
“Visit for a day the Pikuni, a tribe of Blackfoot Indians living in 1870 Montana,
and you’ll want to remain a week. Stay the week singing their songs, experiencing their
kindness and joy, and you’ll want to dig-in for a month. Learn to kill a buffalo, tan hides,
make a beaded dress, or taste antelope roasted over an open fire, and you’ll want to stay
forever. But be warned, if you do, be willing to share the heartbreak of their lives and be
willing to have your own irrevocably changed.” So writes Meredith Campbell, author of
RIGHTEOUS WARRIORS, about Gail Jenner’s novel, ACROSS THE SWEET
GRASS HILLS ( ). ACROSS THE SWEET GRASS HILLS tells of a
man, a woman, and a people trapped by events that threaten their survival. A love story, it
is also the tale of the Marias Massacre.
Excerpt from ACROSS THE SWEET GRASS HILLS:
“Please, can you help us? I mean, are you headed to a fort?”
The soldier mumbled an unintelligible reply. “In a manner of speakin’, I am,” he
added quickly, cocking his head. “But I sure could eat and drink somethin’. I feel like a
post hole ‘as ain’t been filled up.”
He grinned and Liza felt the rush of blood to her face.
“Lost my pack horse,” he added. “Of course, I—I have a small stew, antelope is
all.”
She refrained from telling him about Red Eagle, although she didn’t know why.
“Snake stew would taste good right now,” interrupted the soldier.”
Liza made a wry face. “Please, what about my father?” She stepped over to the
fire and lifted the kettle of meat prepared earlier for Red Eagle.
“Who dug the bullet out? You?”
“Well, it had to come out...”
“Ain’t yuh as gritty as aigs rolled in sand!”
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