how do i do "navaja bread"

**Cook Chatty Cathy** · 02-12-2009, 07:01 PM

How neat! Yeah Long Beach wasn't the nicest place in the world when I lived there. Actually the roller coaster was no longer (there that I know of) when I lived there, and I was on-base daily! I liked the base bowling alley though!

The board walk I am thinking of must have been one we visited after getting stationed in Monterey CA and up the coast from Monterey. I keep wanting to say the name of the place started with a j but I am unsure. I just know it was fun, I will call my son and get the name of it....ok it was _______ (I will fill in the blank whe he calls me back and let's me know).

I actually consider myself very lucky as I got to see quite a bit of Cali! A very diverse and beautiful state! Too populated, and people totally ruin it, but what a beautiful state if you did not have that!

**CanMan** · 02-12-2009, 07:15 PM

Possibly the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, one of the oldest.

Yes California is/was a very diverse and beautiful state. The land of fruits and nuts. Hollywood is no longer "Hollywood". I live a mile or so from Buena Park (Knott's Berry Farm) and farther down the road in Anaheim is Disneyland. The Wax Museum was famous and is gone now. Lots of history in the state, good and bad. Haight/Ashbury in San Francisco in the 60's was kool. I lived a block away from that intersection at that time.

**Cook Chatty Cathy** · 02-13-2009, 09:45 AM

CanMan it was Santa Cruz! My son called me back late last night and let me know, I was too tired to get on-line by that time

Yes there are some fabulous places to visit in CA, and the weather is most excellent all year long! AND.....The fog does burn off

I can truly say you will never have a lack of something to do if you live in CA! The State Park system in and of itself is enough to keep one busy for Many Weekends worth of activity! I like that they are all free, or used to be as best I can remember

CanMan there is a Horse Track near where you live that I used to like to take the kids and visit, we would watch the races and pretend to be gambling. So much fun!

**CanMan** · 02-13-2009, 01:08 PM

That would be the Los Alamitos Race Track I believe, just South of me a few miles. The Santa Anita track is farther North.

**Cook Chatty Cathy** · 02-13-2009, 08:40 PM

Yes Los Alamitos Race Track, there was once a horse named "Cathy's Cash". I never gambled but my girlfriend she did, and she picked ole' "Cathy's Cash" one night that she went, but I didn't go that night, well lo and behold that ole' Filly came in 1st place! You know my friend made my brood & I a homemade feast of Grilled Corned Beef Reuben sandwiches on rye, and she made it all from scratch - well except the rye bread

She was truly glad that she had met me

Well enough about that......

Gazpacho where'd ya' go my friend? When you get the chance come on back and let us know how you are enjoying the Technical University. Are you planning on graduating soon? And when you do what are your dreams, and aspirations? Anymore trips to America in the near furure? I hope it is all going well for you and that you are making good grades! And are you ever planning on learning how to cook?

Cathy

Gazpacho · 02-16-2009, 03:43 PM

haha u are neat. i enjoy writing in this forum with no strict moderators :P

well... i'm attending the tech univerity since 2006 now... so approximately 2.5 years, thus 5 semesters. if u are aware of the system, u should know the "graduating system" or how u call it. i mean there are things like bachelor, master and in germany still diploma. serendipitously i still get the diploma when i graduate. That means i will have a pretty good start into the business life. all over the world engineers are being wanted. i considered traveling, respectively living and working in the USA. but i'm not sure of that... my english ain't that good, so it probably will be fricking hard.
besides that i wanna visit my parents and too much traveling will cost me much bucks :s
back to the university: right now i am in a "test-period" that is to say that i'm running low on leisure time.
i think i should invest more time in cooking, i'll start with that after i accomplished the exams.

**Cook Chatty Cathy** · 02-16-2009, 07:14 PM

Hey Gazpacho,

Best Wishes on all your exams!

You are smart to consider all the options you will have once you enter the world of Engineering! As you mentioned if you leave your country visiting home with your parents will be much more difficult. Speaking any language is much easier once you live in that country and are exsposed constanty to that country's native tongue, your English is excellent compared to my German which is like two words "Danka Shoen"

which I believe is thank you

and I am sure that is not the correct way to spell it! Oh and yes....... the word "Gazuntike"! Now who do you think would make it where faster,you here in America or me in Germany? LOL

I am sure you will find good employment no matter where you live, good engineers are high in demand!

Maybe when you get thru with exams you can use a little free time to develop some cooking skills. Once you visit your Mom and Dad and if your Mom will let you in her kitchen to "Play Aound" and you can do some experimenting and feed your folks some of your experiments! Both my sons cook and they will occassionally call me to ask advice, but not so much anymore since they are both almost pros now

Start simlpe and cook easy things to prepare, just get yourself comfortable around a kitchen, and start out slow and easy...it is my opinion cooking should be an enjoyable and pleasant experience, and hopefully turn out some nice tasting food too

I love German baked goods the very best! One of my sisters married into a German family and I used to love eating with them!!! I no longer live close to them and I really miss those wonderful feasts. And at my sisters wedding reception they had Polka Band and much fantastic dancing and such food and celebrating!!! I love a BIG German wedding celebration!!! The town in Alabama where they live is called Elberta and since the town was founded and settled by people of German heritage, every year they have a GREAT BIG German Festival and they call it the "Sausage Festival" and also every October they have an "October Fest", these two events are very popular and well attended by folks from near and far!

Well I have taken enough time so I will go now, you take care and be happy, Cathy

P.S. Elberta, Alabama = Klar ist gut leben!!!

Gazpacho · 02-17-2009, 01:33 PM

oh, what an answer, kinda long :P
thank you in german would be "danke schoen" (i am using an american keyboard, so i can't spell the word "schoen" properly :P)

back to cooking topic: actually i could do some practicing at my parents house, but to be honest, i'm kinda lazy. so i should kick in my own ass to accelerate the learning process haha.
its really cool that there are german events in your country. I knew that they set up some "oktober fest" in las vegas, but i didn't know that they are celebrating german feasts in other areas too.
you wrote this in your post scriptum message: "
P.S. Elberta, Alabama = Klar ist gut leben!!! "
excuse me, but what do you mean? you wanna tell me that the life in alabama is great?

regards

**Cook Chatty Cathy** · 02-17-2009, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Gazpacho

you wrote this in your post scriptum message: "
P.S. Elberta, Alabama = Klar ist gut leben!!! "
excuse me, but what do you mean? you wanna tell me that the life in alabama is great?
regards

Yes, the Germans that settled Elberta, Alabama had a motto for their city "Elberta, Alabama; Sure is good living!" Of-course my German is so poor I probably botched it up, sorry!

And yes there are many cities in America that were settled by immigrants from all over the world, and as they came to settle a town or village they incorporated much of their wonderful and fun activities from their country into their city here in America. For example in New Orleans, Louisiana the French celebrated Mardi Gras, and now every year the tradition continues!

I think it is wonderful the way many nations have left their imprint upon our nation

It is so diverse and wonderful, the history behind each city is forever there thru traditions passed down so many years!

Cathy