The Male Martha!
Fun,Love and living!

I love everything southern...    The weather..the people..and barbeque!    

A.S.A.P= As Southern as Possible!

Barbeque sauce is so easy to make ..you'll wonder why the heck you ever buy it in the first place!!

Low and slow over a charcoal and wood mixture babrbeque..   Smother with barbeque sauce every hour...start in the morning..and by four o'clock....  You'll have more neighborhood friends than you know what to do with!!

2 cups ketchup

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

1/3 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons yellow mustard

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon cayenne

1 teaspoon of liquid smoke.(can even be purchased at your local walmart)

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over a low heat. Stirring occasionally and simmer for 20 minutes. Sauce should be thin, but not watery. Allow to cool. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate. Sauce is better if allow to sit for a day.

Until we cook, shop and explore again!!

The Male Martha

We're not so diffferent YOU and I!

This summer Hollis 5 Corners is shaping up to be more beautiful than any other year previous.    Our hard work is finally paying off.  From water features and garden to our new Flag welcoming guests.

This year is truly special to Richard and I,  as this is the year that we could possibly have the chance and the right to marry and actually mean something by way of the law.     We both live and work in Maine on a full time basis(meaning more than three days per week).   Maine is our actual place of residency.

There are people in the state of Maine that truly do not understand ....on the most basic level.... that the only thing different between "US" and "Them" is who we love and call our other half.

People that are very open to Richard and I,  and who we work with,  are astonished that we both cook, clean and do other essential bits around our home.  My question is..who else would do it..and where can we find them?

For this and many other reasons..this year I have chosen a flag. 

 The Rainbow flag with the american word "Peace on it. 

  In small italian villages the rainbow flag has been a long standing symbol of peace.  or "PACE" pronounced Pah-chay.

We need a  bit of PEACE in our world. 

 A love and understanding that all people no matter how different in each others eyes deserve the chance to be treated equally and with dignity!  Gay or straight we all strive for a better way of living.   We want peace,  health and harmony to be bestowed on our home.    We all want the chance to have a deaper relationship with another person and to have all the same rights afforded to each of us as americans.

This very same type of flag can be purchased from the originator of this flag in this country from Tracy Primavera.  She has sold and donated thousand of these flags promoting peace and equality !!  These very same flags are touting Tracys message of peace all over the United States and the world!   

 Here @ HOLLIS 5 CORNERS we will continue to do our part!

   Please contact TRACY @ primaveracinque@aol.com         To see how you can get yours!    You can also purchase them in various shops around Provincetown massachusetts .....  Great stores like ANGEL foods!  Just click thier picture in the side bar of this page!                                            

 

Until we cook, shop and explore again!

The Male Martha

I love Sundays!    If Richard and I aren't off to some New England destination..it's usually a very relaxing day!     This sunday it's just the two of us enjoying the day!   

                   

One of our very favorite breakfast items ..is the waffle!  Crispy and warm...saoking up just enough butter and syrup to make a delectable sunday morning memory!

Waffles are uncomplicated puffs of glory!   You can do up a waffle batter in minutes!   Serve waffles with country ham, bacon or sausage.. with warm syrup.  

The Male Martha Waffle Recipe

1 1/4 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder   

2 eggs

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 3/4 cups milk

Mix all ingrediants in a large bowl..    Laddle into your waffle maker.

No Fuss or muss..just a good..Sunday morning breakfast!    Some of the best recipes are the most simple!

Until we cook, shop and explore again!

The Male Martha

Although we are hardly of the status od Lady Granthum of Downton Abby, we can be ready as royalty for a warm summer nights get together with friends!   

Gosh The Gays love an excuse to entertain and show off a bit!   All the more reason to have those bits and bites ready,    Appetizers that make you the talk of the town!

Lets get to it then!

Chicken Satay with spicy peanut sauce!

The indonesian style skewers are a great way to start a barbecue, and they are equally good cooked and eaten indoors--either at a table, or as a pre-diner nibble.

3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

1 garlic clove crushed

1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

1 grated zest of 1 lime

1 tespoon of thai fish sauce

Slice  each chicken breast into 4 long strips.  Combine the garlic,ginger,lime zest and juice, and fish sauce, and pour over the chicken.  Cover and marinate for about 1 hour.   Meanwhile soak 12 bamboo skewers in cold water.

Pre-heat the broiler.  Thread a strip of chicken onto each skewer.  Cook the chicken for about 3 minutes on each side, until cooked through.

Spicy Peanut sauce

2 table spoons of coconut milk

4 table spoons of crunchy peanut butter

juice of 1/2 a lime

1/4 teaspoons of dried chili flakes

Stir the coconut milk into the peanut butter until smooth and creamy.  Stir in the lime juice and chili flakes.  Serve immediately with the chicken satay!

Stick to recipes like this all summer!!     You could be come a garden party PRO!!

Until we shop, cook and explore again!

The Male Martha

We Dance!!   It's a BIG stress Reliever!!    Without those nights in Boston..Providence..and knowing people like Sonny Joe White...and few other famous queens....well I might have been a very different person!!   

We aren't going to let a little sign in some small town mess up our weekend!!  A chance to let the hair down and spin!!

Todays post is Dedicated to Donna Summer and every queen who danced to her beat!!    One of our FIRST gay advocates!

 

                                        

Until we shop, cook and EXPLORE AGAIN!!!  

The Male Martha!!!!!!