By Frank E. Vaerewijck, The Firehouse Foodie
As we embark on the holiday season, we look forward to spending time with family, But who is family? What makes up family? Why is being a part of a family so important to us?
典型的定义在dictionary include the following: “a group or people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation: FELLOWSHIP.” Our common affiliation is cemented in our passion for the fire service and the desire to serve the citizens we protect.
For most, family is just as the primary definition dictates: It’s the basic unit in society tradionally consisting of two parents rearing their children, or any of various social units differing from and regarded as equivalent to the traditional family, such as in a single-parent household. For many of us in the fire service, family not only includes our loved ones and relatives but our brothers and sisters on the job too. We take so much from each other that we attribute to our daily lives as well as our chosen profession.
好的消防员不仅要注意他们的军官，而且还要听和从稍高的水平那里倾听和学习。他们吸收了所有消防员对工作的经验，知识，热情，并且当需要时，将经验和知识充分利用。
You can attend many great trainings and lectures on how to do this job, and as long as you keep your ears and mind open, you will take something from them, but you will get so much more from your family. Just as our parental units have shaped us during our formative years, our leaders, brothers, and sisters guide us and, since you are a product of your environment, influence us. Good or bad, the effect they have our psyche has a lot to do with who we are or what we become. So, this holiday season, make sure that every member of your family, related in blood or in just common affiliation, knows how much you appreciate them.
What better way to let your family know you appreciate them than with food and this nontraditional take on Mac & Cheese. My lieutenant likes to make a complicated layered version, but sometimes you just have to go with easy. After a few slight modifications, we came up with this scrumptious side dish, born out of the firehouse, and “That’s Bringing the Firehouse Home!”
几乎是LT的Crab Mac N’Cheese
原料:
1 8 oz. pkg elbow pastas
1 stick butter (don’t use margarine, trust me)
2杯牛奶
1 lb. block Velveeta cheese cut into 1-inch to 2-inch cubes
8 oz. claw crab meat
6-8 crumbled bacon slices, ½ bread crumbs or ½ Ritz crackers
方向:
- 按照包装上的指示煮意大利面。
- 排干水，但将¼杯放在锅底。
- In a separate medium sauce pan, add 1 stick of butter, milk, and Velveeta cheese cubes.
- Heat the pot on medium until the cheese is completely melted.
- 撒盐和胡椒粉调味。
- 在玻璃烤盘中，将爪蟹肉和奶酪与意大利面混合。
- Top with your choice topping–bacon, bread crumbs, or Ritz crackers, or try all three. Just make sure that you reduce your portion to cover the desired area.
- 在350°F放入烤箱15分钟。
- Don’t worry if it looks too gooey. It will get thicker the longer it sits.Enjoy!!
Frank E. Vaerewijck对已经跨越20年的消防服务充满热情。他曾经是一名志愿者和职业消防员，目前是史密斯菲尔德志愿消防局的消防员/EMT（是的，培根来的地方，那个史密斯菲尔德）。他通过指导和指导传递了对消防服务的热情。他对食物的热爱共享了他对消防服务的同样热情。2006年，Vaerewyck赢得了由弗吉尼亚州里士满的广播电台赞助的铁厨师风格的比赛。在这里，他还通过参加烹饪艺术课程来进一步进一步教育。作为消防屋美食家，他一直在编译食谱，这些食谱将包含在一本食谱中，这将使其他人有机会看到他们的家乡英雄，不仅是消防员，而且像他们真正的消防站厨师一样。
