The Pawtuxet General™

The Pawtuxet General | Episode 2

November 12, 2021 Jess Watts Season 1 Episode 2
The Pawtuxet General™
The Pawtuxet General | Episode 2
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Welcome to the Pawtuxet General's second episode!  We're so glad you could join us!

In this episode, we'll talk bean, meat, and vegetable chili, vodka smoothies, and haunted houses.
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<b>The Pawtuxet General, episode two.</b><b>A "something for posterity production."</b><b>Greetings,</b><b>from Pawtuxet Village, Rhode Island.</b><b>Welcome in.</b><b>Today, we've got all sorts of fun</b><b>and interesting things to talk about.</b><b>You are right on time to catch</b><b>local hints, tips, recipes</b><b>and all things "Pawtuxet-ish."</b><b>I'm starting with a little fall poem.</b><b>The Pawtuxet steams.</b><b>As bunnies, fleeing from the approaching</b><b>feet,</b><b>wind whips an old flag,</b><b>as lanterns gleam along the street.</b><b>Today, our soup</b><b>will be bean and meat and vegetable chili.</b><b>The pairing will be a vodka smoothie</b><b>and we'll have the second installment</b><b>of "The House on the Corner."</b><b>If you'd like to reach out with questions</b><b>or have an amusing Pawtuxet</b><b>village story, please send us an email</b><b>toJess@pawtuxetgeneral.com.</b><b>This is bean meat and vegetable chili.</b><b>This chili is so hardy,</b><b>so colorful, It's a real crowd pleaser.</b><b>So, when I was still a counter person</b><b>at Little Falls, one of my bosses</b><b>felt like a hardy, special soup.</b><b>So I asked for some key ingredients,</b><b>and when he came back, I had at it.</b><b>So he poked his head around</b><b>while I was seasoning and said, "Whoa,</b><b>not so much cumin! Too much chili powder.</b><b>Don't add any more!</b><b>Promise!"</b><b>I looked him in the eye and said, "Yes."</b><b>Then, when he went around the corner,</b><b>I put in a tablespoon more of each...</b><b>Perfect. And he loved it.</b><b>The recipe itself?</b><b>You're going to need four tablespoons</b><b>of olive oil, 1 lb.</b><b>of ground pork.</b><b>1 lb.</b><b>of ground beef, one bulb of garlic,</b><b>chopped, two yellow onions, chopped,</b><b>one of each colored pepper,</b><b>one green, yellow, and orange.</b><b>two cans of red kidney beans.</b><b>And two cans of white cannelloni beans.</b><b>Also,</b><b>a number ten can of crushed tomatoes.</b><b>Now our seasoning. Be generous.</b><b>It's going to have four tablespoons</b><b>of cumin,</b><b>four tablespoons of chili</b><b>powder, two teaspoons of pepper,</b><b>two teaspoons of salt,</b><b>and four tablespoons of Italian seasoning.</b><b>Let's start with a saute!</b><b>Four tablespoons of olive oil</b><b>in a hot pan.</b><b>1 Lb. of ground pork.</b><b>1 Lb. of ground beef.</b><b>And the garlic and onions, both chopped.</b><b>If you could put those into the hot pan</b><b>and saute those with half of the</b><b>seasoning, it'll give time for the meat</b><b>to absorb some of the flavoring.</b><b>Once the onions have softened,</b><b>add the peppers</b><b>green, yellow and orange, all chopped</b><b>and the kidney beans,</b><b>the cannelloni beans, the crushed tomatoes</b><b>and the rest of the seasoning.</b><b>Then, gently simmer this for an hour,</b><b>stirring every five minutes.</b><b>Now, if you'd like something</b><b>with a little more heat,</b><b>you could add some anajo chili pepper or</b><b>just some plain old Tabasco at this point.</b><b>I want to tell you about my friend,</b><b>Mike, and his Electromagnetic Pinball</b><b>Museum and Restoration Arcade.</b><b>It's an all inclusive place</b><b>to relax and share anything related</b><b>to modern pinball and pinball and arcade</b><b>games.</b><b>A group of pinball and arcade</b><b>fans with an addiction</b><b>to games of all kinds and Lego too!</b><b>$10 gets you free play on pinball</b><b>and arcade games all day.</b><b>You can find them at 881</b><b>Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island</b><b>or online</b><b>at www.electromegneticpinballmuseum.com.</b><b>A lovely, fruity</b><b>pairing is the vodka smoothie.</b><b>This is a very reasonably priced cocktail</b><b>and very simple to make.</b><b>Find the cheapest</b><b>frozen fruit in your frozen section.</b><b>Also, get frozen lemonade mix.</b><b>You may use any vodka of your choice,</b><b>and some fresh mint is very handy.</b><b>Fill your blender with the frozen fruit.</b><b>Put in one third of a</b><b>can of the lemonade mix,</b><b>and fill to the top</b><b>with the vodka of your choice.</b><b>Blend until smooth and garnish with mint.</b><b>You can keep the actual blender</b><b>in the freezer to top off, at any time.</b><b>Enjoy!</b><b>And now, for the latest installment</b><b>of the "House</b><b>on the Corner," moving upstairs.</b><b>I was 13 and had shared a room</b><b>with my sister, our whole lives.</b><b>And, since the third floor was empty,</b><b>we had trouble keeping tenants up there.</b><b>Most recently,</b><b>my Uncle P had crashed up there for a bit.</b><b>Like any young teen, I was looking for</b><b>space and asked if I could move upstairs.</b><b>My parents said that if I cleaned it up,</b><b>I could pick whatever room I wanted.</b><b>The third floor was a 1978 wonderland.</b><b>Each room had geometric wallpaper</b><b>and corresponding colors</b><b>to the individual</b><b>three color long shag carpeting.</b><b>Here is the layout.</b><b>There was only one door</b><b>into the apartment, and it opens to show</b><b>the kitchen.</b><b>On the right, was an oven range.</b><b>A "head" was built into an angled wall</b><b>table and a sink with cupboards,</b><b>next to that.</b><b>One long Hall connected all the rooms</b><b>and only the bathroom</b><b>was off the kitchen</b><b>and only the bathroom had a door.</b><b>The first room, on the left,</b><b>was the green room.</b><b>Then, the brown room, on the right.</b><b>The last two rooms</b><b>were at the end of the hall.</b><b>On the right, the orange room</b><b>and on the left.</b><b>The blue room.</b><b>I chose the Orange Room</b><b>because it seemed, well, cheery.</b><b>It had three major bonuses</b><b>over all the others.</b><b>A very cool orange-yellow, a white,</b><b>hanging basket lamp, obviously</b><b>with matching three-color shag carpet,</b><b>a window seat, to sit</b><b>on, and a roll-out escape fire ladder.</b><b>I was very excited to move in.</b><b>So, I dragged my twin-bed</b><b>mattress up the stairs and set it</b><b>up, facing the door, so the baseboard heat</b><b>would be all around the bed.</b><b>Victorians are notoriously drafty.</b><b>I read, undisturbed,</b><b>for hours; bliss for me.</b><b>Before I knew it,</b><b>darkness had come and it was time for bed.</b><b>After washing up and reading in bed</b><b>a little while longer,</b><b>I turned off the light.</b><b>I had just closed my eyes when I heard</b><b>THREE LOUD KNOCKS at the kitchen door.</b><b>Then, I heard heavy footsteps,</b><b>coming down the hall.</b><b>Definitely not my little sister's.</b><b>I call out, "Dad?!" No answer.</b><b>Footfalls come closer...</b><b>and I see it.</b><b>A tall shadow</b><b>blocking out the light behind it.</b><b>It walks, right into my room,</b><b>right up to my bed, and stands there.</b><b>I thought my heart would beat</b><b>right out of my chest.</b><b>I cannot move or scream.</b><b>I cannot close my eyes.</b><b>In my head, I start to pray.</b><b>I prayed every prayer I had ever learned,</b><b>which were a lot.</b><b>I could feel the man standing</b><b>there as well as see him.</b><b>He was malicious and looming over me</b><b>at times.</b><b>Hours passed.</b><b>At last,</b><b>I could shut my eyes and I prayed harder.</b><b>I was still awake when my alarm went off,</b><b>my alarm was an old fashioned</b><b>brass bell clock.</b><b>When it rang,</b><b>I opened my eyes and he was gone.</b><b>I jumped out of bed and flew down the hall</b><b>and down stairs to family and safety.</b><b>Later that day, after I had told my family</b><b>what had happened</b><b>the night before,</b><b>I asked them for suggestions.</b><b>Mom said, Put</b><b>salt on the door jams, say my prayers,</b><b>and tell them to leave you alone.</b><b>Dad said, Hang something in the door,</b><b>so I couldn't see it.</b><b>What is ghost-proof?</b><b>I put up a soft sculpture cloud</b><b>with a ribbon rainbow that ended in bells.</b><b>That night, I am so tired but prepared;</b><b>I have a flashlight,</b><b>extra covers, to pull over my head,</b><b>my camp-Bible and a really long book.</b><b>I was going to try and stay up and read</b><b>with a light on, as long as I could.</b><b>I fell asleep.</b><b>I woke up to footsteps</b><b>coming down the hall.</b><b>My pretty overhead lights still on.</b><b>I pinch, myself making sure I'm awake.</b><b>The man comes down the hall</b><b>and stops, outside my room.</b><b>Seething darkness just stands there,</b><b>looking at me.</b><b>Relieved that he can't get in, I pray,</b><b>until I fall asleep,</b><b>and, in the morning, he's gone;</b><b>every night this happens.</b><b>I become less afraid as time goes by, but</b><b>ask to change rooms, anyway,</b><b>to see if it stops.</b><b>My parents</b><b>say OK and I move to the green room.</b><b>Now, this room has green</b><b>wood-paneling and matching three-tone</b><b>green shag carpeting.</b><b>It is the first room on the left.</b><b>I set up the new room with my bed</b><b>facing away from the door,</b><b>so I couldn't see him, and moved</b><b>the rainbow-bells to the new doorway.</b><b>That night,</b><b>I heard him walk down the hall.</b><b>As he stopped in front of my new door,</b><b>I turned and, sure enough, there</b><b>he was, striking fear into my heart.</b><b>At some point,</b><b>I fell asleep, Bible in hand.</b><b>I asked dad for a door.</b><b>He installed an accordion door</b><b>with a tiny,</b><b>ineffectual, plastic lock, and,</b><b>I thought I'd won.</b><b>That night,</b><b>I fell asleep quickly, only to be woken</b><b>a few hours later by three</b><b>loud knocks on the door,</b><b>two feet from my head.</b><b>I learned to go back</b><b>to sleep and ignore it.</b><b>There are other incidents</b><b>that were not so easy to ignore.</b><b>So, please,</b><b>come back for another ghost-story</b><b>from "The House on the Corner."</b><b>Prerecorded in Pawtuxet.</b>