Saturday evening... Dinner and a new toy.

Denise decided to try some cordon bleu pork fillets and home fried taters last night.



She pounded the pork fillets, filled them with ham and Swiss cheese, and then rolled them and pinned them with tooth picks. After dippin' them in batter and bread crumbs, Denise grilled the pork fillets for a while, while the taters and onions cooked in another pan. While all that went on...



I made the drinks. Denise went for her usual, a 7&7, and I had a rum (Cruzan, there on the top shelf of the cupboard) and Coke.



The dinner turned out wonderfully, and gave me all kinds of ideas about what one could do with this basic concept. Maybe cut the meat thinner, so you can wrap it like a burrito. Fill it with ham, bacon, shrimp, hot mustard and cheese? Mmmmm, good.



After dinner put a big log on the fire and checked the front porch to see if I'd gotten any mail. Sure enough there was a box from the Sportsman's Guide.



I opened the box and there was my newest toy. A Crosman C 41 BB pistol. I saw it in the last catalog they sent and had to have one.



It's a close replica of a German Walther P-38 from the Second World War.



It takes Co2 cartridges and regular metal BBs. I went to Wal Mart and got a box of 24 cartridges. The first one fit in perfectly, tightening with a few turns of the nob at the bottom of the handle.



The clip slides out, not unlike the real thing, and easily loads with about 18 BBs. I took it out in the back yard, set up a Coke can near the fence, took aim and put a hole right through it. Works like a charm. 495 feet per second? Hmmmm. Now maybe I can get some easy, cheap practice in the back yard and try to get better with my .45.

It's been a good, relaxed, cold weekend. Hope yours has been good too. Cheers.