Friends for Jeff Spiegelman,
We have a lot of events this week. Please join us for one or all. We would love to have you.
-Free event Monday 9/15 at Tony Sausage House 8-9 a.m. Come by and let me buy you a cup of coffee.
-Free event Wednesday 9/17 at the Blackbird Community Center 6-8 p.m. This is a town hall meeting. Please come and let me know what issues are facing you and your family.
-Birthday Bash Fundraiser Saturday 9/20 at Harvest Ridge Winery 5-8 p.m. Please go to www.jeffDERepresentative.com for more details. Hope to see you there.
-In order to promote our next fundraiser on September 20th at Harvest Ridge Winery from 5-8 p.m. we are running a contest to win a Jeff Spiegelman Cookbook! Here’s how it works: SHARE the BIRTHDAY BASH event on your personal Facebook page and you’ll be given ONE chance to win! SHARE our page (JEFF SPIEGELMAN FOR DELAWARE STATE REPRESENTATIVE) and you’ll be given a SECOND chance to win! This contest will run until Friday, September 19th, 2014, when the winner will be announced. Please help us spread the word for our final fundraiser of this campaign season! Please remember, we need you to “share” the link in order to be entered into the contest, not just “like” it. https://www.facebook.com/friends4jeff
-We had a busy week in and around the 11th district. Monday night was a Middletown Town Council meeting. I got a chance to hear some concerns from constituents of mine in Estates of St. Anne.
-On Tuesday, the Governor signed my HJR15 recognizing the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s retirement from baseball and raising awareness about Lou Gehrig’s Disease/ALS. On hand was a crusader for the cause and my constituent, Kayla Wilson, who joined the Governor dumping the water as part of my ice bucket challenge. A good time was had by all for a good cause.
-On Wednesday I had an Unclaimed Property Task Force meeting and a town hall meeting with constituents at Hartly Elementary School. Thank you to everyone who attended. I really appreciate you stepping up and bringing forward your concerns about this great state.
-Thursday evening was the moving 9/11 ceremony at the Smyrna Citizen’s Hose #1. Friday was the annual Volunteer Firefighter Lunch at Dover Downs. A huge thank you to all of Delaware’s first responders.
-Yesterday was the Delaware GOP annual convention. I got a chance to take part in an Emerging Leaders panel. I really enjoyed the opportunity to speak and answer questions about Delaware’s future.
-To see photos of all these different events, please visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/friends4jeff
-In addition to the events I have already mentioned, we have a lot more going on. Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Hartly Fire Hall is an informational session about the Tappahanna Tax Ditch situation. Thursday at 1 p.m. is the Vintage Atlantic Wine Region event at Harvest Ridge. Friday at 9 a.m. is a dedication for the Hartly Elementary School’s new sign. Saturday morning is a show cancellation liquidation sale at Trinity Tactical 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at 4435 Summit Bridge Rd in Middletown. Call 302-355-1772 for more details. Saturday night, of course, is my Birthday Bash Fundraiser.
-We have been getting in a lot of door knocking and we could really use some help. If you are interested in helping us out by going door to door, conducting surveys, or driving, please let us know by emailing Samantha at manager@jeffDErepresentative.com
-If you would like to host a Jeff Spiegelman event at your house, please email Samantha at manager@jeffderepresentative.com. We would be happy to work with your schedule for a BBQ, a simple coffee, a quick chat with your friends/neighbors, or whatever else you had in mind.
-Please visit our Facebook page. Every time we reach a 100 fans milestone, a random fan of the page wins a free Jeff Spiegelman 2013-2014 cookbook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/friends4jeff to enter for your chance to win. As of this morning, we are only 23 likes away!
-My next round of constituent meetings for September and October is below. Constituents are invited to stop by one of the following meetings to share a question or concern about a legislative or district matter that they may have.
Here is the schedule:
– COFFEE MEETING – Monday, September 15th – Tony’s Sausage House (2814 Kenton Road, Smyrna) – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
– TOWN HALL MEETING – Wednesday, September 17th – Blackbird Community Center (120 Blackbird Forest Road, Townsend) – 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
– COFFEE MEETING – Monday, September 22nd – Willey Farms (Townsend) – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
– TOWN HALL MEETING – Monday, September 22nd – Townsend Fire Hall (107 Main Street) – 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
– COFFEE MEETING – Wednesday, October 1st – The Young Bean Coffee Shop (314 Main Street, Clayton) – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
– MEET & GREET – Friday, October 10th- Harvest Ridge Winery (447 Westville Road, Marydel, DE) – 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
– ICE CREAM SOCIAL – Wednesday, October 15th – Mamie Warren Senior Center (1775 Wheatleys Pond Road, Smyrna) – 12-noon to 1:00 p.m.
– MEET & GREET – Friday, October 24th – Painted Stave Distilling (106 W. Commerce Street, Smyrna) – 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
For whatever reason, the topic of Jamaican Jerk sauce came up in a couple of conversations over the last couple of weeks. I love jerk and it is fairly easy to make. You can use this recipe as a marinade or a sauce for pork, chicken, fish, or add butter beans and cook into rice.
Jerk has 3 basic ingredients:
-Scotch Bonnet peppers
-Freshly ground allspice
-Fresh thyme
I usually make the sauce a little different every time. As long as you use the three above, the flavor can be manipulated. Here is the most recent incarnation. Careful, it is VERY spicy.
-3 de-seeded Scotch Bonnet peppers
-1 teaspoon fresh thyme
-1 tablespoon freshly ground allspice
-1 teaspoon ginger powder
-1 garlic clove
-1/2 a medium onion
-Salt and pepper to taste
-large dash of nutmeg
-1 cup sweet red wine (I used Blue Hen Blue by Harvest Ridge Winery)
Combine all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Use as an overnight marinade for your choice of meat. Or, brush on meat while cooking. Or cook down to make a sauce, adding more wine as needed. Or, why not do all three?
Thanks.
Jeff Spiegelman
Representative 11th District
Dover: 302-744-4171
Wilmington: 302-577-8723
Cell: 302-399-7728
Fax: 302-739-2773
Constituent: jeff.spiegelman@state.de.us
Personal: jeff@jeffderepresentative.com
Legislative Hall: PO Box 1401. Dover, DE 19903
Personal: PO Box 869. Clayton, DE. 19938
www.jeffspiegelman.com
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