Sue is absolutely right about the lack of exercise in our school systems. Why they did away with gym, and why these schools serve all this crap at lunch and breakfast, well, I know it's about money, but really. The kids are now obese and it has been said, the next generation will not outlive our generation due to obesity, diabetes, etc. It's frightening.

I remember we had gym class once a week when I was about 12. We had this stupid gym uniform. We had to play dodge ball, and volley ball, and we had to run around the gym. I was chubby and all the other kids made fun of me.

It made for lots of problems with the teachers keeping order. Can you imagine a teacher with 55 kids in one class, during a gym period, keeping everybody in line, running around, exercising??? Don't think so. Kids today run the show. There is no discipline in any of the schools unless the schools are run by the military, and we don't have schools that are run by the military. I wish we did.

Kids today bring cell phones, bring ipods, bring everything but the books. Kids have to go through metal detectors before they go to class. Any of you have to go through metal detectors way back when?? Didn't think so!!!

No, the world we live in today is a far cry from 40 years ago.

Too much freedom, too little lack of discipline. When they took away the parents rights, they lost it all.

Oh, for the good old days.

And Brian, all I do is take some fillet of anything I want, like sole, flounder, tilapia, or tubot, (it just can't have any bones). Now this recipe is for when I want to bread the fish. Here's how!!!In one bowl, I put egg substitute (or egg whites).

Now in another bowl, I put plain breadcrumbs that have no salt added. To the breadcrumbs, I add some garlic poweder, some minced onion, some cumin, some fresh chopped parsley.

Dip the fish in the egg substitute and then dip the fish in the breadcrumb mixture. Spray a frying pan with some no-stick spray. Heat the pan and put the fish in. Keep turning the fish as it browns. Takes about 5 minutes for a thin piece of fish. Fish cooks very quickly. Sprinkle on some fresh lemon juice and (only if you like salt and pepper), just season to taste.

Add some veggies and nice tossed salad and you're good to go.


Now if you don't want to bread the fish, here's how this recipe goes:

Spray a non-stick pan with no-stick spray (any frying pan will do just as long as you have no-stick spray). Chop up some parsley. Put on fish. Now take some chopped up garlic and put it in the pan with the parsley. Saute the garlic a bit together with the parsley. Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil in this mixture. Then add the fish, and cook on one site for 3 minutes, turn it over and cook it another 3 minutes. Fish is done when it is white and flakey.

I also do this with Salmon. Over here, Salmon has one side with the skin still on. And this is a really good Salmon recipe.

Heat up a pan first (using no-stick spray). Put the fish in skin side down. In 5 minutes, turn it over and the skin will peel right off. Throw that away. Now you'll have a nice piece of boneless salmon. Just add chopped up garlic, parsley and lemon juice and cook until it's done. Salmon is thick so this is a trial and error thing. You'll know after you do this a few times.

It's delicious. I also have a George Forman Grill and Salmon is good on that.

But regular fish is too thin for the George Forman.

So Happy Cooking. This is what I made tonight. Fillet of Catfish, zucchini and a nice salad. Alan was a happy man.

Take care,

Melody