Argentine Delights........Apple Empanadas

I learned to make empanadas with all kinds of fillings, but these are special with Costa Rican coffee.
Standard pastry dough cut in 5" circles
Cook sliced apples with sugar,cinnamon and a couple of tablespoons of water and a stick of butter.
Let apples cool and fill dough sparingly.
Fold into a half moon and crimp edges.....the real deal has 13 folds
Bake for 45 minutes in a 325 degree oven
Brush with melted butter and allow room temperature

Location:US-50,Canon City,United States

A Long Winters Nap

                                            Back At It..........
After a good winter's nap.....not a long one, us spoiled dry fly fishermen are back at it.  I got to spend a good portion of December at Rio Manson Lodge in the Patagonia region of Argentina.  Big fish on big dries, wonderful people, wonderful accommodations,  killer cuisine, and all the Malbec I could drink, which turned out to be a lot.  Now the BWOs are hatching and swinging Caddis pupa is right around the corner.  Not a bad time to give my new Sage Circa 894 a workout.   Maybe the best graphite dry fly rod I've ever fished.  The new Orvis H2 is the best all around fly Rod currently made,  but the Circa sings a dry fly song.  Join me on the river.  I'm headed there now.