The Crabby Cook, Video #2: “Oliver Matures”
Here I am bragging about my near-perfect golden retriever, Oliver, and his impending birthday.

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Here I am bragging about my near-perfect golden retriever, Oliver, and his impending birthday.
Tags: dog humor, golden retriever, Jessica Harper
August 26th, 2010 at 4:13 am
Happy birthday, Oliver, you incorrigible pooch!
August 27th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Jessica,
These are priceless. They’re like 90-second morale boosters for the chronically cranky. I enjoyed ALL of them, but will affirm my partiality for “The Book Club”–for obvious reasons–especially after a lifetime of hearing about my father’s Great Books Club meetings…In fact, I think I’ll get him to have them watch your video as part of their next ‘assignment’…Keep up the good work, or rather, the good fight!
August 27th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Jessica,
These are priceless. They’re like 90-second morale boosters for the chronically cranky. I enjoyed ALL of them, but will affirm my partiality for “The Book Group”–for obvious reasons–especially after a lifetime of hearing about my father’s Great Books Club meetings…In fact, I think I’ll get him to have them watch your video as part of their next ‘assignment’…Keep up the good work, or rather, the good fight!
August 29th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha gasp ha ha ha! PLUS love yr outfits!
September 8th, 2010 at 11:18 am
He still does respect you as the alpha Mom, (wouldn’t dare say dog), cause he at least waited until you left. Brightened my day!!!
September 8th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Lol ! Great video Jessica. I can’t blame Oliver, those burgers *do* look mighty good ! I have great turkey burger recipe if you or anyone else is interested.
September 8th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Always interested in a great recipe..bring it on!
September 8th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
My husband, Steve, is doing almost ALL the cooking now because he has discovered that he is a grill master. He does all the shopping and all the grilling. I have lots of energy for praise and I have to say that PRAISE WORKS! I love anything cooked by someone else.
September 8th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Jessica, you are too cute. Oliver’s House! How cute, he is such a doll and a ham. GO OLIVER!!!!Rock On!
September 9th, 2010 at 9:07 am
I loved all of your Crabby Cook videos, especially Praise and The Book Group. I take it Silence of the Lambs will not be one of the monthly books chosen. Water For Chocolate might work for you though. Best wishes.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:12 am
(My Favorite) TURKEY BURGER RECIPE :
1) Heat Grill to High.
2) In a medium bowl, use a fork to combine 1 & 1/2 pounds of ground turkey (preferably 92/93 percent lean) w/ 1/2 cup of finely grated Gruyere cheese (no subsitutes! it *has* to be Gruyere!), 4 thinly sliced scallions, 1/4 cup dried breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup Dijon mustard, and 1 minced garlic clove; season generously w/ salt & pepper.
3) Gently form mixure and make into patties. I prefer bigger thin patties, some people like smaller patties but when they grill up they can sometimes almost become a meatball.
4) Lightly oil grill, place patties on hottest part of the grill to sear until brown, then move to cooler part of the grill and continue grilling until cooked through, generally 5 to 10 min. per side.
I apologize if this is a recipe you all have had before, or if you don’t enjoy it, but it’s never failed at our BBQ gatherings.
My only request is that you e-mail me at cmack5@verizon.net or post on this thread to let me know if you enjoyed them or not. Or if you put your own little twist to it. (I like a little dash of Worcester sauce on the burgers every once in awhile, my wife doesn’t.)
Wow this is my first ever recipe post! I’m just a Dad/Hubby who likes to cook now & again.
Enjoy ! -Chris
September 9th, 2010 at 9:17 am
I almost forgot, you can dress these babies up w/ some fresh lettuce, tomato, jalapenos (for the daring!), peppercini hots and/or another slice of fresh vidalia onion. (I take no responsabilty for onion breath afterwords!)
September 12th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
I should have written: Like Water For Chocolate (by Laura Esquivel).