Fathers Day in Seldovia, Alaska


If you would like to see a little piece of Alaska that is very special you must visit Seldovia, Alaska. Leaving from Homer Boat Harbor on the Seldovia Tribes Fast Ferry (which reaches speed of up to 40 mph.) It only takes about 45 minutes to get to Seldovia.
As you walk down the wooden docks and up the ramp to the town the first thing you will come to is the Sea Parrot in which is a wonderful place to stay as well as eat while visiting. The Sea Parrot is also a local Seldovian meeting spot, at sometime or other during the day many residents stop by if only to catch up on the news of the day. My husband and I were lucky enough to be there when a group of colorful characters had stopped in for a cup of coffee and a chat. Soon my husband and I were laughing so hard that our faces hurt. Everything from fishing stories to bear stories and each one more entertaining than the last.

That evening we went on a little ride about and saw a mother black bear and her young cub, what a cool thing to see a wild baby! They were beautiful.

 

 

These ravens were eating just about any type of food they could find during the winter months here and these guys are only about 1/2 the size of their northern interior cousins. Why are there raven pic on the moose blog you might wonder?  Well we are feeling like these ravens about now, the moose is all gone and hunting season is months away. So I thought here is a recipe that we make when there is no moose and you want something wonderful.

 

Baby Back Ribs
1 cup of Grand Mariner orange liquor
Rose Mary Fresh at least 5 stems if possible- dry works in a pinch
1 Cup Molasses
Cracked Black Pepper
1 tbsp butter

Boil the ribs in salt water with the fresh rosemary or 1 tbsp dry rosemary for 2 hours. Remove and let stand for 10 minutes. Then rub with 1/2 cup molasses and pepper and salt and 2 tsp dry rosemary.
Let stand with rub on it for 1 hour in cool place.

In small sauce pan mix 1/2 cup molasses and 1 cup of the liquor and the butter simmer and reduce to 1/2. Remove from heat.  This is your basting and dipping sauce and boy is it good..

Grill the ribs on the BBQ on med to low heat basting thick and often, turn often.
These are mouth watering and so filling. Serve with potato salad or rice or baked potatoes.