This Week On Suppertime: Winner Winner Chicken Finger Diner Dinner

 Suppertime is a radio show broadcast from Prince George BC on Cfur 88.7. Combining glorious music and super food. Just eat it!Sundays 6pm-7pm live on 88.7 FM

Chicken fingers and fries. Diner music. Chow down!

For the chicken fingers:

Chicken cut into strips

Buttermilk

Panko breads crumbs

1 egg

For the Fries:

A couple potatoes ( Russet are good)

Oil

Rosemary

For the dipping sauce:

2 tbs mayo

1 tbs buttermilk

2 tsp chopped green onion

¼ tsp cumin

• First, let your cut up chicken strips soak in some buttermilk for an hour to up to 1 day
• When you’re about ready to cook your chicken, start your fries first. Cut the potato into 1cm wedges. Put a glug of oil on a cookie sheet then add your potatoes wedges. Mix up with hands, add salt and pepper and some fresh rosemary if you have
• Throw into oven at 400 degrees
• In the meantime, were going to dredge the chicken. One by one, shake off the excess buttermilk on each chicken strip. Salt and pepper it. Dip into beaten egg. Now dip into the panko crumbs, I usually use a plate for this endeavor.
• Now your chicken is ready, go to the oven and see if your fries are ready to flip. If so, flip them and on the same cookie sheet you can and add your chicken. Or if you like dishes put it on a new sheet, up to you.
• Now make your buttermilk sauce. Add all ingredients into a bowl and stir, adding salt and pepper. Adjust any seasoning for your taste, add anything you think would be cool.
• Fries should take a total of 15-20 minutes, so the chicken will have to catch up. Remove fries once they are golden brown, and let the chicken cook for another 10ish minutes. Chickens should take 20-25 minutes in total.

A Diner Playlist:

The Chordettes – Lollipop

The Diamonds – Little Darlin

Chuck Berry – Maybeline

Buddy Holly – Midnight Shift

The Mama’s and The Papa’s – Sing for Your Supper

The Paupers – If I told My Baby

The George Baker Selection – Little Green Bag

Suzanne Vega – Toms Diner ( palate cleanser 1)

Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy – ( Palate cleanser 2)

Ox – Ojibway Diner

Tom Waits – Eggs and Sausage

Modest Mouse – All Night Diner

Atlas Strategic – Chicken Shack

The Gaslight Anthem – Here’s Looking at You Kid

Listen Online at http://www.mixcloud.com/suppertime/

Follow Recipe Blog at : http://cfursuppertime.wordpress.com/

Pallin' Around With CFUR Pals!!!

Just a day in the life of the greatness that is life at the CFUR office, an experience that could be yours too if you volunteered!  

Twin Peaks For Prez

Help our beloved duo, Twin Peaks, catch a break!

One of our regular musical guests, Twin Peaks of Fort St. John B.C., recently entered a contest. If we can help them out, just by clicking on a box, why not? With a lot of clicks, they'll receive an actual budget for equipment (a sight for sore eyes I must say), and a spot on huge Canadian music show. Click their picture below and you will be transported to a virtual land where a little blue box awaits your vote.

Every time you vote, you become eligible for your very own prize from Yamaha Music Canada! Find out more about the contest here.

New Music Taste For April 2nd!

Coming at you straight from the Music Director's desk, this is a little compilation of the newest, neatest stuff to come through our door! Some of it is CanCon, some of it's not, but it's all awesome. Featuring tracks from the new Hold Steady, Metronomy, and Foster the People albums, as well as many undiscovered gems! http://8tracks.com/japersnipe/fresh-tape-april-2nd

This mix is hosted by Choupette Lagerfeld, the best diva in the world.

Sweetwater 905 Festival!

In beautiful Rolla BC, the Roots Music Fest of your life takes shape: Sweetwater! The gently rolling landscape of BC's Peace Country serves as the backdrop for this Hootenanny. 2014's festival line-up boasts talent of local origin, and those far afield. Prince George's own Scott Dunbar for one will have the stage to his own. The Fort St. John songbirds Twin Peaks, will be in attendance. I don't want to shove anyone on top of the pile and call them the "HEADLINER," but C.R. Avery always draws a crowd with his on-and-off-stage antics, as well as his sharp spoken word talents.

Camping, bonfires, the Rolla Pub, and all the grass your horse can eat are at hand. See you there!

SWEETWATER 905  Arts Festival  JUNE 13,14,15 2014

Cariboo Calling – A Spoken Word Event – Tues, April 8th

Head down to Cariboo Calling, a Spoken Word event, at Alfredo’s Pub on Tuesday, April 8th @ 8p.m. If you have some material you want to radiate upon the world at large, or to the localized area of Prince George, the opportunity awaits you at Alfredo’s!

Don’t let New York’s  bohemians and hipsters have all the fun. Let’s get to it and bring on the poems, the collaboration, the improvisation, and the beer. Alfredo’s offers specials by the way… The continuation of this Spoken Word night depends upon attendance. If you want to reinforce the presence of Poetry, Arts, Standup, and independent thought in Prince George, come out and enjoy the scene. The best way to enhance the quality and amount of performance, performance opportunities, and the avant-garde in general, is to attend and participate. With that in mind, please feel free to join us for the evening and get the poetic ball rolling.

Don’t have a car, or don’t want to drive? The busses come right to Alfredo’s! The 15 stops in front, the 17 & 18 turn up the corner on Foothills & University Way, the 1, 11, 5 & 55 stop within a stone’s throw, and the 46, 47, 88 & 89 all stop a 15 min walk distance down 15th Ave. Sorry 91, 12, & 16, a transfer is in your future. It’s also located in an extremely flat, bicycle friendly, part of town.

Please pass the word on to any Poets, Spoken Word Artists, or aficionados you know. If you would like more information, or to receive updates about future Spoken Word events, email me at programming@cfur.ca and ask to be put on the Spoken Word Mailing List.

Comforting Chicken Pot Pie

 Suppertime is a radio show broadcast from Prince George BC on Cfur 88.7. Combining glorious music and super food. Just eat it!Sundays 6pm-7pm live on 88.7 FM

Though it is March, there is still plenty of snow and cold wind to go around. Take some comfort and warmth in eating chicken pot pie and listening to cozy songs. This recipe makes about 8 small pies, or 2 big ones. I use chicken with bone in order to use the bones to make the stock for the recipe, if you do not have any chicken bones use what you have!

4 chicken things, bone in and skin on

3 carrots, diced

3 celery stalks, diced

2 onions, diced

4 cloves of garlic

½ cup of peas (optional)

2/4 cups of cream, half and half, or milk

2 tbsp flour

2 tbsp butter

Fresh sprig of rosemary

4 cups of chicken stalk

Puff pastry – 1 pkg

• First we cook the chicken. Turn oven on to 350. Heat up some oil in a pan along with a clove or 2 of peeled garlic over medium heat.
• Add the chicken skin side down. Let cook about 5 minutes. Flip over. Brown all sides nicely
• Throw chicken in oven for about 35 minutes or until juices run clear. With a bone inside it’ll take a little longer
• While the chicken is cooking, dice up all of your veggies
• Start sautéing all of you veggies minus the peas over medium heat, cook just until onions are beginning to clear and the veggies begin to soften. At this time add 2 cloves of minced garlic and sauté for another 5 minutes. Add some salt and pepper. Set aside
• Once chicken is done allow to rest for 10 minutes or so.
• Once cool enough to handle, peel all of the meat off and shred with your fingers
• THE SKIN! The skin should be golden brown, crunchy and delicious. Eat now or chop up into lovely little bits.
• Add the skin and the chicken to your pot of veggies.
• Add the bones to a pot and fill with about 4.5 cups of water
• Bring the bone water to a boil, once there reduce heat and put a lid on half way. Simmer for 1 to 2 hours. ( longer = better)
• Meanwhile, put your meat and veggies in the fridge,
• Once stock is done, melt the butter in a sauce pan over low-medium heat. Slowly incorporate flour, stirring so there is a lovely white paste. Add salt and pepper. Add the cream and stir everyone now and then until the sauce has thickened, about 10 minutes
• Add the stock and a sprig of fresh rosemary if you have. Bring to a boil, keep stirring until sauce has thickened again. About as thick so that when you dip a spoon in, it comes out covered.
• Bring out your veggies and meat and add your peas. Remove rosemary and add the sauce. Stir nicely. Now is time to fill some pies!
• Fill your mini pie shells or big pie shells with filling. Add puff pastry over top. Crunch down sides. Slit 2 lines in top to allow steam. Bake now or freeze!!

A comforting play list:

Grimes – Symphonia IX ( my wait is u) Beach Fossils – Window View

Beach House – Lazuli

Bob Dylan- Girl From The North Country

The Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon

Bon Iver – Flume

Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand

Arcade Fire – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)

The Walkmen – Bows and Arrows

Radiohead – Blow Out (Acoustic)

Kevin Drew- Gang Bang Suicide

The Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place ( Naïve Melody)

Listen online: http://www.mixcloud.com/suppertime/

Meet the tasteful host, Jill, every Sunday @ 6pm and Friday @ 5pm

Karaoke: The Way to End the Semester Right

Over the Edge/CFUR Multimedia Reporter, Jon White, belting out Tenacious D at Thirsty Moose's Karaoke Night. Photo by Kathryn Berry

Karaoke: The Way to End the Semester Right

By Jon White, Multimedia Reporter

Tunes and booze: two great things in life that are even better when combined. With the semester ramping down and exams on everyone’s minds, one has to take the time out to make sure one can relax a bit or else the brain will overload . The Thirsty Moose had a great karaoke night on Wednesday 26 March 2014, and one could hardly tell exam time was looming by the celebrations and good cheer that filled the pub. The pub was packed, everyone had a good time, and there were smiles from wall to wall. The reason? Karaoke mixed with the magic of liquid courage.

An enthusiastic gentleman named Matt, using a program called Karafun, handed out binders packed with song choices, including many uncommon artists, such as musical comedians Stephen Lynch and Tenacious D. Once the binders got passed around, there was the usual reluctance of having someone go first. However, much like dominoes, once it starts, there is a chain reaction and there a constant flow of people getting on stage trying to sing.

The music selection is usually varied, as people’s music taste varies from person to person. In the span of an hour, some songs that were heard were, “Juicy” by Notorious BIG, “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” by Big & Rich, “Buttercup Baby” by The Foundations and “Beelzeboss” by Tenacious D. The refreshing thing was that all of these songs were sung uncensored, which is a relief for fans of the artist as their product is being represented in the original artist’s vision. Granted, not everyone sounds as good as the original artist, but the lack of singing ability is part of the karaoke fun.

People are guilty of singing along to their favourite songs, whether it is in the shower, the car, or even at work when they think no one is watching. So why not try belting out a song at karaoke? One is in a room filled with other like-minded individuals, as karaoke nights are a popular activity in this town, so there is less judgement being passed onto the singer. There is no denying that there are some phenomenal singers on any given night, some equaling or surpassing how good the original artist was. Regardless of skill level though, if one knows the words to a song, karaoke can be an engaging and liberating night out. To see how enthralling a song can be, just take a look around and notice how many other people are singing along or even nodding their head in time with the beat.

Karaoke brings people together and celebrates music, whether they realize it or not. So for anyone who is a fan of music, go out and grab a microphone and sing. Granted, alcohol may be needed to coax someone on stage, but hey, that is why alcohol is called liquid courage, right ? For those who are not fans of drinking, a night of music is still a good reprieve from the drudgery of a weekday.

What are some of your favourite karaoke songs?

End of Semester Desperation Blues

From CFUR to you: a playlist of grumpy happy shiny songs to help you through the craziness of the end of semester. Check it out on 8tracks.