This Just In January 2019

January 2019

Daniels Energy Special Customer Savings News

" This Just In..."

We want to thank you.

This year more than 3,800 Daniels Energy customers opened our e mails on an average month. 3,800! Wow. Amazing. Plus, we've had nearly 1,600 people play the various quizzes we offer each month. For those of us at "This Just In..." we say - thanks.

However....we do apologize for a recent event through our Daniels MYAccount portal that may have sent you multiple e mails. We are working to make sure that doesn't happen again in the future.

As the holiday season ends and the New Year arrives, please know that we very much appreciate your kind words and patronage and will work harder than ever to meet your oil, propane, heating and cooling needs in 2019.

And hopefully give you a quick 5-minute break once a month.

That's Odd

Daniels Special Customer New Year Savings

Strangest named towns in each state.

(Nothing personal Moosup)

Thinking of Moving?

People all over the world were asked, "If you were moving to a foreign country for work, which country would you prefer?"

What would your answer be?

Moral: If it ain't yours - don't take it.

Daniels Energy Special Customer Savigns News

January Art #1

The Devil Skating When Hell Freezes Over
by John Collier

John Maler Collier 27 January 1850 - 11 April 1934) was a leading English artist, and an author. He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation. Both his marriages were to daughters of Thomas Henry Huxley . He studied painting at the M unich Academy starting in 1875 .

More about him here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Collier_(painter )

A Bit of a Freudian Rhyme

(Trigger-alert. Caution the work sex will be used).*

Daniels Energy Special Customer Winter Savings News

A quirky old gent, name of Freud,

Was, not without reason, anneud

That his concept of Id,

And all that Id did,

Was so starkly and loosely empleud. - Martin Fagg

"If you dream," said the eminent Freud,
"Your Id is in doubt, or annoyed,
By neuroses complex
From suppression of sex,
So passions are best if enjoyed." - Russell Miller

Sigmund Freud says that one who reflects
Sees that sex has far-reaching effects,
For bottled-up urges
Come out in great surges
In directions that no-one expects. - Peter Alexander

Said Freud: "I've discovered the Id.
Of all your repressions be rid.
It won't ease the gravity
Of all the depravity,
But you'll know why you did what you did." - Frank Richards

*oh please.

Quiz #1

177 of you recognized Frank Zappa last month. 177!!! David decided to give two awards because there were so many correct answers.

So...in an effort to save a buck, we're going hardcore this month. Welcome to January. It's cold out there. Who is this distinguished gentleman? Think you know - tell us here and, well, we still have a stash of $25 Visa cards.

"Little Help"

We would like to ask, on behalf of the hardest working men in the oil and propane business for you to be sure to clear a path to your fill pipe in the event of snow. (Which of course we will get 13x this winter)

Also, if your propane tank is buried, please be sure that put a marker near it's fill location. And, since we're asking, please note that it is pretty difficult to get big oil and propane trucks down long and winding snow covered driveways.

Finally, a cup of hot chocolate, some biscuits and maybe a shot of bourbon - wait, hang on...no bourbon - we've got work to do!

Dinner & A Movie

We're bringing back an old favorite. Dinner & a movie!

Let's start with dinner...something simple. A stay-in, make it in an hour and enjoy it while you watch the movie. It's the Vietnamese banh mi sandwich.

If you haven't tried one by now, you've been missing out on a truly remarkable sandwich. At once exotic, but at the same time decidedly familiar, these guys are unlike anything in the American mealtime lineup. No cheese or mustard here, just the perfect marriage of sour, salty and savory Vietnamese flavors on a sweet, light-as-air, French baguette all harmoniously coming together in one killer snack.

Topped with crunchy pickled carrots and daikon, cool sliced cucumber, aromatic cilantro and spicy chilies, a good banh mi is a melange of flavors and textures. Not unlike a BLT, banh mi are salty, crunchy and juicy with a nice counterpoint of warm meats. Packed with savory roast pork the real beauty of this sandwich is its variety of delicious proteins. This is the Asian sandwich.

Serves 4-6

Caramelized Pork and Bánh mì Assembly

1-1.5 pound pork tenderloin
3 tablespoons Fish sauce
2 tablespoons Maple Syrup
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 slice ginger, minced
1 green onion, sliced thinly
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 loaf sweet French baguette (thin) or french bread sandwich rolls. Try to get the kind of French bread with a crisp crust and tender light center.
red leaf lettuce
pickled carrot and radishes (see below)
sliced jalapeno chili peppers
cilantro
Pâté(optional, but recommended)

Cut tenderloin across the grain of the meat into ½ inch pieces. Flatten each piece to an even ¼ inch between two pieces of saran wrap using a meat pounder, rolling pin, or large bottle.
Mix ingredients from fish sauce to black pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning - it should be sweet and savory so add more soy, salt, or sesame oil as you like. Add marinade to the meat and use your hands or large spoon to make sure all pieces of meat are coated in marinade. Marinate for 10-30 minutes.
You can cook the pork on the grill outdoors (best) or indoors using a grill pan or cast iron pan, something that you can get very hot. Heat grill or grill pan to high and turn on that vent fan! Add vegetable oil to meat and stir to coat. Sear first side of meat until very dark brown on one side, then flip and sear on the second side. One/two minutes on each side.
To assemble sandwiches, slice baguette and spread mayonnaise on one side, pâté on the other. Add lettuce, meat, pickled vegetables, cilantro and peppers. Dig in!

Pickled Carrots and Radishes

1/4 pound baby carrots, peeled
1 bunch red radishes, preferably breakfast radishes (daikon are more traditional. I just think red radishes are beautiful.)
1/2 cup water
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar

Slice carrots and radishes into quarters (or sixths for thicker guys) lengthwise. Mix all ingredients together. Taste for seasoning. Let stand as little as an hour or up to overnight. They keep for several days.

Now, for the movie...1941...(OK, yeah, we know, but give it a chance). Ball of Fire.

Gary Cooper and a knock out Barbara Stanwyck.

A group of ivory-tower lexicographers realize they need to hear how real people talk, and end up helping a beautiful singer avoid police and escape from the Mob. Directed by Howard Hawks and written by Charles Bracket, this is a timeless comedy that you will absolutely love. Yes. We're sure. Here's a peek at the trailer.

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/159753/Ball-Of-Fire-Original-Trailer-.html

OK for those of you under 100 who never heard of Cooper & Stanwyck, may we suggest a sure crowd-pleaser (plus there's dancing!):

https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/dirty-dancing

Captain Swing

" An Original Portrait of Captain Swing," 1830. Captain Swing was an invented revolutionary who became the embodiment of the anger of British agricultural workers in the early 1800s.

As workers were displaced by enclosure (the privatization of land) and new machines, there was a wave of arson and sabotage that was often attributed to "Captain Swing."

Quiz #2

She was a big star (so said Google) in the '80s and apparently she still is. So...who is this lovely person? Tell us here and you may win a shiny new Visa gift card. Last month's winners were Lousia K and Ellen D who were among the multitude ( 100+) who recognized Mr. Frank Zappa.

Ron M figured out that we wouldn't give him the penny , so he got 100 quarters for his right answer. And... Christina W recognized our Senja Norway getaway. January kicks off 12 more chances to win. So, please...keep playing.

January Ennui

Yep. Feeling just about like this.

January Art #2

The Ice Cutters by Natilia Concharova (1911)

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian) July 3, 1881 - October 17, 1962) was a Russian Avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer , writer, illustrator, and set designer.

She was a founding member of both the Jack of Diamonds , Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting group, and the art movement known as Der Blaue Reiter . Born in Russia, she moved to Paris in 1921 and lived there until her death. More about her here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Goncharova