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Then stir in the sherry (may substitute sherry with more chicken stock) Add Parmesan/Romano cheeses and stir till thickened. May need to add more flour if too thin. Very gently add crabmeat carefully so not to break up the jumbo lumps. Fold over two times. Place either rice or toast points on bottom of ramekins, pour Crab Newburg sauce over which ever and top with more Parmesan cheese. Bake 20 minutes or until bubbly and brown. Serves six small ramekins.
PITA BREAD BITES
Cut pita bread in halves, then fourths, then eighths. Lay triangles on cookie sheet in a single layer. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and dried rosemary. Bake for five minutes at 350 degrees. Serve with the casserole with a small green salad.
We will have a Louisiana Fig Cake for dessert.
EnCana doubles dividend as profit rises 63%
CALGARY EnCana Corp. is doubling its quarterly dividend to 40 cents a share after fourth-quarter profit rose 63 per cent to $1.08-billion (U.S.) on higher oil and gas production. Earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 amounted to $1.43 a share diluted and compared with $663-million or 82 cents per share a year earlier, the Calgary-based energy giant said Thursday. The firm reports in U.S. dollars. .
MacPhail's rebuilding blocks
The Orioles traded shortstop Miguel Tejada in December partly because they believed their best hitter needed a change of scenery. Their trade of ace pitcher Erik Bedard yesterday was emblematic of an organization that has finally committed to a change of direction.
President of baseball operations Andy MacPhail made it clear that the Orioles are in a rebuilding mode for the first time in years, trading Bedard, the team's first legitimate ace since Mike Mussina, to the Seattle Mariners for five players, including promising young outfielder Adam Jones.
After several weeks of back-and-forth negotiations that sparked frustration on both sides, the two teams finally hammered out a deal that sends Jones, left-handed reliever George Sherrill and pitching prospects Chris Tillman, Tony Butler, and Kam Mickolio to Baltimore for Bedard, 28, who went 13-5 with a 3.16 ERA and set a franchise single-season record with 221 strikeouts in 2007.
Wolves calm as fan fury grows
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy insists he does not fear for his Molineux future despite a rising tide of fury from fans at the team's ailing season. McCarthy's wounded side face bottom-club Scunthorpe at Molineux tomorrow night in a Championship match which some view as vital to the continuing welfare of the manager's reign. After Saturday's limp exit from the FA Cup with a performance McCarthy today labelled as the worst of his tenure, Wolves must begin eating into the seven point gap separating them from the play-offs line to keep their season alive. But it promises to be a challenging night for players and manager after Saturday's Ninian Park misery concluded with angry fans barracking the players with chants of “You're not fit to wear the shirt" during the “warm-down." .
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