Happiness is Jean Knight singing "Mr. Big Stuff" from 1971

Here.

Happiness is "More Than 60,000 Margaritas Reach Europe By Sea in 2017"

Oops, sorry, I read that wrong. Oh well, it's the thought that counts.

"More Than 60,000 Migrants Reach Europe By Sea in 2017"

You'll eat more fresh garlic if you own one of these

The Kuhn Rikon stainless steel garlic press fits the hand well, functions smoothly and cleans up easily with warm water. With it you can quickly press fresh garlic right into your pasta plate, soup, sauce, dressing, marinade or toast! And fresh is best, in all its phytochemical glory.

Happiness is Meijer wild Key West Pink shell-on shrimp and De Cecco fettuccine

After thawing and shelling the shrimp, the shells went into the salted, boiling pasta water for 3 minutes before adding the pasta to make the fettuccine truly "of the sea". I simply pulled the pasta insert out to discard the shells before cooking the pasta.

The shrimp were given a five minute bath in lemon juice, olive oil, pressed garlic, and cayenne pepper before sautéing in extra virgin olive oil during the last five minutes of pasta cooking.

A fresh salad on the side by the lady of the house from our own garden made the meal magnificent.

Three dined fabulously on a Friday evening at home for something a little north of $17 total, not each.

That's livin'. Italian. American. 

Happiness is not Caledonia, Michigan, in the spring, a town which with an east wind stinks of manure

 

Gentle gales,

Fanning their odiferous wings, dispense

Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole

These balmy spoils.

-- John Milton, Paradise Lost

Happiness is fast and easy grilled Mexican lime chicken cutlets for fajitas

The recipe is here:

2.0 lbs chicken cutlets (from Omaha Steaks, thanks Gramps!)

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

1/8 cup olive oil

1 tsp salt

1 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

Whisk ingredients together in a large bowl, throw in the thawed chicken and marinate up to 2 hours, grill it, slice it and serve it with your favorite salsa in a warm flour tortilla.

Happiness is that moment when Moe realizes "We ALL put in the yeast"

Here.

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled

-- Ecclesiastes 6:7

Happiness is Gordon Ramsay's braised short ribs of beef for Mother's Day

I'm at the "put up your feet" part right now.

Here.

Once you know what's best to eat and drink and how to prepare it, you can kind of set it on autopilot

A temperate person is not curious of fancies and deliciousness; he thinks not much, and speaks not often, of meat and drink.

-- Jeremy Taylor (c. 1613-1667)

Some of the top vitamin-rich foods

Fish are more vitamin rich than any other category

Seen here:

Tuna and trout

Spinach and kale

Sunflower and flax seeds

Broccoli

Pork

Beef and lamb

Mushrooms

Nuts

Eggs

Sweet bell peppers

Avocado

Peas

Butternut squash

Papaya

Dried fruits

Some of the top mineral-rich foods

Nuts are in a class all by themselves

Seen here:

Almonds, cashews and Brazil nuts

Beans and lentils

Spinach and kale

Salmon and sardines

Sunflower seeds, flax seeds and pumpkin seeds

Oysters, scallops, mussels and clams

Mushrooms

Oatmeal, whole wheat and wheat germ

Milk and yogurt

Beef and lamb

Avocado

Dark chocolate

Parmesan, Swiss and Mozzarella

Apricots, prunes, raisins, figs and dates 

Happiness is Jamarkus Jontiquil McKrackerberry III

"JJ" for short.

Or whatever.

Here.

Happiness is learning that antique glass has not in fact flowed

http://pioneercourthouse.org/cupola.html

Here:

The reason for the observation is that in the past, when panes of glass were commonly made by glassblowers, the technique used was to spin molten glass so as to create a round, mostly flat and even plate . . .. This plate was then cut to fit a window. The pieces were not absolutely flat; the edges of the disk became a different thickness as the glass spun. When installed in a window frame, the glass would be placed with the thicker side down both for the sake of stability and to prevent water accumulating in the lead cames at the bottom of the window. Occasionally such glass has been found installed with the thicker side at the top, left or right.

Happiness is Jimmie F. Rodgers singin' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and "Honeycomb" from 1957

Here.

Happiness at Easter is Grilled Leg of Lamb

We coated one like this with lemon zest and crushed dried rosemary leaves in olive oil after stuffing knife slits in the fat layer with flat garlic slices made from two cloves. The surface of the whole was also salted with Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper.

The charcoal fire was made in an 18" Weber grill with the coals to each side behind metal banks specially designed for the purpose by Weber, with a drip pan in the center.

The 4.6 pound lamb leg was roasted in the center of the covered grill, between the coal banks, for 1.5 hours, turned every 30 minutes with a righteous carbon steel pig tail.

It was perfect.

Thanks be to God. 

"For my next flip-flop, get a load of this!"

Happiness is finishing and filing US and State income taxes today, ahead of schedule

No matter how easy Turbo Tax makes it, the hoops you have to jump through to get the scraps with which they leave you is insane.

But between my time and the tax software it still cost me only 11.5 cents for each dollar back, a return on investment of almost 770%.

What a genius am I!

Happiness is Crane Lake Sangiovese

I'm consistently obtaining bottles of this marked 2013 for $5.29, and boy am I lovin' it.

Happiness is Yanni performing Aria, in the Royal Albert Hall, 1995

Here.

The origin is in the "Flower Duet" by Leo Delibes.

An amazing, full operatic version is here.