A Swiss Quiche and the Observer

Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Thursday, October 27, 2011. Scotty, the Observer, has just returned from a sweep of the Middle East and he is quite distressed. When Scotty is upset he eats and our job is to prepare his breakfast and listen to his observations.

This morning we will be creating a Swiss Quiche. You will need 1-9 inch deep dish frozen pie crust, 1/2 pound bulk pork sausage, 3 ounces shredded swiss cheese, 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard, 2 tablespoons chopped onion, 3 tablespoons chopped mushrooms, 1 and 1/2 tablespoons soft cream cheese, 3 eggs, 1 cup half and half, 1/2 teaspoon paprika and salt and pepper to taste.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Defrost pie crust at room temperature for about 15 minutes. Cook sausage and break into small chunks. Add cream cheese and Dijon. Sir well and set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine eggs, cream, onions and mushrooms. Spread sausage mixture in the bottom of the pie crust. Sprinkle Swiss cheese over top and press down gently. Pour egg mixture over the top and sprinkle paprika, salt and pepper.

Place the quiche in the oven on the bottom rack and bake for 15 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 325 degrees and cook for 30 minutes more until the top is golden brown and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the quiche sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Bring your quiche over to my house. Scotty and I will greet you at the door. Scotty will relieve you of your quiche and you can relieve me of my tray of Bloody Marys. See you soon.

Welcome by dear, most respected, earthling friends. I remember the joy that spread through the nation at the prospect of an Arab Spring. We all imagined a new dawn in the Middle East. Our hearts and minds were allied with the people protesting in the streets. They yearned for freedom, or so we thought. They were ready to embrace democracy, or so we thought. We romanticized the moment and infused it with our own love of freedom.

Now that we can step back a bit, it is time to see the reality of the "Arab Spring". The killing of Gadhafi will surely lead to the institution of Sharia law in Libya. There is very little surprise here. I ask you where is the victory? This alien thinks it's a hollow one. I am quite sure your president knows that too.

Mistakes are being made all over the place. Your president has announced that your troops will be leaving Iraq by the holidays. I am quite sure the Iranians are licking their lips as we speak at the prospect of an unprotected Iraq. The Obama administration knows quite well what will happen when the troops leave. To leave without at least leaving some troops in Iraq is a tragic mistake and the repercussions will fall at your president's doorstep.

Chaos has emerged from the ashes of the Arab Spring. Egypt is going the way of radical Islam. Tunisia is heading that way too. Your president can falsely claim victories in foreign policy but as the situation in the Middle East worsens the truth will become painfully clear to you and the rest of the world. Radical Islam poses a massive threat to the stability of the region and to pretend otherwise is suicide.

The bloom is off the rose and the chill of winter is sweeping in. You really need to put someone in the White House who understands the danger... NA, NU, NA, NU...SCOTTY...NU, NA, NU, NA...POP...