Tom, Steve and Dave.
Lettie Lavern Fox Buchanan
Dolly Fox Buchanan left us to join her husband Perry on Sept. 23, 2013. She was born on June 23, 1936 to Harriet and Thomas Fox in Seldovia, Alaska, the youngest of six children, and nicknamed “Dolly” by her family. She loved Seldovia, but left to move to Seward when she married Perry Buchanan, where they raised their three children. Perry and Dolly enjoyed having Dolly’s mother live with them in her later years.
Dolly loved fishing, helping string fish for the smokehouse, playing with her treasured Shih Tzu dogs and playing bingo with her friends. She especially loved doing beautifully detailed handwork, especially crocheting, often creating beautiful wedding dolls as gifts.
She is survived by her brothers, Thomas Fox, Arthur (and Martha) Fox and sisters, Mae (and Freddie) Sharp and Delores (and Pete) Peterson. She was predeceased by her brother Andrew Fox. Her children are Cathy (and Richard) Johnson of Bossier, Louisiana, Steven (and Janet) Buchanan and Thomas M. Buchanan of Seward, Alaska. She has eight grandchildren and six great grand children. She also helped raise many other children in the Seward area and counted Barbara Peterson as a special friend and one of her children.
A private service will be held in the spring of 2014.
Caviar
We made caviar from a few reds that they guys caught. It’s awesome!
DJ digging in!
We are really enjoying it – even Tom, who said “no, thanks” but then couldn’t stand to watch us enjoying something so much without trying it himself.
DJ and I searched recipies on Instructables the Food Network and YouTube (of course!) and we decided to do a double batch, testing brining before and after separating the eggs from the membranes. We didn’t see much difference, but we did see a lot of difference in the taste, based on brining time.
The eggs separated a lot easier than a previous time that I’d tried this, years ago. The freshness of the fish and cold temperature of the eggs really helped this time. We brined for about 6 minutes and that seemed to be just fine. The flavor is light and delicious and they are keeping quite well in the fridge – that is until someone pulls out the batches and crackers!
We’re looking forward to trying this with the silvers, pink and keta salmon too.
