Afternoon everyone....
Happy Good Friday all….
It’s a miserable day out here in the Northeast, my buddy Summertooth should be landing in New York shortly with his daughter. While he is visiting the city we will be meeting up, I’m not sure how many times but I will definitely be seeing him.
When my family were all still alive, this was a massive day. My father’s uncle would make a feast. A huge pot of bacalao stew, which is salted cod for those that don’t know. He would soak it overnight in milk to remove the salt and rehydrate the fish. It was cooked with potatoes, white wine, onions, garlic, peppers, fresh plum tomatoes. It was delicious!!!
He would also make a grilled octopus dish that was out of this world, as well as shrimp scampi with linguini. There would also be fresh baked focaccia, breads and all sorts of Italian pastries.
I miss those days…
This is a ten ounce bar produced by the Golden State Mint. It is appropriately named the Samurai bar. The detail is fantastic and it’s got a cameo look to it as well.
Here is the description from the Golden State Mint website:
The Samurai is one of the most important symbols not only from Japan, but from universal history. A Samurai represents that a true warrior must defend ideas like loyalty, courage, veracity, compassion, and honor. This is called Bushido, the 8 codes of honor and ideals that a Samurai follows. The meaning of the word Samurai is “ones who serve”. A bar of silver is a respectable canvas to mint the art of a Samurai. At Golden State Mint, we strive to be honorable as well in the quality of our silver bars and all of our products. This bar of silver features a standing Samurai in a defensive position wearing a full armor including the well-known Samurai mask used for protecting the face and to strike terror into enemies. This armor is called Karuta (karuta-gane) from the Portuguese word for “card” because of the rectangle card-shaped pieces of the armor. Samurai for a time used gold and silver bars as currency, a bar of silver was called Shu-Gin.
Take a look for yourself....
