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Lettie Lavern Fox Buchanan

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L&P-BuchananDolly 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.

Wedding-Dolls

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

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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.

Humpy Burgers

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We’ve been talking about doing this for a long time: grinding up pink salmon and making burgers. It took waiting for some pinks to come in, and be caught, but we finally got one and today was the big day. Tom used his Kitchen Aid to grind the fish, after slicing out the bones, and then he fried the patties in olive oil. Trident Seafoods does this and Costco sells them, so we figured that they must be onto something.

Pink Salmon Burger


They are!

These were awesome! Tom, Marguerita and DJ each ate one, fresh (well, the salmon had been in the fridge for a day) and we LOVED them!

Marguerita had hers plain, DJ went all out with bread, lettuce, catsup and mustard and Tom started out with a plain burger and then added Monteray Jack cheese. What a great meal, we can’t wait to try this again.

Salmon Wars – A Video Documentary

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It looks like we in southcentral Alaska are not alone in our issues with the “business” of aquaculture and its harmful effects on native, natural, wild salmon and other stocks. For more information, visit the site of the video documentary Salmon Wars or the site of the producer, Silver Donald Cameron, The Green Interview.

Thanks to Dave Clark for posting this on Google+

Perry Nathan Buchanan

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Perry N. Buchanan

Until we meet again…

I am sad to say that we’ve lost the Buchanan patriarch. Born in Roseberry, Idaho, May 28, 1929, Perry left us on January 8, 2012.

Perry moved to Alaska with his brother Gene in 1951. He met Lettie Lavern Fox (Dolly) in Seldovia in 1953 and they were married on January 2, 1955. They had three children, Cathy, Steve and Tom.

Perry worked longshoring and in a lumber mill in Seward from 1951 to 1965 when he joined the Alaska Marine Highway, working on the brand new M/V Tustumena from 1965 to 1988. Perry loved fishing and he commercial fished for salmon in Lower Cook Inlet from 1967 to 2000 with his sons Steve and Tom. When he retired Perry greatly enjoyed wintering in Arizona, enjoying the sun and the warmth with his wife, and summering in Alaska on the family property at mile 7 of the Seward Highway.

Perry leaves his wife Lettie; daughter Cathy and son-in-law Richard Johnson and their children Catherine and Richard Jr. (Ricky) and four great grandchildren; son Perry (Steve) and daughter-in-law Janet and their four children, Nathan, Michelle, Andrew and Jeffrey; Tom and his children Thomas and Melissa.

Perry’s ashes will be spread in Seward in the summer of 2012, with a private family ceremony, according to his wishes.

Warm winds and smooth seas Perry, you are dearly missed.

Clean up

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It’s final clean up day here. The boats are dry docked, the nets are stored and the crew has gone home for the winter. We’re drying the last tarps, cleaning out the skiff, packing the radios off the boat and sealing her tight for winter.