Grilled Salmon Steaks
(A Saniscalchi Favorite)
1) Take fresh stakes and marinate in Italian Dressing over nite in the fridge.
2) Place on Grill Medium heat.
3) Turn steaks after cooked for five minutes.
4) Grill until steaks until they flake off easily with a fork.
5) Serve with fresh salad and bread of your choice.
6( A white wine is
highly recommended.
Bullets and Bandages – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts
“Where
have you guys been?” I said. “We ran out of time! My buddy here
needed help, but now he’s dead!” They tried to calm me down. The
flight medic replied, “We’re sorry about your man. We left the base as
soon as we had word. I’ve seen this snake before. It’s one of the most
poisonous in the world. No one can survive the venom unless they’re
right outside a hospital when they are bitten.” He was right. It
wasn’t their fault. The choppers lifted off and banked over trees, but I
just stared at the body bag, feeling so very tired. I would never
forget him. He saved a lot of lives and lost his to a tiny snake. I
prayed for him. I prayed for his family and for his lost soul; I prayed
it wasn’t my turn next.
Sergeant
Jakes had already survived one tour in Viet Nam. He knew the VC as well
as the jungle. He knew what to watch for and what to listen for. Now
he was now successfully taking his team through yet another tour. He
had been through just about everything the VC could toss at him and
lived through it. The one thing he didn’t live through was the bite of
one of the most poisonous snakes in the world. One that made his home
in the jungles of Viet Nam.
That
was just one of many deaths that Rob Doc Marrino would have to face
while serving as a Medic in Viet Nam. He would experience the horrors
of war that only someone who lives through it can truly claim talking
rights. Those of us who have never experienced this act of greed
called war can never completely understand what these men and women
went through. Some will tell us about their experiences, some just want
to forget what they saw, heard and felt during their days in hell.
Being
a baby boomer, I knew many boys who quickly became men due to the
Viet Nam War. Most came back, some in the bowel of the plane, some in
the passenger seats. A lot came back physically damaged while others
came back mentally damaged. I have a friend who was there and luckily
returned whole, at least in body. Now 40 years later, he, as well as
many others like him still have nightmares that wake the house with his
screams as he re-lives the horrors that took place right before his
eyes.
As I read
Bullets and Bandages I realized that the war horrors produced by
Hollywood is nothing compared to the real experiences these men and
women actually went through. Author Saniscalchi has captured on paper
the events and stories that his own brother experienced as he served in
the military in Viet Nam. He allows you to feel the bond of friendship
that forms between yourself and your buddies. You experience the
strength of their will to survive and the strength of true fear. But
most importantly, their understanding of the importance of God in their
survival.
I can’t
say that I loved Bullets and Bandages but I can say that I didn’t want
to put it down, that it made me hurt as well as cry and that I was so
glad when the book ended. In the past I’ve heard men talking about
their experiences in Viet Nam and actually blocked it out. Now I listen
because these men and women need to be heard. They need to get their
memories out in the open instead of allowing it to fester like a cancer
until it consumes their whole body and life. And we need to be the ones
listening.
ISBN# 978-1-58982-247-4