Page 16 March 17, 2016 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Corned Beef and Potatoes Special Ingredients • 3 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet • 2 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces • 2 medium onions, chopped • 1 small head green cabbage, cored, roughly chopped • 2 cups apple juice • 1 cup water • 1 1/2 pounds baby red potatoes, sliced in 1/2 • 1/2 stick butter, softened • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves • Salt and freshly ground black pepper Preparation for corned beef: Put the carrots and onions on the bottom of slow cooker, and put the corned beef on top. Arrange the chopped cabbage around the beef. Add the apple juice and 1 cup of water along with the contents of the spice packet. Cook on low 6 to 8 hours until the beef is tender. Remove the beef and vegetables to a platter and keep warm. for potatoes: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the potatoes. Cook until the potatoes are tender, about 12 to 15 minutes. Drain and return them to the pot. Add the butter, garlic, parsley, and salt, and pepper, to taste. Gently combine so that all the potatoes are evenly coated. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with corn beef and vegetables from the slow cooker.• Oakland from page 7 Laura Robinson from page 7 thru Humboldt County, CA. From that point, it will be mostly on Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Hwy) to the Mexico border. Laura and her husband Larry are active in their church but she says this is not a mission for her church. She is however raising money, for Hope Chapel’s worldwide missions, which is her primary focus for this walk. So what does Laura hope to gain out of this experience. She says it will be a way to challenge herself physically, it will be the culmination of a dream that she shared with her mother since she was a little girl and it will be a spiritual journey that will draw her closer to the Lord. So how did Laura get the notion to make this journey. She says this is a another thing off her Bucket List. “I have zipped line, bungee jumped and this is something on the list I’ve wanted to do besides sky diving,” Laura said. So what will Laura be doing each day for up to fours daily on her walk? “I have my IPod with music and a prayer list. And then I may have other walkers with me along the way.” She figures it will take between four to five hours to complete her walk each day. “There will plenty of time for sightseeing and making new friends,” she says with a confident smile. The plan is to walk about 10 miles per day so it could take upwards to 170 days of walking if she walked each day. She says she’s set aside a year because she wants to keep a reasonable balance in her home and family life. When her walking route is furthest from home (Washington & Oregon), she’ll be walking in longer cycles in an effort to minimize her commute back to El Segundo. The schedule will be more fluid as she gets closer to home. After making her trek public to a number of churches along the route Laura says there has been an outpouring of support. She will have host families along the way to stay the night and intends to be, at worst, a minimal disruption. By morning she’ll be back on her walking route and drive to her starting point for the day. From there she will walk her mileage and then make her way back to her car and start her sightseeing portion of her trip. Laura completed the first week of her journey, that started on Feb. 29, and is well into her second week. You can follow, donate and send messages of support to her on her web site she and her husband have put together at www.soles4hope.wordpress.com. • they also lost his backup, Brock Osweiler, defensive end and Super Bowl star, Malik Jackson, inside linebacker Danny Trevathan, and right guard Louis Vasquez, among others. An exodus from Denver has begun just as Manning retired and just in time for the Raiders to take advantage. Denver’s not the only one hurting lately, though. Oakland’s other division rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, lost the best cornerback on their team, Sean Smith, to the Raiders. A move that weakens their enemy while simultaneously making their own team stronger. The San Diego Chargers haven’t lost a great deal of talent this offseason, but while the Raiders keep getting younger, Philip Rivers and company continue to get another year older. Youth always reigns supreme in the NFL. While all of Oaklands rivals are becoming weaker, the Raiders continue to get drastically stronger. “They have a bunch of young talent who’s ready to take the next step,” the newly acquired Sean Smith said of his team. Oakland’s new cornerback continued, saying that the balance of power in the AFC West “has definitely switched.” While the Raiders needed secondary help badly, they also needed help on their offensive line. For that, they brought in this free agent classes most prized possession, lineman Kelechi Osemele. Osemele can play at either left tackle or right guard and is sure to boost an offensive line that could now easily considered as one of the best in the division, if not the entire league next season. Quarterback Derek Carr and running back Latavius Murray like the sound of that. But so does Osemele. “They have a really up-and-coming young team,” he said excitedly. “We definitely have more than enough pieces where there can be no more excuses as far as there being a gap. We definitely have what we need. We just need to put it together, build the chemistry, and execute on Sundays.” One last player who will be extremely beneficial in helping the Raiders execute on Sundays is ex-Seattle Seahawks linebacker, Bruce Irvin. Irvin will pair with young stud Khalil Mack to form one of the most vicious linebacker duos in the entire league. “I feel like we’re really on the verge of really taking off and turning this thing around,” he said. There is optimism in Oakland for the first time in a long time and now, players are wanting to be a part of a team that has the ability to be special. It’s been a long ride for the Raiders. A team that was once tough, gritty and mean in the days of Jack Tatum, George Atkisson, Gene Upshaw and Bo Jackson, went to being dysfunctional, laughable, and a joke of the league. No one feared the Raiders like teams once did. Now, however, McKenzie and the Raiders are fiscally responsible, spending and saving money the right way. The team is picking up the right free agents at the right time and is consistently turning in incredible drafts. Mack, along with Amari Cooper and Carr have formed a young pedigree that makes Oakland appealing to veterans like Irvin, for example, and now, you’re seeing really good players migrate to the Raiders for the first time in almost 15 years. Emerging young stars, together with great free agent signings and tons of cap space has taken the Raiders from pathetic to attractive in the eyes of the league and the fans, in almost the blink of an eye. They’re not done yet, either. The Raiders have pick No. 14 in this year’s NFL draft and will use it to try to make an already young and attractive team that much younger and more attractive. With all of the cap space that McKenzie has, you can most likely expect the signing of one or two more key free agents that will take place perhaps before you even get the chance to read this article. Veteran leadership, together with young talent will make the raiders the best team in the AFC West. The Broncos, though Super Bowl champions now, will come to be nothing more than simply an afterthought after next season has come to a conclusion. San Diego and Kansas City won’t have the athleticism to keep up. You may not be used to hearing it, but the Raiders are back and they’ll not only be competing for the AFC West crown this year, but they’ll also have the Super Bowl in their sights, much to the surprise of almost everyone. Yes, the Raiders are back. Now, it’s time to get used to it. Asixlion@earthlink.net •
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