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This isn't seafood, but it is a recipe i picked up out of a magazine in my doctor's office because it looked GOOD ! After making it four or five times, i realize it is just one of those dishes that is good and even better the second time around.

This makes 6+ dishes.

Salt and pepper
1 Large onion(12 oz.) chopped
1 Head of garlic, minced
1 Jar of pitted green olives, cut in half
1 Jar of roasted red peppers, cut in 1/4 inch wide strips, 3/4 inch long
1 1/4 Pounds of lean ground chuck
1 Box (16 oz.) rigatoni pasta
1 Teaspoon dry oregano
Chopped parsley for garnish

Heat large covered saucepot of salted water to a rolling boil and cook pasta two minutes shy of being fully cooked.
Reserve 1/4 cup of the green olive brine.
Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water
In a large skillet add some salt and begin to cook the ground chuck, using a wooden spoon to break up ground meat.
Add the onions and minced garlic into the ground chuck as it browns.
Then add the sliced roasted red pepper slices and green olive halves.
Add the oregano and 1/8 teaspoon of pepper.
Add the reserved green olive and pasta water liquids.
Add cooked rigatoni pasta.
Cover and continue to cook, while turning until pasta is completely cooked.
Serve with parsely garnish, and fresh parm. cheese.

You can tell it,s raining in north florida. I never realized that you lived in Ft. white CT . I thought that I was the only one on this side of the state

Fort White is not on either side -- it's TOO close to the middle!!!

I understand the too close to the middle. For my self fifty or sixty miles to the west would do. 63 miles to Cedar key and 51 to waccassa

Well i fish out of Ecofina and thats a 82 mile trip for a golf trip and 93 miles to fish on the Atlantic side. I could travel to some closer points but just chose Ecofina because it suites my type of fishing. Probably should consider a few of the fresh water lakes closer by. Last trip i drove early in the morning figuring fishing out of Ecofina, but when i reached Perry it came light enough for me to see the three big black clouds ahead of me. So i turned around right there --didn't have to flush the motor or wash the boat -- an easy trip!!!

Sometime we need to get together try CK or Wacassa in the late fall

Sounds good -- you can show me around -- maybe thats where i should be fishing??

sounds good

What part of the middle of the state do you live?