Here
is a trick to do with chicken breasts that is as easy as it is tasty. We dedicate this to an LGBT Actor Cesar Romero. His
sexuality was a badly kept secret that everybody knew but still he
was able to stay a dynamic force in films and television for nearly
60 years!
Chicken
breasts can be a surprise when paired with simply a prepared dip and
melted cheese.
Ingredients:
2
boneless, skinless chicken breasts
½
tsp. salt
¼
tsp. pepper
½
tsp garlic powder
1
Tbs. olive oil
½
cup prepared dip (here
we used a bacon crab dip found in the deli section)
4
slices smoked Gouda cheese
Paprika
for sprinkling
Directions:
Slice the breasts down the sides to make them thinner and cook faster without having to pound them out.
Evenly
sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
In
a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil; saute chicken 10
to 15 minutes,
or until no pink remains, turning occasionally.
Evenly
top each breast with a spoonful of dip, place slice of cheese over
top, and sprinkle with paprika.
Cover
and continue to cook 2
to 3 additional minutes,
or until cheese is melted.
Try
any dip that strikes your fancy. Have
Ranch, or even spinach dip in the refrigerator? Use that! OLE'
For
our music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjcDTRVQwg
What
an interesting surprise for my Master Indy
socialslave
To
satisfy and restore.
To
nourish, support and maintain.
To
gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
to
nurture, assist, and sustain
…..I
cook!
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Cesar
Romero Jr.
Cesar
Julio Romero Jr. (1907 – 1994) was a gay American actor,
singer, dancer, and vocal artist. He was active in film, radio, and
television for almost 60 years in spite of his sexuality which he
never discussed but was well known.
His
wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures
in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and the
Joker on the Batman television series, which was included in TV
Guide's 2013 list of The 60
Nastiest Villains of All Time.
Cesar
Julio Romero Jr. was born in New York City on February 15, 1907, the
son of Cesar Julio Romero Sr. and Maria Mantilla. His mother was said
to be the biological daughter of Cuban national hero José
Martí.
Romero
grew up in Bradley Beach, New Jersey, and was educated at Asbury Park
High School, the Collegiate School, and the Riverdale Country Day
School.
Romero’s
first job after attending College was as a ballroom dancer, and for
years he served as the dancer/escort of major stars such as Barbara
Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Carmen Miranda, Lucille
Ball and Ginger Rogers.
Romero
first appeared on Broadway in Lady Do (1927), and his
first film role was in The Shadow Laughs (1933).
The
6'3" Romero routinely played "Latin lovers" in films
from the 1930s until the 1950s, usually in supporting roles. He
starred as the Cisco
Kid in
six westerns made between 1939 and 1941.
Romero
danced and performed comedy in the 20th Century Fox films he starred
in opposite Carmen
Miranda and Betty Grable,
such as Week-End in Havana and Springtime in the Rockies, in the
1940s.
He
also played a minor role as Sinjin, a piano player in Glenn Miller's
band, in the 1942 musical Orchestra
Wives.
In
The Thin Man (1934),
Romero played a villainous supporting role opposite William
Powell.
Many of Romero's films from this early period saw him cast in small
character parts, such as Italian gangsters and East Indian princes.
Romero
had a lead role as the Pathan rebel leader, Khoda Khan, in John
Ford's Wee
Willie Winkie starring
Shirley Temple (1937) and The
Little Princess (1939)
alongside Shirley Temple.
Romero
sometimes played the leading man, for example in Allan Dwan's 15
Maiden Lane (1936)
opposite Claire Trevor, as well as winning the key role of the Doc
Holliday character
in Dwan's Wyatt Earp saga Frontier
Marshal three
years later.
After
his parents lost their sugar import business and suffered losses in
the Stock Market Crash of 1929, It fell upon Romero's Hollywood
earnings to support his large family, all of whom followed him to the
American West Coast years later. Romero lived on and off with various
family members for the rest of his life.
In
1942, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard as an apprentice
seaman and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He served
aboard the Coast Guard-manned assault transport, USS Cavalier.
According to a press release from the period, Romero saw action
during the invasions of Tinian and Saipan. The same article mentioned
that in spite of his Hollywood fame, he preferred just to be a
regular part of the crew and was eventually promoted to the rating of
chief boatswain's mate.
After
the war: 20th Century Fox, along with mogul Darryl Zanuck, personally
selected Romero to co-star with Tyrone Power in the Technicolor
historical epic Captain
from Castile (1947),
directed by Henry King.
Among
many television credits, Romero appeared several times on The
Martha Raye Show in
the mid-1950s. He portrayed Don Diego de la Vega's maternal uncle in
a number of Season 2 Zorro episodes.
In 1958,
he guest-starred as Ramon Valdez, a South American businessman, who
excels at dancing the Cha-Cha with Barbara Eden in her syndicated
romantic comedy, How
to Marry a Millionaire.
He performed the mambo with Gisele MacKenzie on her NBC variety
show, The
Gisele MacKenzie Show.
He guest-starred in 1957 on CBS's The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour on the
first episode of the seventh season ("Lucy
Takes a Cruise to Havana").
He
played "Don Carlos", a card shark on the episode, "The
Honorable Don Charlie Story" of NBC's Wagon
Train.
On January 16, 1958, he appeared on The
Ford Show,
Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.
In
1965, Romero played the head of THRUSH in France in "The
Never-Never Affair"
from The
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
He
is best known today as a character on the TV series Batman.
From 1965 to 1968, he portrayed the Joker.
He refused to shave his mustache for the role, and so the
supervillain's white face makeup was simply smeared over it
throughout the series' run and in the 1966 film.
The actor known as "the Latin from Manhattan" was an unexpected choice to play the villain in TV's 1960s 'Batman,' but the series reignited his fame.
He
was an unexpected choice.
"It's the kind of part where you can do everything you've been told not to do as an actor," he said in a 1966 television interview. "You can be as hammy as you want."
The ABC show was the year's most hyped midseason debut.
"An excellent campaign, one of the best ever given a TV show," said The Hollywood Reporter. "The producers also have spared no expense in creating the series for the small screen."
In
its first year, the Adam West-fronted show ranked fifth in the
ratings with 14 million viewers, but the novelty quickly wore off,
and it lasted only two more seasons.
His
guest star work in the 1970s included a recurring role on the western
comedy Alias
Smith and Jones as
Señor Armendariz. He appeared in three episodes. Romero later
portrayed Peter Stavros on Falcon
Crest (from
1985–1987). He also appeared in a sixth-season episode of The
Golden Girls, where
he played a suitor named Tony Delvecchio for Sophia.
Apart
from these television roles, Romero appeared as A.J.
Arno,
a small-time criminal who continually opposes Dexter Riley (played by
Kurt Russell) and his schoolmates of Medfield College in a series of
films by Walt Disney Productions in the 1970s.
With
long time lover Tyrone
Power.
Personal
life
Romero
never married and had no children, but made frequent appearances at
Hollywood events escorting actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Linda
Darnell, Barbara Stanwyck, Lucille Ball, Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman,
and Ginger Rogers.
He
was almost always described in interviews and articles as a
"confirmed
bachelor",
an old Hollywood code for a gay man.
Fans
and critics alike agreed that Romero was a major talent who proved
himself an enduring and versatile star in a variety of roles during
his more than 60-year career as an actor, dancer, and comedian.
He was also a deeply closeted gay man to his fans. When he was interviewed by author Boze Hadleigh, Romero gave a revealing, often comic account of what life was like in the Golden Age of Hollywood for a closeted gay man (in Romero's instance, also Catholic and Latino).
He was also a deeply closeted gay man to his fans. When he was interviewed by author Boze Hadleigh, Romero gave a revealing, often comic account of what life was like in the Golden Age of Hollywood for a closeted gay man (in Romero's instance, also Catholic and Latino).
Because
he was "out" to all his entertainment industry colleagues,
it was often stated that Romero's homosexuality was Hollywood's worst
kept secret. That interview is included in Hadleigh's book, Hollywood
Gays.
He
never denied his sexuality, though he never discussed it, either. His
longtime boyfriend was actually actor Tyrone
Power.
It
has been claimed that he also had a one night stand with Desi
Arnaz!
Death
On
January 1, 1994, aged 86, Romero died from complications of a blood
clot while being treated for bronchitis and pneumonia at Saint John's
Health Center in Santa Monica, California.
His
body was cremated and the ashes were interred at Inglewood Park
Cemetery, Inglewood, California
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