Here
we have a quick to throw together salad that is unique in its taste.
We celebrate LGBT Hero George Takei tonight, read a short story about
him after the recipe. It will start a nice dinner conversation.
Tonight's
chicken salad is lightened by using non-fat Yogurt to stretch the
mayonnaise. Instead of celery, we use red onion, grated carrot,
pickle relish and sweeten it with dried cranberries.
Ingredients:
½
cup plain non-fat Greek style Yogurt
½
cup low fat mayonnaise
2
Tbs mustard
½
cup sweetened dried cranberries
2
Tbs sweet pickle relish
4
hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
¼
cup red onion
1
carrot, grated.
1
tablespoon vinegar
1
Tablespoon (to 2 Tablespoons) Brown Sugar
Directions:
Blend
the yogurt with the mayonnaise and mustard. Mix in vinegar and brown
sugar. Taste to adjust with salt & pepper.
In
a large bowl mix the onion, eggs, and sweet pickle relish. Add the
cranberries and carrot, spoon in the chicken until well mixed.
Refrigerate until flavors are well blended, about 4 hours to
overnight.
What
an interesting take on an old classic.
For
our music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXfNGRcDYpM
A
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George
Takei is best known for his portrayal of Mr. Sulu in the acclaimed
television and film series Star Trek. He's an actor, social justice
activist, social media mega-power, New York Times bestselling author,
originated the role of Sam Kimura and Ojii-Chan in the Broadway
musical Allegiance, and subject of To Be Takei, a documentary
on his life and career.
Takei's
acting career has spanned five decades, with more than 40 feature
films and hundreds of television guest-starring roles to his credit.
George
Takei was born Hosato Takei in 1937 in Los Angeles,
California.
His
father named him George after King George VI of England, whose
coronation took place in 1937, shortly after Takei's birth.
With
the outbreak of World War II, Takei and his family were placed behind
the barbed-wire enclosures of United States internment camps along
with 120,000 other Japanese Americans.
In
1942, the Takei family was forced to live in the converted horse
stables of Santa Anita Park before being sent to the Rohwer War
Relocation Center for internment in Rohwer, Arkansas. He spent most
of his childhood in the swamps of Arkansas The family was later
transferred to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in California.
At
the end of World War II, Takei and his family returned to Los
Angeles.
Upon
graduation from high school, Takei enrolled in the University of
California, Berkeley, where he studied architecture. Later, he
transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he
received a Bachelor of Arts in theater in 1960 and a Master of Arts
in theater in 1964. He also attended the Shakespeare Institute at
Stratford-upon-Avon in England, and Sophia University in Tokyo. In
Hollywood, he studied acting at the Desilu Workshop.
Takei
began his career in Hollywood in the late 1950s, providing voiceover
for characters in the English dubbing of the Japanese monster films
Rodan,
and
Godzilla Raids Again.
He
appeared in the anthology television series Playhouse 90 and the
Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Blushing Pearls".
Takei
has appeared alongside such actors as Frank Sinatra in Never
So Few , Richard Burton in Ice
Palace, Jeffrey Hunter in Hell
to Eternity, Alec Guinness in A
Majority of One, Cary Grant in Walk,
Don't Run.
In
1965, producer
Gene Roddenberry cast Takei as astrosciences physicist Sulu in the
second pilot for the original Star Trek television series. When the
series was accepted by NBC, Takei continued in the role of Sulu, who
was now the ship's helmsman.
It
was intended that Sulu's role be expanded in the second season, but
Takei's role in The Green Berets (1968) as Captain Nim, a South
Vietnamese Army officer alongside John Wayne's character, took him
away from Star Trek filming and he only appeared in half the episodes
of that season. Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov substituted for him in
the other episodes. When Takei returned, the two men had to share a
dressing room and a single episode script. Takei admitted in an
interview that he initially felt threatened by Koenig's presence, but
later grew to be friends with him as the image of the officers
sharing the ship's helm panel side-by-side became iconic.
Takei
has since appeared in numerous television and film productions,
reprising his role as Sulu in Star Trek: The Animated Series from
1973 to 1974, and in the first six Star Trek films. Today, he is a
regular on the science fiction convention circuit throughout the
world. He has also acted and provided voice acting for several
science fiction computer games, including Freelancer and numerous
Star Trek games. In 1996, in honor of the 30th anniversary of Star
Trek, he reprised his role as Captain Hikaru Sulu on an episode of
Star Trek: Voyager.
He
featured in a lead role in an episode of The
Twilight Zone ("The Encounter".
He
guest-starred in an episode of Mission:
Impossible during that show's first season
in 1966. He also appeared in two Jerry Lewis comedies, The
Big Mouth and Which
Way to the Front. In 1969 Takei narrated
the documentary The Japanese Sword as the
Soul of the Samurai.
Los
Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley later appointed Takei to the board of
directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District, making
him part of the team that initiated and planned the Los Angeles
subway system. Takei was called away from the set of Star Trek: The
Motion Picture in 1978 to
cast the tie-breaking vote for the creation of the Los Angeles subway
system. He served on the board from 1973 to 1984.
He
also appeared as a sadistic Japanese POW camp commander in the World
War II film Return from the River Kwai
(1989).
As
an author, Takei's first book, his autobiography, To the Stars,
was published in 1994; and in 2012 and 2013 he published his second
and third books, Oh Myyy! There Goes The Internet, and its
sequel, Lions And Tigers And Bears: The Internet Strikes Back. The
latter two books explored his forays on social media and the
Internet, earning placement on the Amazon e-book and paperback
best-seller lists in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
In
October 2005, Takei revealed in an issue of Frontiers magazine that
he is gay and had been in a committed relationship with his partner,
Brad Altman, for 18 years.
"It's
not really coming out, which suggests opening a door and stepping
through. It's more like a long, long walk through what began as a
narrow corridor that starts to widen."Nevertheless, Takei's
sexuality had been an open secret among Star Trek fans since the
1970s, and Takei did not conceal his active membership in LGBT
organizations, including Frontrunners.
On
May 16, 2008, Takei announced that he and Brad Altman would be
getting married. They were the first same-sex couple to apply for a
marriage license in West Hollywood.
They
were married at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National
Museum in Los Angeles, of which Takei is one of the founders and
serves as a member of its board of trustees. Walter Koenig was his
best man, and Nichelle Nichols, was "best woman".
Mashable.com
named George a "social media superstar" on Facebook in
2012, where he currently has over 19.6 million combined fans. In
2013, Takei won the Shorty Award for Distinguished Achievement in
Internet Culture. He has 2.8 million followers on Twitter, and posts
on various social media platforms. He expanded his internet presence
with the 2015 YouTube series, "It Takeis Two,"
starring with husband, Brad Takei. The "reality" series
shared the couple's daily navigation of their world, with George's
vibrant sense of humor and Brad's less-than-optimistic pragmatism.
In
2015, Cosmopolitan Magazine named Takei "One of the Internet's
50 Most Fascinating People."
Takei
currently serves as a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign
"Coming Out Project".
In 2006 he embarked on a nationwide "Equality Trek"
speaking tour sharing his life as a gay Japanese American, his
18-year relationship with Altman, Frontrunners, and Star Trek,
encouraging others to share their own personal stories.
In
May 2011, in response to a Tennessee State Legislature bill that
prohibited school teachers or students from using any language that
alludes to the existence of homosexuality (the "Don't Say Gay"
bill), Takei released another PSA in which he offered up his name,
suggesting that people could just substitute that for 'gay'. For
example, they could support Takei Marriage or watch Takei Pride
Parades; or even use slurs like That's so Takei.
In
2012, Takei starred in the musical Allegiance,
which Takei described as his legacy project. The show is based on
Takei's own experiences and research into the Japanese American
internment of World War II. Allegiance debuted on Broadway on
November 8, 2015, to mixed reviews. The Guardian said it was
"unexceptional though often affecting"; The New York Times
praised the "well-intentioned and polished" play for
tackling a difficult subject while trying at the same time to
entertain its audience, but said Allegiance
"struggles to balance both ambitions, and doesn't always find an
equilibrium". USA Today called Allegiance
"as corny as Kansas in August and as
obvious as Lady Gaga on a red carpet. But darned if it won't get a
grip on your heartstrings."
Takei
is a proponent of LGBT rights and is active in state and local
politics. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on
human rights and Japan–United States relations, including his work
with the Japanese American National Museum.
In
January 2014, Jennifer Kroot's documentary film about Takei, To
Be Takei, premiered at the Sundance Film
Festival.
He
also has a lengthy record of public service through his involvement
with organizations such as the Japanese American Citizens League and
the Human Rights Campaign.
On
June 10, 2016, California State University, Los Angeles presented
Takei with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for his
contributions.
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