We
often spotlight a prominent LGBT person on this blog. It is a way of
keeping their memory alive and offering a topic of table
conversation. Mostly it has been leaders and heroes, but at times,
such as this, just LGBT characters that all go to make up the fabric
of LGBT's in this life. Such a person was Craig Spence. Read his
story after the recipe.
Simple
cube steak is a staple of our cuisine. Wither called “country-fried”
or “chicken fried”, it is derived from the German Wienerschnitzel
and adopted in the mid-west and south, esp. Texas where nearly a
million servings appear yearly.
Presented here with a mustard sauce, some tomatoes and a green
vegetable. Perfect for your dinning pleasure.
Ingredients:
1/3
cup all-purpose flour
1
tsp smoked paprika
1
tsp onion powder
1
tsp salt + ½ tsp pepper
1½
pounds beef cubed steak
3
tablespoons vegetable oil
1/3
cup mayonnaise
2
tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1
tablespoon Honey Mustard (see Note)
Directions:
Open
package of cubed steak, sprinkle with onion powder and paprika.
In
a shallow dish, combine flour, salt, and pepper; mix well. Completely
coat cubed steak with flour mixture. Press into each piece.
In
a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high
heat
and saute steaks for
6
to 8 minutes, until
juices run clear, turning
once.
Place steaks on a covered serving platter.
Drain
excess liquid from skillet and reduce heat to low.
In
a bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, vinegar, and mustard; add to
skillet.
Return
cubed steaks to skillet, completely coating them with mayonnaise
mixture. Cook 3
to 4 minutes,
or until heated through.
Note
You might want to use Dijon-style mustard one time and another time try one of the many mustard blends that are readily available in the supermarket.
Serve
with a side of sliced tomatoes and maybe some broccoli and a fruit
cup.
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1989 –
Republican Lobbyist Craig
Spence, committed
suicide after it was discovered he was involved with secret tours of
The Reagan White House with “Rent boys” (male prostitutes).
Spence’s
name was splashed everywhere when an article appeared in
the Washington
Times.
It identified
Spence as a customer
of a homosexual escort service being investigated by the Secret
Service, the District of Columbia Police and the United
States Attorney’s Office for suspected credit card fraud.
The
newspaper said he spent as much as $20,000 a month on the
service. He had also been linked to a White House guard who has said
he accepted an expensive watch from Mr. Spence and allowed him and
friends to take late-night White House tours.
After
the scandal had died down, he was asked who had given him the "key"
to the White House. The Washington Times reported that "Mr.
Spence hinted the tours were arranged by 'top level' persons".
Background
Spence
had been a correspondent for ABC
News. During the
Vietnam War, he covered Southeast Asia, but eventually was expelled
by South Vietnam.
In
January 1985, Spence registered with the U.S. State Department as a
foreign agent for Japan and began lobbying for Japanese interests.
Throughout the 1980s, Spence built a reputation as an influential
lobbyist .
It
was said that Spence entered a downward spiral in the wake of the
Washington Times
exposé.
On
November 10, 1989 Spence was found dead in Room 429 of the Boston
Ritz Carlton, the city's most expensive hotel.
Two
weeks before he lay down in his tuxedo and died in what police say
was probably suicide, Spence invited a production company to
his home to shoot a "video postcard," a seven-minute final
message to his friends.
Seated in a leather chair, the 49-year-old
former television reporter said nothing of death. He was upbeat
("Take heart, good friends"). He joked that his Maltese
dog, Winston, had been maligned in news reports as a terrier. He
philosophized about a life that disintegrated in the four months
since the stories in the Washington Times.
"Keeping
a cheerful spirit in the midst of these pressures isn't easy, but
Winston's holding up, and I'm working at it." He chuckled.
In
his videotape, Spence criticized The Times, referring to it as "a
local cult-owned newspaper." He reserved his strongest criticism
for the government, saying it distorted "the Craig Spence
puzzle."
"The
government, through its various agencies and ambitious officials,
sometimes looks right at the key pieces and cannot or will not see
the picture," he said. "Worse, it sometimes pockets a piece
or two to ensure that the puzzle is never put together."
In
the video, he appeared healthy, vigorous and poised. He defended his
patriotism, which friends said he felt was maligned by the unproven
allegation of blackmail. He showed off a plaque given to him by
Marines. He was known for dropping hints that he worked for the CIA.
"Some
of you may know when it comes to the intelligence community, there is
no such thing as coincidence. Now, I'm not sure I've seen the whole
picture yet myself."
"I'll
close by telling you I'm sure that in the end the truth will come out
and this too will pass," he said.
"Now,
I may be naive about my optimism, but I'm an American, proud of my
country and confident of the fairness of its people. So take heart,
good friends, and share that pride and that confidence with me. Good
night and God bless."
Spence
arranged for delivery of as many as a dozen copies of the numbered
videotapes, including one provided to The Washington Post, "in
case I ever disappear."
The
official account of his death states at 5:30 AM Friday, Spence
was in Room 429 of the Ritz-Carlton. He had set out a copy of his
will and his birth certificate. He moved the bed to block the door.
He dressed in a black tuxedo with white bow tie and white suspenders.
Then he lay on the bed and called a friend in Virginia. "He told
him not to have any regrets personally, and he said he had taken a
lot of pills," reported the friend to The Post. "He began
to ramble and be incoherent." The friend, whose identity was not
disclosed, hung up and frantically called the Ritz-Carlton to report
that Craig Spence appeared to be dying in his room. The operator said
the hotel had no record of anyone by that name.
Investigators
later learned that Spence had registered under the name C.F. Kane, an
apparent reference to Charles Foster Kane, protagonist of Orson
Welles's "Citizen Kane," Spence's favorite movie. Spence's
body was not discovered until Friday afternoon. Firefighters sawed
through the door and found him on the bed, the telephone cradled on
his shoulder.
In
black felt-tip marker he had written on a mirror of his room:
Chief,
consider this my resignation, effective immediately. As you always
said, you can't ask others to make a sacrifice if you are not ready
to do the same. Life is duty. God bless America.
As
a postscript, he wrote, "To
the Ritz, please forgive this inconvenience."
A
few months before his death, Spence alluded to more intricate
involvements. “All this stuff you’ve uncovered (involving call
boys, bribery and the White House tours), to be honest with you, is
insignificant compared to other things I’ve done. But I’m not
going to tell you those things, and somehow the world will carry on!
