Stone Cross Quotes

“2 pounds ground beef
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tablespoon oil 2 Tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 Tablespoons flour 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes with juice
1 7 oz can diced green chilies
2 to 3 cups grated cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper to taste 1 8½ oz package corn muffin mix
1 12 oz can whole kernel corn, drained”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“No. You don’t. You only imagine that you do. I thought I knew it all until the first time. Even then, I only learned enough to know that I didn’t know a damned thing.”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“Pooling on the grimy asphalt of a city street or oozing onto the dirt floor of a mud hut, blood is placidly silent and more akin to used motor oil or spilled chocolate syrup than a vital life force. But smeared and sprayed with all the attendant gore against the crystalline white backdrop of snow, it becomes the visual equivalent of a scream.”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“Things are different out here. It’s important to know when to go along to get along. I know an AST sergeant who gives each new trooper a long”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“2 eggs
⅓ cup sour cream Cook beef, onion, and garlic in oil in cast iron or other oven-safe frying pan until meat is done. Drain off excess fat. Combine flour, chili powder, oregano, and cumin, then sprinkle over meat. Stir, cooking mixture over medium heat for one minute. Mix in green chilies and tomatoes with juice. Cover with shredded cheese and set aside. Mix eggs and sour cream into corn muffin mix until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in drained corn. Space rounded spoonfuls of cornbread mixture evenly on top of cheese. Bake at 375 for 20 to 30 minutes—until corn dumplings are browned and mixture is bubbling. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes.”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“Ajar of peanut”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“neither worry over”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“Withdrawal was having your skull opened with a chisel while someone scraped out your brain with a spoon.”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“obstreperous.”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross