February 19
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel's Birthday
 

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born on February 19, 1963. Born in North London, Seal studied architecture in college and worked several odd jobs before embarking on small international tours with punk and blues groups. 

After returning to London, Seal’s big break came when he met producer Adamski, whose huge hit “Killer” was propelled to the top of the charts in 1990 by Seal’s smoky vocal work.

From there, Seal’s eponymous debut album, which dropped in 1991, propelled him to superstardom with the international hit “Crazy.” From there, “Seal II” produced what is arguably Seal’s greatest hit to date: 1995’s inescapable smash “Kiss from a Rose.” Although the song didn’t chart well at first, a remixed version created for the Batman Forever soundtrack drove the song to the top of the charts and into the national consciousness.

Seal continues to record and release well received soul, pop and dance albums. In 2004 Seal proposed to his girlfriend, Victoria’s Secret supermodel Heidi Klum. If that wasn’t awesome enough, he actually proposed to her inside a quinzee – a small hut Seal built entirely out of ice. He adopted her child from a previous relationship and the two have had three children since. Although Heidi and Seal seemed to a truly happy couple, they stunned their fans and ther public when Heidi filed for divorce in 2012.

For Seal’s birthday, pay tribute to one of the world’s smoothest musicians by cooking up a big dish of Seal Hash. As cooking is always improved by music, queue up “Kiss from a Rose” while you prepare the meal. We dare you not to sing along.

We realize that with all the documentaries on the clubbing of baby seals to death,  making seal hash from freshly clubbed baby seals may not be appealing to some. It should be noted  however, that Eskimos  who eat the majority of seal meat rarely suffer from diabetes or cancer Seal meat is available Canada where it at specialty meat shops since there are a few restaurants in Canada that regularly serve seal. In Montreal, chef Andree Garcia told the NY Daily News in 2009 that she has noticed an uptick in tourists from France who have come to her restaurant to sample the seal dishes."The French are against seal hunting," Garcia said, "but when they come here, they want to eat it. The EU imposed its ban on seal meat in 2009 as a result of animal right activists.

So you may not want to invite former Baywatch babe, Pamela Anderson, over to dinner to celebrate Seal's birthday since the PETA spokesperson  has been a major critic of Canada's seal meat industry. According the Pam, "I’ve heard of self-deception, but how can the Canadian government look itself in the eye and believe this moronic drivel? Okay, the fishermen need money, I get it. Do innocent baby seals have to get it too? In their cute little furry heads? With spiked clubs dragging broken carcasses across the ice to be skinned alive?"
 

Seal Hash

© 2011 Gordon Nary and Tyler Stokes