The poor cashier at the grocery store was first surprised that they were alive, and then very put out when I said "Yeah, but not for long..."
A small portion of the 6 lbs of crawdads I boiled. Yum!
Noah's class has been raising crayfish for a science project. The teacher asked me if I wanted to take one or two of them home at the end of the school year. I told her I'd only take them if they were boiled.
The poor cashier at the grocery store was first surprised that they were alive, and then very put out when I said "Yeah, but not for long..."
Made Pulled Pork. Its really good.
one or two won't do the trick. You need 2-3 lbs per person to really get your crawdadding on
Just ate the hottest fucking hot wings I've ever had in my whole life (that weren't stupid dare challenge messes of heat that only exist for people look stupid eating). Jesus, I had no idea what I was in for. They're just called hot wings, not burning rage of the inferno El Diablo style fuck your lips and their comfort wings.
Tears, nose running, sweating profusely. HOOOOO! Fuck.
Tears, nose running, sweating profusely. HOOOOO! Fuck.
Yeah but sometimes you have to take what you can get!one or two won't do the trick. You need 2-3 lbs per person to really get your crawdadding on
Good luck with that later. Burning ring of fire!
Twice baked potatoes, chili cheese sausages and Caesar salad.
Thai Weeping Tiger Beef Salad
Rumored to be so hot it will make a tiger cry
Rumored to be so hot it will make a tiger cry
I found the limit of my heat tolerance. The local thai place, Acasia Thai, has an item on the menu called "Prik Khing" sauce, which is stir-fried and sauteed with green beans, thai hot chili paste, and kaffir lime leaf. It's one of the items with a chili next to it on the menu. You can tell them how hot to make your order: no spice, mild, medium, hot, very hot, THAI HOT.
My limit is that, grade "hot". More than that would have been inedible, but as it was, it was very tasty.
My friend Ruth orders Jungle Curry, which is their hottest item, and orders it THAI HOT. Just opening the lid made my eyes water.
Edited for link: http://www.acasiathairestaurant.com/menu.html
My limit is that, grade "hot". More than that would have been inedible, but as it was, it was very tasty.
My friend Ruth orders Jungle Curry, which is their hottest item, and orders it THAI HOT. Just opening the lid made my eyes water.
Edited for link: http://www.acasiathairestaurant.com/menu.html
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I would almost figuratively kill for a Thai place around here that did that. Or a Chinese place. Or a Japanese place. Or hell, even a Mexican place. Unfortunately, even if you do specify a heat level, you get bland, completely un-spicy food. It's like someone forgot to tell them that if they put the little chile pepper next to the item on the menu, it's also acceptable to put some in the dish.
The Mexican place we've been getting from lately actually sells its own hot sauce, El Picante, for 3.99 a bottle. Available in Original and Habanero. It's pretty zingy. http://www.freshtortillasalpha.net
In Houston, where I learned to love this dish, "thai hot" was anything but. Even that level was watered down for american tastes.
So, when they asked me if I wanted "thai hot or american hot", I told them "Thai hot is made for women and children." That pissed the Thai waiter off enough that he loaded it down with spices--just the way I wanted it
This Thai/Vietnamese place I used to go to for lunch all the time (before I moved so far from it) that I loved had 3 levels of hot, white people hot, hot, and asian hot (the owner was hilarious, and just typing this makes me miss them, I'm going there tomorrow it has been decided). He'd always try talk me down from normal hot, not believing me that I could handle it.
God damn I miss their fried rice.
God damn I miss their fried rice.
We used to have a really awesome Indian place that had mild, medium, hot, and Indian hot. Whenever someone in our group of friends would get a head cold or a sinus infection, we'd head there and order Indian hot. The rest of the time the owner kept us restricted to regular hot. God I miss that place. The owner was really friendly, the service was immaculate - you never had an empty water or chai cup, and they were always friendly - and if you ate there at all often, you pretty much got all of your desserts free. But their landlord decided that the area needed yet another ugly block of condos that never sold and had to be turned into low-rent apartments, so he terminated their lease. Not that I'm still bitter, 8 years later, or anything. Oh, and their goat curries... their goat curries were amazing. All of their curries were good, but the things that family could do with goat...
BUT UNLIMITED BREADSTICKS!!!
We are having 3 hr braised beef with rice. It's so tender and yummy.
We are having 3 hr braised beef with rice. It's so tender and yummy.
I need to buy groceries. Went out and got necessities last night, but now I have to think about cooking....something?
Smoked porkchops (chuletas de puerco ahumadas), pan-fried and then simmered in a cream sauce with bacon, onions, and stewed tomatoes.
Tasted pretty fucking swell for something thrown together out of a hasty visit to the local hispanic butcher-mart.
Tasted pretty fucking swell for something thrown together out of a hasty visit to the local hispanic butcher-mart.
carniiiitas!
Are you braising and then frying or braising and crisping them under the broiler or none of the above?
Carnitas are one of my favorites. Grew up on them.
Braising and broiler crisping. I know one of the traditional methods is to cook them totally submerged in lard. While that would glorious, that's a lot of lard
Trying a recipe someone recommended: Zuchinni cakes (added 2 tbsp of flaxseed to the recipe and used 1/2 onion instead of 3/2) with pan-seared chicken breast. Pretty good, the cakes are great with some A1.
Figured I should add a pic. I'm terrible at this whole foodblogging thing.
Figured I should add a pic. I'm terrible at this whole foodblogging thing.
Made some chili last night, and tonight was burritos with some Spanish rice.
Making me hungry CK.
Leftovers can be great; chili gets better with time.