In an effor to get more traffic to the Scarecrow Balcony website, I've decided to put all my band related info on the Scarecrow Journal page instead of in this blog. There's a big-long write up there... go check it out... I'll wait.
You're back already? So, pretty kewl show eh? Saturday we got up at noon and completely vegged in front of the TV until about midnight. Sunday was all Christmas shopping and housework. Oh wait, I lied about Saturday... I actually had to work from home from noon 'till two, and again from six 'till eight. Emergency callouts... sheesh, computers suck some times. They make it so "convenient" to do work... so why does it take me two days to write a show review? I dunno.
Not really much to say about this weekend, other than I think I made the best spaghetti sauce of my life on Saturday... roasted garlic... you read about it, you've heard about it... but until you actually roast garlic and add it in copious amounts to your margharita sauce (along with vast quantities of fried mushrooms) you haven't really lived. I also made another awesome apple pie. this time with a strudel-top, and I attemped to deep-fry ham. This was just an experiment, mind you... inspired by Sages deep fried tempura battered scallops, I though of all the meats I've had deep fried.... chicken, pork, prawns, but never any ham... why not? I was determined to try it and find out why people don't deep fry ham. Okay, so I found out. We actually called it ham-corn as we crunched away on it, because it pops like popcorn (well, at least it does when you batter it in cornstarch) and it's like eating crunchy bacon flavoured popcorn. It actually wasn't bad, but now I know why it doesn't appear on any menus, and I likely won't be trying that again.
Sheesh... 11:30 already? I gotta be up for work in 6 hours. G'night!
you should start a Calvins recipe web site
like your blog where sage and i and anyone else can write in and comment about trying it...or ask questions about it...just a thought...
You know, funny you should mention that... at work yesterday, a group of ladies was selling recipe books for $10 in the lobby. I enquired about them, and they explained it was for a cancer charity, and all the recipes came from people in the building... like a business cookbook. I bought one without even looking through it, well, because after this year of everyone close to me getting cancer, I figured it was the least I could do...
Anyway, I got the cookbook home and started flipping through it. I was horrified to see 76 pages of casseroles, meatloafs, and baked beans. Seriously, I'm not kidding... mind you, I would have donated the $10 anyway, so value wasn't really an issue - but I was still flaberghasted that in a building with 2000 employees, NOBODY CAN COOK? Man, if they had asked me, I could have donated at LEAST twenty recipes that would blow away anything and everything they printed. Not that I think I'm a superb chef, I mean, the only other two guys I know that cook (Sage and Keith) both blow me completely out o' the kitchen - but geez, 76 pages of casseroles and meatloafs? I REALLY wanted to go back tomorrow and say "hey, next year, ask me for some recipes - here's my card... call me. Seriously, your cookbook is pathetic.
Yeah, so to make a short story long, I love to cook - I'm not saying I'm a 'chef' I'm just saying I like to try out new and interesting things... and when I come across a gem, I make a mental note that I might want to make that again. Yes, I have an awesome tuna casserole recipe, and Carole DOES ask me to make it on occasion, 'cause she loves it so much, but that's not the kind of thing I'm proud of. Now my potato salad, THAT's a winner, and my prawn and sugar-pea salad in light curry-mayo dressing... mmmmmm... sounds simple, and it is - but the taste combination is totally amazing - I'm drooling now just thinking about it!
So, tell me, what kinda recipes are you looking for? I'll post my faves here if you like, (beats talking about that crazy war thing!) and you can tell me how they turn out!
i don't like mayo...i stay away from salads that have made people sick...and i avoid omions except onion rings....i was hoping for a data base i could reference at anytime...so knowck me out
Posted by: vetiver at December 10, 2003 10:59 AM