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Saturday, January 31, 2009 :::
 

What a week. What a long, crazy week. There were these projects
that needed to get done, and now February is knocking on the door.
Oh my. Not quite ready yet. Give me another day or two.

I haven't put together a cooking podcast in two weeks because I
haven't really been cooking since I injured my thumb. At first it
was because I couldn't really use the kitchen with only one thumb,
and after that it was a matter of time and energy. I did make some
brisket for the last round of playoff games, but it was
disappointing. Overdone, too salty. I've been debating on whether
or not I'm going to podcast my kitchen mistakes, but haven't made a
decision on that front. I made a decent potato salad, though.

Kate's been playing with the five-minute-a-day bread recipes, which
have turned out really well. The artisan loaves were nice, robust
and well-textured, and she made a sweet-bread braid that was stuffed
with spinach, olives and artichoke hearts. We're still gnawing on
that. I think I'll try to record her talking about her experiences
with this new baking method, and that'll be our podcast.

We have been getting things done, though. We're dealing with
Allstate over the lady who backed into us while backing out of the
lot of the store. Fortunately, she backed into us really, really
slowly, so there's not a lot of damage, just the hassle of getting it
looked at. We've both gotten our passports for Spain-- cross that
off the list. The washer and dryer are both fixed. It really does
pay to know an electrician.

Work has been so grinding the last two weeks that it's really hard to
come home and just pitch yourself into the things that need to be
done. But here we are at the weekend, and I'm going to try to get
this one big project done today so I can enjoy myself tomorrow, so I
should probably stop typing here and start typing there.



::: Somebody's Knocking on the Door posted by kiyote23
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 :::
 

Churlish Figure: What's-A Matter You? Gotta No Respect.: "Here are two chuckle heads at the Dublin on Saturday night. The guy to the right is supposedly the inspiration for the Bill the Cat character in the Bloom County cartoons."


::: Churlish Figure: What's-A Matter You? Gotta No Respect. posted by kiyote23
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Saturday, January 24, 2009 :::
 


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Thursday, January 22, 2009 :::
 


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Sunday, January 18, 2009 :::
 

Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty picture: Anthurium flower w/ ladybug: "Some years, when fall arrives, the apartment fills up with boxelder bugs (Boisea trivittata), and then in the spring we find little piles of them, dead, in front of all the windows and near the plant lights. Other years, 2008-09 being one of them, it's not so much boxelder bugs as ladybugs, but the story winds up being basically the same. Once it gets cold out, the boxelder bugs pretty well stay put (or they're already dead, or whatever), but the ladybugs wander all over the place for the whole winter. God knows what they're surviving on, food-wise. I'm pretty sure it's not aphids. There was one that I'm pretty sure went on a mouthwash-drinking bender: I kept finding it near, or on top of, a particular drop of spilled mouthwash on the bathroom sink, for the better part of a day, and when blown on moved very slowly and unsteadily in no particular direction. A stumbling-drunk ladybug? Sure looked like it."


::: Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty picture: Anthurium flower w/ ladybug posted by kiyote23
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Enjoy the opera without leaving the Iowa City area | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen:"Ordinary televised operas have been a staple in public television for many years. But what is being offered now is nothing short of amazing -- ask anyone who has spent a Saturday afternoon absolutely enthralled.

While no opera lover would deny that the thrill of attending an opera in the beautiful Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center in New York can be completely reproduced in a small local theater, still the excitement is there and builds throughout the HD opera presentation. (Of course, the fact that you can see nearly a dozen operas for the cost of one single performance for the lowest priced Met ticket certainly adds to your enjoyment. And it is a lot cheaper to drive to Sycamore Mall than to fly to New York.)

The theater seats are very comfortable and even short people have no problem seeing when sitting behind a tall person. The sound is magnificent, and the Met's audience applause makes you do the same. The huge screen brings the performance much closer to you than even the front row seats in the opera house, and the close-ups enable you to see facial expressions of the singers as well as details of costumes and sets."


::: Enjoy the opera without leaving the Iowa City area | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen posted by kiyote23
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Saturday, January 17, 2009 :::
 


Robot Head Planter
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This is the head of the robot from the anime film Castle in the Sky. I got it at a Ghibli Store in Japan.Brinstar's cool Robot Head Planter. Sweet.


::: Robot Head Planter posted by kiyote23
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So, even though it was a day off, I did some work.  I created a Twitter profile and a Facebook page for the Market.  For those of you with a business or organization to promote, I strongly suggest that you check out Facebook.  It's free, it's relatively easy (though not nearly as easy as it should be), and it leverages your own contacts to inject your viral marketing.  Ok, that sounds pretty sinister, but it's actually pretty cool.  Instead of creating ads that appeal to the lowest common denominator and spewing them out into the aether, I'm basically going to put up notes about what we're doing, and let you guys pass them along if you're interested.

Otherwise, I did some grocery shopping and played with some sound.  I'm looking forward to getting back into the kitchen soon.  Soon being tonight or tomorrow.  I think the thumb is getting healthy enough that I can ditch the oversized sock that's been protecting it and just go with a bandage that I could actually get wet.  I bought groceries in anticipation.


::: The Beauty of the Day Off posted by kiyote23
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Local Foods to join in MLK celebration | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen: "Local Foods Connection will host a weekend service event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at ZJ Farm in Solon. Volunteers will do chores at the farm to help prepare for spring planting.

Local Foods Connection has partnered with ZJ Farm for the last 10 years in its efforts to purchase produce, bread, eggs, meat and other products from earth-friendly farms and donate those goods to families who cannot afford them."


::: Local Foods to join in MLK celebration | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen posted by kiyote23
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Friday, January 16, 2009 :::
 

Thank you, Bob and David.



::: Woody Allen interview 1971 PART 1/4 posted by kiyote23
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Miami - Riptide 2.0 - Pro-Life Group up in Arms over Krispy Kreme's Abortion Doughnuts: "Krispy Kreme, being the genial purveyor of glazed goodness that it is, decided to get in on the Obama inauguration craze and is offering one free doughnut to every costumer on January 20, Inauguration day, and released this seemingly innocuous press release:

'Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American's sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies -- just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet 'free' can be.'

Well, The American Life League noticed the liberal use of the word choice and decided to blast the chain bakery for producing abortion doughnuts.

'The unfortunate reality of a post-Roe v. Wade America is that 'choice' is synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand,' the group's president, Judie Brown said in a statement."


::: Miami - Riptide 2.0 - Pro-Life Group up in Arms over Krispy Kreme's Abortion Doughnuts posted by kiyote23
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Plants are the Strangest People: Iowa City Graffiti (advice): "Also of interest is its location: the parking lot of the nearest Catholic church. Which may or may not be relevant, but makes the possible interpretations more interesting."


::: Plants are the Strangest People: Iowa City Graffiti (advice) posted by kiyote23
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How Google Is Making Us Smarter | Machine-Brain Connection | DISCOVER Magazine:"Eleven years later, this argument continues to trigger fierce debate among philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. There is no doubt that the extended mind is a weird concept. One reason it seems so strange is that our minds feel as if they are really totally self-contained. We innately believe, for example, that as we walk down a street, we are continuously filming a detailed movie of our surroundings and using that mental movie to decide what to do next. But like many beliefs we have about ourselves, this movie is an illusion. Our awareness is, in fact, remarkably narrow.

One of the most spectacular demonstrations of how oblivious we can be was carried out by psychologists Daniel Simons of the University of Illinois and Christopher Chabris at Harvard University. They asked people to watch a video of students weaving around each other and passing a basketball. Half the students wore white shirts, the other half black. The subjects had to keep track of how many times the ball was passed by members of one of the teams. In the middle of the game, a gorilla (rather, a student in a gorilla costume) sauntered through the scene. Many subjects later reported that they never saw the gorilla; their brains discarded it as extraneous.


::: How Google Is Making Us Smarter posted by kiyote23
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Thursday, January 15, 2009 :::
 

Translation poulet in the French-English Collins dictionary: "Il s'est fait attraper par les poulets. = He got caught by the cops."


::: Translation poulet in the French-English Collins dictionary posted by kiyote23
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Mandoline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "This is a dangerous utensil and food preparers may choose to wear a metal glove on the pushing hand."


::: Mandoline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia posted by kiyote23
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Hey Good Lookin' #3 - Grounded from the Kitchen

So, everyone probably knows by now that I cut my thumb on my new mandolin making potato chips for the Steelers' game on Sunday. The caveat that I had to keep the dressing dry and clean pretty much grounded me from the kitchen for a week while I wait for it to heal enough that I can start cooking again. So I grabbed my trusty iPod and a microphone and recorded someone else cooking for a change.

For those who are counting, three podcasts in a row is a new record for me!


::: Grounded from the Kitchen posted by kiyote23
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This is bouncing around the intertubes right now, but it is solid
gold, so I thought I would share.




Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.



::: Star Wars Retold posted by kiyote23
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Monday, January 12, 2009 :::
 

The Nut and the Feisty Weasel: Games Don't Need Better Graphics:"The idea of more power and better graphics has driven the game industry for as long as I've been a gamer. Google up some screenshots from an Intellivision game and it's not hard to see why. But I think in the past 5-10 years we've finally reached the point where new graphical innovations (actual visual 3D excepted) offer less and less return on investment. I mean yeah Madden '09 looks better than Madden '03. Oblivion looks better than Morrowind. And Halo 3 looks better than Halo. Has the fact that these games all look better made any of them more fun to play? (Hint: Maybe a little. But not really.)

It was one thing when we went from 4-color CGA to 16-color EGA to 256-color VGA, etc. It was another thing when we went from beeps and bloops to stereo sound to full on digital surround sound. The move from 2D sprite graphics to 3D modeled graphics was huge. For almost the entire history of electronic gaming, better graphics have lead to better games. This is the first generation where I don't think that holds true anymore (or at least it's less true). The games that are better on a 360 or PS3 (and not all are) aren't better just because they offer better graphics, it's because they offer better gameplay independent of how nifty the visuals are. Hell, one of my favorite games of last year was by far the least attractive (Mount & Blade).

So, yeah, given the amount of money spent on this gen with questionable returns, it should come as no surprise that Sony and Microsoft are in no big hurry to spur on the next one. What's the point? Barring a visual revolution like true 3D, how much better can our games look?"


::: The Nut and the Feisty Weasel: Games Don't Need Better Graphics posted by kiyote23
::: at 1/12/2009 04:35:00 PM
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I must say I totally agree. One of the things that stopped me from buying a PS3 (other than the lack of cash) is the realization that games have become less fun and less interesting and the challendgs are different. I remember playing old SNES games that were a heck of a lot more fun than the PS2 games I bought (can you say Final Fantasy?). Maybe I'm just getting older and more curmudgeonly.
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The Exploding Kinetoscope: Ten Favorite Films of 2007: Pt II - My Ten Favorite Films of 2007!: "I dunno how you cut that score down. With 3000 leitmotifs stitching the show together, any reductions start to do structural damage to scenes forward and backward. The film does pretty admirable editing work in the face of hard choices, and the majority of cuts are logical (the signature 'Ballad of Sweeney Todd' is painful to lose, this show's musical anchor has lyrics which add no narrative information) or make gut-level sense (I miss 'Parlor Songs' but...). The gutted 'God, That's Good!' and final act (important reprises like 'No Place Like London' and 'City on Fire' don't pay off in the movie) may make those with sensitive ears wince, though. The paring of the music means the secondary plots are slimmed, and sapped of emotional resonance; this Sweeney is less epic, but also steelier, sharper, colder: this is Sweeney Todd shaved dow the central love triangle of a man, his hate, his razors.

Bonus Buffy obsessive gripe: Anthony Stewart Head spotted at 'The Contest'. Look, either give the people Head, or don't, Tim Burton, but don't tease."


::: The Exploding Kinetoscope: Ten Favorite Films of 2007: Pt II - My Ten Favorite Films of 2007! posted by kiyote23
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 :::
 

Plants are the Strangest People: The Name of the Blog:""Plants are the Strangest People" is a slightly altered quote from the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

Specifically, it's a slightly-altered quote from one of my favorite episodes,1 "I Was Made to Love You," in which a mysterious but sweet-seeming stranger named April shows up in Sunnydale looking for her girlfriend Warren.

April turns out to be a robot, specifically a sexbot created by Warren, who got tired of her and became interested in an actual girl, Katrina. As April has been programmed only to be totally in love with Warren, and is wicked strong besides (because: robot), this is kinda dangerous for Katrina. The episode ends with a fight between April and Buffy, at the end of which April's batteries begin to run down. Buffy sits with her until April shuts down completely.

Which leads to the following exchange between Xander and Buffy, while Xander is repairing a window that got broken because April threw somebody [ed note: That somebody was Spike, and it was damned funny.] through it:


    BUFFY: Yeah?
    XANDER: One of the cool things about that, you see is, uh, the jamb can be shimmed to be square, even if the opening isn't.
    BUFFY: Shimmed? Is that even a real word? Do you have any idea what you're talking about?
    XANDER: Yeah, I do. (smiles) Scary, isn't it? I think I've actually turned into someone you want around after a crazed robot attack.
    BUFFY: And if you ever start your own business, you have your slogan right there. (pauses, looks thoughtful) And she wasn't crazed.
    XANDER: Yeah?
    BUFFY: She devoted everything to making this one person happy. And then it was like, with him gone, there was just ... no reason for her to exist any more.
    XANDER: Robots are the strangest people.


Somehow, that one line worked its way into my head. Then one day at work, WCW was talking about something unexpected that one of her plants had done, and without thinking about it I said, "Yeah, well, it's like they say, plants are the strangest people."

Which also stuck with me.


::: Plants are the Strangest People: The Name of the Blog posted by kiyote23
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I realized that what happened in the store on Christmas Eve was what I expected to have happen on the day before Thanksgiving, but didn't.  I don't what the difference was, what happened in a month to make Christmas Eve that busy, but it was great to see.


::: A random thought as I was falling asleep posted by kiyote23
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TOP EVENTS IOWA IA events and festivals in Iowa: "Featured in the New York Times’ '1000 Places to See Before You Die' as one of the world's must-see events, and named the #2 choice for summer fun in America by USA Weekend, the internationally-acclaimed Iowa State Fair annually attracts more than a million fun-lovers from around the world."


::: TOP EVENTS IOWA IA events and festivals in Iowa posted by kiyote23
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Flood brings Iowa City a new Mexican restaurant | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen: "Rivera said Fiesta Mexico will serve many of the same dishes as Los Cabos, removing some of the more time-consuming items to add new quick and good dishes.

It will continue to serve the most popular dishes, including a fajita-like meal made with chorizo, shrimp, chicken and steak grilled with vegetables, and mixed with melted cheese and chile rellenos.

“We would always run out,” Rivera said about the chile rellenos.

Fiesta Mexico will be the only sit-down authentic Mexican restaurant downtown, he said.

“It’s going to be a full menu,” he said of dishes including enchiladas, chicken with mole sauce, steaks and “the best margaritas in town.”"


::: Flood brings Iowa City a new Mexican restaurant | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen posted by kiyote23
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How fast is Iowa's Internet? | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen: "The PCMag.com “Best ISPs in America” list, published Dec. 2, put Iowa in 46th place, ahead of only Vermont, Wyoming, Hawaii and New Mexico, respectively. The third annual list was created based on the results of more than 200,000 individual tests from more than 17,000 unique IP addresses for the average speed of area Internet connections. Nevada clocked in with the fasted Internet."


::: How fast is Iowa's Internet? | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen posted by kiyote23
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Saturday, January 10, 2009 :::
 

While I was throwing my second podcast in ten days up onto the server, I ran across the previous podcasts I put together. I thought I'd link to them in the sidebar on the website, but in so doing, discovered that the .m4a format doesn't link very well. So I converted them to .mp3's, and in so doing, found the first podcast I ever recorded. So, now they are all up on the site.

Inventing Zero was recorded while I was working as a grocery clerk at New Pioneer in Coralville. This was after I had voluntarily stepped down as Front End Manager of New Pioneer in Iowa City, but before I was hired on as Front End Manager at Tait's Natural Foods. I sound a little depressed, which I was, but I was also reading from a script, because I felt I had trouble thinking on my feet on what I wanted to say.

Dorkcast 1.1 was recorded a little over a year ago. I had gotten an audio input box for the mac and wanted to try it out. The background music was recorded in our living room for a show that would go up in January of 2008.

Dorkcast 1.2 includes audio that was drunkenly recorded during New Yars 07, includes the sounds of "The Game with Too Many Rules." I'm still writing a script and reading it to record, which I think is why I sound like I'm on Zanax. This was the first time I actually recorded a second episode, but it was the last dorkcast recorded. So far.


::: After These Messages posted by kiyote23
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We came out of New Years with a lot of extra food, and this week we did stuff with it. Enjoy!

Hey Good Lookin' #2 - Tasty Leftovers


::: Hey Good Lookin', Episode 2 posted by kiyote23
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Alice Waters and Obama’s ‘Kitchen’ Cabinet - Well Blog - NYTimes.com: "Americans don’t have deep gastronomic roots. They wanted to get away from the cultures of Europe or wherever they came from. We stirred up that melting pot pretty quickly. Then fast food came in and took over. We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture. I think the demonstration of that idea at the White House could be profound. I can imagine the people who work there eating there. The whole idea of making a sort of democracy within that kitchen is of great interest to me. It would be a team of people, not just a head chef handing down orders. I can’t tell you how influential it could be."


::: Alice Waters and Obama’s ‘Kitchen’ Cabinet - Well Blog - NYTimes.com posted by kiyote23
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Drawless Animation: 4 Minute Film School | 4 Minute Film School:



::: Drawless Animation: 4 Minute Film School | 4 Minute Film School posted by kiyote23
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Recipe: Little Zucchini and Basil Fritattas: "In a large bowl, lightly whisk eggs with a fork with the basil, salt and freshly ground pepper (enough to cover the surface of the mixture) until just combined. Stir in the Parmesan and flour until combined.

Divide the fried zucchini and feta throughout the muffin tin. Place 12 pieces of zucchini aside as a garnish.

Pour the egg mixture into each muffin hole (about 1/4 cup) and top with a slice of zucchini.

Gently tap the sides of the muffin tray to ensure the mixture has spread throughout the muffin hole.

Bake for 20-25 minutes - until the the fritattas feel firm when gently pressed and spring back."


::: Recipe: Little Zucchini and Basil Fritattas � Pip’s Plate posted by kiyote23
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Abbie The Cat Has A Posse: "you go to sleep
right on their lap or on their legs or howveer they are sitting
SLEEP ON THEM
and be sure to look extra comfortable and happy
EVen if it is not quite the most comfortable place ever
one time I fell asleep on a shoe
I do not recomend it unless you like shoes
anyway now you are happy and alseep
and they will say wait I cant get up to change the channel because the cat is so happy and peaceful I do not want to disturb it
wait I will use the remote
oh
IU forgot to mention
before you do allthis
be sure to hide the remote"


::: Abbie The Cat Has A Posse posted by kiyote23
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Friday, January 09, 2009 :::
 

Sweet Potato Enchiladas

On December 16th, kiyote23 wrote:

Normally, I'd be patient and wait for a recipe that some one said
they would have to look up, BUT-- I've got a vegetarian friend coming
over for dinner Thursday night, and your enchiladas sound like
something we'd all be able to enjoy. If you don't have time, it's no
biggie. I just thought I'd poke and see what happened.

Enjoy the Zombie Yule!

On December 16th, Corvus wrote:

No worries on the hasty ping! I'm glad to spread the enchilada love. I
don't have to look this up, I have to transpose it for the first time.
I cook by feel, so translating my recipes into measures and quantities
is something that takes a bit of focus. This particular iteration of
my enchiladas has proven to be pretty popular due, no doubt, to its
simplicity. I tend to make my enchiladas with whatever seasonal
ingredients are on sale that week.

The recipe breaks into two parts, the sauce and the sweet potatoes.
The sauce is really the key, so don't rely on store bought sauce, or
enchilada spice mixtures. This makes 8 enchiladas and one per serving
is good if you have rice and beans on the side.

**Enchilada Sauce**
olive oil
medium sized yellow onion
fresh habanero pepper (if heat is a concern feel free to substitute 1
or 2 milder dried peppers such as ancho or New Mexico)
two large pinches of ground cumin (ooo... as fresh as possible, of
course)
14.5 oz can of tomato sauce
3 oz of tomato paste

*Heat infuse some olive oil (enough to coat the onion once you dump it
in) with the cumin (and dried peppers if you're using dried) while you
finely chop the onion--I like to cut the onion into long thing strips
*crank the heat up and drop the onion in
*aggressively cook the onion (letting it get a little charry, but
stirring to keep it from getting crispy), until the onions are
translucent
*if you're using the habanero, add it when the onions are about
halfway done
*turn the heat way down and add the sauce and paste
*let it simmer for as long as you can possibly stand it, or as time
allows. stir every 20 to 40 minutes. I've done this for as little as
90 minutes and as long as 4 hours.

**Sweet Potatoes**
olive oil
two or three large pinches of ground cumin
small to medium sized onion
medium to large sized sweet potato

*Cut both the onion and sweet potato (leaving the skin on) into long
thin strips (I cut the whole sweet potato into quarters and slice each
quarter, cutting the thicker pieces in half again)
*you want the oil to stand in the bottom of the pan, we're essentially
frying the sweet potato in the oil
*heat the oil gently, infusing it with the cumin. you're not looking
for a full on boil here
*drop in the sweet potatoes into oil and turn them constantly. the
skins can get a little tough, but you want the innards soft and mushy
*after 10 to 15 minutes, drop in the onions and keep turning the
whole mix
*decide when it smells right and stop

**Put it together and what have you got?**
I use whole wheat tortillas instead of corn. That's a personal choice
as I keep corn consumption to a minimum due to a particularly
unfortunate genetic inheritance.

For cheese we use about a pound of Monterey Jack, grated. You can even
use a pepper jack if you want the extra flavor of the jalapenos. If
you want to use soy cheese, we've found that Soya Kaas melts nicely,
but that does contain casein, which is a concern for some vegetarians

*Divvy the sweet potatoes and most of the cheese between the eight
tortillas. In a large flat oven-happy dish.
*Pour about 3/4s of the sauce over the top
*Add most of the remaining cheese
*Pour the remaining sauce over the cheese
*add the rest of the cheese

Heat it up in the oven at 375 or so until you hear sizzling.

Let me know how it goes!

On December 16th, kiyote23 wrote:

Thanks so much! It looks easily doable. We are also cook-by-feeling
folks in this house, so this should do us well. I had some sweet
potatoes as a side-dish at a restaurant on Friday which were amazing,
and I've been kinda craving them since, so your tweet really caught
my eye.

Would you mind if I blogged the recipe? I'd essentially cut and
paste what we're looking at below, with a little nipping and tucking.
I just like to digitally track my life. Anyway, let me know what you
think about that. I won't post anything without your say-so.

Thanks again for the recipe and the quick response. I can't wait to
try this!

On December 16th, Corvus wrote:

Let's consider it to be under a Creative Commons 3.0 attribution,
non-commercial, share-alike license. So let folks know who it came
from and encourage them to modify and post away! Rachel (my wife) and
I were just discussing that I ought to video blog my best dishes,
since measurements and times are done by feel.



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Deep Fried Onion - The Recipe Dude: "Gently place onion in the fryer basket or other wire frying basket. Deep-fry for 1 1/2 minutes. Turn over and fry 1 to 1 1/2 minutes longer or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Place onion upright in shallow bowl and cut out root end with a circular cutter or apple corer. Serve hot with Creamy Chili Sauce. (You can place a small bowl of sauce in the center of the onion.)"


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Potato Chips Recipe - Homemade Potato Chip Recipe: "Put the slices at once into a bowl of cold water and let stand for at least one hour. Ice water is best, but you can set the whole bowl in the refrigerator if you wish. Dry well by shaking them in a towel.

Fry in hot oil at 390 degrees F. until a light golden brown. Don't try frying too many at once, better to put one layer on the frying basket. Drain on paper towels or any kind of plain crumpled absorbent paper."


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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 :::
 

Hey Good Lookin', Episode 1

So I got new microphone for Christmas, and decided to play with a podcast.  I'm calling it "Hey Good Lookin'" and I'll be using it to talk about food and cooking.  In this first episode, we'll be revisiting what we did for New Year's, which involved cooking for about 20 people with different, unique dietary needs.

We reference a couple of recipes in the podcast that I'll list here.  First, you should check out Fat Free Vegan Kitchen, as it supplied many of the recipes talked about in the podcast, including:
The other recipes mentioned in the podcast are Corvus' Sweet Potato Enchiladas, and a Cold Mexican Salad, which we'll publish here on Dorky.

Enjoy the podcast, and hopefully I'll have something up for next week!



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