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Archive for November 22nd, 2006

November 22, 2006

OK, One Recipe

Posted by TFG on 22nd November 2006

Can’t not try at least one new thing. I’m a cook, man — it’s what I do:

Corn Maquechoux

Cajun spices (Emeril’s Bayou Blast, Tony Chacare’s)
Hot pepper sauce
Worcestershire sauce
1 stick butter
1 head garlic
1 large red pepper
1 large green pepper
1 large onion (Spanish or Vidala work best)
2 cans creamed corn
1 can kernel corn
1 pint heavy cream
4 plum tomatoes

Melt the butter in a large pan

Mince the garlic as finely as possible. Add it to the butter and simmer for a few minutes.

Dice the peppers and onion. Add to the pot, stirring well. Cook 2-3 minutes, then add spices. Continue cooking until the onions are clear.

Add all three cans of corn, including the juice from the kernel corn. Add spices, then bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10-12 minutes, stirring often.

Add heavy cream. If you have more than a pint, add a bit more. Add spices (a sprinkle of Cajun spices, a splash of the hot sauce, and a few good splashes of Worcestershire sauce). Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often.

Dice plum tomatoes after removing seeds and pulp. Stir into mixture. Add spices to taste. At this point you may need to add just a bit of salt to bring out the sweetness of the corn, but go easy on it.

I’m probably going to throw in one diced jalapeno (the state vegetable), just because I want to.

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Never enough guns

Posted by TFG on 22nd November 2006

Now that I’ve got my longest-term rifle lust slaked with the SOCOM-16 purchase at the gun show this month, my thoughts move towards what’s up next on the gotta-get-one list. My newest little work buddy just finished building an AR-15 with naught but his bare hands and a pull-tab from an old Schlitz can. I’m thinking of doing something like that with an “as I find it, on the cheap” plan. Any one ever done so? Is it a stupid idea?

I also would like to find a Monte Carlo-stocked, .243 Remington 700BDL to replace the one that got stolen in a break-in 20 years ago — that was my deer rifle, given to me by my dad, and I still see red when I think about it being gone. Nothing could ever replace it, of course, but I can pretend.

Then there’s the .44 magnum lever action cowboy carbine I’d like to have for the truck, too. Heck, I have fun just looking at those on the internets…shooting one has got to be a blast.

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