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Speaking of Wildlife In Detroit…
Just when I thought I’d heard it all, something like this comes along!
DETROIT (AP) – Authorities are trying to determine who dumped more than a ton of frozen chicken outside an old auto factory in Detroit.
The Detroit News reports at least 30 boxes containing the more than 2,000 pounds of sealed chicken breasts were found Sunday afternoon at the former Fisher Body plant on the city’s southwest side.
Source: Detroit News
- I’m sure it wasn’t Kwame, he’d never let a breast go to waste…
- Anyone have a good recipe for General Tso’s chicken?
Check out this video of Detroit (just ignore the French subtitles). It’s fairly long but the imagery is absolutely haunting.
Maple Mustard Barbecued Pork Chops
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup dark amber maple syrup
- 4 tablespoons, 1/4 cup, spicy brown mustard
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- 1/4 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice, eyeball it in your hand
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1/3 palm full
- 8 center cut boneless pork loin chops, 1-inch thick
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- Grill seasoning blend or salt and pepper (preferred brand McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning)
- 3 golden delicious apples, sliced across into 1/2-thick inch disks
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat grill pan or nonstick griddle pan over medium high heat. Preheat electric table top grills to high. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine maple syrup, mustard, cider, onion, allspice and cumin in a small saucepan and cook together over moderate heat for 5 minutes until sauce begins to thicken a bit.
- Coat chops lightly in oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook chops on hot grill pan or indoor grill 3 minutes on each side. Baste chops liberally with sauce, cook 2 or 3 minutes more. Transfer chops to a baking sheet. Baste again with sauce and transfer to a hot oven to finish cooking them. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until your apples are ready to come off the grill pan.
- Wash apples but do not core or peel. Coat apple slices with a drizzle of oil. Season with grill seasoning or salt and pepper. Cover grill pan or indoor tabletop grill with as many pieces of apple as possible. As the apples get tender, pull them off and replace with more slices. Apples should cook 3 minutes on each side, you don’t want them too soft, just tender.
- Platter chops with apples along side and serve.
We went to Costco this weekend and stocked up on some meat to freeze and use for dinners over the next month or so. I picked up some absolutely GIGANTIC filet mignon steaks for $6.00 each, and with a couple fresh veggies and other items on hand, I threw together this delicious dinner for the 2 of us for under $18.
Filet Mignon with Rich Balsamic Glaze
INGREDIENTS
- 2 filet mignon steaks
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper to taste
- salt to taste
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup dry red wine
DIRECTIONS
- Sprinkle freshly ground pepper over both sides of each steak, and sprinkle with salt to taste.
- Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Place steaks in hot pan, and cook for 1 minute on each side, or until browned. Reduce heat to medium-low, and add balsamic vinegar and red wine. Cover, and cook for 5 minutes on each side, basting with sauce when you turn the meat over.
- Remove steaks to two warmed plates, spoon one tablespoon of glaze over each, and serve immediately.
Baked Asparagus
INGREDIENTS
- 1 bunch asparagus
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
DIRECTIONS
- Break the asparagus from the weak point on the stem.
- Place the asparagus in a plastic bag with the olive oil and toss to coat.
- Arrange asparagus in a single layer on a baking sheet and cook at 400°F for 12-16min to desired tenderness.
Garlic Smashed Potatoes
INGREDIENTS
- 4 large russet potatoes, cleaned & sliced, skin on
- 1 Tbsp butter
- splash of milk
- 1 glove garlic minced
- a bit of fresh dill
DIRECTIONS
- Boil the potatoes for 15-20mins or until tender.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and smash the potatoes in the pot.
If Myspace is the internet’s official popularity measurement, I must be the coolest dude on earth. Paul Oakenfold sent me a friend request.
Should I say yes? 😉
I have awesome friends.
Thanks to Shauna for bringing this to my attention…
As I was sipping an Ice Mountain (owned by Nestle) bottled water today at a staff meeting, my colleague informed me that ice mountain is bottled in Northern Michigan and is depleting our natural resources at an alarming rate of something like a BILLION gallons of water a day. Anyways, it’s bad news! River’s are lower, fish are sad, squirrels are thirsty, birds are confused, etc etc no bueno no bueno. I’m sure some of you already have ‘cut it out’ (thanks uncle joey) with the whole drinking bottled water thing, applause for u. For the rest of you and myself included, let’s keep it old skool and use our faucets, it’s just as good for you, studies show.
Best,
Shauna
Click here for more information.
I wasn’t alive to see Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. I wasn’t born yet when The Beatles toured. And I probably won’t ever get out to see that Japanese dude eat all them hot dogs. But goddamn, history has been made here in the US, and it feels good.
A big thanks for saving me a shit-ton of time goes out to Emil Haukeland and his post about configuring lighttpd for wordpress. Lighttpd is a very lightweight open-source web server emphasizing high-performance with low system resources. I had been using the industry standard apache web server, but I was interested in fine-tuning my host-box like a good little dork.
Anyway mostly for my own reference here’s the code:
url.rewrite-final = (
# Exclude some directories from rewriting #
"^/(wp-admin|wp-includes|wp-content)/(.*)" => "$0",
# Exclude .php files at root from rewriting #
"^/(.*\.php)" => "$0",
# Handle permalinks and feeds #
"^/(.*)$" => "/index.php/$1"
)
Best part is near the end:
Palin: If I ran as a Democrat you would have seen a completely different Sarah Palin.
Stewart: And all you would have to do is change everything you think.