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Dudes, just needed a place to store this so it was accessible.

Rhiannon is due at the end of the month, gallstones and gestational diabetes are kicking her butt, so I made this. Seemed to work out well.

Turkey Stewey

1.25 lbs. Ground Turkey (Lean)
2 Tomatoes, sliced
2 cups water
3 cloves garlic
2 carrots, sliced
3 medium potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
Juice of one lemon
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp chile powder
dash of salt and pepper
2 tblsp. cornstarch
1/2 cup cold water

Brown turkey in large pot. Add tomatoes, garlic, 2 cups water, garlic, carrots, potatoes, lemon juice and seasonings. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until carrots and potatoes are tender.

In small bowl mix cornstarch and 1/2 cup cold water. Stir into turkey mixture and cook until thickened.

Serve over whole grain noodles.

-z

Just got handed some work that I need to get done tonight, not going to be able to go.

Anyone want em? Email me.

-z

You ever find those random emails in your junk folder that are actually worth reading? Got one today entitled "High School Reunion" and decided to click on it for no good reason.

text:

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Hola Amigos!!!
High School Reunion is now available everywhere!

Frank Black, Matthew Sweet, Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave), John P. Strohm (The Blake Babies, The Lemonheads), The Caulfield Sisters, and Dresden Dolls are just several of the great indie-rockers covering tracks from some of the 80s most popular teen films!

High School Reunion has been receiving glowing reviews and charting as high as #1 on college & indie radio worldwide. This is the CD of the year - maybe the DECADE!!! Okay, that's a bit over-the-top, but High School Reunion is a really fun CD and, in our humble opinions, a must have for any music lover and/or film buff.



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Info here:
http://www.americanlaundromatrecords.com/highschoolreunion.html

EDIT:

Okay, it's got clips from it on the site. Most of the songs are crap. That's really disappointing.

Worthy tracks:
American Girl - Matthew Sweet
In Your Eyes - Lori McKenna
If You Were Here - Kitty Hawk
Moving In Stereo - The Commons
Pretty In Pink - The Dresden Dolls
Wave Of Mutilation - Kristin Hersh
Danke Schoen - The Wading Girl
Repo Man - Frank Black
I Go Crazy - PC Munoz

It's pretty funny that someone covers Wave of Mutilation, and Frank Black is a contributor. Also...Danke Shoen? Haha...great 80's song.

-z

Just pulled this out of my butt, based on the "Zachary needs" Google game.

In quotes, enter into Google:
"__yourname__ went to the"

List the top 5 or 10 or whatever.

1. Their youngest son Zachary went to the University of New Hampshire...
"their" being Dale Comey, a "UConn Hoop Legend" and his wife

2. Zachary went to the ped. on Friday and he has the worst case of strep throat that his doctor's seen in a long time.
I've never had strep. I always think I have it when I get sick but the culture comes out negative. One of these days I'm going to decide not to go to the doctor and die of some complications relating to strep throat...like not being able to yell when I'm being mugged.

3. Janet and Zachary went to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground while the rest of us walked into the Muppets 3-D preshow with about 9 minutes wait.
well, it is the coolest playground in the entire world. Just hope dad doesn't step on me! oh no!

4. Zachary went to the babysitter’s, Jennifer, for the first time. Even she stated that Zachary was such a good baby, the easiest she had ever cared for, that he was always content to just play by himself in the crib. Little did either of us realize that this was one of the first signs of autism manifesting itself.
oh, that's just fucking great. just because I was a mellow child means I'm autistic? how come nobody ever told me? I mean, yeah, I look kind of funny but hey, so do you! piss off!

5. Zachary went to the neurologist July 6, and Dr. Connolly was pretty impressed with his progress. She has put him back on the Prednisone though. His CPK level was elevated and some of his contractures have gotten worse. She thinks maybe the MD is still active in his muscles and this will knock it back down.
why does everyone with my name have some horrible malady or is handicapped? maybe I should change my name to Joshua.

Okay, actually didn't get GREAT results, the "need" one was much better. I'm just waiting for an email from a client so I can finish his darn project.

Bonus #6:

Mostly, Joshua went to the island on business. His entry for Monday, June 20, 1720, reads "I went to Fishers Island & took on bord Mr Arnold 1536 lb Wool. I Lodged yr al night. next morning Wee Sat out for Hartford & arived on Saturday 25th."

Yeah, Joshua is sounding pretty good about now, even though he's illiterate.

-z

For those of you who missed it, I posted Zach's Super Bowl Chili recipe a few weeks ago, complaining that I couldn't find my recipe from last year.

Clicking on a random archive page on the blog, I found out that I had posted mine from last year as well. What a mrrrr.

2005 Super Bowl Chili

I'm much more proud of this year's chili than last year's. Mainly because I had to actually watch it in the pot instead of leaving it in the crock pot, but also because a) it was much hotter and b) it had less of a tomato flavor. You just don't need that can of tomato sauce.

Next time though I'm going to cut the amount of chipotles in half.

-z

At about 8:45, Fox 6 had a commercial saying "two wannabes bounced off American Idol talk to us in the morning..."

They then show two contestants on film.

I won't say who they are since Mikey hasn't watched it yet.

So we're thinking, awwww man, I can't believe they ruined that for us! Someone's getting fired!

And then the eliminations come, and one of them gets kicked off, but the other one doesn't.

So what's worse, the fact that some producer at Fox screwed up and played a spot early...

OR THAT HE HAD THE WRONG PEOPLE IN THE COMMERCIAL????

Holy crap...gotta love local producers.

hahahahaaaaa...

-z

Anyone else notice that Ace from American Idol looks like Mark Loretta with long hair?

Best quote about Cheney's shooting comes courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel:

"Congratulations Mister Vice President, you are now a Crip."

So, I figure we need a Cheney rap.

"Cheney" by Ice-Z

I am a VP walking, psychopath talking
True king of the White House just a gangster stalking
Punkin Dems like a firecracker quick is my fuse
Then dead as your freedom the cronies I choose
Red or Blue, Cal or Texas, it just don't matter
Lawyer dive for your life when my shotgun scatters
Republicans of DC will never die - just multiply.

Cheney...Cheney...Cheney...

-z

Couldn't find my chili recipe from last year, nor our crock pot, but still wanted to make chili this year. It's pretty spicy, you've been warned. So, for posterity, here we go.

2 lbs stew meat
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon pepper
1 tablespoon salt
vegetable oil
1 onion, diced
1 red bell pepper, cut into smallish (1/2" square) pieces
5 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
1 small can Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
1 cup tequila
Half a can of Squirt
2 cups beef broth/consumme
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons cumin
2 teaspoons oregano
1 large can diced tomatoes
1 small can tomato paste
1 large can each - kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans
1 big ass pot

Here we go.

Trim stew meat into approx. 1 inch cubes. Mix flour, 1 tablespoon paprika, garlic powder, pepper and salt. Heat some vegetable oil in pot. Roll stew meat in flour mixture and brown well. Remove from pot and place in a bowl. I had to do this 1 lb. at a time.

In same pot, add more vegetable oil if needed, and sautee onion and garlic for about 3 minutes. Add bell peppers and chipotle peppers (with sauce) and sautee for another 3-4 minutes.

Place beef back in pot. Add Squirt, tequila, beef broth, chili powder, cumin and oregano. Stir. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1.5 hours.

Add diced tomatoes, stir, and simmer for another hour covered.

Drain beans and add to pot. Stir. Simmer for another half hour covered, stir, then simmer for another half hour uncovered.

Serve with bread, grated cheese and sour cream.

Any additional simmering is highly recommened.

When I first made it, I only used 2 cans of beans. It was WAY too hot to eat as regular food so I added another can. This is some spicy chili kids, if you want to cut it down even futher, I figure you could use just the chiles without the adobo sauce, or get rid of the chiles altogether and add Chipotle Tobasco to taste.

-z