Lungfish "Black Helicopters" & "Oppress Yourself" 5-12-98 Baltimore, MD

Lungfish - "Armageddon" - May 8th, 2004 - The Ottobar - Baltimore, MD

BBQ 2

And what would a bbq be without the BBQ? I started with a delicious hebrew national frank with kraut, relish and katchup. HEEBNATS as Anna calls them, are delicious and small in calories. We made veggie burgers for those so inclined and others brought their own veggie kabobs, burgers and the above-pictured ASPARAGUS WRAPPED IN BACON. What a fucking treat!

Seth got a super gnarly picture of some uneaten ones and burgers COVERED IN FLIES. Will try to figure out how to upload that one later. Heather, Beth and I had an awesome idea to restart the grill at about midnight for a snack. Heather and I ate some crazy cheese filled brats (pronounced "braahts" out here in ShitCAAAgo) that were fucking delightful when we were half in the bag.



Mojito Station

Since my garden was over flowing with herbs at that time, I decided that I would make Mojitos for everyone. Easy and tasty, I make mine with out tonic and syrup:

Crush fresh mint and less than a tsp of white sugar in the bottom of the glass
Squeeze the juice from a lime wedge in and crush all together
Add a shot (or more) of white rum
Fill the rest of the glass with ice
Top with soda water and stir

BBQ! 1

We had a fourth of july bbq. We ate:



ASIAN COLE SLAW

I am lazy and really I made a lot of food so I took the easy way out and bought a bag of pre-chopped slaw, broccoli slaw and carrots then I threw together the dressing and other parts but here is the whole recipe. I found it on line somewhere

5tblsp rice vinegar
5tblsp oil
5tblsp peanut butter
3tblsp soy sauce
2-3 minced garlic cloves
salt pepper and cayenne pepper to taste

Put all this in a covered dish or tupperware and shake until the peanut butter dissolves

head of green cabbage shredded
head of red cabbage shredded
a cup or so of shredded carrots
chopped green onion and cilantro to taste

mix all this in a bowl then toss with the dressing




SPINACH PASTA SALAD-
Warning, this is fucking delicious. Its absolutely possible to eat yourself into a coma, trust me.

1 lb tortellini - cooked and drained according to instructions- I used some dried cheese tortellini from my local market
Once you drain the pasta run it under cold water so it stops cooking, then put it into the final dish and toss with a smidge of oil so it doesn't stick together
10 oz spinach - about 3/4 of a bag of pre-washed stuff works, it will wilt a little once you dress it, before that it takes up a lot of space
2oz (or more, really MORE) tomato basil feta
1 small red onion chopped (I blanch mine, otherwise I'll get heart burn. Just throw it in to the pasta water for the last 30 seconds of cooking and drain with your pasta)
1 cup italian dressing (I like the good seasons package you mix yourself for this. Any zesty italian dressing would work too)
2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
juice of one whole lemon
black pepper to taste
one roma tomato chopped

Combine everything but the dressing, lemon and pepper. Mix together. Add remaining stuff, toss and chill for 2 hours or more.

Berry Crisp

I made all kinds of food for my girl Megan's baby shower the other day but this was the highlight. Or at least I imagined it to have been cause I didn't eat any of it.



This recipe is VERY easy. I really am having trouble remembering what I was listening to but I want to say it was the Dictators and the Coloured Balls, anyway...

I will give directions for one batch which is half of whats in the photo (use a square 8 or 9 inch baking dish), modified from Heaven's Banquet, the maharishi ayur-veda cookbook.

INNARDS
6 cups of berries
I used fresh cherries and blueberries and augmented with some frozen berry mix that had raspberries and blackberries. Pitting fresh cherries BLOWS.
2 1/2 tblsp arrowroot or cornstarch (I didn't have either oddly enough so I just used flower to thicken it up a bit
1 tblsp lemon juice
2 tblsp sugar (you don't need this but I add a smidge of agave nectar to help bind it all together)

Stir all this together in a big bowl, butter your pan and throw it in there
Megan and Carlos don't do dairy so I used canola spray on the pan and oil in the topping recipe

CRUST
1/2 c or less brown sugar
2/3 c unbleached or whole wheat flour
1 1/4 c uncooked oats
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c unsalted butter

I also like this one if you can eat nuts

1/2 c brown sugar
3/4 c unbleached or whole wheat flour
1/2 c ground nuts (pecans work for me)
1/4c wheat germ
1/2tsp salt
1/2 c salted butter

crumble crust over the fruit and bake at 375 for 45 minutes

Bringing back the dead, part two

They are still alive and have a few flowers, FUCK YEAH!

These beauties are my favorite they are so big they are obscene!

The UV Race

I love this band, coming this summer, the UV Race.

Figures

I did a new blog the other night with this kick ass recipe for jicama, cucumber and mango salad which I have been eating for the last couple days and apparently I didn't save it so, fuck it. I am going to bbq tomorrow and if I don't get too drunk I will take pics of all the delicious food I will be gorging myself on and posting them all later.

EDIT: The recipe did save but for some reason posted on june 1st, so weird...