Well Done

and how was everything tonight ?

"The food was surpassed only by the service."

- CAW

SupperTime

Tonight, it was steak marinated in soy sauce, and honey. Potatoes with garlic, onion and paprika. And green peppers, red peppers, onions, and mushrooms. 

On the Grill. 

I amaze even myself.

On my day off...

Today, as I was sitting on the front porch (trying not to listen 'Rock on the Range'), I

-downloaded an app that told me, 'Yes, that light in the sky to the west is Venus',

-looked up Wikipedia to find out out those tiny little red bugs are 'clover mites',

-read a book (The Last Legends of Earth),

-grilled a steak (and used my new Weber Style 6434 Professional-Grade Vegetable Basket to grill some green peppers, red peppers and mushrooms )

and basically enjoyed my day off...

Picture is from Astronomy Picture of the Day

Argh ! My grocery store stopped selling this !

These are actually quite good. Shrimp Flavored Chips from Calbee  "A toasted light snack, with a touch of shrimp."

From the website : 

"We smile when we are happy.
We smile when we experience something tasty.
"Happy" and "tasty" are somewhat similar.

Smart snacking can make you feel relaxed and relieve your stress.
Whenever there are snacks, there will be smiles
and a friendly atmosphere.
Calbee believes that the joy of eating enriches our lives."

Sundries

A handyman who was injured after propping his ladder against the tree branch he then sawed off is suing his employers.

Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less

Homemade Goldfish Crackers

The 'Field Of Dreams' is for sale

SubTropolis - The World's Largest Underground Business Complex

Sundry -
O.E. syndrig "separate, apart, special," related to sundor "separately" (see sunder). Phrase all and sundry first recorded 1389; sundries "odds and ends" is first found 1755. 

Spring is here

Step one (read):

Fish on a Plank – Grill fish on a wooden plank for ease and flavor (About.com)

Step two (read):

Vermont Castings’ Modern Grilling: More Than 300 Recipes and Menus for Grilling Year Round (Paperback) (Amazon.com)

step three (buy) :

“Fire & Flavor” Grilling Planks

step four (buy) :

salmon
onion
green pepper
red pepper
mushroom
tomato
SoyVay

step last :

cook and enjoy

Atlanta bound

We will be in Atlanta tomorrow where the temp will be 97 degrees. Yeehah ! The last time I was in Atlanta for a show, I was in a little cafe and I asked for iced coffee, and they looked at me like I was from Mars. As if they had never heard of such a thing. 

Me: "It's kind of like iced tea - but it's iced coffee !!"  Then, I said, "Could you please, just pour some coffee into a glass of ice? "

Waitress: "But then all the ice is gonna' melt.."
Me : "I'll just have to take that chance.."

Maybe, by now they have discovered Iced Coffee...

Neuro Fuel - The Science of Happiness

"The smart way to feel better." Especially while spending 16 hours a day 

at front of house during a music festival...

From Ichthus 2009

Lesson learned : lobster is expensive in Alabama

Update to a previous post : I recently was informed that my fantastic lobster dinner cost $101.00. 

That is ; one hundred, and one dollars. 

Seriously ?! $101? 

At previously mentioned Weilands the price for a 1 pound lobster is $7.99. 

And I was told, "get what ever you want". 

Just sayin'....

Hot dogs

Dinner time...

From Hot Dogs

Swiss Cheese

I knew it was called rat cheese for a reason...

PM5D Scene Management Class

Highlights from NYC

• The bus from La Guardia filled up with smoke, and we were stuck on the side of the road in Queens for about an hour...

• Dinner at The Pearl Oyster Bar was fantastic. Oysters, clams, and halibut...

• Attended the Yamaha Commercial Audio PM5D Scene Management Class

• Had a Great Rueben sandwich at a deli in Times square

• Successfully kept my mouth shut while surrounded by millions of Yankee, Giants, and Mets fans

best. frappe. ever.

After the best. hamburger. ever., I made a ChucksItsSummerAndItSoundsWickedGood CoffeeCoffee Frappe.

recipe :

-some coffee ice cream

-a cup of fresh brewed coffee

-some milk

put it in a blender, and viola : you have the

best. frappe. ever.

Note :

Some words used in the Boston area but not in many other American English dialects (or with different meanings) are:

• bubbler (bublah) or water bubbler – 'drinking fountain'. This term is also used in Wisconsin (and Australia).

• frappe (pronounced /fræp/ – 'a blend of ice cream, milk, and syrup' (In Boston milkshake refers to a concoction without ice cream, but merely with milk blended with flavored syrup by shaking.)

• Hoodsie – A small cup of ice cream, the kind that comes with a flat wooden spoon (from HP Hood, the dairy that sells them.) Elsewhere occasionally known as adixie cup.

• jimmies– 'chocolate sprinkles' ( I always thought these were named after my uncle)
  

• milk shake – 'drink composed of milk, iced milk and flavored syrup, without ice cream

• packie– 'liquor store' (from "package store")

• rotary– 'traffic circle'

• tonic– 'soft drink'; the term is retreating in favor of soda among younger speakers.^[41] Elsewhere the phrase often has an alcoholic connotation.

• wicked- 'very'

best. hamburger. ever.

Q: What do you get when a Chinese lady and a Jewish guy ( I know this sounds like a joke, but it's not) decide to make a Teriyaki sauce ? 

A: SoyVay.  Only the best Teriyaki sauce on the planet. 

This stuff is like candy, it is kosher, natural, and I have put it on/in everything from steak to chicken to mushrooms to fish to......I am real close to just using a straw......

I just bought a new grill, and found this recipe for the best. hamburger. ever. Featuring, you guessed it SoyVay Veri Veri Teriyaki Sauce...

Name Gorgeous Quick and Easy Veri Veri Teriyaki Burgers Serves: 4  Preparation time: 10 mins  Cooking time: 12 minutes Ingredients: Approx 450g minced beef, lamb or pork 4 tablespoons ( or more!!!! ) Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki Marinade & Sauce 1 chopped onion 1 crushed garlic clove or 8 sprays of Garlic Valley Farms Freshly Pressed Garlic  1 teaspoon mustard (English or French) 1 teaspoon tomato puree 2 teaspoons tomato ketchup (optional) 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 egg, beaten Salt and freshly ground pepper 1. Mix together the meat, chopped onion, garlic, mustard, tomato puree, tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Veri Veri Teriyaki Marinade & Sauce and season to taste with salt and pepper. Bind the mixture together with the egg. You probably won't need to use all of it. 2. Press the mixture together into patties and chill in the fridge for about 20 minutes before cooking. 3. Barbecue or grill for about 6 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness, until cooked through.

help

have podium mic... will travel to Manhattan next week, looking for a good seafood restaurant ... any suggestions ???

"In North America, the American lobster did not become a popular food until the mid-19th century, when New Yorkers and Bostonians developed a taste for the species..... Prior to this time, eating lobster was considered a mark of poverty or as a food for indentured servants or lower members of society in Maine, Massachusetts and the Canadian Maritimes. Prior to the American Revolutionary War, dock workers in Boston went on strike, protesting having to eat lobster more than three times a week"

We smile when we are happy

These are actually quite good. Shrimp Flavored Chips from Calbee  "A toasted light snack, with a touch of shrimp."

From the website : "We smile when we are happy. We smile when we experience something tasty. "Happy" and "tasty" are somewhat similar.

Smart snacking can make you feel relaxed and relieve your stress. Whenever there are snacks, there will be smiles and a friendly atmosphere. 
Calbee believes that the joy of eating enriches our lives."

rock star chef

We provided production for Sysco, who had 2 guests speakers : Cameron Mitchell and Guy Fieri. Guy is a chef on the Food Network as well as a restaurant owner, and a rock star...He put on a great show with a cooking demo, funny stories, and some rock n' roll...

Alabama

It was as I thought ; long days in Birmingham. We brought in Sound, Lights, and Video, and spent aprox. 12 hours rehearsing for 3 a three hour event... One highlight was dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse where I had a great lobster... 

This is making me hungry....

New favorite web site : The Crepes of Wrath 

Cool recipes with great photos , and step by step instructions... The picture is from the recipe for Mongolian Beef (which was fantastic)