Flour, grease, and sweat yumm yumm

Well, I have learned a new secret to dieting. Be one person short at work, and you will run your butt off and lose weight. This however is counterproductive since I work in a restaraunt. But you get the idea. They worked us like mules Friday, and today was just as busy. Fortunately I was prepping today and not on the line. A temp difference of about 20 degrees. Alas both days were good and smooth kinda like good ice cream. ( with only a few nuts lol )

I feel obligated to include something Kevin Smith(ish) today. His daughter Harley Quinn is based off of a comic character from the Batman animated series. Mallrats, great movie, starring Joey Lauren Adams of Dazed and Confused fame, is actually a prequel to Clerks, because it in the time line happened the day before Clerks takes place.

Zombie Survival tip 3: If you happen to have the need to go up a set of stairs, or climb up onto a roof, or some other elevated surface for protection. Once all in your party is safe, destroy the stairs, ladder, rope, pile of wood whatever helped you get up there. This may seem a lost cause but, if you can climb it, chances are a zombie can too. No matter how slow and feeble they may look, they seem to be persistent little suckers. A broke wrist is a much better alternative in my opinion from jumping down, or a broke leg, than a having to be killed for getting turned into a zombie.

I realized that I had forgotten to include " the above recipe" wich is a ingredient in the beer mop. So here ya go.

All purpose dry rub
3/4 cup paprika
1/4 cup ground black pepper
1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup sugar
2TBLSP chili powder
2TBLSP garlic powder
2TBLSP onion powder
2 tsp cayenne pepper


Mix all ingredients in bowl and store in cool dark pantry
yields 2 cups: good for pork, beef, and poultry

Rockband rocks.. well, twangs

Ok, I am addicted to Guitar hero and Rockband. It truely is for those of us who grew up air guitaring to our favorite bands, and now it is even better. How so you might ask, I'll tell ya, Rockband now has a country track pack, with current country hits aswell as a couple of classics. No Hank Jr. though, so I'm a bit saddened All in all I am enjoying the track pack.

Zombie Survival tip: If your friend or loved one gets bitten by a zombie, and they are not Mila Jovovich, or Kate Beckinsale, or Orlando Bloom ( for the wifey ) Kill them immediately after you kiss them good bye. It never turns out good, and in just a few short hours or days, (depending on who is directing hehe ) they will turn on you and you will become one of the mindless hoards. So Kill em quick, clean, and MAKE SURE they are good and dead ie: see zombie tip #1.

Recipe: Simple yeast rolls

1 gal. warm water (128 oz )
1 cup sugar (8 oz )
1/2 cup wesson oil (4 oz )
1/2 cup yeast (4 oz )
4 tsp salt ( pinch over 1 oz )
(optional ingredients, sundried tomatoes, black olives, chopped garlic )

combine all ingredients in mixer and let bloom, this takes about 5-10 mins depending on the temp and humidity. Once bloomed or foamy looking add 3-5 lbs of white high glutton flourand mix on medium until it is pulling together and away from mixing bowl. Turn out into large mixing bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size. Using a little flour on your hands to keep it from sticking, pinch and roll dough into golfball size pieces, place in muffin pan and bake @ 350 for 5-7 mins.

Now folks this makes about 144 rolls. I advise you to cut it down for home use, just keep the same ratio and it will turn out just fine.

Until next time sports fans

Recipes, Zombie tips & Kevin Smith

Ok so here goes this blogging thing...You may be wondering why the zombies and Kevin Smith, yes the actor and drirector Kevin Smith of Jay and Silent Bob fame. Well that is simple, my best friend David introduced me to the world of Askeview and the Jay and Silent Bob movies about a year ago. I became a little o.c.d. with them, from " An Evening with Kevin Smith to Clerks 2. I would randomly quote various things this incredibly tallented and funny man would say and my loving and patient wife asked me one day if Kevin Smith was gonna be living with us since I just wouldnt shut up. I told her we had a second bedroom.
Zombies on the other hand, well... One can never be too prepared for the Zombie appocolypse. I havent yet gone as far as rationing and hoarding food caches and water and fuel supplies. Mostly cause we dont have the room for it. Though we do have a standup freezer now...hmmm, anyway, I figured I would just watch as many tacky zombie movies as I could, to learn what not to do. As well as how to survive. I will do my best to post useful survival tips with the bloggin updates.
Recipes however as something I do have some actual practical knowledge of. Being a chef does have its advantages. So here ya go.
Zombie survival tip : Decapitation, when in doubt remove the head. You choose your own method here ie: shotgun, chainsaw, tnt, logging chain hooked to a wrecker wench. Its about creativity and practicality, you use whatcha got.
For you BBQ guru's and Grillin Comandos a good mop, that yes I have made and it works wonderfully.A side not for the recipes, I wont put any recipe on here that I have not tried, or made myself. How else could I know it works ? If the recipe came from someone other than me I will be giving the props to the respective person as is the case with this Beer Mop.
Beer Mop

12 oz beer
1/2 cup cider vinegar ( apple )
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup oil ( corn or canola )
1/2 onion chopped small
2 each garlic cloves choped but NOT minced )
1 TBSP worchestershire sauce
1 TBSP All purpose dry rub from above recipe

Combine all in a saucepan, bring to a boil, then keep warm, but not a boil

Yileds 3 cups: best on chicken, pork, and beef

courtesy of Exec. Chef Ian Tarica