11:32 PM >> Paperclip


In addition to the paperclip there is other office inspiration withing the staple remover >>

The staple remover is a practical office tool for removing the staples in your heart.

10:57 PM >> Leftover version #3 and #4


Roasted Red Black-eyed Pea Andouille Sausage Sauce and Bagel Bowl
Leftover version #3 of the Single Pea and Andouille Suasage Stuffed Roasted Red Bells. This is the hearty tomato based sauce borrowed directly from the previous smoked bell pepper experiment reheated and topped with half of a toasted poppy seed bagel that some co-workers hid in my book bag as a prank.

Rating: 8.02

Roasted Red Black-eyed Pea Andouille Sausage Sauce with Noodles
Leftover version #4 of the Single Pea and Andouille Suasage Stuffed Roasted Red Bells. A hearty tomato based sauce borrowed directly from the previous smoked bell pepper experiment reheated and served with tri color rotini noodles. Served with baby spinach salad topped with roasted onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes with sesame oil, thyme, roasted garlic, pepper, and balsamic vinagrette, and a little sugar.

Rating: 7.98

9:20 PM >> Country singer sit-downs

Country singer I'd most like to meet...

in a COFFEE SHOP >> Kris Kristofferson
at a BAR >> Hank Williams Sr.
on a GOLF COURSE >> Willie Nelson
in a PRISON MESS HALL >> Merle Haggard
at the VARSITY >> Charlie Pride
at the TACO BELL >> Jose Feliciano or Freddy Fender [toss up]
on a TRAIN >> Johnny Horton, Townes Van Zandt, and Kenny Rogers [we'd share a car]
at a BASEBALL GAME >> Dwight Yokam
at VICTORIA SECRETS >> Faith Hill
at a YARD SALE >> Lorretta Lynn
at a CHILI COOK-OFF >> Lucinda Williams
for a NICE DINNER [RED LOBSTERS] >> Linda Rondstadt

Thanks for the inspiration, Jason.

9:50 PM >> Single Pea and Andouille Suasage Stuffed Roasted Red Bells

To begin this I think is the top rated item in my log. I came across this sweet deal on red peppers at my local Kroger and bought two of them. Then, before getting started I did some research at a local cantina >> Nuevo Laredo. I ordered the Chile Relleno. They serve theirs with "meat y potatoes." Mine was meat y black-eyed peas since I still had some left over from other cooking projects. Also, they breaded and fried theirs. Mine was naked in that regard.



Here's my opus:
Single Pea and Andouille Suasage Stuffed Roasted Red Bells
Giant roasted red bell peppers stuffed with Andouille sausage, onions, celery, black-eyed peas, stewed toms, garlic, and spices (chili powder, parsely flakes, thyme, crushed red pepps, salt and pepper, a little ginger and cinnamon, and a dash or more of worcestershire. Topped with a sauce containing much of the same and some shredded processed American Smart Heart cheese.

Rating: 8.59

This is the sauce and the suace-less vessel I put in the oven >>


And here a naked bed of lettuce and which was covered with the sauce and the cheese >>


And here the final product that came steaming out of the oven >>


NOTES: 1 variation for leftovers was to serve the meal atop half of a poppyseed bagel that some co-workers hid in my book bag. That was mean, I thought at first. I threw the bagel in the back of my truck when I noticed it stuffed in my book bag. But on the way home I realized that I was out of lettuce and could use the bagel as a bedding for the leftovers. It was kind of like a little personal pizza.

For dessert with leftover session #1 I had Kroger Lite Cherry Cheesecake yogurt. And for dessert with LS#2 I had Kroger Lite Orange yogurt. With the original eating session I desserted on Kroger Lite Key Lime Pie yogurt. Kroger Lite yogurts are great. They have all sorts of crazy flavors.

10:22 AM >>


Old Bent Penny

12:35 AM >> Hippocamp and the Shining

Here are two time wasters for those looking for time to waste while seeming to be productive.

#1 time waster are some MP3s for people who like either the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album or electronica music. You should enjoy this.

Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds

#2 time waster is a brilliantly re-edited trailer using bits and pieces from The Shining.

The Shining, Redux

1:45 AM >> Super Bowl Extra Large

Here's how the Super Bowl XL gathering went down >>


Jason tossed his cookies after a wonderful double appetizer of jumbo shrimps (provided by his mother complete with instructions written on the Ziploc bag) and a bag of edamame. Both the shrimps and the edamame were enjoyed with BRONCO BOB'S TANGY APRICOT CHIPOTLE SAUCE. Jason's girlfriend did not come with specific cooking instructions or a spicy sauce but she was an enjoyable guest.


Ben arrived with his girlfriend (sans cooking instructions und sauce). He got himself a bowl of SBXL Andouille and BEP Chili (Super Bowl XL Andouille and Black-Eyed Pea Chili with onions, red bell pepper, spices, brown sugar, and zesty catsup. Served atop honey butter peppered cornbread. Rating: 6.68. Alternatively the chili was served atop processed chocolate chip cookie (cookie did not soak up chili as well as the cornbread, but the choco hint was tempting and might be use in subsequent chili concoctions).

NOTE: {The recipe that spawned and inspired my crock creation was this >> oringinal recipe}

Jason really enjoyed the Honey Butter Peppered Cornbread (Cornbread muffin mix enhanced with melted butter (but I think it's some kind of fake butter - lower cholesterol and all that, vegetable spread), fresh ground pepper, and a healthy drizzle of honey. I intended to add paprika this time but forgot. Once I added finely diced jalepenos which worked nicely. Rating: 6.21.)

Then Ben got the fancy idea that the chili might taste good with the cheap processed M&M cookies that he brought over from Kroger. The cookie gods were not happy with this. In his attempt the cookie or chili gods or both punished Ben by making him spill an entire bowl of this retarded creation all over his pant legs and socks and on to the floor (luckily he took his shoes off at the door and luckily I have concrete floors.)



Then Ben had to clean up after himself in embarrasment.


The Steelers won. No one was paying attention to that, but they did. And they beat the spread or the cover or the mop or whatever the H the proper gambling term is. My brother was there too but he didn't do anything noteworthy. According to Ben the hardened chili on his pant leg still smelled appetizing the next morning.

For more about roman numberals try THIS.

4:59 PM >> Double Peas and Ham


I crock.

HAM - BLACK EYED PEAS - GREEN PEAS - ONION - CELERY - CREAM OF MUSHROOM - SPICES: roasted garlic, pepper, cilantro, cumin, cayenne pepper - LIQUID STUFF: a little worcestershite, water. I call it >> Double Peas and Ham.

Rating: 6.43

Firstly, PEAS >>

I never knew that the "pease" from the popular ryhme were peas, green peas. Stupid me, huh.

(popular ryhme)
Pease pudding hot,
Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot,
Nine days old
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot
Nine days old

Pease porridge sounds good. It might be my next experiment. Sounds really British.

Ok, and secondly BLACK-EYED PEAS >>

I think it safe to conclude that pea is a bean, but a black-eyed pea is not a pea.

Comparison shopping? Use this helpful guide >>

PEA
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Vicieae
Genus: Pisum
Species: P. sativum

BLACK-EYED PEA
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vigna
Species: V. unguiculata
Subspecies: V. u. unguiculata

And in other cooking news I made a pretty traditional carrot raisin salad with no crazy additions. The coarse shredding of the carrots step totally permanently stained my cutting board orange. I can't get the stain off.