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Homemade Goat Curry Dinner

Yasmin traded me a goat curry dinner for teaching her how to use a MicroKorg keyboard. Cool. So I waited around and about an hour later get a text that says to let her know when I get there because the buzzer is broken. What?! I thought she was coming to my place.

She reheated the Goat Curry and soupy goat Paya her dad made for Bakra Eid (Goat Day) and made the cabbage & onions and aromatic rice. It was really good. Lot of tricky bones to suck on.

Her dad sent a picture of the very goat we ate before he killed it. The email said to take a look at it and let him know what she thinks.

…I say he looks pretty happy and good tasting.

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Scrapple: Breakfast Pork Scraps

Years ago, I once saw a package of Scrapple at a C-Town in Park Slope. On the label, it had a cartoon of a kid that was asking his mom for “More Scrapple please!” The ingredients: a bunch of pork scraps (Pork Stock, Pork Skins, Corn Meal, Wheat Flour, Pork Hearts, Pork Livers, Pork Tongues, Salt and Spices). I haven’t seen Scrapple since, until I went to a Publix down in Orlando last week.

I sucked at cooking it. The mush crumbled when i sliced it and it splattered everywhere all over the kitchen and my camera. The one crispy slice I cooked was pretty good …the one that wasn’t sitting in oil on the non-stick pan.

Tasted like pork rinds but even more porky. Like Roast Pork Pernil with that rich horse-aroma stank. Not to make it sound bad, but that’s the only way I can describe the kind of roast pork I’m talking about. You might know what I mean. I like it. Mama, more Scrapple please!

My dad said he was going to save the rest to make soup.

Scrapple’s Wikipedia Page

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Deep Fried Tofurky: A Thanksgiving Miracle

Here’s what you’ve been waiting for!

Perhaps you have many questions. I put annotations on the video if you watch it on Youtube.

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We Deep Fried Tofurkys

I tried to find a Popeye’s Cajun Fried Turkey, but they were all sold out in my area. Fortunately, Dan wanted to deep fry a Tofurky. It was a Thanksgiving miracle.

Video coming soon. [UPDATE: HERE’S THE VIDEO!]

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Spicy Bacon!

Rusty happened to cook some of the best supermarket bacon when he threw a pack into a wok with onions and serrano peppers. It was so flavorful and spicy. So simple and good. But then he threw it all into a pot of chili. I don’t know about that. Well, it might have been my idea.

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Rusty Makes a Turtle Burger

What happened over Labor Day Weekend… Rusty’s been obsessed with the Bacon Turtle Burger that’s been circulating the fishing and hunting forums. People were thinking it was his when he reposted the images on his Facebook. It was being reposted over and over again, no one seemed to know who the Turtle Burger originally belonged to. I suppose that’s probably what happened with my BK Pizza Burger photos. After doing some research, I think the first person to blog it was INTERWEBS RANDOMNESS AND OTHER INSPIRING TALES. But even they claim the recipe and photos belong to someone else (MRD, the Marquis de Meat). Maybe we can just agree that the Turtle Burger really belongs to each and everyone one of us that dreams in our hearts and our stomachs.

Rusty opted to go for Turkey Bacon and Turkey Burger and no cheese. Sure, it doesn’t sound as awesome and greasy as the pork and bacon route, but he is kind of a redneck. He also likes his meats well done. It took lot longer to cook than the original recipe. More like 2 hours, rather than 30mins at 400 degrees. I don’t know if it’s our sucky oven or if turkey bacon just takes much longer to crisp up. I was surprised at how little grease was in the pan. The Turtle Burger was a little dry and overcooked for my tastes, but that’s Turkey Burger. Plus I can’t expect much when bacon, burger and hot dogs have different cooking times. It was pretty good in the end when I added bbq and hot sauce.

Russ and I were stuffed after splitting just one. He took the other Turtle Burger to Golden Star Corner bodega and had them put it on display. It weighed in at 1lb on the meat scale.

This video says it all. Watch it in 720p High Def if you can handle it.

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Deep Fried Largemouth Bass

We started cooking up some fish as soon as we landed from our flight back from New Orleans. Rusty deep fried the Largemouth Bass, one of which I caught. It was somewhat symbolic when he dropped the fish into the oil. Perhaps oil was his fate if we caught him or not.

And no stopping Tony’s creole seasoning. I add it to everything now. Open a can of green peas and sprinkle it with love.

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Broiled Hot Dog Bun Cheese Pizzas & Aioli Potato Salad

So many hot dog buns leftover after the backyard grill out, so Rusty and I layered them with cheese, Boca chicken, cilantro and threw them into the broiler. They tasted plain until we added the Dumb Ass hot sauce, which I’m starting to like more and more.

There was also some leftover aioli sauce that Alistair made. Not much left, but it went a long way for the next couple of days. Bonnie helped me make a potato salad with the sauce and mayo and other spices we could find. It was great after we added lemon.