In anticipation of birthday events – and knowing that the grocery store always inflates the prices of things like cookware - I went to a nearby big-box home goods shop and purchased a cake pan for $8. Later, at the grocery store, I realized I would need two cake pans and found a second one, right there [...]
Archive for December 17th, 2008
Sillycake
Posted in Desserts, tagged cake, dessert on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blackened Chicken
Posted in Chicken, tagged Chicken on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blackened Chicken – is it Cajun? Is it Mexican? It’s hard to say.
I’ve read somewhere that blackening is not a true cajun cooking technique, and only became known as one when Paul Prudhomme started serving blackened redfish in the 1980’s. But around the time when he was doing that, Michael’s Taqueria in Monterey, CA, was [...]
Birthday … salad?
Posted in Bacon, Chicken, Salad, tagged Bacon, Chicken, Salad on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was NBB’s birthday, and of course I was going to give him a birthday dinner. I offered to take him out to a steakhouse, or make steak at home, or anything he wanted – anything at all. What did he finally request?
Salad.
Blackened chicken salad (with bacon), to be fair. It is probably as unhealthy [...]
