… hope you LOVE too

Our Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes … sans two!! Mussels, clams, shrimp, squid, and scallops [ya know, food that keeps on movin’ while ya keep on eatin’ … lol –  certainly not for the squeamish (squirmish? … LOL)] in a white wine tomato sauce … AND so much too!! Served it piled-mile-high on capellini … had it swimming in sauce (makes for great bread dipping – 4 kinds too, lol) … oh, and puh-leeze don’t EVEN begin to rag on the freshly grated parm regg … I wrote that book motherfuckers!! Just love cheese with my pastas … ANY pastas!! Oh, and I gotta give credit where credit is due … had this wonderful fish dish catered courtesy “an” Italian place … no danistrulythemanhandywork here folks!!

A coupla pics, enjoy …

LOVE this meal, so hearty, so wintry … so European!! It takes a lot of shopping, then prep work … but once it’s done, it’s done, and the best part … leftovers for days!! All the ingredients go into my Rival™ Crock-pot® … it’s an old unit,  made of porcelain – HEAVY, and simple … only 2 settings (low and high) unlike the plasticky programmable ones they make today!! Newer ain’t necessarily better!! I like that … gonna make that mine, insert it here, lol. “newer ain’t necessarily better” – danistrulytheman. Ingredients usually remain constant, only slight variations … lots of root (root-type) vegetables: potatoes, turnips, carrots, onions … stewing beef AND stewing veal (for a twist) … is always tomato based … and I always add mushrooms as y’all know, lol!! Secret ingredient: Del Monte French Style Seasoned Green Beens … there you go, “food of love” … “happy happy” – Emeril … “yummo” – Rachael, lol!! Served with 8 year old white cheddar (sublime), an Italian peasant loaf … once again, too much yappin’ … enjoy the pics motherfuckers!! 😉

While you’ve been nauseous

And so I drink to health

While you kill yourself

And I got just one thing

That I can offer

Go on and save yourself

And take it out on me

Go on and save yourself

And take it out on me

That’s what made me think, gave me pause when I eloquently wrote on another site without nary a response. I mean I did receive a “like” for my thoughts … y’all remember my good friend S.S.? … well she’s now my best friend S.S. … LOL!! I always know I can count on her, but when my words didn’t elicit any other response, it finally dawned on me (5:05 a.m. – I even remember the time, don’t ask, lol) it was only visible to three people in total … and one of them was me … sheesh, lol!! All for naught? Not a motherfucking chance … gonna copy/paste for it to live for eternity on danistrulytheman … and for ALL to see, hopefully more than the trifecta (moi, S.S. and the cheerful cheerleader, lol)!!

Here’s the transcript:

Nobody will be happier than I when this contest is finally over. Hardly ever show my mug here anymore, or have anything to say … appears I’m not the only one either, I haven’t seen much of the regulars lately as well … Maureen, Katrina, Dawn, Sandra (no, not the one exiled to Indonesia – Smith … not to mention Carrie XOXO). And for the record: I never bothered to sign up and enter the Shopping Spree. TSC, you blew it big-time this time – London Calling was great … contestants were allowed to enter once and ONLY once, then wait and see who wins … all I’ve seen for the past month+ is so many complaints from so many wanting codes, wanting to enter multiple times (I assume there’s a limit) daily, and then when they are unable or not allowed whine & cry (boohoo), threaten to quit and never shop again?! Please, by all means go ahead and quit … and quit filling tSC FB with all of all your spam!!

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… exiled to Indonesia … lol, that shit still cracks me up!! 😀

I’ve been wallowing in my own confused and insecure delusions

Funny description, lol!! He’s from MIT … means he’s smart motherfuckers, lol!! It captures one trillion exposures PER second … that’s the fast part, and insanely unbelievable when you try to analyze/comprehend it!! It takes an hour to make these few seconds of video, to strand together the images … that’s the slow part!! Is very very cool, enjoy motherfuckers!! 😉

…  and asked pleadingly too, on my knees … honest injun, lol!! 😉

Not now, not ever … puh-leeze!! Pride myself on smooth running schedules, everything functioning like a well-oiled machine (‘cept I’m not a fan of greasy lube, lol)!! Please life, no more hiccups!! Damn, that was good too, oh … gotta go, lol!!

This is my classic recipe!! Ingredients can vary slightly … proportions too, typically use equal amounts ground veal and pork, a couple of beaten eggs, a handful of romano (or reggiano), chopped onion (sometimes grated), a clove of garlic finely chopped or minced, breadcrumbs (sometimes panko, sometimes not), and liberally seasoned with salt & pepper and marjoram and/or oregano, then thoroughly hand mixed and formed into slightly bigger than a golf ball size. Pan fried in olive oil to sear ‘n blacken the balls, then plopped into a stock-pot of my home-made marinara sauce, and finally allowed to gently simmer for a couple of hours. Great on pasta … spaghettini or linguine, but LOVE it in a sandwich too!! Today also included roasted mushrooms, two kinds of peppers and melted aged provolone in this heaping feast … oh and served with danistrulytheman’s ubiquitous broccoli rabe, lol!! VERY IMPORTANT: Must be served on a crusty Italian roll (this ain’t no white bread soft ‘n mushy mangiacake sub sandwich) sopping up all the oozy-ooey–gooey-goodness!!

… posted at 1:17 … ok, now that was done on purpose, lol!! 😉

One Seventeen, what does it fucking mean (my poem too … kinda dig it,  lol!!)?? Who knows? Whatever it is, am confounded & dumbfounded … but will say I’ve been seeing it occurring a lot lately in my existence!!