[CH] simple i be, like an amoeba...
Inagaddadavida (raelsixty4@earthlink.net)
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:25:12 -0600
Brethern...
yes, Monk Rael is of a simplistic nature, and today this fact, my nature
was proved yet one more time...
how? ask ye? well, lemme tell you...
while i did not have much room for the fruit of El Grande this year (which
is more than the last few, i must say, because that amount was NIL) i did
have room for some 'mater plants along with my beloved fav-o-rite chile,
serranos (which are just now fruiting, after 3 months, or rather, one plant
is...the other two sit and flower, smiling at me daily...something weird
going on here methinks as they are rather smallish, moreso than those i've
grown in the past years...time will tell, eh?) and pimentos (never grown
'em, hence, an experiement...also just now fruiting)...these 'maters plants
were romas which i do indeed love to cook with...
romas are just groovy tomatoes...
anywho, i took about 2 pounds and followed the recipe of Marcella Hazan,
who happens to be my Italian cuisine instructor (she just doesn't know it),
which is to blanche 'em, peel 'em, chop 'em, throw 'em in a pot with about
5 TBSP butter (whole, unsalted...none of that fake fat crap), half of an
onion, and some salt...cook on a slow, low simmer for 45 minutes, and
that's it, baby...
'cept this redneck added some ground chile, naturally...
my tiny dungeon apt. smells like heaven, mon...smells like i should bring
out the Twister board and invite some nubiles over for dinner on me
(literally, of course...)...the sauce, not quite done yet (i'll end up
cooking it about 1 1/2 hours), already has the flavor working...clean, pure
tomato...wholesome luscious butter...not-too-bitter onion sneaking in the
back door, and smackyouintheface chile hiding behind it all...baby, it's
how a good sauce should be: simple, rich in flavor, color, smell,
taste...and available for me to eat...sorta like the qualities i look for
in nubiles, yes...mmmmmmmmm
gonna (make myself-)go to my statistics class (AAARRRRGH), run by the store
on the way home and grab a loaf of not-too-old crusty wanna-be French
bread, race on home, strip down, sit on the floor, and eat pasta sauce with
hot bread as my spoon...
lawdy...it just don't get much better than this...
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
Rael"..if you ain't hungry now, you ain't right..."64
Rael64
Mississippi Redneck Ex-cook
Monk of the TCS / Order of Immaculate Twister
Keeper of the Faith
and a Towel...