Cathy | August 31, 2009
Most of our family and friends are aware we’re trying to decide where to relocate and that we’ve been trying to sort this out for quite some time now. Quite some time. Like… a year.
This indecisiveness, at least my part of it, seems to be striking most people as odd, because apparently I [...]
Cathy | August 25, 2009
Now that I’ve developed this very unfortunate habit of rarely posting, whenever I do sit down to write something I always like to skim my last post so I can see what sort of things I said I would do that I never actually got around to doing.
This time I was pleasantly surprised because I’ve [...]
Cathy | August 11, 2009
Sweet. It’s Tuesday. Random thoughts are all I’m capable of today, I think.
When you’re done here, make sure you head over to Keely’s for all the other randomness.
Working night shift this weekend totally kicked my ass. Not the shifts themselves, which were totally fun and mostly easy. It was the staying [...]
Cathy | August 6, 2009
Yes! I’ve found another way to procrastinate on finishing some other posts I started days (weeks?) ago. Actually I’m not procrastinating, I’m too busy trying to remove all the mouse poops and half-chewed-through boxes and bags of food from my kitchen to write the blog about how we finally caught the little bastard.
I found [...]
Cathy | August 5, 2009
Mustard Lime Steaks
4 sirloin beefsteaks (10-12 oz each), cut 1 inch thick
1/4 cup dry mustard
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 large, juicy lime
coarse salt & freshly ground white pepper
1. Place the steaks on a platter and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the dry mustard over them. Pat the steaks with the flat part of a fork to [...]
Cathy | August 2, 2009
Hellfire Steaks
4 T-bone steaks (1 inch thick, about 12 oz each)
coarse salt and black pepper
2-3 tablespoons dry mustard
2-3 tablespoons Tabasco or other hot sauce, to taste
1. Place the steaks on a plate and sprinkle on both sides with salt and plenty of pepper and the dry mustard, patting the spices onto the meat with a [...]
Cathy | August 2, 2009
Grilled Corn
4 ears sweet corn, in their husks
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, at room temp
2 tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 clove garlic
coarse salt and black pepper
1. Set up the grill for direct grilling.
2. Fashion the husk of each ear of corn into a handle, and remove the corn silk. Basically, this involves peeling back [...]
