LJFATS

if all else fails, "get the f$#k outa my way" while carring a pot of pasta on the way to be drained. they know i ain't stopping. sometimes i, out of bordem, just say dumd stuf, but very audible.

I use a Craftsman tool box i bought at Kmart for $10. I find it easier to get stuff out of it than a roll up style case. LOL, plus i can carry a bottle of hot sauce in it.

gouda grits and chicken wings.

black bean soup w/ sausge.

With my 7 month old son now eating stage 2 and mashed up table foods, drinking juce, and soon to be interduced to cheerios, do you think I could feed him miso soup? Maybe if i thinned it out some and strained out all the garnishes? Odd question, I know.

Gouda grits and blackeye peas. Mini crab cakes that were extra. Wow I didn't touch the mashed pots.

i had a paninni w/ ham, salami, bacon, and pracuto (i can't spell it). it also had boursin and fresh mozz. yum

shrimp po'boy w/ garlic aoli, lettuce, tomato, bacon, fried shrimp, and Tapitio hot sauce.

Cheese steak sand w/ peppers, onions, provalone, and jerk mayo...mmmmmm.

About a month ago, I got to work at 10 am as usual, and as usual, there was a case of pork butts smoking over night in the smoker (I hate when they do this). I take them out and check their temp. just in case something happened to the fire. well they were they where between 165 and 170. Next I sample some fresh hot 16 hour smoked pork ass, yummm, then my boss comes up and tells me it was "'bug night'(we cover everything and they bomb) last night. Thow it out. " EEP!!! My 2 bites didn't make me sick, thowing a case of 16 hour smoked pork ass did.

Oh staff meal how I miss thee... Monday,I had nachos line cooks style... "What do you got?" "Shaved prime rib? Hmmm, hey there is some spicy-black-bean-pasta-of-the-day sauce-thingy left over from lunch?" "Sounds like a winner to me too!" It was quite good: spicy black bean nachos topped w/ white cheder, shredded lettuce, and sour cream. I honestly do not remember what I ate yesterday. Iced coffee, black. Today it was tempura soft shell crab and a flat bread, goat cheese, and ham Scoobie Snack. And Iced coffee, black.

Job 1. creamy tomato soup Job 2. baby backs, slow smoked w/ a musterd vinigar sauce, I brought from job 1. maryland style crab cakes. snow crab clusters (no butter, i was kinda full but just wanted to keep eating and butter woulda slowed me down). and I picked at mashers.

Sweet and sour chicken. left over strip steak. mashed pots.

I like a six of Busch, hahahhahaha. Grand maniere(sp) is quite wonderful too.

try parmesan crusted salmon. flour, egg, then parm mixed w/ bread crumbs. saute in butter till golden brown (you may have to finish in the oven depending on thick they are).

I had in no preticular order from both jobs: black bean and ham soup, andoulie wrapped in puff pastry w/ musterd, mashed potatoes, creamy cheezy grits, toast point w/ goat cheese, toast point w/ gatain swiss and then goat cheese, pulled pork, and pizza shell rolled up w/ pulled pork, red bbq sauce, romaine w/ ranch and mozzz (didn't like it, still in my fridge). For dessert I headed for the mountians, Busch. I ate well i guess.

tu shea(sp?), your right. I just recalled a convo. w/ a sushi chef who prefers FL avacados for the firmness and Cali avacados are better for guacamole. what are destingushing charactristics of mexican avacados?

I have been using the same chef knife for about 5 years now. Wustof 7" classic. It's my baby, my bitch. Only 2 things I love more, my girlfriend and my Fender Telecaster, in that perticular order. It seems more and more I have to use a stone on it. Granted I use it about 10-12 hours a day 5 days a week, it's just the last month it just can't keep an edge like it used to. ( still sharper than any house knife though). Question is, how long do good knives last? Can they get old? What is the longest you have ever used one for (proffesional use)? Is there any thing I can do to prolong its life (some weeks I touch it more than my girlfriend )?

I made a spinich salad w/ grilled salmon, black beans, red onoins, red peppers, red and yellow tomatoes, bacon, avacado ranch dressing, and guacamole on the side. I brought it home and gave it to my preggo girlfriend. I had boiled peanuts before work (actally while setting up for dinner) and Taco Bell and Busch beer after work. Which do you prefer, California avacados or Florida avacados?

http://www.eastbysouthwest.com I worked for Sergio in Telluride, Co. There, Eagles Bar and Grille, he did alot of fusion stuff (Latin and Asian). His wife and him now own a sushi restaraunt in Durango, CO. Not sure if this helped, but now ya know. LJ

dr. pepper at my day job. 'last of the ham' sandwich between jobs. came up w/ the spec. for tues. ( ok, colaberated w/ coworker. but the barley and roasted veg salsa where mine, oh and the gorg. demi): Blue corn crusted (something fish) over wild rice and barley sauted w/ mushrooms and spinich tossed in a gorganzolla demi, topped w/ a roasted vegtable salsa(that name may change). I made one to make sure it was good. who knew gorg. and cilantro where compatible? oh this was at the night job. I had chicken tenders too.

do ya'll remember lima beans w/ ham? I had that as a kid. I hated lima beans in my 20's. now I love them. wierd.

would smoked ribs and bbq baked beans count? I have that quite often. ( I am also thankful huricane season is over.)

pizza left over from a party I had to docter up w/ spinich, potabellas, tomatoes, bacon, and parm. overcooked steak dipped in yellow bbq. Belly, I thought about you on wensday. I made tacos w/ shaved prime rib we use for the french dips. I cooked it w/ chilli powder, s/p, pico, and tortillia soup ( soup of the day that day). some sour cream, shredded lettuce, guacamole, and pepper jack.....mmmmmmmmmm.

I made stroggenoff(sp) w/ redwine, demi, and sour cream for me and my preggo g-friend b4 I left work. I was told it was yummy. I thought so too. sunday is a day off. parents are making corned beef in the slow cooker. I gotta come over and do the starch, sauce, and veg (sour kraut) (actually may do a fresh veg for my preggo lady).