Tape Of The Month Club

Ladies and Germs,

I'm officially starting a Tape Of The Month Club. All you need to do to join the club (is one or more of) the following:

1. Just let me know you want to join and send me yr address (if I don't have it already)
2. Send me a mix tape, art, alcohol etc
3. Send me a blank tape or postage
4. Send me something cool

I will make a mix tape or 2 each month and send it to you once you sign up. Plus you'll get cool stuff sent with each tape.

I'd like to unhumbly compare my Tape Of The Month Club the Sub Pop Single Club, The Junkyard Dog Fan Club and the Electrifying Mojo's Midnight Funk Association.

Hit me up if you want to be apart of this exclusive endeavor.  Here goes Tape #1....

"Down With Dope, Up With Hope"
Side 1
Bohannon - Boogie Train
CJ&Co - Get A Groove In Order To Move
Afrosound - Jungle Fever
Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacana - Descarga Vacana
Determine - Round The World
VYBZ Cartel - Strip Tease
Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
Prince and the Revolution - Take Me with You
Ohio Players - I Want to Be Free

Side 2
Prince and the Revolution - Beautiful Ones
Rick James - Love Interlude/Spacey Love
Newcleus - Computer Age
Uncle Louis - Badd Motor Folk
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
The Fatback Band - (Yum Yum) Gimme Some
Con Funk Shun - Get Down With It
Faze-O - Get Some Booty

Caldo de Res (variation on a theme)

This afternoon I made a variation of Caldo de Res. It was a variation of Caldo de Res because there was no res in the caldo I made. Caldo de Res translates to Beef Soup. It's a popular dish at the Mexican restaurants around here. It always looks amazing. A big ol' bowl filled with broth, meat and chunked vegetable topped with lime, cilantro and jalepenos. I decided to give a shot veggie style and sassage (Midwest pronunciation) style for Tracy.

                                          caldo simmering in the pot

Ingredients

olive oil
salt
pepper
1 tablespoon Better than Broth
3 bayleaves
7 cups water
1 white onion - chopped
3 garlic cloves - chopped
1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes
2 large potatoes chopped into large chunks
3 carrots chopped into large chunks
3 ears of corn - each ear chopped into thirds
1 lb of oyster mushrooms
2 sausages
cilantro
lime
jalepenos

                                          meaty caldo
Directions
1. Sautee onions and garlic in olive oil until brown
2. Stir in tomatoes and 1/4 cup cilantro, add salt and pepper - simmer for 5 minutes
3. Stir in Better Than Broth until well mixed with base
4. Add water and bay leaves, simmer for 10 minutes
5. Add carrots, simmer 10 minutes
6. Add corn and potatoes, simmer 15 minutes
7. Add mushrooms or sassages, simmer 10 more minutes (for this recipe I dished the soup into another pot and added the sausages)
8. Ready to serve! Put in a bowl with plenty of broth and and even amount of ingrediants.
9. Garnish to taste with cilantro leaves, freshly squeezed lime juice and jalepenos.

                                          finished product with dunkin ins on the side

I thought it came out well. It was as satisfying as I hoped it would be. It gave me inspiration to try to make veggie pho.

Howdy!

Howdy everyone! I've decided to act on my new year's resolution of becoming less of a luddite so here it is. The world probably does not need another blog but like my mission statement on this page says...it's a way for me to stay connected with the outside world and also go a little more in depth with stuff than on my FaceSpace page. My goal is to post something worthwhile at least once a week

Tomorrow I'm making caldo de res - both veggie and meaty so I'll post the recipe, pictures and report the success or failure of soup.