catches bullets with his teeth?/discomfort

Somethings should be left alone.


menu

• Cinnamon-scented fried chicken with buttermilk waffles


• Cardamom mashed yams


• Gingerbread with whipped cream

movie
berry gordy's the last dragon

When I invited my guests I asked them to vote on what the dinner should be, korean or comfort. Secretly I was hoping for comfort, I was in the middle of a disgusting project thatwas taking all of my time. I didn't think I would have time for a complicated dinner and really needed some comfort in the deepest sense. Fortunately for me the votes came 6 to 2 in favor of comfort over korean, with one korean vote changing to comfort at the last moment. So after working on Saturday morning(wasn't the first wouldn't be the last), I came home took and started on dinner.

Cinnamon-scented fried chicken with buttermilk waffles

When going for comfort food there's very little that can surpass fried chicken. This is pretty much a basic fried chicken recipe with some cinnamon added for aroma. The cinnamon doesn't much in the way of flavor but does add an sweet, earthy fragrance to the chicken. I wasn't to excited about the crispiness of the skin. I didin't do an egg wash on the chicken just directly in to the dry mix. I So the dry mix didn't have much to grab on to, in addition I think my pan temp. wasn't consistent.

The buttermilk waffles again were a basic recipe for waffles nothing special here. The only thing that I have to say about them is there consistency. The were floppy and a little undercooked. I think my waffle iron is broken, or what's more likely is that I was just not paying attention to the waffles while cooking and kept pulling them out early.

Cardamom mashed yams

This was an attempt to satisfy my need for using cardamon, I originally wanted to make black walnut-cardamom ice cream for dessert but there was no time for that this time. Straight forward mashed yams except I went for heavy cream and buttermilk instead butter.

Gingerbread with whipped cream

I wanted to make creme fraiche, but I never looked at a recipe for it. That's when I found out the biggest part of making creme fraiche is letting it sit for about 36 hours. So I decided to make it anyway for use later and throw together some whipped cream instead. Gingerbread, one of my favorite desserts as far as comfort goes, spicy, not sweet and a great substrate for and creamy goodness.

This is attempt at the most basic of desserts has given rise to my new mantra, 'focus on dessert'. the last two dinners I have made dessert as an almost afterthought. Well not really an afterthought but I was going for the just-out-of-the-oven freshness so I would wait until the last minute to cook. What happened both times was over-cooked desserts. Although this time it was mostly due to the fact I enjoyed some herbal delights and completely spaced out watching the movie whilst the gingerbread burned.

So the next dinner will have dessert either prepared well in advance or well after everything else is made[and leave the herbal goodness until after dessert is done].

berry gordy's the last dragon


Sometimes comfort should be left alone until needed. For me this movie is comfort. It takes me back to the first time I saw this movie with my family, hearing my father laugh out loud[a laugh that I have inherited] at the absurd scenes and plot twists[and he had plenty to laugh at]. Then to the hundred times I have watched this movie in my parent's basement on still finding it funny and completely incomprehensible. This was my personal comedy show. Watching it with a group of people puts in a completely and horrible light. Kind of like singing your favorite song in the shower and thinking you're really good and then getting up and performing the song at karaoke and realizing you don't know any of the verses only the chorus.

Chad said best, 'This came out in 1985, the year berry gordy went insane.' I don't remember exactly but I think this was supposed to be a big deal for Motown, maybe their purple rain or quadrophenia or something. It was definitely more like this. It came out at probably the worst time, right after the 80's were the 80's and the 90's were still discarded flannel in thrift store waiting to become something coveted. It probably wouldn't be that bad if it was just a bad urban kung-fu movie but it's a one-two punch of bad movie with equally bad music as well. Stevie Wonder's phone-it-in 'Upset Stomach' and the so bad and un-p.c. it's beginning to sound good raw dog's [that's right raw dog] 'Suki Yaki Hot Saki Sue'. There's also the let's throw in it because they're our best selling act right now DeBarge 'Rhythm of the Night'. There's so much more I can tell this will have a continuation when I find these songs, they will be posted for your enjoyment.

I haven't even really even talked about the movie yet especially Julius J. Carry III's entrancing performance a 'Sho' Nuff'. If you have never seen this movies think Busta Rhymes except, cartoon evil Busta. I hero who talks in a halting bad chop socky way even though he supposed to be a black guy from harlem. Also Eddie Arcadian who is so cartoon evil he makes Sho' Nuff seem almost rational. The secret gem of this movie, actually there are way too many gems for this movie, but William H. Macy little role is delightful chuckle. I can go on and on about this movie I love it, look for screen grabs and some audio clips later.