Here is a helpful link that I forgot to include in my stew recipe. http://www.minicattle.com/index.cfm The meat is amazing. This whole Farmer’s Market thing is opening my eyes to new ideas and worlds of food that I never knew. Eric
Categories: Beef • Tags: Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Miniature Cattle, recipe, Stew
(Photo courtesy of Sippitysup.com) Greg and I have something in common, we both love this chili sauce. I have a huge canister of it in my fridge and I rarely get to use it because as people say, “it’s too spicy”. Normally, it’s just something I spoon out for myself and I usually just sit in the corner while I’m smiling with my mouth on fire. It’s nice to see someone else who shares the same passion for the hot […]
Categories: Food Blogger of The Month
(Click each picture to make it larger) I was on lookout duty and at approximately 13:34 hours I noticed a large ship moving across neutral waters, a cruise ship full of tourists that love to order Corona, wear stupid tropical shirts, and ask if they could get a tortilla with their food. I ran up the triangle staircase to move myself into position on the artillery deck. There it was, 11 stories of culture ruiners waving back at me and […]
Categories: Puerto Rico, Travel Guide • Tags: Cannons, Canon in D Major, El Morro, How to shoot a cannon, Shooting a Cannon, Shooting a cannon for dummies, So you want to shoot a cannon
(Click each picture to make it larger) Take your tastebuds on a trip with this stew. Ugh, that sounds so damn cheesy it’s ridiculous. Rainbows, butterflies, and unicorns!!!! Please try this stew, I know it’s summertime but it’s worth it. Ingredients: 2 mini-cattle chuck steaks. Yes, mini-cattle (click) salt and pepper 4 tbsp. butter Sear each side of the steaks for about 2 minutes on each side by placing salt and pepper on the steak then placing then heating the […]
Categories: Beef, Dinner • Tags: Beef, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Mini Cattle, recipe, Stew, Sweet
(Click each picture to make it larger) It has recently been said that Ponce is the only city in Puerto Rico and the rest is just parking space. I couldn’t agree more! If it wasn’t for the city of Ponce then I wouldn’t be here today because that’s where my parents met in college. I spent many summers in Ponce as a little kid so it was a little amusing to watch my dad get lost in the streets and […]
Categories: Puerto Rico, Travel Guide • Tags: Blog, Cabuqui Ponce, Don Q, Parque de bombas, Pito's Seafood, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Serralles Mansion, Travel Guide
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!! I’ve been challenged by Kristy over at the Wicked Noodle to create the best Johnsonville Brat. She’s from Wisconsin so she has a little headstart there but I am the crazy recipe creation specialist (it says that on my business card…..I’m lying…I don’t have a business card). The rules…..there are none! It’s a cross-country Brat-off! Come back on Sunday for the results and judge for yourself which Brat you would rather try (mine of course). The Wicked […]
Categories: Random Rants
(Click each picture to make it larger) I was working at the Lake Forest Park Farmer’s Market this past weekend and I met Pericles Tarsinos. He is the owner of Four Seasons Gourmet Foods and he makes a Rosy Raspberry Vinegar. I was near his tent and he had me try his product, I loved it so much that I bought two bottles because I knew I was going to go through the first bottle way too fast!!! I asked […]
Categories: Chicken, Puerto Rican Style • Tags: Chicken, Coconut, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Pinchos, Raspberry Vinegar, recipe
(Click each picture to make it larger) Mindy, my wife, was inspired to plant some herbs since we visited my parents in Puerto Rico so we went to a local nursery yesterday and picked out some herbs to plant. A problem arises, we have our house on the market so we had to plant all of these herbs in pots and I’m not sure if this will effect how they grow so we’ll see what happens. I’m excited and Mindy […]
Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Cooking, Herb Garden, Herbs, Planting, Plants
What a magnificent pairing. It’s great working for a sauce and spread company. I get a chance to think outside the box a little and try our products with other foods. Most people use our chimichurri as a finishing sauce for a steak or will simply dip bread into the chimichurri. Well, here’s the pairing I recommend the most with our Lime Riesling Chimichurri……….Raw Oysters!!! Most people will dab a little hot sauce and some lime juice on one of […]
Categories: Appetizer, Sauce, Seafood • Tags: Chimichurri, Lime Riesling Chimichurri, Oyster Shooter, Raw Oysters, Sound Bites
(Click each picture to make it larger) I made this on the last day I was in Puerto Rico along with a few other things. My mom told me she liked eggplant so I thought I would show her how I do that whole eggplant thing. I’ve seared it before (click for recipe) but I changed the ingredients around to make it work for a nice tropical meal. Ingredients: 2 small eggplants peeled and sliced an inch thick 1/2 cup […]
Categories: Dinner, Seafood • Tags: Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Eggplant, recipe, Seared, shrimp
Be sure to check me out on Lake Forest Mark’s Blog. The guy is super nice and has a great community site for Lake Forest Park. CLICK HERE CLICK CLICK!!!!!!!!!
Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Farmers Market, LAKE FOREST, LAKE FOREST MARK, Seattle
http://www.theparamount.com/artists/?artist=975 Oh yeah, I’m going!!!!! Eric
Categories: Random Rants
(Click each picture to make it larger) This is one of the favorite things that my mom makes. She marinaded this then I took over and cooked it and added a few different things to the mix, it came out great! Nice teamwork! Ingredients: 4 thinly sliced beef tenderloin steaks, tenderized 1 onion sliced into thick pieces 1 yellow bell pepper 1 tbsp. adobo seasoning 2 tbsp. olive oil 2 garlic cloves, mashed fresh oregano salt and pepper 1 tomato, […]
Categories: Beef, Puerto Rican Style • Tags: Beef, Biftec, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Puerto Rico, recipe, Sirloin
(Click each picture to make it larger) I made this on the final evening for my parents in Puerto Rico. Instead of using a green plantain I used a yellow plantain for a much sweeter taste. Also, I used the leftover meat from the pork pinchos recipe from the day before which turned out to be a perfect fit for this. Ingredients: 2 ripe yellow plantains 1/2 lb cooked pork, ground in a food processor (use my recipe) Mango Pineapple […]
Categories: Appetizer, Puerto Rican Style • Tags: Appetizer, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, Ham, Plantain, Puerto Rico, recipe, tostones
(Click each picture to make it larger) Keep it simple or something like that. If you don’t have aji dulce available to you then just use a bell peppers. Ingredients: French Bread 10 cloves garlic 2 tbsp. grape seed oil 2 aji dulce pods Fresh oregano Crumbled cheese (I used a raw milk cheese finished with a little lime) Combine the garlic, oil, pepper, and oregano in a mortar and pestle and grind it out. Pre-heat oven to 350F then […]
Categories: Appetizer, Puerto Rican Style, Tapas • Tags: Aiolli, aji dulce, garlic bread, Puerto Rico
