Pot Roast Paprikash
Serve it either as a “stew” or over some wide egg noodles
- 2.5 lbs Beef Rump Roast
- 2 T Paprika
- 1/2 t Smoked Paprika
- 14.5 oz can diced Tomtoes, undrained
- 14.5 oz can beef broth
- 3 Med Onions (halfed and cut into 1/2″ slices
- 3 Large Carrots, chopped
- 12 oz jar roasted Red sweet Peppers, drained and cut into 1/2″ strips
- 1/4 C water
- 2 T cornstarsh
- 8 oz Sour Cream
Trim fat from the meat and cut into fourths and place in crockpot. Combine Paprikas and sprinke over the meat.
Add the tomatoes, broth, onions, carrots and sweet peppers. Cook on low for 10 hours.
Skim fat from the top of the liquid. Remove meat from the pot and tear into corse shreds. Return meat to the pot and turn heat to high. Whisk together the water and cornstarch. Stir into the pot, cover and cook for 30 min. Stir in the Sour Cream. Salt & Pepper to taste.
Brazillian Black Bean Stew
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- 16 oz Dried Black Beans
- 8 C Water
- 6 Ham Hocks smoked
- 4.5 C Chicken Stock
- 3 Onions chopped
- 3 Jalapeno seeded and minced
- 4 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 T Orange Peel finely shredded
- 3/4 C Orange Juice
- 3/4 C Dry Sherry
- 1/4 C Cilantro chopped
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- Rinse beans. Place in a large saucepan with the water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and sit covered for 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans again.
- Place beans in slow cooker. Add ham hocks, broth, onions, jalapenos, garlic, orange peel, orange juice and sherry Cover and cook on low for 10 hours
- Remove Ham hocks and once cooled pull meat from the bones, tear into shreds (it will be falling off the bone so this is not an issue!). Discard the bones and transfer the meat back to the slow cooker and stir in the cilantro Serve over rice in a bow
Balsamic Vinegar and Honey BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders
Simple and flavorful sandwiches
Pork
- 3 lb boneless Pork Shoulder roast
- 1 C Onion, chopped
- 3/4 C Green Sweet Pepper, chopped
- 1 t Dried Thyme, crushed
- 1/2 t Dried Rosemary, crushed
- 1/2 C Chicken broth
Barbeque Sauce
- 1 C Balsamic vinegar
- 3/4 C Ketchup
- 1/3 C Brown Sugar
- 1/4 C Honey
- 1 T Worcestershire sauce
- 1 T Dijon mustard
- 1 clove Garlic, minced
- 1/2 t Ground Black Pepper
- 1/4 t Salt
Coleslaw
- 1 lb bag of shredded Cabbage
- 1/2 C Marzetti’s coleslaw dressing
Place pork in a crockpot on low for 10 hours or on high for 5 hours.
Remove meat from Crock and shred. strain the liquid and discard. Return meat and vegetables to the crockpot and mix with the Barbeque sauce.
Serve on slider-sized buns (I like to use King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls) and top with coleslaw
My analogy of the day:
Government spending to make the economy grow is like a pilot flying on instruments not wanting to believe his attitude gauge. He’s sure the gauge is wrong and he is not inverted. Right up until the moment he climbs into the ground.
The economic gauge is telling us the same thing and they keep pulling back on the stick hoping to gain more altitude when I’ll they are really doing is pushing us over into a nose dive to death.
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Cuban Flank Steak Sandwiches
Cuban Flank Steak Sandwiches
- 2 lg Onions, cut into thin wedges
- 1 1/4 t Cumin
- 1 1/4 t black pepper
- 1 1/4 t granulated garlic
- 1 1/4 t Onion powder
- 1 1/4 t dried Oregano, crushed
- 1 t Crushed Red Pepper
- 2 lb Flank Steak
- 1 1/4 C Beef broth
- 1/3 C Lime Juice
Place Onion in slow cooker with the broth and lime juice
Combine the spices in a bowl
Cut the meat crosswise into four pieces and rub with the spice mix
Place meat into the slow cooker
Cover and cook on low for 8-9 hours
Move meat to cutting board to shred
Return meat to slow cooker to keep warm
Spoon meat onto rolls and top with Picadillo Relish
Relish
In a large skillet place over medium heat
2 T vegetable oil
Add
- 1 1/2 C chopped Onions
- 3/4 C Chopped Red bell peppers
- 3/4 C chopped yellow bell peppers
- 6 cloves minced Garlic
Cook and stir until veggies are tender (about 5 min)
Add
- 1 15-oz can Black beans (rinsed and drained)
- 1 C chopped tomatoes3 T Red Wine Vinegar
- 1 t packed Brown Sugar
- 3/4 t Cinnamon
- 1/4 t crushed Red Pepper
Stir and cook for about 2 more minutes
Cool and serve the relish on top of the sandwiches. Add a little Monterey Jack cheese too
Crock Pot Beer-Braised Short Ribs
Yum…
- 5 lbs Beef Short Ribs
- 1 14.5-oz can Beef Broth
- 1 12-oz can Dark Beer
- 1 med Onion, cut into wedges
- 1/4 C Molasses
- 2 T Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 t dried Thyme, crushed
- 1 t Hot sauce
- 1/2 t Salt
Place ribs in crock pot. Add broth, beer, onions, molasses, vinegar, thyme, hot sauce and salt
Cover and turn heat on. 11-12 on low (setting I use) or 5-6 on high
Transfer ribs and onions to a platter. Skim fat from the slow cooker and use the cooking liquid as a sauce to ladle over the ribs and onions. Serve with a baked or mashed potatoes
Southwest Tandori Chicken
Based this recipe off an India “Tandori” style recipe but with an American Southwest flavor
- 2 lb tub of Plain Yogurt
- 1 pkg McCormick “Hot” Taco Seasoning
- 1 pkg McCormick “Regular Taco Seasoning
- 4 oz Can diced Hatch Green Chiles “mild”
- 3 Tbl Lime Juice
- 8 oz of ground Chorizo
- 4 Green Onions (discard the white “root” portion and finely chop the green stems)
- 1 Can Yellow Hominy
- 3 Lbs of Boneless/Skinless Chicken Thighs
Step 1: Mix the Yogurt, Taco packages, Hatch Chiles, Lime Juice, Chorizo (crumbled but not cooked), green onions and 1 cup of the Hominy (reserve the rest for step 3 below) in a large bowl. Once blended well add the Chicken thighs.
Cover and refrigerate to marinade for 24 Hours
Remove the Chick Thighs and place on a tin foil wrapped broiler pan and place under the broiler for 10 Minutes then reduce the temperature to 350 for another 10 minutes
Step 2: Pour the marinating liquid into a Sauce pan with 1 C. Chicken Broth over Medium-High heat bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium allow to reduce
Step 3: In a frying pan place 3 Tablespoons of vegetable oil. To this heated oil add the remaining Yellow Hominy. Fry until it starts to turn crispy and it will begin to sound like popcorn popping
Serving Suggestion:
- Place Chicken over a bed of “Spanish/Mexican” Style Rice.
- Pour the reduced sauce over the chicken
- Garnish with the crispy Hominy, Crushed Fritos Corn chips and Avocado. Serve with heated flour tortillas
Thai Chili Beef Jerky
1/2 C Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
2 T Thai Chili Garlic Paste
2 T Soy Sauce
2 T Ponzu
1/2 Water
1 Lb Beef Jerky
Zingers & Quotes
Every so often I amuse myself with a nugget of thought. Just a post to keep some of them around.
- It’s always funny when someone tries to use their resume as a debate point. Had a “Conservative” History Prof that has taught some Legal History classes try this on me this evening during a debate on ConLaw. I wonder if he would fall victim to that ruse himself if Laurence Tribe, actual ConLaw Prof at Harvard, played it on him?
Yeah, I don’t think so either. That ruse is a sure sign of a weak argument
Not sure if that falls under the debating fallacies of “Ad verecundiam” (argument that appeals to revered authority) or “Ad misericordiam” (argument that appeals to pity) - Your freedom to yell through a bullhorn or bang a drum ends were my window panes begin.
- Just because the MSM in deciding “All The News They See Fit To Print” does not report it a tree still did fall in the forest.
- Did Cain harass those women? No idea. But it is funny to see the Press convulsed in vapors and fainting spells because according to them Herman is black and the women are white with blonde hair so therefore Conservatives would hate him.
I wonder if those same reporters happened to notice Clarance Thomas’s wife, Ginni?
Sure wish the left would stop with their incessant race-baiting. - Watching you try to form cogent thoughts is like watching someone wolf down a bowl of alphabet soup and attempting to arrange the mush of letters into words as they pour forth from their bowels in a stream of explosive diarrhea.
- What they really want is to turn the Founding Fathers into their own Fantasy Football team but on an ad hoc basis bringing players off the bench as needed and sending them to the showers when they hold positions that don’t match.
- When reaching out to turn off the alarm is like swimming in a sea of molasses you sure wish that the snooze button had a half hour option.
- Gotta love lemonade that is tart enough to make your temples pucker
- It is hard to suppress the laughter when you see someone sprain their brain.
- So how many “When did you stop beating your wife” type questions can Joy ask? Tune in (or not) to find out.
- Together they might generate enough brain power to light a match
- Pondering the random intersections and interconnections of life.
- I have repeatedly pointed out how they and Ron are so selective in their memory of the founders that the gerry-mandered borders they create around them would make a California congressional district look downright sane.
- Paulista’s just continue to show they can’t play long. Instead of staying in the game with bunts and singles advancing runners arond the bases they want to keep swinging themselves into the dirt trying to reach the fence.
- For my misguided friends that follow the AZ Cardinals. Who needs Social Security or a 401k when you can fund your retirement by always by always betting against them.
- thinks it is adorable that those on the right that lampoon Obama’s “Hope & Change” rhetoric are willing to buy the snake-oil called the FairTax while completely ignoring the reality that a current Congress cannot bind a future Congress.
- Probed by the Government, Bankers or Aliens it’s all the same. They get you in the end
- “punching small holes in the scrotum rather than making an incision” does not make the procedure sound any better
- Many of those standing at the Bully Pulpit use the Pulpit to be Bullies.
- Compared to Obama, Jimmy Carter was an optimist
- If OWS really wants a revolution they just might want to consider which group is armed. Tea Party or OWS?
- Billboard for the UofA along I-10 in Phoenix and next to an “Adult Bookstore” saying this is “Wildcat Country”. They need to rename it the “Pussycat Lounge”
- Religion is not in the business of proving anything. Religion is based on Faith. The problem with modern Science is that we have been educated to believe that science proves anything. It does not. Science only establishes current understanding.
- It is to laugh. To be accused from the “left” of being a “tea-bagger” and from the “right” of being a “lib” and that I ought to move to Castro’s Cuba if I don’t like the States.
- Voice mail should not be a 6.5 minute monologue.
Green Chile Pork Chili
Pork Chili for making in a Slow cooker
- 5 lbs Pork Butt, boned, trimmed and cut into 1″ chunks
- 1 12 oz Package of Bacon, chopped
- 1/2 lb Chorizo
- 4 T Light Brown Sugar, packed
- 2 Small Onions, diced
- 5 cloves Garlic, smashed and chopped
- 3 7 oz cans diced Hatch Green Chilies
- 2 T Cumin
- 3/4 C Chili Powder
- 2 14 oz cans diced Tomatoes with Chilies
- 4 T Green Hot Sauce
- 29 oz can Hominy
- 1 T Salt
Cut the bacon in small pieces
Crisp up the Bacon in a 5.5 qt Skillet pan over Medium heat. While Bacon is crisping prep the Pork butt by trimming off any bones and excess fat.
When Bacon is crisped strain it from the bacon fat and remove from pan, increase heat to High and add the Pork Butt to the bacon fat.
Government whines rather than find efficiences
An old liberal friend of mine posted a link to this article on FB
“IRS Cuts Would Mean Loss Of Essential Services, $4 Billion In Revenue”
And commented the link with
this doesnt seem smart as much as i hate the irs
My response:
My take from this is that it yet again demonstrates that Washington does not get it.
IRS Budget in 2008 was 11.4 Billion
In 2010 it was 12.1 Billion (increase of 700 Million)
Proposed for 2012 is 13.4 Billion (increase of 1.2 Billion)
So from 2008 to the proposed 2012 budget is an increase of 2 Billion.
So supposedly if only INCREASING their budget by 600 Million rather that 1.2 Billion will lead to catastrophe and the world coming to and end. Get real.
He showed his Big Government default Liberal mindset with
It seems stupid to decrease funding when we get such a high return on investment. I don’t know why we would fuss with an agency that makes money for the gov. I’m all for cutting but this seems like cutting off our nose… I don’t think anyone thinks the world will end. Well, not over this anyway…
So I tried to show how the Government just does not have a clue how things work in the real world
funding is not being DECREASED it is just not being INCREASED as much but it is still an INCREASE.
The current rate of inflation in the US is 3.8%. Boosting the IRS Budget from 2011’s $12.1 Billion to $13.4 Billion is an increase of 10.7% Increasing it only by $600 million is still an increase of 4.9%. Seems that 4.9% is still larger than 3.8% so the IRS would still be getting a budget increase that exceeds the rate of inflation.
The problem is that their budget is basically on auto-pilot increase year to year due to the nonsense called “Base-line” budgeting. The real world does not operate like that, especially in a recession.
Reminds me the last time we had a real estate meltdown with the Savings & Loan debacle.
I was working for Valley National Bank (later bought by BankOne and then Chase) at the time. The President and CEO of the Bank announced to the operations side of the Bank that our budgets were frozen at the current level for the next two years and that any new purchases, hires, raises, etc… would have to be made to fit within that cap.
Well, finding efficiencies was the name of the game.
One of the projects I helped spearhead was to do a drop to bottom review of the existing technology utilization within the Bank.
Our team went into every Department to evaluate how the current technology was being used and interview every employee within that department. We ended up taking more powerful systems away from Managers and swapping them out with their Assistants who were the actual power users. We even identified that two or three people could share a system or printer and thereby pull one or two systems back to Equipment Services so that they could be reallocated within the Bank thereby saving on purchasing additional equipment.
The Bank emerged from that time very Healthy with our Branch system intact and in fact we had created Profit Centers within the Operations side of the Bank that generated our “own” money. Since we had a large Branch system all over the State we created a new company called “BancStar”. All of our Courier Vans were transferred to this new company and rebranded with the new company’s logo. We created a new piece of mapping software to allow us to plot routes. We then sold time in our Vans to other Banks to handle their intra-Branch mail since we would certainly be passing by their branches while driving to our own. They got rid of a cost since we could do it cheaper then they could and we offset a lot of or expense in the delivery of our own mail, etc…
When Mitch Daniels became Governor of Indiana he faced a $1 Billion deficit. He turned that around to a $700 Million dollar surplus by doing the same type things that w did at the Bank. Look for real efficiencies and “cut” where things be could cut. One thing they did that I thought was brilliant was he had someone go out and mark the tires on vehicles in the States fleet. Then like the Meter Maid they went back a month later to see what vehicles had been used and which had not. The excess vehicles were sold off. In fact the Governor personally sold off vehicle #1,000 with at the time of the link below the state had identified 2,000 Vehicles it was not using fully and could get rid of.
http://www.votesmart.org/speech_detail.php?sc_id=184301&keyword&phrase&contain
Every level of Government is rife with that kind of waste.
Yes, there will be push back from the affected Departments. We had that too at the Bank and knowing that going in we setup a process to resolve it. We would give our recommendations to the Department Manager and he could comment. We would take his comment under consideration and submit a revised recommendation to him in case we had missed something. If the Manager still did not agree the resolution was kicked all the way upstairs to the President of the Bank by-passing all the Middle Management layers. We insisted on that so that we knew we had buy in from above. The very first Department we evaluated rejected our initial recommendations out of hand (we had been very gentle) and upon review we decided to go with what we really wanted to adjust. The Manager pitched a fit. The review went to the Presidents office and the next thing we knew that entire Department had been disbanded and the employees transferred around the Bank.
Once that word got out we did not have another Manager question our recommendations. I always wondered if that first Department we reviewed had been picked to send that very message.
Tools can fit in both the left and right hand
It is so funny when someone doubles and triples down on their inaccuracies rather then admit they were simply mistaken (not that they were even wrong). Finally rather than admit that were even mistaken and then finally wrong they delete their original post so as to not have to endure the painful truth.
When faced with someone like that is fun to box and bat them like a cat with a ball of yarn.
But then that is what screen captures are for…
Frank and Sharon’s inanity on the Nearly Famous Barry Young Fan Page
After taxing the “rich” at 100% what next
We have a spending problem not a taxing problem
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Vintage Car Crashes at the 2005 BRIC at Road America
Multiple camera angles: From the stands and on-board most of the cars involved in the incident. Unbelievable how many cars were destroyed before even reaching the starting line.
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At the beginning of the Group 6 race in the 2005 Brian Redman International Challenge (now the Kohler International Challenge), there was a large incident consisting of most of the field: The driver starting fifth accelerated well before the green flag and tried to force his way between the wall and the car in front of him, resulting in contact with the wall. A following car checked up and was rear-ended, causing a spin that led to further contact as following cars were unable to avoid the growing incident. After just a few seconds of green flag racing, the red flag was waved. Following the initial incident, the failure of trailing drivers to heed red flags being shown at 14 and 15 (under the bridge at the crest of the hill) may have compounded the issue. Luckily, nobody was seriously injured, with the worst injury being a broken arm
Inde Motorsports Ranch
My Track map to use with the HPDE1 Students at the Inde Motorsports Ranch in Willcox, AZ
BYU Sports Videos from the 1980’s
I was a cheerleader during the 81-82 School year but after my mission and returning to the “Y” I was a cameraman for KBYU for the 84-85 school year. These 8 videos are from that time period. Enjoy…
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BYU Football Sports video from the Early 80’s
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Another Sports Video from BYU that we put together back in the early 80’s. This one features many of the sports teams at BYU. Video was set to a Van Halen song.
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This video was never completed “back in the day”. The music the clips was set to is Van Halen’s “Panama”. Maybe that is why we never finished it. ;-> Continue reading
PSMF – Sweet & Salty Beef Jerky
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
1/2 C Soy Sauce
1/4 C Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 t Liquid Smoke
1 t Tabasco
1 t Garlic Powder
1 t Onion Powder
1/2 t Black Pepper
1/2 C Splenda Brown Sugar
Mix and marinate the beef. Follow directions for my other Beef Jerky Recipes
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