my brother and his bf came into the city to join mac and I in the regular post-therapy dinner at Chipotle so it could feel a little like a birthday. My brother is a really good older brother (megan walker can back me up) he had gotten cupcakes and is being extremely generous for a gift in covering moving costs, and had brought in mac's gift to me also (which, of course, he had also bought).
So yay a nice ending to a pretty normal day, but no issues or problems which all I was really wanting out of this birthday. 39 is just a holding pattern year anyway, right?
I don't do much cooking, so this is a really amateur question, but can I use the same skillet with the meat juices left in to saute my onion after I finish browning my meat, or should I wash it out first?
If it's fatty hamburger, I might pour out a little of the fat, but otherwise I usually brown the meat, leave it in the pan, then add the onions.
I usually brown the meat, leave it in the pan, then add the onions.
I do this with almost everything, sausage, bacon, etc.
I find the quickest way to punch up the flavor of veggie chili is a jar of good salsa.
The flavor profile is Cincinnati-style, so it's meant to be served over spaghetti & topped with cheddar cheese.
No cinnamon? I thought that was key.
There's cinnamon in Skyline, I'm pretty sure. Along with the chocolate.
I do occasionally add cinnamon to my beany, tomato-y chili, but it doesn't make much of a difference.
And we often have the leftovers on top of spaghetti, even though it's really nothing like Skyline in terms of taste or texture. It's still good on spaghetti.
ION, sushi is in mah belly. It wasn't the best I've ever had, but it was fairly good. Tiny place -- maybe 9 2-top tables and 2 4-tops, and then 5 seats at the sushi bar. And when we got there it was pretty full -- only 1 4-top and 2 2-tops were open. I like seeing it full, because I want it to do well and stick around in the 'hood.
Your brother is awesome, msbelle. I'm glad he is there for you guys.
Pool was still a madhouse at 7:45, but I had a lane. Fridays are normally empty but for the aquacize class.
Cinnamon is also important in beans and meat chilli stew.
I still think cincy "chili" is WRONG.
I still think cincy "chili" is WRONG.
I imagine it's an acquired taste if you're not from here. Although I think most of the Buffistas who've visited me have been agreeable to it. (Billytea tried it and was polite about it not being All That; and I think shrift and I only went for pizza and beer; and Liese, The Boy, and I ate at Rock Bottom.)
But if you grow up eating it, hey, that's what normal tastes like. Nom.
I liked it! It wasn't chili, but I liked it.
I find the quickest way to punch up the flavor of veggie chili is a jar of good salsa.
Yeah, I use a good fresh salsa instead of tomato paste or stewed tomatoes. But that's not always an option away from salsa friendly regions.
