Butt Stock

I love onions and I love baking.  This morning (weekend off from work), I made homemade onion soup with get this, pork butt.

Never tried it before but since I got the butt for cheap, I had to see if it would work.  So I made a good strong stock a few days ago and today it was ready for the wonder that is the caramel onion.

My gosh, it's tasty.  So glad I gave it a go.

Meanwhile, we're having a very lazy day home.  Tim and the pups just woke from a nappy nap.  I'm waiting for my rolls to rise, and clipping coupons for Dollar General.

Although, I tell ya, I just might not go.  Why I haven't even gotten out of my jams yet and it's late afternoon.

Friday Question: Blog Reading

Hello Boogerbutts.  As I write to you, I am officially done with my work day and even though I'm still in my prep clothes, I am OFF THE CLOCK - until Monday @11am.

You can't see, but I'm doing a little boogie in my chair.

Now my question.  How do you read and/or organize your blog rolls?  Do you use Feedly (I think it's called), or Blog Lovin'?  What works for you?

Or, what doesn't work for you?  And why?

Right now I have individual blog rolls, but I'm looking for a more efficient way to organize and read blogs.

Thanks and boogie boogie :-]

Guess Who's NOT Working THIS Weekend?

And I Didn't Even Throw Up

Dig me.  I went the entire day without twitching.  Well, not the entire day, because I twitched when I wrote my last post, but overall really good, and excited for more changes.

And guess what else?

After work I opened my email and saw more car deals and prices, and I didn't even throw up or get a belly ache.

Such a big girl.

My Eye Won't Stop Twitching

We're working on getting a new car and it's making my eye twitch and my belly nervous.  So much money.  Hopefully we will snag a zero interest deal.  But even still, it's still a buttload of bucks.  Not so happy about that.

Just writing this post has my left eyelid a twitchin'.

But I know we need the car to get me to school, as both of ours will not.  I don't even like to think about the cost of school.  It's just too much money.  I'm gonna go sniff some coupons to take the edge off.  I doubt it will help.

Hello Boogerbutts

Good Morning, Boogerbutts - it's been awhile since I posted, so I thought I'd pop in for a Hello and Happy Summer.

Hello and Happy Summer.

Or, winter if you live where winter started.  Either way, Happy New Season.  Meanwhile, I've been chopping my veg and learning more efficient ways to work.  Been a lot of fun. 

And dig my recent higher-end freebies.  That's zero oop.  Why pay full price later, when they're free today?

Okay dokey, just finished my chores, time for breakfast and soon enough, I hit the second shift in prep.  They've changed our hours again but it's all good because I got a little raise AND, they're training me so that I can open prep. 

Pretty happy about that.

And that's all I got.  What's up with you?  Eat anything good for breakfast today?  I'm having brown toast and eggs. 

Anyway, here's my recent hauls.  Dollar General and BigK.

Zero OOP (out of pocket) for these goodies.

I Want to go Back to School

I want to go back to school.  Right this minute, that can't happen.  So I set out to learn from where I am.  And it's interesting to me, how I got what I needed.

I was at work doing cook's peppers, which is (or was), a messy and time consuming process.  On the ride home, I knew there had to be a better way.  Just had to find it.

That same night, Tim popped on Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course.  Guess what the first video included?  I kid you not, peppers.   How great is that?

The next morning at work, I tried Ramsay's method and it was sublime.  Absolute heaven.  A joy to prep.

I love how my knife glides around and under the pepper, leaving behind the seeds and fiberous innards.

And soon, Ramsay's book (UK version), will be in my hot little hands.  The book titled, Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course, works in conjunction with the videos.  And whilst I may not be in a classroom (just yet), I will be learning, practicing, and writing about it along the way.

I feel happy.

Look at these babies.  NO waste.  NO mess.
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Friday Question: Grilled Meats

I know nothing about grilling meats.  In fact, just this past week, was the first time I ever made and ate grilled pork chops, chicken, and hamburg.

I tell you this, I don't know why anyone would go out for a burger when it's so much better on the grill.

Holy cow.  It was good.

However, yesterday's chicken experiment didn't go as well.  I dropped the chicken on the grill and said to Tim, "I don't think the chicken is supposed to be on fire."

And it was.  Big old honkin' flames.

So I tried again with a second test batch and that worked much better, but still a little dry.  Like I said, I know nothing.  Having a been a veghead most of my life, I never gave two hockey pucks, about what people were grilling. 

But now I'm interested.  So brings me to Friday's Question.  What's your favorite grilled meat, fish, fruit and/or veg?