asiatown in the mkz: day 3…

sunday was good.  slept in till 12 and for lunch bought a meatball sandwich from an unforgettable thug.  sorry guys, no pictures…  although, i’m pretty sure you can see the sandwich on jason’s food blog.  we then went to the queen’s museum to check out the panoramic model of new york’s 5 boroughs i’ve been talking up for the last few weeks.  it proved itself amazing.  after the museum, we watched some good soccer matches in corona park under the old world’s fair space needle and globe, then proceeded to chinatown in flushing, queens to pick up some fresh seafood for the grillout later that night – all under the command of our hands-free gps navigation system…

big trouble in little china: day 2…

with so much traffic on the roads this holiday weekend, what better to do then stay in town – chinatown.   the mkz was in full effect and the markets were bumpin.  we strolled sunset park and ate some good curry noodle dishes for cheap.  christa got some new gladiator sandals.  learned a new back route through bushwick to prospect park, and learned touchscreen gps, all in preperation for sunday’s repeat.  for more info visit jason’s food blog @ http://www.mightysweet.com/mesohungry/

riding in cars with boyz: day 1…

i suppose the american auto industry has fallen into such desperate times that their willing to do just about anything to get people in their cars – like loan them out for the weekends to random food bloggers.   or just disguise themselves with catchy new names like FoMoCo (ford motor company).  so jason was loaned a lincoln mkz for the holiday weekend and since he doesn’t drive, i did.  no paper work.  no hassles.  one quick signature,  some words of honor, and we were rollin’ out!  voice activated gps.  a sub-bass system.  bernie mac interior mixed with the smell of leather.  the works!   we picked her up friday after work and the weather permitted some real cruzin.  first stop – duane reade for some trail mix.  then we stopped by christa’s school to pick up her paper, and then jason’s work for some boxes.  afterwords we got some tacos and stopped by a party for some dancin’ and to watch our friends play.  made it home just in time to order a pizza.  for more info visit jason’s food blog @ http://www.mightysweet.com/mesohungry/

meester mom’s cracker-style mac n’ cheese…

i got this recipe from the back of a cracker box – fo’ real!  christa was laid out on the couch today with a migrain, so what else to make her feel better than some saltines and a fizzy drink.  when i opened the box i saw this recipe on the back and i decided it was time to take my in-house care service to the next level.   it came out pretty good although i think i’ll go a little lighter on the saltine-crumbles next time…

you ‘ll need:  1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese.  1 cup of milk.  1 small can of whole kernel corn, drained.  1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese.  1 teaspoon of garlic powder.  2 cups tricolor cooked macaroni twists or rotini.  hand-full of saltines, crushed.

1.  cook your pasta, and in the meantime grate the cheddar.

2.  once the pasta is done, drain and put back in the large pot.  combine ricotta, milk, chedder, and garlic in the same pot and stir.

3.  grease up a baking dish and place mixed ingredients in it and put in the oven.  bake for 30 minutes.  smash up your saltines while your waiting.

4.  take out mac n cheese, and sprinkle saltines on top.   stick back in the oven to toast for a few miutes and your done.

sanitarium slop…

sanitarium slop simmered for 12 hours until perfected. i actually woke up at 4 in the morning to give it a stir. do recognize that this creation cannot be fully justified through digital imagery… however, consider yourself warned cause she packs a mean punch to the gut.

couple carrots, few potatoes, few sticks of celery, 1 leek, 1 parsnip, 1 onion, 2 handfuls of frozen spinach, couple cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, italian seasonings or whatever, and 5 cups of water…

alright… in the crock-pot, combine all ingredients and add water. your done.

ain’t sceered…

two weeks after the trip to the waterfalls in jersey, jason (http://www.mightysweet.com/mesohungry/) took the liberty of compiling random video clips into a plotless, yet seamless, super short suspense thriller titled “behind great falls”.   i was pretty amazed, but still aint’ sceered!

psych you out taco salad (+/- burritos)…

1 – bag of morning star crumbles.  1- small package of taco seasoning.  1- small sour cream.  1- onion.  1- can black beans.  1- bag of blue corn chips.  1- package of yellow rice.  couple of olives – optional (YUCK).  1- block sharp cheddar cheese.  1- pack romain lettuce.  1- avacodo.  1- bottle of taco sauce.  couple of tortilla shells

simply boil water, add rice, let simmer until fluffy.  in the meantime grate the cheese, cut the olives, lettuce,  and onions, and prepare the avocado.  once your done, give the rice a stir and throw the tofu crumbles in a pan and heat.  this should only take a few minutes so wait until the rice is almost finished.  once the crumbles have begin to warm, stir in the special taco seasoning powder and your done.  throw it on a plate and add drizzle some taco sauce on the top!   this is so easy that i even considered leaving out the instructions.

on the topic of books…

speaking of extreme mammals:  glenn danzig and his collection of literature.  is there anything more entertaining???

extreme manimals…

today was the end of several weeks of work installing extreme mammals at amnh.   dan cortez would be very proud.  not much to see…  a room full of ancient taxidermy and bones hanging from the ceiling.  four live suger glider’s.  one large whale skull which happens to be one of the  museum’s oldest and most valuable specimens in its entire collection.  one giant sloth.   carefully preserved locks of hair from an actual 10,000 year old woolly mammoth.  several kick-ass interactive high-def flat-screens for the kids.  couple of howler monkeys.  an amazing life-like diorama depicting a prehistoric swamp scene.  recreations of the world’s largest and smallest mammals ever to have walked the earth.  two straight weeks of soup-of-the day lunches.  all chiefs.  no indians.  and one frosty beverage after all the work is done.  here’s to my first full free weekend in a while!

new jersey’s very best kept secret water fall…

sunday was hot and sunny so we rounded up a crew to check out the not-so-famous waterfalls (great falls) in paterson, new jersey, which is only a 45 minute drive from the city.   the sun was blazing and i decided to go sleeveless which qualifies this post to be archived under athletics as well as leisure.  besides, there was some minor rock-climbing involved.  the falls were great but the abandoned gun refinery was even better!  we hopped a fence and explored some serious death and destruction.  the boys posed for a chode photo op, and we found a lone hooker boot along our path.  christa and janet were nearly attacked by a giant woodchuck and i gotta sun burn on my left tricep.  after words, we stopped and had a hot dog and soda water at lindsey’s and they gave us free bread to feed the ducks with.   what a great day!