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The Great Latch Hook Project – Part 10

Posted on August 22, 2024 by pauldelancey

Yesterday, I finished the Great Latch Hook Project. I started around the beginning of the year. It took 8,740 hooks. I went through major delays from May to now, due to Covid and surgery. But now, it’s mounted in a frame. I persevered.

Go me.

Great Latch Hook Project #10 – 8/21/24

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

Categories: latch hook | Tags: beneficial, Charlie Brown, Chef Paul, Comic Chef, cookbook, Covid, hooks, hunks, latch hook, Lutheran, Paul DeLancey, persevered, project. gall bladder, surgery, thriller | 1 Comment

Buy Cheap Butt!

Posted on August 21, 2024 by pauldelancey

With all the inflation, shrinkflation, and greedflation going on lately, it is indeed heartening to discover that the price of something we all love is actually going down.

Act now! Get your hands on some cheap butt. Mmm.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

Categories: Butt Munch, lust, misread | Tags: 99 cent, beach, beneficial, butt, cheap, cheap butt, Chef Paul, Comic Chef, cookbook, greedflation, hunks, inflation, Lutheran, sale, shrinkflation | Leave a comment

Smoked SPAM

Posted on August 20, 2024 by pauldelancey

American Entree

SMOKED SPAM

INGREDIENTS

4 12-ounce cans SPAM(tm)

½ cup ham rub or pineapple-ham rub

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SPECIAL UTENSILS

wood chips (hickory, apple, or pecan)

smoker

electric thermometer

baking pan

tin foil

Serves 4. Takes 3 hours.

PREPARATION

Preheat smoker to 220 degrees. Add wood chips to smoker. Make diagonal cuts about ¼” deep on the top of the SPAM blocks. Rub ham rub all over SPAM blocks.

When temperature of smoker reaches 220 degrees, place SPAM blocks on grill Put thermometer in the thickest part of a SPAM block. Smoke until SPAM’s internal temperature reaches 160 degrees. This should take about 2 hours 30 minutes, varying greatly depending on your smoker. Let sit for 5 minutes or eat right away. Goes well with macaroni and cheese.

TIDBITS

1) Amps is an anagram for SPAM. “Amplifiers” is slang for amps. Amplifiers were first built in 1803 by the reputedly young, inventor and guitarist, Keith Richards. There were no uses for them until Mr. Richards formed the first rock n’ roll band one year later. His group, The Drifting Pebbles toured the British coasts in 1804. Wow, they were popular! 172,000-estimates vary-showed up for his second concert, held in Bristol. The front-row fans went wild. The music goers seated farther back, not so much. His third and fourth venues drew only dozens.

2) But Keith adapted. “Why not use my amps to project my music to everyone?” Bristol Stomp, January 30, 1804. His fans returned in droves and by horse and foot. Britain loved him. The amount of trees needed to feed his wood-feed electric power station devastated forests everywhere. Then, disaster struck in 1805. Napoleon again went on the rampage, winning land battles everywhere. Only the Royal Navy prevented his invasion of England. But the Royal Navy needed tons of oak to built its war ships. To satisfy its ravenous need, the navy requisitioned Richards’ wood. No wood, no concerts. To make things worse, the few concerts that still had wood for the amps were fertile hunting grounds for the Royal Navy’s press gangs. When word got out that going to a Drifting Pebbles concert meant be forced into the navy, Richard’s name became mud. His musical career tanked. But happily enough, he became part of The Rolling Stones in 1962. Now, everyone loves him.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

Categories: cuisine, history | Tags: American, amplifiers, amps, British, concerts, cookbook, entree, ham rub, Keith Richards, Napoleon, press gangs, Rolling stones, Royal Navy, smoked SPAM, spam | Leave a comment

Ramen Crust Pizza

Posted on August 7, 2024 by pauldelancey

Fusion Entree

RAMEN CRUST PIZZA

INGREDIENTS

2 packages (6 ounces) ramen noodles

1 egg

¼ cup Parmesan cheese, shredded

¾ teaspoon pizza seasoning

2½ tablespoons olive or vegetable oil

no-stick spray

¾ cup pizza or pasta sauce

¾ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

12 pepperoni slices

SPECIAL UTENSILS

10″ no-stick skillet

pizza pan or baking sheet

Serves 4. Takes 45 minutes.

PREPARATION

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Add enough water to cover noodles to large pot. Bring to boil using high heat. Add ramen noodles Continue boiling for 2 minutes or until noodles become flexible, but not completely soft. Drain.

Add egg, Parmesan cheese, and pizza seasoning to large mixing bowl. Mix with whisk or fork until well blended. Add ramen noodles. Mix with fork until noodles are completely coated.

Add olive oil to skillet. Heat olive oil at medium heat until a bit of Parmesan cheese starts to dance in the oil. Add ramen noodles. Parmesan cheese mixture. Use spatula to press down on mixture until it completely covers the skillet. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2 minutes or until mixture turns into a pizza crust that is golden brown on the bottom. Remove ramen crust from heat.

Spray pizza pan with no-stick spray. Place ramen crust on pizza pan. Use spatula to spread pizza sauce over ramen crust. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese onto pizza sauce. Top with pepperoni slices. Bake for 20 minutes at 425 degrees or until cheese melts and starts to brown.

TIDBITS

1) Long ago, voyages from Europe to Japan took so long that any bread went moldy. Spaghetti endured, though. So, vessels carried spaghetti. But this pasta lasted only to Japan. Unfortunately, Japan only made ramen. So, crews ate ramen all the way back. Meals remained bland until a cook, Guiseppe Verdi, invented Ramen Crust Pizza. Making 1,296 identical meals, however, inspired Cook Verdi to compose The Four Seasons and other stuff instead. This is how we know him.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

Categories: cuisine, history, international | Tags: cookbook, Four Seasons, Guiseppi Verdi, Japan, moldy, noodles, Parmesan, pasta, pepperoni, pizza, ramen, ramen crust pizza, recipes, spaghetti, voyages | Leave a comment

Cantaloupe Smoothie

Posted on August 4, 2024 by pauldelancey

American Dessert

CANTALOUPE SMOOTHIE

INGREDIENTS

4 cups cantaloupe, cubed

2 bananas

1 tablespoon honey

2 cups milk

2 cups plain yogurt or vanilla yogurt

SPECIALTY APPLIANCE

blender

PREPARATION

Put all ingredients in blender. Blend at “smoothie” setting for about 30 seconds or until thoroughly blended. Woo hoo, tasty and simple.

TIDBITS

1) Cantaloupe is an anagram for “toucan, leap.” Count Dracula is based on Vlad the Impala. No, only one those two assertions isn’t right. Vlad ruled Wallachia off and on from 1448 to 1476.

2) Impala is a car. The first Impala was built in 1958. So it isn’t possible for Vlad to have driven an Impala. Still, the commercial tie ins are obvious.

3) Or maybe not. Vlad was really Vlad the Impaler. He got that title from impaling his enemies on long, pointy poles. The best slogan incorporating this fact would be, “Drive an Impala. People will fear you and get out of your way.” Meh. Still it makes you think. Why was Vlad so crabby?.

4) Culinary historians believed nothing would make Vlad happier than seeing toucans leap. He’d say, “Leap, amazing toucan, leap.”

5) How did Vlad get his leaping toucans? Why, from the famous Central and-South America to Wallachia Leaping Toucan for Pointy Pole Trade Route.

6) The Ottoman Turks controlled part of this path. This would have been okay, but one day Vlad and the Ottoman sultan accused each other of cheating at Parcheesia(tm). Words were said and soon the sultan blocked all Toucan/pointy pole trade. The two Parcheesi players went to war. Vlad died.

7) However, the anagram-and-smoothie loving, Sultan honored his foe’s courage with the cantaloupe smoothie. Now you know.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

Categories: cuisine, history | Tags: anagrams, banana, Comic Chef, cookbook, Impala, murders, Ottoman, Parcheesi, smoothie, sultan, toucan, trade route, Vlad the Impaler, Wallachia, war | Leave a comment

Grape Freezer Jam

Posted on August 3, 2024 by pauldelancey

American Breakfast

GRAPE FREEZER JAM

INGREDIENTS

2 cups fresh, crushed grapes (about 1 pound whole)*

3½ tablespoons lemon juice

4 cups sugar

¾ cup water

6 tablespoons or 1.75-ounce box fruit pectin powder)

SPECIAL UTENSILS

potato masher or food processor

5 * 1-cup hot, sterilized Mason jars (They really must be hot and newly sterilized.)

Makes 5-cups. Takes 1 hour plus 1-to-2 hours to set.

PREPARATION* – (Assuming, as is likely, you can’t find crushed grapes to buy)

Cut grapes in half. Remove stems and seeds from grapes. Smash grape halves with potato masher until thoroughly crushed. (Or add bits to food processor. Pulse processor until thoroughly crushed, but not yet pureed. Some grape bits should remain.)

Add grape and lemon juice to large mixing bowl. Mix with fork until well blended. Add sugar. Mix with whisk until sugar dissolves completely. (Undissolved sugar makes the jam grainy.)

Add water and pectin to small pan. Bring to boil using heat. Stir constantly. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour boiling water over grape/sugar mix. Stir constantly for 3 minutes. The mixture should start to jell and thicken.

Pour grape mixture into Mason jars. Leave ½” gap at the top. Stir until grape bits and juice gel and blend. Cover and let stand for 1-to-2 hours or until set. (Not longer than 12 hours.) If desired, serve some immediately. Store the rest in the refrigerator for 3 weeks or in the freezer for up to 1 year.

TIDBITS

1) Sorry, this tidbit isn’t funny. But I am quite proud that I wrote this recipe and then made it. This is my first recipe since getting Covid, a severe ear infection, and surgery back to back to back.

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2) Okay, I have space for a joke. Q: How many 1-cup Mason jars filled with grape jam does it take to change a light bulb? A: 122, but it’s far safer to use a step ladder. Ha, ha, ha!

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

Categories: cuisine, recipes | Tags: American, breakfast, Chef Paul, Comic Chef, cookbook, Covid, fruit pectin, good food, grape freezer jam, grape.freezer, jam, joke, lemon juice, Mason jars, thriller | Leave a comment

Misheard Lyrics of Nat King Cole

Posted on August 1, 2024 by pauldelancey

Is there anything more soothing than listening to the magnficent Nat King Cole?

His magnificent voice transfers us to a happier world.

Well, no.

Only if you hear the correct lyrics.

The true lyrics for the song “For Sentimental Reasons” include:

“I love you
For sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I’ll give you my heart”

And now the misheard lyrics which change the meaning to a love song between archeologists.

Misheard Lyrics #21

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

Categories: misheard | Tags: believe me, beneficial, Comic Chef, cookbook, correct lyrics, happier world, lyrics, misheard, misheard lyrics, my heart, Nat King Cole, sediment, sedimentary layers, sentimental reasons, thriller | 1 Comment

My Good Day

Posted on July 31, 2024 by pauldelancey

My stunt double

Woke up. Feel out of bed.

Number Two Son announced he passed the last two tests necessary to get a CPA. Huzzah! I am so proud.

Did finances.

Did errands. Made my first long drive since having surgery. Go me.

Went to my arts and crafts class which was also a baby shower. The mom to be was so pleased that so many people showed up and that she received so many nice gifts.

I finished the Charlie Brown latch-hook project that I started some six months back. Go me.

Made the long drive back.

Good day.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

Categories: about me | Tags: arts and crafts, baby shower, Charlie Brown, Comic Chef, cookbook, CPA, exams, good day, latch hook project, mom to be, passed, presents, recipes, surgery, thriller | Leave a comment

My Day Today

Posted on July 27, 2024 by pauldelancey

I made corned beef and a strawberry smoothie. These aren’t big things, but it was the first time since surgery that I felt up to doing them. I also went for a short walk. Go me.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef

Categories: about me | Tags: beneficial, Chef Paul, Comic Chef, cookbook, corned beef, go me, hunks, Lutheran, Paul DeLancey, short walk, smoothie, strawberry, surgery, thriller | 2 Comments

Wanda Wunder Wonders About Brain Cells

Posted on July 26, 2024 by pauldelancey

Wanda Wunder #43

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef

Categories: Wanda Wunder | Tags: apocalyptic, beneficial, brain cells, Comic Chef, cookbook, Lutheran, memory, murders, naps, recalling, sleep, thriller, wake up, wake up call, Wanda Wunder | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: cookbook

The Great Latch Hook Project – Part 10

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