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Not Ms. Hagerty’s Olive Garden

olive gardenHaving been stricken with the flu for two days and a night, my hunger grew ravenous. My body had lost six pounds, and I needed sustenance to replace the loss. With my head bowed in the tebow position, I pondered. Then, as if touched by the gods, I recalled a most wondrous review of an Italian establishment in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Why yes! I must. I must hurry to the Tuscan farmhouse for a late lunch. But where? Where might I find a location outside of Grand Forks? Conferring with The Google I located one near a shopping mall in Winston-Salem, NC. And so my family packed up and made way.

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The heartiest, meatiest, most amazing chili recipe

bowl of chiliThe Super Bowl is usually synonymous with pizza and chicken wings. Since I didn’t want either I deferred to my guests and my wife for  main course suggestions. My sister, a vegetarian, wanted chili. My wife, a carnivore, also wanted chili. I decided to make both.

The night prior I made a rockin’ vegetarian chili (which I will divulge in a future post). While it grew more flavorful throughout the day on Sunday, I started in on the heartiest, meatiest, most amazing chili recipe I’ve made to date. Sweet Moses if you don’t try this chili recipe you are doing yourself a disservice.

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Turnip Fries Recipe

Raw turnipsMy wife came home with four pounds of turnips the other night. “Yeahhhh, what is that?” I asked. She responded with, “A lady from work dropped them off. Says you cook them just like potatoes.” A light bulb went off and I immediately thought, “Potatoes make French fries. I will make turnip fries!” Trumpet sounds.

Since we had milanesas in the freezer I figured the turnip fries would be the perfect compliment. I grabbed a few spices, some parm, a bit of olive oil, and went to work.

WARNING: This recipe didn’t exactly turn out right.

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Turkey Croquettes with Velouté Sauce

Turkey CroquettesGrowing up, I looked forward to Thanksgiving every year for one reason alone, turkey croquettes. After my Brady Bunch of a family had our fill of turkey, my mother would take the leftovers and turn it into pure unadulterated awesomeness.  This year I decided that I would take the leftovers from my own Thanksgiving and continue the delectable tradition.

After poking and prodding my mother (‘s memory) I got my hands on her secret recipe. And before she could remember my name I was out the door and back in my kitchen. Which is where you should be.

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Fried Green Tomato Recipe

green tomatoesI planted my tomatoes late this year. When the frost hit I was left with a number of small green tomatoes and a forest of basil. As I decided the fate of my crops I remembered a film suggesting I could fry green tomatoes so I composted the basil, and saved the maters.

When I got home I searched online, found a few recipes, rummaged through my pantry, and came up short on ingredients. Too lazy to go to the store, I said “Eff it!” and took a stab at my own fried green tomato recipe.

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