I've been thinking about a way to keep notes on all the recipes and quasi-orginal creations I make for a long time. I can't tell you how many slips of paper and jotted down, spattered notes I have stuck here and there and everywhere..I thought this might be a great way to write it down, save it in a safe place and maybe even share with people who might be interested.
So this is my first attempt at 'blogging":
Tonight I made "Angry Mussels"--or at least 'my' version of something I saw on the Food Network (Yes, My name is Sherry, and I am a Food Network Addict). It was a brief segment on "The Best Food I Ever Ate" show. I thought, hmmmm, I could recreate that: This is what I did:
I chopped and fried 6 pieces of very thick sliced bacon in my large non-stick skillet; once cooked I removed the bacon to a dish. I added sliced onion to the bacon grease along with 3 sliced jalapeno peppers (I heard serrano pepper on TV though). Then threw in a couple of pounds of mussels along with chopped garlic and white wine. When the mussels started ot open, I tossed in a spoonful of butter--well really 3 maybe 4, eehhhh maybe 5 big spoonfuls. I added the bacon back in along with coarsely chopped parsley. I served it with freshed toasted garlic butter bread. My friend (and roomie) Sally, Meghan, Ronnie and I agreed it was YUMMY! Grade: A
I also made Orange-Glazed Chicken and Cajun Blue Cheese salad taken from the April/May 2011 issue of Cook's Country. Both were a hit...Ronnie especially loved the chicken. Grade: B+
Sounds great. Don't make mussels much but this sounds like it would be worth a try!
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