Thursday, October 8, 2009

Red Snapper and Home-made Pesto sauce


The recipe for this dish came to me in a most unexpected way. It happened while I was recovering from my fourth trip into space. I was laying on my couch with a bottle of Wild Turkey and watching Fraggle Rock when all of my perceptions turned Sideways. The world as I had known it ceased to make sense, in a way that words can not fully do justice. I could hear smells, taste sights, and feel tastes.
Wild Turkey feels terrible, and Fraggle rock is delicious.

Luckily, this not being my first brush with psychic invasion, I knew that this was simply a precursor to a message sent through thought. I attempted to drink some more of the Turkey, to fortify my fragile state, and ended up giving myself a most complex set of sensations when I inevitably poured the bottle all over my neck and chest. While screaming at my misfortune, the message finally arrived, and the power of it rocked me clear off of the couch.

"Traveller! You have broken free of the constraints of your world! Your mind can now handle the complexities of the mysterious wonders of 'SPAAAAACE FOOOOOOOD'"
My reply came quickly, "OW. OW OW OW OWWWWWW." This being was speaking far too loudly for a man in the throws of a bourbon recovery process.
"Traveller, You will now recieve your first SPACE COOKING LESSON"
It was then that what I can only refer to as cosmic forces lifted me from the couch and began to float me towards the window. In a moment of clarity I was able to grab a sock from the ground in a last ditch attempt to cover my nudity before being whisked out the window and floated into public.
So I floated down the street in a haze, my left foot fully clothed and still reeling from the psychic control. All of my attempts to communicate with the being were being thwarted and came out as only mumbles and sqwaks. Luckily it was three A.M. and there were a minimum of pedestrians to be beset upon by my hovering nude mumbling form.
The hour did present problems once I arrived at the grocery store, which had been closed for some 5 hours. Luckily the front window was only single pane glass, and I was able to be thrown through it without too much difficulty! Twenty minutes and a full basket of groceries later and I was whisked back home.
Once there the presence guided me through the creation of this fancy feast:

Red Snapper Fillet

(for the Pesto)
Basil (shredded)
Garlic (finely Chopped)
oregano
olive oil
balsamic vinager
Lemon Juice
(basically just mix well)
(Feta if you are feeling extra cosmic)

Mix up the pesto Sauce, then pour over the Red Snapper. Put in a Large baking pan and cover with tinfoil, bake for about 15 minutes at 450 degrees.
Get fancy and Lay the Snapper onto a bed of spinach on the plate (sure to impress!)
Bone Ape-tit!

Recipe for Seafood Jamble!

Hey, sorry I didn't put up the recipe for the Jamble, but I was writing it fairly late at night and basically decided against it. Lucky for you, you now get to experience a recipe by me! Now I'm going to be quite clear about this from the start, most of my recipes I make kind of loosely. Most of my measurements are 'to taste' or 'a pinch/dash' and other nonsense. That being said, I'm going to warn you that most of my recipes will actually just be ingredients list, and a rough guideline as to how or in what order they were prepared.
Now, for the Jamble.
Ingredients:
Cilantro
Jalepno peppers
Chili pepper
Garlic
Onions
Prawns
Mussles
Oysters
Sausage
Hot sauce
Tomatoe Sauce
Cumin
Pepper
Fettucini

Preparation:
In a large pan (a very large pan) lightly saute the garlic and onions.
Add the prawns clams and mussles, stirring until fully cooked, adding the hot sauces and peppers.
Add the tomatoe sauce to gain volume and proper sauce consistancy, and add cilantro.
Pour onto the fettucini that you should have already prepared.
Eat.

yeah, thats about it for the recipe for the Seafood Jamble, Enjoy!