seriously dude..

well we have had a serious summer hiatus.... but ALAS we shall be back!!!! totally proms!!

Got amazing chicken and shrimp recipes!

stay tuned!

back to cooking...

well there has been some serious lack of posting on this blog lately, possibly because of the shit weather we have been getting these last couple weeks.

BUTTTTT were about to churn out some goodness in the next couple...promise!!!!!!

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FAMILY ROAST

chicken chicken chicken mmmmm its always a good choice for dinners, bbqs, etc. And obvi the easiest choice for good wholesome family dinner.

Recently i had my aussie friend andy come over for dinnner and i was like dude i gotta cook this kid some nice home cooked food! I originally went for a normal kinda roast ( pork or chicken with some potatoes, carrots, yams) but i felt a little inspired by alot of the good greek i have been eating.

i went for the chicken, and i really want to talk about how much better it is to get free range chicken. Price range it is a little high, normal grocery store chickens go from anywhere between 8 to 12$ as free range chickens usually are around 15 to 20$

ladies and gents these chickens are sooooooooo muchhhhhh bettttttterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....if you think about it they get to run around and actually be animals, opposed to mass produced factory chickens that dont even get a foot of space to move around.

Enough of the stupid rant tho, thats a whole different post.

GOOD TIMES CHICKEN

1 whole free range chicken (or whatever you can get your hands on)
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tbsp dryed oregano
1 tbsp chopped rosemary
1 lemon
2 medium onions
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp cumin
3 feet of butcher twine
4 tbsp butter
salt pepper
2 tbsp olive oil

1, stuff your fresh herbs and lemon in that chicken.

2. mix all your dry/chopped herbs in a bowl with your spices and s&p and start rubbing it into your chicken. Really make sure you get all of the chicken because you want to spread the flavor all overrrrrrrrr.

3. grab some of the skin of the breasts and slowly lift it up so it starts to pull away from the meat. Stuff your butter inside the breast pockets.

4. the next part of cooking a chicken is really important! truss your chicken! meaning tying your chicken so it cooks evenly.
youtube video provided of course


5. slice your onions in half inch slices and layer the bottom of your cookie sheet/casserole so it basically beds your chicken

6. make sure your oven is 400 degress and pop it in there for about an hour and half or so. Having a meat thermometer is pretty key here and your looking for about 160 degrees for the most mmmmm chicken.

Greek Style Potatoes
(picture after i hate half of them of course)

These are the super yummy almost overcooked with flavor style potatoes you always get at your favourite greek dive diner.

8 yukon gold potatoes peeled and halved
2 tbsp fresh oregano (dryed if you dont have fresh)
2 tbsp fresh thyme
2 tbsp fresh rosemary
1 tbsp chili flakes
5 chicken stock
2 tbsp tomato paste
salt pepper
1 lemon

1. heat up your chicken stock and add your herbs and chilies

2 . plop in your tomato paste and make sure it desolves nicely

3 . arrange your potatoes in a casserole or deep dish and pour your chicken stock mixture over the potatoes (should cover them almost to the top)

4. pop them in the oven for about 1.5 to 2 hours and enjoy your mmmmm potatoes

plate should look like

GROCERY STORE WARS

this is so good! probably the best parody/reference i have ever seen.

VANCOUVER

I recently made my way out west and got to try a couple tasty treats.

First, I got to try kangaroo burgers which were pretty interesting. They had a dark and gamy flavor but still were quite enjoyable.


Second was this awesome rabbit stew, which I've never had before.


I went up to the Grouse Mountain - "The Peak of Vancouver" - and got to sit down and enjoy a pretty sweet angus burger and a yummy 12:30 caesar.



The next part of my food adventure was at Granville island, where my friend, Kyle, and I trekked through the really awesome fresh market and finished off with some yummy fried halibut.





Great city, great food.

MORE COOL ROBOTZ

I think i read somewhere that one of its purposes is to allow doner stand employees to stand farther away from the machine, apparently so they dont sweat all over your shawarmas.

SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLZ

eyyyo so you totally wanna make spaghetti and meatballs right? yeah me too, so i totally did it.

1lb lean ground beef
1lb italian sauages (i used calabrese sausages)
1lb ground veal
1 box spaghettini
2 eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 cups chopped fresh parsley
3 canned whole tomatoes
2 large onions chopped
5 cloves garlic minced
5 wild mushrooms chopped (optional)
1/2 cup torn fresh basil
2 sprigs of fresh thyme
2 tbsp dryed basil
2 tbsp dryed oregano
1 tbsp paprika (optional)
1 tbsp chili flakes



1. get yourself a nice big bowl because your gonna be mixing a bunch o meats together and set your oven to 400 degrees.

2. take all the meat out of the packages and take the pork out of the sausage casings, add to bowl.

3. throw in the eggs, 1 cup of the parsley, breadcrumbs, 1 tbsp of the basil, oregano and paprika.

4. now make sure your hands are clean because its time to get squishy on this meat.....so begin the sqeezing and mixing of the meat until you feel like its legit mixed.

5. start making them into balls relatively the same size. They should look this kinda



6. put them in the oven for 20-25 minutes

7. time to get started on the sauce for your yumyum meatballz so bust out your TOP CHEF knife skills and chop the shit out of your onions,mushrooms and garlic.

8. heat some olive oil in deep pot and cook your onions till they are nice and mushy, add your garlic and cook for another minute or two.

9. throw in your tomatoes and all the rest of your spices and herbs

10. your meatballs should probably be done now so take them out the oven and begin playing them into the sauce

11. cook for like an hour orrrr let them cook on low for 3 hours, depends what time your sweet dinner party starts.

12. serve the meatballs and sauce over spaghetti with some toasted ciabatta.

need this plzz

imagine if you had this wonderful little piece of technology to get a bag of Cheetos when you drank 1.5 litres of wine the previous night.

MERCURY POISONING BE CAREFUL KIDS

so i recently read via /twitter.com/pizzalibretto that there has been a large amount mercury poisoning going on toronto from high quality italian tuna!

give their twitter a check and be careful how much tuna you eat.