Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Mrs. Flannestad has been a bit under the weather this week and requested chicken soup last night.
This is what I made…
Chicken and Corn Chowder
2 Chicken Leg Thigh Combo
1/2 onion, roughly chopped
1/2 carrot, roughly chopped
1/2 celery, roughly chopped
1 bay leaf
sprig thyme
few whole black peppercorns
1 whole clove
1/2 pound bacon
Olive Oil
1 onion, chopped
1 small bell pepper, chopped
1 small [...]
When I worked at a “Southwestern” restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin, we would sometimes offer these as a special.
If I remember correctly, we would call them New Mexican Enchiladas.
Instead of rolling the ingredients in the corn tortillas, you would build a stack.
Put down a sauced corn tortilla, add an ingredient, add another sauced tortilla, then an [...]
One of my favorite fish preparations is baking it in a spicy tomato sauce with olives and capers.
Unfortunately, the only decent looking fish at our local market was Pollack, the world’s most tasteless fish. There’s a reason some Asian genius decided to use this as a base to create artificial crab.
Make a tasty tomato [...]
