April 2007 Archives

Dang, was on the freeway heading out at 10:30 Sunday morning. A trip that usually takes me 15 minutes to get to and through, was about 45 minutes. Turns out some gasoline rig turned over, spilled its guts and caught on fire. It melted the steel and the road collapsed. Luckily nobody lost thems lives.

A hard right would have taken us to San Francisco. Light left and we're heading East.

It totally sucked to be in that crap, my clutch leg is still sore. But check out the photograph I got on the fly !!!

I rule.

Biggles

ps - The only photoshop I did was to use the channel mixer and check the monochrome box. Then? A tiny bit of sharpening, only because I was doing 30, one handed, watching traffic and not getting in another collision.

Shuna is at it once again, thank goodness. I can't speak for everyone, but there could very well be some of us out there that are about as good at baking as Homer Simpson is at home construction. Sure you went out and spent hundreds on some fancy, bright red kweezinart rig. Book in hand you set out to make a pie dough. You probably made something that was ... edible. But how would youl like a Pastry Ninja next to you guiding your every movement?

Well, now's the time to jump. And I mean today. You're getting the inside scoop here. If you want another day, your space could be given to someone else. It does happen you know? Don't lag.

Sunday May 6, 2007 Pie & Galette Dough 1 - 3:30 pm
The price is $80 per person. Details of location are disclosed to registered students a few days before the class. There are two $45 spots reserved in each Baking Class for "assistants."

Go here now.

Biggles

Hi Everyone! I wanted to stop by and let you know everyone here at Meathenge Labs are doing okay, we're not dead. I absolutely have no time for to give at the moment. Nor do I have any inspiration to offer up anything worth reading or viewing.

Please enjoy this scan of a slide my father recently found of me back in the late 1960's. That's an old Leica Rangefinder 35mm camera right there.

xo, Biggles

8:30am this bright Sunday morning found the Biggles with eyes open, yet still on the foggy side of awake. A moment later the throaty snarl of Black Bart making tracks away from Meathenge Labs at breakneck speed reminded me of my porky gift to be.

Yup, Chilebrown has struck again. Along with the Sunday paper, a pound and a half of slab bacon was resting gently. Moments later found our plucky hero with camera in hand and a 12" cast iron pan on the warm.

Slice the bacon Biggles !!!

I happen to know Monkey Wrangler ain't the first silly ass human to make their own sea salt. Cookiecrumb of I'm Mad and I Eat did this a while back.

I wasn't able to taste her version, but if memory serves me correctly it had an 'off' taste to it and was tossed after a few months. Makes sense, while California can be an amazing wild place to be, we have our own collection of polution outlets.

Blah, blah, blah and mostly, blah. Well check this out. Monkey W went out with his daughter in a little kayak adventure in Tomales Bay and grabbed 5 gallons of sea water.

I don't know about you, but navigating a kayak is one thing, especially with a 3 year old. But if you can bring back 5 gallons of sea water, too? And not kill anyone? You sir, or madame, are a badass.

Here are the fruits of his crazy labor.

This in no way shortens what Cookie did, she took it on. But as you may or may not know, Tomales Bay is home to some of the world's best mollusks. If it's good enough for them, then it's good enough for us.

Cheers to you that are crazy enough to sally forth to the great unknown.

Biggles

I'd never had Chinch meat, always heard about it. It wasn't until my brother inlaw Meathead found some at a local market in the freezer section that we'd even consider it. It was decided to meet up this last Friday night and see what all the hubub is about.

Oh stop it, it's just like squirrel or 'possum. Let's learn to love our furry little chinchilla for more than just the hide. Use it all, I say. Please come and join our adventure.