roasted potato soup with roasted garlic, onions (and potatoes obviously). so yah, roast all that stuff in the oven with some salt and pepper and oil until it’s nice and brown. MEANWHILE, fry some bacon in a pot, then remove it (for a garnish later…who wants limp chewy pork pieces in their soup?), then chop the stuff that was in the oven and put it into the pot. then pour some stock in there (beef, vegetable, WATER, who cares) a bit of cream if you want to and some grated cheese if you want to. serve with some more cheese on top, the bacon and green onions…sour cream would be a great addition if you want to ensure the collapse of your heart. 

ohhhhh also some biscuits.  forget how i made them but im willing to bet it went something like this: 1cupish of flour, a tsp or so of baking powder, maybe a 1/4cup of butter and some milk to bind it all together. OH! also grated cheddar. once again, to ensure the demise of your organs/health.

usually when i cook a venison tenderloin it’s just roasted in the oven on really low for a really long time. HOWEVER, I THOUGHT, ‘hey i bet it’s really good and tender if you cut it into thin-ish strips and quickly fry it’. it is. it was. made a sauce with fresh ginger and orange and soy sauce and chilis and i dont remember what else and some mushrooms and broccoli and carrots and green onion and sesame seeds and stuff were in there too.

easy/use all the leftovers dinner (IT’S A FRITTATA). iiiiiiii fried some bacon (theme) and set it aside. sautéed some onions and mushrooms in the fat and set that aside. MEANWHILE you have some potato slices boiling until they’re soft but not too soft. THEN YOU’RE GONNA WANNA put those into the bottom of the cast iron pan and pour the “egg mixture” (like an omellete mixture- eggs, milk, cheese, the bacon and onions and mushrooms and i added broccoli and red peppers too) over it.  let it cook for a minute or two or three on the stove and then finish it in the oven.  i grated some more cheese on top and broiled it at the end. because once again who wants to live past 50?

this is a delicious green split-pea soup but it looks like cat vomit. surprise, you should sauté (make sure you have the accent on the e) some bacon and remove it leaving the fat in the pot.  add onions, celery and carrot to that.  then the split-peas.  add some stock/water and let it simmer for forever with a hunk of smoked wild turkey kielbasa (thanks dad) in there and the bacon and/or a pork hock etc you just need that smokey flavour. then remove the hunk of smokey meat of choice and pureé the soup.  iiiii put some fresh parsley on top as you can see.

last week we had a stupid party with fruit and rum and ice.  there was a pineapple leftover so i made a pineapple green curry thing.  ummmm sauté onions, garlic and ginger…add some coconut milk, green curry paste, and the pineapple. then i puréed it because i dont know I WAS FEELING FANCY. thhhhhen add some hunks of lemongrass*, some more pineapple, red pepper, green onions, bamboo shoots and baby corns aww. i had it over basmati rice and garnished with cilantro and more green onion.

*remove these it’s only for flavour you cannot eat lemongrass stalks.

K TIME TO WATCH CHUCK BYE.

writing at other places lately but here’s some stupid shit: (because the rest of my writing is real serious and unstupid).

um, making snowglobes.

aaand baaaygaaaals.

yep.

lit up deer antlers (thanks dad…for killing all those deer) and cider and anthony bourdain’s holiday special is as christmas-y as it gets around here.

jk also this pathetic tree with dollar store toadstools on it.

i dunno.

ttyl!

if i wasn’t afraid of electricity i would totally try and attempt this myself:

Dear Followers,

It would be so, like, cool, if you followed my new blog…I seem to be posting there more often lately.

http://criticalto.tumblr.com/post/12586447746/black-eve-on-devils-night

Him: I miss them.

Me: Who?

Him: My seven cars*.

Me: Where are they?

Him: Garage.

*He doesn’t have any cars.

follow this new blog im doing with eric. less cats.

http://criticalTO.tumblr.com

ok, time to cut the snide sarcasm: yesterday my article on Roncesvalles Village was published. also yesterday, a man who was a constant fixture in the heart of roncesvalles, sadly passed. i feel like a total shit for writing about frivolous things and neglecting to mention the people, especially him.  his name was/is tony clemens, a homeless man/blogger, on the streets since his wife died in 1999 and no family would take him in.  since moving here i’ve shared some leftovers with him and referred to him as “my friend”.  he seemed like such a genuine, kind man…..and luckily, you can read about his life in and around Roncesvalles Avenue from October 2006 to present at Homeless Man Speaks, penned by Philip Stern. i wish i knew about the blog before he passed and i wish i got to know him better. i guess it’s a gift to everyone who didnt get that chance to go through the archives. i’ve never cried so much for someone i barely knew. (no, not even PRINCESS DI).

ok:

the day before thanksgiving i ran into some wood nymphs in high park and they gave me this table arrangement ON LOAN.

i made thanksgiving dinner for my two main pieces. clockwise starting at TWELVE (ON THE PLATE) we have: pile of mush 1 (stuffing with sausage, apple, mushrooms, sage, etc) pile of mush 2 (potatoes with sour cream and rosemary) pile of mush 3 (brussel sprouts with bacon) and pile of mush 4 (chicken+gravy).

also ate the rest of this pie with some pumpkin ice cream.

NOW ONTO THE MAIN EVENT: THANKSGIVING POUTINE.

make a quick ‘casserole’ with all your thanksgiving leftovers. i layered chicken, stuffing, corn (just bought some today for colour and vitamins you know) and mashed potatoes. THEN put some fries in the bottom of a bowl, THEN some gross scoops of your casserole THEN cheese curds and FINALLY you’ll want to spoon some of the leftover gravy overtop of everything.

this is in my top favourite poutine recipes FOR SURE guys.

*you are a gluttonous piece of shit.

happy birthday to people such as: nas, and amy winehouse. also, my friend tiffany from highschool. but most importantly, to my mama:

she is my favourite person in the whole world. also, the best person in the whole world.   

she hates this picture but i love it.

my mom is also my drunk dial.

happy birthday! could you pls send me some money?