one winner

Do you know why I never sponsor contests or accept awards? Because behind every winner is a loser. With that in mind we have a winner. Of course I wanted to give this 'Molonillio' away to everyone but I didnt have enough of them. Girlichef got in last and got out first. The names were written on a piece of paper and dropped into a bowl. Banana mixed them up and pulled one out and handed it to me - GIRLICHEF. Congratulations.



I wanted to give every single person some cocoa making thing, especially the few who got it right but random is random and contest are contests.



By the draw it was girlichef who wins one molonillio and some chocolate, oh I didnt mention that I was also going to send along one box Abuelita chocolate so that you can quickly put the molinillo to good use so that is an added bonus. Please e mail me with a shipping address so I can get this right out to you.

who wants it

Not a day goes by where someone doesnt ask me 'whats your favorite omelete, dogg?' And then I am forced to narrow it down to one. I would have to say though that if I could get squash blossoms everyday then the squash blossom omelete would be the favorite.



My old standby favorite that goes way back to when I was in college is the mushroom, alfalfa sprout and cream cheese omelete. This flavor combination is hard to describe and even harder to beat. Try it, its addicting. (and for the record - no one ever asks me what my favorite omelete is)



If you can name this accurately I will put your name in a hat with whomever else names it accurately and have a drawing to give it away. Cheat however you want but the name and spelling has to be exact. Good luck and I hope someone wants the dang thing! If it starts to seem like no one is getting it I will post more and more revealing photos. Oh and I forgot to mention that I will be quietly putting those names in a hat and I will tell you later who the lucky contestants are.



Here is another clue, oh and did I forget to mention that the contest ends at midnight tonight, yup midnight on June 8 in NYC that means nine o' clock for all you Westies out there and 6 am June 9 for all you Euros. I will be putting up one more clue around 8 pm NYC time to try and help out.



Ok last clue you bunch of half wits. I will give this thing away whether you want it or not! I should probably just pick someone like Marjie - for example, but it is highly impractical for her.

3 minutes left and we only have four people that said ' molonillio' its going to make a complex drawing.... sweta, leela, diva and selba......but wait at the last minute ....
...we got got girli by the skin of her teeth.....5 people will be entered into the contest.

veg out

Onions from South Texas that I was told were the sweetest in all the land and since I have not had onions from all the land I would have to agree that these are some darn sweet onions. You might recall that I fried up a big bunch of onion rings but these were not to be consumed as onion rings these were going to become a 'parmesan,' so to speak.



I layered some onions, then a nice mix of cheeses including queso de oaxaca, parmesan, asiago, fontina and provolone, a layer of sliced fresh wild mushrooms, a layer of cheese and marinara sauce, another layer of fried onions, more cheese and marinara, a layer of fresh tomato, more cheese and a final layer of sauce and then large slices of provolone to top it off. Pop it in a 350 oven for 20 minutes until golden and bubbly - let cool slightly and slice.



For you ugly food lovers out there, you know who you are, this was all flavor without any of that distracting beauty - nice personality - pretty on the inside kind of thing, no need to get bogged down with appearances.



It would be so nice with a mesclun salad, but not a pretty salad a real ugly salad to keep with the theme.

four!

We hit the driving range today but we didnt hit it too well.




This big ol' pile of onion rings is destined for greater things. It is part of an invention that I am going to post tomorrow, I sure hope it comes out good.



I found some HUGE wine cap mushrooms and I didnt want to toss out the incredibly large stems so I made something out of them.




Mock scallops anyone? You heard that right, 'fake scallops' for the vegetarian in all of us.


The stems were hot seared in a dry pan to caramelize a bit then a browned butter sauce was made with the fond.



The 'scallops' were then placed on some radish with the brown butter poured all around and then a drizzle of truffle oil and some Himalayan pink salt finished them off. The flavor and texture was fantastic, this is definitely a 'keeper' and I am anxious to try this out on my veggie friends.

ideas without repercusions

Never in my entire life have I had an idea that did not have repercussions. Pretty much every thing I have ever thought of both good and bad has had its repercussions, not to mention the things that I have done. Repercussions are a unique thing. Repercussions could be looked upon as karma. Karma is not something I readily believe in. Hence the on going dilemna. I have broken too many mirrors and walked under too many ladders to count all the black cats that have passed my way. I remain positive because positive is the only forward way to go. It is true that my version of positive or my forward may not agree in the general sense of those words but the overall 'gist' is still positive and forward. Lets gossip. As we go about our business we come across other business vendors or sometimes loose dealers that get agitated by your business as well as you becoming agitated by them, how do you deal?