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Bologna Rigatoni

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Yesterday was a partial total failure. My plan was to ride a bike outside and make my pasta. I did not do either. I was a little tired and hungry after work. And a majority of my winter cycling clothes were left in the wash for over 24 hours. I washed the load again and later hung them out to die. Do Not Dry your cycling clothes unless you’re drunk. 



I did drown myself in Lagunitas’ Sucks whole quart UnaBomber. I did not die. It is always a euphorically delightful DIPA. My liver died a little. Also, one quart is 32 ounces. All of those ounces equate to only ¼ of my recommended daily percentage of alcohol, but what can ya do. Lagunitas opened a brewery in Chicago that I cannot wait to visit and terrorize calmly. Try it if ya can.

One thing that has always pissed me off and strangely boggles my mind and my heart. What is with these Japanese Beatles or lady bugs. I love how my phone corrects both “japanese” and “beatles” as it should be because of the threat level significance. They just keep appearing. And flying drunk? I do occasionally leave empty beers in my sleeping quarters and sometimes trap these thugs in Kleenex and put them into an empty bottle. I think they’re that sneaky and annoying that they escape and continue their mission of pissing me off. Last night I caught three and put into an empty water bottle basically as an experiment. Do they need oxygen? What do they eat? Will one eat the other two? Will they die? Will they escape? 

And they all seemed very much alive inside the water bottle this morning. I threw them away and didn’t give them the chance of a respectable recyclables burial. Like the annoying buggers they are, they will be smashed at least once with the garbage and invaders that they are. 

I watched Big Top Pee-Wee on Netflix. I have this obsession with going into my IMDb app to check out a bit of info on there while I miss part of whatever I’m watching because I’m not a multitasker. It ranks that movie less than 5/10. It was corny, funny and overall a 6 in my opinion. Yeah, ok. Tim Burton directed Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure in his debut directing gig and it was definitely better than Big Top Pee-Wee, but Big Top is definitely watchable. It has Benicio Del Toro and Screech in it to name two actors. I am sleeping with Netflix. 

A few interesting Vegan or Vegetarian people I came across inline online:



It is supposed to be icy today. Ice and bicycles don’t usually mix. Even FatBike tires show a weakness to ice. If I go for a ride it will be solo and it’ll be earlier than later. I guess I never ever ride alone because if zero humans ride with me I jam those earbuds close to my brain. It’s not the safest thing to do, but it always sounds better than wind. I do toggle the volume and sometimes pause the wind. Traffic is danger. And danger is bad only when you’re on a bicycle. 



Perhaps a beer r(un)ide 



Cold wetness is not good. Snow is much tolerable. No go on a ride. I put my Garmin Edge 1000 and NightRider Lumina 700 on their USB and left them charging on my little charging hub. After changing a few settings on the Garmin, its battery life is outstanding. I do not use the three sensors that it came with and turned off the Bluetooth. With all of these things going if was if my Garmin had a battery life of ten hours. It did never die on me, but I did shut her down after I completed my century ride. I didn’t record some km, but nothing was missing from my data. 

I made some killer food today. And ate it to my lonesome while watching the latest episode of Better Call Saul, an outstanding prequel to Breaking Bad. And it’s shaping up to be better than breaking bad. CHECK IT OUT

I did get a few ingredients from my grandmother before her trip and I was told the plastic film had cauliflower, but it was actually cabbage. Which I’ll try and save for St. Paddy’s day at Paddy’s Pub. Did you know that it is always sunny in Philadelphia? No cauliflower, but the Brussels sprouts were the main ingredient anyways. 

I made an experimental Baked Potato and a pasta that I named Bologna Rigatoni. They were a bit time consuming, but I impressed myself. 



Experimental Baked Potatoes

Baked Sprouty Spuds ingredients:

-Potatoes, stabbed with fork

-Brussels Sprouts, roasted

-SeaSalt/Pepper/Cayenne/Onion p/Garlic p

-Avocado Cream

-Corn, roasted

-Cheese, grated

-Garlic, sliced and lightly roasted

-Fresh Dill for garnish 

Avocado Cream:

-Sour Cream

-Avocado

-SeaSalt/Pepper/Cayenne/Garlic p/Onion p

>Mix

Steps:

-Make Avocado Cream and refrigerate

-Bake Potatoes at 375 for 75 minutes

-You do not want to over cook the potatoes

-If everything is prepared, it is a waiting game and good beer drinking time

-When potatoes are baked enough, give them some Visine before taking them out where everyone can see them

-Cut them In half longways leaving the skin to keep both halves attached. 

– I them placed on parchment paper, potatoes open and broiled cooking while adding color at the same time, remove when done

-Add cheese generously and broil again, melting the cheese nicely, yet meanly

-Now just top

-I put Avocado Cream, Roasted Corn, Garlic, Brussels Sprouts, more cheese and garnish with dill. ENJOY with AMC’s finest programming.

This Will Destroy You

God Is An Astronaut 

Explosions In The Sky



Bologna Rigatoni ingredients:

-Non rinsed cooled Rigatoni

-Brussels Sprouts, prepped for surgery and then halved longways

-Garlic, diced and roasted sliced

-Onion, big chunks

-Corn, roasted and lightly season

-Butter, REAL

-Dill, fresh chopped and a garnishment

-Potato, sliced 

-SeaSalt/Pepper/Garlic p/Onion p/Cayenne

-Cheese, grated

-Carrot and Celery, diced superbly 

-Oil and Rice Wine Vinegar

-Thickening Agent



Organization and preparations:

-I first prepared the Rigatoni noodles. I boiled them stirring constantly like eight minutes maybe nine. I decided to not rinse the noodles which changes the noodles compared to rinsed noodles. I do not know the correct term, but it leaves the starch. I under cooked them a little under al dente because they need to cool and until the cooling process is finished they still cook. I put them in the freezer away from anything else for 3-4 minutes before putting them into the refrigerator until I needed them again. They turned out very well. As I confidently expected.

-Cut everything and discard the shit

-Toss potatoes, Onion and Brussels Spouts with vinegar, oil, salt and pepper

-Put on parchment paper and bake 35 ish minutes at 350*

-I removed onions when I flipped potatoes and then turned oven to 425*

-Combine Butter with Dill, SeaSalt, Pepper, Garlic p and Cayenne and simmer barely 

-Add butter to lightly caramelized diced Garlic, Celery and Carrots

-Throw in some Dill and Dill ‘Em All

-When butter is melted and your veggies are close to be or are done add enough flour or corn starch to thicken 

-Add Rigatoni and get warm while seasoning

-You can do whatever ya want. I topped the pasta with cheese or throw it in with all of your roasted goodness 

-Live a little, enjoy! 

I read on Twitter that the drinking age will change back to 18 this summer. Is this true or one of those hoaxes?

I just realized it should be BEETLES. Good day.