Sometimes you feel like a nut.

Wow, I was so busy with the holidays, vampire love, disgusting recipes that no one will ever make, and the search for pigs blood that I almost forgot about our first ever 2012 primary. (not to be confused with our first ever 2012 caucus). That would be tomorrow for you New Hampshire folks. So get out and vote. Here are your choices ( unless you are a democrat in which case I would spend the day quietly weeping about the very real possibility that one of these guys could actually beat Obama).

Mitt, probably the most likely to beat Obama in the general election. Why? Because under the veneer of right wingnuttery that he is currently hiding behind lurks a corporate centrist that will say and do anything to get elected. Republicans may not like this guy but conservative white guys and soccer Mom's with a stick up their butt are just waiting to vote for him in the general election.

 Serial adulterer, took tax exempt status on a politically motivated coarse he taught resulting in ethics sanctions from the house, earned more sanctions by feeding house investigators false information, took huge payout from Freddie Mac as a consultant then tried to blame same for the housing crash, got a 4.5 million dollar payout from Murdoch's News core for his book. Looks like the Pillsbury Doughboy if the Pillsbury Doughboy was left on a windowsill for too long.

The religious rights current flavor of the week after Bachman and Perry proved to be too stupid to live. Mr Santorum has compared gay marriage to bestiality. Does not believe in evolution. Wrote an article blaming the Catholic child abuse scandal on liberals. Does not like the libertarian side of the Republican party.

Ron Paul is easily the most honest and consistent of any candidate currently hoping to win the 2012 presidential election. That includes Obama. He is the hard core libertarian that scares Santorum. No foreign wars, no drug laws, no universal health care, no stopping states from enacting jim crow laws. Somehow he is still against abortion though, but Gays can marry as long as their state (Ron is a big "states rights" guy) makes it legal. Had a newsletter under his name that was openly racist.

If George W. Bush was stupider and meaner he would be Rick Perry. Done but too stupid to know it.

If the Republicans had half a brain this guy would be the front runner. Looks the part, smart, conservative without being a closet fascist like Santorum or wacky like Paul, Huntsman could probably have even more luck with the vast undeclared voters in this country than flip flopping Mitch. So there is no chance the Republican base will vote for him. Sometimes you feel like a nut!

It's the Republican party in food form!

So Christmas is over. No more baking, no more parties. What do you do with the left over nuts? They won't keep until next Christmas. Mmmm?

1. Take a large cast iron skillet and heat it on medium heat.
2. Add half a stick of butter. Mmmm butter!
3. When the butter is melted and no longer foaming add whatever nuts you have lying around the house. Peanuts from a cocktail party? throw them in there. Walnuts or pecans from baking? in they go. Macadamia nuts Aunt Margie sent from her Hawaiian vacation? add them to the pan.
4. Stir the nuts around until they are coated with the butter Mmmm butter! and you can smell the nutty goodness.
5. Add half a jar of honey. Keep stirring. Honey has water in it, butter Mmmm butter! has water in it, we want the water gone so keep things moving and watch for the pan to go dry.
6. Add several good squirts of hot sauce. I like Sriracha because it is already sweet, but tabasco is always a good choice too.
7. Stir until well mixed and there is no trace of the hot sauce.
8. Dump them out on some no stick foil or wax paper in a single layer to cool. They will be sticky until they set so add a good sprinkle of sea or kosher salt right away.
9. Patriots/Broncos this Saturday night. Have a Bud or 3 and the best damn nuts ever.