Everything Old is New Again

Some folks have the impression that I am merely a cranky old timer ( which is true) tilting at windmills, cooking unhealthy food, and playing the occasional ancient music track. Guilty. Well damn-it those windmills have been out there a long time turning the same unrelenting way. If I'm going to be Quixotic I'm going all in. As for the food I promise you it will taste great right up to the moment of your bypass. Music is the one that stings because we've been using it to divide us. Music is one of the 4 great things in life, along with eating, sleeping, and sex. Wait, sex with a partner makes 5. Anyway, who says it has to be new to be good?



Pretty good and brand spanking new. If you haven't already heard it 50 times on the radio your radio is broken. Old timers couldn't possible be that good could they?


Well of coarse the 60's started the modern era. That's the dividing line right. Similarities are purely intentional. What's 40 years?



Or 80? Why we look for reasons to divide ourselves I will never understand. We could be eating good food, debating whether Piaf was better than Adele, and waiting for opening day. (Go Sox, irony alert, Yankees Suck) Instead we go around looking for reasons to get angry with that other guy. You know, the guy we need to blow up.

Today was pop, but you could do the same thing with any kind of music. Good to know cause it will give me another post someday when I run out of ideas. Maybe I'll do rap next.

The Big Kahuna.

In the end nothing says love like the rendered flesh of a defenseless herbivore. As we have been building toward a real Valentines day climax it only makes sense to go with the best. Then make it better. Meat, like love, and like sex, only improves with excess.

herbivore

                                                (Lobo)


To start if you are in the Boston area go to the Butcher Boy. You can try and tweak nasty stuff to make it taste good if you have no money, but this is Valentines day. Open the dam wallet and go for the gusto. Just because we are thwarting our corporate masters does not mean we have to be cheap. So 2 filets please, 2 strips of the house bacon,Mmmm bacon, 2 portobello caps, and some gorgonzola. Oh yeah, grab a pear, a bunch of asparagus, some shallots, and a quart of cream.

So right now she should be moping up the last of the pasta sauce from yesterdays post.( I hope you bought some wicked good bread because we aren't making any. So shift gears and go for the gold with the tunes. you are going to have to leave her alone for a few moments although ideally the seating and the stove are in view of each other.









There, that should hold her until the steak hits the plate. By the way, we will rock out later in the week people, I promise. You can't tell me though that the Stones or Green Day or anyone in between bring the romance like these guys. I'll say it! go for it! Prove me wrong!

Go with the classics.

So while the world spins out of our control we still have to prep for Valentines day. This year the goal is to thwart traditional corporate interests, have a really kick-ass meal, impress the ladies, and get laid. Mmmm laid! We did shrimp 3 different ways for an appetizer, but just pick one style, we don't want to overwhelm anyone yet. When you bring the love start with shrimp, but end big! So now we need a salad and a pasta coarse to extend the experience as we work towards the finale. Que. up the tunes, lets cook.



Rock is tough for the love song business. The instruments tend to be twangy, and the energy level is more jackhammer than caress. Beatles rule though. There's not a jazz chanteuse that can touch this one with a ten foot pole. You'll want to hear from the ladies too, same time period so it blends nicely. The sixties, romantic in spite of themselves.



I hope that helps the folks that were gouging their eyes out over the Tchaikovsky. Actually I don't care. Try different stuff, you don't have to bungee jump to get out of your comfort zone. Like salads, who ever said they have to be a jumble of vegetables covered in dressing? I didn't, and neither should you. So we're going to make a composed salad because, well, because like I already said when it comes to romance time and care beat fast and sloppy 99 times out of 100. By the way if you are that 1 in a 100 girl that likes fast and sloppy give me a call.

                                          (Alex Ex)