Grilled Octopus Salad AKA Insalata di Pulpo AKA Happy Mouth

Grilled Octopus Salad aka Insalata di Pulpo

I recently spent time in Chile and Peru and ate as much pulpo as possible. Now that I’m back in New York among the heaps of calamari, I’m starting to think that octopus is the highschool reject in this calamari-ran prom. You find grilled and fried calamari up the ying yang, but its dear relative gets the back seat in this popularity contest. So, what’s a fatty to do but honor this 8-legged freak at home in a delicious vinegary salad and love on its sweet chew?

Since octopus is far from what I know how to cook, I found this reasonable recipe… Read more…

Gangstas Need Ice Cream Too

Rapper, Gucci Mane expresses his never-ending love for the cold sweetness of dairy by tattooing a big fucking cone on his cheek. What a weirdo.

 

This IS The Saddest Book Ever

 

Sausage and Brussels Sprout Lasagna with Fried Egg

Not sure what gave me the hankers but I had a taste for lasagna and brussels sprouts so I thought I’d add sausage and egg to make a rich, warm winter meal for my fat ass.

Sausage and Brussels Sprout Lasagna with a Fried Egg

And it’s real easy. Buy 1.5 lb of quality Italian sausage meat. Get some quality lasagna pasta, I used egg. It’s so worth buying good pasta so try it ya cheap bastard. Also, don’t scrimp on the chez. Get 16 oz of good, wet mozz. I pre-cook my lasagna ingredients so I know what to expect when I pop er in the oven: when the cheese is melted, and it’s hot in the middle, we know we can put it in our mouths. Serves 6 fatties.

Layer up:

1. lil olive oil on the bottom of the pan
2. half cooked lasagna noodles
3. ricotta cheese
4. almost completely cooked sausage with extra red pepper flakes, sauteed with onions and garlic
5. more noodles
6. thick cut mozz
7. sliced brussels sprouts
8. repeat 2-6
9. bit more torn cheese on top
10. drizzle with olive oil

 

Bake at 350 uncovered for 20/30 minutes or until it’s hot in the center and the mozz is melted. When done, let it rest for at least 10 minutes. During this time, fry an egg for each person eating.

Sausage and Brussels Sprout Lasagna

Slice a hunk, top with an egg, crank a generous amount of black pepper and freshly grated parmesan cheese, and waa laa, biz bam boom, derish.

Spicy Jerk-Pickled Mango

I think I stumbled upon something here. I’m not giving yall mofos this recipe cause it just may be my million dollar idea. So maybe the purpose of this post is to rub it in yall’s face that I’m eating this deliciosness and you’re not? I spose you could reach out and beg…

Spicy Jerk-Pickled Mango

Spicy Jerk-Pickled Mango

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Raise Your Hand If You Like Gravy: Bubble and Squeak With A Side of Bread Sauce

Now that I got married to a Brit, I’m learning all sorts of culinary oddities. “Pie,” for example, could possibly mean something filled with meat and doesn’t necessarily use dough. A “pasty” isn’t something exclusively for slutty nipples but more of a savory turnover or hot pocket that was originally created for hungry, cold, miners on the go. “Pudding” refers to  ALL desert, not just the creamy plop varietal, and “Curry” refers to all Indian food. OH! And my fat ass’s favorite new English mouth treat is a little something called “bread sauce.”

Raise your hand if you like gravy.

Bread Sauce is sorta like gravy – it’s made with the drippings from the roast, a ton of milk or cream and some stale bread crumbs, seasoned with salt, pepper, onion, maybe a little clove or bay leaf (aint gonna front, last two came from wiki). Anyway, pour this warm, think sauce all over your plate of roast beef, roast lamb, roast turkey, roast chicken, roast veg, what-have-you, for an amazing cherry on top of that mother fucker.

After your face is done with all that meat and bread, you inevitably have some roasted veg left over. Save them for tomorrows Bubble and Squeak!

So simple. Finley dice your left over veg, whatever it is. We recently did ours with fingerling potatoes, carrots, turnips, squash, and pearl onions. Since you probably roasted with a butt load of oil, the veg is nice and moist, and now slightly mashed from your chopping. Add some flour and form into flat patties. Put some oil in a pan, fry till crusted, and serve. We ate ours with ketchup, and my bad ass used hot sauce, but I’m sure the Queen wouldn’t be too happy about that.

Frying Bubble and Squeak

Bubbles and Squeak