Flecks of… Gray?

Well, it’s no worse than other years so I guess I’m optimistic. Here’s what cfl.ca had to say, “Hamilton (0-3) is now the CFL’s lone winless squad.” Ahh, music to my ears… This is the price I have to pay so that in 30 years when these guys win the Grey Cup, no one will be able to say I’m a bandwagon jumper…

This has probably taken over the sweet and sour ribs as my very favorite recipe that Heidi makes. The original comes courtesy of Rick and has been tweaked a bit to perfection; the keys to success for this one is the homemade salsa and the corn tortillas. After that, you should be good…

Chilaquiles

Serves 4

• Oil for frying
  
• 6 tortillas, cut or torn into strips (for a group of 4 people I would use about 8 tortillas)
  
• 2-3 BBQ’ed half chicken breasts
  
• 10oz can / 275 g tomatoes – (recipe calls for Mexican green tomatoes, but I don’t think we’ve used these)
  
• 1 onion finely chopped
  
• 2-3 drained canned jalapeno chilies chopped
  
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (Mexican parsley)
  
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
  
• ¾ cup chicken stock (or vegetable stock if vegetarian)
  
• salt and pepper
  
• Garnish: chopped fresh coriander, chopped onion, stuffed green olives (optional)

Directions:

1. Heat oil in frying pan and fry tortilla strips a few at a time, on both sides, without browning (to save time you can also put them on a large baking sheet and broil in the oven)
   
2. Puree together tomatoes w/ juice, onion, chilies, and coriander.
   
3. Heat tomato mixture in fry pan for 2-3 minutes, adding salt and pepper to taste. Stir frequently.
   
4. Pour a layer of the sauce into casserole/baking dish, then a layer of chicken and top with layer of tortilla strips and a layer of grated cheese. Continue until all ingredients have been used, reserving some cheese for sprinkling on top.
   
5. Pour chicken stock over the dish and sprinkle with cheese.
   
6. Bake the chilaquiles, uncovered, in a preheated over at 350F for 30 minutes or until heated through.
   
7. Serve directly from dish garnish with olives, onion, and coriander.

I just found out last week that we have a brand new Taco Bell in Montreal so Heidi and I made our way out there for supper today. Sure, our leftovers in the fridge were of much higher quality than our Taco Bell experience but man, what nostalgia. It’s like what those childhood Transformers fanboys must be feeling about right now, except without the regret.

Read and learn dear ladies…

Here’s an article that’s been floating around the www for awhile and I found it pretty fascinating – it’s a ‘good wife’ guide from 1955 that surely bares almost no resemblance to one that would be made today. Some favorites of our house were:

• Let him talk first – remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours
  
• Don’t complain if he’s late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.
  
• Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
  
• You have no right to question him.

I found a nice little site that lets you click points on a google map to draw yourself a custom map of where you’ve been. I found it useful for figuring out how long ‘the loop’ is that we walk many nights (4.3k) as well as the walk to downtown (5.7k). The picture attached is the walk that we did a few weeks ago when Andrew & Katherine were over and wanted to do something Montreal-ish. That’s what we came up with – 9kms of Montreal fun (including Schwartz’s).

I’m going to try not to put too much opinion in this one because I’m going to end up eating my words, but it behooves me to inform my soy fanatic friends that all may not be well at the vegetable factory.

rdr07 on flickr

Only in the States could something so excellent happen…

To promote the opening of the new Simpsons movie, there are a few 7-Elevens that have remodeled themselves as Kwik-E-Marts – Squishees, Krusty O’s and all. Very cool