Sausage Truck HEAVEN in Durham

Ok, that was an awesome lunch.  I walked to CCB Plaza to the Farmhand Food Sausage truck (windy mid 50's).  I ordered a polish sausage with pimento cheese.  The bun, lovely crispy, with two sausages inside with the pimento cheese generously around them, slightly melted. We sat outside in the sun for some Vitamin D.  My buddy ordered the veggie sandwich of chutney and I think goat cheese which he loved also.  

Find the Sausage Wagon (on twitter), you will be glad you did!


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ubuntu + old laptop + evernote = happy recipes in the kitchen

So what does ubuntu and linux have to do with food?  Well, follow me on this path of happy reuse. So I have an old laptop with windows XP on it.  It takes like a half hour to boot.  I tried reinstalling windows and it did not help.  Now, I have wanted a laptop in the kitchen (it is an eat in kitchen) to look up my recipes that I have on Evernote (a cloud based notetaker with great tagging capabilities).  So poof, I deleted windows and installed linux ubuntu.(FREE)  Well, it does take a bit longer than that.  Now I can access my online evernote account with all my recipes.  Also, check the weather (really, are we that obsessed with the weather, yes).  I need to get out more.
 

Iron Crafter - Go Scrap Exchange!

Iron Crafter - It was a fierce competition to see who had the fastest most precise glue gun in the south.  The crowd was intense.  The silence was broken by the incessant commentary of the emcee and the occasional dropping of the way too small beer milk glasses.  The Durham local Fullsteam ale was quite tasty though.
Scrap Exchange we thank you.

Delicious Brussel Sprouts - I will convert you!

Add Bacon.  Nuff said.


Recipe:
1 bag of Brussel sprouts
3-4 pieces of good bacon (make it nice and crispy)
1/4 c. chicken broth (optional)
1 T butter
salt and pepper
1/2 t of thyme or rosemary


1. Put on a rather large pot of water to boil.  Meanwhile, wash the Brussel sprouts and trim the ends, then cut in half letting the outside leaves fall if they may. When the water boils put the brussel sprouts in for about 2 minutes.  
2. After you manage not to burn yourself on the boiling water and have drained the sprouts, add them to 1 T of butter (might need more if you have a lot) in a saute pan.  Add salt and pepper and either rosemary or thyme (fresh is great but dried is fine).  Saute the sprouts until you get them a little brown, maybe 5 minutes.  Have on hand either chicken broth or some water to just steam them a bit at the end (sometimes I skip the initial boil and just cook them at this stage).  Cover the pan and cook them until they are tender (not mushy).
3.Crumble bacon on top and mix.  If you are really trying to get people to eat them add a bit more butter at this point.


Really, they are good and good for ya.  

Sushi Love - Without seaweed.....

It has been a while since I reviewed a restaurant in Durham.  Last week I ended up at Sushi Love in Durham 2812 Erwin Road near Nosh.  I mostly eat cooked sushi or rolls unless I am in San Francisco but it is a nice change of pace here in Durham.  The interesting item of note was that someone in our party did not like seaweed so they asked for rice paper instead.  It turned out that they had soy paper.  Also, when there are Du*e students you hear a lot of banging on the table from the saki bombs.  So gather your friends who had seaweed and enjoy buy one get one free!