Today, in an attempt to better myself, I braved... yes, the McAllen Memorial Public Library. The McAllen library is, in itself, quite a sight to behold. It's a masterpiece of 1970s architecture, which was not a good time for architecture. They're building a new one, thank God, because there is just NOT ENOUGH SPACE in the cooking section. No section of the library, including fiction or the children's section, commands so many shelves as the cooking section. I wanted to find some new recipe ideas, but unfortunately there's no "I'm New to This" part of the cooking section. Nor is there a Dewey Decimal number for "Throw Me A Bone, Rachael Ray" or a "I'm Too Tired for Your S**t, Jamie Oliver." Player, I am not a gourmet. Doesn't anyone write recipes for the common man? No, guys. Only me. I'm the only person writing for the common man. And you're welcome.
In the end, I did pick out a Rachael Ray recipe-she's gotta be kidding me with the 30 minutes, but her Pork Chops in Spiced Apple Pan Sauce turned out delicious. Pork chops are a tough thing to come by in the Rio Grande Valley, but I got me some thin ones and it smelled just like Christmas in my house. Later this week, I'm going to bake some butter nut squash with butter and brown sugar in the middle and have a regular holiday meal. It is getting to be fall outside, after all, which means that I can lay by the pool comfortably. With my pork chops and my squash. FINALLY.
And for lunch this week, Jambalaya! I thought jambalaya would be more soupy, but it is HEARTY and SPICY and SO SO GOOD. Can you put Sriracha on the top of jambalaya? I think you can. According to that recipe book at Urban Outfitters, you can put Sriracha on top of anything.
I feel like I did what I promised you guys. I stepped my game up. And I'm feeling pretty successful. If we were together right now, and I were singing you a song, the song would be this.
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