Work Party ?

Blog numero dos

WORK PARTY ?  Sure…( sigh ) it’s the latest trend in the creative social labor bartering techniques. This is how the scheme ..I mean plan  goes.  Someone needs a small task done, a landscaping project or they need to whip out a little asphalt work on the driveway. “Oh just of 1/2 mile  of pavement up this hill. Cake ! “   They thought it would be cool,fun and bonding. All at a bargain price. Work party. Yeah, it’s sounds like fun. Need a new lawn in?…LET’S PARTY! Need your house painted? LET’S PARTY. Need a new deck?  PARTY!  A new sewer line ?  PARTY! An intervention? LET’S PARTY….STOP! . You can only go so far. But the concept does have it’s merits. I was involved this weekend in one of these contrived social events. But it was more like a work/party intervention/inquistition. Which is a more complex way of using the Party/work format. This is how this goes. You plan a project at a venue other than your own dwelling or business. When selecting the target person it helps if they  are contractors, painters or something along that line.. Now you help organize  it and commit to a date and time. With the hope of return labor from the whole group at your place and so on. ” We are putting in a new deck overhanging the canyon next month. All we have to do is rip out the poison oak and start building .Sounds like fun eh… PARTY!!! “. That’s how this  work party concept works or at least my twisted look at it.

Well the Workee Workee gathering went very well and it was quite fulfilling. We built a deck with this rubberized decking. The stuff works great. I’m not sure about the fading and wear. We will see . Moving the stuff was like carrying long lazy noodles on steroids. Very heavy and strong. Fortunately the deck turned out great. Plus we all got in a little ” Tim the Tool Guy ” bonding in ” Urr Urr”. Now it’s tangent time.

Here’s a the first edition of the “Whip it out ” Red wine quick Strogie…

1 lb Hamburger 90/10 (Lean ratio)

1 can of cream of mushroom

1/2 cup light sour cream

2 tablespoons of finely chopped rosemary,thyme,or any fresh herb. No fresh  herbs use half as much of dried.

1/3 red wine

1 tbl of Worcestershire. sauce.

1 tsp sugar

2 tlbs of dried chopped onion.

1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp blk pepper

Milk as needed to thin and a little bit of Buena suerte (good luck)

Brown meat and drain. Add red wine and reduce by half. Add remaining ingredients and simmer. Now watch it till it’s the consistency you like. Serve it over pasta. The grocery store has tons of real cool pastas now. Barilla has many varieties. Some of my favorites are Farfalle,Rigatoni,whole wheat and Rotini. They have these wagon wheel shaped ones that are kinda cool, but I can’t remember the name. All I know is that It ends in a vowel, just like every other Italian word.

Serve the pasta with a green salad and brown and serve rolls. Quick dressing……

1/4 c of vinegar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2teaspoon blk pepper

1 tbl dijon style mustard

1/2 tsp. brown sugar

2 finely chopped green onion

1 cup of olive oil

…..Whisk together everything but the oil ( you can also use a food processor or immersion blender if you please or  have one) ….Now whisk it oil slowly … Da Da your done good luck.  My favorite lettuce is Butter or Boston lettuce. There’s a reason the call it  “buttah”

P. S… Dessert ….Hershey’s syrup on vanilla ice cream with chopped peanuts and a pinch of Ready Whip. Peanuts on last.  Or make an imprint in the ice cream  with a spoon and fill it with dab of peanut butter topped with chocolate sauce…

I’M BACK …quick spread  for rolls ……1/2 cup smart balance (room temperature) , 2 tbls honey, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, pinch of nutmeg 1/2 tsp shredded orange rind. Whip together and serve on rolls

Adios……Bon Appathy