Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Thoughts Before And About Bed

Here's the problem I have with the 9-5 life. I wake up at 7, and I can't get moving. It takes me hours to fully wake up. I'm functional about noon. And normal about 4.

Today, I started working on an art project with a friend about 9PM and got really raring to go. I loved it, had tons of ideas, a million things to do. And at the peak of my art energy?

11PM. It's bedtime. I'm not even tired.

This Week's Meals (2/2): Campfire Hobo Dinner

So. This has a wierd origin story. I was watching an episode of Mythbusters, when, during the making of a firepit, Jamie started making what he called a "Campfire Hobo Dinner." After some researching I found out what it was and what it consisted of, and it is FANTASTIC.

Might have to do with the HUGE knob of butter you put in it, but that's beside the point.

This was a fun little meal to assemble, and I can see that cooking it on a real firepit would be a lot of fun. It's doable in an oven, and comes out great. I think I'd go lighter on the carrots, just because when you cook carrots, they get sweet, and I don't like sweet carrots.

Title: Campfire Hobo Dinner
Yield: 3 servings
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Category: Entree
Cuisine: American
Source: food.com
Website: https://www.food.com/recipe/campfire-hobo-dinner-247841

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Ingredients
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1/2 pound smoked sausage (sliced)
1 cup potato (sliced)
1 cup carrot (sliced)
1/2 cup onion (sliced)
4 tsp butter
garlic powder (to taste)
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
cooking spray
4 sheets aluminum foil (18 inches square)

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Instructions
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1 - Spray 18-inch square of aluminum foil with cooking spray.
2 - Place equal portions of the meat in center of foil.
3 - Place equal portions of the vegetables on top of meat.
4 - Season with equal portions butter
5 - Season with salt, garlic powder and pepper to taste.
6 - Fold top and sides of foil several times to seal food.

THREE WAYS TO COOK: Always place seam side up when cooking. You may
want to double wrap if cooking on a campfire or grill.
•CAMPFIRE: Place on hot coals near the edge of your campfire and
allow to cook 25-30 minutes, or until meat is done.
•GRILL: Place on medium/hot grill for 40 minutes; rotate 1/2 way
through cook time.
•OVEN: Preheat oven to 350°F Place on cookie sheet or cooking
stone; bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until meat is done.

OPEN CAREFULLY!

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Notes
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Makes 3 servings at ~400 calories per serving
Calories 358
Total Fat 23g
Total Carbohydrates 15g
Protein 12g
Makes 4 servings normally

#thisweeksmeals #cooking

This Week's Meals (1/2): Taiwanese Three Cups Mushrooms.

This is a variation of last week's Three Cups Chicken, and honeslty, not as good. And probably not helped by the fact that I think I have sesame COOKING oil, and not sesame FLAVOR oil.

The Three Cups chicken from last week had some good flavor, if a little light. This is very heavy soy flavor. I think the main difference being the chicken used Shaoxing Wine, and this used Sake. What we ended up here with was a very heavy soy sauce flavor.

The mushrooms, though - tasty and flavor soaked. Just very soy saucy.

I'm likely going to remake these dishes with proper toastes sesame oil in the future. But as it stands, they're not bad. They can only get better.

Title: Taiwanese Three Cups Mushrooms
Yield: 2 servings
Category: Entree
Cuisine: Asian/Chinese
Source: Asian Vegan Eats
Website: https://asianveganeats.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/taiwanese-three-cups-mushrooms/

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Ingredients
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1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 inches ginger (thinly sliced)
5 cloves garlic (halved)
3 whole king oyster mushrooms (cut into bite sized pieces)
10 oz oyster mushrooms
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice wine
1/2 cup water
1 cup whole Thai basil leaves
1 whole red chili pepper

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Instructions
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1 - Heat up the vegetable oil and sesame oil in a wok on medium high heat.
2 - When the oil is hot, add the ginger and garlic. Cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
3 - Add mushrooms. Saute until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
4 - Add the soy sauce, rice wine and water.
5 - Turn the heat to high. Continue simmeringr the mushrooms in the sauce until the sauce reduces down about 3/4s.
6 - Turn off the heat.
7 - Add basil leaves and red chili pepper (if using it). Mix well. The
heat of the food will wilt the basil leaves.
8 - Serve with a BIG BOWL of rice. Enjoy!

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Notes
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Make 2 servings at ~37.5g of carbs
Normally makes 4 servings.

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Nutritional Information
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*Nutritional information reflects amount per serving.*
CALORIES 329
TOTAL FAT (g) 12
Saturated Fat (g) 2
CHOLESTEROL (mg) 0
SODIUM (mg) 2060
TOTAL CARBOHYDRATE (g) 34
Dietary Fiber (g) 9
Sugars (g) 6
PROTEIN (g) 16

This is totally the chutney they had at my first Indian place. The onion was minced finer than I did it, and it was a bit more watery, but the flavor is exactly the same.

Yum. :)

The very first Indian restaurant I ever went to back in the 90s, had chutneys sitting at the table. Two were the usual ones, which I still see all the time: Mint and Tamarind. But they had a third one I've never seen anywhere else.

AFTER ALMOST THIRTY YEARS I FOUND IT! It's not a tomato chutney like I thought it was, which is why I could never find it. It's an ONION Chutney. I may hit an indian grocery grab some poppadum (they look awesome when you cook them in the microwave), and make some of this for old time's sake: https://www.jcookingodyssey.com/indian-onion-chutney-recipe/

I think i bought the wrong kind of sesame oil. I picked up some for is in Chinese Food, but i think the sesame oil I picked up is a cooking oil replacement and not a flavor. It has no smell or taste at all

@socketwench - TIME TO WATCH THE THREE HOUR TV CUT!

@socketwench - One of the things that really REALLY bothers me with Superman 3, is the trans-insults with Vera, and even the subtle hint that she is trans herself. I didn't see that until recently, and it's made the movie even MORE unpalatable for me.

I thought the camp was stupid. I wanted the more "grounded" Superman 1. Then Superman 4 happened, and I didn't know how good Superman 3 had it.

@socketwench - Kidder was willing to sign on to Superman 3, but the producers did not take kindly to her talking to the press about the bad blood between the Salkinds with Pierre Spengler versus Richard Donner. They punished her by essentially writing out the character.

@socketwench - Robert Vaughn was a replacement for Hackman, who refused to come back for Superman 3 over how the producers treated Richard Donner during the back-to-back filming of Superman 1 and 2.

Seventeen Seconds of March 22nd, 2025

https://youtu.be/48YloBN4Uk4

Happy Holi