Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I keep reading these as "Kim's Cheeese! Osteoporosis."

When you're dead inside but absolutely love apples:

This Week's Meals: McDonald's McRib.

Okay, this specific recipe isn't worth it. Just straight up. It's tasty! It's really good! Tastes just like the real thing!

But the pork patties. They make this so not worth it. The hunt to find the proper patties has been why I haven't made this before. The patties aren't hard to find. If you want 80 of them at $120.

I did find a place that would sell ten of them to me, but the shipping was super sketchy. It took eight days to get here, the dry ice to keep them frozen was long gone, I'm assiming the patties are still good because they were cold to the touch, but they certainly weren't frozen anymore.

Would I make this again? Absolutely. This is fantastic, and authentic. But next time, I'm just making my own pork patties, which aren't the same texture and flavor.

Title: McRib Sandwich
Yield: 1 sandwich
Category: Entree
Cuisine: American
Source: McMenu - Do-It-Yourself McDonald’s Restaurant Recipes

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Ingredients
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100 g pork patty
1 whole sandwich bun (6 inches)
2 tbsp barbecue sauce
1 tbsp onions (chopped)
3 slices dill pickle

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Instructions
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1 - Preheat your griddle to 400°.
2 - Laying the buns face down on the griddle. You need to apply light
pressure to the buns in order to achieve uniform, even toasting. This
toasting process only takes about a
minute
3 - Remove the buns from the griddle.
4 - Lay the beef frozen patty on the grill, and after about 20
seconds, "sear" it. Sear a
little harder and a little longer than with regular hamburgers. You
should apply heavy pressure for 6-8 seconds.
5 - About 2-3 minutes after searing, turn. Be careful not to tear the
sear you just created.
6 - About 2-3 more minutes after turning) Smash the beef patty with
the spatula to "squeeze" out excess fat, and then remove. Smash it
again between the spatula and your free
hand to additionally drain the fat.
7 - On the toasted crown (top) half, apply the barbecue sauce and
follow that with the dill pickle
slices, spread out evenly.
8 - Put the cooked "rib" patty on next, then add the onions, followed
by the heel. (bottom)

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Notes
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Makes 1 sandwich
Calories: 406
Total Fat: 14.51g
Total Carbohydrate: 45.94
Protein: 22.29g

#cooking #thisweeksmeals

Eleven hours of sleep. NOW THAT'S A VACATION!

Eleven hour road trip along the Puget Sound. That's a vacation worthy trip for me.

Celebratory Dinner.

I love Edison. If you don't know it's there, you never will.

The guitarist here doing a mic check keeps playing part of the "Frosted Lucky Charms" jingle and I want to scream "They're magically delicious!"

ALL ABOARD THE CAFFEINE BOAT!

Best Mailbox Ever

Tis the season....

Dude, get off of there! You're going to get us in trouble!

Where I am now.

Where I am now.

Aw yeah. Best ice cream in Washington.

I do miss my multiple-times-a- year trips to Canada. Just to dangerous to cross right now. And not from the Canadians.

This is about as close as I can get these days. I did stop by Peace Arch Park to use the restroom, where I was immediately followed by Border Patrol, who went in just after I got out (A male presenting officer going into the women's restroom is not suspicious to me at all).

Anyways, on to the meat of my trip today.

I'm going to leave this here (maybe with an asterisk on some of the lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZs3g3qIo

Saw a post in one of the Old Austin groups that showed my old post office in Hyde Park. I only lived in Hyde Park for two years, but had spent most of my Texas life trying to get back there.

Life has chosen otherwise, but it's not bad where I am now. But I do miss Home.

I'm halfway through my impromptu vacation and haven't done anything special for it. I REALLY want to go into Canada, however, while I don't expect problems going into Canada, coming back as a brown transwoman dealing with American immigration officials? Well...that's worrisome.

Best to keep crossing into Canada an emergency option for now. Miss my almost home, though.

I have an idea for a nice roadtrip that will take me close, but not across the border, while having a nice little trip home.