Archive for August, 2008

Buffalo Wings

5 pounds chicken wings
1 bottle Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce
2 quarts peanut oil, for frying
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
4 stalks celery, cut into thin sticks
2 large carrots, peeled and cut into thin sticks
Blue Cheese Dressing

1.    Remove wingtips and separate remaining wings into two pieces each.
2.    Heat oven [...]

Blue Cheese Dressing

5 ounces crumbled blue cheese
6 tablespoons buttermilk
6 tablespoons sour cream
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
ground black pepper, to taste

1.    Mash blue cheese and buttermilk in small bowl with fork until mixture resembles cottage cheese with small curds.  Stir in sour cream, mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, and garlic salt.  Season to [...]

Surprise!

John goes to our friend Neil’s house every Tuesday night to play billiars with the guys.  I went two weeks ago to wind down after finding out that day that I had passed the CISSP exam.  With this weekend’s birthday cookout canceled, I wanted to a little something special for him.  I’m sure you’ve read [...]

Happy Birthday Dear John

John’s birthday was last week.  He was out of town with a conference at work, but ended up coming home early because his dad was ill.  We went out to dinner to celebrate and then headed out the next morning to be with his parents until Dad got better.  Since we were out of town, [...]