Seafood

Fukyu-Obama Maki

Posted in Food & Drink, Politics, Technology on January 26th, 2012

Obama has chosen to “repurpose” NASA as both a means of promulgating the AGW hype and as a Muslim outreach program, all the while cancelling its programs and cutting its budget. Insofar as Obama is concerned, NASA needs to look downward and inward not upward and outward. Space exploration is right out. It’s just too costly.

But if it’s that costly, how can we have this:

Boldly Going Where NASA Can’t Afford To Tread

If a space program is so expensive that the Obama Regime has to curtail NASA’s efforts, how could a small Washington DC metro area restaurant chain, Sticky Rice, with only for restaurants be able to afford to collaborate with RVA TV and Bark Marketing to launch one of their Godzirra rolls into space – and how could they manage to do it in the first place?

OK, for the sake of precision, Sticky Rice didn’t actually put a Godzirra Maki into space. They didn’t breach the Karman Line and only managed to send their sushi into the middle stratosphere.

Sticky Rice should rename their Godzirra roll. They should call it the Fukyu-Obama Maki.

If a small business can, using commercially available equipment and materials send, film, and successfully recover sushi to the edge of space then it’s disgusting to claim and laughable to believe that America needs to curtail space exploration.

Powhatan Fritatta

Posted in Recipes on January 16th, 2011

Few things are more delicious and decadent for breakfast or brunch than the combination of crab and eggs.

While I’ve called this recipe for a crab and corn fritatta a Powhatan Fritatta in homage to the ancient Native American tribe of the Chesapeake Bay region, they would not have had a dish similar to this. It does, however, showcase some of their favorite ingredients: crab and corn.

Powhatan Fritatta

Recipe type: Main

Author: jonolan

Prep time: 30 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 1 hour

Serves: 4 -6

Powhatan Fritatta is rich and decadent, with a nice mix of sweetness from the crab and corn and piquancy from the Old Bay Seasoning – definitely the makings of a luscious weekend breakfast or brunch.

Ingredients

1 small onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon butter
8 oz crab meat
1/2 cup corn kernels
4 eggs
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup shredded mild, white cheese (Monterey Jack, Havarti, Queso Fresco, or Fontina)
3/4 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F
Sauté the onion in butter the onion and garlic until the onion is just clear. Add the crab meat, corn kernels and 1/3 (1/4 teaspoon) of the Old Bay Seasoning. Stir gently until combined and let cook for an additional 2 minutes.
In a bowl whisk together the 4 eggs, 2 eggs, milk, and cream. Stir in the cheese, 1/4 teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning, and crab mixture.
Pour all into a lightly greased pie pan. Top with remaining 1/4 teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning and freshly ground pepper and salt to taste.
Bake until a knife inserted into the center of the frittata comes out clean, approximately 30 minutes.

Variations

Blue crab is the most “traditional” crab to use in this recipe but dungeness, king, or snow crab will work equally well. Use what you have available.

You need the equivalent of 4 large eggs for this dish, but can easily replace any number of them with the appropriate amount of egg whites.

You need 1/2 cup of dairy for this dish, but can adjust the fat content and richness of the dish by adjusting the proportions of milk and heavy cream. It can even be made with solely a 1/2 cup of skim milk.

For an interesting variation replace the normal corn kernels with roasted whole kernel corn. It will lend a pleasant smokiness to the dish. For this I use Trader Joe’s Roasted Corn rather than roasting my own.

Minchin quier! Wingutsee tuttascuc.
(Eat! The crab is good.)

Sea Kitten Taxonomy

Posted in Humor, Society on January 26th, 2009

PETA, in their bottomless stupidity, ignorance – yes, they manage to be both somehow – and arrogance wants to re-educate America’s children. In an effort to twist the minds of America’s youths PETA wants to indoctrinate them into calling fish “Sea Kittens.” But, if the Liberals actually allow PETA’s agenda into the schools and classrooms of America, what will they teach our children? What exactly is a Sea Kitten?

Felis Marinus

Common Names(s):Sea Kitten, Oceanic Split Tail, Yummy Things

Felis Marinus is a family of sea creatures that encompasses a variety of individual genera and species. There is a great deal of variance in the physiognomy, not only between species but also between individual specimens of the same species.

In an effort to further our children’s “education” I’ve provided sample images of some of the more well established branches of the Sea Kitten family. Biology is part of America’s core curriculum after all.