"OH "BOO" MOMENT 031009

tonight i made cheddar/broccoli soup for supper with some homemade croutons to top it with, although someone else made the croutons...

pop smothered his with some slap ya mama! hot seasoning. apparently some of it globbed up and he got it with his last bite - all of a sudden he turned red and started hacking like a cat trying to get rid of a furball!

i asked him, "ARE YOU OKAY?!?" i was ready to put the smackdown on him and do mouth-to-mouth...like most of the time.

hand in air, he replied, "oh man, that "slap ya mama" hit me in the vulva!"

my astonished reply, "you mean UVULA!!!"

him, "yeah, yeah - that's what i thought you meant i heard you say...blah...blah...blah..." (his standard reply when butchering the english/latin languages - he'd make norm crosby seem almost normal sometime)

...oh boo...

CREAMY SAUSAGE SOUP "OH BOO"

in a deep cast iron skillet or dutch oven, brown one pound of spicy breakfast sausage over medium/high heat. sift one cup of flour into simmering sausage, being sure every bit of sausage is coated nicely and a thick paste is developing in the sausage grease - turn heat down to medium and add four cups of milk (you can dilute at ration of 2:2 with water). stir continuously reducing heat to low and allow mixture to thicken - this is where you salt and pepper if it's not seasoned enough for your tastebuds. NOTE: for thinner soup add more liquid, thicker less liquid, but never skimp on the sausage or flour!



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serve in soup bowls and garnish with seasoned croutons or use hot rolls or biscuits for dipping - bon appetit!

wuh? what do you mean this SOUNDS like gravy?

...oh boo...

AN "OH BOO" RECIPE

i'm going to call this "next-time-you're-sick-stay-home-where-you-belong-instead-of-going-out-willy-nilly-infecting-innocent AND unsuspecting-people-with-this-hacking-up-smurfs, head-throbbing, gut wrenching, sneezing, fever, miss-the-children's-christmas-program, spicy, chicken tortilla soup" recipe:

chop and set aside:

one medium tomato
one small white onion
two stalks of celery (about a 1/2 cup)
one bunch of cilantro - leaves only - to prepare, i usually run them under cold water, shake the excess water off and roll up in about three paper towels to dry - then use a pair of kitchen shears to cut to about 1/4-1/2 inch wide.

in a two to three quart stockpot put:

4-6 cups water (depending upon the size of the chicken breast)
1 chicken breast
1 tsp. salt
1 tbs. garlic POWDER
1 tsp. hot chili powder
3-4 chicken bouillon cubes

over high heat, stirring until it comes to a boil; turn down to a simmer for about 15 minutes until chicken is well done. remove chicken from broth adding chopped veggies to broth. cube chicken and return to broth. simmer covered on low heat for about a half hour or until vegetables are glassy yet still firm.

in your soup bowls, place a 2x2 inch cube of monterey jack cheese - spoon hot soup over cheese and serve with crumbled corn tortilla chips. you may also wish to add some cayenne pepper to taste because at this point your taste buds are pretty shot and everything tastes like nothing.

enjoy~! or at the very least believe you are doing something good for yourself...