Wong Leekend

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"How was your Christmas?"

"Warm."

Did some shopping on the 24th, but was unable to mail things out on the 26th. Oh, yeah, stuff is closed b/c I have the day off. Oops.

Evening of the 24th was spent at Casa de critus in the company of the usual pleasant suspects. The rest of the long weekend was spent in the usual manner: puttering around the house, playing video games, chatting with cassandrasimplx and other friends via IM and Skype, talking to my folks on the phone, working out, and hitting the grocery store for provisions.

A small, kitchen-centric passel of wrapped things arrived from my parents: a pair of slow-cooker cookbooks (so I may try to do something more adventurous than beef stew) and a black skull-shaped pot scrubby brush, which I'm sure my mom was thrilled to find.

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[bathalamus.livejournal.com]

Some of my favorite crock-pot recipes (added bonus - really really easy)

1. Mexican Pulled Chicken
~2# chicken breast or thighs (I actually use about 3-4#)
1 poblano pepper
3 jalapeno peppers
~25oz salsa
2 packets taco seasoning

Dice peppers
toss everything into crock pot & mix together
cook on low 8-10 hours
Pull chicken out, shred with forks
Add as much of the sauce as you want (depends upon how liquidy you want the chicken)

2. BBQ Pulled Pork
2# pork shoulder or loin
1 onion (sliced)
Salt & pepper
Bottle of BBQ sauce

Season pork with salt & pepper
place sliced onion on bottom of crock pot
place pork on top of onion layer
add water until pork is covered
Cook on low 8-10 hours
discard water
shred pork with forks
put pork, onion, BBQ sauce in crock pot
cook on low about 1 hour

[ivy]

The scrubby brush sounds awesome. I am sure that your kitchen will be suitably badass.