Archive for May, 2005

Home Movies Season Two
Friday, May 20th, 2005
Home Movies - Season Two Episodes:
20106-Jan-2002 Politics
20213-Jan-2002 Identifying A Body
20320-Jan-2002 Hiatus
20427-Jan-2002 Business & Pleasure
20503-Feb-2002 The Party
20610-Feb-2002 Impressions
20717-Feb-2002 Dad
20824-Feb-2002 Therapy
20903-Mar-2002 Class Trip
21010-Mar-2002 History
21117-Mar-2002 Writer’s Block
21224-Mar-2002 Pizza Club
21331-Mar-2002 The Wedding

Home Movies Season Two is about to be released on DVD next week. If you’re like me, you may have already pre-ordered it from Amazon.

In Season Two, the brain-numbing SquiggleVision is replaced by smoother Flash animation, and the show starts to flesh out the supporting characters like Walter & Perry, Fenton, and Shannon. The final episode of the season, The Wedding, is also the Landstander episode.

Melissa Galsky (Melissa) joins the commentary this season, but it appears that Jon Benjamin didn’t come back for any of the extras this time.

Special Features: Winning entry of “Small Shorts” Film Competition Brendon Small interviews Melissa Galsky Memories Featurette: Guest stars remember Home Movies Animatics – “Politics”, “Party”, “History” (with crew commentary) Audio Anatomy Of A Scene Interview with Brendon Small, Melissa Galsky and Loren Bouchard Home Movies music – extended songs and music lesson Home Movies writer Bill Braudis speaks! Commentaries with Brendon Small, Melissa Galsky and Loren Bouchard

Home Movies Season One has also been available for a while now.

Chicken & Eggplant Fajitas
Thursday, May 19th, 2005
Chicken & Eggplant Fajitas
  • 2 chicken breast halves
  • 1/3 leftover eggplant
  • 1 tiny zucchini
  • 1/3 leftover onion
  • olive oil
  • cumin
  • oregano
  • black pepper
  • paprika
  • garlic powder
  • sea salt
  • tortillas
  • pepperjack cheese
  1. heat oil, saute onion
  2. cube chicken, mix spices with chicken
  3. brown chicken in oil
  4. preheat oven to 400
  5. chop up eggplant
  6. mix eggplant with oil, put eggplant on pizza stone in oven
  7. cube zucchini
  8. by now, the chicken is browned
  9. add about 1 cup water to the pan
  10. bring to a boil
  11. simmer like 5 minutes
  12. add zucchini to pan
  13. simmer until water is gone
  14. add eggplant to pan, mix
  15. warm tortillas in oven
  16. shred pepperjack cheese
  17. serve, enjoy!

Notes:

  • This would have been even better with the addition of sour cream.
  • I ended up putting some hot sauce on this; adding some more spice earlier would have been a good idea.
Sea
Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

Beautifully decorated, with polite waitstaff, delicious Thai food, and a full bar, Sea is good for a dinner date if you don’t mind the crowds, but it’s ideal as a lunchtime destination, when the crowds are gone, but the food remains.

Food Recommendations

  • Fresh Summer Rolls These light, refreshing summer rolls come with a tangy tamarind sauce; they’re a great way to start a meal.
  • Seafood Steamed Dumplings In a massaman curry sauce which complements their mild flavor, these doughy little green dumplings have a wonderful texture.
  • Curry Puff Your basic ground meat in a puff pastry, these three small puffs nonetheless are warmly-spiced and satisfying
  • Volcanic Chicken An exceptionally juicy leg and breast, cooked with the skin on, and then lit aflame on the table for a final searing of the skin, the volcanic chicken is a succulent treat. The bitter bok choi served with it, however, could be improved by replacement with a less overpowering vegetable.
  • Brooklyn Basil This mixture of shrimp, scallops, and vegetables, is spicy to the point of tears and running noses, but is the kind of dish you can’t stop eating. Get a sweet drink (like the Mango Margarita, perhaps) to counteract the fire in your mouth, because you won’t want to leave a scrap of this delicious meal behind.

Tips

  • Be sure to check out the uniquely interesting bathrooms while you’re there.
  • Beware tables in the corners and along the walls, as they have a tendency to get overlooked during busy hours.

Sea Menu

Lodge Logic Cast-Iron Skillet
Sunday, May 15th, 2005

The Lodge Logic 12″ Skillet is a nice, heavy cast-iron pan. Since it comes pre-seasoned, it’s much easier to deal with than your usual unseasoned pan. The only issue I’ve had with it is that it’s slightly larger than I always need; for that reason, I might get the 10-1/4″ pre-seasoned model one of these days. Currently priced under $10, this smaller model is a steal of a pan. I really do like the handle covers; they come as a set of two, which is a little odd if you’re only getting one pan, but they look cool and work perfectly.

Lodge Logic Pre-Seasoned 12-Inch Skillet Lodge Hot Handle Holder Set (Chili Pepper)
Safety
Usage
  • If you plan on cooking seafood in one of these skillets, don’t plan on cooking anything else in this pan ever, or it’ll taste like seafood.
  • Avoid tomatoes; their acidity will remove the pan’s seasoning.
  • There’s pretty much no way to scratch this pan, so feel free to use metal spoons, knifes, whatever.
  • This skillet can go straight into the oven, which is very convenient.
Cleaning
  • Having a metal brush to clean it is a must, as there’s really no other way to remove the caked-on mess you get from cooking.
  • Never ever use soap to clean the pan, or you’ll strip off the seasoning.
  • Don’t soak the pan, or it’ll rust (it’s iron!). You can use a metal brush to clean off any rust, but it’s annoying and not the easiest thing in the world to do.
  • To help get encrusted food off the pan, pour some water into the pan, and put it back on the stove. The water will start boiling, and once you pour it out, it’ll be much easier to clean.
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