Oh nothing really just wanted to share

Made me some Irish-American-Vietnamese inspired stew last night. Came out pretty good. Real easy to make so if any of you people want to give it a try go ahead.

Ingredients:

olive oil
corned beef, a pound or so
bok choy (half a bunch)
1 can of beef broth
spice mix (chopped onion, green/red/yellow bell pepper, celery)
5-6 small Yukon gold potatoes
4-5 garlic cloves
1 small can of Spicy V-8 juice
handful of green onion
1 cup of orzo
3 cayenne peppers, sliced
season to taste

How it's done:

cover the bottom of the pot w/olive oil
cube and brown the corned beef
add spice mix and garlic (pressed), cook down until translucent
add beef broth, peppers (chopped), seasonings
cube and add potatoes, cook until they are soft enough to run a fork through them
add V-8, and orzo
chop and add bok choy, green onions
stir until bok choy is softened

You can add more beef broth or water if you prefer a more soupy finished product. I like it hot, so feel free to back down on the heat (cayennes and Spicy Hot V-8). A small can of tomato sauce will do in place of the V-8. Or substitute with a can of mild Rotel tomatoes.

Eat.

I thought about putting this in the bachelor recipe thread, but there were too many ingredients and steps involved to qualify for inclusion there.

 

Looks tasty!

With the Trinity and Pope in the pot, and cayenne peppers in the mix, sounds like it could be an Irish-Cajun-Vietnamese stew.

Any fish sauce in that? Currently, my favorite fish sauce is Red Boat from Vietnam.

 

No, no fish sauce, but feel free to add some if you think it is needed. It's pretty hot and spicy as is, but that Red Boat stuff might work well.

 

It will clean out your sinuses and make sure all your tubes are hooked up just right. You should give it a try, just de-escalate the peppery items a bit. Like I suggested, use a small can of tomato sauce instead of Spicy Hot V8 juice or Rotel Tomatoes, go without the cayennes, and go easy on the seasoning to taste bit. Ok use just one cayenne.

 

Sounds like a good WW2 rationing recipe!

 

I didn't get the full-on 2020 Census. I got a self-described "invitation" to the Census. I thought that was an interesting choice of words considering it also said I was required to participate under Federal Law! I think I may try that technique the next time I send out party invites. Maybe that will get someone to show up.

 

I got a letter in the mail from the census bureau for somebody named "Resident" so I wrote "return to sender, nobody here by that name" and sent it back.

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I got a job with the Census Bureau that I'm reconsidering.