Well I spent all me tin on the lassies drinking gin...

Okay so I sorta gave up the internet except for work yesterday and you can see how well that's going. I am currently sitting in College Town Bagels in downtown Ithaca working slowly but steadily on my sound design for an upcoming show. It set in Ireland in the early 1900s so that explains the title. I have been doing a little method sound design which is the same as usual, but with the addition of Jameson, Guinness, and possible poteen later in the week. (don't worry Nana, never too much)

As most of you know I am without my little truck this summer and so I have had to make use of my bike Babe (blue and at least 30+ pounds) and today we went to the farmers market to pick up some groceries for the week. While fresh produce at the farmers market is not cheap in the least I dont care. Its better quality and if I spend serious cash on food I feel obligated to eat it before it can go bad.

So to help all those other poor kids who want to eat well I have a few recipes I am going to start putting up...

First off:

Sauteed Collards with Onions and Garlic
*(Please note I cook like my mother and grandmothers so every measurement is probably a good guess.)

Wash a bunch (read a heaping pan full) of collards, removing the stems and tearing the leaves into pieces.

chop 1/2 - 1 clove of garlic

chop 1/4-1/2 red onion

open a beer and start to drink it

pour a little olive oil in a skillet on medium hi to hi heat
cook the onions until they are translucent
add garlic and saute until garlic is brownish and start to smell (<1 minute)
throw in greens and cook until tender 5-10 minutes. dont't feel bad about heaping them in the pan they wilt down pretty nicely (may need to pull heat back a little)
you can cover the pan so the greens wont dry out
if you dont have a cover for your pan throw in some of the beer you are drinking if things get a little too dry (any beer will do as collards are pretty strong

if you have a lemon handy throw a little lemon juice in there if you are feeling adventurous. (I havent actually tried this one, but hey it sounds good)

On a final note I have been finding some real good music recently.
Ben Sollee (kentucky based classically trained pop soul country upright bass player)
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons (folk - think modern bob dylan and woody guthrie with some avett brothers sensibilities thrown in for good measure)
Sam Cooke (classic Soul / R &B)
Old School BB King (he's got the blues and he named his guitar Lucille. c'mon people)

If you ever need to listen to good music you dont have or want to explore new music go to a coffee shop, opens iTunes and see if anyone has their iTunes library open. Wireless routers are wonderful things...)

peace