Pot Luck 51 Blog

Tired of turkey? Tired of working in the kitchen while there are other more pressing chores to attend to, such as watching tv or scraping the calluses off your feet? Here's a yummy real man holiday menu treat that is guaranteed to satisfy the most discriminating palate and make you the hero at any real man social gathering.

This fabulous working class real man menu treat was originally invented by several stone cold hippie sorts back in the mid 1970's and is now widely acclaimed by real men all over the free world. Yes the world that is free of spouses and other hangers-on.

Here ya go!

Holiday Suprise: Christmas Beans And Franks

You will need:
1 Mixing Bowl
1 Pyrex Baking Dish, (those 10 inch square ones are perfect)
1 Large Knife, Bowie if possible
1 Can Opener To Open Can (Note: Bowie knife works well if no can opener available.)
1 Large Cooking Spoon
1 Measuring Cup, Any Size Will Suffice
1 Roll Aluminum Foil

Ingredients:
1 15 oz Can Of Van Kamp's Pork And Beans
5 Frankfurters (1/2 Pack), Sliced Thin
10 slices Fried Bacon, Crumbled
1/4 cup molasses
1 tsp French's Mustard
2 Large Jalapeno Peppers, Sliced Thin

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350-375 degrees (F)

Into mixing bowl, place all prepared ingredients and stir together.

After blending with large spoon, dump the mixture into the 10 inch Pyrex cooking dish.

Cover tightly with aluminum foil.

Place in oven at 350 -375 degrees for 40-45 minutes depending on how hungry you are or how crispy you like the beans.

Serves two!

Now, if you have a big party for real men, and need to feed 20 real men SOMETHING that is guaranteed to please, you have to multiply all of the above by a considerable margin.

We recommend using a large disposable turkey baking pan because you'll have to wash fewer dishes and have more time for real man activities such as watching a good porno movie or bingew drinking. Paper plates are also a must for serving in the best holiday fashion!

Here's what you mathematically challenged cooks have got to do. Follow the directions below closely:

10 15 oz Cans of Van Kamp's Pork And Beans
5 10 Count Packs of Frankfurters
100 Slices Of Fried Bacon
2.5 Cups Molasses
3.5 Tablespoons French's Mustard
20 Large Jalapeno Peppers

Prepare as above.

Bon Appetit!

Week Six /Part Fourteen "Technorati"

Tried out the "Learning 2.0" search per instructional encouragement but found damned little anywhere on the topic except for screen after screen of other essentially unrelated sites. Could be I'm rather stupid or something but there you are. Tried out a few searches of interest to me with some interesting hits. Was surprised there was not more scholarly input. I also tried out some of the tags attached to these sites just to see where it was going to eventually end up. A waste of time in many respects. I can see where this could have utility in some circumstances, however. I'm just continuously amazed people find the time to pursue such matters.

Week Six Part 13 Tagging

I spent some time today learning about Del.icio.us and playing on the search engine. What a hoot. Most of the blogs I looked at were written by normal everyday sorts of people suffering under the misguided illusion that someone out there in the ether really gives a damn what their opinion is on any given subject. Yep, I could see how this might be a useful tool if I were spending a lot of time on the computer doing one form of research or another, especially being able to tag materials for future reference purposes. Anyway, it is of limited utility to me.

Don't Try To Understand Them, They Make No Sense

Now, today I had this great idea. I thought since everyone on the staff had a bunch of geegaws to hang on a lanyard around their neck to bear witness to their having completed the iHCPL exercises, they'd be willing to play a game of chance and use them for chips, winner take all. See, I think that whoever got to wear all of them on a chain around their neck could be voted "High Roller Of The Week" and be lauded as such. I mean, I'm talking about a weekly card game like Bouree where there's a pot and you bet against it until someone takes the lot. Imagine my suprise when I discovered that the majority of my colleagues would not hear of it and did not want to let anyone be the High Roller Of The Week, now or in the future. It sounded like a good plan to me. Maybe they have all been reformed or something and attended meeting to stop them from casual gambling. Perhaps I am surrounded by library automatons, like the workers in "Metropolis". What a frightening thought!

Week Five Part Twelve

Got myself all squared away Bristol fashion on Library Elf. This might be useful if you were one of those people lost in library land who wind their way on their daily pilgrimages to the numerous library entities dotting the county. Then you'd have a record of whatever was due whenever and wherever. Of course, libraries not on the Elf List could still be a suprise, I guess.

Week Five Part Eleven

I created a Library Thing account today. I could see how this could be useful if I was forgetful. Thank You.

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