tonight's menu:
 

Fried chicken: brined for a couple hours, then the whole buttermilk and flour/seasonings dredging thing. Oil will be infused with fresh garlic, sage, rosemary, thyme (removed before adding chicken). Deep-fried.

Mashed potatoes--w/ shallots, garlic, sharp cheddar, a little half and half, butter, kosher salt, fresh pepper.

Oven-roasted corn on the cob, in husks, then a chile-lime butter for when they come out.

Dessert--baked alaska, strawberry and chocolate style. This one I did last night, took freakin' forever. Used a mixture of semi-sweet baking chocolate and ghirardelli unsweetened chocolate in the cake mixture (more like a really rich slab of brownie than a cake), strawberry ice cream on top of the cake rounds, merengue on top of all that. Tonight it'll go in the oven at 500 for just a couple minutes to brown the merengue. I don't have any alcohol handy otherwise it would be fun to flambe with some sort of sauce. Chocolate and strawberries to garnish, with a little mint.

Some of the above come from a Tyler's Ultimate show I watched. We'll see how it all turns out.

Excellent. What time should we show up?

So when do I get invited to OhioBlue manor?

anytime you people want to stop in Cedar City, mi casa es su casa.

We'll be having mac-n-cheese that night, though. :)

Tonight my school is throwing an SBA-sponsored kegger. I'll be making a brief appearance for relations & networking purposes, and then going disco bowling with the singles ward.

My menu: whatever food goes with a kegger (beer nuts and pretzles?) and then the bowling alley's finest. Hopefully there will be more than mere vending machines.

Today your anniversary, OhioBlue?

What about rubbing alcohol? That stuff flames up real good.

camping tonight. beef, curry, vegetables over white rice.

Nope, even better. Today's Friday. :)

Since Mike is camping tonight, I plan on making a quick pasta dish that he absolutely hates. Linguine with a sauce made from olive-oil packed tuna, garlic, red pepper flakes, and parsley. Add some broccoli, make a salad, quick and easy clean-up and time to relax tonight.

what is there to hate about that? Mike not a broccoli fan? Sounds good.