It's 2011 bitches, 1 year before the end! How are you gonna spend your year? Building a fallout shelter? Good luck! Stockpiling ammo and food supplies? Probably not a bad idea in case Zombies take over... Getting sober? Well fuck that, I say drink up... shit's about to hit the fan!
Before apes invade, before the moon collides with the earth, before a third world war or the second big bang... I just need to get some things straight! Here's my list of shit to do in 2011:
1. Complete a Movie Script
Right now I have started a few, but it's time to really sit down and write!
2. Perform a Marriage Ceremony
Steven Stilp and Kristin Kelley are getting married on June 10th this year, and have asked me to oversee the ceremony.
3. Replace pipes in Basement
There are a few leaks down there, and before I finish the ceiling in the Bar, I need to reroute some pipes. I also need to change out the sacrificial rod in the water heater. There's a good deal of plumbing for 2011.
4. Blog at least twice a month
Well I am getting closer to this goal, and I do need a creative outlet of some kind... so this one should be plausible.
5. Complete promo set for Pregnant Hillbillies
Tracy has done a great job of completing the illustrations for this set; I just need to sit down and build the cards, then complete the rules, and finally print everything out for testing.
6. Fill all four garden beds and use at least 50% of what grows
Well I built the garden beds, might as well fill them huh? My step mom has pledged me a good deal of strawberries, Dan has taken some interest in gardening, Sherre is going to help me plan the veggies, and I may just give away one of the plots to any friends without enough room for their own garden. Ideally this will be a communal friends and family garden.
7. Brew 20 gallons of Beer
Well I have the Mr. Beer kit right now, with 7 gallons of beer ready to go. However, I would like to purchase a 5 gallon ale pail so I can take a little more responsibility in my brewing. Matt has one, and I am helping him with his first brew there, seems easy enough!
8. Lose 35 lbs
I have joined a team for the 2011 Community Weight Race in Stevens Point, and this goal seems a bit lofty, but attainable. After all, I did build a decent little gym in my basement, just have to use it more often!
9. Build a Cat Tree/House
I've always wanted to try my hand at a cat tree... time to start! My cats are cool, they deserve a functional play tower. So, I am going to gather some good carpet scraps, and design a cool cat tree house for them.
10. Get the cover art for Globe finished
If I can't get someone to complete this by the end of the year, I am gonna have to do it myself! I can draw, but it will take me forever to do a decent job.
11. Spend 3 nights in a row not at home
I know, weird right? But I haven't spent more than 2 nights away from my home in over 10 years. It's time to take a vacation, even if it's just to the Dells.
12. Read 3 books
Yeah I know, this is the craziest thing on the list. If you know me, you know my lack of reading ability. So here goes. I will read 3 books this year. In fact, I will read the first three books posted in comments to this blog. 1 book suggestion per person, and if no one comments (highly likely) I will choose three on my own. Make'em good people!
So there is my list for 2011, sounds tough but I am going to complete it 100%! Oh and if you are getting sober, please continue to do so... we'll tackle the Apocalypse together!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Dustin's Top 30 Christmas Classics
Christmas! It can mean so many things as an adult… between shopping for expensive gifts that will likely be returned, fighting with an uncaring employer just to get two freakin’ days off, listening to nonstop horribly redone Christmas songs on the radio, and driving cross state or country to be with a family you choose not to visit 364 days of the year… who can blame you for launching a turkey leg at Grandma in the middle of your Christmas feast, then storming off for the nearest bar??
Why can’t Christmas be simple, like it used to be, viewed through our childhood eyes. Filled with decorating fresh cut Christmas trees, wrapping gifts with elaborate paper and bows, driving round town to visit the best outdoor Christmas lights, building gingerbread houses, decorating sugar cookies, carolers, snow angels, and a loving family huddled around a tv watching that one quintessential Christmas classic that fits your family to a tee.
I say we can! We can become children again, regain that glimmer once shared by your whole 2nd grade class as it wrote out a Christmas list for Santa. I know reclaiming Christmas spirit may sound impossible, but I come from a truly Fucked Up family. I was once a casualty of Christmas, probably after Grandma gave me a basket of used hair care products for Christmas. Now, if my spirit drops during the taint of the holiday season (no longer Thanksgiving, but not quite Christmas), I pick a movie from my Christmas top 30, and I veg.
For your viewing pleasure, I have listed my top 30 Christmas classics. However, these are not in order of greatness or rewatchability, they are in the order I plan to watch them. One year, in the not so distant future (2015 to be exact)… I plan on watching these movies, one a day, every day, from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Here is the order in which they will play:
Thanksgiving Night – Christmas Night (30 days ‘til Christmas 2015)
1. Trading Places (1983) – Thanksgiving Night
Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy trade places, from bum to millionaire stock broker. This might also be the only movie on this list with breasts.
2. Serendipity (2001)
Just enough magic for this John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale romance to be convincing.
3. Lethal Weapon (1987)
Veteran cop Danny Glover must cope with the acts of his new renegade partner played by Mel Gibson. Features the best Christmas tree lot shooting scene, ever.
4. Just Friends (2005)
Ryan Reynolds used to be fat, but now he’s thin, successful, and after his HS dream girl played by Amy Smart. Can he overcome his own ego to snag the woman of his dreams?
5. Elf (2003)
Will Ferrell thinks he’s an elf, more importantly Zooey Deschanel sings like an angel. I think I might be in love with this woman.
6. Grumpy Old Men (1993) – December 1st
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau fight over a neighbor lady that just moved in. Burgess Meredith steals the show though as an off color Grandpa hitting on women in the produce department.
7. Jack Frost (1998)
Michael Keaton plays the role of a caring father, only… he is aLsO A SNOWMAN!
8. Love Actually (2003) – My 36th Birthday
Probably the Ocean’s Eleven of love stories and on many personal top 10 lists of all time. Too many great actors/actresses to mention, this film will make you fall in love, with everyone.
9. Die Hard (1988)
Bruce Willis is John McClane, the only hope 30 hostages on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Plaza have for survival. One problem, he doesn’t have shoes! “Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill the one with feet smaller than my sister.”
10. Die Hard 2 (1990)
John McClane just can’t catch a break. Terrorists took over the Dulles Airport, and the cops just towed his mother in-law’s new car! Honestly though John, who is going to loan you a car after Live Free, Die Hard?
11. Eight Crazy Nights (2002) – First Night of Hanukkah
Adam Sandler plays an animated jackass Jew that needs a Hanukkah miracle to turn his life around.
12. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Santa becomes institutionalized, but gets himself a lawyer, and Christmas is saved! Let’s see Johnnie Cochran do that! This movie has been redone a handful of times, but in this case, the original is the best.
13. Scrooged (1988)
Based loosely on Dickens’ Christmas Carol, this version is just a little more fun. Bill Murray is about to be visited by three Christmas spirits. No it isn’t Ghostbusters 5!
14. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
What holiday would be complete without a horror story? Well, Christmas would… but screw that! In this early 80’s horror classic, as a boy he watched as his parents were slaughtered by a burglar in a Santa suit. Now a grown up Billy finally snaps, grabs his own Santa suit, and goes on a killing spree.
15. Gremlins (1984)
Live pets are the greatest gift anyone could get for Christmas… that is, unless they kill you!
16. Rent (2005) ~ The: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008) version is better in my eyes, but to each their own.
Following the lives of bums in the East Village that refuse to pay rent, this musical will pluck at your heart strings. However I do not recommend this movie for people who are against gays or bums or bohemians or free speech or…
17. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
One day you're just a Muggle living under the stairs, the next day you're riding a broomstick and chasing a Snitch... where does the time go?
18. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
This cartoon may lack machine guns and sexual innuendo, but Charlie gets it right in the end, learning the true meaning of Christmas. Because this is a short “film,” I would likely add to it with the following:
18a. The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
That’s right, they made a Holiday Special. George Lucas has done everything aside from nuclear attack to hide this hideous step child of the Star Wars dynasty. In this horror, we follow Chewie to his home to Kashyyyk where they celebrate Life Day (the real beginning of politically correct holidays!). If the soft core wookie porn doesn’t get you, the insane singing guest spots will.
19. The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
This is a remake of The Bishop’s Wife (1947), but I’m going with the newer version this time to inject a little Denzel into the holiday. Washington plays an angel named Dudley coming to answer the prayers of a troubled Reverend.
20. Beautiful Girls (1996)
Classic homecoming movie featuring some great talent including a young Natalie Portman dishing out sage advice. This is probably my favorite “not really a Christmas” Christmas movie.
21. The Santa Clause (1994)
Tim Allen kills Santa Claus, now he must BECOME Santa Claus!
22. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) – My Brother’s 39th Birthday
The Grinch steals Christmas from Whoville… literally! He like goes down the mountain with a magical sack, and steals EVERYTHING! Can you say Original Gangster? Yeah this one has been redone, but why mess with perfection. Again, because this is a short “film,” I would likely add to it with the following:
22a. A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
Garfield, Christmas… need I say more?
22b. Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
Throw one more Scrooge on the ol’ Christmas fire! In this classic retelling, Scrooge McDuck is… well… Scrooge. Same story, same ghosts, this time they are just Disney cartoons.
22c. Frosty the Snowman (1969)
He’s ALIVE!!!
23. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Clark Griswold is depending on a good Christmas bonus this year so he can give the family a new pool, will it happen? This film, in all its comedy, damn near captures family Christmas to perfection, and depicts the reason there are so many holiday themed alcoholic drinks. Eggnog anyone?
24. White Christmas (1954)
Back to the classics with Bing and Danny Kaye who in their endeavors after leaving the Army find themselves at a struggling lodge in Vermont owned by their old commanding General. One of the greatest Christmas musicals ever.
25. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Empire State Building, Apocalypse. (Okay, no Apocalypse) Hanks plays Sam who after a year and a half is still struggling with the loss of his wife. Through some convincing from his meddling son, Sam spills his guts on national radio, and all the sudden he is the biggest stud in the US. Proof women really do want the sensitive guy.
26. The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
Yeah good luck finding this one! A made for TV movie in the mid 80’s, this flick is about an oil companies attack on the North Pole! Those bastards! Can Santa convince the oil exec’s family to save his village?
27. Home Alone (1990)
Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin, the black sheep of the McCallister family, and is accidentally left behind while the family flies to France for Christmas. With the home empty, Kevin must fend off several burglary attempts from a pair of halfwit robbers.
28. The Family Stone (2005)
This movie features the family we all want, but will never have. The prodigal son returns to ask for mother’s wedding ring so he can propose to a woman everyone in the family despises. Ahh Rachel McAdams, if only you were a slobby wreck in real life…
29. A Christmas Story (1983) – Christmas Eve
Good luck avoiding this movie on Christmas Eve… might as well just succumb to its masterful look at Christmas in the 40’s. Throw on your favorite pink bunny pj’s and take a shot every time someone say’s “You’ll shoot your eye out;” the proper way to prepare for Christmas.
30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – Christmas Day
If anyone ever tries to revamp this movie, they will be shot dead. This is the best Christmas movie ever made. You haven’t seen this movie? Well come to my place on December 25th 2015 and grab a spot on the couch, we’ll watch it together.
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
And feel free to add your own Christmas and Not So Christmas favorites to the end of this list.
“Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho.”
Why can’t Christmas be simple, like it used to be, viewed through our childhood eyes. Filled with decorating fresh cut Christmas trees, wrapping gifts with elaborate paper and bows, driving round town to visit the best outdoor Christmas lights, building gingerbread houses, decorating sugar cookies, carolers, snow angels, and a loving family huddled around a tv watching that one quintessential Christmas classic that fits your family to a tee.
I say we can! We can become children again, regain that glimmer once shared by your whole 2nd grade class as it wrote out a Christmas list for Santa. I know reclaiming Christmas spirit may sound impossible, but I come from a truly Fucked Up family. I was once a casualty of Christmas, probably after Grandma gave me a basket of used hair care products for Christmas. Now, if my spirit drops during the taint of the holiday season (no longer Thanksgiving, but not quite Christmas), I pick a movie from my Christmas top 30, and I veg.
For your viewing pleasure, I have listed my top 30 Christmas classics. However, these are not in order of greatness or rewatchability, they are in the order I plan to watch them. One year, in the not so distant future (2015 to be exact)… I plan on watching these movies, one a day, every day, from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Here is the order in which they will play:
Thanksgiving Night – Christmas Night (30 days ‘til Christmas 2015)
1. Trading Places (1983) – Thanksgiving Night
Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy trade places, from bum to millionaire stock broker. This might also be the only movie on this list with breasts.
2. Serendipity (2001)
Just enough magic for this John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale romance to be convincing.
3. Lethal Weapon (1987)
Veteran cop Danny Glover must cope with the acts of his new renegade partner played by Mel Gibson. Features the best Christmas tree lot shooting scene, ever.
4. Just Friends (2005)
Ryan Reynolds used to be fat, but now he’s thin, successful, and after his HS dream girl played by Amy Smart. Can he overcome his own ego to snag the woman of his dreams?
5. Elf (2003)
Will Ferrell thinks he’s an elf, more importantly Zooey Deschanel sings like an angel. I think I might be in love with this woman.
6. Grumpy Old Men (1993) – December 1st
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau fight over a neighbor lady that just moved in. Burgess Meredith steals the show though as an off color Grandpa hitting on women in the produce department.
7. Jack Frost (1998)
Michael Keaton plays the role of a caring father, only… he is aLsO A SNOWMAN!
8. Love Actually (2003) – My 36th Birthday
Probably the Ocean’s Eleven of love stories and on many personal top 10 lists of all time. Too many great actors/actresses to mention, this film will make you fall in love, with everyone.
9. Die Hard (1988)
Bruce Willis is John McClane, the only hope 30 hostages on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Plaza have for survival. One problem, he doesn’t have shoes! “Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill the one with feet smaller than my sister.”
10. Die Hard 2 (1990)
John McClane just can’t catch a break. Terrorists took over the Dulles Airport, and the cops just towed his mother in-law’s new car! Honestly though John, who is going to loan you a car after Live Free, Die Hard?
11. Eight Crazy Nights (2002) – First Night of Hanukkah
Adam Sandler plays an animated jackass Jew that needs a Hanukkah miracle to turn his life around.
12. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Santa becomes institutionalized, but gets himself a lawyer, and Christmas is saved! Let’s see Johnnie Cochran do that! This movie has been redone a handful of times, but in this case, the original is the best.
13. Scrooged (1988)
Based loosely on Dickens’ Christmas Carol, this version is just a little more fun. Bill Murray is about to be visited by three Christmas spirits. No it isn’t Ghostbusters 5!
14. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
What holiday would be complete without a horror story? Well, Christmas would… but screw that! In this early 80’s horror classic, as a boy he watched as his parents were slaughtered by a burglar in a Santa suit. Now a grown up Billy finally snaps, grabs his own Santa suit, and goes on a killing spree.
15. Gremlins (1984)
Live pets are the greatest gift anyone could get for Christmas… that is, unless they kill you!
16. Rent (2005) ~ The: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008) version is better in my eyes, but to each their own.
Following the lives of bums in the East Village that refuse to pay rent, this musical will pluck at your heart strings. However I do not recommend this movie for people who are against gays or bums or bohemians or free speech or…
17. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
One day you're just a Muggle living under the stairs, the next day you're riding a broomstick and chasing a Snitch... where does the time go?
18. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
This cartoon may lack machine guns and sexual innuendo, but Charlie gets it right in the end, learning the true meaning of Christmas. Because this is a short “film,” I would likely add to it with the following:
18a. The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
That’s right, they made a Holiday Special. George Lucas has done everything aside from nuclear attack to hide this hideous step child of the Star Wars dynasty. In this horror, we follow Chewie to his home to Kashyyyk where they celebrate Life Day (the real beginning of politically correct holidays!). If the soft core wookie porn doesn’t get you, the insane singing guest spots will.
19. The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
This is a remake of The Bishop’s Wife (1947), but I’m going with the newer version this time to inject a little Denzel into the holiday. Washington plays an angel named Dudley coming to answer the prayers of a troubled Reverend.
20. Beautiful Girls (1996)
Classic homecoming movie featuring some great talent including a young Natalie Portman dishing out sage advice. This is probably my favorite “not really a Christmas” Christmas movie.
21. The Santa Clause (1994)
Tim Allen kills Santa Claus, now he must BECOME Santa Claus!
22. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) – My Brother’s 39th Birthday
The Grinch steals Christmas from Whoville… literally! He like goes down the mountain with a magical sack, and steals EVERYTHING! Can you say Original Gangster? Yeah this one has been redone, but why mess with perfection. Again, because this is a short “film,” I would likely add to it with the following:
22a. A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
Garfield, Christmas… need I say more?
22b. Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
Throw one more Scrooge on the ol’ Christmas fire! In this classic retelling, Scrooge McDuck is… well… Scrooge. Same story, same ghosts, this time they are just Disney cartoons.
22c. Frosty the Snowman (1969)
He’s ALIVE!!!
23. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Clark Griswold is depending on a good Christmas bonus this year so he can give the family a new pool, will it happen? This film, in all its comedy, damn near captures family Christmas to perfection, and depicts the reason there are so many holiday themed alcoholic drinks. Eggnog anyone?
24. White Christmas (1954)
Back to the classics with Bing and Danny Kaye who in their endeavors after leaving the Army find themselves at a struggling lodge in Vermont owned by their old commanding General. One of the greatest Christmas musicals ever.
25. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Empire State Building, Apocalypse. (Okay, no Apocalypse) Hanks plays Sam who after a year and a half is still struggling with the loss of his wife. Through some convincing from his meddling son, Sam spills his guts on national radio, and all the sudden he is the biggest stud in the US. Proof women really do want the sensitive guy.
26. The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
Yeah good luck finding this one! A made for TV movie in the mid 80’s, this flick is about an oil companies attack on the North Pole! Those bastards! Can Santa convince the oil exec’s family to save his village?
27. Home Alone (1990)
Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin, the black sheep of the McCallister family, and is accidentally left behind while the family flies to France for Christmas. With the home empty, Kevin must fend off several burglary attempts from a pair of halfwit robbers.
28. The Family Stone (2005)
This movie features the family we all want, but will never have. The prodigal son returns to ask for mother’s wedding ring so he can propose to a woman everyone in the family despises. Ahh Rachel McAdams, if only you were a slobby wreck in real life…
29. A Christmas Story (1983) – Christmas Eve
Good luck avoiding this movie on Christmas Eve… might as well just succumb to its masterful look at Christmas in the 40’s. Throw on your favorite pink bunny pj’s and take a shot every time someone say’s “You’ll shoot your eye out;” the proper way to prepare for Christmas.
30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – Christmas Day
If anyone ever tries to revamp this movie, they will be shot dead. This is the best Christmas movie ever made. You haven’t seen this movie? Well come to my place on December 25th 2015 and grab a spot on the couch, we’ll watch it together.
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
And feel free to add your own Christmas and Not So Christmas favorites to the end of this list.
“Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho.”
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Burly Brown Turkey Stew
When the temperature drops below freezing and an extra comforter finds your bed, it’s only natural to mix beer with dinner. The idea of brewing thick, full bodied, nutrient rich beers for long winter months has been around since the origins of beer itself. And though today advertisements might convince you to throw on a parka and drink a Coors Light when you’re up in the mountains, where’s the flavor in that? I say give me your ambers, your browns, your stouts, your bocks… and let me cook with them! Beer is perfect in breads, chili, steak marinades, a pint glass… today it’s perfect in stew!
Ingredients:
2 Bottles of Point Burly Brown (or your favorite local brown beer)
1 lb Ground Turkey
8 oz Frozen Peas
8 oz Frozen Corn
5 Medium Red Potatoes
12 oz Baby Carrots
1 Small White Onion
3 Cans of Tomato Soup
Makes approximately 4 quarts of stew.
Empty the three cans of tomato soup into a 5 quart slow cooker, and add 1 bottle of beer. While stirring the beer and tomato soup, take the second bottle of Burly Brown and drink it (this enhances your aromatic judgment and cuisine creativity – if you are not very creative in general, be sure to increase the dosage by 1). Once the mixture is smooth, turn the slow cooker up to High. Chop the Baby carrots into thick coins and the red potatoes into ¾ inch cubes (not too small, not too big). Rinse all the potatoes and carrots and throw them into the crock.
Place a 12 inch nonstick skillet on medium heat, coat the bottom with olive oil and add the ground turkey. Mince half of the white onion and mix in with the meat. Salt and pepper generously until you can smell that the meat is peppery. Chop and mix until brown, add a tablespoon of chicken seasoning (I prefer McCormick’s Montreal Chicken seasoning). Take your ground turkey off of the heat and let it sit. Loosely chop the rest of the onions and add them to the ground turkey.
Meanwhile, back at the crock pot, dash in a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and some ground cayenne pepper, spice to your desire. Add a tablespoon of whole savory, and a tablespoon of your favorite Italian seasoning. Grab that pepper mill and go to town for a minute (12-15 cranks). Finally add your turkey meat and 1-2 teaspoons of salt to bring out the flavors. Let the stew sit on high for 1 hour.
After an hour your house will smell delicious, and you will likely have upped the beer toll to 3. Now it’s time to add the frozen peas and corn (I like frozen because it’s easy to acquire and can handle the prolonged heat). Smell your Stew, Taste your Stew… add Chicken Seasoning and Italian Seasoning to taste. It should be slightly peppery with a bit of a sweet aftertaste. Don’t be afraid to add a little brown sugar, pepper, cayenne pepper, salt, or even more beer if needed! Let the stew continue simmering for at least 30 more minutes or until the potatoes are tender enough to eat. Serve with a few slices of buttered bread and soak up the velvety tomato stock. No, a fourth beer is not out of the question.
Ingredients:
2 Bottles of Point Burly Brown (or your favorite local brown beer)
1 lb Ground Turkey
8 oz Frozen Peas
8 oz Frozen Corn
5 Medium Red Potatoes
12 oz Baby Carrots
1 Small White Onion
3 Cans of Tomato Soup
Makes approximately 4 quarts of stew.
Empty the three cans of tomato soup into a 5 quart slow cooker, and add 1 bottle of beer. While stirring the beer and tomato soup, take the second bottle of Burly Brown and drink it (this enhances your aromatic judgment and cuisine creativity – if you are not very creative in general, be sure to increase the dosage by 1). Once the mixture is smooth, turn the slow cooker up to High. Chop the Baby carrots into thick coins and the red potatoes into ¾ inch cubes (not too small, not too big). Rinse all the potatoes and carrots and throw them into the crock.
Place a 12 inch nonstick skillet on medium heat, coat the bottom with olive oil and add the ground turkey. Mince half of the white onion and mix in with the meat. Salt and pepper generously until you can smell that the meat is peppery. Chop and mix until brown, add a tablespoon of chicken seasoning (I prefer McCormick’s Montreal Chicken seasoning). Take your ground turkey off of the heat and let it sit. Loosely chop the rest of the onions and add them to the ground turkey.
Meanwhile, back at the crock pot, dash in a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and some ground cayenne pepper, spice to your desire. Add a tablespoon of whole savory, and a tablespoon of your favorite Italian seasoning. Grab that pepper mill and go to town for a minute (12-15 cranks). Finally add your turkey meat and 1-2 teaspoons of salt to bring out the flavors. Let the stew sit on high for 1 hour.
After an hour your house will smell delicious, and you will likely have upped the beer toll to 3. Now it’s time to add the frozen peas and corn (I like frozen because it’s easy to acquire and can handle the prolonged heat). Smell your Stew, Taste your Stew… add Chicken Seasoning and Italian Seasoning to taste. It should be slightly peppery with a bit of a sweet aftertaste. Don’t be afraid to add a little brown sugar, pepper, cayenne pepper, salt, or even more beer if needed! Let the stew continue simmering for at least 30 more minutes or until the potatoes are tender enough to eat. Serve with a few slices of buttered bread and soak up the velvety tomato stock. No, a fourth beer is not out of the question.
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