T-Bone Steak As Captured By My First Generation iPhone

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Lunch today, T-bone steak with brussels sprouts and sweet pots.  Every camera in the house was out of batteries, so I jumped back to old faithful, my iPhone 1.  Still in great condition.  Were it not for the battery life, I’d use this beauty baby as a phone today.

This T-bone was to go to a customer, but it wasn’t as good looking as the rest of the steaks, so we kept it.  Then, I ate it.  I was to share some with my husband, but then, I ate it.  Take one for the team, as they say.

After a brief pat and air dry, into the bubbling duck fat it went.

lunch with iPhone 1

The sweet potatoes, also cooked in duck fat, went in while the steak was warming and drying.  iPhone 1 was dropped after this capture.  Duck fat fingers.  As my faithful buddy descended on cold, hard French tile I shrieked these words, ” OH SHIT!! NOOOOOO!!!!!”

lunch with iPhone 1

She was fine.  iPhone 1 ( home name iPhonee ) was recovered without shatter ( unlike evil iPhone 4 ).  A slow butter bubbled, thick cut onion awaited the brussels sprout.  I’m sure duck fat was used in this dish as well.  Out loud, I say “brussel sprouts” because “brussels sprouts” doesn’t flow for me.  Why isn’t it Brussels’ Sprouts?  I could probably roll with Brussels’ Sprouts.

lunch with iPhone 1

I rested the big boy on the veg and took a few photeez.  I was so hungry, I didn’t wait out the proper steak resting time.

lunch with iPhone 1

oh but it was just fine.

lunch with iPhone 1

I had a few fans pitching ideas on what to do with that bone.

lunch with iPhone 1

Gascon Stir Fry

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This is the first time I’ve added last night’s rice to today’s duck hearts.

  • duck hearts
  • duck fat
  • butter
  • small onion,diced
  • Cassis
  • cinnamon
  • red wine
  • sugar
  • salt
  • last night’s rice

Duck Hearts:

slice into rounds

brown in duck fat in batches ( all at once and you boil the damn things.  yuk )

add salt with each batch

remove from pan and set aside

Then the rest:

add big butter nub and diced onion

move around the pan until softy melty

add a splash of Cassis and a dash of your red wine

add a dash of cinnamon

add a dash of sugar

add the duck hearts back and move around the pan

add last night’s rice ( about a cup leftover so it seems )

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The Taste Of Orange

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There isn’t a specific food I miss from America.  We eat meat and veg.  You can get or grow meat and veg here.  It’s nice.  But when our friend from America said, ” I’m coming over, do you want anything? ”  I thought of the children.  Our children have no idea what Kraft macaroni & CHEESE tastes like.  Kraft macaroni & CHEESE has a specific flavor that no other macaroni & cheese product has to offer.  Kraft macaroni & CHEESE is the flavor orange.

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I haven’t eaten mac’n’cheese for soooo long, but I retained a kinestetic memory of how to make it.  It fell out of me like those days of having a quick bite before getting back for dress rehearsal.

Get the water boiling.

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Bubbly bubbly, pasta in.

 

 

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It’s so quick from here.  Kraft noodles boil faster than other noodles.  They are super noodles.

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The orange shower with butter nub.

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Powder more addictive than addictive illegal powder itself.

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The squidge and sound of orange mixing.  You begin to salivate and panic, where’s my bowl?!  Where’s my fork?!  No wait, I’ll eat it out of the pan!

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Minty samples.  ( in her Judo outfit.  Friends don’t let friends let your kids eat orange in their Judo outfit.  bad idea )

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“Weird.”

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I want more.  Yes, Minty, you and the rest of children across America.  It’s is amazing stuff.  Thankfully, I can’t find it here in France.  No … don’t … zip it … ” They don’t sell it in France … “