Saturday, January 31, 2004
Taco Pie, Part Deuce
My re-adventure with this mysterious dish managed to hit a peak tonight, when I... made it again. Properly this time though, without any of the synthetic cheese and mystery spice. I'll put the recipe (if you can call it that, I just kinda winged it) at the bottom so you can try it, if you're particularily insane. It is really good though, and easy to expand upon.
SO superior, part "ni"
That's 2 in Japanese, by the way. Anyways, after my little tirade about not feeling so bad that I feel superior to Americans, my pal Berry sent me this happy little piece of Canadian hate. Since I like doing silly things like this, I had originally in this space a rebuttal a bunch of the points he made (and some of them are indeed rather accurate). However, after reading it, I came to the conclusion that it was really rather petty. I'll just move on with the statement that, even if what this guy says is true, I'd still rather be a Canuck than a Yank.
We interrupt this broadcast with:
Just received by instant message (as in as I type this...) this little clip. I will definitely NOT buy those swords, since they are just far too high in quality for me.
Also received via IM, (but I got them yesterday) are these happy little spots: Boobah, Real Ultimate Sloth!, and Barcode Art. Now go waste your time.
Cars, and why you should be afraid of them
One thing I've noticed in Ontario is the total lack of fear towards automotives that the general populace seems to have. Here is a group of people, who by and large, will not hesitate to walk into traffic whenever it suits them. Even if a bus is hurtling down the road a block away or so, ready and willing to turn your nice structured-with-a-skeleton body into something resembling applesauce, and people will, if they need to be on the road opposite where they are, simply walk into the street and cross. Lights? We don't need no stinking lights. How these people are still alive is totally beyond me. Also beyond me is why this suicidal habit is starting to rub off on me. If I'm waiting with someone for the light, and they just decide to walk across, I just might go with them. I'd like to think that they're running point for me, and that I can always let them take the brunt of the impact. But I'm a nice guy, really...
Seriously though, I saw a guy walk right through a line of cars waiting to make a left turn. The driver he walked in front of was just about to move forward when suddenly there was a pedestrian in his way. The look of surprise and sheer bewilderment that he was just cut off by a person was quite humourous. Makes me wonder how Kevin is faring in Toronto...
As promised...
...here is the recipe for TACO PIE!!!, as made by me. Just now. About an hour ago. Apologies in advance for any vagueness in the following, since I really did kind of make it up as I go. I suggest that you do the same.
What you need:
- Some tortillas. How many will depend on how high you want to stack your pie, which in turn depends on how high you CAN stack your pie, which in turn depends on the height of your pan/casserole dish. I used 4 8" flour tortillas.
- Ground beef. I find that a 500g package of lean ground beef works just great.
- Cheese. How much depends on how much you like cheese, but it should be shredded regardless. I found that about 2 loose bowls was good.
- Veggies. This is to pad out the ground beef in the middle, and can be anything from beans to eggplant. I used a small can of corn niblets, about a half-dozen little sweet peppers (they were like mini Bell peppers!) and some hot peppers.
- Onion. I used about half a medium sized onion.
- Flour. To thicken the filling, so only a handful or so is needed.
- Water. To help sauceify the filling, so not much needed either.
- Tomato sauce. Again, to help sauceify the filling, so I used a small can of all-purpose tomato sauce. Bland, but works.
- Salsa. For taste when served.
- Sour Cream. The same.
What to do:
1. Dice up the onion, peppers and get the veggies and tomato sauce ready. Also, preheat the oven to 350F.
2. In a large greased frying pan, cook the onions on medium heat until they're soft. Only takes about 5-10 minutes.
3. In the same pan, brown the ground beef on medium-high heat. Takes about another 10 minutes or so. Drain the beef and onions when you're done.
4. Add the veggies (corn, peppers, etc) and tomato sauce to the pan. Mix it up, and then add the water and flour. Simmer on low heat until it's kind of thick.
5. In an 8" casserole/baking pan (it should probably be circular), put a tortilla on the bottom. Fold about 1/2 the cheese into the filling in the frying pan, and spread a portion of the filling onto the tortilla. This should be pretty evenly distributed, so since I had 4 layers, I put about a 1/4 of the filling on the bottom. I should think this would be obvious.
6. Put another tortilla on top of the layer and repeat. At the end, you want to have the top layer be meat, and not tortilla.
7. Top the pie with cheese and whatever veggies you have for garnish. I used a few of the diced hot peppers.
8. Bake in the now-350F oven for about 15 minutes, or until warmed throughout and the cheese is melted on top. Serve with salsa and sour cream.
So that's it. Go make it now! It's tasty! Other than that, I really need to go crash and watch a movie or something, since I am quite exhausted. Went skating this afternoon, and I'm just bagged. ¶ 4:30 p.m.
My re-adventure with this mysterious dish managed to hit a peak tonight, when I... made it again. Properly this time though, without any of the synthetic cheese and mystery spice. I'll put the recipe (if you can call it that, I just kinda winged it) at the bottom so you can try it, if you're particularily insane. It is really good though, and easy to expand upon.
SO superior, part "ni"
That's 2 in Japanese, by the way. Anyways, after my little tirade about not feeling so bad that I feel superior to Americans, my pal Berry sent me this happy little piece of Canadian hate. Since I like doing silly things like this, I had originally in this space a rebuttal a bunch of the points he made (and some of them are indeed rather accurate). However, after reading it, I came to the conclusion that it was really rather petty. I'll just move on with the statement that, even if what this guy says is true, I'd still rather be a Canuck than a Yank.
We interrupt this broadcast with:
Just received by instant message (as in as I type this...) this little clip. I will definitely NOT buy those swords, since they are just far too high in quality for me.
Also received via IM, (but I got them yesterday) are these happy little spots: Boobah, Real Ultimate Sloth!, and Barcode Art. Now go waste your time.
Cars, and why you should be afraid of them
One thing I've noticed in Ontario is the total lack of fear towards automotives that the general populace seems to have. Here is a group of people, who by and large, will not hesitate to walk into traffic whenever it suits them. Even if a bus is hurtling down the road a block away or so, ready and willing to turn your nice structured-with-a-skeleton body into something resembling applesauce, and people will, if they need to be on the road opposite where they are, simply walk into the street and cross. Lights? We don't need no stinking lights. How these people are still alive is totally beyond me. Also beyond me is why this suicidal habit is starting to rub off on me. If I'm waiting with someone for the light, and they just decide to walk across, I just might go with them. I'd like to think that they're running point for me, and that I can always let them take the brunt of the impact. But I'm a nice guy, really...
Seriously though, I saw a guy walk right through a line of cars waiting to make a left turn. The driver he walked in front of was just about to move forward when suddenly there was a pedestrian in his way. The look of surprise and sheer bewilderment that he was just cut off by a person was quite humourous. Makes me wonder how Kevin is faring in Toronto...
As promised...
...here is the recipe for TACO PIE!!!, as made by me. Just now. About an hour ago. Apologies in advance for any vagueness in the following, since I really did kind of make it up as I go. I suggest that you do the same.
What you need:
- Some tortillas. How many will depend on how high you want to stack your pie, which in turn depends on how high you CAN stack your pie, which in turn depends on the height of your pan/casserole dish. I used 4 8" flour tortillas.
- Ground beef. I find that a 500g package of lean ground beef works just great.
- Cheese. How much depends on how much you like cheese, but it should be shredded regardless. I found that about 2 loose bowls was good.
- Veggies. This is to pad out the ground beef in the middle, and can be anything from beans to eggplant. I used a small can of corn niblets, about a half-dozen little sweet peppers (they were like mini Bell peppers!) and some hot peppers.
- Onion. I used about half a medium sized onion.
- Flour. To thicken the filling, so only a handful or so is needed.
- Water. To help sauceify the filling, so not much needed either.
- Tomato sauce. Again, to help sauceify the filling, so I used a small can of all-purpose tomato sauce. Bland, but works.
- Salsa. For taste when served.
- Sour Cream. The same.
What to do:
1. Dice up the onion, peppers and get the veggies and tomato sauce ready. Also, preheat the oven to 350F.
2. In a large greased frying pan, cook the onions on medium heat until they're soft. Only takes about 5-10 minutes.
3. In the same pan, brown the ground beef on medium-high heat. Takes about another 10 minutes or so. Drain the beef and onions when you're done.
4. Add the veggies (corn, peppers, etc) and tomato sauce to the pan. Mix it up, and then add the water and flour. Simmer on low heat until it's kind of thick.
5. In an 8" casserole/baking pan (it should probably be circular), put a tortilla on the bottom. Fold about 1/2 the cheese into the filling in the frying pan, and spread a portion of the filling onto the tortilla. This should be pretty evenly distributed, so since I had 4 layers, I put about a 1/4 of the filling on the bottom. I should think this would be obvious.
6. Put another tortilla on top of the layer and repeat. At the end, you want to have the top layer be meat, and not tortilla.
7. Top the pie with cheese and whatever veggies you have for garnish. I used a few of the diced hot peppers.
8. Bake in the now-350F oven for about 15 minutes, or until warmed throughout and the cheese is melted on top. Serve with salsa and sour cream.
So that's it. Go make it now! It's tasty! Other than that, I really need to go crash and watch a movie or something, since I am quite exhausted. Went skating this afternoon, and I'm just bagged. ¶ 4:30 p.m.
