The Mr. Shipley Experience

I didn't have sour cream in order to make a banding stroganoff, and even after making this I prefer it made with sour cream.  However, this was a decent hack.  In the future, I think I'll be buying plain greek yogurt instead of flavored so I can sub that in for sour cream.  I also didn't have stew meat, which is my usual go to for stroganoff.  I did have a frozen bubba burger and some brussel sprouts.  So how did I do it?  A splash of vinegar gave it that sour taste, and using a roux thickened it up. Ingredients: Mashed potatoes (go look up how to make those, I'm not doing anything special, use instant if you want) 5 large brussel sprouts (double for two - I just sliced, oiled, salted, then roasted these for 15 minutes in my air fryer at 380 F) 1 medium onion, diced 1 tablespoon oil (i usually run with canola) 1 clove garlic, minced 1 frozen bubba burger (This was also in my air fryer, I took it out after 10 minutes because it was cooked partially and all d...

So today I played my first tournament through the MTGMelee website, hosted by Degenerate Gaming and sponsored by Ultra Pro  (use checkout code  DEGEN  for 5% off).  It was open registration, had a low entry fee ($3 USD total) and was a well run event through the Degenerate Gaming discord server and the MTGMelee website. When I started the tournament, somehow my MTG Arena game client lost the deck I'd submitted!  Ouch!  Luckily, backend tournament support was able to help me by sending my my submitted decklist in a DM on Discord (shoutout to IcedYoshi  for being quick on the support)! All of my opponents were good-mannered players, which is always a bonus when playing MTG.  I ended up in spot 22/41 with 3W - 3L and while I was watching the coverage between tournament rounds, I was lucky enough to win a door prize as a player!  $25 gift card to Ultra Pro, which I may try to give away in my stream, I'll touch base with the Degen team to see if...

I'm not entirely sure how to properly attribute this delicious curry properly for all of it's cultural influences, but I know at the very least we must give praise to India and Japan. Here's how I go about it:   Curry Ingredients:  2 tablespoons canola oil (or other neutral oil)  1 medium onion, diced  3 cloves garlic, minced  2 tsp fresh grated ginger (I use paste)  2 carrots, diced  2 small potatoes, diced  2 cups frozen green peas  3 cups vegetable stock (i like better than boullion)  2 tablespoons soy sauce  2 tablespoons honey  1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce  1 crispy chicken breast/patty (veggie substitute, maybe some shrimps, whatever you like for protein)  Roux:  3 tablespoons flour  4 tablespoons butter (or canola oil if you're cooking vegan)  garam masala (see below)  2 tablespoons yellow curry powder Garam Masala:  I can't find any garam masala premixed blends in my local grocer...

For Thanksgiving we only had 4 people. so instead of cooking the whole bird I separated it and put a bunch in the freezer.  Now that it's extra cold up here in New England, it's a great time to take some of those parts and make a turkey dish with rice and gravy.  I'm going to stream this on Twitch  and then I'll push to YouTube and make a link back on this blog.  I may also change the recipe as a I go, and if I do I'll update it here. Equipment: Big ol pot for the turkey (I'm using my 7 quart dutch oven) 2 quart pot for rice Tongs Strainer (for pulling out the bones) Spoon or ladle Cutting board (for vegetables) Chef/chopping knife Ingredients Cooking oil of choice (Canola?) 1tablespoon butter Water Onion Celery Carrots  (I ran out) Garlic Peas (frozen, fresh, or canned - some other veggie, I like peas) Corn (see above) Mushrooms  (I prefer a crimini/baby bella for flavor, I just happened to have some left over) Brown rice (or white, whatever you have, I te...

So sometimes I've found that knowing what pans, knives, equipment etc people were using in their recipes and kitchens would have been helpful.  So when I write recipes, I like to consider even things like a spatula or a chef's knife.  There are plenty of lists of "kitchen essential" pieces of equipment out there and I'm not here to put my spin on those.  But I am open to dialogue on my posts about equipment use and substitution.  That pictured right up there is a 7 qt Misen Dutch Oven  I picked up when it was still in Kickstarter.  I asked my gf to carve up the silicone lid a little for me so I can use it as a sous vide bath! I'm not a huge fan of single-use gadgets, so I try to learn multiple uses for things or how to accomplish the end result in a different way.  Let's take rice cookers for example.  First, they aren't just for grain cooking - you can use them for a lot of things.  But if all I ever did was make rice in one, I'd still consi...