stout, biscuits & tips

A late St. Patrick's Day 

Dinner

From the kitchen of

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

of 

Post Punk Kitchen

(I've added her to my sidebar

since she's a regular mention)

Mushroom Stout Pie With

Potato Biscuits

Recommended Listening

while preparing:

Gillian Welch

One More Dollar

Recommended Viewing

While Eating:

The Quiet Man

Actually Watched:

Big Bang Theory

Okay...

so I wouldn't be posting if it

weren't

fantabulous!

Boys drawn to the kitchen

during gaming

to see what

smelled so darn good!

Joe asking for seconds

with a

"Thanks, Mom!"

Ahh...priceless I tell ya.

Quick confession after yesterday's post...

I kinda hinted at the fact

that gathering at the table is as frequent

as a Spring Equinox...

well, maybe not that rare...but...

our meals are most often

enjoyed while...

dare I say it...

watching television!

Yeah...it's true,

we're one of those families!

So I've decided to post movies

I think would pair delightfully

with your meal.

Believe and trust me here.

I have VAST experience in this area.

Basically what I'm saying is

don't question me...

just do it.

With that over with

I had to share this picture

I was so thrilled with the

outcome...

picture perfect.

I never made anything like this before

so I was very impressed 

with myself.

Those potato biscuits were so

flaky and moist...

I have many plans to incorporate them

in my upcoming meals.

Now for the tip.

You know when you have

a recipe that calls for 

1 Tablespoon of Tomato Paste?

You go to that little can

in the pantry...open it...scoop out what you need

and...

refrigerate what's left so you can

toss it in a month when it

has turned a shade of

Spring Green?

Nah...

you've never done that!

Well, I have.

So I decided to be smart and freeze

the leftovers...frugal me.

Not so smart though

cuz...when I went to use it...well...duh...

it was frozen in a nice
hard brick I had to thaw.

Plan B:

A Genius Little Plan.

Measure the leftovers in

1 Tablespoon scoops

place on wax paper and an old Corelle plate

Flash Freeze

and then...

store in the freezer

in a small Ball Jar and you're all set

for that next pot o'

Stout Pie.

Accolades accepted.

I came upon this idea with my

own wee brain.

So if some of you have been doing this

for years...why didn't you tell me?!

And, yes...I have heard about the paste in tubes

but there aint no way I'm paying

3 bucks for what I can get for 59 cents.

Dems the facts o' life.

Music and Making.

Movies and Meals.

Musings and Masterminds!

Happy St. Patrick's Week!

Happy Spring!

Alleluia Chorus!