BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!! It being close to Valentine's day, I felt it was time for something romantic. So, here ya go...
Steak Diane Cort.
2 pieces of filet mignon(or mock steaks. That's the question. Are they worth it? That's up to you)
butter
1 oz brandy(One of those tiny liquour store bottles will do)
2 shallots
4 crimini mushrooms
3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
4 tbsp Dijon mustard (Grey Poupon or equivelant. Trader Joe's for me.)
1 pint heavy cream
2 medium yukon gold potatoes
half pound green beans, trimmed and cleaned
2 strips of bacon
1 bag slivered almonds
Steak Diane Cort
1)Chop shallots and cut mushrooms into slices
2) Preheat pan with butter, season meat
3) Sear steaks on both sides
4) remove steaks, set aside
5) add shallots and mushrooms cook until done (try to keep it moving.)
6) add worcestershire sauce and dijon mustard, mix until uniform.
7) add brandy, flambe. stop when flames disappear
8) add cream, stir. replace steaks, cook for 3-5 minutes
Potatoe
Lightly salt skins, Wrap in foil, put in oven at 375 for about an hour
Green beans.
1) Blanch green beans, cool in ice water.
2) Fry bacon in pan, crumble, set aside, saving drippings
3) add green beans, bacon and almonds to taste.
4) cook 5-7 minutes.
Say Anything...
In your humble reverend's opinion, This is Cameron Crowe's masterwork. You can love Singles, or even We Bought A Zoo. You probably know this one. John Cusack holding the boombox
aloft. This is the best story of teenaged love ever put
to film. Everybody nails it to the wall.
"I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen."
"Bitches, man. Hey, I've gotta bail."
"That'll never be me, that'll never be me..."
Wait... Is that Jeremy Piven?
I can't say anything bad about this one. This movie
has informed me. The message:
BE LIKE LLOYD.I even developed "that nervous talking thing'
Even today, I wonder whatever happened to Lloyd. Did he and Diane make in in England?
This movie drips with romance without ever being schmaltzy. Crowe has a knack for dialogue that, while he may have matched, he never surpassed
Reverend Cecil B. DeReel signing off.
Next month: a little fusion action. This one should be fun.
