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JOHNNY MIC’S HOPPIN’ JOHN
2 tbsp grapeseed oil
2 ham hocks
1 meaty hambone
1 cup chopped ham
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup bell pepper
1 tbsp. chopped garlic
32 oz. chicken stock
32 oz. water
1 lb. collard greens, ribs removed, chopped into 2 in. squares
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 lb. frozen black-eyed peas

Heat oil in large soup pot, then brown ham hocks and ham bone, about 6 minutes, remove from pot. Add chopped ham, onions, carrot, celery, bell pepper and garlic. The onions will give off enough liquid to scrape the browned bits off the bottom of the pot. Saute 4 minutes or until onions begin to get soft, nestle ham bone and hocks back in the pot. Add chicken stock, water to cover. Add bay leaves, thyme. Add collard greens. Set pot to simmer for 1 hour. After 25 minutes, add black-eyed peas. Cook remaining 35 minutes or until peas are soft. Serve over wild rice or long grain rice or both. Happy New Year!

According to this recent Globe article, McDonald’s has found yet another way to suck by hiring Arnold Communications to shoot more of these lame spots. The ad agency says the accents suck on purpose, but the Globe article confirms what I suspected all along — the actors are from New York.

I always knew this weird commercial was not right (wrong). To paraphrase Bloodsox scribe Rob Zeitz, a New Englander would ask for his coffee by saying: “Gimme my *&@!’in coffee!”

Thank you so much for the snowy owl. It is much more exciting than the craptastic presents I usually get.

Some folks say that Christmas Vacation was not very good, but I think it gets better w/age. Catch it if you can to see the master slapstick artistry of Chevy Chase, which by our crumbling standards, is nowadays in short supply.

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Good luck on your secret mission.  She would’ve been great in anything written by ns, especially for her voice….

Ms. Murphy will appear in no fewer than four new releases in 2010.

Wharpua sent me this. I’m thinking about sending it to…um, everybody? Forget the virus, I’ve caught the cold, thanks to the good works over at Red Letter Media. The suicidal pretense of the voice over alone is worth its weight in Galactic Credits. Watch the next chapter on YouTube by clicking here.

2nd best spin this week: The Insider – During a round table discussion w/Niecy and Sabato, Jr., Lara Spencer closes the segment suggesting Tiger Woods has “done us a favor by bringing this issue out into the open.”  Eeech.

From his secret underground bunker, Dick Cheney touted the Mediocrity Machine that has been running at near capacity since its power source, the Hadron Super Collider in Geneva has come back online.

Cheney assured the Evil Press that the shortage of dumb white people , i.e. “the base,” whose numbers had been declining since the election, was over and on the upswing, citing recent wins at the American Music Awards and Dancing With The Stars.

This blog tuned in with about an hour left in the show, but when awards are determined in part by Nielsen ratings, you gotta figure the deck is stacked.  Nominations are based on media exposure, which of course is driven by….music corporations.  Apart from newly minted American Idol standout AL’s Gaga-inspired and big budget controversostravaganza (wtf was that pos other than Gaga & Co. shoving it to the sponsors?) Lady Gaga loses the Breakthrough Award to Gloriana (who?) and doesn’t win a single award the entire evening.  Chalk it up to just another excuse to throw a big party, but it should’ve been Gaga doing that canned spam, “For Your Entertainment.”  Thanks alot Gaga for a disappointing finale, but I’ll wait for your version of 9 instead.  Oh wait the AMA’s scammed your version….Very influential… “Don’t know any of the bands, don’t listen to any of the music…..got Portland tix?” Ya rules.