The Jalapeno Plant

So, this lady I work with has a very successful home garden (or so she represents) and one day she told me that she had way too many chive plants and asked if I wanted one.  I said sure, but I secretly knew that me and plants don't get along.  Once a plant moves in with me, it has about 1 month to live.  So, I placed this plant in my apartment window, and low and behold, these things are growing like weeds!  I can't believe how quickly they grow. 

The chives have given me what is realistically probably a false sense of a green thumb.  But right now I'm convinced I have one.  So I impulse bought a jalapeno plant at the grocery store.  And week 1, success.  it hasn't died.

But I live in a small apartment in the city, and I only have this one window that gets plently of sunlight that works for growing.  Right now it looks like I have 3 small jalapeno plants in a square planter that I'm guessing is approximately 4" x 4".  Sources on the internet say the plants could eventually grow to be 3 feet high.  Has anyone successfully grown jalapeno plants?  Do they need like a cage or something to hold them up, or are the stalks strong enough to support themselves? 

I'll try to update weekly on the status of my plant.  I'll upload some pictures later. ;;)

Adios.

Saturday Night

So in a mild drunken stumble on Saturday, I had a brilliant idea to get my septum pierced.  3 days later it still hurts, A LOT.  Anyone have this done, and maybe have any ideas on pain relief? 

Plants v. Zombies

So this game pretty much rocks.  It's a computer game, and its responsible for wasting hours of my time.  Although I've been stuck at the night time - hard level in survival mode.  I cannot beat it, and it is driving me crazy!  I suppose youtube may have an answer...

Anyway, I suggest checking it out if you like strategy type games to pass some time.

http://www.popcap.com/games/free/pvz

Quest for a good green chili recipe

It seems like for years I have been trying to perfect a green chili recipe.  I have gotten close, but I have never really developed a system for keeping track of the recipes I like and the recipes I don't like, along with new ideas to make the ok recipes better.  So, I'm going to use this blog to hopefully develop some kind of system, and maybe get new ideas.  There's a restaurant here in Denver that has me convinced they're using corned beef in their chili because of the flavor, but they may just performing the whole "corning" process on pork (I'm not sure the term or how you make corned beef).  I'd like to figure that out and try it out something, but probably not with this first receipe. So, here's recipe #1.  I'll post results later.

2 red onions, chopped

1 pound tomatillos, husked, rinsed, and halved

3 jalapenos, stemmed, seeded and halved

2 garlic cloves

4 tablespoons canola oil

2 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cut into 1-inch cubes

5 cups chicken stock

1 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

salt

pepper

10 flour tortillas, warmed

Preheat the oven to 400°F. In a large bowl, toss the onions, tomatillos, jalapenos, and garlic with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and spread on a baking sheet. Roast until soft and starting to brown, about 20 to 30 minutes, stirring twice during roasting.

Meanwhile, in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the oil and heat. Brown the pork, in batches, until well-browned. Add all of the pork back to the pan and cover with chicken stock. Add the roasted vegetables, cover the pan and place in the oven. Cook until the pork is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours.

While pork is cooking, place the cilantro in a food processor. Add 2 tablespoons of water and puree. Remove the pork from the oven and stir in the cilantro puree.

Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Monday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday

I am ready to return to bed.  I hate Monday mornings.  Who knew the wikipedia article on Monday actually had so much to say?

Party in the park is awesome :)

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here's the coconut squirrel!

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