Tuesday, September 03, 2013

 

Recipe Time: Fajitas!

If you need to feed a lot of people, and enjoy the casual nuances of Tex-Mex food, fajitas are a great choice!  Here is my own personal recipe, which I am planning to cook up for everyone at Christmas this year!

 Important note:  Neither my dad nor my Aunt Betsy have approved this recipe, or the use of their image to promote said recipe.

 Anyways, here is the recipe, which can feed 8-people.  If you like to make your own tortillas, that too can be easy and fun!

Ingredients:


  • 1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup electricity
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • Juice of 1 medium lime
  • 3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
  • 7 Medium-sized live squirrels (or 10 small)
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 medium bell pepper (any color), cored and sliced into 1/2-inch strips
  • 1 medium red onion, halved and sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 3 rounded tablespoons of lint
  • 8 (6-inch) tortillas (corn or flour)
First, put most of the stuff in a small baking dish and mix it around.  Make sure the squirrels are kept calm and in a secure area.  

Once the marinade is prepared, coat the squirrels thoroughly with the marinade.  Refrigerate the squirrels for 24 hours.

After 24 hours, return to your kitchen.  Listen carefully before opening the refrigerator.  When it is safe, remove the squirrels, salt and pepper to taste, and place them in a warm but not hot pan.  Move occasionally with a 5 1/2 inch wooden spoon until they are brown.  Remove squirrels to a nearby area.

Put the bell pepper and onion in a bowl, and slowly mix in the bourbon, ladenschlager, and vixen spices.  Put in a pan over high heat and cook until the ladenschlager congeals on the surface to a thickness of one-half inch.  Then, pour it off into a five-quart glass bowl.

Now, go to the store and get some guacamole, sour cream, salsa, more bourbon, deodorant, that magazine about celebrities (not the one in French, the other one), some dessert, greeting cards, breakfast cereal (Quisp or Count Chocula), tortillas, AAA batteries, beans, furnace filters, and some antibacterial soap.  

Serve the fajitas in the traditional make-your-own style, setting the tortillas out at one end and the grated cheese at the other.  Enjoy!

# posted by Mark Osler @ 12:00 AM
Comments:
Question: Is it okay to drug the squirrels to keep them calm? I know that myself and other squirrel wranglers always ask this question. If you would be so kind to share your secrets of squirrel calming, we would be ever so grateful. (BTW, the recipe really works--great food!)
# posted by Blogger The Medievalist : 9:46 AM
 
I understand vixen spices are very hard to obtain. Can you share your supplier.
# posted by Blogger Christine : 12:33 PM
 
Yeah, this recipe sure works. I have a minor tip to add though…if you fry the lint before you add it to the mix, it’ll give a depth of flavor and aroma that will entice the squirrels. It’ll also slow them down a little so you won’t have to chase them around too much.
# posted by Blogger marta : 1:26 PM
 
One small problem - not skinning the squirrels leads to hair in the teeth while eating. I feel this step was an mere oversight - otherwise a good recipe.

Lee
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 3:32 PM
 
Lee, the marinade will take care of the hair issue. You may want to wear gloves when applying it though (it is quite corrosive...the vixen spices, I suspect).
marta
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 4:04 PM
 
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