MONDAY METAL MOMENT
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Arguably the queen mother, numero uno, the last Samurai of metal tracks, I felt that before we head into Goth-tober we should all go back and listen to this nuclear warhead of shred…
One more palate cleanser before we get into the heavy heavies.
Spicy Watermelon Sorbet
via Nieve de Sandía Picosita
In Mexico, a very popular street snack is cut-up fresh fruit sprinkled with salt, ground chiles, and lime juice. Watermelon, mango, orange, and pineapple are the most common. Cucumber and jicama are served this way too. Fruit sorbets are often flavored with the same seasonings, but this refreshing watermelon sorbet uses fresh green chiles, not ground chiles, for spiciness.
I like this sorbet with the melon seeds mixed in, as seeing them in there makes me feel as though I’m taking bites of the fresh fruit. But it’s surprising to me that it’s so difficult to find watermelons with seeds in the United States. You can use seedless watermelon, of course — the sorbet will still taste amazing.
MAKES ABOUT 1½ QUARTS
6 cups cubed watermelon (about 2 pounds; see Note)
¾ cup sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
Juice of 2 limes
2 serrano chiles, or 1 small jalapeño chile, coarsely chopped, with seeds
1 teaspoon salt
Pinch of ground piquín chile, plus more to taste (optional)
Salted ground chiles, for sprinkling (optional, look for Tajin brand)
In a blender, combine the watermelon, sugar, corn syrup, lime juice, chopped chiles, salt, and piquín chile. Puree until smooth. Taste and, if desired, add more piquín chile. Pour into a container, cover, and refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
Freeze and churn in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. When the sorbet has finished churning, mix in the reserved watermelon seeds (if using). For a soft consistency, serve the sorbet right away; for a firmer consistency, transfer it to a container, cover, and allow to harden in the freezer for 2 to 3 hours. Serve sprinkled with salted ground chiles, if desired.
Note: If you are using watermelon with seeds and would like to add the seeds to the sorbet, remove the seeds before cutting the melon into cubes, and then mix them in after churning the sorbet. If the seeds are simply left in the flesh, they will break down when the melon is pureed.
MONDAY METAL MOMENT
Accept – “Fast As A Shark”
This amazing track was a 1982 release. When this came out it was a shot heard around the world for metalheads.
MONDAY METAL MOMENT
The Scorpions – “Blackout”
It’s another one from the amazing class of ’82. My friends and I covered it when we were about 14. This track avoids pervy lyrics that embarrassed the shit out of me in their later big hits of the hair metal 80s and their Eddie Van Halen style new (ish) guitar player Mattias Jab is in perfect balance with the moustached classic rock style of Rudy Schenker.
I like a small vegetables-only course in the middle and this is a great one.
It is very similar to a recipe I had many years ago found in a cookbook compiled from the Italian Renaissance. I add garlic and apples to the vegetables as that ancient recipe did.
Vegetables
2 tbsp coconut oil (or other solid fat)
1 bunch rainbow carrots (halved if large)
8 small beets
2 red onions, peeled and quartered (leave bottom intact to prevent them falling apart)
1 medium fennel bulb
Salsa Verde
1/2 packed cup flat lead parsley
1/2 packed cup cilantro
1/2 packed cup dill
1/4 packed cup basil
2 tbsp capers packed in salt, rinsed
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 small clove garlic, crushed and peeled
1/2 cup olive oil
salt to taste, if needed
Recipe by Kate Jay (autoimmunewellness.com)
This is a really solid rosé wine that pairs well with it.
MONDAY METAL MOMENT
“Highway Star” – Deep Purple
Ok we’re goin back to the early years. This one rips. This 1972 record “Machine Head” also has smoke on the water so thus an incredibly influential hard rock record.
Welcome to Tafel Tuesday. Every week we are going to post, in order, a track from Tafelmuzik Means More… as individual elements of a three and a half plus hour dinner party. Each course will have a recipe and visuals to project or play on your giant screen TV if you want to go all the way surrealist dining at your outdoor Covid safe extravagant dinner event.
This is one of my favorite things ever. If you make one thing to eat from a recipe before the end of summer, let it be this.
Peach Chowder with Tobiko
1 can Coconut milk
2 stalks lemon grass, smashed/bruised
2in chunk ginger, peeled and chopped
2in chunk galangal, peeled and chopped
4 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and chopped
12 ea Kaffir Lime Leaves, in cheesecloth sachet
6 ea peaches, peeled and chopped
3ea shallots, peeled and chopped
3 ea, garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
2 quarts veg stock
salt and white pepper
1/4 cup Tobiko
1 small bag plain kettle chips, broken up slightly
1/4cup neutral oil such as grape seed oil
Sauté shallots, ginger, galangal, kaffir lime leaf sachet, lemon grass, and garlic in oil over low heat until shallots and garlic soften but don’t obtain color. Add peaches and 1 tablespoon of salt And 1 teaspoon of white pepper and cook a little longer until peaches start to release their juices. Add coconut milk and bring to a boil. Add potatoes and 1.5q veg stock, bring back up to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer on low uncovered until potatoes are tender. Turn off heat and remove lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves, and discard. Very carefully, working in batches, purée soup until very smooth in a vita mix or good blender. Make sure to only fill blender about half full because hot liquid will expand. Pour puréed soup through a fine strainer into another pot. Once all soup is puréed and strained, taste and check consistency. Use reserved stock to thin out soup if needed. Additional salt and pepper can be added at this time. Soup may need to be reheated to get it back up to desired temp before serving. Serve in a deep bowl and garnish with 2teaspoons of tobiko.
Created by Courtney Taylor-Taylor & Anne West
When it comes to rosé wine I like the nose to be of peach pit and steam coming off of river rocks on a hot sunny day. This one has strong minerality and I found it complimented this unusually well.
MONDAY METAL MOMENT
Iron Maiden “Run To The Hills
The release of this would have been right at the end of my being a metal kid. I grew up spending time with Native American culture and great men like Chief Lelooska and Buck Burshears. I’ve always thought it so cool that the subject matter of one of the greatest metal tracks of all time is of the Native Americans and the settler invasion.
i wanna thank our friends in uni for hooking us up with the rolling studio fundraiser.
here btw is their latest video. this is a new song or at least one they didn’t play at any of the our gigs together.
i know they’ve been working on it for at least a year cuz their guitarist would send me a picture every month or two of some crazy new set he was building. they are full on DIY, recording and mixing themselves and same with the video; the most extreme state of the art glam you could possibly imagine. i just love this song and film. on this trip they have gone really really far. amazing work.
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| 12/02/24 | Los Angeles, CA | Moroccan Lounge | US |
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| 12/03/24 | Los Angeles, CA | Moroccan Lounge | US |
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| 12/04/24 | Los Angeles, CA | Moroccan Lounge | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 901 1st St. with Escape Artist Lovers Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/06/24 | San Francisco, CA | Bimbo’s 365 | US |
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| 12/07/24 | San Francisco, CA | Bimbo’s 365 | US |
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| 12/11/24 | Portland, OR | Mission Theater | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1624 NW Glisan. Venue phone: 503-223-4527. ** Little Cloud Records Showcase with LSD & The Search For God, Sun Atoms, and Tremours ** Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/12/24 | Portland, OR | Crystal Ballroom | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1332 W. Burnside. Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/13/24 | Portland, OR | The Odditorium | US |
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| 12/14/24 | Tacoma, WA | Spanish Ballroom | US |
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| 12/15/24 | Tacoma, WA | Spanish Ballroom | US |
| Time: 11:00am. Address: 565 Broadway. ** Special Fan Brunch – No Band Performance** Buy Tickets | |||
