love will give you mental nutrition

what is your purpose? enjoy.

faithful

we were able to get in our annual football game, albeit a little late this year, and without a few members of the group, but things still went off successfully and with a lot delish food. Amazing amazing bbq was had: beer can chicken, pork ribs and jalapeno poppers...

 The group we went along with had a sweet spot right in the front were all the super serious tailgaters would set up shop, I have never seen so many bbqs, man love and steaks in my life. There were random groups of people cruising through the tailgating lot, marching bands, a suited up Niner's player reminding us all to keep faithful to our team and of course the cheerleaders. I had to get a little walk around the rest of the grounds and stumbled upon this kid teaching us folk how to dougie. It was pretty awesome.

Although my outfit does adequetly portray how unusually warm the day was, it was the first time that I was not freezing cold and did not require gloves, scarf and Ugg boots. I wont lie, I was pumped to be able to take off my winter parka and actually enjoy the sunshine once we were in the stadium...

GO TIME!

snapping some good pics of the halftime show...

I suppose I should have posted this yesterday, seeing that we axed our coach. Something I dont understand about football is how quickly they fire coaches, its like they dont do well for a few games and their head is on the chopping block (Now I know its been a shitty couple of seasons for the Niners) but why dont we really take the time to choose the right coach and let him stay there a while to develop the team and make it something great? I suppose with so much riding ($$) on a winning and profitable season, development gets the backseat... what a damn shame to players that have something great in them, but dont have a coach to bring those abilities to the surface. AKA Alex Smith.

tradition

For my birthday, Chandra gave me a mushroom to make kombucha with. I was obviously pumped because the name brand tea you buy in a store is super expensive, or at least is when you buy a several over the course of the month. So getting this mushroom was half the battle to making the tea, which actually requires pretty stable conditions to thrive in. The tea itself is pretty easy to make, only requiring a bit of sugar, water and black or green tea... oh and lots of time. I have linked a basic recipe here.

 

I added a few frozen berries to final product to help add a bit of flavor; and instead of buying new glass containers, I just collected old salsa, pickle, drink and sauce jars. I wont lie, the final product is weird looking stuff. After it sits for a week or so, its time to taste and it turned out pretty good, however, perhaps next time  a little less sugar.

All this saving jars and making things from scratch business has really made me want to go back to the roots and start canning my own pickles and veggies. Its a simple enough business, I remember both of my Grandmothers use to can like crazy (literally they would can everything) and still do pomegranate jelly from time to time. As a kid, I remember eating fresh pickles my Gram use to make that were strait from the garden, and I want to get that flavor back, I want to get the tradition back of canning. Its a lost art really, and I am bringing that shit back. So bet your bums you will see some canning business happening here soon!