Homeward Looking Angel

[keleos]

So… I’m home. Finally. It seems I can never come home from Bling!Fest in a timely manner, though the traffic this year was nowhere near as bad. All critters are accounted for, and seem to have been fed since they didn’t eat each other.

I have decided not to do a travelogue this year. All but a handful of those who read my blog were actually there. The highlights of the weekend for me weren’t any of the planned events, though I tip my hat to our hostesses for all the work they put into making those planned events as wonderful as they were. Nope, I love the odd little incidental stuff that happens when you put a group of creative, slightly bent people together. I do wish that I could have had more time to talk to people, to get to know a few of those I hadn’t had the chance to meet before. Unfortunately, my body did what it always does… it sabotaged me, and I was ill one of the days so I had to leave the party early on Saturday night. But I laughed a lot, and that’s always a gift.

And of course on the way home I got to hear krzykat making pig noises at the pigs in the truck next to us. Not like “oink oink oink.” Nope. The actual noise a pig makes. I laughed so damn hard I was wheezing.

For those who were at Bling!Fest, and even for those of you who weren’t, here’s the recipe for Cilantro Chicken aka Seaweed Slop.

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, coarsely chopped
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, chopped
1 bunch fresh cilantro
1/2 head garlic
1/3 cup chicken stock
1 can hominy
1 can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
3 cubes chicken bouillon
salt and pepper to taste


Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat, and sauté the onion until tender. Place the chicken in the pot, and cook until lightly browned. Puree the cilantro, garlic, and 1/3 cup chicken stock in a blender or food processor. (You can finely chop the cilantro and garlic if you don’t have a food processor, but it really works best if it’s pureed.) Mix into the pot with the chicken and onions. Cook and stir about 5 minutes, until mixed and heated through. If it doesn’t look like there’s quite enough liquid, pour enough chicken stock (or water) into the pot to cover all ingredients. Mix the hominy, water chestnuts, rice, and bouillon into the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. Increase the amount of water as needed to attain desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper

Comments

[athena4lynn.livejournal.com]

Glad you guys made it home safe.

[keleos.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) Hope your trip home is safe,as well, and uneventful.

[deborak]

You make some fine slop.

[keleos.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Hmmmm... now that I think on it, actually a vast majority of the "experimental" dishes I make fall under the catagory of slop. :)

[cteare.livejournal.com]

I hope someone gives some details of what went on for those of us that couldn't make the trip.

[deborak]

I'll be doing a recap with pictures. I have to spend some time in photoshop first, because thewayne's digital pics need to be sized down for the web and uploaded into a album.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

That should keep you busy for a while. I believe he mentioned on the forum that there were over 90 pictures.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

What's a good substitute for hominy? I don't know that hominy is common in my neck of the woods.

[keleos.livejournal.com]

You could use corn, because that's really what hominy is, but it doesn't have the same consistency so... If you can't find hominy in the veggie section, you might be able to find it in the Spanish food section.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen hominy on the veggie shelves in the grocery stores around here. Corn I should be able to get with no trouble. Our Spanish food section is more Mexican than Spanish. I'll check for hominy, but most of what is there is salsa.

[keleos.livejournal.com]

You might be pleasantly surprised. I didn't think we had any hominy in our store either, but there it was. We found it near the beans. And if they stock Mexican food stuffs, they should have hominy there as well.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

Well that explains why I haven't seen it. I avoid the bean section. I don't like beans. I've tried beans, several different varieties. The texture makes me gag. The only bean item I've found edible is falafel. I think that's more because they're ground up and deep fried. Deep frying can make even yucky things better.

[keleos.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have no idea why they were next to the beans. They're corn, shouldn't they be near the corn? Apparently that defies grocery store logic, somehow. *shrug*

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

Yummy!

[keleos.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll like it. :)

[krzykat.livejournal.com]

Saved it so I can attempt to make it at some point. I did save the cheesy bread recipe from last year, so I can send that along.