Midge Pingleton's Pantry

If you’ve ever worked or lived on a farm you probably...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:58 -0500

If you’ve ever worked or lived on a farm you probably don’t need to read this. If you haven’t, you probably should. I’ll even let you borrow mine.

Plotting.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:19:01 -0500

Casie
lots of rich boys have boats in the marina. we are gonna have to tap into the marina crowd
my winggirl. haha yes!!
we'll be each others wing girl

10:05pmMelissa
a houseboat!

10:06pmCasie
seriously, we're gonna have to go to bars in the marina, which is where i never go, but that's the rich young single crowd. i'm going to become a superficial egomaniac who doesn't want to work

10:06pmMelissa
i hate working

10:06pmCasie
i just want to roll around in $100 bills

10:06pmMelissa
i just want to spend all day cooking elaborate dinners

10:06pmCasie
oooohhh and rolling around in $100 bills

10:06pmMelissa
hahahha. then i want to drink an after dinner martini and roll around in $100 Bills
and i want to have pet pigs

10:07pmCasie
haha. got it. oh that reminds me...where's my wine bottle

10:07pmMelissa
micro pigs from england

10:07pmCasie
hey i heard there are tiny cows now

10:07pmMelissa
omg! i want a house full of tiny miniature farm animals!

10:08pmCasie
shit i am laughing so hard. i wonder if people can hear me outside cuz all my windows are open
you are cracking me up

10:08pmMelissa
can you even imagine walking into my tiny farm animal house?
tiny goats, and pigs and cows

10:08pmCasie
omg
ahahahahaaaaaaaa
holy shit, the wine i'm drinking is called mad housewife!
it would go perfect with your tiny farm house

10:09pmMelissa
HAHAHAHAHA perfect
should be call "mad rich housewife with eccentric pets"

10:10pmCasie
yeah but then it would cost more than 4.99

Photo

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:41:25 -0500

"Dear Melissa Rebholz, Congratulations! We enjoyed meeting you and we’re delighted to tell you that..."

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:52:23 -0500

“

Dear Melissa Rebholz,

Congratulations! We enjoyed meeting you and we’re delighted to tell you that you have made it to the next level of casting for Chopped.

”

- my most recent email. sweet. i’m banking on winning chopped to get a shitty car and drive to the west coast. stranger things have happened.

Ok. So I am reading Eating Animals right now by Jonathan Safran...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:35:25 -0500

Ok. So I am reading Eating Animals right now by Jonathan Safran Foer. I do not need to be reading this book. I have read MUCH about factory farms. I have seen Death on a Factory Farm (http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/deathfactoryfarm/index.html). I spent 4 years in high school/college as a vegetarian. I feel like the choir getting preached to reading the book.

I’m not sure why I bought it. Maybe it’s because since I read this article.. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html in the beginning of October I realized I had to say no to meat, a lot. I need constant reassurance that I should not be eating this meat.

But the carnitas at Taco Tuesday are soooo tasty. And pepperoni is the ulimate topping for any crappy pizza (in Riverhead) and the burgers with bacon are the best thing on the menu Thursday nights at Diggers.

I have been eating origin-less meat for quite some time. Favorite street vendors anyone?

It has been SUPER DUPER hard not to get that burger on Thursdays. And while the crab cake po’boy is good, it ain’t a bacon cheeseburger. I’m not scared of contracting e.coli and dying (although I suppose it’s possible) I am more horrified by the abuse animals on factory farms endure.

The most prolific page in Eating Animals for me so far has been one in which Safran Foer talks about “Discomfort Food”. He outlines how it’s completely socially acceptable for someone to request a vegetarian option at a public dinner, on an airline, at a wedding, what have you… BUT it’s frowned upon or socially more awkward to just request a humanely raised meat option. It’s much much easier to say “I’m vegetarian” than to say “I don’t want to eat your weird meat” to a host. Do I have to start pretending to be vegetarian? Do I have to actually become vegetarian again?

I love meat. I love bacon and belly and short ribs and livers and wings and I don’t think I could give that up. But over the past year it’s become more of a luxury for me.

I have been really lucky to have the opportunity to raise 2 pigs this year and see what awesomely amazingly smart and super friendly and responsive and social and giving animals they are. And if I think that they were born in a farrowing crate and that makes me not want to eat them, that’s MY prerogative. I’m not better than you in anyway. I’m not being pretentious or enlightened or vegetarian.. If I don’t want to eat the “weird meat” at your house I don’t have to. And that’s all I have to say about that.

March of the Penguins, Not a Makeout Movie. (contrary to popular belief)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:51:00 -0500

me: you're missing march of the penguins!
and no i don't want to make out, the movie is ACTUALLY on
9:05 PM Jon: give it some time... you'll want to make out
Freeman's voice is mesmerizing
me: i just think it's funny that it's on! we were JUST talking about it.
that means we're in tune with universe.
and the weather channel
ANd there is a recipe in the nytimes today for braised pork with tomatoes.

chicken thighs + salt.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:54:16 -0500

chicken thighs + salt.

No, these corn stalks are not $5.50, they are CLEARLY $6.00.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:53:03 -0500

No, these corn stalks are not $5.50, they are CLEARLY $6.00.

We made dumplings at the farm last Friday. True to most things...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:28:52 -0500

We made dumplings at the farm last Friday. True to most things made around here they included a mixture of ingredients that just happen to be laying around.

For the record, purple cabbage, ricotta with minced anchovies and scallions and diced avocado make and excellent dumpling mixture. Don’t knock it til you try it.

Slaughterhouse Live - You Be the Butcher - NYTimes.com

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:23:04 -0400

Slaughterhouse Live - You Be the Butcher - NYTimes.com:

HA! I am saving $10,000 dollars by learning to butcher at a jail slaughterhouse. Now if I could only get back that $20,000 dollars I wasted on “fashion school”.

Pie de resistance from a crust master : Food and Recipes : The Buffalo News

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:20:41 -0400

Pie de resistance from a crust master : Food and Recipes : The Buffalo News:

CRISCO? really?

loreal: i want to marry an architect who will design and build...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:22:39 -0400

loreal:

i want to marry an architect who will design and build a lake house like this for us.

bldgspace:

via 2.bp.blogspot.com

i second that emotion.

Register Now for the Fifth Annual Casserole Party « Casserole Crazy

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:52:40 -0400

I’ve last minutely signed up for this casserole contest. i pretty much only have time to use things from the farm.. i am either screwed or blessed by this.

see you there!

Amy's Place - Buffalo Shows Wiki

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:47:03 -0400

Amy's Place - Buffalo Shows Wiki:

Must. Create. Veggie Wet Shoes. In Riverhead.

When Friends Don't Let Friends Eat Hot Dogs in Connecticut.

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:54:21 -0400

1:24 PM me: HOT DOGS!!!!
1:25 PM Jon: no hot dogs
me: why!!
Jon: its cold outside
me: so it's not an outdoor place!
1:26 PM i'll never live near this place again. and then i'll see a rerun of the show on the food network
and i'll be all sad i never went
and i'll cry alot
and i'll call you crying.
and you'll feel really bad.
Jon: i still wont have a phone... how about Sergio's
1:27 PM ?
me: hahahaha. you and your fucking phone.
no sergios!!!
i just touched a dead mouse
that i pulled out of crate of garlic
it was the most disgusting thing very
ever
Jon: did it smell like the one under my bed?
me: i couldn't smell it cause i am allergic to dust and was having an allergy attack
DEAD MOUSE! on my hand!
Jon: ha
me: hang out with me! i'm bored.
1:30 PM diego is watching a spanish cartoon.
Jon: nice. quality time.
1:32 PM i'll come by after this show
maybe
me: good. you better be watching hells kitchen
Jon: my driving knee is acting up
me: DUDE!
1:33 PM i cannot sit here all day. there are mice in here.
alive ones
1:34 PM Jon: I know. try to round them up
me: no way.
1:35 PM Jon: Alright I'll be over in a bit. let's watch paqqqawatski: world in transformation
me: while eating hot dogs?
1:36 PM Jon: mmhmm
me: fine see you in a bit then
Jon: and maybe another breakfast sandwich as long as I'm on a roll
me: puke

Vote for Dan!

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:58:00 -0400

Vote for Dan!:

For reals.

Haven’t thought about having a “home” for a...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:55:54 -0400

Haven’t thought about having a “home” for a while. Am more of a squater but could totes live in this green room.

I ate Cheese! Not the dairy product, the pig. Cheese had a...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:17:00 -0400

I ate Cheese! Not the dairy product, the pig. Cheese had a really good life. He was a super chill pig. He was a little rambunctious at first but he mellowed out in the end. I think he was really lonely when Apple died.

I’m glad to say that I was able to raise Cheese and give him a good life (even though I made him play ball with me, which I don’t think he enjoyed as much as I did). I am also thankful to Marlow & Daughters for giving me a chance to have a little taste of him.

I wonder if I raised ALL of the meat that I ate if I would still feel as personally attached as I did to Cheese.

He tasted like a pork chop.

I pickled green beans for a while on Thursday. Did I mention I...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:26:24 -0400

I pickled green beans for a while on Thursday. Did I mention I hate pickles?

Roasted Butternut Squash and Hot Pepper Tamales

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:08:52 -0400

Roasted Butternut Squash and Hot Pepper Tamales