Metal Music Talk Show

So my buddies and I were recently at a Judas Priest show and had this beer induced conversation about how metal music had influenced our lives and at 45 ish, how it still populated our ipods and car stereos.  So, it didnt take long for one of the married with many kids friends to suggest a You Tube based talk show fashioned after Waynes World.  The Mentors Of Metal talk show is slated to start running on our You Tube channel on January 1, 2012.  The show is produced to live on You Tube and fully integrate the social media outpost's worldwide into each show.  Who knows, with the power of the viral giants, maybe we could see a fan base someday.

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Big Breakfast

One of the fun things about cooking large meals with leftovers, is the next morning you can create great big hangover breakfast's with little or no effort.  In this manly dish, we re-heated some meatloaf, pan-fried some potato slices and fried two eggs to plate a much needed gut-bomb to chase the blahs away.  Oh, and the guests think your a god for such yummy plates.

Back To Basics- The Weiner

Well now and again the intensive recipes give way to a night of simple and effective chow.  In this case, we grabbed some dogs and some brauts  and kicked on the deep fryer and the BBQ.  So I thought what would happen if we deep fried a hot dog like we do fried chicken?  Well, its a fried hot dog...duh.  But, its crazy different than a "corn dog". I'm not sure its marketable but it was good in dipping sauce with a hot pepper chaser.  We served it with deep fried russets.  Our second offering was a safe bet with a BBQ'd dog topped with fresh cut onion rings bacon and BBQ sauce.  It's funny how the basics always satisfy the crowd.  Enjoy the basics! 

Smoked Disaronno Chicken

We killed this one- Two whole chickens stuffed with citrus halves, rosemary, thyme, garlic and reposado tequila topped with a fiery rub and smoked to dripping perfection in apple wood and cherry.  We flung a midevil artichoke recipe on the plate as well, with halved artichokes grilled and smoked in olive oil, roasted garlic and parmesean.  This is one for the book, if we ever publish one.  WATCH

The End Of An Era- Judas Priest

Several of my friends and I benefited from my decade long friendship with Judas Priest front man, Rob Halford at the bands last tour stop in San Diego.  The show kicked off with Zach Wylde's, Black Label Society and let me assure you, that band pummeled the 10,000 fans most of whom were pushing 45.  Never the less, the headliner had over four decades of status and in most's eyes, shaped modern hard rock.  As loud as BLS was, the first measure of the Priest opener, shook my close and impacted my chest as we stood 10 feet back from Rob Halford's stage position.  Thundering dual guitars and the repeated concussions from Scott Travis's kick drums.  A killer set that seemed to never end with four encores finally ending with "Living After Midnight" which was sung in its entirety by the crowd.  As the venue lights came on, we were not leaving.  Rob had hooked us up with backstage passes.  We talked history of metal and the current state of the music industry for quite some time with one of hard rocks' most influential singers.  One of our guests was a 16 year old new metal head who with all the choices available in hard music today, has gravitated to the British Steel vibe of what some might call, "Classic Metal".  I wonder if he will ever know how lucky he was to get some time with Rob Halford and a bunch of schwag...

Punta Banda Fish Tacos

A killer recipe from one of the original 1970's fishing villages on the bay side of Baja California Norte.  We start with crispy fried gulf shrimp, butterflied and proceed to smoked red snapper and beer battered deep fried pacific rock cod.  The three different taco styles have unique differences like fresh pineapple-jalapeno-cherry salsa's and a white sauce we call, "Cream Steve".  Anyway, we serve it steaming hot with a hot bean salad and fine tequila.  WATCH

Breakfast Bowl

Here's a great dish for breakfast served in a large rammiken.  Whip up some eggs with your favorite spices.  Add some chopped red onion and chopped bacon.  Pour the egg mixture into the rammiken (with non-stick cooking spray) until it fills a little over half of the bowl.  Microwave for 3 minutes.  Remove and add a stack of your favorite cheese then give it another 30 seconds oin the microwave, Top with a small scoop of sour cream and a dribble of hot sauce.