Tunesday: Micah Schnabel

Ever heard of Two Cow Garage? If you answered no, then you should go treat yourself to some good music, then come back.

The focus of this post is the lead singer of Two Cow Garage, Micah Schnabel. Dude's a seriously awesome songwriter who sings with a sense of urgency and meaning. I had been listening to TCG for a while when I saw that Suburban Home Records would be releasing Micah's solo album. Being the music geek that I am, I swooped on it immediately. I think after the first or second listen through, both Alison and I were hooked on the record. Everything from his playing to his lyrics to his vocal delivery are damn good. I'm not going to bother washing this dude up any longer, just watch the below videos and you'll understand why we like the dude's music so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t0dPHXfBuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGO3XGRlR8

Me and My Bag of Hot Links

Alison's been in New Jersey the past week having fun with her family. We've written about our adventures there before, but this time I'm left behind to fend for myself while she gets to vacation in one of the misunderstood states in the Union.

Luckily for me, a week ago I purchased this awesome bag of Bar M Louisiana Brand Hot Links: Extra Hot.

I don't know under what circumstance I would be able to get Al to eat these for 2 reasons: 1. They are pork. 2. They are marked as hot. Basically she doesn't really like the other white meat and she shies away from the spicier of the food chain. Myself on the other hand, I love this stuff.

Out of the bag of 15 sausages, I am down to 5, so I'm doing pretty good. My favorite way to cook them is to boil the bad boys for about 5 minutes. It gets them nice and hot while hardening the skin up a bit and absorbing up water while retaining the juices of the sausage.

Next, I have a hot skillet waiting for the boiled sausages. Once the boiling is over, they go straight to the skillet at medium heat. Hot enough to leave a little searing, but not too hot to where the skin gets burnt or the sausages pop.

While the sausage gets crisped up in the skillet, I toast two hot dog buns. The whole while the Three Muskateers, mustard, pickles and sauerkraut lie in wait. (Claussen products are the best, but I'll elaborate on that in another post.)

You introduce the fine ingredient to each other ...

Then watch the Lakers or whichever sporting team you follow.

These sausages are pretty damn good, so go try to find some. If you think you can't eat 15 within a reasonable time, then freeze them ya dummy... for your health!