Texas Food & Music – My Addictions | 2.2.11

This is Groundhog Day.  That fuzzy little foreigner better be right about an early Spring.  I am a Texas girl, and these record-breaking cold temperatures, September gals like me are not programmed for.  I look out the window of my Hill Country digs and see my cilantro cryogenically preserved, but still bright green and hopeful – I can relate.  So, although this weather makes me a little blue at times, I will not be “Debbie downer”… I shall cherish the time that winter gives me to expand my garden, write some new songs, and burn all of the other shit that doesn’t matter anyway. Besides, this spring I will be enjoying the fruits of my labor (Texas Food & Music) like my ass is on fire.  

I am at a point in my life where my eyes are wide open and I am looking forward to what’s round the ole corner.  This year I will take more chances … yep, feeling a little out of control seems right this year.  I am ready to go full-throttle on the back-side of thirty…and challenge the “it’s all downhill from here” theory.  No, I don’t mean mid-life crisis shenanigans…after all, it’s a slippery slope from sexy dancing to full-tilt naughty neighbor parties.  

I think my mental transformation started to take place right about the time my 3-year old little girl Julia Odessa coined the phrase “Happy to you” a year or so ago.  And it has spread throughout the town of Wimberley and to our extended Austin music family.  We go into the grocery store or post office and folks are saying Happy 2 U!.  I get texts and emails Happy 2 U!  I had a dream that Joan Rivers was signing off from the red carpet “Happy 2 U darling!”. This phrase has innocently spread love and community to all of the people that have embraced it. 

So as a tribute to Julia Odessa and the peace that she has inspired, my Bohemian friends and I will open a vintage / music store in Wimberley this March.  There you will meet the Happy 2 U meister Johnny Walker – he will charm you with his high-water overalls and passion for music and innocent creatures.  He will make you forget where you needed to be and you will immediately want to adopt him as your own personal house-boy to cheer you up on blue days.

If hula-hooping hot chicks in tu-tus is a turn on for you, Beth-the-badass can give you a personal hoop lesson for a $5 donation to Up-with-Mutts, a non-profit benefiting dog rescue and adoption. There will be a cup of great coffee if you wanna sit a spell and listen to some turn-table tunes or live music at the gazebo by area singer-songwriters/musicians.  And, if you are looking for some totally bitchin threads from the 60’s, 70s, or 80’s or killer vintage accessories for the honky chateau, we shall accommodate. 

I feel like good things are ahead if Happy 2 U has anything to do with it…besides, you Can’t Go Back.

When I was just a baby

I was raised in bars

Grew up pissin’ on tires and chasin’ cars

Now I get off on shootin’ stars

And you can’t go back no more

 No you can’t go back no more

You can find you were wishin’ instead

Hey baby you were somethin’ before the war

But you can’t go back no more

 This week I salute one of my favorite Mexican concoctions Shredded Pork Tacos with cilantro, pineapple and feta cheese.

Pork Loin Roast

Chicken Stock

Garlic

Dried Mexican Oregano

Fresh Pineapple

Fresh cilantro

Feta Cheese

Corn tortillas

Combine first four ingredients in a roasting pot and cook for several hours on medium low heat adding chicken stock as needed. When pork starts to fall apart and cooking juices/stock has almost all evaporated you are ready to serve. Pork should be moist but not soggy when spreading in warm tortilla.  Garnish with chopped pineapple, cilantro and feta cheese.  These tacos have amazing flavor and are low in fat too!

Happy 2 U!!!!

Author: admin
Published: February 3, 2011
Filed Under: Blog

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