The Best Ever…

The BackBlast:

Intro:

As he was walking off, Cindy told me that it may have been my best Q ever, so we will go with that…

The Thang:

Out the lot to Torrance.

Down Torrance to the Greenway, stopping at each cross street to alternate between 10 merkins and 20 knee-ups.

Dips on the fountain whilst we wait.

Mosey over to the wedge.  Partner up for Dead Prezidents.  DO NOT TOUCH YOUR PARTNER.  10 wide-arms each time you meet.

Mosey down East, right on Cumberland, down to the Owl Bars entrance to Freedom (FACT: Cumberland is longer than you think).

Mary whilst we wait.

Through the Park to the Greenway entrance at East.

3 burpees at every river crossing.

Back above ground at Morehead, Mary.

Back up Torrance, 5 merkins at each cross street (FACT: running up Torrance is significantly more difficult than running down Torrance) .

Fin

Cindy with the takeout.  Thank you.  Seems like possible domestic unrest at the quarantined Ceesus house.  Pax, please reach out to HIM directly to offer support.

Naked Man Moleskin:

Good God the heat…

We ran into the Bandit crew on the Dead Prez.  3 strong getting after it.  Makes me think folks may be using the heat as an excuse to stay indoors.  Don’t do it.

I don’t understand the world anymore.  If anyone has any suggestions, I am Q’ing Sparta on Friday so bring suggestions there.

Random Information

Redd Foxx said he’s gonna get trained up to break the 5 minute mile mark by year-end.  When trolling for volunteers to join him, he got one: Snots.  I think Snots could run a sub 5:00 mile tomorrow at noon in the heat index of 107.  Point being, you were gifted with the right partner Foxx.  Chase that man for the next 6 months and you will hit that goal.

I caught up on all of the quarantine editions of the 43 Feet podcast.  Very interesting to listen to after the fact.  Dredd and DOAH, have no fear, you didn’t say anything that can now be used against you in the court of law, or the court of public opinion.  It all holds up well.

We won the KOTQC, so you all can suck on that and like it.

Being on the winning KOTQC team, the Dynamite Dags, was not as much fun as one might assume it to be.  You see, it quickly became apparent that short of BALLZ no showing one of the legs, it was going to be tough to lose.  So what was billed as a team competition, quickly devolved into an intrateam battle to the damn near death for who was going to finish last.  So while we technically “won”, I think there are about 6 of us out of 12 that felt like losers running behind those damn wolves.  May need to reconsider team choice next year #bigfishsmallpond.

I joined the Cape Fear men for a couple of workouts the July 4th week.  One in downtown Wilmington and the other at Wrightsville Beach.  WB may in fact, as they claim, be the greatest AO in the Nation.  I’ll be there again next week and can’t wait for the sandy chafing.

Back by Popular Demand

Both the feature and the specific recipe:

Turkey Bolognese

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 3 shallots
• 2 carrots
• 2 celery stalks
• 2-4 cloves of garlic or the entire bulb
• 1 can whole peeled tomatoes
• tomato paste (buy the one in the tube)
• olive oil
• 1 cup wine (red or white, whichever one you have open)
• 3/4 cup heavy cream (optional)
• dried oregano
• salt
• your choice of pasta

Put a large pot of water on to boil.

Get a heavy bottomed pan or pot heated up with a small amount of olive oil.

Add ground turkey and brown.  While browning the turkey, mince the shallots, dice the carrots and celery.  Remove the turkey to a colander to drain.

Add the veg to the pot with a healthy amount of olive oil and a good pinch of salt (you just made a mirepoix, you should be proud).  Let that sweat out for a few minutes.  Turn up the heat a touch. Clear a spot in the middle of your pan to squirt 2 tablespoons of tomato paste.  Get that caramelizing.  Mix it all together with the mirepoix.

Add the cup of wine, let that reduce down as you pulse your tomatoes in the blender.  Don’t overblend or you will aerate the tomatoes and they will turn orange.  Add tomatoes to the pot.

Now add your garlic, either minced or through a press.  Why now?  Because if you added it to the olive oil, you could have burned it and that would make your sauce bitter.

Add 1 or 2 teaspoons of dried oregano.

Check your salt levels.

Allow to simmer for at least 20 minutes.

Add 3 tablespoons of salt to your boiling pasta water then drop pasta.

When your pasta has about 5 minutes cooking time left, stir your cream into your sauce (this is what makes it taste like you are at a restaurant).

Finish cooking pasta to el dente perfection.

Reserve some pasta water before draining.

If your sauce pot is large enough, add the pasta directly to it and mix well, but gently as to not break the pasta.  You can mix all together in a bowl if you have space constraints.

Top with mountains of pecorino romano cheese and a couple of turns of black pepper or crushed red pepper flakes.

Serve with a salad.

Your welcome.

Thanks for the keys Lee, hope it was sufficient.

Thin Slice