FREE MINNESOTA

“Yeah, Greg, welcome to your retirement party”

And he announces at the racetrack all summer

Ain’t no love in this covenant any more

Looking forward to Minnesota bringing him back here for The Tribunals

This weekend I had half a pork shoulder on an 8 hour slow abs then I shredded that and added it to last two hours of the gravy simmer. I wonder if jackfruit would be a good equivalent?

Power to the people of Minnesota and Glory to the martyrs who defend the Republic

I’m sensible centrist and I’m fine with either one, but I feel like “sauce” is for a looser final product, and “gravy” is for tighter, almost ragú-type dishes

For plant-based options, mushrooms, eggplants, and cannellini beans are solid choices. I’ve never tried jackfruit or meat substitutes, but I bet someone else has.

6. Plate the starch, ladle the gravy over that, garnish with more fresh herbs/parmesan. Pour yourself another glass of wine and summon everyone in a two block radius to come eat

5. Once the sauce is close to perfect (and not watery), drink one (1) more glass of wine, and start your starch (pasta or polenta) and maybe slap a salad together (romaine, shallot & vinaigrette works for me)

4. Once everything is simmering away, add your seasoned protein, cover, drink one (1) glass of wine, work on a crossword puzzle, and let it do its thing for several hours until the protein is fall-apart tender

3. Then add tomatoes and simmer, breaking them up into smaller and smaller chunks with a spatula. I core & peel fresh ones in the summer and big cans of Cento in the winter. Add herbs. Don’t be stingy with the 🍅, you might be surprised at how many you need.

Mine is always an improvisation on various riffs I’ve picked up here and there, but here is my basic outline:
1. Season your proteins the night before
2. Start your sofrito at noon: I sauté tightly diced onions and celery in olive oil at a low temp and then cover to sweat ‘em for an hour+

Next time he’s here it will be for the tribunals 🙏

Considering that Saint Paul is actually poorer and less white than Minneapolis…

“belonging before belief” is the name of the game

If you live somewhere where you’re anticipating getting the Minnesota treatment, you could do worse to prepare than to join a mainline religious community (if you’re not allergic to that kind of thing)

Marge from Our Savior’s Lutheran potluck committee when she sees Fed Chuds:

Minneapolis' "playbook" is not the Viet Cong's; it's the organizational skills you develop as an active Lutheran.

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

yeah baby YEAH

commiserations to non-Dutch speakers, who will never know what this is about

I’m getting a little misty-eyed just reading about it

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all you medigans complaining that it’s not “gravy”: www.munchery.com/blog/history...

Inigo, you gotta at least have a little taste first 👨🏻‍🍳😘👌

Yes.