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Hello Minxers, Guest blogging for Raymi is somewhat akin to Kenny Jones replacing Keith Moon in The Who. Yeah it’s a drummer analogy – cause I’m a DRUMMER beeauch! I cannot possibly fill her stylish-assed boots, so I’ll just plod along and be a good guy like kenny did back in 1979. Besides I’m pretty fuckin’ jazzed that RTM is actually finishing her long awaited book so I’m happy she asked me to fill in here.

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What the fuck should I do though? You don’t really want to see me in all kinds of sparkly, tiny clothes – looking hot, drunk and hilarious do you? Didn’t think so.. Instead I’ll try to take you deep inside this bald head with a snapshot of a couple of days in my life. First up, what I like to do in my household.

What, you may be asking your addled self, does a 43 yr. old, bald, father of two do all day, besides lurk on raymitheminx.com? Well, like the owner of this blog, I also like to cook, eat, drink, and experiment with Hair Colour.

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Today I’ll focus on the cooking. Actually, that’s what I do most days, since it’s really one of my favourite things to do. You know the saying – “do what you love”? More and more I try to ONLY do that. Life is too frikkin” short to focus on the shit you hate, so most days at home, I cook for my family. This past sunday I impulse bought some Beef Short Ribs whilst out getting some Pork Shoulder for that nights’ dinner of SLOW BRAISED CARNITAS. Yeah – sometimes I get excited when meat looks good raw. The Carnitas turned out great, though next time I’d halve the spices – especially the chile and cayenne. My 9 yr old can handle the heat, but her 11yr old sister can’t. Fucking Panty Waist!!! I love the recipe in that link – as it actually comes close to the velvety, falling apart chunks of aromatic pork I had this summer in Redmond, Washington at THE MATADOR. Ah, the exotic locales you visit when you’re in a travellin’ band! Funny though, after 20 years of being in BNL, I tend to remember the places where we had great meals, and I often either seek them upon a return there (sometimes to find out the’ve been demolished and replaced by Best Buy or Starbucks) or I try to replicate them when I get back to my own fabulous Kitchen.

What was I talking about? Oh yeah Ribs!

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Normally I cook Pork Ribs on my BIG GREEN EGG but today these meaty Beef Ribs are gonna be slow braised (fall is slow braisin’ season, apparently)in a Red Wine, Port and Thyme reduction. The recipe can be found in here:

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Gratuitous knife Porn??

I rubbed those ribs with a herb mixture called NAPA VALLEY MERITAGE Hello Sea Salt, Anise, Rosemary, Garlic, Lavender, Chiles etc.

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I’m gonna serve the Ribs over some braised swiss chard and these medium Pearl onions. Pearl also make my drums…HA!

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I need my apron.

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After browning the Ribs in a nice hot cast Iron pan, and forgetting to photograph that step (I’m new at this shit, how does Raymi do it??), I put them in a braising pot with the Red Wine/Stock reduction that I also didn’t shoot, and cooked them at 325 for 2 hrs on Convection. In the meantime, my kids came home from school, and my Wife put out some snacks. Chips and Salsa and popcorn. Hmm?? Are we having company?? Yowsa, neighbourhood gal pals over for a swim in the back yard.

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Like Raymi and joey did A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK (can you find a picture on your blog of you and SASS from that day and link to it? I couldn’t find one and It’s late! Sorry)(no time sorry rushing to get out of this fucking town -raymi) Turns out the naybes stayed for dinner too. Luckily there was enough to share.

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That was my afternoon and evening, Raymites. Pure enjoyment with food, family and friends. Now this is where The Minx would go out and rock T.O. till 2 AM, all glorious mess in living colour. Carousing, drinking, dancing and posing paparazzi style all up in your grill. Conversely, Whitey’s, this is where I go off to bed. Tomorrow I have to be up early to MEET TELEVISION STARS AND PLAY MUSIC FOR THE HUMANS WHO WATCH THEM.

More on that tomorrow… as Raymi makes her way back from wherever-the-christ she went. Cin Cin, Troopers.

Uncle Tyler

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