Thursday, April 10, 2008

Cooking with Dr. Monkey

Tonight's episode: Or Dr. Monkey style potato salad and spicy chicken breasts.
I started out by washing those three red potatoes and peeling the other one. Then I cubed them all into bite sized chunks and I put them on to boil.
Next I chopped up a half cup of fresh parsley and I put it into the food processor with about three tablespoons of Dijon mustard and 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil and I pulsed it all together until it was all well blended. Next I sauteed three small garlic cloves, one third of an onion, and about one fifth of a diced up red pepper.

Hold on there Mr. Monkey. Stop everything!
Who said that? What's going on here?
I said that. Me. Mrs. Mae Webb Stephens. I'm sick and tired of your pretentious wanna be gourmet cooking posts. You need to stop them this instant! Instead of doing posts about froo froo pansy ass food you need to do food posts that feature good old American God fearing recipes. You know, things like Velveeta Dogs, Tuna Surprise, Corn Potato Wiener Bake, Ritz Crackers and mayonnaise, mayonnaise Sandwiches, and Tater Tots with Tarter Sauce with mayonnaise on the side. Now those are some good old Protestant Jesus loving dishes that anyone would be glad to eat or to take to a pot luck supper at their local church. I insist that you start cooking stuff like that this instant. All your talk of spices, flavors, herbs, and low fat cooking has me pretty steamed, why I bet you're hiding Communists in that kitchen of yours! In fact, I'm so sure of it I'm going to call whoever took J. Edgar Hoover's place at the FBI and I'm going to tell them to investigate you as soon as possible.

I apologize for that interruption. I have a feeling that won't be the last time we hear from Mrs. Mae Webb Stephens. Anyway, next I chopped up some celery and I put it and the dressing and the sauteed stuff in a big metal mixing bowl. Next I heated up my frying pan and I put in some oil, a dash of Vindaloo spice (it's a spice mixture we got a few years back at Satan's Breath Spices in Beaufort, NC), a teaspoon of paprika, and some cracked black pepper. When my spicy oil got hot I put in my chicken breasts. When the potatoes were soft I put them into the bowl with the dressing and the other veggies and I mixed the potatoes and everything else around until everything was coated with the mustard/olive oil/parsley dressing.When the chicken got done I served it up with the potato salad and some carrot sticks. It was all very flavorful, spicy, and low fat. The potato salad can be served warm or you can make it ahead of time and serve it cold from the fridge. It was tasty both ways as I had it warm at supper that night and ate the rest of it cold with my lunch yesterday.

11 comments:

Dr. Zaius said...

Jeepers! Mrs. Mae Webb Stephens is sure a grouch.

Karen said...

There's a spice store called "Satan's Breath"? I'm so there.

Deepti said...

Once again, yum.

Pilkey said...

Beaufort is beautiful. I spent most of my childhood summers at the Duke Marine Lab right smack dab between Beaufort and Morehead City. We'd boat out to Shackleford Banks, an uninhabited island owned by the Park service, and hike through the maritime forest and over the large dunes to the ocean front beach. We'd usually have the place to ourselves. Great place to find shells.

dguzman said...

Oh Monkey, can you please make the corn pone weiner shit or whatever the hell that was? only do it vegetarian, please!

lulu said...

I'll cook for you if you cook for me.

Mnmom said...

I'm surprised Mrs. Mae Webb Stephens didn't mention jello or garlic powder and even MORE surprised that she has two last names!! Who's hiding Communism NOW Mrs. Webb Stephens?? Hmmmmm????

Freida Bee said...

I like my nurses like I like my maxi-pads... and with potato salad on the side. It makes me feel fresh.

Mel said...

Can I adopt you as my personal Chef??
P p p pleeeease :D

Dr. Monkey Von Monkerstein said...

Dr. Z-Tasty food pisses her off.

Captain K-I'll email you the link to Satan's Breath if you like.

Jane-Once again, thanks. :)

Saltlick-I was on that island years ago in the late 70's. I got sun burned so bad that my back blistered. But the island and the waters around it were beautiful.

WC-Thanks.

Dguzman-No way in hell I'm making that.

Lulu-Deal. You come to TN and I'll cook for you.

MNMom-Mae will be back and I imagine she'll extoll the virtues of Jello.

Freida-I'm all for whatever makes you feel fresh my dear. ;)

Mel-Sure you can hire me, but you need to know I don't come cheap.

Dean Wormer said...

I was sure you'd do Soylent Green this week in honor of Chuck Heston.