Soundtrack:
Ministry, The Land of Rape and Honey, 1988
Ministry, Trax Box! disc 2, 2015
It's been a while since the last post, so I figured this site needed a bit of rework.
Lately I have been cooking with my noise-cancelling earbuds in, while listening to music from my collection for inspiration. Today started with Ministry's third album, 1988's The Land of Rape and Honey. Marking their departure from Twitch's industrial dance music (1986) into hardcore punk, TLoRaH is a violent album, aggressive music and lyrics with copious profanity and violent themes. Not an easy listen, but great for a background to a creative process such as cooking...
Trax Box! disc 2 contains early demo tracks, some never before released before, providing an audio trip back to 1983. Some are demo and alternate mixes of songs from album With Sympathy, but some are new (to this listener) songs in their 1983 New Wave style. Track "The Game is Over" is my standout, instantly transporting me back 41 years to that era...
Anyway, back to the food. The chicken thighs were trimmed and briefly soaked in a lemon/garlic/rosemary/olive oil/oregano marinade, then roasted.
The baby potatoes were boiled maybe 15 minutes until tender, then crushed on an oiled baking sheet, and roasted.
Chicken Rice-a-Roni was enhanced with sauteed onion, garlic, and a can of canellini beans, brought to a simmer on the stove, then finished in the oven with the broccoli steaming in the rice mixture.
When all had cooked, the chicken drippings had the fat mostly removed and concentrated, then a cornstarch slurry was added and cooked in to make lemony chicken gravy.
I washed it all down with what is becoming my signature martini - a Lime Veev-tini: 1 part Veev acai berry liquor, 2 parts lime vodka, and 4 parts plain vodka, poured over an ice ball in a beverage glass.
Tasty and warming for a cold winter night!
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