I mentioned this meal in my Facebook status, and got a couple of requests for the recipe. Enjoy!

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In which an NY Times writer asks the important question: Do you need all that water to boil pasta?

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Here’s a nice winter meal to warm your bones.
Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
1 packet fajita seasoning
1 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
1 green bell pepper, cut into thin strips
1 poblano pepper, cut into thin strips
1 large onion, cut into thin strips
1 (14.5 ounce) can fire roasted diced [...]

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From the Washington Post’s Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury: “Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.”

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[Editor's Note: This should have been posted yesterday, but I had the day off from work, so I didn't notice that Shawn had sent me this post. Sorry about that.]
You must know by now that I am a Buffalo chicken man. I basically eat some kind of buffalo chicken at lease once every two days. [...]

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For this week’s Pigskin Recipe, I’m gonna show you my little twist on Jalapeno Poppers. If you can handle the heat, they make for fantastic appetizers. Damn, these are good. Now go Pats!
Ingredients:

1 pork tenderloin
1 can or jar of sliced jalepenos (keep the juice)
Bacon strips
1/2 large bottle of zesty Italian dressing
Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp liquid smoke
Green [...]

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From the Daily Mail UK’s Aspiring chef dies hours after making ultra-hot sauce for chilli-eating contest: “An aspiring cook who challenged his friend to a chilli-eating contest died just hours later. Andrew Lee, 33, had used a bag of home-grown red chillies to make a super-hot sauce. The forklift truck driver, who had recently passed [...]

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Even with the Pats on the bye this week, here is Stumpy’s PigSkin recipe. These are great steak tips, and since it’s still nice enough to grill, I thought I’d share then with you all. The sauce takes some time to make, but it’s worth it!
Ingredients for Marinating Steak Tips

3 pounds Steak Tips
1/4 cup red [...]

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Here a nice little spicy kabob you can grill up and enjoy. Since the Pats are going to grill the Dolphins, I thought shrimp was appropriate. NOW GET COOKING!
Ingredients

20 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 lime, juiced
2 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro
1 large clove garlic, minced
10 fresh jalapeno peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded
20 slices bacon
4 wooden skewers, [...]

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Here is the second installment of Stumpy’s Pigskin Recipe. I had these last week and they were awesome. I actually made more than this, about 5 lbs of chicken, but there were six guys eating them and frankly, I don’t think you have that many friends. So I made this version be enough for the [...]

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