Mark here... Laurel and I just watched the next episode of Friday Night Lights, called "Mud Bowl". Laurel made us a delicious Lasagna with a side of garlic bread and I made us a caesar salad to accompany it.
This episode was a bit slow to start with, picking up some of what's been going on. To start with, there's an accident or fuel explosion near the field so the coach is forced to find a different location for the team to play the next game. They chose a nearby cow field to play on and it ends up raining the night of the game, which is where the title of the episode, Mud Bowl, comes from. Smash is still dealing with his bipolar girlfriend, who has struck up a friendship with Lyla Garrity. So far not a lot comes from this except his girlfriend is upset when Smash discloses her condition to Lyla.
Landry convinces Tyra to let him tutor her and promptly misreads their relationship. Then unexpectedly at the end of the episode, he is late in meeting her and she is assaulted by a guy in the diner parking lot. She manages to fight him off just before Landry shows up and turns to him for support. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and if Landry further misinterprets things. Clearly Tyra is shocked and in need of a friend.
Tim Riggins has also continued his relationship with his older neighbor and it still feels like this won't end well...
Laurel here...I just wanted to elaborate on Tyra a little...she fights off her attacker in the most bad ass way! He pushes her into HER truck to try and rape her, she pushes in the cigarette lighter and he doesn't notice during the struggle. then she BURNS HIM IN THE FACE!!! so awesome. It gives her enough time to get out of the cab, when he tries to follow her out she slams his wrist in the door repeatedly. such a bad ass. Hopefully she will see it that way and not see herself as a victim.
Also Lyla is so awesome this episode. Jason is feeling sorry for himself about not making the rugby team, and bummed about the lawsuit with the Taylors. He ends up kind of taking it out on her, not returning her phonecalls and being super mean to her when she comes over to check in. She throws a glass of water in his face and basically tells him to quit being a fucking baby and do something about it. At the next law suit meeting he steps up and puts an end to it by making a compromise deal that both sides can live with. Which seems to resolve things in a way where the Taylor's are off the hook financially.
Also Jason works a lot with Matt Seracen on his QB skills to help him get ready for the big game, and Matt kills it. Panthers are going to state! At the very end of the episode Coach Taylor asks Jason if he has ever thought about coaching...is there a job in Jason's near future? I hope so, I know I am sick of seeing him mope around.
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Friday, October 4, 2013
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Spinach and Prosciutto Lasagna
This recipe originally came from Cooks Illustrated, though I tweaked it a bit.
Ingredients
1 1/2 lb spinach leaves
lasagna
salt
5 tablespoons of butter
4 shallots
4 garlic cloves
1/4 cup flour
3 1/2 cups of whole milk
2 bay leaves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan
Prosciutto
1 cup cottage cheese
1 egg
fontina
First start by blanching about 1 1/2 lb of spinach for a minute in salted boiling water. Put in ice water then drain and let it cool. At the same time, fill a bowl with the hottest tap water and add some lasagna noddles, enough for several layers in whatever lasagna pan you will be using.
In a medium sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat. Finely chop the shallots and garlic and add. Stir and let the shallots soften then add 1/4 cup of flour. Stir about a minute and then slowly whisk in the milk. Bring to a boil and add bay leaves, nutmeg, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Reduce heat to low and whisk for 10 minutes. Remove the bay leaves and add parmesan. Reserve half a cup of sauce in a bowl covered in plastic wrap. Press the plastic wrap to the surface of the sauce to prevent it forming a skin. Chop the spinach and add it to the main sauce.
I forgot to add prosciutto earlier, so at this point I chopped some prosciutto, fried it til crispy in some butter and added it to the main sauce.
In a food processor mix cottage cheese, egg and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Spread the reserved sauce on the bottom of the lasagna dish, then layer noodles on top add spinach mixture, sliced fontina then noodles, cheese mixture, some grated parmesan, noodles, basically you get the idea. To be honest I can't exactly remember how I layered it, but the point is to top it with sauce and cheese (the noodles will burn if on top alone.)
I also didn't cover my lasagna, though the Cooks Illustrated version say to cover with foil. I like a little browned cheese on top. Cook at 425 for 20 minutes.
Ingredients
1 1/2 lb spinach leaves
lasagna
salt
5 tablespoons of butter
4 shallots
4 garlic cloves
1/4 cup flour
3 1/2 cups of whole milk
2 bay leaves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan
Prosciutto
1 cup cottage cheese
1 egg
fontina
First start by blanching about 1 1/2 lb of spinach for a minute in salted boiling water. Put in ice water then drain and let it cool. At the same time, fill a bowl with the hottest tap water and add some lasagna noddles, enough for several layers in whatever lasagna pan you will be using.
In a medium sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat. Finely chop the shallots and garlic and add. Stir and let the shallots soften then add 1/4 cup of flour. Stir about a minute and then slowly whisk in the milk. Bring to a boil and add bay leaves, nutmeg, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Reduce heat to low and whisk for 10 minutes. Remove the bay leaves and add parmesan. Reserve half a cup of sauce in a bowl covered in plastic wrap. Press the plastic wrap to the surface of the sauce to prevent it forming a skin. Chop the spinach and add it to the main sauce.
I forgot to add prosciutto earlier, so at this point I chopped some prosciutto, fried it til crispy in some butter and added it to the main sauce.
In a food processor mix cottage cheese, egg and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Spread the reserved sauce on the bottom of the lasagna dish, then layer noodles on top add spinach mixture, sliced fontina then noodles, cheese mixture, some grated parmesan, noodles, basically you get the idea. To be honest I can't exactly remember how I layered it, but the point is to top it with sauce and cheese (the noodles will burn if on top alone.)
I also didn't cover my lasagna, though the Cooks Illustrated version say to cover with foil. I like a little browned cheese on top. Cook at 425 for 20 minutes.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Who's Your Daddy?
Mark here... Laurel and I just sat down for the next episode of Friday Night Lights, "Who's Your Daddy?". I've made us a Spinach and Prosciutto lasagna. This episode was a real good one. The general plotline has the new QB from Louisiana that Buddy Garrity brought in vying against Matt Saracen for the starting position. But we also get to see a bit more of Tammi Taylor's character. Coach Taylor springs a party for the football team on her and she shines despite the last minute notice. The Coach sees no problem with whether the party is for 50 or 150, but Tammi, despite being pissed off, recognizes whats going on and pulls it off. Separately Matt clearly has a crush on the coach's daughter. This is a bit funny because early in the episode when Coach is giving Matt his "get your head in the game" speech, he tells him to get the girl he likes in the backseat of a car. Later in the episode the coach figures out who the girl he likes is.
We also get to see Jason Street in his rehabilitation center and his new roommate, who's a bit rough with him. At the end it turns out to be some tough love. Tyra makes an appearance to urge Jason on in one scene, but its a good scene, especially considering that both their significant others are fooling around. Which is interesting...I sort of forgive Lyla a bit because she at least feels guilty and has visited Jason. Tim Riggins is sort of a real dick. He hasn't visited Jason in the hospital and yet he's kissing his girlfriend (and making a point to tell her how much he thinks of her). I mean, come on! You are so torn and guilty you can't visit your best friend, but you have no problem making out with his girlfriend...and then chasing her?!?
Hi Laurel here. First of all, Mark's lasagne was amazing! Second I agree with Mark on all points. I really love this episode, it's the first we've seen that really embodies what I love so much about FNL...delving into the lives of all these people who so far we have just seen a glimpse of. We see for the first time the dynamic of Coach Taylor's marriage...Sometimes they disagree and sometimes they are upset with each other but at the end of the day they totally have each other's back and really go to great lengths to support each other. Some other wives would have used the poor party planning on coach Taylor's part to prove a point and let the party fall on it's face, but Tammy goes to great lengths to pull off the party to support her husband (and maybe to save face in the town but I really think it's mostly to support her husband). Her daughter does a lot to help out too, even though up to this point she has seemed like a bitchy rebellious teen in this episode we see her strong side. At the end of the day she too is willing to go to great lengths to support her family.
Also in keeping with what I really love about FNL is that we really get into Matt Seracen's drama this epsode. I love that the show really shows you a slice of life of what each of the characters are going through, and this episode we start to get a glimpse of what Matt is dealing with. Poor guy. His grandma has dimentia, and his Dad is away in Iraq so he is saddled with the responsibilty of caring for her. And from what we've seen of their interaction during videochat his dad doesn't really believe in him. It will be interesting to see how this effects Matt's choices. Right now he has a choice in his personal life and in his football life whether he is going to step up to the plate or whether he is going to retreat, we will have to see which way he goes for both. Also he gets beat up by a rival football team this episode and coach Taylor is the one who comes to pick him up from the hospital. Coach Taylor is put in the position of being his substitute father figure which maybe is good for both of them? Also Tyra is so awesome this episode. She goes to see Jason, who she is not super good friends with and gives him some straight talk (which he hasn't really heard from anyone so far about anything) about why Tim hasn't been to see him. (basically because he is being a baby.) but like Mark said Jason's new roommate gives him some straight talk this episode too which we can tell is good for Jason.
We also get to see Jason Street in his rehabilitation center and his new roommate, who's a bit rough with him. At the end it turns out to be some tough love. Tyra makes an appearance to urge Jason on in one scene, but its a good scene, especially considering that both their significant others are fooling around. Which is interesting...I sort of forgive Lyla a bit because she at least feels guilty and has visited Jason. Tim Riggins is sort of a real dick. He hasn't visited Jason in the hospital and yet he's kissing his girlfriend (and making a point to tell her how much he thinks of her). I mean, come on! You are so torn and guilty you can't visit your best friend, but you have no problem making out with his girlfriend...and then chasing her?!?
Hi Laurel here. First of all, Mark's lasagne was amazing! Second I agree with Mark on all points. I really love this episode, it's the first we've seen that really embodies what I love so much about FNL...delving into the lives of all these people who so far we have just seen a glimpse of. We see for the first time the dynamic of Coach Taylor's marriage...Sometimes they disagree and sometimes they are upset with each other but at the end of the day they totally have each other's back and really go to great lengths to support each other. Some other wives would have used the poor party planning on coach Taylor's part to prove a point and let the party fall on it's face, but Tammy goes to great lengths to pull off the party to support her husband (and maybe to save face in the town but I really think it's mostly to support her husband). Her daughter does a lot to help out too, even though up to this point she has seemed like a bitchy rebellious teen in this episode we see her strong side. At the end of the day she too is willing to go to great lengths to support her family.
Also in keeping with what I really love about FNL is that we really get into Matt Seracen's drama this epsode. I love that the show really shows you a slice of life of what each of the characters are going through, and this episode we start to get a glimpse of what Matt is dealing with. Poor guy. His grandma has dimentia, and his Dad is away in Iraq so he is saddled with the responsibilty of caring for her. And from what we've seen of their interaction during videochat his dad doesn't really believe in him. It will be interesting to see how this effects Matt's choices. Right now he has a choice in his personal life and in his football life whether he is going to step up to the plate or whether he is going to retreat, we will have to see which way he goes for both. Also he gets beat up by a rival football team this episode and coach Taylor is the one who comes to pick him up from the hospital. Coach Taylor is put in the position of being his substitute father figure which maybe is good for both of them? Also Tyra is so awesome this episode. She goes to see Jason, who she is not super good friends with and gives him some straight talk (which he hasn't really heard from anyone so far about anything) about why Tim hasn't been to see him. (basically because he is being a baby.) but like Mark said Jason's new roommate gives him some straight talk this episode too which we can tell is good for Jason.
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