Sounds good

So good: Pasta in brodo

That's the very sad truth about Stock. The more you have around the more you use it until you don't have it then you don't use it.

When I make stock I will often freeze it in 2 cup amounts because it really doesn't keep very long in the fridge. And even then, I will go for that frozen bit of stock anytime I'm making a tomato based sauce, or rice or a soup or a stir fry or... the list goes on and on.

But right now, a big pile of angel hair pasta in a nice broth topped with buckets of really nice pungent and delicate parm on top...

And my efforts to keep from eating lunch this early are in trouble. Thanks to Mark Bittman, damn it. Can't eat now or i will be bonkitudinal on the Smack Down. I had plenty of breakfast. Ate it at 7:30 instead of 6:30, a delicious sandwich of Kale, cheese, egg, bacon and salami (times 2). I'm making a conscious effort to cut back the evening calories and adding more in the morning. So far I haven't added any weight, and that's a start.

I took a moment and read the whole 7 page thread here about Zanc. Mike's just one of those great guys. Man he really didn't like being called Jiggles. And I'll be honest. I love steel bikes but in my size I think they look silly, no slight meant towards the tall freaks with locally built and sweet ass ferrous bikes (Rich and MIF). Fat aluminum tubes just look "better" in the 60+ cm sizes than steel. All the years riding different bikes I did find the ride of aluminum more suited to me than anything else (for the record I have not tried carbon yet - so that leaves lugged, tigged steel and aluminum alloys). Every bike is different.

No doubt.

And there is no doubt that Mike's stuff is top shelf gorgeous. I know I lusted after that Speedvagen and Dan's bike is pretty off the hook amazing, but given the choice, and with cash in hand and the directive only to buy any Steel CX bike from a small shop, I would, without hesitation, place an order with Mike. Maybe he will hit the aluminum side of things at some point when i am in a position to hand him some cash for a frame.

Maybe I need to get working on that cookbook idea sooner than later.

Peidiwch da

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