And so it begins.

So after years of prodding from foodie friends, I have decided to start a food blog.  I thought I would focus on some of the more involved cooking projects I take on, and decided to call the blog, Will Work For Food, since the majority of the things I plan on discussing will involve some effort.  However, I found that name to be REALLY unoriginal and consequently, unavailable.  Next I thought, okay, how about Food Porn, a term I'm fond of.  No dice, taken.  How about A Pinch of This?  Nope.  For f***s sake.  How many food blogs are there?  I remembered the first time my sister and I tried to get a recipe for flour tortillas from friends and relatives down in Laredo.  Pretty much every conversation about it went the same way...

"You take some flour, salt, lard, and water, and you make a dough..."
"Okay, how much of each?"
"Al tanteo honey"

"Al tanteo" literally means "by estimate", but what it really meant in this context was, "you feel it" or "you'll know when it's right".  Really?  I'll know when it's right?   Seems unlikely given that I have NEVER made flour tortillas before and am asking you for the recipe.

Al Tanteo.  Sounds like a perfect blog name...  Donkey balls!  It's taken too.

So what I finally settled on is Turducken Was My Everest.   And it kinda was.   I made one about 12 years ago.  I followed the Paul Prudhomme recipe to the letter, with three different stuffings in each of the three birds, home made turkey stock, everything from scratch right down to the cornbread that went into the cornbread dressing.  It took me the better part of 3 days, and it was awesome.  My family has asked me to do it again, and that has been my response ever since.  It was my Everest, and now that I have climbed it and survived, I don't really want to be doing that again.

So stay tuned.  I don't think my posts will be that frequent, but when the do come the should be informative, and hopefully mildly amusing.  Next up will be a posting on making Paletas de Tuna, or Prickly Pear Cactus Popsicles for you gringos.