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"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
11/03/2016 at 23:20 • Filed to: None

I cooked up some sausage, potato, sauerkraut soup in your honor. Plus we got rain today and it wasn’t 100F outside so I took the opportunity to make some soup. The store didn’t have any Old Style so I’m drinking Pabst because I’m a piece of shit. Prost!

DISCUSSION (14)

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti
11/03/2016 at 23:26

I think PBR is an acceptable substitute. That looks good, btw. I also see you are not messing around, and got the 32 ouncer. Bold move.

Clown Shoe Pilot > ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 23:26

a red bull can shy of a 40

DipodomysDeserti > Clown Shoe Pilot
11/03/2016 at 23:35

I drank a 40 of Hurricane last night, so I figured I’d take it easy tonight : )

Speed > DipodomysDeserti
11/03/2016 at 23:39

Good call on the Pabst. When I am broke as hell that’s what I buy.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 23:42

Thanks! It turned out well. Not that you can really screw up sausage, potatos and sauerkrat. You could probably make a smoothie out of it and it would still be delicious.

DipodomysDeserti > Speed
11/03/2016 at 23:57

Sometimes I feel like drinking a real crappy, honest beer. Sometimes too good of a beer can ruin a meal.

Speed > DipodomysDeserti
11/04/2016 at 00:06

I absolutely agree. I’m a bit of a beer snob, but I’ll down a Miller if it’s all someone has in the fridge. When I lived in PA, Yuengling was my go to. For whatever reason they don’t distribute to KY. Here Pabst is my “fuuuuuck I’m so broke I shouldn’t buy beer but I have to because it’s Friday”, Sam is my usual go to and Stone is my usual craft favorite although I’m continuously trying new brews.

I totally agree though. I actually don’t like paring great beer with great food because it’s like they’re fighting more my attention rather than complimenting one another. Wine’s another story, but with beer I like shitty beer with my meals and craft by it’s lonesome.

DipodomysDeserti > Speed
11/04/2016 at 00:15

Yep, I’m right there with you. My real cheap go-to beer is Simpler Times which I get at Trader Joes for $3.99 for a sixxer. That or a 40 of Hurricane for $2.50. I’ve been trying to cut down in my beer intake, and have been replacing it with whiskey and tequila, but sometimes you just need a brew.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti
11/04/2016 at 08:40

Probably so. I like to take a few sausages with kraut and potatoes and cook them in a large skillet for about an hour with a bottle of beer. I also pour a bottle into the skillet.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn
11/04/2016 at 08:43

That’s pretty much how I made this. Added an onion, garlic, thyme, celery, seasoning, and some begetable stock. Simmered for 1.5hrs. I should have saved some sausage and potatoes for a breakfast burrito.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti
11/04/2016 at 08:44

I would like to subscribe to your cooking magazine.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn
11/04/2016 at 08:57

I might start posting some stuff up. I’m an amateur and don’t always do stuff the “correct” way, but I’ve found a sweet spot where I can cook good, healthy, quickish, homemade meals with a minimal amount of ingredients and hardware. I also have two young kids so I can give some insight into what they’re likely to enjoy.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti
11/04/2016 at 09:05

I would be interested in reading that. I’ve got a 14-year-old who eats just about anything, and likes spicy SW food. My 11-year-old twins would eat spaghetti or hamburgers every day.

I like to remind people that the word amateur comes from the Latin word meaning love . The word has come to have a connotation of somebody who does something poorly, but it really means somebody who does something because they love doing it. Some people just have a sense for what will taste good, and a recipe just serves as a general outline.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn
11/04/2016 at 10:02

Awesome. Most of the stuff I cook is spicey Latin American and Spanish dishes. I cook a lot of Italian food as well as I was raised in an Italian family. The Midwestern/German style foods I usually save for when the weather starts to turn. My three and six year-olds have pretty developed pallets, as my wife and I never fed them “kid food”. They always ate what we were eating. We’ve travelled a lot in Europe with them, so they’ve both experienced a lot of different types of food as well. I introduced them to spicy food at a young age so they wouldn’t be averse to eating dishes with some soul in them as they got older. \

They love seafood, which I don’t cook a lot of since we’re in the middle of the desert. My six year-old always asks me to make her “those red steaks” (seared Ahi tuna) and if I ever get scallops at a restaurant my three year-old will eat all of them. However, being three and six, whenever they’re in a mood or tired, all they’ll eat is hamburgers or spaghetti. They both told me they hated soup when they saw what I was cooking last night (who hates soup?) then both finished their bowls when they saw it had sausage in it.