THAI FOOD --WHAT WINE?

I planned an extraordinary Thai food dinner yesterday - chicken satay, pineapple fried rice, and a duck curry.  I made a big batch of sweet-sour cucumber relish because I love it with all the dishes.  Anyway - to my horror and wonder I found myself wineless.  What wine goes with all of this?  Certainly not a tannic red or my typical standby - champagne.  Then what?
I headed over to my favorite wine store for advice.  To my surprise The Wine Guy immediately responded with "Riesling."  I made the "ick" face.  "Are you kidding?  A semi sweet - (snivel, whimper, whine) wine??"  He walked me over to the rack while I listened to his pitch.  Mild sweet will counteract the spicy Thai food...

Reluctantly I accepted with a merlot back up plan.   I brought it home - and what was it?  A Rhein River Riesling, labeled:  bouquet of fresh peaches.  Sure... that's what they want me to taste...

BUT IT WORKED!  It was terrific.  A heavenly match.  I will recommend it and do it again in a hearbeat.  YUM.
Try it. 

SOLD A PAINTING TODAY

Thank God when you wake up and see your PayPal account has money in it!  Yesss!  Sold a painting off Etsy today so I'm feeling completely well and ready to paint some more stuff.  Sold the "Christmas on Mars" painting -- don't know if it is copied to Facebook or other popular sites, like my own website (insert moron face emoticon here).   I will miss it.  It was so marvelous.  I wonder if all painters miss their paintings.  I will need to learn to make prints.   I continue to paint.  Today was "Let's see how Acrylic Paint Becomes Glue."  The various canvases are drying in the kitchen. 
My second music video can be accomplished tomorrow: Sofa Session 2.   I will post it on Facebook.  Gotta think of a good song.  With good words.  No big words, either.    I go now.  The ads are crowding me over to the right.  I hate that. 
Love,
Yum is Why

The Black Swan

I saw this movie over the weekend with Fiance`.  It is about anorexic Nina, a young ballerina with an itch to perfectly perform the lead in Swan Lake.  The role of both the bad and good swan takes a toll on her little brain, already fragile from her life with Mommy - a bitter failure of a ballerina, who wants her daughter to achieve what she could not.
It's really good.  Go see it.  You'll see.  You won't want to be a ballerina. 

Oh now what:? 1/2/2011 already

So, after a weekend of indulgence and romance, I am here today to say Hey Let's Paint or Get Creative because Time is a Wasting.  It is already - oh my God-- 1/2/2011.
So, I painted.  Touched up some older ones and I have designs for others.
Getting my "let's pay taxes" list together for all the new money out on my new creative lifestyle.
Went to the stores for grocery and firelogs.  Fireplace engaged.
Have my "create stuff" list for tomorrow as well as my "do this chore list."
 
I need to be more active in the artistic community.  (Just saw "Black Swan" yesterday.)  Hope everyone likes me, Mommy...

Am I not funny or what?  Mommy!  I got the part!

Happy 2011

I know this will be the very best year for all of us so let's get going on it!
Yes!  You in the back!  You get going, too!   ALL OF US WILL HAVE A SPECTACULAR YEAR.
Love,
Yum is Why

Shredded Pork Burritos they would kill me if I told ya

SHREDDED PORK BURRITOS by YUM IS WHY and doggito is not just a hotdog in a tortilla..

This recipe will serve 10 to 12 people. You can freeze the cooked pork leftovers if you've made too much, so go ahead and make it all.
A crockpot works best so you can go about your day and not tend to the stove.

Ingredients:

5 lb. pork loin roast -boneless is easier
1 large sweet onion
garlic (real or the store bought chopped garlic in a jar) - use as much or little as you like
salt, pepper
Olive oil
Green Salsa Verde (store bought - I usually use LaVictoria brand)

Later you will need tortillas, grated cheese, cilantro, sour cream and assorted salsas for serving & eating...

How To:
Cut up the loin as you would for stew. Dry it off in small batches with a paper towel (so you don't boil it) and brown it small batches in some olive oil. Large batches tend to make too much moisture and you don't get it brown.

Cut up and carmelize the onion separately.

Place the browned meat in a very large crockpot, adding garlic, salt and pepper as you layer more and more meat in the pot. Add 1 jar of the green salsa. Add the onion.

Cook on low for 7 to 9 hours or high for 4 hours and low for 4 hours. Shred with two forks and serve. ENJOY.

The Fighter movie

I just returned from the theater.  Saw "The Fighter" starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams,  I loved it because I survived it.  Fights are great but make me squirm.  It's a movie -based on a true story- about an aspiring boxer -- Irish Micky Ward-- from Lowell, Massachusetts with the ugliest sisters on earth. He works to overcome his family dynamics and other Rockyisms in order to beat the crap out of his opponents.
Go see it.