Remember Me?

Gotcha didn't I? You thought that was going to be about the movie didn't ya! HA! Sucker

"Good one CC."
"Thanks Rob."

It was a more of a "Hey um, I totally haven't posted in awhile. Remember me?"

So why haven't I posted?

• I'm generally lazy sometimes.

• I went to a work conference. Some drunk tweeting resulted.
  

• Two weekends ago I developed a death virus that morphed my sinuses into torture devices. Then I started coughing so much I started to sound like a barking seal. It's been awesome.
  

Yeah, I'm whiny when I'm sick. You got a problem with that?

• I may or may not be writing a one shot. It's the first bit of creative writing for me since probably high school, if not earlier, so it's taking me a loooooooonnnnnggggg ass time to write. So I've been distracted with that.

• I was planning on putting up an awesome recipe for black bean burgers as my next post. Mini-E was totally set to help me make them too. But then I had a total cooking fail. You see, I hadn't made the recipe for ages, and I only quickly glanced at the recipe. I obviously didn't look close enough because I changed 1 cup of cooked rice to 1 cup uncooked rice. Of course, if I'd realized this BEFORE tossing the rice in, it would have been fine. Tragically I did not. Instead I cursed and made Mr. CC go out and get me more beans. The recipe gave me a few more than the usual 5 burgers. I ended up making 20. By the end I was tired, hungry, covered in salsa and I didn't give a flying fuck about posting. I now have a freezer full of black bean burgers. Anywho, here's the recipe! Enjoy and for the love of all things holy don't add too much rice in.
  

Cullenary Curser's Black Bean Burgers

1 Can Black Beans, drained and rinsed.
1 small onion, finely diced
1c of cooked rice
2 cloves garlic, minced*
1 tsp chili powder, ground cumin*
Tabasco sauce to taste.*
1 egg
1/4c plain bread crumbs
1/4 salsa (the hotter the better in my opinion)

Preheat oven to 350F.

Mash beans with potato masher. Add rice and continue to mash until combined.

Add onion, garlic, spices, bread crumbs, egg, and salsa. If you just made the rice and it's still hot, add everything but the egg and stir. Wait 10 minutes until mixture has cooled, then add the egg. Trust me, otherwise you'll end up with scrambled eggs in with your black bean burger mixture.

Form into 5-6 burgers and place on wax paper on plate. Place in freezer for 10 minutes.

While burgers are in freezer, warm up an oven proof frying pan with 1-2 tbsp of cooking oil. Add burgers once the oil is hot, flipping once after 5 minutes. Don't flip them more than once, they hold together well, but will fall apart with excessive flipping. Fry 5 minutes longer (they should be nice and brown on both sides), then place in oven for 10 minutes.

Things I've topped these with: avocado, roasted red peppers, onion sprouts, romaine lettuce, sour creme, salsa, cheddar cheese, roasted jalapenos, etc. You get the idea. Enjoy.

*These are just guidelines. What I've posted makes a mild burger. Want some more oompf - add 2 more cloves of garlic, double the chili powder, add some chili flakes, and lots of Tabasco sauce and use hot salsa.

I promise my next post will be more exciting. I'll be presenting my results from my hangover prevention research.