30 Day Picture Shenanigans - Day 10

30 Day Picture Shenanigans - Day 10: Love Boats

Today's picture shenanigans has very little to do with me, other than the fact that I am left wondering what I have ever done to deserve my amazing family.

This afternoon I received a call from Mr. Sty while I was at work.  He asked what my plans for dinner were tonight and said that he had a "surprise appetizer" that he wanted to make.  A few hours later I received the following texts:

 (This would be our new arrival in the house...a half barrel of Bell's Oberon.  Possibly the best summer beer ever.  You may now start feeling twinges of jealousy.)

Mr. Sty: BE AFRAID!!!

Me: Yum to the beer and uhhhh...omg

Mr. Sty: Hahahahahaha...muahahahahahaha!!??!?!?!!

I walked in the door to this:

Those would be halved jalapeno peppers stuffed with slices of beef tenderloin and wrapped in bacon.  Remember a few posts ago when I said we have been hardly eating meat?  And then I wanted fried chicken?  Apparently this is Mr. Sty's fried chicken.  (He one-upped my food craving!  Jerk.)  He explained that a friend he was working with today mentioned having something similar to these somewhere last night and Mr. Sty said that once he started thinking about them, he couldn't stop. 

  (Holy crap, delicious.  But spicy.  They needed something, so I blobbed (that's a technical chef-term) some whipped cream cheese on top.  It was a delicious complement.)

Mr. Sty tasted his creation and then proceeded to state how awesome he was every few minutes for the next hour.  I actually agree.  I don't know what I ever did to deserve coming home to this.  Also, I don't know why he's been cooking so much lately (not that I'm complaining)...this blog (in it's mere 12 days of existence) has managed to capture 2 of 3 of Mr. Sty's solo cooking endeavors.  (Unless you count random hunks of meat thrown on a fire, but I don't.  Or chili...he's pretty good at that.  But that only happens once every two years.)  Anyway, we were trying to come up with a name for these tidbits of goodness.  The peppers look like boats, so we were thinking of goofy stuff like the S.S. Awesomes.  We settled on "Love Boats".  

When asked to describe them, Mr. Sty said, "It's the best damn appetizer known to man.  Period."  

Me: "Okay, describe what's in it."  

Mr. Sty: "It doesn't matter, that's all you need to know.  But if you'd like to know, it's a big huge ball of awesomeness that includes jalapeno, bacon, and "fillett miggnon".  And, to think, like, that appetizer alone will make me never fully stop eating red meat.  Because it is that awesome.  Cutting back is good.  Everything in moderation.  If there is red meat that I eat, it is because of these.  AND THAT'S WHAT'S UP!"  

Mr. Sty may have been slightly under the influence at the time of this statement.

My contribution to dinner ("dinner" was not needed since 20 beefy-bacony-spicy skewers is like an appetizer only to the Jolly Green Giant) was grilled vegetable skewers (because I needed to counteract the meat intake with something).  There are vidalia onion chunks, red cabbage, mushrooms, zucchini, and bell peppers.  I threw on some olive oil, salt, and pepper and grilled until tasty.

So now we are very full.  Also, Oberon goes down waaaaay too easy, especially when you are eating spicy things.  So now we are also a bit (a lot) tipsy (drunkish)...on bacon (on beer).