My internet went off the other day and I'm a couple of photos behind so I thought I'd include them in with today's 50/50 shot.

This is the chili I cooked for Let's all get spicy and talk about it.  See the blog for the recipe.

I set up the camcorder on 3 second intervals to get a jerky overview of the entire process just for the fun.



I shot the photos with a Sony Alpha 700 using the kit lens.

I used two onions, four cloves of garlic, the whole can of tomato paste, extra cumin and chili powder, 6 squirts of Tabasco, and I substituted shredded 5 cheese blend for the sour cream garnish.

After chopping the onion and garlic, I set all the ingredients out on the counter.





I sauteed the onions and garlic and added the tomato paste, seasonings, and turkey



and then browned the turkey, I added the remaining liquid ingredients (I had to finish off the extra beer)



and brought it all to a boil.



Once things were boiling, I put on the lid, turned the heat down to simmer, and



made cornbread.



Chili is simmering and the cornbread is in the oven.  It smells great so it is time to get out some dishes.



Everything is finally done.  The cornbread doesn’t look like it usually does.  It could be the small egg or too much oil.  I’ll just have to wait and see how it tastes.



At this point, I think it was the small egg.  I should have used two of those.  It didn't rise right, but it tastes fine.

Now it is time to eat!!!!



Delicious!   If I cook this again, I’ll probably add a diced, deseeded jalapeno pepper, another onion, and more garlic.  I like spicy.

It was fun to play this game.  :-)

I can’t forget the stop action video I did for fun. Talk about fast food! 


Cooking Chili from jr cline on Vimeo.

At the photography group meeting, we talked about setting up some workshops on specific topics and about locations for future photowalks.  I think workshops are a great idea and we should be able to get that going this year.

I had a outstanding time, met some interesting new people from the APG, and ate twisted chips washed down with Blue Moon. 

Someone commented on the condition of my arteries when they saw the twisted chips.

Twisted Chips Nutrition Facts:

Fat – 137%
Cholesterol – 28%
Sodium – 89%
…………
Flavor – 200%

rofl
One of the nice things about being alone is I don't have to be concerned about the condition of my arteries.  If I want twisted chips it is no one's business but my own.  

After a two hour lunch at O’Charley’s, I headed down/up (whatever) the freeway to Whole Foods.  I picked up some hoppy beer from the brewers at the Yazoo Hop Project.  I have Yazoo Beer Project #25.



I also picked up the Blue Reyes Blue cheese I like ($19.00 lb).   I looked for Sophie Giraffe.   She wasn’t there and the two young women working in the department said the name sounded cool and they would like to see Sophie if I find one. lol  Like that will happen.

I have to toss this photo in for obvious reasons. At least obvious to me.

I discovered I need to go to the city more.  I’m just not accustomed to the heavy traffic.  Some days I drive all the way to work and all the way home and never see another car on the road.

All in all it was a pleasant Saturday afternoon.   I never did manage to go on a photowalk, maybe today.  No, can’t today.  I’m doing a cooking blog.  That will be plenty to shoot, compose and edit for one day.

Snow Day in Alabama from jr cline on Vimeo.

This is yesterday's attempt to record the snow fall using time lapse photography.  I set things up to take a shot every 10 seconds from around 9 am until dark around 5 pm. 
I learned a lot and any suggestions or advice will be appreciated.
Have a great weekend! 

My Life, January 2010 from jr cline on Vimeo.