So another day in the oilfield, whats for dinner. I reach into my cooler and pull out a perfectly wrapped package of meat, spicy Italian sausage. Thanks to my wife (who is the best) separates and wraps my portion size chunks of various animal meat, in cling wrap and butcher paper. Did I mention that my cooler stays outside, the temp is never above zero, out in the frozen tundra of northern North Dakota. So that means one thing Italian sausage and peppers, or something that resembles sausage and peppers. With my limited ingredients and even more limited cooking space and equipment I will ATTEMPT what is sure to be a edible meal. You see when you work in desolate places for weeks on end their isn't much to look forward to, so I use cooking and eating as a means of dealing with the monotony of day to day operations on a drilling rig. I now must rummage through what meager fresh vegetable I have and concoct a witch's brew of edible food. 2 peppers 1 red and 1 yellow, 1 onion, 3 jalapeno peppers and 8 frozen spicy hot Italian peppers.
The only available pot is a cheap imitation of a stew pot. I slice all peppers and onions, add them to pot , defrost sausage in microwave, add as well, salt pepper garlic and cook until peppers are reduced to almost nothing. My shacks smell, reminds me of days of young when mom would make her much better version of the above, (by the way my mom is the best cook in the world). So I serve myself and my MWD hand a plate of rig made Italian sausage and peppers with a side of warm sliced beets. As usual nothing remains in the pot for any stragglers that might wonder into my culinary wonderland.
This blog will be an attempt to capture some of the quirky strange happenings and mysterious meals that are concocted. I cant promise that it will be anything of interest to anybody or posted with any consistency. Now back to my Anthony Bourdain book Medium Raw.
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