MyndJack Radio Blog

Well folks, the long awaited results of the MyndJack Nosh Deli Recipe Contest are finally going to be posted.  After hundereds of thousands of millions of submissions, I have chosen one appetizer, one beverage, and one entree to make an entire meal.  A MyndJack “PooPoo” platter, if you will.

Anyway.

From OtherRobert a pretty nice sounding entree. May be too
complicated for a restaurant setting, but maybe not, and it sounds delicious.

PEPPER POPS (SPICED FRIED PIEROGIS) FROM OTHERROBERT

filling:
> mashed potatoes
> one package cream cheese
> 2 to 3 onions, diced
> 1 bell pepper, diced
> salt and pepper to taste

Let mashed potatoes cool. Sautee 2 to 3 onions with 1 bell pepper
in butter until golden. Let cool. Mix potatoes, onion, pepper, and
cheese together. Add salt and pepper to taste. Filling complete.

dough:
> 2-3 cups flour
> 2-3 eggs
> 1/2 to 1 cup cold water
> Put flour on board. Form well. Add the eggs and knead with flour.
> Add water as needed until the dough comes together. Form into log.
> Dough complete.

Slice and roll out a piece of dough. Use juice glass to cut out
pierogi shape. Add teaspoon of filling to center of cut dough. Fold
in half and seal with a fork. Boil in large pot of salted water for
10-12 minutes. Let cool. Brown in pan with butter to order.

For the Appetizer portion of the menu, I chose one of my own favorite recipes. (so sue me, I’m a damn good cook!) Thought it would be really good for an Aussie
place and relatively easy to prep and make in a restaurant setting.

Professor’s Stuffed Shrimp

> Jumbo Shrimp (peeled and veined)
> Pineapple cubed into half inch pieces or so
> Prosciutto (the thicker the better for this) cut into strips (approx. 1 inch)
> Chipotle Chile Powder.
> Skewers or Toothpicks
> Teriyaki sauce or similar

Take a shrimp and wrap it around a chunk of pineapple, then wrap a
piece of prosciutto around the circumference of the shrimp and skewer
the whole thing together with a toothpick or skewer. You can do them
individually or put 4 to 5 on a skewer (depending on the size of the
shrimp).

Grill 2-3 minutes on each side over high heat until shrimp is cooked
through and you have nice brown grill lines across the whole thing.
The Prosciutto will shrink slightly and help hold it together even better.

Sprinkle with chipotle chile powder and serve with side of Teriyaki sauce
or some other sweet/salty sauce.

And finally, from GoodNightIrene, a rather interesting sounding
blended bar drink which could serve as a desert cocktail or pre-dinner
cocktail. You may want to call this thing something else, because the name
does not sound particularly… um, appetizing, but nevertheless, I present to
you the “Blue Shart Waffle”

This is a frozen “blender” cocktail and is served in a margarita or
martini glass. The ingredients are:

> Blue Curacao
> Captain Morgan’s Coconut Rum
> Bailey’s Irish Cream
> Whipped Cream
> Chocolate Syrup
> Brown chocolate sprinkles
> 2 orange wedges

Recipe:

Line rim of glass using one of the orange wedges, then dip glass in a
bowl of chocolate sprinkles (to line it like you would with margarita salt)

Mix 3 parts Blue Curacao & 1 part Coconut Rum with ice in blender,
and blend until fully mixed and slushy

fill cocktail glass approx. 3/4 full with drink mixture.

Layer/”float” 1 oz. of Bailey’s on top of the drink using a spoon to
drop it lightly onto the surface, and spread across top of drink
lightly with back side of spoon

Top with a whipped cream “swirl” and a drizzle of chocolate-flavored
syrup. Garnish with remaining orange wedge

Note: For those who don’t like coconut, substitute regular white rum.

The added bonus of this most awesome concoction is the ability to
give the glass a “rimmer” to get the chocolate sprinkles after the
drink is gone!

Well folks, there you have it. The first ever “MyndJack Platter”. I hope you enjoy
these recipes as much as I enjoyed reading them all, and thanks to all
of you who submitted their own concoctions for consideration.

Professor Kast, out.

Well, as the countdown steadily heads towards the first auditions of season 3 of Myndjack Radio Idol, I figured it might just be time to say a few words in my new official capacity here.

First of all, I’m honored and a little horrified that I was chosen to replace Alan as a judge this season, and I hope to do the show the justice it deserves. I’m no Alan, whether that’s a good or a bad thing remains to be seen, but I can guarantee that I will do my best to be fair to the contestants and not discriminate due to site affiliation or other things like that.

Ok, so who am I and why am I even qualified to be a judge on this thing? I am a founding member of Myndjack Radio along with Myndrunner and a former contestant of the first season of MJI. I have been playing music for 30 years and play a wide variety of instruments as well as sing. As such, I know good music when I hear it, and have a very wide range of musical tastes, ranging from classical to progressive metal and beyond.

Now, as far as what I’m looking for in the contestants, here’s the deal. Bring what you’ve got, and bring it good. What I mean by that is if you are a good singer, bring that to the table, if you’re a clever spoofer, then bring it. I don’t care WHAT you do, as long as you do it well. Play to what strengths you have, but don’t just rest on your strengths. I want to see the growth and development of each contestant, to see their best get better, and their worst improve.

Most of all, I want to be entertained. Like I said, I have a huge range of likes as far as music goes, but one thing they all have in common is they are all highly entertaining. Either they have epic musical skill, epic songwriting skill, epic performance ability, or a combination of all three attributes.

So, there you have it. That’s what I’m looking for. Do what you do, and do it good, play to your strengths and improve your weaknesses, and entertain me. Get that, and you’ll get my approval.  Good luck to you all, and above all, have fun!  If you have any questions or comments, hit me up at professorkast@myndjack.com

Professor Kast.

With all the hype about our good friend Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and his choice to castrate himself for Allah on Christmas Day, it’s no real surprise that there’s been a bunch of people talking about him around the internet. Of course, the media has managed to latch onto a semi-catchy nick name for him, but as usual they’ve managed to come up with the blandest, most potentially inoffensive one they could find. I say BORING!!! Come on, there’s a ton of potential humor in the whole incident. Besides, in the face of this whole situation all you can really do to keep sane is to laugh about it. So, I’ve searched around and found 20 of the best nick names I could find for The Underwear Bomber, just to save the rest of you from having to do your own homework to get your giggles. No, no need to thank me. I’m looking out for all of you.

1. Long Dong Sizzle
2. The No Passport, No luggage, Crackled, Tackled, Shackled, Moved to First Class, Lonely, Nigerian, Rich Kid, Wanna Speak Arab So I Can Communicate With 72 Virgins Terrorist….
3. Blow-Nad the Barbarian
4. Fruit of the Boom
5. Farook Mc Thunderpants
6. Osama Bin Boomer Pants
7. Imafarookinidiot
8. The Unit Bomber
9. The circum-sheik-er-bomber
10. Spongebob McScortchypants
11. WM-BVD
12. The Can’t Be Sweatin on the PETN Bomber
13. The Turn Your Head and BOOM Bomber
14. Mr. Excrosion
15. Dud-ly Bushwacker
16. The Failed Phallic Flight Bomber
17. The Schlongignitor
18. The Eunuch Bomber
19. BVD-IED
20. Great Balls of Fire

There ya go, folks. If you come up with more great stuff, leave it in a comment. Maybe if we get enough hits on this, we can convince our friends in the mass media to start calling this genius something a little catchier than The Underwear Bomber.