Fat Ho Burgers

One of the good things about hard economic times is that it gives rise to new business started up by people who think outside of the box.

One such business is in Waco, Texas and it is a new burger joint. The name of the new burger joint is “Fat Ho Burgers”.

The New Joint

The lady who started the new burger joint wanted a cool name for her place and also something that you will never forget. Well mission accomplished with the name Miss Evans.

Miss Evans also picked the name of the place as a joke to lighten the mood during such hard times in Texas. “The economy is bad. Somebody gotta keep a sense of humor around here.”

Miss Evans

According the news site where I read this story, business there is doing great. And if Waco was not so far away from me, I would come in and get the “super fly ho with cheese” and a “tiny ho” meal for each of my kids.

My hat is off to you Miss Evans for standing up in the middle of a recession and in the bible belt of Texas (who protested over the name of the place) and coming up with a creative name for your burger joint. I hope your business is a huge success.

A Fat Ho Customer

Edited To Add: Some of you asked for their website with the menu, so here you go.

And some of you also asked if they sold stuff (like t-shirts) and apparently they do see stuff and you can get it here.

Meal Mondays – Shrimp Pasta Salad

Here is another from my series of “Meal Mondays” and this one is Shrimp (or as they say in the dirty south, skrimp) Pasta Salad. This is a great meal which is good served hot or cold and can be used as left overs for days.

The only down side to this meal is that you need a large Tupperware that you can mix up the salad in and also use to store the leftovers.

Ingredient List:

1) 3 bags of mixed pasta.
2) 3 cans of slice black olives.
3) 1 jar of grated parmesan cheese.
4) 3 pounds of peeled, cooked, tail less shrimp.
5) 1 jar of pesto.

Preparation:

1) Boil the 3 bags of the pasta in a large pot.
2) Defrost and cook the shrimp in a large skillet with some butter over low heat. Be careful as to not overcook the shrimp as they will shrink a lot when cooked.
3) When the pasta is done, drain the pasta and put the pasta into the large Tupperware.
4) Mix in the shrimp with the pasta.
5) Mix in the whole jar of the pesto.
6) Mix in the 3 jars of the black olives.
7) Mix in the grated parmesan cheese.
8) Thoroughly mix all the ingredients together and serve.

Then sit back and enjoy the mixture of flavors as you devour the pasta. This meal to me is a quick easy one to make and it will last you forever. I eat a bunch of this hot and then take it to work to eat for lunch for 3 or 4 days.

My Lunch Box

Last week I wrote about how my daughter has started making my lunch each day so that I can be a little healthier and save some money at the same time.

I received a few comments and a few emails from readers asking what kind of a lunch box it was. So I thought I would take a picture of it and share it with you so you can see for yourself.

So here you go my lovely trash followers, here is the now famous lunch box. The contents of the lunch box are left over pizza from last night, a cup of Kroger brand peach fruit on the bottom yogurt, a Gala apple, and today's Houston Chronicle news paper.

Yes I read the news paper every day at lunch time, it helps keep my mind relaxed, fresh, and up to date on the current events going on the in world. And since I am sure that you are curious, I read the sports page first, followed by the business section, the local section, the front page, and then the lifestyle section (which contains the funnies).

I should take requests from all of you more often.

BBQ RULES

Since the warm weather is arriving, that means we are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity. When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine...

(1) The woman buys the food.

(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.

(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.

(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part:

(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine...

(6) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.

(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat.

Important again:

(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine...

(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:

(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed ' her night off ' and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women!

I hope all you have a great weekend!!! Sorry about having to post an old joke I got in an email from a friend, but I have family in from out of town and I did not have time to write a typical Oilfield Trash post.

I Am Appreciated A Little

A while back I wrote a post about how I did not feel appreciated at all. I was really depressed and was just down about some things which were going on in my life.

Well a week or so later my daughter asked me when I got home from work what I had to eat for lunch. I told her that well I was not eating lunch and had not ate lunch at work in months because I was trying to save money and also trying to lose some weight.

My daughter told me that it was not acceptable for me to not eat lunch every day. She then asked me if I wanted her to make me lunch every morning while she is making her lunch. I told her no, that it was not necessary for her to do that. She is not one who takes the word no lightly.

On my way home from work she called me and told me that I need to stop at the store and buy the stuff that I would like to have in my lunches. And she told me that if I came home without going to the store for lunch stuff, that there would be “hell” to pay.

So I stopped at the grocery store on the way home from work and dropped about 50 bucks on lunch meat, bread, sliced Swiss cheese, apples, pears, oranges, fruit cups, and yogurt. When I walked through the door my daughter ran to me and gave me a big hug for listening to her.

The next morning I woke up and found that she had already made my lunch and put it inside one of her old lunch boxes. I took it to work and ate all the contents of what she had packed for me. But the most important thing that she packed for me was a little left over Valentines cards (the type that kids pass out at school) that told me how much she loved me. I almost cried right there at the lunch table in the break room at work.

On my way home from work that day I stopped at the store and bought my daughter a half gallon of her favorite Blue Bell ice cream for just being so sweet.

Since that day my daughter asks me in the morning each day if I would like her to make me a lunch. I of course tell her that she does not half to do so, but every day she still makes my lunch.

I am glad to know that I have at least instilled a little bit of my loving nice nature in her. And I am also glad to know that I am indeed appreciated a bit at home. Now if I could just get her and her brother to stop fighting so much I think home will be perfect.

Sucking Head And Eating Tail

This is not a story about me getting head and getting my salad tossed you bunch of perverts. This is a story about something that I love to eat and that is boiled crawfish.

You see here in Texas it is officially crawfish season now. The only season I love more than crawfish season is football season. And well you all know exactly how much I love football season.

All of the restaurants here are now serving fresh boiled crawfish. I love going and sitting outside on a patio with some friends and my kids, and throwing down five to ten pounds of crawfish in a sitting. Just a couple of weekends ago I took my kids and went to a place and met some friends for some dinner time crawfish.

If you have never eaten boiled crawfish, than get your ass to Houston or anywhere in Louisiana and get you some. There are tons of places in and around Houston to eat them at. Ragin Cajun, Big Woodrows, The Crawfish Shack, Papas Seafood, The Mardi Gras Grill, and Guildry’s are all great places to consume them.

They are best with (and usually served with) corn on the cob and red potatoes.I often like to have a big huge bowl of gumbo when I am eating crawfish, or some spicy french fries.

My love affair with these little bugs is shared with my Cajun “cousins” over in Louisiana. They love them so much over there that the crawfish has been named the state animal. They even have their own version of Charlie Brown’s “Great Pumpkin” remade into the “Great Crawfish”. Now that is what I call love for an animal.

I know some of you are saying that the Bible says we are not supposed to be eating them bottom feeders of deliciousness. I don’t care because I am pretty sure that if the writers of the bible had ever been to Louisiana and had themselves a crawfish boil, that these bottom feeders would not be banned from eating.

Well I was on a diet; I guess I will resume my diet at the end of July when crawfish season is over.

You Delicious Fatty Bastard

I wanted to take a minute to tell you about what I had for lunch yesterday. You see a new place just opened up three miles from my work that I just had to eat at.

I am addicted to this place like a fish is addicted to water. No scratch that, I am addicted to this place like OJ Simpson is addicted to white women. No that isn’t right, I am addicted to this place like Bill Clinton is addicted to interns and cigars. Yea that is it.

I have been to this lovely restaurant many times when I travel to Atlanta and through the South, but here in Houston there is just one location. And that one location is not in a convenient location for me to eat at when at home or at work as it is 60 miles from home and takes too long to get to from work during my lunch hour.

That is until recently when the second location opened up.

Now this place mainly serves up some great French fries, burgers, and shakes. And well since I am a true red blooded American, I love me some good burgers.

Ladies and gents I give you……………



Steak N Shake.


I know some of you are thinking that Steak N Shake ain’t anything to write home to momma about, but to me it is. You see outside of the one location which is not convenient for me to get to, the next closest Steak N Shake is light years away from my house. And you know how it is; you want stuff that you can’t have. So I have been craving this place for a long time.

I also know that some of you have never even heard of Steak N Shake, and well I truly pity you fools who have never had a meal from Steak N Shake. Go to their website and find the closest one to you and go eat there. You may or may not like it, but how often can you say you ate a 50’s style burger joint?

On this glorious day, I had the double meat chipotle burger with fries, a coke, and followed up with a strawberry milkshake. Then shortly after eating, I proceeded to fall into a deep coma at my desk.

The burger alone was worth the 5 bucks as it was better than licking Natalie Portman between her legs  absolutely delicious.

Now that I have had my burger fix, I will leave you with this picture as my gift to you. Don’t ever say I never shared anything with you.

Meal Mondays – English Muffin Pizza

Here is another great meal in my series of Meal Mondays that you can make which is quick, easy, and if you have kids you can get them to help make the pizzas. This way it exposes your kids to cooking and they get an easy meal, a win-win situation.


Ingredient List:

The ingredients listed here are the ones I usually use. You do not have to use pepperoni; you could use ham, bacon, just cheese, or whatever toppings you want. I use pepperoni as they are the easiest to deal with.

1) 1 package of at least 6 English Muffins.
2) 1 small jar of pizza sauce.
3) 1 medium package of mozzarella cheese.
4) 1 package of sliced pepperoni.


Preparation:

The preparations for the English muffin pizzas are easy as well.

1) Cut the 6 muffins in half.
2) Use a spoon to smear some pizza sauce all over each muffin.
3) Sprinkle some mozzarella cheese on each muffin.
4) Place a dab of pizza sauce in 3 spots on top of the cheese which makes the shape of a triangle.
5) Place a slice of pepperoni on each of the 3 dabs of pizza sauce.
6) Place all of the pizzas on a baking sheet.
7) Back all of the pizzas for 5-10 minutes at 350F.


Once you take the pizzas out of the oven let them stand for about 5 minutes until they cool some. Then serve them up to your hungry household. Your kids will love the pizzas that you let them help make and you have kids with a full belly, which hopefully will be followed by the kids napping and a mixed drink or other tasty beverage for you. Enjoy.

Meal Mondays – Jalapenos

Well I said from time to time I would write about different things and recipes, so here goes my first recipe in a series I will call “Meal Mondays”. And this one is a little gem called “Bacon wrapped, cream cheese filled jalapenos.”

Now I did not invent this meal, but I did perfect it (well at least in my mind I did). This jalapeno filled greatness is best served as an appetizer when you are grilling some bbq, steaks, or fajitas. And you can either put them on the grill or bake them in the oven.

Ingredient List:

The ingredients to this meal are simple and limited to four items, and should serve 4-6 people. Unless you are a greedy bastard like I am, then your friends/family/guests will not have as many. You will see what I am talking about when you get them finished and are eating them.

1) 20 of the largest jalapenos you can find at the store.
2) 1 jar of tooth picks.
3) 1 package of bacon.
4) 1 container of spreadable Philadelphia Cream Cheese.


Preparation:

The preparation for the peppers is very lengthy and tedious I will say, but it is SO WORTH it when you are eating them.

1) Take the jalapenos and slice off the tail end of each one.
2) Slice the jalapenos length wise down the middle of the pepper.
3) Take each jalapeno and take out all of the guts and seeds. You can use a small knife for this step but it is really easier if you have a little melon baller to use.
4) Rinse all of the peppers off in the sink to make sure you get all of the seeds out. And set them in a colander to dry. At this point if you bought 20 peppers, you should have 40 halves to eat.
5) Take the cream cheese and with a butter knife slowly spread the cream cheese into each half of the jalapenos and set them aside on a baking sheet.
6) Take the package of bacon and open it and slice the bacon (all at once) in half.
7) Then take a slice of the back and wrap it around a jalapeno and put a tooth pick through the bacon into the pepper until it comes out the other side of the bacon. Repeat this step until you have done all of the jalapenos.
8) Either bake the peppers in the oven at 350 for 20-30 minutes until the bacon is crispy (this is due to the different thicknesses of bacon). Or put them on the gas or charcoal grill for 30-40 minutes.

Now that you have cooked them I would let them cool for around 5-10 minutes. Then prepare yourself for the oral orgasm you are about to have.

You get a crispy bite at the beginning followed by hotness from the pepper chased up with a cool sensation from the cream cheese. Your guests will thank you for the delicious meal you cooked for them.

I would recommend using the oven to cook them as it has less flare ups from the fire and is usually quicker, but you can do it however you want.

Also a warning to the person who prepares this meal, don’t go to the bathroom and touch yourself as it will burn like a motherfucker. I would also recommend no sex that night either, well at least no sex that involves fingering or getting fingered if you are a lady. Also don’t rub your eyes for a few days either.

Let me know how this turns out for you.

This is what they look like before cooking them.