So they lost. So we are hurting. One friend explained in his infinite wisdom how he still had to wake up this morning and clean his bathroom. I get it. I’ve been a baseball player, a baseball coach and a baseball fan for as long as I have had human consciousness and I understand you can’t win em all. In the spirit of good sportsmanship I offer a recipe to the Texas Rangers for their impressive victory over my beloved home town team. I will have to concede though, that if they do indeed play the SF Giants in the Series, that I will have to root against them. SF is my left coast home town. I have family there and have been visiting since I was a boy. If they play the Phillies, the boys from Arlington will have my support. It’s against the rules for any New Yorker to root for any team from Philly…look it up.
So congratulations Rangers (at least you have the same name as my favorite hockey team)…and don’t forget to send Cliff Lee to play in the Bronx next year. Goodbye, Yanks.
South Texas Roadmeat Chili
3 green peppers, chopped med.
3 yellow onions, chopped med.
2 fresh jalapenos, seeded and chopped fine
1 stalk celery, chopped med.
1/4 cup cooking oil
4 lbs chuck, coarsely ground
5 lbs venison, coarsely ground (or use all beef if you must)
3 oz. Gebhardt’s chili pwd.
1 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
6 dashes Tabasco
1 7oz. can diced green chiles
2 14oz cans stewed tomatoes
1 can beer
water, salt and pepper
1. Chop veggies, heat oil in a well seasoned iron pot. Sizzle veggies in pot
with oil.
2.Add meat and brown. Stir in remaining ingredients and cover with
an inch of water. Cook slowly about 3 or 4 hours.
3.Skim of grease after an
hour or two.
I just discovered this blog. Your baseball post-season posts are priceless. A SF Giants fan, I know well the “we’re going home because we lost” feeling. I’m still asking my friends to pinch me, because I still can’t quite believe that I’m not dreaming, and that, for real, the Giants did not come home the loser, at last. I would really have loved to see recipes and commentary from you on the Series. Looking forward to spring training and Opening Day . . . and to reading your blog regularly. Thank you. ;o)
P.S. I’d be happy, too, if Cliff Lee went to the Bronx . . . or any AL team for that matter. Though Timmy proved rather handily Lee’s mortality. ;o)
I thought about covering the series…I love SF and have been visiting my family there for years…but I was exhausted by the Yankees loss and needed a baseball break. I did enjoy the Giant’s win and would love a Yankees-Giants WS next year…THAT was what I was hoping for this year…maybe next. Thanks for reading.