“Did you pull out the mud veins?”
Maybe I’m more domesticated than I thought? I should start my own cooking show.
We made the most pimp-ass dinner tonight. This also was very easy, so I will share this made-up recipe as well. Young Ben was my chef partner in crime.
Spaghetti and Red Shrimp Pimp-Sauce.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 tomato, diced
- 1/4 red pepper, diced
- 2 tablespoons butter and/or 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 4 or 5 mini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 1/2 cups pimp sauce (any pasta sauce of your choice; we prefer Classico because it’s THE pimp sauce.)
- 2 cups fresh, tail-on shrimp
- 3 servings of spaghetti (however much you eat)
Directions:
Saute mushrooms, garlic, and 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan until deliciously golden colored. Add tomatoes and red pepper and saute for about five minutes. Sprinkle some pepper on the veggies, and set aside.
De-shell the shrimp. Don’t forget to pull out the mud veins! Unless you want to eat shrimp poop. This is probably the most time-consuming part, but fresh shrimp tastes better. While de-mud-veining, boil enough water for however much spaghetti (or pasta of your choice) you can eat.
In a separate saucepan, saute shrimp in the other tablespoon of butter (or olive oil) until they turn that delectable white/pink color. You can probably add the spaghetti to the boiling water now.
Ignore the vodka, bloody mary mix, and Captain Morgan’s bottles. We’re not alcoholics, I swear. Although Ben and I were drinking wine while cooking.
Use a medium pot to heat up the pimp sauce; toss in the vegetable mix and cooked shrimp. Stir until simmering. Flick off the camera while your fellow cook tries to document the process.
Shit our stovetop is disgusting. Those boys need to scrub it!
Drain the spaghetti, put in serving dish, and elegantly throw the pimp sauce on top. Yes, you can elegantly throw things; I did!
Sprinkle with oregano.
Voila.
This is a very easy dish to make, although Ben DID lose his index finger in the making of this dinner.
Flavor country!
“That’s f*n teamwork!”
