Early this morning, Tony and I went over to see Kinky, at the his Lodge. He has been on the road for a long time, doing book signings for his newly published book, “You Can Lead A Politician to Water, but You Can’t Make Him Think!” And, to also promote his new line of cigars—”Kinky Friedman Cigars.” He offers five different kinds of Kinky Friedman Cigars and I’ve heard through the grapevine “They’re selling like hot cakes”—just like my book is!
One of his cigars is named, “The Utopian” and all of the proceeds from that cigar —go directly to our rescue ranch, and we are delighted!
This morning, while drinking some delicious kono coffee, Kinky informed Tony and I, that he was starting a new health program for himself. A friend of his, who is a nurse, had recommended that he start taking one teaspoon a day, of this un-radiated cayenne pepper—out of Africa, and found only in health food stores. Kinky explained, that basically all food is radiated in the USA, but this ground African cayenne pepper—was purely organic, and promoted good health.
He had one problem, though. He hadn’t figured out, an easy way, to ingest it—without burning his mouth! He had tried mixing it with water, putting it into his coffee, and mixing it into his cereal, but he was not real happy with the results. And, that is when I had a light bulb moment—put the magic cayenne pepper into a burrito!
Kinky liked my idea, a lot, but unfortunately—he had no burritos. I told him that I would go home and fix him up a week supply of burritos made with refried beans, onion, green chiles and cheese. Then we went back to the rescue ranch.
Tony went to work with John, and I made burritos. After making seven burritos, I took them over to the Lodge and gave them to Kinky. Anxious to try them, he unwrapped the foil from the burrito and then opened it up. After precisely measuring one teaspoon of African cayenne pepper, he then carefully, sprinkled it all over the bean concoction and then rolled the flour tortilla back up—then he microwaved it!
Right before the microwave’s timer announced it was done—I said, “Kinky, I think we need to rethink this method. You just radiated those un-radiated cayenne peppers. I suggest that the next time— nuke the burrito first, and then add the ground peppers afterwards.”
Kinky completely agreed with me. From here on out, he would nuke first, and then sprinkle. When he pulled the smoking burrito out of his microwave oven—we couldn’t quit laughing. We sat there, in his kitchen, watching smoke rise from that burrito, for over five minutes, and then Kinky ate the whole thing and liked it!
Mission accomplished.
2 comments:
I'm glad Kinky is looking after his health---we want him to live until age 90!
Nancy I am glad to hear about the burrito solution. Burritos are certainly one of the key food groups in my food pyramid also.
Now there is another alternative for downing those organic cayenne peppers from Africa. You may already know about this. They can be combined in a certain formula with alcohol for drinking. This method accomplishes four important things. First, it dissolves the active ingredients in the organic peppers. It also extends the shelf life of the active ingredients. It also allows for quicker absorption of the active ingredients into your membranes. And finally --- and perhaps most importantly --- it lifts your spirits, particularly after you have drunk your medicine.
Please tell Kinky I will give him the recipe next time I see him if he wants it. And let’s not ever forget the relevant adage: I’d always rather have a bottle in front of me instead of a frontal lobotomy.
Take care,
Bob K.
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