Frog In North Georgia

This is one of my favorite recipes, Shrimp and Andouille Sausage with Mustard Sauce - Allrecipes.

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add angel hair pasta, and
   cook for 5 to 6 minutes or until al dente. Drain, and set aside.
2. Place sausage in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir
   until evenly browned; drain. Mix in shrimp, green onions, mushrooms,
   and garlic. Cook about 1 minute, until shrimp are opaque. Remove
   mixture from skillet, and set aside.
3. Pour wine into the skillet, and scrape up browned bits. Cook until
   reduced by about 1/2. Mix in heavy cream, and continue cooking until
   reduced by about 1/3. Stir in mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Season
   with salt and pepper.
4. Return sausage mixture to the skillet, and blend into the wine mixture.
   Cook and stir until heated through. Serve over angel hair pasta.

I have tried making it without the cream.  We liked it so much in the first place, that the cream didn’t seem important.  But it is. It’s what keeps the mouth from catching fire.  Using one cup of cream works out fine, however.

Also, I like Allrecipes because it’ll make a grocery list for me.  And I’m lazy that way.  I also use a whole package of andouille because the kids have boycotted shrimp.  Stepson doesn’t eat shrimp unless it is fried.  DD doesn’t eat shrimp because of the Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo.  It’s an ethical decision.

Oh, and I’m told by DH that angel hair is not manly enough pasta.  The thinnest pasta that he is willing to consume is vermicelli.  None of that fairy pasta.

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In a rare twist of fate, I have found myself home alone.  Ah, bliss.  I hear only the sound of my fingers pounding on the keyboard and the refrigerator.  I choose not to think about why the refrigerator makes noise (not now).

DH has taken the children out.  He used to take them to his mothers about once every four to six weeks.  But that was when he just worked a lot, rather than working every waking hour.  He did work today.  But somehow stepson has lured him away from his laptop with need of a haircut.  And DD has been dancing around with wild excitement that next week is her birthday.  So he took them out.

I was going to go.  But then I got smart and thought, oh my, home alone.  After they left I ate a sandwich and didn’t offer anyone a bite.

I watched mindless television; and no-one interrupted.

I paused the tv and vacuumed; and no-one asked to change the channel.

Oh YEAH.

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Tags: babysitter, brother, stepson.