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I can make a breakfast burrito in like, 5 minutes. preheat a small nonstick and one large skillet, set up coffee, brown some sausage in the small pan, scramble one egg in the pan once the sausage is done, fold in some salsa once the eggs are about done, cook the tortilla for a few seconds on each side in the big skillet, and you're ready to roll. If that's too much effort, make ahead in batches, wrap and freeze (and date!) individually, thaw overnight, and nuke for a minute or so in the morning. ezparty.

Thanks for the ideas! I think I'm going to go with a twist on surf 'n turf:

- roasted marrow/crusty bread/parsley & arugula salad
- crab legs
- roasted vegetables (brussels sprouts, and maybe some mushrooms or cauliflower?)

Superbowl Sunday doubled as our employee Christmas party, and the kitchen had tacos, posole (a crew favorite and menu staple), southwestern egg rolls, empanadas, and chicharrones verde - my new favorite food. Washed it all down with a few 4Peaks Oatmeal Stouts and barely watched the game (did catch the end though).

I use that stock in red chile sauce for enchiladas, posole, etc.

To be 100% honest, I find it annoying when I have to listen to someone prattling on about fairy tales I don't even have a passing interest in while my food gets cold.

But being thankful for friends/family/food is a lovely thing that most people could stand to do more of, and if my annoyance at preaching is the worst thing that happens to me on any given day, then I count that as a pretty good day.

Spot on@hsryan. And on a far less critically defendable point: it's very good karma.

Quickly point it out in a very matter of fact way and act as if it doesn't mean a damn thing - because it doesn't. If they seem embarrassed, wave it off.

My favorite scotch bar just got added to their offerings - tried a sip from a friend's snifter the other day and really liked it. Glendronach, maybe? I'll have to report back on which it is. Personal collection of regular rotation favorites I'm drinking now: Aberlour 16 and Glenlivet 15 French Oak Reserve.

I once bit into a wood screw in huevos rancheros at a local Mexican place ... that is otherwise so good that I have totally gone back since (without incident, thankfully!).

Falafel.

Posole, chile verde, slow cook in red chiles for tamales, crockpot/low&slow in sauerkraut & its juices, apples, and onions (serve over mashed potatoes w/ gravy made from the pork&kraut juice), cook up some rice and/or beans to make a big batch of burritos for your freezer, enchiladas ...

Without even thinking of it as such, I made a quick breakfast burrito around 6am and ate it while I opened at work this morning. I hadn't thought about it, I just knew I had to be in early and that we were going to be busy, so I had to eat. That's much better than I normally do for breakfast, so that's a good start. No hangover too, since I didn't drink much, so things started well.

I'm just now realizing most of my gifts are food related this year:

- my parents sent me a copy of Pie in the Sky (high altitude baking cookbook) from my amazon wish list
- I commissioned a set of nativity-scene wine glasses for my mom from a girl I went to hs with who has a small glass painting business
- my dad is getting a jar of local raw honey (he loves honey and I'm dating a beekeeper, win-win!)
- my favorite coffee beans, stemless wine glasses, and a jar of the local raw honey to my brother.
- the guy I'm seeing was recently lamenting the lack of decent quick breakfast burritos in the neighborhood we both work in, so I'm going to make and freeze a bunch of steak & egg burritos for part of his birthday gift (ny's day). He's also getting a bottle of his favorite whiskey for xmas.
- I made a sour cream apple pie for part of my present for the guy I drew in my work secret santa
- I have a large bottle of one girlfriend's favorite rum for her present