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I love accents.  Not in the way of, "whoa, that French guy's accent is sexy," but as in "I attend a Greek Orthodox Church where 80% of the members are from Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, etc, so therefore I know a whole lot of a amazing people who have accents and therefore I LOVE ACCENTS.  Now add the fact that my immediate family and I love to imitate anyone we know.  Lots of friends with accents + frequent imitations = tons and tons and tons of family jokes based on various accents.

Our priest is from Romania, and, being the priest, he does a good bit of talking at church...so we have lots of Father Silviu quotations frequently repeated in my household.

Usually, when pastors try to be "cool," it's terribly annoying.  But, when Father Silviu used "American" colloquialisms, it is most excellent, hilarious, adorable...you know, all that.

"Jesus didn't miss a beat."

"I mean, come on, get real."

"Oh, that was my bad."

Sadly, I can't type in a Romanian accent.

Thus the title of this blog.  "We will go out into the church and uhhhhhhh eat some uhhhhhhhh delicious foods." 

This blog is about some delicious foods.  One of my favorite things to do is make meals from whatever I can find, especially farmer's markety type ingredients.  I love making usually store-bought staples from scratch.  Though, of course, I often don't.

Here's a sample of what should happen on this blog.  It has no picture as of yet, but was super yummy so I'm sure to make it again and take a picture.

My long-time buddy Mo (Maurice, properly) came to visit a few hours with my brother (Matthew) and I.  As I made dinner Mo asked me what I was making.  My answer: "Some kind of pasta."  Then, a few minutes later, "You like salmon, right?"

Ingredients

1 lb. angel hair pasta
olive oil
1/2 head garlic: cloves crushed, peeled, and diced
1/2 bunch basil leaves
1 bunch asparagus: cut into 1 inch pieces
1 can salmon: drained and rinsed
1/4 cup sour cream
Kosher salt
fresh ground pepper

Put on water for pasta.  In large skillet, saute garlic in good amount of oil.  Add asparagus and basil when garlic becomes fragrant.  Cook until asparagus is bright green.  The water should be boiling by now: add tsp-ish of salt and pasta.  Add salmon to oil, garlic, basil, and asparagus mixture.  Add bit of salt.  Add sour cream; turn off heat after mixing but leave pan on burner.  Reserving 1/2 cup water, drain pasta.  Add pasta and water to pan; mix to coat until water is evaporated.  Scoop pasta out into bowls and garnish with fresh pepper.

We all really, really enjoyed this.

So, I hope you stay!  Enjoy the recipe and chit-chat!