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Anti-Seafood Jambalaya

recipe taken from the interwebs

(6 servings)

2 tablespoons oil
3/4 lb smoked garlic sausage, sliced
3/4 lb boneless chicken, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons garlic
1 teaspoon thyme
salt
cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cups brown rice
2 (10 ounce) cans low sodium chicken broth
1 (14 3/4 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
3 scallions, sliced

+ In a soup pot, heat 1 tbsp oil. Add sausage and chicken and cook until brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer the mix to a large bowl.

+ In the same pot, heat remaining oil and add celery, onion, and bell pepper. Cook about 5 minutes.
+ Add bay leaves, garlic, thyme, salt and cayenne pepper, cook 2 minutes longer.

+ Return sausage mix to the pot, add uncooked rice, broth, and tomatoes. Bring mix to a boil and reduce heat to low. Allow to simmer, covered, 20 minutes. Cook until rice is tender about 10 minutes longer and remove bay leaves.

+ Sprinkle with scallions and serve.

Rockel's NOTES:
~ I doubled this recipe and it just fit into a 6qt. stock pot (to give you an idea of what size pot you'll need).
~ I found a couple of the can sizes didn't align with what I was finding at the store. I used 2 (since I doubled it) 14.5 oz cans of diced tomatoes and roughly two and a half (again, double recipe) 14 oz. cans Chicken Broth.
~ I also used half smoked turkey sausage and half beef sausage since they were on sale. Delicious.
~ There are no measurements for the salt and cayenne pepper which upset me a bit. I'm a huge fan of cayenne pepper, but didn't want to overdo it so I played it pretty cautiously (especially since I was doubling it and anything I added already looked massive) and the flavor of the end product suffered for it. It's still really great, I just wish (since the spice is what makes a good Jambalaya) they would have been more specific (this is why it's only getting three stars).

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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.