Ahhh Friday… my favorite workday of the week. That is, of course, when I have both Saturday and Sunday off; which is most of the time. This Friday is a little different though, because my Beautiful Girlfriend went off with her Beautiful Friends to a (Beautiful) Women’s Retreat over in Newaygo Town.
“I’m a bachelor this weekend,” I my friends at work. Russ and Breck’s eyes both lit up and they quizzed me: “Really?? What’re you gonna do??” “I’m gonna eat massive amounts of cholesterol!!” I exclaimed with a big grin. Then I described the pizza I was lusting to make for dinner.
I didn’t bore everyone with the details, but I thought I’d put them here for your enjoyment.
Delicious Easy Pizza Method
1 – Boboli pizza crust… before I put it on a pizza pan I sprinkle a little corn meal to coat the pan sparingly but evenly. Keeps the pizza crust from sticking to the pan you see… Then put the crust on the pan and add, in order, the following:
a few sprinkles of coarse garlic powder
a few sprinkles of oregano
1 – 4 oz. jar of Classico pizza sauce (one jar is more than enough… had a little left over)
4 oz. of fresh sliced mushrooms, broken into small hunks
Fresh mild Italian sausage, cooked ahead of time over the wood fire (we have a fireplace)
½ green pepper, diced
1 small yellow onion, diced
4 oz. (or so) of black olives, crumbled (I take whole, pitted olives and smoosh them up with my fingers)
Premium pepperoni yummy slices, diced; sprinkled over the entire pie.
Sprinkle a smidge over 1 oz. shredded parmesan cheese
Sprinkle about 6 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions on the Boboli crust package say to preheat the oven to 450 but I’m a rebel. I preheated the oven to 350, then goosed it to 425 when I put the pie in there. Cooked for about 10 minutes and turned the heat off. After the cheese melted and started to tan; I let it set for a couple more minutes then took it out and sliced it up; at which point I grabbed a hunk and proceeded to stuff my face. Total time from beginning to end was almost an hour, but oh my it was certainly worth it.
Then back in the warm oven it goes with the heat off so the flavors can mingle a little longer. I may accidentally have some more later.
Oh yes my friends, I’m in party mode tonight. Oh and I accidentally snarfed a bag of Cheetos while waiting for the pizza to cook. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the Cherry Coke I discovered at the gas station they let me buy with the Cheetos and the Reese’s crunchy chocolate bar thing and Peanut M&Ms (those are for a friend at work, I promise) (unless I eat them) (I’m not sure).
I’ve been having a grand old time burping loudly and not even saying “excuse me!” Later on, I might even treat myself to a Marx Brothers movie!! And why not, my Beautiful Girlfriend and her Beautiful Friends are about 28 miles away and they can’t stop me!! Nyaa nyaa na boo boo!!
This kind of partying is far superior to the kind I once… um.. enjoyed? I say, “enjoyed?” with a question mark because there were all too many times I was ingesting intoxicants under the premise of having fun, when in fact I was really harming myself. So all that youthful partying began with fun, then fun became mixed with poor choices; which of course produced problems. The last portion of my journey into mind altered oblivion transformed into even worse choices; so that part of the ride was anything but fun. I truthfully do NOT miss those times. Life is very good these days, so my cholesterol party is more than enough enjoyment for me.
Looks like I have a couple days worth of pizza; and I’m not complaining! Holy Cholesterol, Batman!!
Several rock stars have had a similar partying journey, many are dead. Most of the ones who survived, however, have changed their ways; and one guy by the name of Richard Starkey is a favorite of mine. His stage name is Ringo Starr, and he had some fun with part of his story in a catchy little tune known as “The No No Song.”