PILOT PROGRESS  +Dale Jackson  +Harley Harp +Daniel Eledut 

I finally figured it out.  I am playing paper dolls.  Just about exactly 70 years ago when I was about in the second grade I suffered an attack of "paper doll envy" watching my two female cousins and their friends at play.  I let it be known that I would also like a paper doll book. My (very wise) mother made sure that I got to visit the local Five and Dime and get a paper doll book.  She would have NEVER reacted negatively and just watched to see how things went.  Here I am 70 years later still playing dolls but his time in computer space and 3d with my Spitfire project and C4D.  Here is the latest:

It was not long before my paper dolls of 70 years ago were sporting bandages, slings and carrying all manner of cut-out weaponry.  Soon they would fall victims of the "trash burn". Those were the days when breakfast cereal came in carton collections of various "flavors". Each little box could be opened individually to receive milk and sugar or honey.  The boxes went out with the trash and each week or two it was my task to incinerate the collection of burnable stuff and to put the tin cans, etc. into a big box for transport to the local land-fill and rat farm.  I carefully arranged the trash and cereal boxes in rows and populated them with my now discarded paper dolls.  A few fire crackers left over from the 4th were placed strategically and the "stage" set fire.  And that ended my paper-doll period ... something akin to the Picasso Blue Period.  I went back to slingshots, model airplanes, improvised explosives and other activities of exquisite boyishness violence.  And here I am again 70 years later playing paper dolls again.  Hmmmmmmm.  I have learned how to control the reflectivity of the "brain bucket", added seams, refined the headphones and added wiring. Each of these steps is worth two or three hours of research and trial and error in C4D.  I am posting this via blogger because G+ (much to its detraction) is not much of a platform for any kind of lengthy written communications.  In fact a great many of the images posted do not give a clue about their "back story".

BRUNCH FOR TWO

Here is the makings for two brunch burritos.  It is made with tortillas smeared with avocado, bits of double mahogany smoked bacon, a sprinkle of onion and Pico de Gallo then rolled into burrito style.

AL PASTOR ACTS 1 THROUGH 4

Since having Al Pastor taco (also could be made as burrito) at a street fair in Palm Springs I have been wondering how it was done.  Here is a reference:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/05/food-lab-tacos-al-pastor.html

Starting from here I brought home a pork shoulder and some bacon.  I also obtained guajillo and ancho peppers and some achiote oil.  Plenty of garlic is always on hand.  I sliced up the shoulder as thin as reasonable using a big chef's knife and layered up the spices shoulder and bacon in a bread pan.  Pictures of the preparation follow:

 

ACT 1, THE SLICING UP STAGE

ACT 2, THE LAYERED UP STAGE

ACT 3,  THE SLOW COOK STAGE: 4 HOURS IN THE BBQ ON LOW HEAT (300F)

ACT 4, SLICING AGAIN AFTER CHILLING

I had to modify the procedure in the interest of time.  I did no marinating.  I simply layered in the spices along with the meat and achiote oil.  4 hours at 300F in the big Weber propane grill ought to blend the spices into the meat better than a week in the refrigerator.  I also added no salt at all.  I figured there would be plenty of salt in the bacon.  The result is very tasty even as a cold cut sandwich.  The next steps are to crisp some of this in a 100 year old cast iron skillet and then to build burritos toasted lightly on the propane flame.  On top will go shredded cabbage, onion, Pico de Gallo or salsa, cilantro, avocado and a dab of sour cream.  The meats stuck together like a nice terrine.  

Stay tuned for the "eating" session.  This is so tasty I think I will do four bread pans worth all at once next time.  It won't take any more propane for the grill and ought to last for a year frozen.