Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Just a thought!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Just a thought!: "Okay; this is the new deal you run for an office in my country you can have 10 times the average salary (yes I fucking understand the aver..."

Just a thought!

Okay; this is the new deal you run for an office in my country you can have 10 times the average salary (yes I fucking understand the average) in each state you are running in. So Arizona that’s about $250,000 or for president that’s 52 times the national average times 10 or about $15,000,000, Give these fuckers an Americapass and they can hit the rails. We need to take the corporations out of the ballot box. They can raise money at a rate of $25 from citizens maximum… no corporate money… that’s right none. They are fucking the workingman beyond anything that Ian Rand could have ever dreamed of. It’s our government not corporate America’s. If they think that it’s worth 200 million dollars to get a $500,000 (or what ever it pays) per year job then you can ride around on trains and tell us why. We will provide city parks and public access TV for you to sell us on why you’re the one that I want to vote for! Just think about It, real candidates actually selling us on their ideas, without writers base on demographics. No… at these prices they’ll have to make it up themselves!

Just a thought!

Joe

MCTV TACO SAUCE

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Mad Coyote TV is Alive and Well!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Mad Coyote TV is Alive and Well!: "At 4:23 pm MS time we took one small step for mad kind and one giant leap for Mad Coyote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWllhGd8KJE Check ..."

Mad Coyote TV is Alive and Well!

At 4:23 pm MS time we took one small step for mad kind and one giant leap for Mad Coyote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWllhGd8KJE

Check it out Mad Coyote TV is on Youtube! Please tell your friends!

Warmly

Mad Coyote Joe

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Youtube A Twenty First Century Goldrush!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Youtube A Twenty First Century Goldrush!: "We are standing at the doorway to the largest transfer of information in the history of mankind. Our access to the web provides an audien..."

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Youtube A Twenty First Century Goldrush!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Youtube A Twenty First Century Goldrush!: "We are standing at the doorway to the largest transfer of information in the history of mankind. Our access to the web provides an audien..."

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Youtube A Twenty First Century Goldrush!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Youtube A Twenty First Century Goldrush!: "We are standing at the doorway to the largest transfer of information in the history of mankind. Our access to the web provides an audien..."

Youtube A Twenty First Century Goldrush!

We are standing at the doorway to the largest transfer of information in the history of mankind. Our access to the web provides an audience of several billion people. Who or what ever we decide to share, we can now share with the entire world. And more importantly the only filter is our willingness to deliver. Gone are the days of some executive deciding what is good or current or marketable. In true democratic fashion the audience it’s self will decide to share or forward. And unlike TV the work is on 24-7, not just this weeks episode, all of the work. For many years I wanted to be a part of the national discussion of cooking in the Southwest in the world of Television food. For me that has all changed, I’m now convinced that I need to focus on all the things that make up our life here in this beautiful Sonoran Desert, the food, the cactus, the tequila, mesquite grilling, our music, the town of Cave Creek, green building, wood fired ovens, adobe building, our cooking school, the list goes on and on!

We will be taping cooking demonstrations but we will also be doing videos on everything else that we are involved with. With the net there is no cost to add another video to the list. Before we had to buy film or tape, today’s cameras cost about 10% of what they cost when I was first on TV and basic editing can be done on a Mac. A friend recently said to me, “I feel like we are living at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and own a mechanic’s shop!” So start a blog, or start doing Youtube videos, twitter, facebook, my space, become someone or something that you’ve always wanted to be. Write a book or poetry or music and launch it. Trust me, sooner or later, someone will figure a way to be the gate keeper to this amazing internet, but for the next few years the doors are wide open… now is the time and this your chance. Don’t miss this centuries gold rush!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: The best Sorbet I've Ever Had!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: The best Sorbet i've Ever Had!: "My wife, Chef Kathy and I went shopping two days ago. It was her day off and we went to see a movie. The Kings Speech, a great movie for..."

The best Sorbet I've Ever Had!

My wife, Chef Kathy and I went shopping two days ago. It was her day off and we went to see a movie. The Kings Speech, a great movie for performers, it was definitely a girl movie… but I loved it!

Anyway after the movie we went to Whole Foods and bought a piece of fresh cod, $8.99 a pound, the Frozen cod was $6.99 a pound. This was a really well spent $2 fresh, full of flavor and delicious. While we were shopping Kathy went to get some sorbet, I was buying dark chocolate covered, roasted almonds. I interrupted Kathy while she was getting the sorbet and she thought she had purchased the Mango… but no! She only thought she had the Mango sorbet.

Upon arriving home I was putting the frozen items in the freezer while Kathy was putting the produce away in the big fridge in the Mad Coyote room. I noticed (to my horror) that we did not have our beloved Mango sorbet… no we had… are you ready for this… Basil Lime sorbet. Who on God’s green earth would fuck up sorbet by combining basil with lime? I was sure that it was some recent culinary school graduate that was dropping acid between convincing his or her uncle that owned a sorbet company, that this was a good idea.

10:45 pm the night of the erroneous sorbet purchase; Kathy in a desperate attempt to find some sweet satisfaction decides to try the Basil lime sorbet. I’m not buying it.

In order to understand the dynamic going on here, you need some history.

Kathy for the past forty years has been the one that will say, “Hey Joe, what do you think that light background flavor in the cream sauce is?” She is acting like this is a little question between a husband and wife. No my friend this is much more devious, this is her punking me, she is stomping the holy shit, out of any chance that I may ever have, to have a better palate than her… and she is always right! Kathy has the most amazing palate that I have ever encountered.

So when she tells me, that the basil lime sorbet has “A flavor that she could become addicted to!” I approach it with caution. Again my wife and childhood sweetheart is spot on.

This is one of the greatest flavor combinations, that I have encountered, hands down.

You need to try Sweet Republic, Basil lime Sorbet!

It has my mind reeling with cooking ideas! My advice... get some tonight!

Warmly,

Mad Coyote Joe

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Blogging and Money

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Blogging and Money: "Blogging and Money We’ve made the decision to place an ad space on our blog page. It can be found below this post. We could place se..."

Blogging and Money

Blogging and Money

We’ve made the decision to place an ad space on our blog page. It can be found below this post. We could place several more but decided on one ad below the current post. A group called AdSense will decide, based on our content, which ads to place. We are in need of funding for our many projects and so we decided to go this way. With Mad Coyote TV we are thinking a pay if and what you can option. Other sites and even restaurants have tried this option with great success. Please share your thoughts on this issue, it helps us provide blog content more in line with your wishes. And as always the best way that you can help us is to repost us, on your favorite social network, or forward us to your friends.

Warmly

Mad Coyote Joe

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Mad Coyote Ketchup

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Mad Coyote Ketchup: "http://www.seriouseats.com/ is a website I subscribe to. It’s a great food site, high-energy… lots of good ideas and comments. This morn..."

Mad Coyote Ketchup

http://www.seriouseats.com/ is a website I subscribe to. It’s a great food site, high-energy… lots of good ideas and comments. This morning they had a Ketchup recipe. If you’ve never had homemade ketchup it’s well worth the effort. These were my comments, and below is the recipe, if you try it make sure to use my changes. I know the Italian Tomatoes are about $6 a can, trust me this is the best extra $5 you can spend in your kitchen!

When speaking of Ketchup we are thinking Tomato Ketchup, mushroom and even banana varieties have been popular. There are several different stories about the derivation of the word ketchup, every thing from, fish sauce to type of soy sauce to a sauce of pickled vegetables.

Ketchup like Salsa can be made from many other ingredients, and for my money homemade ketchup again like salsa is far superior to its canned or bottled relative. Once again convenience provides a very stable middle of the road flavor that appeals to the masses but the wow factor is completely lost. The only thing I would change in this recipe is the addition of San Marzano tomatoes from Italy or in season fresh from your garden! Oh… and I might try substituting Chipotle (a peat smoked jalapeno) for the cayenne, but that’s just my Sonoran twist!

Mad Coyote Joe

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 medium onion, chopped medium

• 1 clove garlic, minced

• 1 28-oz can tomato purée (MCJ Change Use San Marzano Tomatoes from Italy)

• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar

• 1/4 cup cider vinegar

• 1 tablespoon tomato paste

• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard

• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

• 1/8 teaspoon allspice

• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (MCJ Change Use Chipotle chile up to 1 tsp.)

PROCEDURES


Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat until shimmering. Add in the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened but not browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Add in the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the tomato purée, brown sugar, vinegar, tomato paste, salt, mustard, cloves, allspice, and cayenne pepper and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened to the consistency of ketchup, 45 to 60 minutes. 








Place ketchup in the jar of a blender and purée until completely smooth. 








Wash and dry saucepan then place a fine mesh strainer over top. Pour ketchup in the strainer and, using a spatula, force through all of the ketchup. 








Taste ketchup and adjust seasonings if necessary. Pour ketchup into a jar, seal, and store in the refrigerator for 3 weeks up to a month. 



Coments are King!

Comments are king if you are enjoying these posts you cane help us. My partner in this TV venture Raul Odonnel said to me the other day “Comments are king!” Raul is right if you feel anything, right, wrong or indifferent, please let us know. It guides us and tells us we are giving you something that you are reading and hopefully enjoying. Either way, let us know and we will respond!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Mad Coyote TV

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Mad Coyote TV: "Mad Coyote TV I am in the process of launching Mad Coyote TV. This will solve several problems that we have been facing for the past d..."

Mad Coyote TV

Mad Coyote TV

I am in the process of launching Mad Coyote TV. This will solve several problems that we have been facing for the past decade. On a regular basis someone will stop me and ask a version of, “You’re ratings are so high, why does the station just not put you back on the air?” The equation in local television is this; to take the gamble on a local show with all of the cost. These cost have been something that the station has been willing to accept.

Here’s the part that you don’t know, and what has stopped me from having my own show; inventory… that’s what they call it. Inventory, like in any other business is what the station is really selling. Add all of their efforts and cost together and all it comes down to is a time slot, that half hour or hour time slot is called inventory. And the final equation is this; the station can hire and pay me, hire and pay a crew, take their very expensive equipment along with a vehicle and all of the insurances and fuel that go along with that vehicle, and then use that several hundred thousand dollar editing system and another employee, don’t forget the employee benefits… now we get to sales staff that has to go out and find and keep happy on a weekly basis a sponsor! Got it… now we get to the equation take all of that and put it on the air and pray that viewers will show up and that the shifting financial numbers will add up to a profit that must reach a level set by the station’s parent corporation. It’s all of that risk or earn a guaranteed few thousand dollars, to have one employee pop in a tape from an infomercial provider and sit and watch it for 23 minutes, the other seven minutes are more air time to sell. This equation is so strong that you can now see infomercials at noon on Sunday on network stations. And local programming, well it’s there but it’s formulaic and every minute is sold. I know what you are thinking, ‘who wants to watch infomercials?’ The station is aware that this equation is slowly eroding away at their loyal viewers, but like quitting smoking or losing weight, it’s a problem that they will address next quarter or next year. For this quarter, the profits are high enough to drive the stock price and that is the end game.

After a decade of fighting this battle along with my ongoing health issues, I had a good friend, who is in a position to know the television business both locally and nationally, say to me, “Joe, TV is dead!” “It’s yesterdays news!” He explained that my biggest battle, “Inventory” is nonexistent on the web. And unlike television, with their Neilson ratings, which is a random sampling of viewers then a projected idea of eyes on sets, with the internet I can see exactly how many viewers have watched my cooking segment, how long they watched, exactly when they click off, where they are watching from and even which devices they are using, ie; Windows, Macintosh, Blackberry, Iphone, Ipad. All of which helps me decide what to cook, how long and how deep to go with the information. And this gives advertisers hard numbers and demographics, which then allows us to put a dollar value on my work. And once a video is launched and capitalized it just keeps working it is a library of my work that anybody in the world can watch at any time they choose. And if I do my job, which is to have an strong opinion and state it clearly, in format that entertains, viewers will share the information with friends and viola, we’ve got an audience!

So we have started shooting segments that we will have on line in the next few weeks. We are getting equipment and people in place for a launch. So as we used to say, in that old, tired medium called TV… Stay Tuned!

P.S. If you’re wondering would I take a contract on local TV. Would I go back to that dinosaur and fight an uphill battle for a dieing medium... you bet your ass I would!

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Worm Holes and Root Canals

Mad coyote Joe's Blah Blah Blog: Worm Holes and Root Canals: "As a writer I often look back through old pieces that I have started, some have been put aside due to a writing myself into a corner. O..."

Worm Holes and Root Canals

As a writer I often look back through old pieces that I have started, some have been put aside due to a writing myself into a corner. Others are suddenly fresh again and I find myself enjoying the craft of writing, as I watch the work come to life.

This morning I found the curious title, "Worm Holes and Root Canals," which I assumed somehow referred to a recent trip to the dentist. But in reading it I found the effects of pain medicine... and... well... maybe you should have a look.

Worm Holes and Root Canals

Today I had the experience of a ‘Root Canal.’ Then I came home and took heavy does of opioid narcotics (I used spell-check on opioid and it chose copious, hmm provenance, I think not! ((Just when I thought I was on to something, I noticed the next word was Poodle))

The 1987 movie Sergeant Pepper’s Hearts Club band was on, while my body was telling me that I’ve been neglective of so much. At one point I was watching the Bee Gees butcher some of the greatest music ever written while looking back over a life of waste and sin, wondering why I hadn’t done the work to bring my art to life. My mouth was throbbing and my head was swimming. Steve Martin is doing his worst work, and arguably the weakest song in the movie and I can’t stop thinking about my writing, poetry and painting.

But why did you kill John Lennon? What could you hope to achieve? The affect of your work is trash. The effect of your work is trash.

Hmm, well there it is. I think I'll go make some coffee now... uh... er... well, goodbye.