MEUNIER LEE on fri 19 mar 10
I KNOW SOME OF YOU WILL ASK WHERE THE MESSAGE=3D0AIS FROM JOE THE POTTER, T=
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ONE THAT I FOUND ON CLAYART, SO HERE IT IS.=3DA0 I made a variation of Joe=
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Chili recipe also......... fantastic!=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0AJoyce Lee=3D0A=3D0A=
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Although I have not followed the bread threads closely they have got me thi=
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nking.=3D0AEarly in my life with clay I was hanging out with some of Vince'=
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old pals in Crescent City, CA. Mike Selfridge and Harley Munger were a real=
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pair. They made pots in a converted box car on a cliff overlooking the bea=
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ch. They let me "do ceramics" on the wheel they had borrowed from Vince (an=
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other story) while they were off surfing after making their morning pots. =
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=3D0AOn Sundays Harley went down to the docks and bartered pots for fresh f=
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h, whatever was coming off the boats. Later that day they would put on a bi=
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g fish fry accompanied by loads of pot luck food and drink. Of course there=
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were loads of home baked breads. I got it that pottery and food are connec=
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ted at the hip. As Forrest Gump would say "like peas and carrots".=3DA0=3D0=
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Later I remember sitting in a Toshiko Takaezu demo in the Art Barn at Utah =
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State University. After getting a couple of her big pots started she said "=
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IT is time for pancakes". She suspended all ceramic activities and made pan=
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cakes for all of us while talking about the food/clay nexus.=3D0A=3D0AA dec=
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ago I found myself sitting at dinner in a restaurant with Garth Clark. He o=
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bserved that "I love to eat with potters. They have such interesting kitche=
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ns and fix such amazing meals. Painters will eat any damned thing."=3D0A=3D=
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ile a student at Tuscarora Pottery School in Nevada we shared house keeping=
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in an old miner's hotel next to the studio. We took turns planning and pre=
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paring the meals that we shared. It was part of our curriculum. Those meals=
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were served and eaten off of pots left by visiting artists and students fr=
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om years past. The discussions over dinner were where the best things took =
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place. It was our laboratory.=3D0A=3D0AWhen I teach workshops I insist when=
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sible to have a potter's pot luck meal as part of the deal. The food is alw=
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ays great and it is a springboard for discussions of what really matters in=
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our work.=3D0A=3D0AI think food and food preparation is a valid discussion=
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ic for this list. With that in mind here is my own best chili recipe:=3D0A=
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Papa Joe's Killer Peanut Butter Pork Chili=3D0A=3D0A1.5 pounds boneless cou=
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spare ribs-pork cut up into 1 inch chunks=3D0A3 to 5 cloves of garlic minc=
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.=3D0ABrown pork in heavy skillet w/ garlic. Add a little oil if needed to =
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ep from sticking.=3D0ACover meat w/ water.=3D0AAdd a couple TBS New Mexico =
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nd chili (not chili powder)=3D0Asalt to taste=3D0A1 tsp whole, rubbed orega=
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=3D0A1/2 tsp ground cumin=3D0A1 tsp cayenne (if you like it hot)=3D0ALet si=
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ver low heat for several hours until meat is falling apart. =3D0AAdd a coup=
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TBS peanut butter (natural chunky, not that crap with the sugar added).=3D=
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When ready to serve, thicken w/ masa if needed.=3D0AYou should have some fr=
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h warm corn tortillas on the side to chase the chili around your plate.=3D0=
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=3D0AThis food will change your life.=3D0A=3D0AJoe the Potter=3D0A=3D0AJose=
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