Meat & Potatoes #2

This week I played:

1. Electric Light Orchestra--Mr. Blue Sky
2. TV on the Radio--Staring at the Sun
3. Arcade Fire--Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
4. Cake--Never There
5. Maria McKee--The Way Young Lovers Do
6. Wilco--Someday Soon
7. Jill Barber--When I'm Makin' Love To You
8. Jenn Grant--In A Brown House
9. Pedro the Lion--I Am Always the One Who Calls
10. Jeff Buckley--Lover, You Should Have Come Over
11. Emmylou Harris--Bottle Let Me Down
12. The Tragically Hip--Bobcaygen
13. Valery Gore--Consolation
14. The Chantays--Move It
15. Joni Mitchell--Carey
16. JJ Cale--Call Me the Breeze
17. Beirut--Brandenburg
18. Sufjan Stevens--To The Workers of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
19. The Decemberists--The Crane Wife 3
20. Creedence Clearwater Revival--Fortunate Son
21. Eric Clapton--Motherless Child
22. Smog--Held
23. Human Highway--The Sound
24. Deniece Williams--Let's Hear It For the Boy

And I talked about:

• the Little House on the Prairie books
• Galore by Michael Crummey
• The Gentle Art of Domesticity by Jane Brocket
• and the importance of cleaning behind your refrigerator

And shared Fanny Farmer's recipe for Welsh Rarebit:

1/2 pound sharp cheddar cheese, in small dice

1 tablespoon butter

1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

Cayenne pepper to taste (or Rooster Sauce!)

1 egg, slightly beaten

Salt

1/2 cup beer

4 slices toast

Combine the cheese, butter, mustard and cayenne pepper in a heavy-bottomed pan, a chafing dish or the top of a double boiler.  Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the cheese has melted.  Beat a little of the hot cheese mixture into the egg, and then return the egg-cheese mixture to the pan.  Add salt to taste.  Add the beer and cook 1-2 minutes more, until very hot but not boiling.  Spoon over toast.