“The Secret” is this idea that you can change the course of your life by the power of positive thinking and just willing things into existence. I have been telling everyone that will listen that I want a three bedroom bungalow with a wrap around porch and a good kitchen (really, it’s not too much to ask for). That along with the pipe dream that I could just magically become a housewife, write a lifestyle blog, and take pictures. It’s all very luxurious, the only issue being that there is not one human to marry. That is until a woman reached out to me on instagram inviting me to be on “Married at First Sight.” Now, I know what you’re thinking, KAT! DO. NOT. MARRY. A. STRANGER. ON. TELEVISION, and you’re right and I’m not going to. That being said I looked at the salary and they pay you around $20,000 for the six weeks of filming. Unfortunately I’m not quite that crazy, and I think my mother would die on the spot. Cheers to me for not having the guts to marry a stranger on Lifetime reality tv, here’s some grilled lobsters and my dad’s rum punch recipe:
Once I figured out that you could grill lobster there really wasn’t another option. I have not yet had the guts to stab a lobster through it’s brain and cut it in half, though it seems much more humane than boiling it alive. I made a white wine butter sauce with garlic, basil, dill, and tarragon to baste the lobster with while it was grilling so that it wouldn’t get dried out. They need to grill for 5 ish minutes on each side. We started them on their shell side so that the meat would have a chance to cook in some butter, and also attach to the inside of the shell before we flipped them.
Peter Kimball’s Rum Punch:
6 oz pineapple
1 oz lime
2 oz simple
8 oz Mount Gay rum
fresh grated nutmeg
3 dashes angostura bitters
In a pitcher, combine pineapple, lime, simple, and rum. Throw some ice in a glass and pour mix over, top with a few dashes of angostura and some fresh grated nutmeg. This recipe makes about 4 drinks, you can easily make larger batches. It’s simple and tasty and will get you very drunk.
