Projects

So it's getting close to winter and business is starting to slow down.  It's time to start collecting ideas and trying some new things for next season.  We have been looking at the possibility of making pizza at the restaurant and so we'll start playing around with some dough in the near future.  I've never tried making pizza dough but it seems fairly straight forward.
I would like to try some new techniques for making the classic Carne Adovada. I know that the current wisdom is to cut it into strips and cook it for quite a while but I would like to try a few techinques one includes the use of a pressure cooker.  In addition I need to start playing around with my chili recipes so I'm ready for the Chili Classic and can make a run at the top spot. I've never entered before so it will be a new experience.
I would love to be able to enter the Souper Bowl this year but I don't think that we'll be able to make it down to Albuquerque with that much product but we'll see.
With Christmas coming it would be nice to be able to put together some gingerbread house kits to sell and also do some tamales. I know that the tamale thing will be tough since so many people around here sell them during the holidays so I'm going to have to come up with some kind of twist. (insert evil laugh here)
So even though business will be slowing down I think I have enough projects to keep my plate full and my hands busy. Oh yeah....I forgot to mention that I will be making some tentative forays into the world of baking....yep you heard me...Baking.