As I've mentioned before, every third Monday, gaming night is at my place and I need a vast quantity of food. Which usually means a big pot of something. I have a handful of dishes that usually work well, but sometimes I want to try something different.

There's no picture, because they were... not photogenic in the slightest.

I shouldn't really call this Attempt One, because I have tried doing this on a number of occasions in my life over the past two decades, but this is my first attempt in a very long time, and my first attempt in my new, bloggy attempts to master and perfect new techniques.

When Burger Jones opened, I told myself that one of these times, I was gonna order the short rib chili. It sounded awesome - chili, made with beef short ribs.

In case you were wondering, yes, it actually was a long and somewhat crazy week. I did very little serious cooking. I made one soup that went wildly afield from plans due to ingredient shortages. I bought premade ravioli and premade sauce. But I did actually take a stab at making proper fajitas with proper skirt steak.

New category! A Precipe is a work in progress - something that's getting there, but not quite. Like tonight's grilled fish tacos.

These are inspired by the grilled mahi tacos I got at Yum! Kitchen and Bakery, which had a rich, spicy glaze grilled onto it. To attempt to replicate that flavor, I made a basic marinade, using: