Bulletproof Trapezoid

General

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Front Matter

• Huldufólk, the elves of Iceland
• WeWork founder worked on Kushner's Mideast peace plan: report (John Bowden writing in The Hill)

Tesla Cybertruck

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• Tesla's Cybertruck
• Elon Musk hints that Tesla has 250,000 Cybertruck orders (Sean Keane for Road Show by CNET)

Shrimp Boil

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Recipe

Credit goes to the Prune cookbook, by Gabrielle Hamilton

Shrimp Boil

• 1 batch Homemade Old Bay (recipe to follow)
• 5 quarts of water
• 3-ish pounds of shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1.5 pounds small potatoes, blanched or microwaved to kickstart cooking process
• 1.5 pounds sweet Italian sausage, parcooked (I usually brown them in a skillet until they're mostly cooked through, but you could also bake/roast them in the oven.)
• 3 large red onions, peeled and cut into wedges
• 3-4 ears of yellow corn, husked
• 1 cup smoked paprika butter (recipe to follow)
• 1 cup sweet butter, softened

Steps:

• Boil water with the seasonings for at least 30 minutes before cooking
• Potatoes and corn in first. 4-ish minutes
• Sausage and onions. Let simmer for a minute or two
• Shrimp in, cooking until just cooked through.
• Remove to big bowl or serving platter using a slotted spoon or spider. You will get bits and pieces of whole spices in there, which lends to the rustic aesthetic of the dish
• Slather everything in the softened butters (paprika and plain) and pour one ladle-full of the boiling liquid over the platter and its contents, accelerating the melting of the butter.
• Serve at once. Serves 4-5 hungry dudes, with some leftovers.

Homemade Old Bay

• 10 dry bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon allspice berries
• 1 tablespoon celery seeds
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tablespoon cardamom pods
• 1 cup kosher salt
• 1/4 cup sweet paprika (not smoked)
• 6 branches fresh thyme (equivalent amount of dry thyme works fine in a pinch)
• 1 head of garlic, cloves separated from each other but left unpeeled

Smoked Paprika Butter

• Half a pound of sweet butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon sweet Spanish paprika
• 1 tablespoon smoked Spanish paprika
• 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt

(Makes 2 cups of butter. Extra butter can be used to spread on rolls.)

About The Co-Hosts

• Jason D. Rowley is a data journalist for Crunchbase News, volunteers with the Python Software Foundation as an organizer of Startup Row at PyCon US, and sends occasional newsletters from Rowley.Report.
• Graham C. Peck is a Venture Partner with Cultivation Capital and additionally helps companies build technology development teams in partnership with Brightgrove and other technology development organizations.