Today, my daily creation takes the form of culinary masterpiece.  Earlier in the week my RSS reader picked up a feed for a Hot & Spicy Chorizo Dip, which I immediately knew I needed to make, STAT.  Luckilly, today is Superbowl Sunday, excuse for making a dip = found.  I don’t want to complain too much about groceries in Manhattan, KS because we are not starved for fresh, quality groceries.  Having spent over a year working with the University’s Center for Engagement and Community Development on rural grocery store sustainability, I am well aware of the complexities of running a grocery stores and fully appreciate those servicing me currently.  But I digress, I do have one major issue regarding this recipe:  Chorizo, for whatever reason, doesn’t exist in Manhattan.  I couldn’t find it anywhere.  So instead, I substituted in “Hot and Spicy” sausage which I “chorizo-ed up” by infusing it with crushed red pepper and Vietnamese chili sauce (which totally worked).  At any rate, I added a few extra twists to make sure it was “hot and spicy” enough for me, and BOOM!  I believe I have a new household favorite.  Progress pics below, unfortunately I’m still rocking the crappy BlackBerry photos since my Panasonic Lumix has disappeared.  Cheers!