Slimmest of All People,

I was at the airport when TSA pulled me over and asked me if I witnessed anything unusual.

I thought for a second and whispered..."I just paid $26 for a slice of pizza and a bottle of water. Let's start there!"

Slim Folks!

Thanks to all who came out to the Slim Man Band show at Encore. Baltimore showed up in full force! Sold out! Thank you, Baltimorons! It was one heckuva show!

The band was in a groove! John E Coale on drums, Hit Man Howie Z on bongos, Rick O'Rick on piano, and Robert Fiester was a BEAST on guitar.

He NAILED Lunch with the Queen.

And Chase Huna KILLED on sax. He was dazzling in his Bawlmer Debut!

And when Wednesday C. came up and sang, she fit in like she'd been playing with us for years.

Well, she has been singing with the SMB for years! She was a regular on our San Antonio gigs.

And now she's an East Coaster!

Wednesday and Chase

And as for you West Coasters...don't forget about the Instrument Drive and Benefit Concert for the Palm Springs Unified School District at Vicky's Sunday May 4th. We need ya!

From 10 AM to 6 PM, we're asking everyone to bring their gently loved music instruments and gear that's been collecting cobwebs in the attic to Vicky's.

We're gonna donate everything to PSUSD so young folks can make some music!

Then, from 3 PM to 8 PM there's a concert. Seven amazing artists!

All proceeds go to PSUSD to support music programs in Palm Springs schools.

AND THIS JUST IN! An anonymous donor will match whatever we raise, up to $10,000. So if we raise $10,000, $20,000 goes to PSUSD.

Get your tickets right here!

You can also get VIP tables.

If you can't make it, make a donation!

May the 4th Be With You!

All details are down below and on the Slim Man website.

See you soon!

AND NOW THE REAL NEW

REAL NEWS FROM

SLIM'S SHADY TRAILER PARK

Miso Slim

I do a lot of cooking. I like cooking.

But lately I've been falling into a rut. Cooking the same stuff. 

For instance, I cook a lot of salmon. I've been eating so much salmon I'm starting to grow gills behind my ears! And I'm getting really good at swimming upstream. 

When my dad got older, he ate pretty much the same thing every day...biscotti and tea for breakfast. A sandwich for lunch. And pasta with tomato sauce for dinner.

I don't want to fall into the same routine, eating the same thing most of the time. So lately I've been mixing it up, trying new cuisines and new dishes.

My mom was into all different kinds of cuisines. She made Mexican food that was so good it got her featured in the Baltimore Sun newspaper. 

She made Indian food that would have impressed Mahatma Gandhi!

So I thought I'd try a different kind of cuisine. Mix it up a bit!

My friend Michael has been sending me miso recipes, insisting I try one with black cod.

I've been to lots of grocery stores, Slim People. I've never seen black cod. But I have seen a lot of white cod! 

When I saw some beautiful wild-caught cod at the grocery store recently, I picked up a pound. It was not expensive, about $14 a pound. 

I thought maybe I'd play it safe, cook it with garlic and white wine, or panko breadcrumbs, or maybe with lemon and shallots.

But I wanted to try something different. I needed to break out of the Slim Routine!

So I decided to make the cod with a miso sauce. I'd never done that before. 

I tried the miso sauce a few ways and had to make some adjustments. I had to Slimmify it! 

For instance, the first recipe called for soy sauce. It was too salty. Too dominant. So I left it out.

One recipe called for brown sugar. It didn't do it for me. So I substituted maple syrup and...BANG! It made the dish come alive. 

I started off with one tablespoon of miso paste, but the sauce was too thin. So I doubled it up and it was just the right thickness.

I finally got it right. And it was well worth the effort!

A few notes...

For the record, I found all the ingredients in a regular ol' grocery store.

Miso is a sauce made from fermented soybeans and rice. It has the consistency of peanut butter. There's white miso and red miso. 

White miso is lighter and sweeter. Red miso is stronger and saltier. I liked the white miso best.

I found white organic miso paste in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. 

This recipe calls for mirin. I had no idea what mirin was. I know who Helen Mirrren is! But mirin was a mystery to me. Turns out, it's a rice wine used in cooking.

As I was scouting the aisles at Ralphs, the local grocery chain here in Californee, I found a brand called Aji-Mirin. It tasted great.

I used Ginjo sake. I've never bought sake before, but Ginjo sake was all they had at Ralphs. It was good! And came in a small bottle.

The maple syrup I used was quite tasty. Crown maple syrup, Madagascar vanilla infused. I don't know where Madagascar is, but this stuff tasted good! I've also used organic dark maple syrup. 

Just make sure you don't use pancake syrup!

You can marinate the cod in this miso sauce for up to 24 hours. Cover it up and refrigerate!

And finally, cleaning up the baking dish after the miso cod had cooked was a pain. You might need a power washer. Or a jackhammer!

But this dish was well worth it. It was molto delizioso!

Worthy of you Slim People.

You can also use this sauce over...salmon. I know the Lady Peoples love salmon. And you got to keep the ladies happy!

Are you ready? Let's whip it. Whip it good!

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons white miso paste

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

1 tablespoon mirin

1 tablespoon sake

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 pound cod filets, cut in four pieces

HERE WE GO!

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Mix the first 5 ingredients in a bowl and whisk whisk whisk away until the mixture is pasty. 

Put your cod pieces in a baking dish.

Cover them with most of the miso sauce. Leave a little in the bowl! 

Put your cod in the oven and bake for about 13 minutes, or until almost done.

Spoon the remaining miso sauce on top of the cod.

Turn the oven to broil and broil the cod pieces for 2 or 3 minutes. 

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THESE GUYS!  You want the tops of the cod pieces to get golden brown, BUT NOT BURNT.

When the tops are golden, pull the cod out of the oven and...

DISH IT UP!

Put it on one of them pretty plates grandma saves for Thanksgiving, serve with some rice and maybe some baked vegetables, and...

MANGIAMO!

Miso Cod

Miso Salmon

Wednesdays!



The Slim Man Chase Huna Rat Pack Duo

Larkspur Grill at Hotel Paseo

45400 Larkspur

Palm Desert, CA 92204

760.340.6069

6-9 PM

Come see the Rat Pack Duo one of these Wednesdays!

Slim Man sings. Chase plays sax.

We have a cool video screen behind us that shows hundreds of vintage photos of the Rat Pack, Vegas, Palm Springs, old album covers, travel posters and postcards from the 1960s.

Chase and I have accumulated over 2,000 old photos. Come check it out!

It's fun. Ain't that a kick in the head!

See you there!

Skip Johnson on sax May 7th.

Call 760.340.6069 for reservations.

https://www.larkspurgrill.com

EVERY TUESDAY!

THE SLIM MAN BAND AT VICKY'S!

Craig Chesnut on drums. Chase Huna on sax. Tateng Katindig piano.

ALL HAIL GREG VAIL ON SAX May 6th



SHOWTIME 6:30 PM

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED!

Vicky's

45100 Club Drive

Indian Wells, CA

760 345 9770

https://www.vickysofsantafe.com

SUNDAY MAY 4th!

INSTRUMENT DRIVE AND CONCERT AT VICKY'S

A BENEFIT FOR PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

From 10 AM to 6 PM we are asking everyone to bring their gently loved music instruments and gear to Vicky's--guitars, keyboards, horns, strings, mics, amps, speakers, mixers, bagpipes, ANYTHING--as long as it's in good condition.

We're gonna donate our booty (so to speak!) to PSUSD and get these instruments into the hands of young people.

From 3PM to 8PM, there's a benefit concert. All proceeds go to PSUSD.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

An anonymous donor will match every penny we raise up to $10,000. So if the concert rakes in $10,000, PSUSD gets $20,000.

We've got a great lineup of music:

Lisa Lynn Morgan, John Stanley King, Rose Mallett, Kristi King, Will Donato, the PSUSD Band and a guy named Slim Man.

Gonna be a magical night of music. All for a very good cause.

GET TICKETS RIGHT HERE

PLEASE DO NOT CALL VICKY'S FOR RESERVATIONS!

Go to slimman.com for tickets, VIP tables, sponsorships and donations.

Email Mr. Man with any questions:

slim@slimman.com

Sunday, May 4

Vicky's

45-100 Club Drive

Indian Wells, CA

Instrument Drive/Drop-off 10 AM-6 PM

Benefit Concert 3PM-8PM.

Get tickets RIGHT HERE!

CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR ALL GIGS. AND MERCH! BUY A CD!

PEACE, MAN!