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Demp somehow got a hold of our apron

We can always count on intrepid Cubs.com beat reporter - and massive Tedhead - Carrie Muskat to sprinkle Ted related news in an otherwise non-Ted centric article. Take, for example, her latest dispatch Cubs Get Cooking For A Good Cause.

Ostensibly, Ms. Muskat's article discusses the new Cubs cookbook, shockingly named 'Cubs Cookbook', and how the proceeds from the sales of said book benefit Ryan Dempster's effort to raise awareness of DiGeorge syndrome. Certainly a worthy cause, Tedhead's can order their copy here. Tedheads can also use that link to also get a closer look at the horrifying picture we attached above... how Ryan Dempster also has a customized Ted Lilly Staring At You Quasi- Approvingly Apron (TLSAYQAA), just like ours, is a little strange. The manufacturer assured us ours was One-Of-A-Kind.

We digress. Apron's, Cookbooks, and Charity aside, what Carrie's article is really about is the genius of Ted Lilly. Let's pull some quotes for you...

What's unique about the cookbook -- besides the photos of players in aprons and juggling peppers or avocados -- is that it was the idea of Lilly and bullpen catcher Corey Miller....

....Lilly has two recipes. One is a chili from Stanley's restaurant in Chicago, while the other is a family tradition. His father taught him how to make "egg in a hole," which is simply cutting a hole in the middle of a piece of bread and frying an egg in it. Lilly plans on teaching his son, Theo, how to do it as well.

First, it's clear that TL has a rap with his catchers; Koyie Hill is absolutely a TedHead and now Corey Miller is kicking around every idea imaginable just to hang with Ted...

CM - "Hey T - Bone, what if... what if... what if we made a cookbook together??"

TL nods approvingly to Miller, points to Dempster, then touches his heart.

CM - "A Cookbook for Demp for Charity! You're a Genius Boss!"

TL's trusty hawk, 'Fury', descends. Ted mounts Fury, flies off to save sick babies with locks of Ted's hair.

Fin.

As for the recipes themselves, we've consumed Stanley's Chili and it's pretty good. We've also found ourselves alone at Stanley's at 330am sitting silently over a PBR, eating oodles of peanuts, but that's a different story. However, to our refined pallet, this Chili has always been missing something,.. but thanks to Carrie, it all makes sense now. Clearly, the good people at Stanley's have been following Ted's recipe to the letter, but apparently there's a shortage of Ambrosia. Ted get's his delivered to him by a flock of doves each day for his own sustenance but, apparently not Stanley's. Tedheads, Stanley's Chili is good enough and worth attempting yourself.

We're not sure what to think of the shockingly named, "egg in a hole", recipe. However, we're slightly horrified at the accelerated progress of TL's progeny, baby genius Theo - born only a few months back - to have the mental capacity and motor control to a) not burn himself near a cooking stove and b) frigging use that stove to fry an egg! Tedheads, be thankful that TL and Mrs TL are around to corral such a super human man-child. If not, we'd need to start preparing to welcome our Theo overlord... maybe not such a bad thing, really...

A tip of the cap to Mrs. Muskat for another subtle look into the workings of TL from her fellow Tedheads.http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheTedLillyFanClub


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