Pimientos de Padron Trillin

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Begin by making a trip to a farmers market and purchasing your peppers.
2. Invite a group of friends to come to your house wearing indestructible clothing.
3. Hop on your bike and peddle to Chinatown, where you buy chive pancakes, meat-filled dumplings, and spicy noodles.
4. Go to Little Italy, where you purchase salami, prosciutto bread, and really good parmesan cheese.
5. Visit the local artisanal ice cream store.
6. Fill your refrigerator with beer and wine.
7. Arrange the takeout food out on platters.
8. Fill a large pot with Wesson oil and allow your friends to take turns dropping the pimientos de padron into the hot oil for a couple of minutes until they wrinkle up.
9. Put them on paper towel-lined plates, sprinkle them with salt, and stand around, eating them with gusto.