Food Thread: Young Is Good! (No, It's The Food Thread, Not The Lincoln Project)

We had a very nice dinner last night with some new friends, and for the occasion I decided to open a very old wine. While I am not a Bordeaux fan I have a few, and since they sometimes age well, I thought it might be interesting.

And it was, but it was clearly over the hill. And not by a a little bit! My guess is that I missed its peak by 15 years. That being said, it was still fun to open and enjoy with people who knew a bit about wine.

Unfortunately it isn't my last old bottle. I am one of those stupid wine collectors who made the reflexive assumption a long time ago that older was better. And even though I have had a huge amount of first-hand experience that strongly suggests the converse, I do not drink my wine young enough. And that is sad, because aside from a very few bottles, like Thomas Jefferson's collection, wine is meant to be drunk and enjoyed, not gazed at through glass.

Winemaking is better than ever, and both the technology and the farming techniques have combined to allow winemakers to make stuff that is excellent, without requiring quite as much age as the traditional methods produced for centuries.

"Yeah...so what?" Well, even if you aren't a wine collector or just keep a couple of bottles around for shits and giggles, I'll bet a fair number of you have been given a bottle of wine to celebrate some special occasion. So drink it. Drink it now! Don't wait.

On a completely unrelated note; is anyone interested in a bunch of very old wine that has been stored correctly?

[Asking for a friend...]

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Trust California to discover a new way to make life there even more of a pain in the ass. Food waste becomes California's newest climate change target. And the solution of course is to mandate recycling. Because mandates that demand solutions that do not yet exist are always the best way to reach a goal.

I wonder whether the greenhouse gases produced by composting and conversion into biofuel are exactly the same as those produced by simply discarding organic waste? It doesn't matter, because the mandarins in Sacramento and their masters at the various NGOs that drive so much policy in California have decided, and if their solutions are nonsense, well then they will pass a law!

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Pork ribs are, along with beer, peanut butter and beef cattle, proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. But which kind? I know that there are legions of otherwise normal, well adjusted Americans who for some reason like baby-back ribs.

In case you don't know the difference, the baby-backs are taken from the back of the pig, and the spare ribs are taken from the belly, near the bacon. Read that again...NEAR THE BACON!

So why would anyone buy baby-backs when for less money one can buy spare ribs? For a few reasons that I don't think are particularly important, but here goes. The baby-backs are smaller and more tender and do not require as much cooking. And...uh...that's all I can think of.

Spare ribs are meatier, have more connective tissue, and most important have more fat, because....come on...you know the answer!

I will now climb down of my pork-rib high horse and suggest that if you want to cook baby-backs, you try this recipe.

Crispy fried baby back ribs sounds like a crappy Chinese restaurant preparation, but it is a perfectly sound recipe that takes advantage of all the good things about baby-backs while minimizing the downside (less fat). I will try this in the near future and get back to you if I remember.

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From commenter "Kathy" comes a nice looking marinade with a creole (Cajun? What's the difference?) flair.

Hot Sauce? I don't put it on any foods but do use it when marinating shrimp or pork medallions before grilling:
CREOLE BBQ MARINADE
1/4 cup butter
2 tbsp. creole mustard (or 2 tbsp. yellow mustard plus 1/4 tsp. Cajun seasoning)
juice of 1 lemon, strained
5 large cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. Tabasco sauce
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. salt (omit for shrimp)
In a small pan, melt butter on low heat. Add rest of ingredients. Stir until blended and warmed through, then allow to cool. For best results, apply marinade to shrimp (30+ minutes) or pork medallions (overnight). Peeling shrimp before applying marinade will make serving and eating less messy, but there will also be less flavor.

She then sent me a second email, warning me that the marinade looks sort of gross. Yeah...sometimes that happens, but looks can be deceiving.
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Chicken cutlets for Chicken Parm or just for snacking or slicing onto a salad or into a sandwich or a million things. Check how much they cost at the corner deli and then reconsider the minimal amount of skill required to make them.

Oh, and they aren't frying at an insanely high temperature, so there isn't much spatter. And damn! They are great!

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Here's a nice simple recipe for chili, and it has a bit of a twist...blending some of the beans to thicken it. I like little tweaks like that.

But you know? I can't recall a bad chili recipe. It's just good, pretty much no matter how you make it. Unless you you something weird like tofu or ersatz meat or some other abomination before the food gods.

Beef & Black Bean Chili with Chipotle & Avocado

No carrots though. Too bad, because they really add a certain je ne sais quoi to chili!

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This guy is great! And until this week completely unknown to me. But Sefton told me about him, and now I am telling you!

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Avocados sans thumbprints, beef short ribs that have meat on them (not the stupid little sliver of bone they sneak into the packages), carrots that don't taste like stalky chalk, spare bottles of Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year Old Bourbon, an herb garden that actually produces herbs (but no basil!), well-marbled NY strip steaks and elk backstrap to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

And don't think that you are off the hook with maple syrup and French Toast: I'm watching you...all of you! And I am watching you perverts who shake Manhattans and keeping a list for the Burning Times.

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

Comments

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:01 PM (2JoB8)

2 Maple syrup on French toast

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:01 PM (R5lpX)

3 San Franpsycho what are you making?

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:01 PM (2JoB8)

4 Dang you Skip

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:01 PM (R5lpX)

5 New Grandbaby is here!

And no, I'm not threadjacking, he is breastfeeding - that counts as "food", right?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 12, 2021 04:04 PM (SRRAx)

6 I have a couple bottles of old wine, 1989 - 1994, hoping they are still good when I get to them. All are v good wines to age.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:04 PM (2JoB8)

7 Now that I have wood stains sorted out, what are the best choices for combination dehydrator toaster ovens?

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 12, 2021 04:05 PM (ONvIw)

8
g'afternoon, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2021 04:05 PM (DUIap)

9 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 12, 2021 04:05 PM (arJlL)

10 Just made some roasted tomatillo and garlic sauce to go into the chicken chili.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 12, 2021 04:05 PM (vuisn)

11 I bet the Lincoln Project likes "mature" wine.

Good stuff now I'm hungry for chicken and chili.

Posted by: Unabomber WannaBe at December 12, 2021 04:05 PM (aA3+G)

12 And no, I'm not threadjacking, he is breastfeeding - that counts as "food", right?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 12, 2021 04:04 PM (SRRAx)

LOL... Congrats !

Posted by: It's me donna at December 12, 2021 04:06 PM (TdaKq)

13 The only "old" bottle of wine I have is a 2005 amarone. My understanding is that amarones have to sit a good while to be drinkable. I've thought about busting it open and decanting it at this point.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 04:07 PM (QU5/8)

14 I think I've found the best spice to use for dry-brining. Badia sriracha salt.

If you use it as a table seasoning, there's no real flavor; it's nothing but heat.

But if you use if for dry-brining... basically, coating your meat with it and putting it in your refrigerator for several hours... The heat dissipates, and you're left with the flavors of the garlic and chiles all the way through your meat. And it's very tasty!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at December 12, 2021 04:08 PM (H3MF8)

15 Did Mashed Rutabagas for a side with the steaks last night.

Rutabagas are less bitter than Turnips.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:08 PM (R5lpX)

16 The Lincoln Project's favorite to serve?

Trump whine.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 04:09 PM (a3Q+t)

17 I'm opening a cab this Christmas that is hitting the 7 year mark. Probably just past peak drinkability. But should do ok.
I have learned buying a 2 year old wine and letting it age a year makes a big difference. But more than 5...it's taking up space.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 04:09 PM (axyOa)

18 I defrosted chicken for a pot pie day before yesterday.

Turns out it was pork loin chops. I broke out the shears and had to cut every bit in the pot to make it edible. What a pain.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2021 04:09 PM (1t5dY)

19 I once used scheduling booklets (Letts of London), those things were the greatest, not only the calendar segments, but the also had a wine guide in the back and when it was time to DRINK UP!
Also, time zones of the world, international holidays, etc.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:10 PM (jTmQV)

20 I used to like the Zeller Schwartzcatz '76. I drank it in '78.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:10 PM (R5lpX)

21 Do you have, amid those dusty bottles, a cask of Amontillado?

Posted by: m at December 12, 2021 04:10 PM (yY8d6)

22 Can you use the old wine in salad dressing?

I had a lovely bottle go vinegar a few years ago. I had popped it for a special dinner with friends and.... welll. Yuck.

I do like Beaujolais Nouveau It's young and tasty and a very happy wine.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 04:11 PM (U2p+3)

23 Spare ribs cooked in sauerkraut .

The food of the gods.

Sauerkraut: A bag of Kissling brand, add a couple slices of onion chopped very fine.

Slice an apple in half, core it then plop the two halves on top of the kraut.

Remove apple after 30 to 45 minutes.

That's it.

Posted by: Glen Closebutnocigar at December 12, 2021 04:11 PM (fBtlL)

24 Rutabagas are less bitter than Turnips.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM

So , they don't hold a grudge.

Posted by: JT at December 12, 2021 04:12 PM (arJlL)

25 A cabernet of a half decent maker should be fine at 7 years.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:13 PM (2JoB8)

26 That too, plus they are bigger than Turnips.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:13 PM (R5lpX)

27 New Grandbaby is here!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 12, 2021 04:04 PM

Congratulations!

Have you started reading content and/or comments to him yet?

When it comes to the making of a Moron, well begun is half done.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 04:13 PM (a3Q+t)

28 One thing if wine is good enough for long term storage is its location in that period needs to be stable in temperature and humidity.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:14 PM (2JoB8)

29 New grocery store item, which I find is a hit (if you go for this sort of thing...)
Precooked Brussel sprouts in a microwavable bag.
They are already trimmed, washed and cooked, just microwave in the bag for a minute.
Maybe serve with a cheese sauce.
(I understand that Brussel sprouts can be unpopular in some circles...)

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:14 PM (jTmQV)

30 In 03 I made red and white wines. They're still in their 6 gal. carboy's with airlocks. I've either got 12 gallons of vinegar or wine I should have bottled and drank a long time ago.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 04:14 PM (+ya+t)

31 Lol CBD at the title!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 04:15 PM (nxdel)

32 A few of my oldest bottles are cabernets

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:15 PM (2JoB8)

33 CBD must have a proper wine cellar.

A cousin gave us a bottle of wine 20+ years ago when me and the wife got married. As far as I know, it's still in the cabinet.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:16 PM (R5lpX)

34 Who stores wine? Sheesh.. yer supposed to drink it, duh!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 04:16 PM (nxdel)

35 (I understand that Brussel sprouts can be unpopular in some circles...)
Posted by: gourmand du jour

I love sprouts!
Roast with olive oil, Siracha and honey.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 04:17 PM (U2p+3)

36 Oh. And bacon

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 04:17 PM (U2p+3)

37 Teresa! Congrats!!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 04:17 PM (nxdel)

38 wine I should have bottled and drank a long time ago.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 04:14 PM (+ya+t)

Yes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:18 PM (Q9lwr)

39 As far as I know, it's still in the cabinet.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:16 PM (R5lpX)

Drink it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:18 PM (Q9lwr)

40 I store some wine just in case of TEOTWAWKI (which seems more likely with every passing week).
I have about 12 liters or so around.
And then there's the hard booze...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:18 PM (jTmQV)

41 I like to roast brussel sprouts and carrots with a drizzle of honey and garlic sauce.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:18 PM (R5lpX)

42 29 New grocery store item, which I find is a hit (if you go for this sort of thing...)
Precooked Brussel sprouts in a microwavable bag.
They are already trimmed, washed and cooked, just microwave in the bag for a minute.
Maybe serve with a cheese sauce.
(I understand that Brussel sprouts can be unpopular in some circles...)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:14 PM (jTmQV)

I really like those steamed microwave veggies! You cook your meat, and then you need to let it rest... That's the perfect time to microwave some veggies to eat with it! The meat has to rest for at least 5 minutes, right? And a bag of frozen vegetables will take 5 or 6 minutes to cook. It works out so well!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at December 12, 2021 04:19 PM (H3MF8)

43 I like the St. Louis-style ribs. Nice and meaty.

Posted by: JuJuBee at December 12, 2021 04:20 PM (mNhhD)

44 Drink it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:18 PM (Q9lwr)

I just checked it. I forgot they were Baptists, so it's non alcoholic. In other words...grape juice.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (R5lpX)

45 A wine story:

So in the old day say 1996 to 2000 you could ride up to Jordan or Rafinelli and they would reach in the case and open a jug.

We would go by the store and buy some cheese and meat and bread for the people running the tasting room (shed) and they would sit and eat and talk with us.

I always bought enough so that anyone that drove up could have a bite too.

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (yrol0)

46 Who stores wine? Sheesh.. yer supposed to drink it, duh!
Posted by: Jewells45

That's our Jewells!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (iMZHt)

47 Interestingly, the sprouts aren't frozen, just in a bag in the produce cooler.
You have to be willing to try things out now and then.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (jTmQV)

48 Pricing wine for the St. Barbara's Day Ball. Evidently the class via store gives a 10% discount if ya purchase by the case/crate. 32 bottle of red and 32 bottles of white.

Damned board of executives is white king about an $8/bottle cheap wine, they want me to go with a $4/bottle.

Retired Army Air Defense Colonels are cheap old thunder chickens.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (IJES/)

49 What's the recipe for the chicken cutlets?

Posted by: OhNoNotTheBees at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (TEWKg)

50 via = VI

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 12, 2021 04:22 PM (IJES/)

51 Brussels Sprouts = Satan's dingleberries

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 04:22 PM (a3Q+t)

52 Tried some "Texas " style ribs a while back. Lot of meat and fat and little bone... basically a pork roast sliced up.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:22 PM (R5lpX)

53 I will also share a regret.
Turkey corn dogs.
I bought some, ate half of one, threw the rest out.
It was just wrong...wrong texture, wrong taste.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:23 PM (jTmQV)

54 It's Grey Cup day here in Canada. If I stay at the pub until it starts I will be mega wasted so I won't do.
I apologize for the interruption.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at December 12, 2021 04:23 PM (xf28C)

55 The quality of wine is enhanced by good company. I'm not patient enough to let them get too old. It's fun when I find one that I had forgotten I stashed.

Happens more often lately.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:24 PM (3xUhl)

56 Cajun vs. Creole

Cajun = French influence

Creole = European and African, Caribbean or Hispanic influence

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 04:26 PM (BFigT)

57 Turkey corn dogs.
I bought some, ate half of one, threw the rest out.
It was just wrong...wrong texture, wrong taste.
Posted by: gourmand

Many, many years ago when the children were young and all the healthy eating recommendations (were crap) we tried turkey hotdogs.
The kids ate them but only after being smothered in catsup and sweet relish.
We tossed a bunce even with the strongest urging of the kids to eat more.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 12, 2021 04:26 PM (iMZHt)

58 Grey cup day? What's that, the Canadian football Superbowl?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:26 PM (R5lpX)

59 Wine story #2:

So was in England in 1996 or 7. The G5 was in Birmingham out side of London. We went to the Swallow Inn right in downtown. I think it had 3 stars. I was running a division that was a companies number 3 or 4 customer the first year and we were on there card.

So we Jock (wtf kind of name if Jock) to order for us and he decides to sever us what Clinton would have then very next night for 100 pounds a head. WINE AND ALL.

So we burn through 3 bottles and Jock says NO MAS. We ask why and he say he need 4 bottles for Willie. I said I will take them.

I bought the wine they had reserved for Bill.

TFF!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:27 PM (yrol0)

60 RHennigantx. I was talking about ARA Fanello recently with some friends. I may need to go see if it's still there. As well as Ridge, and Martinelli and Rochioli.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:27 PM (3xUhl)

61 Hi Nl. Thanks for sharing that hallelujah chorus flash mob video yesterday. I am in awe of people who can not just sing but do those split choral pieces.

Food thread. I'm having charcuterie for lunch. Sounds so much nicer saying it that way instead of "grazing on cheese, crackers and sausage sticks"

Posted by: paleRider at December 12, 2021 04:28 PM (3cGpq)

62 I never understood Baptist abstainers.
I mean, Jesus MADE wine, for heaven's sake...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:28 PM (jTmQV)

63 58 Grey cup day? What's that, the Canadian football Superbowl?
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:26 PM (R5lpX)

TFF

Poutine and Labatts is not a dog and a miller!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:29 PM (yrol0)

64 Grey cup day? What's that, the Canadian football Superbowl?
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:26 PM (R5lpX)

I suppose.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at December 12, 2021 04:30 PM (xf28C)

65 How does port age in the bottle? I bought a bottle of ten year old...almost 10 years ago.

Warre's Otima

Anyone have knowledge of these things?

Posted by: fluffy at December 12, 2021 04:30 PM (UnQlg)

66 60 RHennigantx. I was talking about ARA Fanello recently with some friends. I may need to go see if it's still there. As well as Ridge, and Martinelli and Rochioli.
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:27 PM (3xUhl)

Damn mu memory

Is the Russian River??

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:30 PM (yrol0)

67 Make that Rafanelli

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:30 PM (3xUhl)

68 61 Hi Nl. Thanks for sharing that hallelujah chorus flash mob video yesterday. I am in awe of people who can not just sing but do those split choral pieces.

You are most welcome.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at December 12, 2021 04:31 PM (xf28C)

69 65 How does port age in the bottle? I bought a bottle of ten year old...almost 10 years ago.

Warre's Otima

Anyone have knowledge of these things?
Posted by: fluffy at December 12, 2021 04:30 PM (UnQlg)

I have no idea

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:31 PM (yrol0)

70 What's the recipe for the chicken cutlets?

Posted by: OhNoNotTheBees at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (TEWKg)

Damned if I know! But this is what I did....

Dust with flour.
Dredge in egg.
Dredge in bread crumbs.
Fry.

I also seasoned everything, including the raw cutlets.

Layers of flavor!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:31 PM (Q9lwr)

71 I wuz right. It is the Canadian football Superbowl.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:32 PM (R5lpX)

72 41 I like to roast brussel sprouts and carrots with a drizzle of honey and garlic sauce.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:18 PM (R5lpX)

Do you roast the bacon with them as well?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 12, 2021 04:33 PM (aA3+G)

73 Warre's Otima

Anyone have knowledge of these things?

Posted by: fluffy at December 12, 2021 04:30 PM (UnQlg)

That's a 10 Year Tawny Port.

It won't age in the bottle, so drink it! And I'll bet it is going to be loads of fun. Tawny ports are usually delicious.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:33 PM (Q9lwr)

74 Another wine story:

My best friend is about 80. When we meet up we split the food and wine bill. Its about equal.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:33 PM (yrol0)

75 Dry Creek Valley runs into the Russian River road. People frequently use them interchangeably but 15 years ago or so Dry Creek became its own appellation. That's where Rafanelli is located.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:33 PM (3xUhl)

76 I'm having charcuterie for lunch. Sounds so much nicer saying it that way instead of "grazing on cheese, crackers and sausage sticks"
Posted by: paleRider

What Nonna (and now her grands and greats) call 'snacks'.
No wine today - nor bourbon. I know, heresy!

Mixing up the dough for Italian Christmas cookies - four hundred different recipes if you DDG them but my version:
eggs, sugar, butter, flour, a metric half tonne of baking powder, clear vanilla. Mix, bake, ice, sprinkle, eat.

*cha cha cha*

Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 04:34 PM (mD/uy)

77 I wuz right. It is the Canadian football Superbowl.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:32 PM (R5lpX)
Aka the national drunk.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at December 12, 2021 04:34 PM (xf28C)

78 Thanks for the Food Thread, CBD!

Best wine I ever had was a 1998 Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf-du-Pape. That happened to be a very good year for wine. The wine was so good that I wanted to lick the wine glass to get every last drop!

The bottle was given as a gift and I was advised to hold it for at least 5 years for best consumption (and provided a copy of a page from a wine magazine with that advice so I would not forget). Opened it in 2006 and it was absolute perfection. I still have the empty bottle as a memento!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at December 12, 2021 04:35 PM (rwusL)

79 75 Dry Creek Valley runs into the Russian River road. People frequently use them interchangeably but 15 years ago or so Dry Creek became its own appellation. That's where Rafanelli is located.
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:33 PM (3xUhl)

oh yes Dry Creek

You ever head west from there over the mountains and drive 1 back south? years age we did that

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:36 PM (yrol0)

80 Cha cha cha!

The essential ingredient.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:36 PM (3xUhl)

81 67 Make that Rafanelli
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:30 PM (3xUhl)

Their Daughter is a friend of My Daughter.. They went to school together

Posted by: It's me donna at December 12, 2021 04:37 PM (TdaKq)

82 Do you roast the bacon with them as well?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 12, 2021 04:33 PM (aA3+G)

For some reason, the only time the wife likes bacon is in a BLT. Any time I suggest using bacon for any other cooking, she says nope.

Makes me wonder why I married her sometimes.

Seriously though, the last few years, her tastes have changed. She has got to where she doesn't like any kind of Pork. Has to do with the autoimmune disease she has that changed her taste buds.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:38 PM (R5lpX)

83 >>> It won't age in the bottle, so drink it!

Thanks. We never got around to it. Our liquor cabinet, such as it is, doesn't look as bad as the photo up top, but it gathers dust at times.

Posted by: fluffy at December 12, 2021 04:38 PM (UnQlg)

84 Speaking of which, have to reheat leftover steak and mashed rutabagas from last night.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:38 PM (R5lpX)

85 Dry Creek Valley runs into the Russian River road. People frequently use them interchangeably but 15 years ago or so Dry Creek became its own appellation.
That's where Rafanelli is located.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:33 PM (3xUhl)

I used to go to an annual Dry Creek Valley winery crawl (I forgot the official name).

It's a big deal now, but a long time ago it was just a bunch of wineries serving food and wine and maybe a bit of entertainment. Fun stuff in one of the best viticultural areas in the world!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (Q9lwr)

86 Their Daughter is a friend of My Daughter.. They went to school together
Posted by: It's me donna at December 12, 2021 04:37 PM (TdaKq)

I was at that steakhouse right outside Palazzo and they had the Zin. I ordered it and the sommelier had never had it so I asked him to try it. He said that was first time ever any customer had asked him to try the wine they were having.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (yrol0)

87 Cajun vs. Creole 2:

One of the differences between the two cuisine types is that Creole food typically uses tomatoes and tomato-based sauces while traditional Cajun food does not.

Cajun is also, sometimes, referred to as "lowland" (as in poor) cooking as they typically don't use the seafood that's popular in Creole cooking... like shrimp.

My family has Cajun roots in New Orleans... thus our cooking tends to be "Cajun" influenced. Our gumbo is Andouille sausage and chicken... no seafood. Thus "lowland" style.

However I make an awesome Chicken Creole too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (BFigT)

88 Roast with olive oil, Siracha and honey.

My wife makes them with brown sugar and bacon. But olive oil, sriracha, and honey sounds pretty good too.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (QU5/8)

89 You ever head west from there over the mountains and drive 1 back south? years age we did that

Oh yea. Now however you can only do that in the winter. Too much traffic and 1 is a grind. Some great sports car roads back there I've heard. Just watch for the packs of spandex clad bicyclers. They ruin everything

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (3xUhl)

90 It's a big deal now, but a long time ago it was just a bunch of wineries serving food and wine and maybe a bit of entertainment. Fun stuff in one of the best viticultural areas in the world!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (Q9lwr)

Not the same but GA has the Wine Highway weekend. They are not CA but they really really treat people well.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:41 PM (yrol0)

91 I have a 4 year old Samsung refrigerator where the ice maker quit and the temp controls in the fridge couldn't be controlled. Warranty long since gone I decided to call around and see if I could get my $2600 fridge fixed. No one can get parts because Samsung has a lock on them. Called Samsung expecting bad things and damned if they didn't install a new $500 ice maker, no charges for it or labor. Service tech came back a second time and fixed $400 worth of temp controls free. This time he charged $200 for labor which I figure is better than tossing the thing. Shock and awe with the customer service. I expected to be told to go scratch.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 04:41 PM (+ya+t)

92 Just watch for the packs of spandex clad bicyclers. They ruin everything

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (3xUhl)

Oops! I used to be one of those guys. Although in my defense I never wore a team jersey....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:41 PM (Q9lwr)

93 Obtained. (Spelling) Beaugelais Villages that was alread 3 yrs old that i kept another 4. It was very good. Not a.wine snob, i do make some good homemade stuff. We drink the bad homemade stuff, too!

I gotta bottle that plum and marigold wine pretty soon. I do 5 gallon batches. Did 42 gallons of apple/pear one year. 2 cousins and i stayed high all that next fall and following summer! I put 8 gallons on the front porch that winter that saw minus 16 degrees. Made apple jack the old-fashioned way! This was the favored drink of men in Colonial America. No wonder they got itching for a fight with the British while in the alehouse.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. at December 12, 2021 04:42 PM (n/szn)

94
I also seasoned everything, including the raw cutlets.

Layers of flavor!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:31 PM (Q9lwr)

That's exactly how I make them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 04:43 PM (Hr0hg)

95 That marinade sounds tasty!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 12, 2021 04:43 PM (URNdm)

96 Oh yea. Now however you can only do that in the winter. Too much traffic and 1 is a grind. Some great sports car roads back there I've heard. Just watch for the packs of spandex clad bicyclers. They ruin everything
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:40 PM (3xUhl)

So I was Hertz Double Plus Gold. At SFO they had a Mustang GT (ithink think first 4.6 24 valve) parked out front and I got it. The tires were destroyed when I got back. Cords showing.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:44 PM (yrol0)

97 Oops! I used to be one of those guys. Although in my defense I never wore a team jersey....

Glad you changed your ways before you became a hood ornament on somebody's beautiful Italian Car.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:45 PM (3xUhl)

98 Beaujolais village wines are good for a few years, the new Beaujolais should be drank up in a year

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:45 PM (2JoB8)

99 Chris Piss Wallace to CNN

AMF

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:46 PM (yrol0)

100 Glad you changed your ways before you became a hood ornament on somebody's beautiful Italian Car.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 04:45 PM (3xUhl)

They are irritating....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:46 PM (Q9lwr)

101 Not wine related, scotch. Sams club members mark blended scotch. My wife bought it. 1.75 liter bottle. Cheap. Not that bad though. A touch of peat. What do i do with it? Other than neat. Are there good mixed concoctions for a value blend?

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. And fat. at December 12, 2021 04:46 PM (0OmEj)

102 Thanksgiving opened a 45 year old Crown Royal and it is very good.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:47 PM (2JoB8)

103 Not an old wine story, but an old Whiskey story...

My grandfather had bought a case of Jack Daniels sometime in the late 1950's based on the box, the tax stamp and the bottle label. Fast forward to the early 1990's after his death and we're rummaging through the attic and come across a half case of this stuff. The Whiskey had more or less solidified into Jack Daniels crystals on the bottom of each bottle. Nothing would fix this. However we did get some of those crystals out of a bottle to taste.

Horrible. Nasty. Barf. So, it's not just wine that goes bad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 04:48 PM (BFigT)

104 Not the same but GA has the Wine Highway weekend. They are not CA but they really really treat people well.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:41 PM (yrol0)

Do they still do the "Buckhead Crawl" in Atlanta? Been ages since I've been down there. Start up one side of the street hitting every bar, get to the end and do the other side of the street. Mostly beer and liquor drinkers, but some winos, too.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 04:49 PM (R5lpX)

105 The local winery produced a nice Cab but it was too young. Poured it in a 2 liter oak cask and aged it for a month. The result was a full bodied Cab that drank like liquid velvet. Well worth the wait.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 04:52 PM (KNw+7)

106 Martini Farmer ah ha, in a attic no doubt subject to at least high summer temperatures and probably swinging Temps though out the year.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:53 PM (2JoB8)

107 I've been invited to the staff Christmas party at my local pub. Jeez I spend too much time there.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at December 12, 2021 04:53 PM (xf28C)

108 I like red wine of all types. Usually I buy this or that and drink it right away but I do have about 50 bottles of stuff ranging from Mad Dog 20/20 to expensive Italian and French reds and domestic small wineries like Falco out in Commifornia. Friends and lovers are always giving me bottles of wine for burpdays, holidays, etc.

I have found that after about 7 years the wine has been stored too long, corks go crumbly and the wine is like liquid ass.

I now try to drink a bottle now later than 5 years from the date on the bottle if I remember right.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 12, 2021 04:53 PM (R/m4+)

109 Wine stored up right for long is bad, I have a wine storage space that is insulated under my basement steps.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:55 PM (2JoB8)

110 I've had too many good bottles of wine to choose one. Maybe an old brunello di montalcino. That was good.

I had a bottle of carmenere (sp?) at a winery harvest party I was invited to. That was good, I had never had that before. I was drinking a cab before so it could have not been that great. After the second glass of wine I really can't tell.
Some of the wineries here did not harvest last year becuase they were short workers.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 04:55 PM (Hr0hg)

111 A study from the Queen Mary University in London (QMUL) showed that the U.K.s data is misclassifying individuals who die within 14 days of being jabbed as unvaccinated creating an anomaly.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 04:56 PM (yrol0)

112 Brother Northernlurker it's nice to feel wanted, go.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:56 PM (2JoB8)

113 101 Are there good mixed concoctions for a value blend?

There's always a Rusty Nail:

2 parts Scotch
1 part Drambuie

Posted by: Retief at December 12, 2021 04:56 PM (hgd+7)

114 Poured it in a 2 liter oak cask and aged it for a month.
---------
My brothers do that with cheap tequila and swear it's up there with the good stuff. I made vinegar with one I bought.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 04:57 PM (+ya+t)

115 Congrats on the new grandson Teresa! Hope you get to see him soon.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 04:58 PM (Q8bDL)

116 In 1980 my ex and I, newly married kids, went on a van trip to the PNW to see his family, friends, etc. One family friend we visited told us he and my ex's father (deceased) had once found about 40 bottles of homemade wine under a house, from decades earlier. He had three left. He brought out one to share; the green glass bottle was unlabeled and small like a beer bottle. The wine was just wonderful, sweet and golden.

Posted by: skywch at December 12, 2021 04:59 PM (sKjat)

117 Horrible. Nasty. Barf. So, it's not just wine that goes bad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 04:48 PM (BFigT)

My guess is that it got so hot that the alcohol evaporated. Kept cool, it would have been fine!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 04:59 PM (Q9lwr)

118 105 The local winery produced a nice Cab but it was too young. Poured it in a 2 liter oak cask and aged it for a month. The result was a full bodied Cab that drank like liquid velvet. Well worth the wait.
Posted by: Ben Had at Decemb

How long did you keep it in the cask? Did you top it?

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 04:59 PM (Hr0hg)

119 @paulkrugman
"Inflation especially hurts the poor" has truthiness it sounds like it should be true. But I don't see either evidence or a mechanism

FUCK YOU POOR PEOPLE

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 05:00 PM (yrol0)

120 Yeah, the Dry Creek area has become very chique.
I looked at a falling down house on some acreage there decades ago.
Wish I had bought it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:01 PM (jTmQV)

121 Going to make Morroccan Fish Tagine, had to make quick preserved lemons as I couldn't find a local source for them.

Hopefully this all turns out good.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 12, 2021 05:01 PM (z24xU)

122 Ten years of dust on a bottle of Boones Farm and it still tastes like Boones Farm.. Same result with MD 20-20.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:02 PM (axyOa)

123 For the Horde members who are knowledgeable about booze - my son is a scotch/bourbon/whiskey afficicanado. I am not. I want to buy him a gag (in more ways than one) gift for his bar this Christmas. Something that will make his friends raise an eyebrow and say "WTF?" when they see it in his collection.

I mean the nastiest, most low rent booze you can buy to put next to his Pappy, Rhetoric and Buichladdich. I want it to be jaw droppingly bad, but I know nothing of whiskey type spirits. Any suggestions?

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:04 PM (Q8bDL)

124 Off to spatchcock a chicken for dinner...

I have been told how it is to be prepared...

Yeah. I'm just the cook.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:04 PM (Q9lwr)

125 Boone's Farm and Mad Dog 20-20. Those are fortified wines. Fortification being a bunch of guys standing around and pissing in the mash before it's squeezed and bottled up.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 05:05 PM (R5lpX)

126 CaliGirl, We left it for a month. Those small oak casks come with a sealing plug. You soak the cask in water for 24 hours and then fill it.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:05 PM (KNw+7)

127 We have grapes here and have a really good winemaker. I am sick of Pinot. My husband gets mad becuase I buy wine. You wouldn't think you'd get sick of something but I do.

No one drinks the Chard so I give it away or trade for a case of something else.
I wan't them to graft another varietal to some rows of the chardonnay. Maybe Nebbiolo or Barolo. We've been talking about it for years and I'm going to try to get my husband to do it this year.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 05:05 PM (Hr0hg)

128 >>> mean the nastiest, most low rent booze you can buy to put next to his Pappy, Rhetoric and Buichladdich

Southern Comfort?

Posted by: fluffy at December 12, 2021 05:06 PM (UnQlg)

129 I want it to be jaw droppingly bad, but I know nothing of whiskey type spirits. Any suggestions?

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:04 PM (Q8bDL)

Yes! Grab an empty bottle out of his garbage or recycling can without him knowing, then refill it with the cheapest equivalent and give it to him.

Then see if he can taste the difference.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:06 PM (Q9lwr)

130 Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:04 PM (Q8bDL)

Anything in a plastic bottle is a good start.

Or anything that rhymes with Black Spaniel's

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 12, 2021 05:07 PM (cknjq)

131 119 - Possibly the most risible thing Krugman has ever written. Inflation: the dollar doesn't go as far, and the poor have less dollars. It's not rocket surgery. But this is how fucking dumb liars like Krugman think everyone else is.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 05:07 PM (QU5/8)

132 Southern Comfort or Jim Beam green label are nasty whiskeys.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 05:07 PM (R5lpX)

133 An eight-year-long investigation into the reliability of preclinical cancer biology research has found that fewer than half of the results published in 23 highly cited papers could be successfully reproduced.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 05:07 PM (yrol0)

134 So, having a visitor from Poland really makes you thankful for the USA.

I served him blueberries yesterday. Literally thought he was seeing the face of God in those berries with the joy on his face. He was flabbergasted on how we could have berries in winter.

Needless to say, I bought 2 more quarts of them and we're having a red dragonfruit blueberry salad with ginger, lime, and raw sugar to totally blow his mind tonight (heck, it's my 1st time with red dragonfruit - I've had and thought there was only pink and yellow, but nope, deep red, too

. Thanks, HMart!

Posted by: Nova local at December 12, 2021 05:07 PM (exHjb)

135 131 119 - Possibly the most risible thing Krugman has ever written. Inflation: the dollar doesn't go as far, and the poor have less dollars. It's not rocket surgery. But this is how fucking dumb liars like Krugman think everyone else is.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 05:07 PM (QU5/

The Rich Hate You!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2021 05:08 PM (yrol0)

136 129 reminds me of a Reginald Perrin episode where someone made a living doing that

Posted by: CN at December 12, 2021 05:08 PM (ONvIw)

137 CaliGirl, Try a Cab Franc.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:08 PM (KNw+7)

138 48 Pricing wine for the St. Barbara's Day Ball. Evidently the class via store gives a 10% discount if ya purchase by the case/crate. 32 bottle of red and 32 bottles of white.

Damned board of executives is white king about an $8/bottle cheap wine, they want me to go with a $4/bottle.

Retired Army Air Defense Colonels are cheap old thunder chickens.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM (IJES/)
***

Don't forget the sock.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:08 PM (axyOa)

139 135. But Psaki said only NYCers care about things like price levels.

Posted by: CN at December 12, 2021 05:09 PM (ONvIw)

140 My dad used to tell me about my grandfather making wine in a big wood barrel. They "acquired" cases of grapes from railroad cars and let it ferment on it's own in the barrel. Made 200 gal. a year. I have a few gallons in the basement from the 50's. Not drinkable.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 05:09 PM (+ya+t)

141 CaliGirl, We left it for a month. Those small oak casks come with a sealing plug. You soak the cask in water for 24 hours and then fill it.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:05 PM (KNw+7)

That's what the winemaker does here, but the wine is in the barrels for a year or more depending on the grape. They have to top it and they keep wine in carboys for topping.
the plug in the barrels is called a bung.
When it's first put in the barrels they have these bungs that have an hourglass looking thing on them and he puts vodka in them, those type won't fly out.
The bungs come flying out from something that I don't remember and it's my job to go check and find the bungs at put them back.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 05:10 PM (Hr0hg)

142 The best thing I've ever picked up for wine appreciation is a venturi. It really brings out the flavors.of the wine.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:10 PM (axyOa)

143
I mean the nastiest, most low rent booze you can buy to put next to his Pappy, Rhetoric and Buichladdich. I want it to be jaw droppingly bad, but I know nothing of whiskey type spirits. Any suggestions?

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:04 PM

I have heard, from bourbon / whiskey drinkers, that Fireball is an abomination of all that is holy

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2021 05:10 PM (DUIap)

144 CBD, that is so great an idea. I would have to enlist his wife's help, but I think she would go along with this.

Still, what rotgut to put in it? (And yeah, I have no doubt he will notice, after a tiny sip and perhaps even by the smell.) He'll be going "What the hell?"

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:10 PM (Q8bDL)

145 I loved Letts of London planners!!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at December 12, 2021 05:10 PM (UUBmN)

146 We figured the temps ruined the JD... although I can't honestly remember how hot it was up there during the summer. It was in their house in Washington D.C. so it probably got freaking hot. I still have an unopened bottle somewhere around here... I think.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 05:12 PM (BFigT)

147 Not sure why one would add any oil to a marinade let alone one that can go rancid in hours.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2021 05:12 PM (1t5dY)

148 CaliGirl, Try a Cab Franc.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:08 PM (KNw+7)

I don't know who grows that grape. I have to get cuttings from someone I know. There's a guy that will do it for us, he may know where to get different cuttings.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 05:12 PM (Hr0hg)

149 >>> The bungs come flying out from something that I don't remember

I must help!

Posted by: Cornholio at December 12, 2021 05:12 PM (UnQlg)

150 I once went to dinner in the early eighties with a friend and his Polish mother who was visiting. I ordered shrimp. She asked what it was, had never seen or heard of shrimp.

Posted by: JuJuBee at December 12, 2021 05:13 PM (mNhhD)

151 Fireball is an abomination of all that is holy

I can attest to that. My son loved it for awhile even he's sick of it. That stuff it horrible.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 05:13 PM (nxdel)

152 I have heard, from bourbon / whiskey drinkers, that Fireball is an abomination of all that is holy
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2021 05:10 PM (DUIap)

Except for most sorority girls.
So I'm told.
I suggest Ole Grandad.
Vile!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:13 PM (axyOa)

153 New baby's favorite BOC song:

And I'm burpin' I'm burpin' I'm burpin for you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 12, 2021 05:14 PM (m0zqP)

154 I mean the nastiest, most low rent booze you can buy to put next to his Pappy, Rhetoric and Buichladdich. I want it to be jaw droppingly bad, but I know nothing of whiskey type spirits. Any suggestions?
Posted by: cfo mom

Fireball or BSB.
Or schnapps.

*shudders*

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 05:14 PM (U2p+3)

155 Cfo mom, Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey (no, really it's actually a thing) is the most vile abomination I can conceive of.

Posted by: Retief at December 12, 2021 05:15 PM (hgd+7)

156 CFO mom

Crown royal salted apple caramel

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 05:16 PM (U2p+3)

157
A few of my oldest bottles are cabernets

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 04:15 PM

I built my own wine cellar... well took what was existing and some bricks and mortar and cedar shelving and made something approximating such a thing. Then filled it with assorted whites and reds. Waited...

The whites got murky and barely worth drinking. The reds got better. But the Cabernet's became outstanding. So then the Pennsylvania Liquor Store System of effeminate males shut down for a couple of months because of covid and row after of cab savs were sacrificed.

It's a strenuous process to build back better, but I'm trying. From here on out, nothing but cab savs.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 12, 2021 05:16 PM (dQvv7)

158 CaliGirl, Sorry, I was speaking of something new to drink.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:16 PM (KNw+7)

159
Cfo mom, Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey (no, really it's actually a thing) is the most vile abomination I can conceive of.

Posted by: Retief at December 12, 2021 05:15 PM

plus, Skrewball was once recommended by the Quora Daily Poster, further tainting it's reputation

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2021 05:17 PM (DUIap)

160 Once at a upscale wine bar , the manager offered us a quarter glass ( automatic dispenser) of a $200 a glass Cabernet. Out of politeness I pretended that it was excellent. Truth was that I couldn't tell the difference between this and the $12 glass of wine I just had.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:18 PM (HaNEn)

161 Yes! Grab an empty bottle out of his garbage or recycling can without him knowing, then refill it with the cheapest equivalent and give it to him.

Then see if he can taste the difference.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at D

My husband hated that I bought bottled water. He filled up the gallon of water in the fridge with tap water. I told him I wasn't going to buy the store brand of water anymore because it tasted like tap water. He told me what he did. He didn't think I could tell the difference. I proved him wrong and we had the water dispenser delivered after that.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 05:18 PM (Hr0hg)

162 Heh. Banner ad said "stop overpaying for CBD."

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist. at December 12, 2021 05:19 PM (93Mlk)

163 I'm reading bacon is getting pricey. If true it's time to start curing some again. Corned beef too now that I have a working fridge again.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 05:20 PM (+ya+t)

164 @paulkrugman
"Inflation especially hurts the poor" has truthiness it sounds like it should be true. But I don't see either evidence or a mechanism

FUCK YOU POOR PEOPLE
Posted by: rhennigantx

Living on his Eron money in the house Eron paid for...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 12, 2021 05:20 PM (iMZHt)

165 158 CaliGirl, Sorry, I was speaking of something new to drink.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:16 PM (KNw+7)

I tend to drink what is local. Here's a hint, if you know someone that works at the winery, they get a 50 percent discount.

I do like that wine, it's been a while since I've had it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 05:20 PM (Hr0hg)

166 I wonder whether the greenhouse gases produced by composting and conversion into biofuel are exactly the same as those produced by simply discarding organic waste?

The answer is yes, the composting process released CO2 and when the compost is put in the soil the soil microorganisms complete the process that they started during composting, and turn everything available to CO2, which makes sense since the Carbon in the food comes from the atmosphere. *I now grab my hair and scream in frustration*

This was determined originally in the 17th Century

The ONLY way to sequester the CO2 from plants, long term, is to carbonize it and bury it, which is the basis for making the Amazonian dark soils (Terra Preto) that also makes pretty useless laetritic jungle soil pretty fertile.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2021 05:21 PM (ZMraq)

167 Heh. Banner ad said "stop overpaying for CBD."
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist.

But, he's FREE !

Posted by: JT at December 12, 2021 05:21 PM (arJlL)

168 Food waste is carbon neutral.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2021 05:21 PM (ZMraq)

169 Have mentioned thus in the past but for those in the NoVa area, head west on 66 to Markham. Exit there to the Chateau O'Brian winery.
Absolutely the best in the state. The charcuterie of meats and Irish cheeses is excellent. The wines are the best!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:21 PM (axyOa)

170 Recipe for an easy appetizer with sweet heat:

JEZEBEL SAUCE
15 ounces pineapple preserves
15 ounces apple jelly
3 tablespoons dry/ground mustard
1/2 cup prepared horseradish

In a medium sized bowl, thoroughly combine all ingredients. This will store well for several weeks. When ready to serve pour over a block of cream cheese, and serve with crackers (Triscuits are our favorite). Other ways to use Jezebel are as a glaze for ham, or as a dipping sauce for chicken nuggets or egg rolls. The pineapple preserves and apple jelly can be either store-bought or home-made using canned crushed pineapple and bottled apple juice.

Posted by: Kathy at December 12, 2021 05:22 PM (h3RRP)

171 Heh. Banner ad said "stop overpaying for CBD."
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist.

But, he's FREE !
Posted by: JT

(But, he ain't easy....)

Posted by: JT at December 12, 2021 05:22 PM (arJlL)

172 Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey would be suitable for breakfast, perhaps poured over waffles.

Maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 05:22 PM (BFigT)

173 Still, what rotgut to put in it?

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:10 PM (Q8bDL)

Go to a big liquor store and find the cheapest version. There are Scotch Whiskeys that are $15/bottle, and Bourbons for maybe even less. Usually store brands.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:22 PM (Q9lwr)

174 o mom, Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey (no, really it's actually a thing) is the most vile abomination I can conceive of.
Posted by: Retief at December 12, 2021 05:15 PM (hgd+7)

I have a hangover and the thought of that makes me nauseated. Just no.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 05:25 PM (Hr0hg)

175 If the wine you want to sell is, collectively, worth more than $2.5K, and properly stored, Winebid will likely pick it up and auction it for you, for a cut, of course.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 05:25 PM (PQ4Fz)

176 I'm reading bacon is getting pricey. If true it's time to start curing some again. Corned beef too now that I have a working fridge again.
Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 05:20 PM (+ya+t)

In Cali for sure. Pork farmers can't comply with the animal rights bill California passed . The retooling pens , etc too expensive.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:25 PM (HaNEn)

177 171 Heh. Banner ad said "stop overpaying for CBD."
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Sexual Racist.

But, he's FREE !
Posted by: JT

(But, he ain't easy....)
Posted by: JT at December 12, 2021 05:22 PM (arJlL)
----
He's my brother....

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 05:26 PM (0IeYL)

178 Hiya Weasel !

Posted by: JT at December 12, 2021 05:27 PM (arJlL)

179 The tap water here is awful, so pretty much everyone has a reverse osmosis system. No minerals that way, so I take supplements, but it tastes very pure. Also use that water to feed the ice maker, so only one set of filters to worry about changing.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 05:27 PM (PQ4Fz)

180 Howdy JT!

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 05:27 PM (0IeYL)

181 I'm reading bacon is getting pricey. If true it's time to start curing some again. Corned beef too now that I have a working fridge again.
Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 05:20 PM (+ya+t)

Doubled in price here (south of Seattle) in the last 6 months. Now $11.95 for most name brands.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:27 PM (axyOa)

182 He's my brother....

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 05:26 PM (0IeYL)

Cool.

So give me back my Kimber!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:28 PM (Q9lwr)

183 I used to buy 16oz. of bacon, then they changed to packaging to 12oz.
Took me about a week to figure that out, I wasn't paying attention.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:29 PM (jTmQV)

184 I think I'll buy a package of bacon and throw it in the smoker.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at December 12, 2021 05:29 PM (xf28C)

185 He's my brother....

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 05:26 PM (0IeYL)

Cool.

So give me back my Kimber!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:28 PM (Q9lwr)
***

Let me guess...adopted.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:29 PM (axyOa)

186 So give me back my Kimber!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at D

*perks up*

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 05:29 PM (U2p+3)

187 A truly dogshit whiskey is:

Chocolate "Flavored" Whiskey made by Kings County Distillery

It's not so much a drunk as a dare.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 05:30 PM (QU5/8)

188 My alcoholic beverage standard is, if I drink 2, am I going to regret it the next day?
I just can't take the punishment like I used to...LOL

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:31 PM (jTmQV)

189 You guys are the best. Thanks for the suggestions. I'm leaning towards the Fireball or the obnoxious peanut butter one so far from your recommendations. But I kinda want it to be an actual whiskey/scotch/bourbon, not a flavored one. Maybe Grandad.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:31 PM (Q8bDL)

190 Maybe Grandad.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:31 PM (Q8bDL)

No! Even cheaper!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:32 PM (Q9lwr)

191 Nurse,
Sportsman Warehouse in Puyallup has Kimbers on sale for $699.00. (.45)

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:32 PM (axyOa)

192 The fireball whisky, that is disgusting whatever you were thinking, do not do it

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:33 PM (gTKIZ)

193 That Butterscotch/Pepper Whiskey some one brought to the MoMe was damned fine in the morning coffee.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:33 PM (KNw+7)

194 Along with my under stairs wine storage made 2 stand alone wine racks, one starting with a wood display from State Store and encased it with t&g wood

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 05:34 PM (2JoB8)

195 I never understood Baptist abstainers.
I mean, Jesus MADE wine, for heaven's sake...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:28 PM

I grew up Baptist and their standard rejoinder was that the wine Jesus made at Cana wasn't alcoholic. Which would mean that the observation in the scriptural account that normally the good wine was served at the beginning of the wedding feast and the cheap stuff only after the guests had already "well drunk," but at this wedding the reverse had occurred, would make NO sense whatsoever.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 12, 2021 05:35 PM (RU079)

196
Skip - Hit Canal 60 today. A ton of cars with Crossfit logos on them in the parking lot. I hear a bunch of people laughing at the top of this hill about 300 feet above the canal. What's the harm of joining them? So a mile through the woods and over all the overturned trees and slippery leaf covered slopes to the summit with a 20# backpack. Guys wearing shorts in the 40 degree temps shedding their shirts after the experience. My wife was amused.

I wanna sleep for a week.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 12, 2021 05:35 PM (dQvv7)

197 150 I once went to dinner in the early eighties with a friend and his Polish mother who was visiting. I ordered shrimp. She asked what it was, had never seen or heard of shrimp.
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 12, 2021 05:13 PM (mNhhD)

Apparently, you don't get fruit in stores in winter in Poland, at least not more than an apple or something similar.

When I took him to HMart to shop and pick out what he'd like, he was almost overwhelmed by the options. But that just meant I got to go crazy picking stuff he can't have now or never has had...

Posted by: Nova local at December 12, 2021 05:35 PM (exHjb)

198 189 You guys are the best. Thanks for the suggestions. I'm leaning towards the Fireball or the obnoxious peanut butter one so far from your recommendations. But I kinda want it to be an actual whiskey/scotch/bourbon, not a flavored one. Maybe Grandad.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:31 PM (Q8bDL)

Old Grandad is not awful, I don't think. I know it was what my, well, old grandfather drank, much to my amusement, and he could afford whatever kind he wanted.

It's too bad we're not still in that "generic" fad. A bottle that just says "Scotch" with a white label and a bar code sounds about perfect for this.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 05:35 PM (PQ4Fz)

199 Maybe Grandad.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:31 PM (Q8bDL)

No! Even cheaper!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:32 PM (Q9lwr)
***

Interesting ly, one of the cheapest scotches is Balentines. It is also the most consumed scotch in the world. It is a basic blend. But probably not right for this as it isn't half bad.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:36 PM (axyOa)

200 I am absolutely gonna try those deep fried pork ribs. They look soooo good.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:37 PM (Q8bDL)

201 If you want garbage booze, the go to would be thunderbird, night train, or mad dog 2020, they are known to be the hobos go tos

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:37 PM (gTKIZ)

202 Sportsman Warehouse in Puyallup has Kimbers on sale for $699.00. (.45)

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:32 PM (axyOa)

Weasel has a very nice Kimber Compact. It's actually my pistol, but...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:37 PM (Q9lwr)

203 Whiskybase.com has a list of "100 worst whiskies," so you could find something bad on there. The problem is that you probably want it to be evident on the label that it's bad, and that's much harder.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 05:37 PM (PQ4Fz)

204 My alcoholic beverage standard is, if I drink 2, am I going to regret it the next day?
I just can't take the punishment like I used to...LOL
Posted by: gourmand d

Me too. Anymore than 2 and I don't fell well the next day. It's tough being 29.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 12, 2021 05:37 PM (Hr0hg)

205 Make fudge with Fireball. That's it.

Posted by: JuJuBee at December 12, 2021 05:38 PM (mNhhD)

206 Daily sipping blended scotch? Famous Grouse
Celebratory? Macallan 15 - 18 single malt.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2021 05:38 PM (uXonU)

207 On a completely unrelated note; is anyone interested in a bunch of very old wine that has been stored correctly?

Why, yes. Do go on.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2021 05:39 PM (BPhfN)

208 Just get a big bottle of "tussin"

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:39 PM (gTKIZ)

209 Rebel Yell

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:39 PM (HaNEn)

210 I have a similar story regarding a bottle of 1977 vintage Port, which I finally opened this Thanksgiving.

It wasn't horrible or anything like that, but it didn't have that richness and deep decadent flavor which you associate with a good vintage port. Kinda light in flavor and texture.

So, perhaps it was just one of those not so great years or was past it's prime or a combo of both.

It was a gift so I didn't feel bad or anything. I also have a 1980 bottle of vintage port also a gift. Which I'll finally crack open at Christmas, so fingers crossed!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 12, 2021 05:40 PM (5NkmN)

211 Hubby has some cab jeroboams from the 80s and 90s. I have a feeling they will be bad but we should at least pop the cork on one this Christmas. They definitely aren't going to get any better.

Posted by: LASue at December 12, 2021 05:41 PM (Ed8Zd)

212 I always found it interesting that some people who believe every word of the Bible is literally true do not believe that Jesus turned water into wine. (It was grape juice!)

Full disclosure, I am a Pentecostal who does believe the literal Bible, wine included.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:41 PM (Q8bDL)

213 I never understood Baptist abstainers.
I mean, Jesus MADE wine, for heaven's sake...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:28 PM

The explanation is in the name.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:41 PM (HaNEn)

214 13 The only "old" bottle of wine I have is a 2005 amarone. My understanding is that amarones have to sit a good while to be drinkable. I've thought about busting it open and decanting it at this point.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 04:07 PM (QU5/

Amarones do not have to age to be drinkable, though they do pick up complexity with age. They have monster fruit and monster alcohol, and you want to get to them before the fruit recedes enough to make the alcohol evident. Open that sucker.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 05:41 PM (PQ4Fz)

215
Just get a big bottle of "tussin"

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:39 PM

terpin hydrate

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2021 05:41 PM (DUIap)

216 If you have wine past its prime drinking period, you can always cook with it.
Or, if its too far gone, a cleaning wax.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:41 PM (jTmQV)

217 Daily sipping blended scotch? Famous Grouse
Celebratory? Macallan 15 - 18 single malt.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2021 05:38 PM (uXonU)

Monkey Shoulder is my go to blend. Oddly I've not had Famous Grouse in some time. No good reason why.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:42 PM (axyOa)

218 Diogenes, my super cheap scotch was Clan McGregor. $17 for a half gallon.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:42 PM (KNw+7)

219 Oh, and last comment on Poland from me...apparently, BBQ is a foreign concept in all forms for my college-aged visitor, whether from a bottle (BBQ sauce) or done as BBQ (like shredded pork BBQ). So, since okra was also foreign, we'll be having baked chicken breasts basted in bottled BBQ sauce with my daughter's favorite oven roasted okra...and then we're later this week we're gonna go all in on the slow cooked pork butt homemade BBQ, so he gets 2 forms of it...

Posted by: Nova local at December 12, 2021 05:42 PM (exHjb)

220 Just get a big bottle of "tussin"

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:39 PM

terpin hydrate
Posted by:

You have to empty half of it out so everybody thinks he has been using ut

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:43 PM (gTKIZ)

221 I'm a muddy water Baptist, but I love wine.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:43 PM (jTmQV)

222 I never ran into it but my mom has had real wine communion, I don't know of this Baptist abstaining.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 05:43 PM (2JoB8)

223 I don't want to hear about hard liquor going bad. I've still got stuff I bought after Barky was elected expected things to crash. I suppose I should enjoy those and restock, well restock first and then drink the 12-15 year old stuff. According to the internet back then liquor, as opposed to beer or wine just stays the same as when it was bottled as long as it is not opened.

Posted by: paleRider at December 12, 2021 05:44 PM (3cGpq)

224 Nova, have enjoyed your Poland comments. Nice that you were able to make this guy happy!

Posted by: skywch at December 12, 2021 05:44 PM (sKjat)

225 I'd be interested in old wine stored correctly....but you'd be better off just drinking it

Posted by: jeff at December 12, 2021 05:44 PM (nf4HY)

226 Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 12, 2021 04:21 PM

If you have a Trader Joe's anywhere near, their Charles Shaw (aka Three-buck Chuck) can't be beat, esp. their Syrah.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 05:45 PM (a3Q+t)

227 Make fudge with Fireball. That's it.

I make it every year!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 05:45 PM (nxdel)

228 Doubled in price here (south of Seattle) in the last 6 months. Now $11.95 for most name brands.
-------
Damn, I know what my next project will be. I noticed a lot of uncured bacon becoming popular so it'll go bad on them if nobody buys it.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 05:45 PM (+ya+t)

229 Splunge, that generic bottle would be fun if I could find something like that. Great idea. Maybe the guy at the fancy liquor store would have an idea. I never thought to ask him.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:45 PM (Q8bDL)

230 During Jesus' time, drinking water was downright dangerous.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:45 PM (jTmQV)

231 Good wine should be stored in th kitchen next to the stove so your guests get to admire it

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:46 PM (gTKIZ)

232 I'm a Lutheran and we have real wine communion. We used MD 20-20.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 05:46 PM (R5lpX)

233 Wine, booze, weed... what exactly is the point of "saving" it?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 05:46 PM (BFigT)

234 Diogenes, my super cheap scotch was Clan McGregor. $17 for a half gallon.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:42 PM (KNw+7)

Ooooo!!! Good one. Forgot about that. Reminded me of Cutty Sark. Too peaty for my tastes.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:47 PM (axyOa)

235
Wine, booze, weed... what exactly is the point of "saving" it?
Posted by: Marti

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:48 PM (gTKIZ)

236 John the Baptist of course abstained from wine.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:49 PM (HaNEn)

237 Open that sucker.

This is all the encouragement I require.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 05:49 PM (QU5/8)

238 197 - we lived in Warsaw about ten years ago, and there was no problem finding fruit in the winter. If your house guest is from one of the more remote villages, it might be more difficult to find things beyond typical root cellar fare, but certainly in the larger cities, there is almost everything one could find here. Even some of the H-Mart stuff, because there is a significant Korean population in Warsaw. Our favorite mall there was Korean owned, as was our favorite Polish Pottery store.

Posted by: Moki at December 12, 2021 05:49 PM (JrN/x)

239
I suppose I should mention at the top of the hill the wind was out of the WNW at about 20 mph, and with the 40 degree temps and wind chill factor the 'real feel' temperature was lower then Kamala's approval ratings and these Crossfit guys were in shorts and shedding their shirts like it was August.

I might just be nutty enough to join them someday then come back here and (attempt to) convert each and every one of you to that level of insanity.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 12, 2021 05:49 PM (dQvv7)

240 I think the Baptist abstaining from alcohol might be a Southern Baptist thing.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 05:49 PM (R5lpX)

241 Ben Had, I am gonna look for that Clan McGregor. Hell, any scotch I can get in a half gallon would stand out as an eyesore in his mancave.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 12, 2021 05:50 PM (Q8bDL)

242 Here's an excellent, sophisticated in taste cocktail which I found yesterday. It has some ingredients you may be unlikely to have, for instance the bitters can be found at Amazon.
But, this would be an excellent cocktail before or after a nice Christmas feast. Lush yet light- that's a tough trick. anywho, here it is.

Et Moi Je Te Dis Maud
1 1/2 ounces bas armagnac, preferably Marie Duffau Bas Armagnac Napoleon
1/4 ounce Yellow Chartreuse
1/4 ounce Maraschino Liqueur, preferably Luxardo
1 dash Mister Bitters Fig & Cinnamon bitters
DIRECTIONS
1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice and stir until chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass.
Follow the suggested ingredients if you can. This one's a real winner. And this is one of the few cases where the type of bitters really make a big difference.
Give it a whirl.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 12, 2021 05:50 PM (5NkmN)

243 Weasel has a very nice Kimber Compact. It's actually my pistol, but...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 05:37 PM

you haven't talked him out of it yet. Have you considered trading? He might consider a straight-up swap for a Les Baer Concept VIII, although you'd probably have to sweeten the deal some.

I'm happy to help broker the deal. Can't have one o'them Jerzey sharpsters taking advantage of an honorary Texan.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 05:50 PM (a3Q+t)

244 I was raised a Baptist but apparently didn't pay attention in Sunday school. Discovered beer in high school and found out in college I wasn't supposed to dance.
Am I going to Hell?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:50 PM (axyOa)

245 Y'all are funny!

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 05:51 PM (0IeYL)

246 Cajun vs Creole - similar to asking what's the difference between $100 in tens vs $100 in twenties.

Posted by: Doof at December 12, 2021 05:51 PM (mZUr4)

247 Southern Baptist, yes. I was baptised in the Chowan River in 1971. Muddy water, choir singing on the banks, preacher held me down a good long time.
Not unlike the scene in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:52 PM (jTmQV)

248 Son #1 came over this morning to watch the Seahawks game.

I was going to do a fancy brunch.

Instead did bacon and eggs and tater tots. Had some sliced avocado and cherry tomatoes on the side with basalmic reduction and some coarse sea salt.

Irish coffee.

It was lovely

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 05:52 PM (U2p+3)

249 Discovered beer in high school and found out in college I wasn't supposed to dance.
Am I going to Hell?

Depends. How bad a dancer are you?

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 05:52 PM (nxdel)

250 "I'm a Lutheran and we have real wine communion."

Yep, me too. My mom was in the Altar Guild and I know for a fact that they used Manischewitz, which is kind of ironic given that the congregation was largely German-American. Still had a German language service on Good Friday (Tennebrae) when I was a kid.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 12, 2021 05:53 PM (fTtFy)

251 Oh, and I poured the bacon grease over the tots before I put them
In the oven.

Heh

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 05:53 PM (U2p+3)

252 If you have wine past its prime drinking period, you can always cook with it.

I thinks it's Emeril that says if you won't drink it you shouldn't cook with it. Sounded like good advice.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 12, 2021 05:53 PM (ju2Fy)

253 No, you're not supposed to make love standing up.
Might lead to dancing...
OK, I'll let myself out LOL

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:53 PM (jTmQV)

254 Cajun vs Creole - similar to asking what's the difference between $100 in tens vs $100 in twenties.
Posted by: Doof at December 12, 2021 05:51 PM (mZUr4

Not really. Creole has Caribbean/ Black ancestry.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:53 PM (HaNEn)

255 Discovered beer in high school and found out in college I wasn't supposed to dance.
Am I going to Hell?

Yes but you are going to have a bunch of
$1,

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:54 PM (gTKIZ)

256 Son #1 came over this morning to watch the Seahawks game.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 05:52 PM

Did you show him the tattoo you got at the TxMoMe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 05:54 PM (a3Q+t)

257 cfo mom, the funny part is that it's not bad drinking, or I just quit being discerning.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 05:54 PM (KNw+7)

258 Depends. How bad a dancer are you?
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 05:52 PM (nxdel)

That depends in how much i've had to drink.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:55 PM (axyOa)

259 Cajun = short for "Acadian" = people transferred from what is now Nova Scotia to Louisiana.

Creole = French/Spanish/Caribbean people who were already in Louisiana at that time.

Posted by: IronDave at December 12, 2021 05:55 PM (k3crU)

260 Did you show him the tattoo you got at the TxMoMe?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Shhhh. He lurks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 05:55 PM (U2p+3)

261 I wonder what the story is with the wine bottles.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2021 05:55 PM (csEWM)

262 If you have wine past what you like buy one of those little oak barrels that Ben Had mentioned. Make yourself some nice red wine vinegar.

https://tinyurl.com/2p94svb9

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 05:57 PM (+ya+t)

263 238 197 - we lived in Warsaw about ten years ago, and there was no problem finding fruit in the winter. If your house guest is from one of the more remote villages, it might be more difficult to find things beyond typical root cellar fare, but certainly in the larger cities, there is almost everything one could find here. Even some of the H-Mart stuff, because there is a significant Korean population in Warsaw. Our favorite mall there was Korean owned, as was our favorite Polish Pottery store.
Posted by: Moki at December 12, 2021 05:49 PM (JrN/x)

Warsaw is his closest city, but he's not very close to Warsaw (he's closest to Belarus, I think). Middle/upper middle class "kid" for Poland - but not a city kid. He says normal groceries just don't have summer produce in winter - they stay way more seasonal where he is...

Posted by: Nova local at December 12, 2021 05:57 PM (exHjb)

264 Did you show him the tattoo you got at the TxMoMe?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 05:54 PM (a3Q+t)

Whoa!!!!
Nurse! We've had lunch since then. You never said anything about that.
Sadz

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:57 PM (axyOa)

265 I'm reading bacon is getting pricey. If true it's time to start curing some again. Corned beef too now that I have a working fridge again.
Posted by: dartist

I'm sending home cured bacon to my two brothers on the left coast.

Posted by: MkY at December 12, 2021 05:57 PM (Foq6I)

266 If the wine is that bad, then advance to the floor wax category.
Drinkable wine that is maybe just past its prime is ok for cooking.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 05:57 PM (jTmQV)

267 Someone once told me the taste difference between a Pappy Van Winkle and say a George Dickel, was like the difference between RC cola and Pepsi or Coca Cola.

Slinks off to the back of the room.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 05:57 PM (R5lpX)

268 In Louisiana 'creole ' people have been referred to as Redbone.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:58 PM (HaNEn)

269 Whoa!!!!
Nurse! We've had lunch since then. You never said anything about that.
Sadz
Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 05:57 PM

What happens in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe stays in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 05:59 PM (a3Q+t)

270 If you have wine past what you like buy one of those little oak barrels that Ben Had mentioned. Make yourself some nice red wine vinegar.

https://tinyurl.com/2p94svb9
Posted by: d

So they were too lazy to drink the wine but they are going to do vinegar?

Posted by: Y5 at December 12, 2021 05:59 PM (gTKIZ)

271 Cajun vs Creole - similar to asking what's the difference between $100 in tens vs $100 in twenties.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 05:59 PM (BFigT)

272 There are at least 2 major Baptist conventions, Southern and American, as said know nothing of abstaining from alcohol.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 06:00 PM (2JoB8)

273
The guys who are the best dancers are usually gay. Some women are so astute they figure this out before that guy offers to push her stool in.

Let me tell you about Crossfit!

* snore *

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 12, 2021 06:01 PM (dQvv7)

274 I've never heard any coonasses say they were Creole.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 06:01 PM (a3Q+t)

275 I think, given today's propensity for stupidity, it would be proper to declare Cajun a race.

Then, the Creoles will declare themselves a race.

The ensuing foodwars will be lit as fuck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 06:02 PM (BFigT)

276 All I know is a good Southern Baptist wouldn't be caught dead in the liquor store. Now, hitting up a bootlegger on the other hand...

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:03 PM (R5lpX)

277 What happens in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe stays in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Shhhhh.
BTW,
how is my new favorite 1911?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:04 PM (U2p+3)

278 2 drinks doesn't even have my elbow warmed up yet.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:04 PM (KNw+7)

279 62 I never understood Baptist abstainers.
I mean, Jesus MADE wine, for heaven's sake...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 04:28 PM (jTmQV)

As a Catholic, not to drink appears to be something of a sin, in and of itself.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 12, 2021 06:04 PM (eKvjl)

280 The ensuing foodwars will be lit as fuck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2021 06:02 PM (BFigT)

Shrimp Ettoufee > Shrimp Creole

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 06:04 PM (HaNEn)

281 Cajun vs Creole - similar to asking what's the difference between $100 in tens vs $100 in twenties.
Posted by: Doof at December 12, 2021 05:51 PM (mZUr4

Not really. Creole has Caribbean/ Black ancestry.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 05:53 PM (HaNEn)

OK. Not sure why that matters, but I'll defer to those who know more than me. I'm just saying I've had Cajun food and Creole food - and I ain't mad at any of it

Posted by: Doof at December 12, 2021 06:05 PM (mZUr4)

282 Hiya Moki !

Posted by: JT at December 12, 2021 06:05 PM (arJlL)

283 276 All I know is a good Southern Baptist wouldn't be caught dead in the liquor store. Now, hitting up a bootlegger on the other hand...
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:03 PM (R5lpX)

You know the joke: Catholics don't recognize the legitimacy of Mormon baptism, Protestants don't' recognize the authority of the Pope, and Baptists don't recognize each other at the liquor store.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 12, 2021 06:05 PM (eKvjl)

284 how is my new favorite 1911?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:04 PM (U2p+3)

That Les Baer really is a beauty.

But then so are tater tots with bacon grease!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 06:06 PM (Q9lwr)

285 Crawdad Ettoufee > Crawdad Soup

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:06 PM (R5lpX)

286 As a Catholic, not to drink appears to be something of a sin, in and of itself.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Word. At a minimum, it's a strong hint to keep an eye on that person.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 06:06 PM (mD/uy)

287 And the reason women like dancing with gay men is because they can have fun and dance dirty and go nuts and know they will go home with their girlfriends and not have to deal with some overly ornery dude who is sloppy drunk and wants to get laid. Sometimes girls just want to dance.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:06 PM (U2p+3)

288 What happens in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe stays in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

So...Doctor Feelgood's travelling medicine show, horse farrier and tattoo parlor.
Dang!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 06:07 PM (axyOa)

289 Crawdad Ettoufee > Crawdad Soup
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:06 PM (R5lpX)

Which brings me to the subject of crawfish pie. Never heard of it and I grew up and went to college in South Louisiana.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 06:08 PM (HaNEn)

290 Tonight is Chicken Stew with Farmer's Market Veg and Wide noodles (white and oyster mushrooms, radishes, and carrots). It smells great in here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 12, 2021 06:08 PM (EZebt)

291 What happens in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe stays in the Horse Trailer at the TxMoMe.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

So...Doctor Feelgood's travelling medicine show, horse farrier and tattoo parlor.
Dang!
Posted by: Diogenes

There was a strip cribbage game underway too. A few of us lost our shirts!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 06:08 PM (mD/uy)

292 So they were too lazy to drink the wine but they are going to do vinegar?
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Why not?

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 06:09 PM (+ya+t)

293 I could so get into cooking...if I didn't have to clean up the mess.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:09 PM (R5lpX)

294
"Overly horny dude". Just my opinion, but I suspect there may be excessive adjectives involved.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 12, 2021 06:09 PM (dQvv7)

295 I think, given today's propensity for stupidity, it would be proper to declare Cajun a race.

Then, the Creoles will declare themselves a race.

The ensuing foodwars will be lit as fuck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

*summons the Culinary Zouaves*

Posted by: Chef Mikleuse, chers at December 12, 2021 06:11 PM (QzkSJ)

296 278 2 drinks doesn't even have my elbow warmed up yet.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:04 PM (KNw+7)

Ben Had, that one cracked me up. A real laugh, not an internal internet laugh.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 06:11 PM (PQ4Fz)

297 Funny how nobody who's serious about food ever complains about cultural appropriation. We'd be lost without it.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 06:12 PM (PQ4Fz)

298 As a Catholic, not to drink appears to be something of a sin, in and of itself.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 12, 2021 06:04
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This is known.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 12, 2021 06:12 PM (ju2Fy)

299 Weasel don't dance.

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 06:12 PM (0IeYL)

300 2 drinks doesn't even have my elbow warmed up yet.

Lol! This is why I love you.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 12, 2021 06:12 PM (nxdel)

301 Ben Had, that one cracked me up. A real laugh, not an internal internet laugh.
Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 06:11 PM (PQ4Fz)

That's like someone offering me "a beer." One beer's just enough to piss me off.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:13 PM (R5lpX)

302 Weasel don't dance.
Posted by: Weasel

The one holding the pistol generally requires others to dance.

Posted by: Chef Mikleuse, as observed at December 12, 2021 06:13 PM (QzkSJ)

303 Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:06 PM (U2p+3)

You mean a straight guy might get ideas if you are all up on him dancing dirty?

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 06:14 PM (HaNEn)

304 302 Weasel don't dance.
Posted by: Weasel

The one holding the pistol generally requires others to dance.
Posted by: Chef Mikleuse, as observed at December 12, 2021 06:13 PM (QzkSJ)
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Good point!

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 06:14 PM (0IeYL)

305 Chicken Vesuvio with Vesuvio potatoes for take out.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 06:14 PM (+ya+t)

306

German "police" walking around with measuring sticks* to check if the German citizens are obeying the "social distancing" "rules."

*story pole?

https://youtu.be/cKXyFCt0rR0

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:14 PM (oNyw9)

307 Weasel don't dance.
Posted by: Weasel

Oh come on Weasel.
Some Glen Miller, get that swing going!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 06:15 PM (axyOa)

308
does Red Velvet Cake always require Cream Cheese frosting?

What's a suitable alternative?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:15 PM (oNyw9)

309 Sooth. It's really chocolate cake dyed red. Use whatever goes with chocolate cake.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 12, 2021 06:17 PM (2NHgQ)

310 Butter Cream?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:17 PM (R5lpX)

311 The Franciscan Friars and knew were the most devout, holy pentatent men I ever knew. They also had the most magnificent bourbon and single malt collection.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 12, 2021 06:18 PM (5dQn5)

312 does Red Velvet Cake always require Cream Cheese frosting?

What's a suitable alternative?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:15 PM (oNyw9)
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You could just do a regular buttercream icing.

Posted by: bluebell at December 12, 2021 06:18 PM (wyw4S)

313
It's really chocolate cake dyed red. Use whatever goes with chocolate cake.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Thank you. I didn't want to say it, but red velvet cake is a bullshit sham.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:18 PM (oNyw9)

314 Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:06 PM (U2p+3)

You mean a straight guy might get ideas if you are all up on him dancing dirty?
Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 06:14 PM (HaNEn)

Well, I'm thinking she'll figure it out pretty quickly.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 06:18 PM (axyOa)

315 Weasel, do you refrain from dancing to avoid damage to the blue suedes?

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 06:19 PM (3xUhl)

316 Thank you. I didn't want to say it, but red velvet cake is a bullshit sham.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:18 PM (oNyw9)
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I agree. There's more red dye in it than there is chocolate.

Posted by: bluebell at December 12, 2021 06:19 PM (wyw4S)

317
It's too bad we're not still in that "generic" fad. A bottle that just says "Scotch" with a white label and a bar code sounds about perfect for this.
Posted by: Splunge

We may be closer to returning to those days than you think.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 12, 2021 06:19 PM (63Dwl)

318
Oh wait, she said it was 'overly ornery dude" - my bad. Seen that. Ended with gunshots in a northeast philly bar when the wife showed her rack in a 'Daisy Mae' outfit on a Halloween event and the bartender had to knock the dumbstuck dude out and the drunk lost his glasses and then went and got a pistol out of his car and started shooting at any and everything.

Yeah, I can imagine gay dudes don't present that level of drama.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 12, 2021 06:19 PM (dQvv7)

319 I always thought red velvet cake had ermine frosting.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 12, 2021 06:19 PM (HaNEn)

320
Butter cream sounds good. I could never understand Cream Cheese frosting on anything except Carrot Cake!

I'll say this, red velvet cakes look delicious. They don't live up to the hype and hoople.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:20 PM (oNyw9)

321 I mean, I certainly MAY drink more than 2 drinks, but the next day I would be filled with regret.
Like, who is this woman I'm in bed with, and how did I get this tattoo? Where is my car? Who turned the sprinklers on?
That sort of thing...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2021 06:21 PM (jTmQV)

322 Yeah, I can imagine gay dudes don't present that level of drama.

Wut

Posted by: Juicy Smallest at December 12, 2021 06:22 PM (BFigT)

323 Like, who is this woman I'm in bed with, and how did I get this tattoo? Where is my car? Who turned the sprinklers on?
That sort of thing...

In other words, Thursday.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 06:22 PM (3xUhl)

324 Trust California to discover a new way to make life there even more of a pain in the ass. Food waste becomes California's newest climate change target. And the solution of course is to mandate recycling

we already eat plenty of refried beans. how much more recycling do they want?

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at December 12, 2021 06:23 PM (edU/H)

325
There's a KitchenAid 5 qt mixer on craigslist for $100. Tempting. I almost never bake, but it seems like a good deal.

I'd never buy a brand new chinese-made KitchenAid mixer.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:25 PM (oNyw9)

326 I mean, I certainly MAY drink more than 2 drinks, but the next day I would be filled with regret.
Like, who is this woman I'm in bed with, and how did I get this tattoo? ~~Where is my car?~~ Why is my wife standing over us with a gun. Who turned the sprinklers on?
That sort of thing...

FIFY

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:25 PM (R5lpX)

327 Go for a dark chocolate ganache on the red velvet and give it some actual chocolate taste...

Posted by: Nova local at December 12, 2021 06:25 PM (exHjb)

328

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:25 PM (R5lpX)

329 324 we already eat plenty of refried beans. how much more recycling do they want?
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at December 12, 2021 06:23 PM (edU/H)

This is how you get to "all restaurants are Taco Bell."

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 06:25 PM (PQ4Fz)

330
the "fancy" restaurant in this small (but tiny) town bills itself as an "Acadian" seafood restaurant

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2021 06:26 PM (DUIap)

331 What is this cream cheese frosting hate around here?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 06:26 PM (Q9lwr)

332 It's too bad we're not still in that "generic" fad. A bottle that just says "Scotch" with a white label and a bar code sounds about perfect for this.
Posted by: Splunge

"Military Special" at the Class 6 is pretty darn close.

Posted by: Miklos, reporting for Class 6 duty at December 12, 2021 06:26 PM (QzkSJ)

333 Like, who is this woman I'm in bed with, and how did I get this tattoo? Where is my car? Who turned the sprinklers on?
That sort of thing...

In other words, Thursday.
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 06:22 PM (3xUhl)

The last thing I remember is her asking "Is that a Kimber in your pocket or are you happy with my dirty dancing?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2021 06:26 PM (axyOa)

334
Cream Cheese belongs on three things:

1. Bagels
2. Carrot Cake
3. Nothing else.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:27 PM (oNyw9)

335 331 What is this cream cheese frosting hate around here?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 06:26 PM (Q9lwr)

I don't hate it - I just can't eat it (sigh)...although it is an annoying frosting b/c you have to keep your cake permanently in the fridge after frosting

Posted by: Nova local at December 12, 2021 06:27 PM (exHjb)

336 Like, who is this woman I'm in bed with, and how did I get this tattoo? Where is my car? Who turned the sprinklers on?
That sort of thing...
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That go through her mail to find out what her name is and where the fvck you are kind of Saturday morning. Not that I would know about those things.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 06:27 PM (+ya+t)

337 Dang washing machine spin cycle is vibrating the whole house. Must have overloaded it.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:27 PM (R5lpX)

338 OK, I feel cheated because CBD did not tell us what the dinner was that went with the wine.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:28 PM (KNw+7)

339 BTW,
how is my new favorite 1911?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:04 PM

I detail cleaned it a couple of weeks ago; currently resting. I have some new ammo to try with it next time I can get a range trip.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 06:29 PM (a3Q+t)

340 Dang washing machine spin cycle is vibrating the whole house. Must have overloaded it.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says

Take the smallest child out.

Posted by: Miklos, reading the instructions at December 12, 2021 06:29 PM (QzkSJ)

341 325
There's a KitchenAid 5 qt mixer on craigslist for $100. Tempting. I almost never bake, but it seems like a good deal.

I'd never buy a brand new chinese-made KitchenAid mixer.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:25 PM (oNyw9)

I burned out my KitchenAid mixer motor by using it as a meat grinder too much.

It was still limping along and smelling like burned insulation when I tossed it. I guess if I had no conscience, I could have listed it on Craigslist for $100.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 06:30 PM (PQ4Fz)

342 What is this cream cheese frosting hate around here?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 06:26 PM

Well, for one, it doesn't sous vide well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2021 06:30 PM (a3Q+t)

343 No children in the house anymore. Reckon I should have undressed the wife before I threw her clothes in there.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:30 PM (R5lpX)

344 Sweet cream cheese is an abomination and people need to be shot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:31 PM (U2p+3)

345 >>>[320] ... I could never understand Cream Cheese frosting on anything except Carrot Cake!

HaHa ... In my world, there are people who insist cream cheese frosting doesn't actually need to be put on anything ... They just want the frosting in a bowl and a spoon!

Posted by: Kathy at December 12, 2021 06:31 PM (h3RRP)

346 Wine is for drinking. If you've got it, drink it! Can you tell the difference between a 5 year old red and the same wine 5 years later?

Posted by: Richrd at December 12, 2021 06:32 PM (xGLnO)

347
I burned out my KitchenAid mixer motor by using it as a meat grinder too much.

Posted by: Splunge

^
This is the most Manly thing I've read on AoS in a long time.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:32 PM (oNyw9)

348 and people need to be shot.

I think the tots have you fired up. Or was it the dirty dancing?

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 06:33 PM (3xUhl)

349 346 Wine is for drinking. If you've got it, drink it! Can you tell the difference between a 5 year old red and the same wine 5 years later?
Posted by: Richrd at December 12, 2021 06:32 PM (xGLnO)

Depends entirely on the wine. For some wines, absolutely.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 06:33 PM (PQ4Fz)

350 267 Someone once told me the taste difference between a Pappy Van Winkle and say a George Dickel, was like the difference between RC cola and Pepsi or Coca Cola.

I wouldn't say that exactly.

It's more like this. George Dickel is a tightly quality controlled and blended product, so that it always tastes the same at an acceptable but mediocre/average level. Like a McDonald's hamburger.

PvW is also controlled but at a higher level. It's meant to be the best bourbon they can possibly make because it was originally made for family. So, it's more like a you making the best hamburger at home that you possibly can for your family.

Yeah, their both hamburgers but one is better and tastier at a much higher level.

Like that.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 12, 2021 06:34 PM (5NkmN)

351 OT, I just noticed... I kind of hate it when I'm alone in the house. I like it well enough when I'm at work or buying gas, and nobody's pestering me. But when I'm at home and nobody's pestering me, it pesters me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 06:34 PM (2ABQr)

352 There is no such thing as a real cheesecake without ricotta and marscapone. If you ever put cream cheese on it around here you risk being shot or stabbed.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 12, 2021 06:35 PM (5dQn5)

353 Interested in recycling? Check out Misadventure Vodka, which I just heard about. Recycling with a vengeance! (And the end result is supposed to be pretty tasty, as well!)

Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at December 12, 2021 06:35 PM (JJatH)

354 Wine is for drinking. If you've got it, drink it! Can you tell the difference between a 5 year old red and the same wine 5 years later?

Did I put the cork back in?

Real answer is sometimes. Most wines today are made to drink better early. Some still improve over time but typically they are pretty high end.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 06:35 PM (3xUhl)

355 Weasel don't dance but he will sway a little in an extended hug.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (KNw+7)

356 I don't think much of red velvet cake. I'm not such a hater that I won't eat it, but it's definitely one of the lesser cakes. This is scientific fact.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (QU5/8)

357 Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:27 PM (R5lpX)

I worked with a guy in the AF in the mid 90s who always said "yeah, buddy". Are you him?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (EfigE)

358 Julian Assange had a stroke in prison? Is this an EDKH thing

Posted by: CN at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (ONvIw)

359 Only thing I use my KitchenAid for is mixing dough.

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 06:37 PM (+ya+t)

360 356 I don't think much of red velvet cake. I'm not such a hater that I won't eat it, but it's definitely one of the lesser cakes. This is scientific fact.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (QU5/

Read the backstory on this cake sometime. It started as a rumor about a nonexistent cake. I guess someone decided to create it, purely because of the rumor.

Posted by: Splunge at December 12, 2021 06:37 PM (PQ4Fz)

361 Julian Assange had a stroke in prison? Is this an EDKH thing
Posted by: CN at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (ONvIw

Who knows? Best to assume it is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 06:37 PM (2ABQr)

362 I'm at home and nobody's pestering me, it pesters me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

But why?

WHY???

Posted by: Youthful Pesterification at December 12, 2021 06:37 PM (QzkSJ)

363 you ever put cream cheese on it around here you risk being shot or stabbed.

Horde is getting violent. Must be nearly time for the gun thread

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 06:38 PM (3xUhl)

364 I bought a Ninja air fryer toaster oven combo to replace the old toaster. Hoping I like the dehydrator function.

Posted by: CN at December 12, 2021 06:38 PM (ONvIw)

365 361. Dreadful if it is

Posted by: CN at December 12, 2021 06:39 PM (ONvIw)

366 Assange didn't stroke himself.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 12, 2021 06:39 PM (EfigE)

367
Read the backstory on this cake sometime. It started as a rumor about a nonexistent cake. I guess someone decided to create it, purely because of the rumor.
Posted by: Splunge

That's the story of kwaanza, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:39 PM (oNyw9)

368 359 I gave mine to kid2

Posted by: CN at December 12, 2021 06:39 PM (ONvIw)

369 Like, who is this woman I'm in bed with, and how did I get this tattoo? Where is my car? Who turned the sprinklers on?
That sort of thing...

In other words, Thursday.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Better than: Wake up nekkid next to a person with beautiful, long blonde hair. Nekked back is towards you. Through your bleary, waaaay hungover eyes you notice those shoulders are just a bit too wide. Maybe more than a wee bit. . .

Prays fervently - "Please be a girl, please be a girl!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 06:39 PM (mD/uy)

370 Yeah, their both hamburgers but one is better and tastier at a much higher level.

Like that.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 12, 2021 06:34 PM (5NkmN)

It was meant as a joke, but I guess it fell flat, kinda like the RC Cola.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:41 PM (R5lpX)

371 I think the tots have you fired up. Or was it the dirty dancing?
Posted by: Pete Bog

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:41 PM (U2p+3)

372 worked with a guy in the AF in the mid 90s who always said "yeah, buddy". Are you him?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (EfigE)

Nah...I was in the AF back in the late 70's. Got out right before the Iran hostage crisis.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:42 PM (R5lpX)

373 Most of the bourbon snobs I know do not care for Dickel to say the least. (Insert obligatory doesn't-care-for-Dickel joke here.)

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2021 06:43 PM (QU5/8)

374 CBD did not tell us what the dinner was that went with the wine.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:28 PM (KNw+7)

Charcuterie.
Bone-in pork roast (sous vide)with a dijon/brown sugar glaze.
Asparagus.
Salad.
Chocolate Chip cookies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 06:44 PM (Q9lwr)

375 Our Kitchenaid mixer is at leat 30 years old and is as good today as day 1

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 06:44 PM (2JoB8)

376 Weasel don't dance but he will sway a little in an extended hug.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:36 PM (KNw+7)
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Just a little!

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 06:45 PM (0IeYL)

377 At the time, Creole referred to people born in New Orleans during the French and Spanish periods, regardless of ethnicity. Sounds cool so there has been a lot of appropriating going on.

Posted by: Javems at December 12, 2021 06:47 PM (AmoqO)

378 Some still improve over time but typically they are pretty high end.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 12, 2021 06:35 PM (3xUhl)

I think you are correct, although all wines will change.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 06:48 PM (Q9lwr)

379 https://www.juniorscheese
cake.com/our-cheesecake/

Posted by: Infidel at December 12, 2021 06:49 PM (qpolg)

380 359 Only thing I use my KitchenAid for is mixing dough.
Posted by: dartist

There are KitchenAids and there are KitchenAids.

Our mixer is nearing 50 years old, very much American-built, doesn't get used a lot these days but works like it did the day my mother bought it, and it was an unusually luxurious purchase for her but she used the crap out of it for the first ten, fifteen years.

Our blender is also US-built, and the motor side of it works great...except for the crappy little rubber drive dog thing that strips out routinely. Fortunately they're cheap and fairly easy to replace. Oh, and the jar that has no useful pouring spout and wants to dump all over the place. I think they fixed that in later ones.

We've only got the one mixer, but for some reason my wife has accumulated four or five blenders, a couple of them utter junk. The Kitchenaid isn't junk but it has that one particular weakness.

Posted by: JEM at December 12, 2021 06:49 PM (8erNz)

381 CBD, Pete Bog's salad with the grilled pears would have gone great with that.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:50 PM (KNw+7)

382 Prays fervently - "Please be a girl, please be a girl!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 06:39 PM (mD/uy)

That's a serious concern now days. Glad I'm long past those days, kinda.

Posted by: Javems at December 12, 2021 06:52 PM (AmoqO)

383 Ok, for tomato based sauces, there's only three things to know:

1.) Boil it at a low, gentle simmer for at least three hours. You can go for more with better results, but no less.

2.) Don't be shy with the garlic.

3.) Put in seven finely chopped anchovies for each quart of tomatoes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 06:53 PM (2ABQr)

384 Prays fervently - "Please be a girl, please be a girl!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 06:39 PM (mD/uy)

Hopefully, she's just "big boned", eh?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:54 PM (R5lpX)

385
KitchenAids have got so bad, owners are reporting oil leaking out of them into the bowl. Nice.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:54 PM (oNyw9)

386 Chicken cutlets have always been a standby at our house, but I have found they don't keep well in the refrigerator. Eat whatever you make the same night and don't store.

Posted by: 370H55V at December 12, 2021 06:54 PM (WusEB)

387 3.) Put in seven finely chopped anchovies for each quart of tomatoes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

And a pinch of sugar

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:54 PM (U2p+3)

388
Like I always say, it's not reasonable to expect a 9 year old chinese child to build a dependable and functional machine.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (oNyw9)

389 Ok, for tomato based sauces, there's only three things to know:

1.) Boil it at a low, gentle simmer for at least three hours. You can go for more with better results, but no less.

2.) Don't be shy with the garlic.

3.) Put in seven finely chopped anchovies for each quart of tomatoes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 06:53 PM (2ABQr)

You had me until chopped Anchovies. I don't eat nuttin I use for bait.

Seriously though, wouldn't soy sauce work?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (R5lpX)

390 I need to find my photo album from England and a bed sheet in OD Nuke Iran the day after the hostage crisis.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (2JoB8)

391 353 Interested in recycling? Check out Misadventure Vodka, which I just heard about. Recycling with a vengeance! (And the end result is supposed to be pretty tasty, as well!)
Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1

When I think 'recycling' and 'vodka' in the same context, I'm thinking about standing in the driveway hurling, watering the foliage with it.

Posted by: JEM at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (8erNz)

392 May your kitchen always be filled with love and laughter.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (KNw+7)

393 Ok, for tomato based sauces, there's only three things to know:
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No pork neck bones?

Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 06:57 PM (+ya+t)

394 KitchenAids have got so bad, owners are reporting oil leaking out of them into the bowl. Nice.
Posted by: Soothsayer -

Mine is well over 20 yrs old. Used it yesterday. Kidlet has mom's. Must be 45 yrs old.

Posted by: Infidel at December 12, 2021 06:58 PM (qpolg)

395 392 May your kitchen always be filled with love and laughter.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (KNw+7)
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But no dancing!

Posted by: Weasel at December 12, 2021 06:58 PM (0IeYL)

396 Get a Harley-Davidson mixer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 12, 2021 06:58 PM (63Dwl)

397 Pete Bog's salad with the grilled pears would have gone great with that.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:50 PM (KNw+7)

It sounds like a good pairing. I used too much brown sugar in the glaze so the pork was plenty sweet!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 06:58 PM (Q9lwr)

398 392 May your kitchen always be filled with love and laughter.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (KNw+7)

Thank you.

OK, with the occasional "CRAP!"

Posted by: Javems at December 12, 2021 06:59 PM (AmoqO)

399 >>> 389 Ok, for tomato based sauces, there's only three things to know:
1.) Boil it at a low, gentle simmer for at least three hours. You can go for more with better results, but no less.
2.) Don't be shy with the garlic.
3.) Put in seven finely chopped anchovies for each quart of tomatoes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 06:53 PM (2ABQr)

You had me until chopped Anchovies. I don't eat nuttin I use for bait.
Seriously though, wouldn't soy sauce work?
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (R5lpX)

Try Worcestershire (sp?) sauce if you don't want to use the fishies (I'm not fond of them either).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 12, 2021 06:59 PM (llON8)

400 392 May your kitchen always be filled with love and laughter.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2021 06:56 PM (KNw+7

You too, sweet lady.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 12, 2021 06:59 PM (U2p+3)

401 "Put in seven finely chopped anchovies for each quart of tomatoes. "

Apostate!

Posted by: Marcus T at December 12, 2021 06:59 PM (5dQn5)

402 390 I need to find my photo album from England and a bed sheet in OD Nuke Iran the day after the hostage crisis.
Posted by: Skip

I need to find the picture of the Royal Doulton toilet in the old stone pile we stayed in at Bibury up in the Lake District, the flush action was so plutocratic that I took pictures of it swirling.

When California was moving us down to a luxurious 2.5 gallon flush in - '95? - this thing was putting at least seven gallons down the drain, and this was when England was in the midst of its worst drought in decades.

Posted by: JEM at December 12, 2021 06:59 PM (8erNz)

403 Not this time -- they use pastries donated to food pantries to make vodka. Very smooth!

Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at December 12, 2021 06:59 PM (JJatH)

404 GUNZ!

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at December 12, 2021 07:01 PM (R5lpX)

405 No pork neck bones?
Posted by: dartist at December 12, 2021 06:57 PM (+ya+t)

This is awesome advice for most dishes. Also, "wherever the recipe says to use oil, cook it slower and lower using butter."

But some people are vegetarians

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 07:03 PM (2ABQr)

406 My neighbor had some 25 year old cabs that she let me open during a dinner I helped prepare. They were...thin.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 12, 2021 07:03 PM (bUGMk)

407 KitchenAids have got so bad, owners are reporting oil leaking out of them into the bowl. Nice.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Mine is about 25 years old. It does leak a drop or two of grease out of the planetary housing. Works pretty good but I've never been happy with it's slowest speed. Seems to spin a bit too fast.

On the other hand, a 40qt Hobart floor mixer would be a bit of overkill.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 07:03 PM (mD/uy)

408 You had me until chopped Anchovies. I don't eat nuttin I use for bait.
Seriously though, wouldn't soy sauce work?
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy

I never eat anchovies.

Wifey's company holiday party (owner's family is Jewish but damn near everything represented in management) last night...restaurant is a partner in the restaurant...salad was very good.

Spouse noted while we're halfway through "you like the anchovies?" I finished the salad. They'd got them right, somehow.

Posted by: JEM at December 12, 2021 07:06 PM (8erNz)

409 On the other hand, a 40qt Hobart floor mixer would be a bit of overkill.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 07:03 PM

Would it? I'm already kinda talking myself into this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 07:06 PM (2ABQr)

410 409 On the other hand, a 40qt Hobart floor mixer would be a bit of overkill.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 12, 2021 07:03 PM

Would it? I'm already kinda talking myself into this.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

If leasing half of a 6000sf building to you for your kitchen would pay for the machine shop I'd put in at the other end, we'd have a deal.

Posted by: JEM at December 12, 2021 07:08 PM (8erNz)

411 nood projectiles.

Posted by: JEM at December 12, 2021 07:08 PM (8erNz)

412 We're talking about a heaping tablespoon per quart, here. It's not like it's an anchovy sauce. You won't know it's got a single anchovy in it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 12, 2021 07:09 PM (2ABQr)

413 STOCKING STUFFERS ... I was surprised to learn how many different Mason Jar toppers are available these days ... Types include: shake 'n' pour, shake 'n' sprinkle, dry dispensers, syrup spouts, oil spouts, spray nozzles, hand pumps, push-down-and-twist (for childproofing), etc. Mason Jar Recaps typed in your favorite search field should reveal the many types available.

Posted by: Kathy at December 12, 2021 07:17 PM (h3RRP)

414 Re mixers: I have one made by the same company that makes Electrolux vacuum cleaners. Thirty years old and counting. I make 4 loaves of bread at a time, so it has to handle upwards of 14 cups of flour. No problem.

Posted by: Wenda at December 12, 2021 07:34 PM (tHGM4)

415 HELP please - what is the recommended sous vide contraption? I know it's been lightly debated here before, and I need help! My husband loves all the small appliance cooking gadgets, and has most everything - but not a sous vide thingy. I want to gift him one this Christmas, but as I know nothing about such things - I'm hoping someone here can help me out.

Posted by: GrandeMe at December 12, 2021 08:23 PM (ytutJ)

416 I think I've found the best thing for dry-brining steaks. Badia sriracha salt! If you use it as a table seasoning, there's no real flavor to it; it's pure heat.

But as a dry-brine seasoning, it's awesome! The heat dissipates, and you're left with that nice garlic and chile flavor penetrating deep into your steaks along with the salt.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at December 12, 2021 08:25 PM (H3MF8)

417 GrandMe, here's a sous vide expert with some basic recommendations...

https://youtu.be/vxNaxi6dmFc

It also sounds like you have a lot of kitchen gadgets; it might be worthwhile to see if one of those can sous vide, to save you the trouble of getting a new device. My Instant Pot has a soud vide setting, for example.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at December 12, 2021 08:34 PM (H3MF8)

418 There are at least 2 major Baptist conventions, Southern and American, as said know nothing of abstaining from alcohol.
Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2021 06:00

I was raised in an American Baptist Convention church. They used to be the Northern Baptist Conv. after the split around the CW. Think ABC has since changed the name.

There was something in our 'church creed" that mentioned abstaining, it got much quieter when that part was recited, eventually it was dropped, maybe in the 60s or 70s.

Posted by: Farmer at December 12, 2021 08:43 PM (55Qr6)

419 We shall drink no wine before its time.

Posted by: Zombie Paul Masson at December 12, 2021 08:47 PM (4I/2K)

420 I have found that after about 7 years the wine has been stored too long, corks go crumbly and the wine is like liquid ass.

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The future is in metal screw caps and perhaps always will be. The wine industry is stuck somewhere in time several centuries ago.

Posted by: Undocumented at December 12, 2021 08:47 PM (Y08Vx)

421 "it also sounds like you have a lot of kitchen gadgets; it might be worthwhile to see if one of those can sous vide, to save you the trouble of getting a new device. My Instant Pot has a soud vide setting, for example.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler"

Thanks! I didn't know that about Instant Pots. I gave him the small one for Christmas a few years ago when they first came out. I'll look it over!

Posted by: GrandeMe at December 12, 2021 08:53 PM (ytutJ)

422 Happy to help! I think a small Instant Pot from when they first came out probably wouldn't have a sous vide setting, but it's worth a look. Mine is a bigger and more recent model.

If it doesn't, check the video I linked. Guga recommends a few brands of sous vide circulators there.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at December 12, 2021 08:57 PM (H3MF8)

423 Why in the hell is your wine stored in a fireplace?

Posted by: MikeN at December 12, 2021 09:16 PM (jGYzK)

424 HELP please - what is the recommended sous vide contraption? I know it's been lightly debated here before, and I need help!

Posted by: GrandeMe at December 12, 2021 08:23 PM (ytutJ)

The Anova is the way to go. They have three models, and I think the middle one is the best combination of performance and value.

Any questions? Give me a shout.

cbd dot aoshq at gee mail dot com

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2021 09:51 PM (Q9lwr)

425 > I can't recall a bad chili recipe.

I once made the mistake of trying to use leftover roast turkey (from Thanksgiving) in a batch of chili. It was dry AF.

Posted by: Scott at December 14, 2021 01:20 PM (bq07l)

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