Food Thread: Size Matters

It's actually important, even though many people (including me sometimes) just sort of chop stuff without paying much attention to what the recipe may say. And luckily most recipe writers are not fixated on the difference between a mince and a fine chop and a coarse chop and a slice and...

But some ingredients really are different depending on their size, and onions are a great example! A fine mince will allow the onions almost to melt into the sauce or gravy or whatever, while a rough chop allows more texture and a more robust flavor.

Sure, it might not matter all that much on a hectic Wednesday night when all you really want is some fuel for yourself and something to plop down for the kids because when they get hangry, the house is a very unpleasant place to be.

But think about something like stew...specifically, your favorite recipe handed down from your grandmother. It's a labor of love, and you carefully cut the meat into uniform pieces exactly 1.5"x1.5"x1.5" because that's what she did!

How weird would it be if you made it with finely chopped meat? It might even taste good (it probably will), but it will be a far cry from what you remember, and what you want.

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Taco Bell Is Actually One Of The Better Fast Food Restaurants Out There

And the writer is a retard. Taco Bell is pretty awful stuff, and the few times I have eaten it is because there wasn't anything else available, and that includes microwaved burritos from the gas station convenience store.

I've had a different experience with the brand. When I was following a vegan diet back in 2014 and 2015, it was one of the few cheap restaurants in my small suburban town that offered anything I could eat other than fries. This was before the days of the ubiquitous Impossible Burger, and I was deeply grateful for late-night black bean Crunchwrap Supremes and 5-Layer Burritos when the munchies hit. And unlike the oil-soaked McDonald's and Wendy's meals I had enjoyed in years prior, these indulgences never made me feel bloated and heavy the way a Big Mac would.

See what I mean? She is definitely a sub-wit. And a vegan. But I repeat myself.

First of all, Impossible Burgers are not ubiquitous. I think I have seen them a couple of times on a fast food menu, but Little Miss Vegan needs to put down the thesaurus. Second of all, the very reason you had limited options was because of your stupidity. Of course being a vegan was going to keep you from the tasty fast food that can be had in America with minimal effort. And third...Taco Bell may be the Platonic ideal when it comes to bloating. What planet does this twit live on?

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I like Garden&Gun. Their recipes are usually solid, and they don't shy away from butter and bacon fat. Of course there is a hint of Wokeness...maybe snooty pomposity is a better term, and this recipe is a good example.

Why "heirloom" tomatoes? It's the summer...most of us are getting relatively fresh local tomatoes anyway, and that little tag adds a few dollars per pound! Just stop it.

Heirloom Tomato and Caramelized Onion Tart does look good, so I'll give it a shot (it's a riff on a classic French tart).

They do redeem themselves a bit with Pimento Cheese Tomato Pies. The recipe is a bit fussy, but come on...Pimento Cheese!

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The photo is from commenter "Gunslinger's" first attempt at ribs on his new Weber pellet smoker.

He is very, very happy with it, and thinks it is elevating his smoking game. Judging by the look of those baby-back ribs, I agree.

Here's the rub he used, but of course he will be tweaking it to make it his own. That is vital, because it is ridiculously easy to do, and the end product...the food you eat!...will taste exactly how you want it, rather than the least common denominator of the chef or recipe writer.

I would leave out the celery seeds and maybe add some mustard powder.

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Shivmaster Bluebell sent me this, claiming it is the easiest and best recipe for Sourdough Discard Crackers.

I think she is correct. I have made them twice, and the only difficulty is making sure you don't overdo them. I think I might decrease the temperature to 300° or 325°, because the stuff is so thin it bakes almost immediately, and the only think left to do is get a bit of color and allow them to dry out completely so that they are crispy. I think that will be easier in a cooler oven...

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Good butter, and Flap Meat...whatever the hell that is...just send it, Broccolini that isn't $6/bunch, garlic...lots of garlic!, well-marbled hanger steaks and elk chops to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Who are those poor deluded souls who shake their Manhattans? These are the same people who drink fine bourbon with coke, and probably shake red wine with ice too.

My and the world's patience has run out. Shaken Manhattans henceforth will be banished to the land of Long Island Ice Teas and Frozen Strawberry Margaritas.

And yes, I used to demand fancy bourbon, but let's face it, $1,200 for a bottle of bourbon is just stupid, insulting, and a ghastly affront to most people's palates and wallets. I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

2 Hola!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:03 PM (/HDaX)

3 But think about something like stew...specifically, your favorite recipe handed down from your grandmother. It's a labor of love, and you carefully cut the meat into uniform pieces exactly 1.5"x1.5"x1.5" because that's what she did!

Don't think I ever saw my grandmother with a ruler measuring meat... mind out of the gutter, perverts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2024 04:03 PM (IUd0M)

4 Bro, Taco Bell won the fast food wars, haven't you heard?

Posted by: SamIam at July 14, 2024 04:03 PM (oasF3)

5 Finally Food!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 14, 2024 04:04 PM (Up5F4)

6 Made chili Friday as had 20 ripe little chili peppers, only put in 11 but it was as hot as would want it.
Grilling chicken soon

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 04:04 PM (fwDg9)

7 Red onions give me indigestion from hell. But I still like them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 04:04 PM (Q4IgG)

8 Thanks CBD

I don't go to Taco Bell for the food, I go for the romance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2024 04:04 PM (RIvkX)

9 For all the griping I used to do about Taco Bell (Toxic Hell, etc., etc.), the only difficulties I ever had occurred when I ate their steak burritos. Everything else left my GI tract unperturbed.

Unless I tossed on too much Habanero Tobasco.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:04 PM (/HDaX)

10 Man, I don't care what anybody says, I like whatever Taco Bells' beef is made of.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at July 14, 2024 04:05 PM (5AVMW)

11 And the writer is a retard. Taco Bell is pretty awful stuff, and the few times I have eaten it is because there wasn't anything else available, and that includes microwaved burritos from the gas station convenience store.

Have you considered that the writer has just seen Demolition Man and believes it to be a documentary sent from the future and they're trying to get on Taco Bell's good side?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2024 04:05 PM (IUd0M)

12 Fine dice or coarse chop?

GUILTY.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 04:06 PM (ssLsK)

13 Are there any red onions out there that don't taste like the soil they were planted in?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at July 14, 2024 04:06 PM (W+kMI)

14 Don't think I ever saw my grandmother with a ruler measuring meat... mind out of the gutter, perverts.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2024 04:03 PM (IUd0M)

Too late!!!

Posted by: Your President at July 14, 2024 04:06 PM (5AVMW)

15 I can tell you that if you're vegan and eating at Taco Bell, you're not vegan anymore.

Everything in the store is contaminated with dairy - ask me how I know...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 04:06 PM (exHjb)

16 Speaking of "food" and "size matters", I started getting these YouTube shorts from Turkey recommended to me. Lots of good looking doner kebab and such, and one very big dude who is apparently rich and famous from his...style?
https://tinyurl.com/2ff8zn7t

Also, a tasty steak sandwich making tutorial that has a lot more views than you'd normally expect:
https://tinyurl.com/yxubd6j4

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 14, 2024 04:06 PM (JCZqz)

17 Pete Bog has a great recipe for a tomato pie.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 04:07 PM (5MvGY)

18 On the menu side of things, defrosting a batch of chicken stock from Miley's Chicken Bog recipe to make rice.

Which will then be paired with some delightfully braised chicken thighs coated liberally in butter and garlic.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:07 PM (/HDaX)

19 Also not sure onion flakes belong in a rub, onion powder is better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2024 04:07 PM (RIvkX)

20 Taco Bell article automatically discounted because I refuse to take seriously a review of a fast food joint by a vegan.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at July 14, 2024 04:07 PM (W+kMI)

21 Taco Bell kept me alive and nourished when I was a poor in Scottsdale.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 04:07 PM (Ad8y9)

22 15 I can tell you that if you're vegan and eating at Taco Bell, you're not vegan anymore.

Everything in the store is contaminated with dairy - ask me how I know...
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Let me guess, shredded cheese gets in everything?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at July 14, 2024 04:08 PM (W+kMI)

23 I forgot to write down that potato pie recipe from last Sunday.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 14, 2024 04:08 PM (Q0kLU)

24 >>Who are those poor deluded souls who shake their Manhattans? These are the same people who drink fine bourbon with coke, and probably shake red wine with ice too.

Saw this at a recent event - free samples were good, too.

https://tinyurl.com/3nzcbkfd

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2024 04:09 PM (+oRno)

25 Mix minced or diced red onion with a little red vinegar and let it sit for 5 minutes before using, it takes a lot of the edge off.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2024 04:09 PM (RIvkX)

26 Let me guess, shredded cheese gets in everything?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at July 14, 2024 04:08 PM (W+kMI)

You wish that was it!

Posted by: Pathological Masturbator at July 14, 2024 04:09 PM (5AVMW)

27 Taco Bell has one of the highest salt contents of any fast food restaurant, Subway is right up there with them. Surprisingly McDonalds has some lowish sodium choices as far as fast food places go.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 04:10 PM (QNSds)

28 one very big dude who is apparently rich and famous from his...style?
https://tinyurl.com/2ff8zn7t

Big is putting it pretty mildly.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:10 PM (/HDaX)

29 Good afternoon, horde.

Peach canning today was less than satisfactory. Peaches we're too soft, so I didn't put them in them in the canner. I put the nice ones in fezzes containers instead. Only six pints, so I have room.

The ones that I peeled and cut a few days ago were a little off color, despite lemon juice, so I'm taking Kindltot's advice to cook them down in the crockpot for peach butter.

Hot and tired now, and would like someone else to make me some dinner.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2024 04:10 PM (OX9vb)

30 Tonight's menu is simple and fast b/c we have our 1st movie outing in months (Despicable Me 4 with $5 tickets)...I'll also be jetting early from here...

Fresh salmon baked with pesto
Homemade peach, cinnamon, and ginger muffins
5 minute vegan tzatziki salad (2 TB of Trader Joe's vegan tzatzki sauce tossed with a whole chopped deseeded cucumber, a whole large chopped avocado, and 2 chopped green onions with some fresh dill and a touch of salt - that's it - you'll never go back when you stop thinking of tzatziki as sauce vs salad starter)...
Strawberries and blueberries

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 04:10 PM (exHjb)

31 Taca Bell hasn't been good since they got rid of their Chocotaco and Caramel Apple Empanadas! No thanks on the "hot"sauce, bro!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2024 04:11 PM (+oRno)

32 For all the griping I used to do about Taco Bell (Toxic Hell, etc., etc.), the only difficulties I ever had occurred when I ate their steak burritos. Everything else left my GI tract unperturbed.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

I used to work at a Taco John's, and it actually made me like and trust their food more. They bought fresh ground beef and produce, and we prepped and cooked it all fresh daily. I'm sure locations may vary, but cleanliness, food rotation, oil changes, etc. were all pretty good.

Except nacho cheese. I never really liked it much to begin with, and after seeing them open a fresh, giant can of it, with an inch thick oily sheen on top the just mix back in...my arteries clog a little just thinking about it!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 14, 2024 04:11 PM (JCZqz)

33 I mentioned this on a thread several days ago, but I had back surgery, and since I'm taking Oxycodone for pain, I am forbidden from drinking alcohol. It has been almost 2 weeks, and I can't say I've really missed it much. If anything, I miss the preparation rituals. In addition, it's a goodly number of calories missing from my daily intake, so I'll be surprised if I haven't lost weight.

Anyway, I've wondered how I'd feel cutting it out, and now I know. I'm sure I'll go back to an evening cocktail and/or wine, but it's good to know how easily I can do without it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2024 04:11 PM (xCA6C)

34 25 Mix minced or diced red onion with a little red vinegar and let it sit for 5 minutes before using, it takes a lot of the edge off.

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I wish Wendy & Burger King did that.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at July 14, 2024 04:11 PM (W+kMI)

35 Notorious Foodie's Utoob shorts are fun to watch as well.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:11 PM (/HDaX)

36 Sliced tomatoes, red onions and hard boiled eggs in red wine vinegar and Tuscan herb olive oil

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 04:11 PM (5MvGY)

37 Today's dinner is leftover Japanese style curry. Instead of beef or chicken, my wife used tilapia since it was thawed and ready to go.

OK, the fish pretty much disintegrated. But you could still taste it and it blended well with the vegetables.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2024 04:12 PM (lXCUP)

38 Tonight is peanut butter chicken noodles with scallions. I might air fry some tofu too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2024 04:12 PM (RIvkX)

39 I have been told many, many times that the, how you say, size of the meat matters.

Posted by: Paolo at July 14, 2024 04:12 PM (elO/o)

40 I recall Taco Bell having some sort of bag or box of their cheapest tacos for a couple bucks. Personally I had to be under the influence to tackle them.

And close to a bathroom.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 04:12 PM (Q4IgG)

41 @33...stick to the booze. Believe me.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at July 14, 2024 04:12 PM (GJ8xA)

42 28 one very big dude who is apparently rich and famous from his...style?
https://tinyurl.com/2ff8zn7t

Big is putting it pretty mildly.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

Hey, for as large as he is, he's still up and moving around. Hell, he's dancing! And, unlike many large Americans (Stacy Abrams, Meghan McCain, Lizzo) he's smiling, happy and jolly!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 14, 2024 04:13 PM (JCZqz)

43 I love it when CBD accuses someone of snobbery.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 04:13 PM (ssLsK)

44 New cooking toy purchased last week and used for the 1st time yesterday.
The app has a manual setting that I used to set to 165F and I cooked whole chickens.
Perfect chicken from the smoker. I especially liked that the display figures out about how much time you have before the food reaches the desired temp and warns you.
It uses blue tooth from the 'case-hub' and wifi to your phone. It worked great.
PSA: Costco has the Chef IQ 2 probe set for under $80.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 14, 2024 04:13 PM (Up5F4)

45 Wife has been away this weekend. she told me not to eat too much junk. I actually have done pretty well. Grilled steak and taters, and leftovers of same this afternoon (I just can't pack away the food like when I was young). Chicken tenders and wing sauce on Friday.

Not sure about tomorrow. there are at least a dozen restaurants in walking distance of my office.

Basically I have one real meal per day. Breakfast is usually coffee and yogurt, or a protein shake. I nibble on fruit and nuts while working.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 04:14 PM (Ad8y9)

46 22 15 I can tell you that if you're vegan and eating at Taco Bell, you're not vegan anymore.

Everything in the store is contaminated with dairy - ask me how I know...
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Let me guess, shredded cheese gets in everything?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at July 14, 2024 04:08 PM (W+kMI)

I'm pretty sure everything gets in everything...but my instant allergy ping on 1st bite (and I did this to myself twice at 2 different places with different orders b/c I'm a glutton for punishment and they swear they can accommodate allergies...and the kids do like it. Tossing food and taking allergy pills - thankfully not bad enough for epi, although maybe if I'd have eaten more - is not fun.
Now, I never will eat there again - it's been about 3 years now)...

This is why I am loyal to the arches b/c the one thing they do right...and about the only thing now...is handle an allergy order the way you'd want it handled...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 04:14 PM (exHjb)

47 Saw this at a recent event - free samples were good, too.

https://tinyurl.com/3nzcbkfd

I've had Monkey Shoulder, and it's okay, but that recipe for a cocktail...oh HELL no!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2024 04:14 PM (xCA6C)

48 You mean, Taco Bell isn't the Mexican Telephone Company?

/gobsmacked

/s

Seriously though. Their crunchy taco shell, with refried beans, lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese, ain't a half bad lunch. Couple of those, and I'm good till dinnertime.

I do tend to avoid their sauces though, as I don't like my stomach pretending to be a percolator.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 14, 2024 04:15 PM (kQgoX)

49 It's weird that autocorrect defaults to a contraction rather than a normal word.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2024 04:15 PM (OX9vb)

50 I love it when CBD accuses someone of snobbery.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 04:13 PM (ssLsK)

Irony is not just what nails taste like.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 04:15 PM (Ad8y9)

51 >>one very big dude who is apparently rich and famous from his...style?
https://tinyurl.com/2ff8zn7t

"Liiiiike, grooooossss? Why issssss his boooody so mishappen?"
-- Any Kardashian whose name begins with a K

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2024 04:16 PM (+oRno)

52 Anyone know if Taco Bell still sells the hard shell Doritos tacos?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:17 PM (/HDaX)

53 Made a trip to Trader Joe's yesterday. Among my finds are a dry white Hungarian wine, Candy Snap grapes and strawberry jalapeño cracker crisps. The new variety of red grapes taste somewhat like strawberries. They're yummy. I tried a little cream cheese on the crisps. Just the right amount of cool cheese with the sweetness of the strawberry and the hotness of the jalapeño.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 04:17 PM (oaGWv)

54 Well, now I am hungry. It's too hot to cook, so I think I'll make a nice BLT.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 14, 2024 04:17 PM (Q0kLU)

55 >>I've had Monkey Shoulder, and it's okay, but that recipe for a cocktail...oh HELL no!

Yeah, I don't drink whiskey, but it was fun to have a (free!) drink with niece, who recently turned 21. The truck is cool, like the Oscar Meyer weinermobile

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2024 04:18 PM (+oRno)

56 Who gives a fuck what vegetarians think about McDonald's or Taco Bell? That's crazy.

I vaguely recall hearing one of the reasons (throw shit at wall, see what sticks) McDonald's stopped using beef tallow to make their famous (for a chain) french fries was to avoid insulting Hindus, that weren't even a rounding error in terms of population much less customers. That whole "don't eat beef" thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:19 PM (+bPgI)

57 OK, so I have a ton of eggplant and it needs to be put up NOW. I found a nice recipe I remembered from a year or two ago on Youtube. Eggplant fries, frozen for future use and stored for up to a year. She does them in the air fryer.

We have an air fryer mode for the oven, but I've never air fried anything. I believe you're supposed to use spray oil on them, and a special air fryer basket.

Beyond this, I know nothing except I need to freeze these things ASAP. Does anyone have air fryer knowledge to share?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 04:19 PM (w6EFb)

58 CBD, did you bake the crackers at 350? Because the recipe calls for 325.

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 04:20 PM (bS+DD)

59 57 I'm off to the store to buy grated parm and bread crumbs now, but will be back to peruse Horde wisdom.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 04:21 PM (w6EFb)

60 I vaguely recall hearing one of the reasons (throw shit at wall, see what sticks) McDonald's stopped using beef tallow to make their famous (for a chain) french fries was to avoid insulting Hindus, that weren't even a rounding error in terms of population much less customers. That whole "don't eat beef" thing.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:19 PM (+bPgI)

My recollection is they got sued by a Hindu and stopped using tallow.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:21 PM (/HDaX)

61 Spray oil helps, basket or rack is a must. Maybe sprinkle with panko, salt, pepper

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2024 04:21 PM (RIvkX)

62 I prefer to dice onions pretty small for things like soup or sauces, and use much bigger pieces for stew. I usually cut beef stew meat in half.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2024 04:22 PM (VavZF)

63 I've eaten at Taco Bell fairly recently a few times. It's .... "OK", though very bland and portion size very small. It takes a big feller $25 or more to get filled up. It's just silly how everything is just these twee sizes now. Food isn't more expensive, the dollar is going to shit. I predict pain, soon, because this trend will not likely improve. Higher prices aren't always due to inflation, but monetary inflation always causes higher prices. Either way, people just see eye-popping numbers regardless.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:23 PM (+bPgI)

64 A couple of weeks ago we got fast food - 16 bucks for two plain hamburgers, a large fry and a drink at McD's and 55 dollars for 6 tacos and 3 burritoes at Taco Bell. 72 bucks total. That is just wrong.

When you pay 20 bucks an hour for your labor, that's what happens to the price of the product. I understand that correlation, but I can't afford it any longer.

Posted by: Moki at July 14, 2024 04:23 PM (wLjpr)

65 Also not sure onion flakes belong in a rub, onion powder is better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2024 04:07 PM (RIvkX)

Maybe there is a reason for the flakes. I can't think of one though...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:24 PM (A3700)

66 Five years ago I planted Concord Grape vines down a stretch of my property when a new neighbor decided to fence his side. I'm glad he did. He let some bullsh** mowing company cut it with Johnson Grass infected mowers and now he has a fine crop of pestilence. This year the vines matured and produced almost four bushels. Good for a first year. Mashed and reduced it was only three quarts of concentrate. But godd**mn. It's fantastic stuff.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at July 14, 2024 04:24 PM (dzZCL)

67 23 I forgot to write down that potato pie recipe from last Sunday.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 14, 2024 04:08 PM (Q0kLU)

site:acecomments.mu.nu +"food thread" +"2024" +"potato pie"

Once on the comments page, cntrl F to find it exactly

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:24 PM (NMT5x)

68 "They got sued by a Hindu".

Yeah, that sounds way too convenient. I know there was a "healthy" fat narrative being notioned out there at the time as well.

I think they cheaped out.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:25 PM (+bPgI)

69 52 Anyone know if Taco Bell still sells the hard shell Doritos tacos?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:17 PM (/HDaX)

Yep - the Doritos Locos Taco - either nacho cheese or cool ranch.

Posted by: Moki at July 14, 2024 04:25 PM (wLjpr)

70 Many thanks to whoever recommended Rada tomato knives. I bought one and it is excellent!

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 14, 2024 04:26 PM (FEVMW)

71 I love onions, but at my age onions don't love me. I'm not even sure they like me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2024 04:26 PM (CHHv1)

72 I vaguely recall hearing one of the reasons (throw shit at wall, see what sticks) McDonald's stopped using beef tallow to make their famous (for a chain) french fries was to avoid insulting Hindus, that weren't even a rounding error in terms of population much less customers. That whole "don't eat beef" thing.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:19 PM (+bPgI)
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No, it was due to the whole overreaction against saturated fats.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2024 04:26 PM (3Fz6p)

73 We had an atomizer for spraying oil. It worked ok until it got all gunked up. Like real quick. PITA to clean. We don't use it anymore because of that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 04:27 PM (Q4IgG)

74
Aldi's sells stew meat at a very reasonable price. Beef stew around here makes winter enjoyable. About an entire hour spent cutting, dicing, whatever. By the time the stew comes out of the Instapot those cubes of beef are nowhere to be found, but everywhere in the taste.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 04:27 PM (RKVpM)

75 65 Onion flakes are only for a broth you need to make extra for storage because chopped fresh onions will sour a broth when you try to keep it. They're also dynamite in fried rice.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at July 14, 2024 04:27 PM (dzZCL)

76 But think about something like stew...specifically, your favorite recipe handed down from your grandmother. It's a labor of love, and you carefully cut the meat into uniform pieces exactly 1.5"x1.5"x1.5" because that's what she did!

Don't think I ever saw my grandmother with a ruler measuring meat...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

She didn't need a ruler. She could eyeball a perfect 1.5" cube. Just like she could eyeball an exact half-teaspoon or quarter-cup of something.

It's why all the recipes from your grandmother used terms like "dash" or "glug" instead of actual measurements. Those were actual measurements, to her.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2024 04:27 PM (DgGvY)

77 Maybe. But I didn't hallucinate the Hindu French Fry thing. Where did that come from? It was a talking point for somebody, or I wouldn't have picked it up. I was a consumer of corporate propaganda in those days, and would have accepted it at face value, if puzzlement.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:29 PM (+bPgI)

78 I break out the food processor for the sofrito for my Bolognese sauce. Makes for a smooth sauce that I don't have to cook for 3hrs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2024 04:29 PM (IG4Id)

79
This is why I am loyal to the arches b/c the one thing they do right...and about the only thing now...is handle an allergy order the way you'd want it handled...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 04:14 PM (exHjb)

It's the only fast food I can eat and not get sick. There are better burgers, (whataburger!) but I can't eat them. I think they might butter the buns and toast them before making the burger, which is delicious, but ill advised if you have a dairy allergy. McDonald's is a safe bet worldwide.

Posted by: Moki at July 14, 2024 04:30 PM (wLjpr)

80 71 I love onions, but at my age onions don't love me. I'm not even sure they like me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

My insides feel the same way about garlic. Unfortunately

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 04:30 PM (oaGWv)

81 Those ribs look good!

My family and I have developed a taste for ribs that aren't fall off the bone. Heretical, I know!

It's because I can't plan enough in advance to cook the ribs low and slow.

I wrap a rack in foil and seal it up to keep the steam in.

Can do in the oven on a cookie sheet, but I like to use my grill. Indirect, medium heat for about an 1 1/2 or so. Take out of foil and brown on the hot grill.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:30 PM (NMT5x)

82 Aldi's sells stew meat at a very reasonable price. Beef stew around here makes winter enjoyable. About an entire hour spent cutting, dicing, whatever. By the time the stew comes out of the Instapot those cubes of beef are nowhere to be found, but everywhere in the taste.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 04:27 PM

I found out with the insta pot beef stew recipes to not cut the beef as small as they say to do, like you said it disappears. I cut them into about 2 inch chunks and that seems to work for me. I like to actually bite into a piece of beef in my beef stew.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 04:30 PM (QNSds)

83 Hey I'm just about to hack up some mirepoix for a meatloaf right now. I promise to get it as wonky and uneven as possible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2024 04:30 PM (BAEGB)

84 Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2024 04:27 PM (DgGvY)

There are 23 glugs in a liter of Valu-Rite Vodka

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at July 14, 2024 04:31 PM (dzZCL)

85 CBD, did you bake the crackers at 350? Because the recipe calls for 325.

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 04:20 PM (bS+DD)

Nobody likes a know-it-all!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:31 PM (A3700)

86 77 Maybe. But I didn't hallucinate the Hindu French Fry thing. Where did that come from? It was a talking point for somebody, or I wouldn't have picked it up. I was a consumer of corporate propaganda in those days, and would have accepted it at face value, if puzzlement.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:29 PM (+bPgI)

I seem to remember that too. But in all fairness, when I was in grade school (long before the beef tallow story) the big rumor was that McDonalds put ground up worms in their burgers.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:33 PM (NMT5x)

87 On a music forum, we were talking about 5 Guys burgers and fries and I pointed out that they use Peanut oil for frying, and somebody insisted that this was completely impossible, they would never do this because of Peanut allergies, and they would get sued.

I guess my first hand account of 5 gallon Peanut oil containers in the form of a wall in the restaurant wasn't proof enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:33 PM (+bPgI)

88 Nobody likes a know-it-all!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:31 PM (A3700)
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Pardon me for reading the recipe, sir.

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 04:34 PM (bS+DD)

89 Nobody likes a know-it-all!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:31 PM (A3700)

Except blue bell!

*wave to blue bell from a complete internet rando!*

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:34 PM (NMT5x)

90 I seem to remember that too. But in all fairness, when I was in grade school (long before the beef tallow story) the big rumor was that McDonalds put ground up worms in their burgers.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:33 PM

Us kids made up a song about that back in the 60s. I can't remember exactly how it went but urban legend was making the rounds that mcdonalds used ground up worms instead of beef in their burgers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 04:35 PM (QNSds)

91 Hello, you rando!

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 04:35 PM (bS+DD)

92 >>> 87 On a music forum, we were talking about 5 Guys burgers and fries and I pointed out that they use Peanut oil for frying, and somebody insisted that this was completely impossible, they would never do this because of Peanut allergies, and they would get sued.

I guess my first hand account of 5 gallon Peanut oil containers in the form of a wall in the restaurant wasn't proof enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:33 PM (+bPgI)

I'm pretty sure they fcking SAY SO in the menu and/or ads.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2024 04:36 PM (VavZF)

93 Yep - the Doritos Locos Taco - either nacho cheese or cool ranch.
Posted by: Moki at July 14, 2024 04:25 PM (wLjpr)

Excellent! I love the Cool Ranch variant.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:36 PM (/HDaX)

94 I hate chunks of vegetables in my pasta sauce. I want that onion taste but I can't stand chunks of onions. Same with chunks of tomato, or whatever.

Posted by: deepelemblues at July 14, 2024 04:38 PM (z9n5F)

95 Maybe. But I didn't hallucinate the Hindu French Fry thing. Where did that come from? It was a talking point for somebody, or I wouldn't have picked it up. I was a consumer of corporate propaganda in those days, and would have accepted it at face value, if puzzlement.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:29 PM (+bPgI)

It's the real deal. Bing 'McDonalds tallow lawsuit" and a host of articles pop out detailing the settlement, etc.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:38 PM (/HDaX)

96 The $27 bottle (1.75 L) of Evan Williams Black Label is the sweet spot of cheap bourbon.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:39 PM (+H2BX)

97 Ha:
https://www.fiveguys.com /menu/Fries
Freshly made boardwalk-style fries, cooked in pure, cholesterol-free, 100% peanut oil. Cut fresh and cooked twice - firm on the outside and mashed potato on the inside.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2024 04:39 PM (VavZF)

98 Good point on size mattering. I use this a lot in my own cooking. I like to vary the sizes of food I cut, to mix it up in the meal.

Why only have one size of onion or cucumber or pepper in the salad or whatever, or one size slice of chorizo in the stew, when you can have several. That makes for a more interesting taste profile, texture, and mouthfeel.

I do the same with pasta. Why only have one kind at a time? I usually cook penne with medium shells. Or different size penne. Or throw some rice in there. If nothing else, it makes for an interesting presentation and conversation starter. All the single guys out there can thank me later!

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 04:39 PM (NSkH6)

99 One thing that might be suited more for gains threads. I discovered for myself (everybody learns at their own pace) that a lot of the things that "disagreed" with me were very specific - but, it also has to do with quantity. When I was eating 3000 calories plus a day, with snacks in between, a can of Chili beans would have had me taking out a GP medium with no survivors. On a reasonable calorie intake a can of Chili won't even register on the richter scale.

Red onions are awesome, btw. And yellow onions, and white onions... and Vidalia and sweet onions too. I consider garlic, butter, and onion the "holy trinity" basically, of the culinary world that is Good Eats

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:39 PM (+bPgI)

100 The $27 bottle (1.75 L) of Evan Williams Black Label is the sweet spot of cheap bourbon.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:39 PM (+H2BX)

Until the older brat discovered my liquor cabinet that was what he drank!

It's a fine bourbon for the money.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (A3700)

101 We buy the cheap, pre-cut chunks of beef for our stew, Stroganoff, whatever... they always end up either cooking down to nearly nothing or very tender bites.

We used to buy a more expensive cut and cut it up ourselves.

Can't really tell much of a difference.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (Q4IgG)

102 Onions should be chopped as fine as is reasonably possible.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (+H2BX)

103 >>> 95
==
It's the real deal. Bing 'McDonalds tallow lawsuit" and a host of articles pop out detailing the settlement, etc.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 04:38 PM (/HDaX)

I wonder if they lawsuit was funded by any of the same groups that sue the EPA or OSHA or other feralgov agencies.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (VavZF)

104 My local Sam's had whole, USDA Prime briskets for $4/lb today. If you wanted just the leaner end, those were like $7. I have no idea what they do with the other end of those.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 14, 2024 04:41 PM (/y8xj)

105 On a music forum, we were talking about 5 Guys burgers and fries and I pointed out that they use Peanut oil for frying, and somebody insisted that this was completely impossible, they would never do this because of Peanut allergies, and they would get sued.

I guess my first hand account of 5 gallon Peanut oil containers in the form of a wall in the restaurant wasn't proof enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:33 PM (+bPgI)

I'm pretty sure they fcking SAY SO in the menu and/or ads.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2024 04:36 PM

The huge bags of peanuts that the have sitting there for customers to eat while waiting for their burgers to be cooked should be another clue.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 04:41 PM (QNSds)

106 Five Guys sounds like gay porn. Pass.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 04:42 PM (NSkH6)

107 Went to 5 guys last Friday. 2 medium fries, 1 medium drink, 1 cheeseburger. $27 and change. Never going back, it wasn’t even that great.

Posted by: Are you sure bout this sir? at July 14, 2024 04:42 PM (zOD0w)

108 But Taco Bell won the Franchise Wars, so there’s that …

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 04:43 PM (NSkH6)

109 The $27 bottle (1.75 L) of Evan Williams Black Label is the sweet spot of cheap bourbon.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:39 PM (+H2BX)

I've always like Evan. Cheap enough for my limited income, but far more enjoyable than Jim Friggin' Beam, which is usually way overpriced.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 04:43 PM (Ad8y9)

110 I like both carmelized and fresh onion in a recipe often. Maybe too lazy to always do it, but it doesn't hurt.

Good in Meatloaf, somebody mentioned they were making. Another neat addition I discovered was fresh cut Horseradish root. A heaping tablespoon or so, adds a nice flavor. It loses the bite, but adds a kind of sweetness.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:43 PM (+bPgI)

111 I hate chunks of vegetables in my pasta sauce. I want that onion taste but I can't stand chunks of onions. Same with chunks of tomato, or whatever.
Posted by: deepelemblues

Yep, that's why I break out the food processor. It doesn't make a puree, but at least it's not grainy.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2024 04:44 PM (IG4Id)

112 Ive been pickling eggs pretty much the entire year so far. I've used maybe 10 or 12 different recipes/combinations. Right now I've got a Carolina reaper batch waiting in the fridge. All I ever seem to taste is vinegar.

Posted by: nckate at July 14, 2024 04:45 PM (4bYb7)

113 We've a 45-year-old crock pot here at the camp, and haven't used it in forever.

Thought we'd start with Hungarian mushroom soup, with paprika, onion, carrot, dill, flour, butter, oil, dill, vegetable stock, and sour cream all in the mix.

With a thick slice of home-made bread, toasted, it should be great. I make the bread in a 2-1/2 q. mini dutch oven.

We ate out last night at Keene Valley NY's Ausable Inn, where this soup has been a staple on the menu for ages.

Posted by: M. Gaga at July 14, 2024 04:45 PM (AyG8y)

114 My grandmother was pretty much done with cooking by the time I came along. I fondly remember her opening the Swanson pot pie boxes and sliding them onto a cookie sheet. I loved it because I always had to have real food at home. Which my mother cooked exactly the way her mother had taught her.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2024 04:46 PM (VGOMa)

115 An immersion blender will take care of those vegetable chunks in tomato sauce.

And they are fun to use, easy to clean, and not terribly expensive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:47 PM (A3700)

116 Yeah, I noticed they don't apologize for using Peanut oil - and the boxes of unshelled peanuts around the restaurant should be a clue indeed.

I noticed they have a very minimalist approach to the whole operation, not criticizing, somebody has a sharp pencil and is trying to make it work. They do a good job, and at least are using real ingredients instead of fillers and ersatz and crapola.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 04:47 PM (+bPgI)

117 Just like she could eyeball an exact half-teaspoon or quarter-cup of something.

On the Justin Wilson channel, there’s a video where he says to add a teaspoon of something, and then the audience laughs because he just pours it into his hand and then tosses it into the pot.

So he pours it into his hand again, and then pours it from his hand into a teaspoon. Exactly level.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2024 04:47 PM (EXyHK)

118 I wrote dill twice because there's dried crushed dipl in the soup, and fresh dill as a garnish.

Posted by: M. Gaga at July 14, 2024 04:47 PM (AyG8y)

119 94 I hate chunks of vegetables in my pasta sauce. I want that onion taste but I can't stand chunks of onions. Same with chunks of tomato, or whatever.
Posted by: deepelemblues at July 14, 2024 04:38 PM (z9n5F)

Immersion blenders are your friend.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 04:47 PM (exHjb)

120 Some onion powder brands contain a lot of salt. Flakes less so if I recall correctly.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 04:47 PM (ssLsK)

121 I will buy Buffalo Trace for my birthday or a special occasion, but Evan Williams Black Label is my everyday (not every day?) bourbon.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:48 PM (+H2BX)

122 Food? Well, I gotta tell you, I went through Mike Hammer's garbage pretty thoroughly this afternoon. It was putrid,and poor variety. I just left it all scattered around his front yard, and moved on.

Posted by: A Bear at July 14, 2024 04:48 PM (XeU6L)

123 … and the boxes of unshelled peanuts around the restaurant should be a clue indeed.

I have a lot of respect for places that still load their restaurant with peanuts. Especially free peanuts.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2024 04:49 PM (EXyHK)

124 ...Swanson pot pie...

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2024 04:46 PM (VGOMa)

Oh man! I remember those from when I was a kid. They were a rare treat because my mom was a great cook and made almost everything from scratch.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:50 PM (A3700)

125 I'm having scallops with fancy butter sauce for dinner. The way I do a sauce like that is to saute the flavor ingredients, deglaze, add liquid and reduce. Then remove from heat and add the bulk of the butter so it will melt slowly and not break, stir until it all comes together.

(Most butter sauce recipes you see on the internet take the bulk of the butter up to saute temperature, which can only break it.)

I don't know dink about scallops. I got frozen bay scallops. They say the bigger scallops are easier to sear without overcooking.

Size does matter. Ask any woman how much difference one inch can make.

Posted by: Tom Perry at July 14, 2024 04:50 PM (MX0bI)

126 On the Justin Wilson channel

c'meah peppah

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:51 PM (NMT5x)

127 A Hamilton Beach immersion blender will fail with daily use with a year. A Cuisinart blender will not fail.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:51 PM (+H2BX)

128 Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:48 PM (+H2BX)

Buffalo Trace is really good.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 04:52 PM (Ad8y9)

129 102 Onions should be chopped as fine as is reasonably possible.
Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (+H2BX)

*nods, waves grater

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2024 04:52 PM (OX9vb)

130 I used to love the Banquet Pot Pies. Once a year they’d go on sale for some ridiculously low amount, as I recall twenty-five cents, no more than two to a customer, and she’d send us each in with two quarters and just tell us to get our favorite.

Several years ago I bought a couple and the crust seems to be a lot less flavorful and a lot less flaky.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2024 04:52 PM (EXyHK)

131 107 Went to 5 guys last Friday. 2 medium fries, 1 medium drink, 1 cheeseburger. $27 and change. Never going back, it wasn’t even that great.
Posted by: Are you sure bout this sir? at July 14, 2024 04:42 PM (zOD0w)

Not sure what Five Guys you are at, but 1 large fry serves 3 people, so I'm amazed you got 2 burgers and 1 fry.

For the record, Five Guys is the 2nd best place for my allergies (b/c I don't have peanut allergies) - bun and cheese are bad, but everything else on the menu is good, so I always get a regular burger bowl with every veg topping and ketchup/mustard/mayo (which they serve in tiny cups for me separate) and bring 1/2 home - aka 1 of the 2 burgers to make a burger on a bun for lunch the next day. They have a separate cook area for dairy allergies.

That said, eating here more than 1-2 times/year would bankrupt me, so it's a birthday meal spot for my teen boys...and a spot to hit if I'm traveling...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 04:53 PM (exHjb)

132 Hi Ben Had,

How are the peaches this season?

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 04:54 PM (ssLsK)

133 This is the story of the name behind Five Guys Burgers:

Jerry and Janie Murrell advised their four young sons Jim, Matt, Chad, and Ben, to “start a business or go to college.” After Jerry and Janie realized that their two oldest boys weren’t going to go to college, the family opened a carry-out burger joint in Arlington, Virginia in 1986. It was called Five Guys as a nod to Jerry and his four sons. (Later, a fifth son named Tyler was born, and the understanding of the name shifted to represent Jerry’s five sons.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2024 04:54 PM (Zy6LG)

134 Onions should be chopped as fine as is reasonably possible.
Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (+H2BX)

I put raw onion slices on my burgers. Big rings of onion-y goodness. Red or white. Yellow leans toward sweet.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 04:54 PM (Ad8y9)

135 124 ...Swanson pot pie...

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2024 04:46 PM (VGOMa)

Oh man! I remember those from when I was a kid. They were a rare treat because my mom was a great cook and made almost everything from scratch.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:50 PM (A3700)

It was College Inn chicken and noodles for me. Came in a glass jar. I think it was pretty much homestyle if I recall. Other than the lethal amounts of sodium (which I still consume btw, to the detriment of my BP).

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:54 PM (NMT5x)

136 For daily we always get Vidalia onions, but once in awhile get red that goes into some dish needed

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (fwDg9)

137 England got buggered in the final again

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (tIEuS)

138 And i should have said 2 fries and 1 burger, but my brain would not compute the fry to burger ratio. It refused the input...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (exHjb)

139 And as far as burger joints that are chains go, I think it's quite good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (Zy6LG)

140 Buffalo Trace was also fairly cheap, until some fucking asshole that writes "The Bourbon Bible" declared it to be the best bourbon in America.

Fucking shit. The price jumped 20%.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:56 PM (+H2BX)

141 Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (tIEuS)

Nice to see you back again, BTH, and on the book thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2024 04:56 PM (Zy6LG)

142 Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (tIEuS)

Meant to send out a holla on the book thread.

Glad to see you. Hope all is well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 04:57 PM (Ad8y9)

143 > The $27 bottle (1.75 L) of Evan Williams Black Label is the sweet spot of cheap bourbon.
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Old Forrester has a nice lineup too.

And if you want to buy a bottle of potentially the worst Bourbon, or, alternatively the best moonshine... look for "Mellow Corn."

Here it's typically sub-20 bucks for 750ml. It's hard to find. Distilled by Heaven Hill.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 04:57 PM (Q4IgG)

144 It’s a babyback night for me. Followed by some Laphroaig and an AJ cigar on the roof deck.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 04:57 PM (NSkH6)

145 *blushes*

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 04:57 PM (NMT5x)

146 England got buggered in the final again

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (tIEuS)

I'm in London, about a mile from a huge courtyard where they are showing the game on a big screen.

I could hear clearly the roar of the crowd when England scored.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:58 PM (A3700)

147
Aldi's sells stew meat at a very reasonable price.

I bought a couple of their grass fed rib eyes. Worst rib eye I've ever had. Tough, stringy and tasteless. Never again.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2024 04:58 PM (63Dwl)

148 Watching SS press conference. DEI explains a lot.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 14, 2024 04:58 PM (CWMF2)

149 ...My family and I have developed a taste for ribs that aren't fall off the bone. Heretical, I know!

Nah.

"fall off the bone" ribs are way way over cooked.

With a perfectly cooked rib, the meat should still have enough texture and "bite' to stick to the bone, yet come away clean from the bone when eaten.

That's why wood pellet grills are so great. With that kind of temperature control your BBQ'd ribs should
to perfect every time.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 04:59 PM (eDfFs)

150 I'm in London, about a mile from a huge courtyard where they are showing the game on a big screen.

I could hear clearly the roar of the crowd when England scored.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

When are you not in London?

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:00 PM (oaGWv)

151 Tacos Dorados report:

Last week I made Tacos Dorados and we really enjoyed them. I assembled more tacos with the leftover filling and tortillas and froze them. A couple days ago I fried them, from frozen, in bacon grease. They came out pretty good, but I will try again sometime just toasting them in a dry skillet since the tortillas already had some grease on them. It might be enough as is. The tortillas actually held together pretty well although not as well as fresh. Better than hard shells, though.

This is great because I love having things in the freezer that I can quickly get on the table.

Posted by: Emmie at July 14, 2024 05:00 PM (Sf2cq)

152 Didn't earn it.

Discrimination
Exclusion
Indoctrination

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 05:01 PM (+H2BX)

153 I bought a couple of their grass fed rib eyes. Worst rib eye I've ever had. Tough, stringy and tasteless. Never again.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2024 04:58 PM (63Dwl)

Grass-fed is bullshit. Best beef I had was from Wyoming. Raised in the hills and grass fed for a while, but then taken to feedlots to bulk up on corn. Cows are happy, we are happy.

corn-fed beef is best beef.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 05:02 PM (Ad8y9)

154 For those of you who remember my posting about Eddie Doucette (Chicago-area chef from fifties television and sixties IGA ads), I just published the second edition of Tempt Them with Tastier Foods. It collects all of his recipes I could find, mostly from IGA ads but also television appearances, promotional appearances, and even matchbook covers.

It also features a short article about him, gleaned from an interview I did with his son, the sportscaster Eddie Doucette.

Link in nic. It’s a free download as PDF or ePub, and a print version available as well for those of us who still prefer print.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2024 05:02 PM (EXyHK)

155 When are you not in London?

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:00 PM (oaGWv)

When I am in New Jersey. That's my penance.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:02 PM (A3700)

156 Ribs. My son likes them smoked. They are firm and yet pull away from the bone without trouble

I like to bake them until they are "falling off the bone."
They are more moist.

I like them both ways.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 05:04 PM (+H2BX)

157 Props to that lady SS who immediately jumped on Trump. She gave up the body. I usually think “oh, lady SS, she must be incompetent DEI”, and surely there are enough videos of lady cops falling down on the job, but I have to give credit where it’s due.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 05:05 PM (NSkH6)

158 I have some Shishito peppers growing. I had the at a restaurant a couple times and liked them. They are expensive when you buy the out.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 14, 2024 05:05 PM (WF/xn)

159 How do YOU label your canned foods?

I print out labels with the type, the date and the ingredients and paste them on the jars

I am currently using diluted white glue, but I used to use paste made from dried milk because I had a cat who's ultimate joy in life was licking up the reconstituted dry milk paste and would get on the table if I left it alone for a minute. None of the cats I have now are interested in dry milk now, sadly.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2024 05:05 PM (D7oie)

160 Nova loco:

My wife and I shared the meal. The fries not bad but the cheeseburger as a soggy mess, and the price? Forget it!

Posted by: Are you sure bout this sir? at July 14, 2024 05:05 PM (zOD0w)

161 > When are you not in London?

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:00 PM (oaGWv)

When I am in New Jersey. That's my penance.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:02 PM (A3700)
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I dunno man... sounds like perpetual hell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 05:07 PM (Q4IgG)

162 I bought a couple of their grass fed rib eyes. Worst rib eye I've ever had. Tough, stringy and tasteless. Never again.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2024 04:58 PM (63Dwl)

Grass-fed is bullshit. Best beef I had was from Wyoming. Raised in the hills and grass fed for a while, but then taken to feedlots to bulk up on corn. Cows are happy, we are happy.

corn-fed beef is best beef.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 14, 2024 05:02 PM (Ad8y9)

I'll disagree.

When I ate grass-fed beef in Ireland (apparently it's all grass fed there), it was wonderful stuff. Tender and full of flavor. i suppose I'd call it a cleaner tasting beef than corn-fed beef and I love corn-fed beef.

Grass-fed beef, like so many 'healthy foods" in the US, is Penance Chow for the midwits.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 05:07 PM (eDfFs)

163 “ See what I mean? She is definitely a sub-wit. And a vegan. But I repeat myself.”

She’s also regularly eating at very late hours when very few places are open, by her own admission. That’s very unhealthy and surely a sign that she’s a heavy drug user.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 05:07 PM (NSkH6)

164 All of this 'rib' talk is making me nervous.

Posted by: Adam at July 14, 2024 05:07 PM (XeU6L)

165 I’ve lost my brisket mojo. Yesterday’s was over cooked even though the thermometer never broke 190. Too much variation in thickness. I’ve got to go back to basics.

Good flavor just too dry

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:09 PM (ssLsK)

166 How do YOU label your canned foods?

I cheat. I keep a list of what I’ve canned and when on a sheet of paper taped to the inside of the pantry door. It makes it easier for me to know what the oldest canned items are (they’re at the top of the list), and I don’t can so much that I can’t recognize items by name.

If I give canned goods away, I use a marker or space pen to write the name and date directly on the seal. Seals can’t be re-used anyway, so they don’t have to be erased later.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2024 05:09 PM (EXyHK)

167 We made Japanese curry last weekend, with baby potatoes and parsnip.

Sister wasn't sure about the parsnip, but I like them better than carrots, and I diced them small enough that you really couldn't tell that they were any different.

I thought I cut them into bite sized pieces, which in my mind means you can chew them, even if they're really hot, without letting your mouth hang open.

Apparently, other people think that "bite size" is larger than that

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2024 05:11 PM (4vAwW)

168 Posted by: Adam at July 14, 2024 05:07 PM (XeU6L)

Don't worry about it, Adam. God never wanted to cook and eat you.

Posted by: Eve at July 14, 2024 05:11 PM (Zy6LG)

169 Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:09 PM (ssLsK)

You didn't stir it enough.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:12 PM (A3700)

170 Finished roughing in the patio counter and stand for the green egg. Currently conducting a proof of concept with fajitas, tablitas, and al pastor. Fresh tortillas standing by and gaucamole and salsa are ready.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2024 05:12 PM (YRsIm)

171 OT
Did CBD buy his phone at the rummage sale when the Ark was cleaned out? He has margin problems all the time. No apples, only apple cores left.
/s

Posted by: Ciampino - Sun Update #10 at July 14, 2024 05:13 PM (qfLjt)

172 140 Buffalo Trace was also fairly cheap, until some fucking asshole that writes "The Bourbon Bible" declared it to be the best bourbon in America.

Fucking shit. The price jumped 20%.
Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:56 PM (+H2BX)

Yeah, see also prices pre and post Cigar Aficionado's debut issue....

In better news, three porter houses, appropriately salted last night (coarse salt, yes, size matters!). Feeding Little and his friend who did me a solid when the truck wouldn't start and got me to Battery's Plus. Picked up a 2017 Cab at TW. Twist-off cap. If I made a mistake I have a reliable Argentina Cab to make amends...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2024 05:13 PM (n7FLE)

173 CBD will start coming back with a cockney accent

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:14 PM (fwDg9)

174 NBC: FBI says they have not identified any ‘underlying ideology’ from Trump rally shooter

A real mystery. We’ll probably never know.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 14, 2024 05:14 PM (RuN6E)

175 Grass-fed beef, like so many 'healthy foods" in the US, is Penance Chow for the midwits.
Posted by: naturalfake

I sometimes wonder if the type of grass affects the taste of the beef.

I'm told that they type of grass affects the taste of a cow's milk. Alfalfa-fed dairy tastes different (possibly better) than corn-fed dairy.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2024 05:15 PM (4vAwW)

176 Don't worry about it, Adam. God never wanted to cook and eat you.
Posted by: Eve
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Yeah, I know, but what about that shady guy I've seen you hanging out with?

Posted by: Adam at July 14, 2024 05:15 PM (XeU6L)

177 Mashed and reduced it was only three quarts of concentrate. But godd**mn. It's fantastic stuff.
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at July 14, 2024 04:24 PM (dzZCL)

I built a press with a tongue jack that I had a neighbor weld cross bars to, and lumber. There are various plans out there if you decide to just press juice. I went with a tongue jack because it was cheaper than a bottle jack, and less likely to leak oil.
In my experience, even Concords need regular pruning, and there are a number of tutorials to watch on YuoTbue that will show you how to do it. It does boost the grape production.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2024 05:15 PM (D7oie)

178 You didn't stir it enough.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:12 PM (A3700)

That’s the problem. Now get down to the local and have some fish and chips. With mushy.

And a pulled pint. Or the Club Sandwich at the Goring Hotel. The sandwich alone is worth the trip.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:16 PM (ssLsK)

179 It's after 10pm in London. Unless you're in London, Ontario?

A little late for it, but do the Limey's have a name for happy hour?

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 05:16 PM (NMT5x)

180 I'll disagree.

When I ate grass-fed beef in Ireland (apparently it's all grass fed there), it was wonderful stuff. Tender and full of flavor. i suppose I'd call it a cleaner tasting beef than corn-fed beef and I love corn-fed beef.

Grass-fed beef, like so many 'healthy foods" in the US, is Penance Chow for the midwits.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 05:07 PM

Grass fed beef here in NE Texas means the cows are out grazing on what is pretty much scrub weeds and johnson grass. They get mowed seeded alfalfa hay sometimes but for the most part they are eating weeds. Heck I see cattle ranchers stopping on the sides of the highways picking up the grass and tossing it in trailers after the state/county mows the sides and medians of the roads. They get shipped out to feed lots for a few weeks before slaughter to get that taste out of the meat.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 05:17 PM (QNSds)

181 I’ve lost my brisket mojo. Yesterday’s was over cooked even though the thermometer never broke 190. Too much variation in thickness. I’ve got to go back to basics.

Good flavor just too dry
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:09 PM (ssLsK——

Can you over~cook brisket at 190? I don’t think so. More likely, it was undercooked. If youre cooking brisket at 190, youre looking at an 8 hour cook (minimum). It takes that long at that temp to break down all the collagen.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 05:18 PM (NSkH6)

182 I wonder if they lawsuit was funded by any of the same groups that sue the EPA or OSHA or other feralgov agencies.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (VavZF)

It would not surprise me in the least.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 05:18 PM (/HDaX)

183 fish and chips. With mushy.

And a pulled pint.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:16 PM (ssLsK)

That was last night...at least the fish and chips. But today I had two pints of real ale to make up for it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:19 PM (A3700)

184 One case of Hellmans Mayonnaise and one of Persil, please.

Posted by: L - If... at July 14, 2024 05:19 PM (NFX2v)

185 No elk steaks to share but you can come out here and shoot your own on the Widlife Management Area just up the road. I've seen 'em. They look tasty.

Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2024 05:19 PM (M6moH)

186 We've bought beef from local farmers before. The beef itself is usually pretty good, but the processing/butchering sometimes is less than ideal. I mean the cuts are poorly done, uneven or sized weirdly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 05:20 PM (Q4IgG)

187 They look tasty.

Posted by: creeper at July 14, 2024 05:19 PM (M6moH)

Where?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:21 PM (A3700)

188 Buffalo Trace was also fairly cheap, until some fucking asshole that writes "The Bourbon Bible" declared it to be the best bourbon in America.

Fucking shit. The price jumped 20%.
Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:56 PM (+H2BX)

He should try that with Early Times.

Posted by: BignJames at July 14, 2024 05:21 PM (AwYPR)

189 fish and chips. With mushy.

And a pulled pint.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:16 PM (ssLsK)

That was last night...at least the fish and chips. But today I had two pints of real ale to make up for it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:19 PM (A3700)
———

If youre in London and don’t have a proper Beef Wellington then you are a schlickering poopy-head faggotsmo. Just saying.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 05:22 PM (NSkH6)

190 Elric

Smoker at 225. Eight hours then wrap in butcher paper and back in until you hit 205 on the meat thermometer or eight hours. Rest for an hour. Usually works like a charm.

This brisket was about an inch and a quarter thick at one end and five at the other. I should have cut it in half but was lazy. Brisket and lazy aren’t really friends.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:23 PM (ssLsK)

191 NBC: FBI says they have not identified any ‘underlying ideology’ from Trump rally shooter

A real mystery. We’ll probably never know.
Posted by: Biden is Finished

Ideology: Kill Trump

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:23 PM (oaGWv)

192 But today I had two pints of real ale to make up for it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:19 PM (A3700)

Now you are just being mean. Have fun.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:25 PM (ssLsK)

193 Just got off the lake. Steak Kabobs tonight. Started marinating my beef at 4a today. Should be moist and tender.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2024 05:25 PM (XYAD5)

194 NY Times, McDonald's To Settle Suits On Beef Tallow In French Fries
By Reuters, March 9, 2002

Vegan and religious groups sued.

Posted by: L - If... at July 14, 2024 05:25 PM (NFX2v)

195 183 fish and chips. With mushy.

And a pulled pint.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:16 PM (ssLsK)
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See, that sounds wrong. How about pulled fish with mushy chips and a pint? ..... wait ...

Posted by: Ciampino - Sun Update #11 at July 14, 2024 05:25 PM (qfLjt)

196 Dairy cattle should not feed on ramps (onions) or it will make the Milk taste like onion.

I've had good beef in Europe, but it was when the dollar was strong, and pre-Euro. I've no idea what a steak dinner would cost now. Grass fed beef is just cattle that hasn't been finished off correctly. I can deal without all the hormones and all that crap to be sure.

Deer, or Venison - I've had deer meat that is absolutely fine tasting and tender with no gamey flavor whatsoever, provided they are corn fed and fattened up. Around here in Iowa that isn't too hard to make happen. It works the same way.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 05:25 PM (+bPgI)

197 Elric

Smoker at 225. Eight hours then wrap in butcher paper and back in until you hit 205 on the meat thermometer or eight hours. Rest for an hour. Usually works like a charm.

This brisket was about an inch and a quarter thick at one end and five at the other. I should have cut it in half but was lazy. Brisket and lazy aren’t really friends.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:23 PM (ssLsK)
———-

That technique is solid. But yea, 5 inches is a very thick cut. I cut it down to 2 inches or so, maybe 3 tops.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 14, 2024 05:25 PM (NSkH6)

198 184 One case of Hellmans Mayonnaise and one of Persil, please.

Posted by: L - If... at July 14, 2024 05:19 PM (NFX2v)
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So do you wash your mayonnaise in suds then?

Posted by: Ciampino - Sun Update #13 at July 14, 2024 05:26 PM (qfLjt)

199 > Dairy cattle should not feed on ramps (onions) or it will make the Milk taste like onion.
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Ramp season in WV is lit. Seriously.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 05:27 PM (Q4IgG)

200 100 The $27 bottle (1.75 L) of Evan Williams Black Label is the sweet spot of cheap bourbon.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 04:39 PM (+H2BX)

Until the older brat discovered my liquor cabinet that was what he drank!

It's a fine bourbon for the money.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 04:40 PM (A3700
As you might be aware, I’m partial to Wild Turkey 101, but Cooper’s Mark Small Batch 91 Proof is new to me as of last night. Whoa mama, you need to try it.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2024 05:27 PM (LHPAg)

201 Never had a Manhattan....I like Old Fashions...I hear they're similar.

Posted by: BignJames at July 14, 2024 05:28 PM (AwYPR)

202 Time to make some lamb burgers with olives and feta

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 14, 2024 05:29 PM (kpS4V)

203 Never had a Manhattan....I like Old Fashions...I hear they're similar.

Posted by: BignJames at July 14, 2024 05:28 PM (AwYPR)

Yes...similar, but worth trying. I make my Manhattans with maple syrup!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:30 PM (A3700)

204 Cooper’s Mark Small Batch 91 Proof is new to me as of last night. Whoa mama, you need to try it.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2024 05:27 PM (LHPAg)

I have seen it at my local place. I'll give it a try!

Thanks...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:31 PM (A3700)

205 Vodka and Tequila live in the freezer. Amiiright?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2024 05:32 PM (QSrLX)

206 When I was a kid growing up in Ohio. I remember the milk changing flavor. My Dad said that at that time of year they feed was changed from meadow grass to silage.

Posted by: pawn at July 14, 2024 05:33 PM (QB+5g)

207 Rats. Now Evan Williams might go up.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2024 05:33 PM (QSrLX)

208 BTH! Is it really you? Hello! Very good to see you.

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 05:34 PM (bS+DD)

209 The best pot roast I ever made was when the power went out. I pulled the Coleman camp stove out of the garage and set it up. I have a Tramaitino dutch oven. I had everything, even parsnips.

It was the best.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 05:34 PM (+H2BX)

210 Pete Bog, Freestone peaches are abundant. I missed white peach season and the chance to make peachello.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:34 PM (5MvGY)

211 We typically are awash in deer here. Elk are a few miles away in the mountains. Two years ago the hemorrhagic fever and two hard winters have wiped out our deer. Where I used to see fifty I now see one or two.

The good news is that my neighbor had three cow elk in her pasture a couple of days ago. I’m hoping more come and they hang around til October.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:34 PM (ssLsK)

212 Nah. The booze must move.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2024 05:34 PM (QSrLX)

213 Anyone ever have any of that ultra expensive beef from Japanese cows that are given lots of beer?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 14, 2024 05:35 PM (MeG8a)

214 Pete Bog, Freestone peaches are abundant. I missed white peach season and the chance to make peachello.
Posted by: Ben Had

Peachello..that sounds yummy

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:35 PM (oaGWv)

215 Tramontina.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 05:37 PM (+H2BX)

216 Kindltot, I use these labels both when I can (which is only tomatoes) and when I package things for the freezer. They stick well, even in the freezer, yet peel off easily when you want them to.

I get them from Amazon:

https://tinyurl.com/484z9vu9

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 05:37 PM (bS+DD)

217 Tuna, a nice summer drink and great to cook pork medallions in.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:37 PM (5MvGY)

218 Grass-fed beef, like so many 'healthy foods" in the US, is Penance Chow for the midwits.
Posted by: naturalfake

I sometimes wonder if the type of grass affects the taste of the beef.

I'm told that they type of grass affects the taste of a cow's milk. Alfalfa-fed dairy tastes different (possibly better) than corn-fed dairy.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2024 05:15 PM (4vAwW)

Could be everywhere in Ireland they have this long soft grass they call "Salt grass" IIRC. That's what their cows eat.

Great milk and butter also besides the excellent beef.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 05:38 PM (eDfFs)

219 It can be scotch time

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:38 PM (fwDg9)

220 - OT

Don't know anything about "News Nation."
Report that officer encountered suspect on roof moments before shooting.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NP86CksBmoU

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 05:38 PM (xZpzx)

221 Yes...similar, but worth trying. I make my Manhattans with maple syrup!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2024 05:30 PM (A3700)

!! instead of vermouth?

Posted by: BignJames at July 14, 2024 05:39 PM (AwYPR)

222 >>>@70 ... re: RADA tomato knife ... You're very welcome -- glad you're finding it helpful!

Posted by: Kathy at July 14, 2024 05:39 PM (p69D5)

223 Just pulled a pork butt off of the pellet grill, the best I have ever done. 275 until it hit 165 and then I wrapped it up for another 4 hours. It hit 207 degrees let it sit for 30 minutes and out came tender smoky goodness. I just use salt and pepper on all of my grill/smoked meats.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 05:40 PM (QNSds)

224 Peaches. We had a tree in the backyard. White peaches. Just wonderful.

I asked my mother why we could not buy them in the store.

She said "They are too fragile for shipping.

I learned at an early age to wash the fuzz off with a garden hose. Happy memories. Great pies.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 14, 2024 05:41 PM (+H2BX)

225 Oh, look, they found the 7th grade photo of the sniper to release to the press. How cute, braces and everything.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2024 05:41 PM (D7oie)

226 If gunslinger is around. Is your Weber the searwood model?

I looked at those recently and would like to hear user feedback. Pellet stove and grill combo.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2024 05:42 PM (ssLsK)

227 Kindltot, I left you a note a little ways up about labels.

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 05:43 PM (bS+DD)

228 I am outraged that you would talk about the most authentic Mexican food in America that way, and I mean Doritos Locos Tacos Supremes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2024 05:43 PM (pgG81)

229 Seeing a report a policeman went up ladder but went down after shower pointed at him, seconds later shooter fired, I been saying 3 shots, read 5 then was killed all in just a quarter minute maybe.

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:44 PM (fwDg9)

230 The opening paragraph reminded me of this Phil Hartmann skit from SNL before Lorne Michaels put I. The restrictions against humor:

https://tinyurl.com/bdbd9cmv

Posted by: tankdemon at July 14, 2024 05:44 PM (BzPAR)

231 Oh, look, they found the 7th grade photo of the sniper to release to the press. How cute, braces and everything.
Posted by: Kindltot

How do you go from dorky 7th grader to killer? How? This question kind of haunts me.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:45 PM (oaGWv)

232 For you bakers. Give mesquite flour a try. You will never taste a better biscuit

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:45 PM (5MvGY)

233 That's what the reporter in the link I posted was saying, Skip.
@220

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 05:46 PM (xZpzx)

234 How do you go from dorky 7th grader to killer? How? This question kind of haunts me.
Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:45 PM (oaGWv)

High School?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 05:46 PM (/HDaX)

235 If I make it to Corsicana this year, Ben Had, would love to borrow a couple of cups of mesquite flour to try that out.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2024 05:47 PM (OX9vb)

236 I'm not a recipe guy but there's a Sunday Night Stew recipe on food network dot com that's a great base

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2024 05:47 PM (lX8VI)

237 Since it's a food thread...

Assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was a dietary aide at the Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center...

So, no college - looks like high school grad who went to work at a rehab center...dietary aide worries me if he hated Trump that much, who knows what he would have thought of Trump voters in rehab...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2024 05:48 PM (exHjb)

238 I have Doug ross journal up and has a report saying that

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:48 PM (fwDg9)

239 We made an eggplant parmigiana for tomorrow's dinner. That kind of casserole is always better after it sits for a day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2024 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

240 231 Oh, look, they found the 7th grade photo of the sniper to release to the press. How cute, braces and everything.
Posted by: Kindltot

How do you go from dorky 7th grader to killer? How? This question kind of haunts me.
Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2024 05:45 PM (oaG

7th grade for him was 8 years ago. He was brainwashed for 8 years that trump is literally Hitler. That’s how.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 14, 2024 05:48 PM (1n189)

241 Dash. Seems I'm going to have a bumper crop this year. I will send you some. It has a slight nutty flavor.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:48 PM (5MvGY)

242 For those that had seen it, Trump released a statement. There is also one from Melania following his which is very touching:

https://tinyurl.com/5a5dzz4w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2024 05:49 PM (Zy6LG)

243 Speaking of steak...

The exciting and flamenco-dancing Mrs naturalfake and I were in Spain over the last two weeks.

At several places, I noticed that they served the steaks seared but rare inside and topped with quick-fried padrone peeps and crispy-fried small potatoes.

Finally, I got my shot to try it when we were in a nice restaurant with a nice price for a 45 day dry aged entrecotte steak served in that fashion.

It was great! I recommend you give that style a try. If you can't get padrone peppers, try shishito peppers quick fried. They're pretty close.

I also if the opportunity presents itself, recommend you try a dry aged steak, after eating one. I'm not sure I've eaten a dry aged steak before.

The meat was meatier in flavor and denser in texture with a light roquefort cheese-like flavor running through the meat and fat. I assume that's from the molds that grow on the meat during the aging process.

Anyway (hat tip to Senile Joe), it was delicious and different, give it a try if and when you can.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 05:49 PM (eDfFs)

244 I like peaches, but hate the fuzz so get nectarines. As a kid use to eat peach skins.

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:50 PM (fwDg9)

245 Onions in all forms are delicious. Next, you gotta sous vide that shit.

If you want to play, don't come cheap.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 14, 2024 05:52 PM (2UBPP)

246 Kindltot, I left you a note a little ways up about labels.
Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2024 05:43 PM (bS+DD)

I saw. When I first started canning my girlfriend at the time grabbed a jar of pumpkin puree instead of apple sauce, and I realized I needed some sort of system.
I never could get labels to stick in the freezer so that is nice to know.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2024 05:52 PM (D7oie)

247 Referring to top photo, I love rough cut onions, put them in anything I have a thin layer excuse to put them in. Made fried rice out of leftovers for lunch, put some in there. Usually use yellow onions.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2024 05:53 PM (pgG81)

248 Bennie Thompson staffer is shitcanned

https://tinyurl.com/mrz9v8wh

Several more to go so they can simply swap offices

Posted by: jsg at July 14, 2024 05:54 PM (UujVO)

249 Not sure how long to cook these ears of sweet corn.
Wondering if I put enough water in the big pot to cover 4 ears, bring it to a boil, put em in the water, cover and turn off the heat but leave it on the burner how it will do.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 05:54 PM (xZpzx)

250 I like peaches, but hate the fuzz so get nectarines. As a kid use to eat peach skins.

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:50 PM (fwDg9)

Peach orchards all around when I was a kid...by the time I was a teen, I'd had enough.

Posted by: BignJames at July 14, 2024 05:54 PM (AwYPR)

251 I need to try the Mexican garlic that is now available.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:56 PM (5MvGY)

252 Teej, cook them in the microwave
4 min on high and you can leave the husks on.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:57 PM (5MvGY)

253 My chief complaint with fast food is that it rarely looks as good in person as it does on the menu board.

Posted by: Weasel at July 14, 2024 05:59 PM (RG6z4)

254 BignJames maybe my situation. I remember as kid getting baskets of peaches, would eat whatever wanted, adults would make peaches dishes like cobbler or preserves.

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:59 PM (fwDg9)

255 There is a vast difference between white and other varieties of peaches.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:59 PM (5MvGY)

256 I like peaches, but hate the fuzz so get nectarines. As a kid use to eat peach skins.
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:50 PM (

Same

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 14, 2024 05:59 PM (JLq/1)

257 >>>Not sure how long to cook these ears of sweet corn.
Wondering if I put enough water in the big pot to cover 4 ears, bring it to a boil, put em in the water, cover and turn off the heat but leave it on the burner how it will do.

Posted by: TeeJ

>Toss them on the grill and cook them like your favorite steak. Shuck them after you pull them off.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 14, 2024 06:00 PM (2UBPP)

258 Dayyyum. Front page of a Reddit has a post showing how to aim correctly when shooting. It’s been up for hours and has thousands of likes and comments.

So much for muhUnity.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 14, 2024 06:01 PM (1n189)

259 > There is a vast difference between white and other varieties of peaches.
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Racist

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2024 06:01 PM (Q4IgG)

260 225 Oh, look, they found the 7th grade photo of the sniper to release to the press. How cute, braces and everything.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2024 05:41 PM (D7oie)

LOL, Havent seen and that don't need to... That inbred mutant has a face not even a mother could love. I guarantee that Killer Beavis was never "cute."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2024 06:03 PM (ykOw5)

261 Martini Farmer, and a white peach supremacist too!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 06:03 PM (5MvGY)

262 Seems from a classmate shooter was a loner, mask wearer long after needed and was bullied

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:04 PM (fwDg9)

263 And finished my scotch bottle, need to get a new one tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:05 PM (fwDg9)

264 Wondering if I put enough water in the big pot to cover 4 ears, bring it to a boil, put em in the water, cover and turn off the heat but leave it on the burner how it will do.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 05:54 PM
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Sound good, Teej. About 8-10 minutes should do the trick.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2024 06:05 PM (XYAD5)

265 I like peaches, but hate the fuzz so get nectarines. As a kid use to eat peach skins.

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 05:50 PM (fwDg9)

The delightful and athletic Mrs naturalfake and i often take a constitutional after dinner.

We took a slightly different path and on the way back noticed the most delightful peach odor in the air as we approached an alleyway.

Hanging over into the alley over the fence was a tree branch just laden with ripe looking peaches. A few had fallen to the ground, split and that was the source of the peachy fragrance.

I thought about grabbing two to eat on the way home. buuuut being an honest sort decided not to.

The next day, the same thing except more peaches on the ground and some bird-eaten on the branch. Again I resisted temptation, but told myself if they were still letting those great peaches go to rot the following day, I was grabbing some.

On the following day, all of the the peaches had been harvested and the tree picked clean.

Did you ever do the right thing, but kinda wish you'd done the wrong thing instead?

Yeah. That.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 06:05 PM (eDfFs)

266 Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 05:49 PM (eDfFs)

Your tasting notes regarding dry-aged beef are spot on. It is something to be tried at least once. The price point is steep, so that alone will make it a very rare indulgence for me. I have attempted dry aging in my fridge, knowing conditions were less than optimal. Two weeks, turning daily....meh. When I retire, I might set up meat locker for aging. Sort of a low risk/high reward venture...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2024 06:06 PM (n7FLE)

267 Bastille day and didn't make my usual French Toast for breakfast, we kind of rushed out of house to go shopping early

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:06 PM (fwDg9)

268 olddog, what ya cookin today? I had hot peppered salmon, bagel and cream cheese

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 06:06 PM (5MvGY)

269 I've been binge watching video of Thai lady street cooks. Some of them have big boobs which they barely cover.
Anyhow big boobs and using mortar and pestle makes for an intriguing combination.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 14, 2024 06:08 PM (JLq/1)

270 Steak Kabobs tonight Ben Had. It's over 100 here outside so debating grilling vs throwing in the oven. On the plus side I'm still in my swimsuit so outside might be doable.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2024 06:11 PM (XYAD5)

271 Thanks Ben, Doc and Olddog.

Already shucked and in fridge.
Steak? 🤣
Putting the pot on now Olddog.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:11 PM (xZpzx)

272 Your tasting notes regarding dry-aged beef are spot on. It is something to be tried at least once. The price point is steep, so that alone will make it a very rare indulgence for me. I have attempted dry aging in my fridge, knowing conditions were less than optimal. Two weeks, turning daily....meh. When I retire, I might set up meat locker for aging. Sort of a low risk/high reward venture...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2024 06:06 PM

I watched a video on youtube about the dry ageing stuff a steak place in NYC does. They have an elaborate slat lined "vault" they use where they can control the humidity level and temperature. To me it doesn't appear to be something that can be done at home and expect the best results.

You can buy special bags on amazon for dry ageing but they are too expensive for me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 06:12 PM (QNSds)

273 252 Teej, cook them in the microwave
4 min on high and you can leave the husks on.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 05:57 PM (5MvGY)

This. I usually put two (outer husk removed) in a plastic produce bag, add about a cup of water, tie off the top and nuke for about three minutes. Let sit a minute, then nuke for another three minutes, and let them sit until ready to serve. Rendered bacon fat and salt, or creole seasoning...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2024 06:13 PM (n7FLE)

274 Seems from a classmate shooter was a loner, mask wearer long after needed and was bullied
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:04 PM (fwDg9)

Wanna bet on if he deserved to be bullied? Wait, nvmd, he proved it was justified.

I'm tired of hearing that killers were "bullied." Plenty of kids just trying to get through awkward phases of life get fucked over in school for dumbass reasons, by dumbass kids. That really sucks, and it always makes me shake my head, and click my tongue when it happens.

But some kids? Some kids are outcasts for damn good reasons. Killer Beavis was one of those kids.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2024 06:13 PM (ykOw5)

275 Watched Sundowner's speech on shooting
He has no idea of motive and said not to speculate on it to let the Eff Bee Eye do its job ( to snuff out information and bury it so never sees the light of day)

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:14 PM (fwDg9)

276 dry-aged beef

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 14, 2024 06:14 PM (6vGHy)

277 Hmm, steak kabobs on grill, maybe next week

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:15 PM (fwDg9)

278 Congress should award DJT a Purple Heart...maybe take one from Kerry.

Posted by: BignJames at July 14, 2024 06:17 PM (AwYPR)

279 Putting the pot on now Olddog.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:11
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That's the way Mom made it. Sometimes she'd throw couple tsp of sugar to sweeten it up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2024 06:18 PM (XYAD5)

280 Trump is taking the "Unity" label before they even try. He's calling it standing united against evil.

So glad he understands this language better than almost anyone. Sorry I know it's the food thread and all.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2024 06:19 PM (lX8VI)

281 Popehat, late yesterday afternoon, building a justification for violence against conservative journalists & think tanks:
https://x.com/baseballcrank/s
tatus/1812558203437351132?

Posted by: mediapostate at July 14, 2024 06:21 PM (N0DDU)

282 - btw, having corn with crappie I fried yesterday, vinegared cuke slices (I grew) and sweet 100 cherry tomatoes I also grew.
Anybody need any home grown bell peppers or jalapeños?

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:23 PM (xZpzx)

283 Us kids made up a song about that back in the 60s. I can't remember exactly how it went but urban legend was making the rounds that mcdonalds used ground up worms instead of beef in their burgers.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 04:35 PM

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The song I remember went something like (many variants exist):

McDonald's is your kind of place
Hamburgers thrown in your face
French fries between your toes
Rotten pickles up your nose
And where do they get those slimy shakes?
From the water of polluted lakes
McDonald's is your kind of place

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 14, 2024 06:23 PM (6rxtt)

284 I can't remember exactly how it went but urban legend was making the rounds that mcdonalds used ground up worms instead of beef in their burgers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 04:35 PM (QNSds)

Have you SEEN the price of worms? Do a search on red wigglers - we had to get some to establish the raised beds.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 06:24 PM (w6EFb)

285 I am growing heirloom tomatoes because the seeds were inexpensive. They are subject to leaf blight and their yield will probably be lower than Big Boy.

Roma is great for cooking dishes.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 14, 2024 06:24 PM (gJoNf)

286 So this supposed police officer who climbed on the roof and had the shooter point a weapon at him?
1-Did the shooter actually threaten to shoot him?
2- If so, was he mistaken for a good guy? Why?
3-Was the police officer unable to get on his radio?
5- Nothing about this passes the smell test.

I’m sorry, but I would have shot that effer, let the hair go with the hide.
How about you?

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2024 06:24 PM (LHPAg)

287 >>Hanging over into the alley over the fence was a tree branch just laden with ripe looking peaches. A few had fallen to the ground, split and that was the source of the peachy fragrance.

I thought about grabbing two to eat on the way home. buuuut being an honest sort decided not to.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 06:05 PM

My neighbor many years ago had a very large place with all kinds of fruit trees near his house and one lone apricot out by the road. I picked the road apricots for years because they did not. I also found a very good pear tree on a vacant lot and picked the pears until someone bought the lot and built a shop on it. Nobody ever noticed.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2024 06:25 PM (VGOMa)

288 The song I remember went something like (many variants exist):

McDonald's is your kind of place
Hamburgers thrown in your face
French fries between your toes
Rotten pickles up your nose
And where do they get those slimy shakes?
From the water of polluted lakes
McDonald's is your kind of place
Posted by: Bigsmith at July 14, 2024 06:23 PM (6rxtt)
To the tune Cheap Thrills by Frank Zappa?

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2024 06:26 PM (LHPAg)

289 >> btw, having corn with crappie I fried yesterday, vinegared cuke slices (I grew) and sweet 100 cherry tomatoes I also grew.
Anybody need any home grown bell peppers or jalapeños?

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:23 PM

Crappie are the best of fish. I am jealous.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2024 06:26 PM (VGOMa)

290 Half of the 1980s died this weekend. Wow

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 14, 2024 06:27 PM (evvc2)

291 Wondering if I put enough water in the big pot to cover 4 ears, bring it to a boil, put em in the water, cover and turn off the heat but leave it on the burner how it will do.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 05:54 PM
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There's absolutely no need to fill the pot with water. Just a couple inches water, arrange ears vertically with stalk ends down, bring to a boil with lid on and let steam for about 10 minutes.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 14, 2024 06:27 PM (6rxtt)

292 280 Trump is taking the "Unity" label before they even try. He's calling it standing united against evil.

So glad he understands this language better than almost anyone. Sorry I know it's the food thread and all.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2024 06:19 PM (lX8VI)

Food for thought ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2024 06:27 PM (IyPmt)

293 Speaking of racist white peaches, I have a racist white peach and strawberry pie in the kitchen for dessert tonight. We haven't had peaches here for 2 years due to freeze. G*d has blessed us.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2024 06:27 PM (XYAD5)

294 How dare you assume that ossifers Gender?

Seriously. Notice the secret service tried to pawn off the building as "not our responsibility", that it was up to local law enforcement.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 06:27 PM (+bPgI)

295 Half of the 1980s died this weekend. Wow
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 14, 2024 06:27 PM (evvc2)

And very nearly more

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2024 06:28 PM (lX8VI)

296 Haven't been to McDonald's in a very long time

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:28 PM (fwDg9)

297 Food for thought ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2024 06:27 PM (IyPmt)

😁

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2024 06:28 PM (lX8VI)

298 I used to ride though a prune orchard to get to a friend's house. Fresh prunes off the tree bear no resemblance to the dried fruit.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 06:28 PM (5MvGY)

299 Although if you only need 4 ears, microwave method is fastest and avoids the mess of shucking the corn before cooking.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 14, 2024 06:29 PM (6rxtt)

300 I questioned it in my mind too, Eromero.
More along the lines of 'see, we reacted to man with a gun.'

I want to see the witnesses that were hollering about the guy corroborate the story before I put real stock in it.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:30 PM (xZpzx)

301 Steak tips and corn on the cob on the grill.
Can’t wait to see Weasel’s rules on the GT.

Posted by: RI Red at July 14, 2024 06:30 PM (dBuZF)

302
Biden has to be the dumbest m-fer in this country. The Supreme Court just recently ruled there is a difference between 'official acts' and those that have nothing to do with his official duties. Did anyone give him a clue what that meant?

Biden calling for 'put a target' on Trump and he gets shot five days later? Trumps lawyers should be in some friendly courtroom tomorrow twisting Joe Biden Inc balls in a lawsuit which would put Hunter, Jill and associates penniless and giving road head for dollars as they try to escape to Mexico.

350 degrees for 40 minutes, since it is the food thread.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:30 PM (RKVpM)

303 England got buggered in the final again

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM (tIEuS)

I haven't seen you in ages! Glad to see your comment (although I have no idea what final England got buggered in).

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

304 I haven't seen you in ages! Glad to see your comment (although I have no idea what final England got buggered in).
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

I'm guessing soccer

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2024 06:33 PM (IyPmt)

305 Crappie are the best of fish. I am jealous.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2024 06:26 PM

Yellow perch are the best fish to eat on the planet. We used to walk out on the ice of Lake Michigan when I was stationed at RTC Great Lakes and catch them by the dozens. Just toss them on the ice and when you are done gather them up and take them home to fillet and eat. One winter I had to get an extension for my ice auger because the ice was really really thick that year but we were able to walk out for almost a mile on the ice that winter.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2024 06:33 PM (QNSds)

306 I used to ride though a prune orchard to get to a friend's house. Fresh prunes off the tree bear no resemblance to the dried fruit.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 06:28 PM

Why is the phrase "dried-up old prune" used as an epithet, but "juicy young prune" never used as a complement?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2024 06:34 PM (jDfrA)

307 Some kids are outcasts for damn good reasons. Killer Beavis was one of those kids.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2024 06:13 PM (ykOw5)

Some might call it a defense mechanism.

The ant who is all about Finding Himself gets kicked out of the the mound so the ant who is focused on finding sugar particles and spilled soda can thrive.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2024 06:35 PM (BAEGB)

308
Have you SEEN the price of worms? Do a search on red wigglers - we had to get some to establish the raised beds.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 06:24 PM

Red wigglers are the worm of choice for a compost bed. I imagine you could have hundreds in short order.

For fishing, I pay around six bucks for 30 of them. With my compost bed, next year I doubt I'll have to buy a one.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:35 PM (RKVpM)

309 300 I questioned it in my mind too, Eromero.
More along the lines of 'see, we reacted to man with a gun.'

I want to see the witnesses that were hollering about the guy corroborate the story before I put real stock in it.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:30 PM (
Well said, but. The officer had jurisdictional authority over that rooftop. Did he surrender that authority to somebody he didn’t know? Somebody who pointed a firearm at him?

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2024 06:35 PM (LHPAg)

310 England got buggered in the final again
Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at July 14, 2024 04:55 PM

TBF, the poofters like that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2024 06:35 PM (jDfrA)

311 High on my list too, huerfano. Plus fishing the spawn, which is the only time I can get to em, is a blast.
Bluegill is my fave though.

The corn was already shucked when given to me.
I have of coursed grilled it in the past. Both in and out of the husk.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:36 PM (xZpzx)

312 Why is the phrase "dried-up old prune" used as an epithet, but "juicy young prune" never used as a complement?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2024 06:34 PM (jDfrA)

Because a "juicy young prune" is a plum?

Posted by: BignJames at July 14, 2024 06:36 PM (AwYPR)

313 Did you ever do the right thing, but kinda wish you'd done the wrong thing instead?

Yeah. That.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 06:05 PM (eDfFs)

So sad! At a previous home, I had an apple tree that hung over the sidewalk. I put a little sign by it that read "Yes! You may have some apples!"

People picked them all the time, and I still had plenty. For several years after that, someone made cider with them and brought me some.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2024 06:37 PM (OX9vb)

314 (although I have no idea what final England got buggered in).
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

I'm guessing soccer
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2024 06:33
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The butt???

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2024 06:38 PM (XYAD5)

315 248 Bennie Thompson staffer is shitcanned.

From that particular office. There'll be another for, after all, the January 6th committee's chair was Bennie Thompson, and the vice chair was Liz Cheney.

?The Hill, Jan. 6 panel chair: ‘How dare Trump show his face’ on Capitol Hill? By Sarah Fortinsky, 06/13/24

In part, Thompson, in his statement, said Trump has continued to flout the rule of law since the Capitol attack.

“Since January 6th, Donald Trump, a twice-impeached convicted felon, has repeatedly doubled down on his disrespect for the rule of law and continues to sow hate and division,” Thompson said. “He still presents the same dire threat to our democracy that he did three years ago — and he’d be wise to head back to Mar-a-Lago and await his sentencing.”

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 14, 2024 06:39 PM (NFX2v)

316 As someone born and raised in Iowa, where 13 ears of sweet corn used to cost a dollar ....

Meh. Never cared for it too much. It's OK, just doesn't grab me. Now popcorn is a staple around here, as a health-ier alternative to commercial death snacks. Good tender white corn popped in coconut oil, salt, cayenne etc. Hot sauce is pretty good mixed in with butter.

Good popcorn has a definite subtle sweet flavor, it isn't just a vehicle for butter and salt! Not completely anyhow, lol.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 06:39 PM (+bPgI)

317 TBF, the poofters like that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2024 06:35 PM (jDfrA)

My brother-in-law was an English professional soccer player. He's thoroughly heterosexual, married twice (both times to a woman) and married to my sister for about 40 years,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2024 06:39 PM (Zy6LG)

318 Well hot damn. A BTH sighting.

Glad to see you

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2024 06:41 PM (BAEGB)

319 The staffer might have been fired, Thompson said he "was made aware" of what the staffer wrote, and fired her.

This guy is just as bad if not worse. He's just not quite that brain dead to say it publicly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 06:42 PM (+bPgI)

320 I had no idea that Newsmax had such a great line up of talent
They have lots of the actual conservative or at least neutral reporters that Fox thought were too icky for them

Posted by: LASue at July 14, 2024 06:43 PM (lCppi)

321 Tri-tip seasoned and resting before placing on the smoker using one of the new toys mentioned earlier.

Grew up with tri-tip so this is an item we cook often.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 14, 2024 06:43 PM (5jVSZ)

322
Saw 'local' sweet corn at .75 an ear recently. Probably out of Delaware I imagine since my PA county actually touches DE. When you remember 10 ears for a dollar that seems pretty steep.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:43 PM (RKVpM)

323 When you remember 10 ears for a dollar that seems pretty steep.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:43 PM (RKVpM

Corn is still corn, but the dollar ain't what it used to be

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2024 06:44 PM (BAEGB)

324 AZdeplorable. Hugs and a raised glass

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 06:45 PM (5MvGY)

325 >313
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2024 06:37 PM (OX9vb)

I would have brought you some cider just for using 'may' instead of 'can'! I'm not a grammar nazi and it and punctuation get sidelined when I'm typing comments, but my ex-wife and I (mainly her) really tried to hammer that one home with our kids. They do pretty well, and it's cute when they use the opposite: may for can.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 14, 2024 06:47 PM (NMT5x)

326 Did you ever do the right thing, but kinda wish you'd done the wrong thing instead?

Yeah. That.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2024 06:05 PM (eDfFs)

couple of years ago the neighbor down the street had a yellow plum with those giant sweet plums that were falling on the ground unpicked, so I knocked on the door and asked him if I could pick them, and he shrugged and said sure.
I made a plum conserve with it, and it was delicious. I took a half dozen jars of it to him and handed it to him while he was out back grilling, much to his surprise. The next year when I saw the plums were getting ripe, I was planning to go over and ask again, and the next day all the plums were picked off the tree.
so darn.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2024 06:47 PM (D7oie)

327 AZdeplorable. Hugs and a raised glass
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you and I'll go get a glass of cab to join you!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 14, 2024 06:48 PM (5jVSZ)

328 323 When you remember 10 ears for a dollar that seems pretty steep.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:43 PM (RKVpM

Corn is still corn, but the dollar ain't what it used to be
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2024 06:44 PM (BAEGB
The cost of a 1911 was around $30 in WW II. Today’s price is because a dollar is worth less tha 20 cents.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2024 06:48 PM (LHPAg)

329 I don't put on tv news hardly ever, but watched Newsmax last night and liked it

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2024 06:49 PM (fwDg9)

330 AZdeplorable. Hugs and a raised glass
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you and I'll go get a glass of cab to join you!
Posted by: AZ

Cheers!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 14, 2024 06:50 PM (5jVSZ)

331 322Saw 'local' sweet corn at .75 an ear recently. Probably out of Delaware I imagine since my PA county actually touches DE. When you remember 10 ears for a dollar that seems pretty steep.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:43 PM (RKVpM)

First sweet corn is in in west Michigan; there's a little 3 generation farm stand in Ensley Center and 75 cents per is what they are getting.
Worth every penny.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2024 06:50 PM (j4U/Z)

332 Known shooter was a good student in high school.

CBS, about an hour ago: Trump rally shooter identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20-year-old Pennsylvania man. Here's what we know so far.

In part, "Crooks graduated from the Community College of Allegheny County in May 2024 with an Associate in Science degree in Engineering Science, a spokesperson for the college confirmed to CBS News. Crooks also worked at Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as a dietary aide, according to the facility's administrator.

Crooks also had a membership at a nearby gun club for at least a year. Bill Sellitto, the president of the Clairton Sportsmen's Club in Clairton, Pennsylvania, told CBS News that Crooks was a member.

"We can confirm that Mr. Crooks was a member of the Clairton Sportsmen's Club. Beyond that, the club is unable to make any additional commentary in relation to this matter in light of pending law enforcement investigations," Sellitto said in a statement. "Obviously, the Club fully admonishes the senseless act of violence that occurred yesterday."
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Another kid on the spectrum? Would have 'worked' alone or not? (Just wondering)

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 14, 2024 06:52 PM (NFX2v)

333 I moved to a corn heavy area of the state recently. I have always liked corn. Now i live corn.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2024 06:52 PM (BAEGB)

334 AZdeplorable, will be coordinating all the delectable treats at the MoMe so tip your hats.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 06:52 PM (5MvGY)

335
My two dollar package of sweet corn seeds (which I used maybe 1/3rd of) should net me between $24 to $36 worth of corn at .75 cents per ear. Bonus: Halloween decorations.

So far, two ears per stalk. But it's early.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:52 PM (RKVpM)

336 AZdeplorable, will be coordinating all the delectable treats at the MoMe so tip your hats.
Posted by: Ben Had

Or glasses as the case may be.
(Not the ones you're wearing!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 14, 2024 06:53 PM (5jVSZ)

337 Another kid on the spectrum? Would have 'worked' alone or not? (Just wondering)
Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 14, 2024 06:52 PM (NFX2v)

Makes it even more confusing

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2024 06:54 PM (IyPmt)

338 Ensley Center? How are things out that way? I've been there a few times when I was a kid but that was a fair number of years ago.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 14, 2024 06:54 PM (/HDaX)

339 Two minutes: Democrats Call to Violence --- share

https://tinyurl.com/535yajhm

Posted by: Braenyard at July 14, 2024 06:55 PM (y/M9h)

340 Not senseless.

It was a perfectly sensible act of violence. This wasn't some crackhead knocking a random senior citizen into a subway track. You don't shoot a significant political figure because you're bored. You do it because you know exactly what you're doing and what you want to see happen.

Not senseless. Not a tragedy.

Murder. Terrorism.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2024 06:57 PM (BAEGB)

341 If you’ve Detassled corn, or rogued beans - you just might have grew up in what state?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 06:58 PM (u/QE9)

342 341 If you’ve Detassled corn, or rogued beans - you just might have grew up in what state?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2024 06:58 PM (u/QE9)

I've desilked corn and snapped beans so ... No

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2024 07:00 PM (IyPmt)

343 If you’ve Detassled corn, or rogued beans - you just might have grew up in what state?
Posted by: Common Tater

Indiana. Where summer job for high school students was dead doing corn or sorghum.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 14, 2024 07:01 PM (4XwPj)

344 But--' have you ever stomped grapes in vat?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 07:01 PM (5MvGY)

345 Detassling.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 14, 2024 07:02 PM (4XwPj)

346 >>>I want to see the witnesses that were hollering about the guy corroborate the story before I put real stock in it.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 14, 2024 06:30 PM
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Well said, but. The officer had jurisdictional authority over that rooftop. Did he surrender that authority to somebody he didn’t know? Somebody who pointed a firearm at him?
Posted by: Eromero at July
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Saw the red-headed guy interviewed by the Brit. Don't recall him mentioning a cop on a ladder.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 14, 2024 07:03 PM (y/M9h)

347 But--' have you ever stomped grapes in vat?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2024 07:01 PM (5MvGY)

The wineries here run them through a mixer thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2024 07:04 PM (D7oie)

348 Not senseless.

It was a perfectly sensible act of violence. This wasn't some crackhead knocking a random senior citizen into a subway track. You don't shoot a significant political figure because you're bored. You do it because you know exactly what you're doing and what you want to see happen.

Not senseless. Not a tragedy.

Murder. Terrorism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Bingo.
Now, was he some leftist shitstain?
Or was he some loser seeking infamy?

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at July 14, 2024 07:05 PM (elaR+)

349 340. Murder. Terrorism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I know, but as a parent having had kids with distinctly different personalities, I can't help wondering.

Add in prominent voices such as this: Rep. Maxine Waters: Trump supporters 'training up in the hills' for election attack. The California Democrat previously called on protesters to publicly confront members of Trump's cabinet
By Lindsay Kornick Fox News, Published May 6, 2024

"Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., warned that right-wing organizations connected to Trump are "training up in the hills somewhere" to attack if Biden wins the election in November.

The California Democrat discussed the former president on MSNBC’s "The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart" and warned that we "better be careful" about what he could do. She also suggested that Biden and the Justice Department get involved in preemptively stopping right-wing violence.

"I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to ask the Justice Department, and I am going to ask the president to tell us what they are going to do to protect this country against violence if [Biden] loses," she remarked.

"I want to know about all of those right-wing organizations ..." more

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 14, 2024 07:10 PM (NFX2v)

350 OT: I saw this on the NBC site. I had to laugh. It's like an SNL skit that's funny the first time but then they make it a recurring one and just run it into the ground.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., blamed Democrats, without evidence, for the attempted assassination of Trump during his rally yesterday.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at July 14, 2024 07:14 PM (lg881)

351 Crooks was registered as a Republican voter in Pennsylvania,
but
federal campaign finance reports also show he gave $15 to a progressive political action committee on Jan. 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden was sworn into office.
_AP

Posted by: Braenyard at July 14, 2024 07:15 PM (y/M9h)

352 Chicken pot pie tonight, using the chicken we put up in '22. Biscuit topping.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 07:16 PM (w6EFb)

353 I've heard that Crooks is not the perp. I'm following the 48 hour rule on this.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2024 07:17 PM (w6EFb)

354 "Engineering science" is kinda a bs degree right?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 14, 2024 07:18 PM (Ka3bZ)

355 So far, two ears per stalk. But it's early.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 14, 2024 06:52 PM

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You will end up with one full size ear and one runt. Sometimes the runt ear is big enough to eat, but often is not.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 14, 2024 07:20 PM (6rxtt)

356 AP didn't say anything about an associates degree. Said he won a math/science award in high school. He worked at a health facility in food services preparation area.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 14, 2024 07:21 PM (y/M9h)

357 From the same AP article:

One local police officer climbed to the roof and encountered Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and Crooks quickly took a shot toward Trump, and that’s when Secret Service snipers shot him, said the officials, who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 14, 2024 07:23 PM (y/M9h)

358 Steak Kabob update. It was like eating leather. Very disappoint.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2024 07:27 PM (XYAD5)

359 "226 If gunslinger is around. Is your Weber the searwood model?

I looked at those recently and would like to hear user feedback. Pellet stove and grill combo."

Yes it is. the Searwood 600. They have an XL, but I just don't need a 36" grill.
It's really nice. Recommended by a friend who often runs 3 Traegers at a time for a party. first pellet grill I have owned.
WiFi, and very steady Temp once set. Install the App and monitor from the garage.
I couldn't be happier.

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 15, 2024 10:05 AM (R2gO3)

360 As for the rub, I agree with substituting the mustard. Celery seed can be overpowering, and mustard plays better with ribs. I like to use something similar, but with cumin and a tablespoon of coffee for pork butts. The coffee adds to the richness of the meat.

I finally did the AoSHQ spatchcocked chicken recipe. We have everything for it but the whole chicken. It turned out wonderful. My only complaint is the dry brining made the pan juices salty. I need to re-read any rinsing or salt management instructions.

Posted by: Advo at July 15, 2024 07:57 PM (jO4mz)

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