Food Thread: Corny And Cranky!

I know very little about the optimal growing conditions for corn, other than I think it needs sunlight, soil, and probably water. But damn! The local corn has been spectacular this year, and not just now at the height of the summer. Even the early corn was excellent. I guess that means that our spring and early summer was the ideal for corn.

Anyway, I have been using this unexpected bounty to my culinary advantage. Plain old grilled corn is of course a regular at my table, But I have also been making all sorts of fun corn-based salads, which are often coupled with local tomatoes. But don't believe the bullsh*t about Jersey Tomatoes being the best. Yes, this year has been pretty good, and they are always at least solid, but rarely to they rise to the level of greatness that I have enjoyed from among other places...Vermont! Yup! Some of the best tomatoes I have ever had were grown on a two-acre farm in Eastern Vermont.

But the best? Bakersfield California! Grown in my friend Jim's back yard.

But back to corn! I trim the ears, leaving the husk on, then soak them in water, microwave for a few minutes, then throw them on the grill for some color and smoke. The husks protect the corn from drying out or burning, and the end result is delicious and easy.

[Yeah...I was going to put a "Korn" song behind that photo, but I realize that I hate them and they have no songs that are even remotely pleasant!]

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Food and drink items that are highly restricted or banned in the US

Most of these are absolutely ridiculous overreach on the part of some officious little pr*ck of an official or department trying to justify its existence. Why the government...in the form of school officials or health department apparatchiks or whatever...insists upon being our nannies is probably just as irritating a question for you as for me, and why you hang out around here. But some of these are so monumentally stupid that the people involved need to get slapped and told to snap out of it!

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Oh man...I love chilequiles. I had a version a few years ago in San Diego that was spectacular. There is nothing quite like a late breakfast of chilequiles and good beer...yeah, I was on vacation!

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As much as I despise ambulance-chasing scumsucking pigdog lawyers, there is something to be said for them when they find actual, real live harmful stuff...like lead in the cinnamon!

FDA issues warning to producer of lead tainted applesauce

And...as much as I appreciate foods from around the world, I have the impression that third-world countries take food safety just a bit less seriously than we do in the West. I try to avoid Chinese-made food products, and as I pay more attention to this sort of thing I am probably going to avoid everything that isn't made in the evil, white, cis-het, slaveholding West.

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Buffalo Trace bourbon is a good quality bourbon that is approaching cult status, and I have no idea why! It's a solid pour, and I have seen it in California for $22, which is a reasonable price for its quality. But it is pushing $50 around here, if one can find it, and that is just stupid.

Sadly, more and more good bourbon is being allocated, which is nothing more than the distillers trying to make more money. And that's perfectly okay with me on one level. The more money there is available in the industry, the more people will make bourbon (and rye), and the more good quality stuff will be available.

But what happens with allocated bourbon is that the retailers control the market, and charge ridiculous amounts for what is sometime piss-poor booze that simply isn't worth more than the run-of-the-mill bottles on the bottom shelf of your local liquor store.

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F*ck you.

The Future of Food Is Here and Queer

Keep your post-modern destruction of everything traditional and based on Judeo-Christian principles out of the kitchen.

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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.

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Chow time!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:00 PM (RFPHU)

2 Food fight
Cheesesteak tonight

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

3 Scotch can get crazy in price, bought a Ardbeg single malt yesterday, review on YouTube was favorable

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 04:03 PM (fwDg9)

4 Buffalo Trace is a solid bourbon at $35 or less. It's above average, but it's not great. Its inconsistent availability makes it below average.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:04 PM (RFPHU)

5 I, for one, am waiting for the Sustainable Queer to make the scene.

Or, is it, Sustainable Green Queer food truck?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 04:04 PM (tT6L1)

6 Buffalo Trace IS a cult Bourbon.

It's good, but it's still part of a cult. A cult I'm a proud member of.

"Bourbon Lovers"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2024 04:04 PM (Q4IgG)

7 Buffalo Trace bourbon is a good quality bourbon that is approaching cult status, and I have no idea why! It's a solid pour, and I have seen it in California for $22, which is a reasonable price for its quality. But it is pushing $50 around here, if one can find it, and that is just stupid.

Sadly, more and more good bourbon is being allocated, which is nothing more than the distillers trying to make more money. And that's perfectly okay with me on one level. The more money there is available in the industry, the more people will make bourbon (and rye), and the more good quality stuff will be available.

Bourbon has gotten expensive for one reason: demand by the under 29 crowd. I saved a buttload of money buying very good quality booze for my daughter's wedding. Not only do I control what's bought, and not pay an absurd per capita cost, but I keep the leftovers, which many caterers won't allow. Anyway, the only thing I ran out of, and early on, was bourbon.

Oh, and Jack Daniels, which my idiot BiL drank. He is not a good drunk, but I knew that whatever else was on offer, he would drink Jack and Coke til he puked.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:05 PM (xCA6C)

8 bought a Ardbeg single malt yesterday

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 04:03 PM (fwDg9)

Islay malts are really fun, but I am drinking smaller and smaller portions of them. I have moved to some of the highland malts...I find them more complex and a bit less like licking a burned log from the fireplace.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:05 PM (d9fT1)

9 Just put the corned beef on the smoker for pastrami.
It'll probably be done (155F) by the time Weasel shows up.

Thanks for the FT CBD!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:06 PM (DQhba)

10 I find them more complex and a bit less like licking a burned log from the fireplace.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:06 PM (xCA6C)

11 CBD Sundays....love 'em!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 18, 2024 04:06 PM (5AVMW)

12 The local corn stalks this year?
They're real and they're spectacular!

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 18, 2024 04:08 PM (dg+HA)

13 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:05 PM (xCA6C)

I haven't had Jack Daniels since new Years Eve when I was 18.

You can guess why.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:09 PM (d9fT1)

14 The more money there is available in the industry, the more people will make bourbon (and rye), and the more good quality stuff will be available.

Rye will be the next fad booze; it's all that's left. Plus, Manhattans.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:09 PM (xCA6C)

15 Just put the corned beef on the smoker for pastrami.
It'll probably be done (155F) by the time Weasel shows up.

Thanks for the FT CBD!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:06 PM (DQhba)

That sounds awesome! The pastrami, that is. And I guess Weasel showing up is kinda awesome, too!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:09 PM (RFPHU)

16 It'll probably be done (155F) by the time Weasel shows up.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:06 PM (DQhba)

You invited Weasel for pastrami but you didn't invite me?

Wow...I am cut to the quick!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:12 PM (d9fT1)

17 Here in Colorado it's Olathe sweet corn season. I do not eat corn on the cob often, but I make a point of doing so when it's available. Excellent.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Icky Weirdo at August 18, 2024 04:12 PM (Ad8y9)

18 It'll probably be done (155F) by the time Weasel shows up.

Thanks for the FT CBD!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:06 PM (DQhba)

That sounds awesome! The pastrami, that is. And I guess Weasel showing up is kinda awesome, too!
Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:09 PM

FYI, Weasel expects to be sitting down, served, and able to start eating within two minutes of arrival.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 04:13 PM (8TWHf)

19 Rye will be the next fad booze; it's all that's left. Plus, Manhattans.
Posted by: Archimedes

Love Manhattans but I've had a hankering for rum and coke lately. It's been years since I had one.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 04:14 PM (oaGWv)

20 Buffalo Trace is made by the distillery that makes Pappy Van Winkle, so people feel like they're getting PVW for $35.

And it is good bourbon, and gained popularity by word of mouth, then scarcity, so higher price.

That's my theory.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:14 PM (OX9vb)

21 Chef John's chilequiles look pretty good. The Betterhalf makes them in a skillet, whenever she feels like it (not often enough!).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:14 PM (DQhba)

22 You invited Weasel for pastrami but you didn't invite me?

Wow...I am cut to the quick!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:12 PM

TBF, I sent you the recipe for pork belly pastrami, and not Weasel.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 04:14 PM (8TWHf)

23 Boy, did the guy in the chilequiles video have an annoying vocal tic.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 18, 2024 04:15 PM (VdhcA)

24 I haven't had Jack Daniels since new Years Eve when I was 18.

You can guess why.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:09 PM (d9fT1)

If you're talking about the standard "Number 7", then that's smart. But JD Single Barrel, Barrel Strength is OUTSTANDING. Shared a bit of that with Rancher Bob at a MoMe a year or 2 ago. Was a tad hot at 135 proof. OK, maybe more than a tad! But soooooooo good. Hot but not harsh.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:16 PM (RFPHU)

25 Reprise the Mittens Romney corn picture!

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 18, 2024 04:16 PM (31DjH)

26 Since it was an Aldi's trip today and my Polish guest is back for a visit, I've got 7, so an extra side is being made.

Tonight it's...
Pesto-baked salmon filet (it's been AWHILE since I had fish, and with a CT tomorrow, light food seemed right)
Pesto and nutritional yeast baked zucchini
Lemon Basil Coleslaw
Strawberries and Kiwi
Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread (daughter made)

Coleslaw was a $1 a bag this week and my guest can't have vinegar as a prime ingredient. I made a Mexican slaw with lime juice, raw honey, olive oil, S&P, and some green onion for Mexican night (chicken tacos) this week, so I thought, why not try a lemon (zest and juice) garlic basil version (with raw honey, olive oil, green onion, and S&P)?

People don't eat cabbage raw b/c they get bored of it always being mayo or vinegar slaw...now it can be more (spouse thought it smelled great tonight and guest told me the lime one was the best he ever had)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:16 PM (exHjb)

27 I don't feel like canning my tomatoes this year. Low energy summer for me.

I may change my mind, though, if I find a good recipe for tomato bisque. I love that stuff and have tried making it a few times, but wasn't pleased with the results.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:17 PM (OX9vb)

28 It is apple season for me, and I am making apple cider vinegar, among other things

Basic apple cider vinegar recipe

chop up apples. You can wash and core them if you want to be fancy
Put them in a jar, with water. Aim for 1:4 proportions for apple chunks to water. The jar should have about an inch head space so you don't spill liquid every time you stir it

Cover loosely with a lid, or tie cloth over the mouth to let CO2 out but keep the fruit flies out too.
Stir once a day to keep the floating apple chunks from molding.

Within a week it will start converting to alcohol and you will soon smell that it is turning into vinegar. The apple chunks will start turning beige and will sink to the bottom of the jar.
You will get a white and mucousy layer of goo on top that is pretty firm. That is the "Vinegar mother" and it is a good thing. You can use it to start new batches. If it is other colors, like black or green, and smells pitch the whole thing and start over, that is mold

when all the apples sink, you can decant the whole thing into a holding bottle and use it. It will continue to ferment, so make sure you don't have a tight fitting stopper on the bottle.

Posted by: Kindltot - the wet-spot ain't behind my ears at August 18, 2024 04:18 PM (D7oie)

29 I know very little about the optimal growing conditions for corn, other than I think it needs sunlight, soil, and probably water.

Corn is the Apex Predator of crops - except it doesn't spread "wild" like Kudzu.

The story of America - early on - is a study of three things. Fresh Water so abundant ... all the lakes and steams. Mobility ... all the navigable rivers. And fucking corn. The easy calories more easily cultivated than potatoes.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:18 PM (dXrsl)

30 Local corn here in KY has been good. There's a white/yellow hybrid that's especially sweet that my wife loves. Grills up nice too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2024 04:19 PM (Q4IgG)

31 If you stumble across a good bourbon at a reasonable price, keep that shit to yourself, lest every jackass in the world start buying it, thus increasing demand and price.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at August 18, 2024 04:20 PM (WpP1r)

32 TBF, I sent you the recipe for pork belly pastrami, and not Weasel.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 04:14 PM (8TWHf)

The ThermoWorks recipe! Yup...it looks great, but I just haven't gotten to it. My next pork belly project is going to be a porchetta, which I think will be delicious!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:20 PM (d9fT1)

33
Meatball sandwiches for dinner tonight with recently grown and seasoned cucumbers marinated for days in pickle juice, very crispy. Potato chips on the side. August food. Not too hot, not too cold, kinda on the salty side.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 04:21 PM (RKVpM)

34 I don't feel like canning my tomatoes this year. Low energy summer for me.

I may change my mind, though, if I find a good recipe for tomato bisque. I love that stuff and have tried making it a few times, but wasn't pleased with the results.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:17 PM (OX9vb)

It generally rains here when the first rush of tomatoes are ripe, and they all split. I usually freeze them in ziplock bags because I am never ready for canning just then. I like it since it means I have a ready supply as well as longer storage tomatoes in the pantry

Posted by: Kindltot - the wet-spot ain't behind my ears at August 18, 2024 04:21 PM (D7oie)

35 Buffalo Trace is made by the distillery that makes Pappy Van Winkle, so people feel like they're getting PVW for $35.

And it is good bourbon, and gained popularity by word of mouth, then scarcity, so higher price.

That's my theory.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:14 PM (OX9vb)

You're not too far off. PVW is a wheated bourbon - the secondary grain being wheat, instead of corn. The closest product line from the same distillery is the Weller products.
Honestly, everything Buffalo Trace makes is very good. They just make too many different versions of the same stuff and therefore, each one is underproduced. If they focused on a handful of varieties instead of a dozen or more, there would be more of those available. But they have their unique business strategy for whatever reason.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:21 PM (RFPHU)

36 Buffalo Trace is a common sight on my shelf due to its quality/price profile. For $50, I'd reach for Bibb and Tucker, but some higher proof B&T can get north of $80.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 04:21 PM (YK7VF)

37 Whoops - secondary grain of PVW is wheat instead of RYE

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:22 PM (RFPHU)

38 Know what else comes from corn? Of course you do.

If you ever come across a bottle of "Mellow Corn" whiskey, buy it. It's the lowest form of booze bottled with a label. Super close to 'shine. But without the octane.

Disparaged by all. But so much cringe in a bottle it's worth the experience. Seriously.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2024 04:23 PM (Q4IgG)

39 Let us ask ourselves ... why bourbon ?

The answer is corn. To feed the hogs. Feed the kids. Grown so much than we - in Kentucky - could even spare enough to make something out of the extra to drink and get high.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:24 PM (dXrsl)

40 Rye will be the next fad booze; it's all that's left. Plus, Manhattans.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:09 PM (xCA6C)

Do you want bet if the next craze will be "home distilling"?

I will make the guess on "various scbnapps with botanicals" as the next big thing. I may look into sources for stainless steel retorts, thumper boxes and copper tubing.

Posted by: Kindltot - sorry about the rude snark at August 18, 2024 04:25 PM (D7oie)

41 I'll have a Watershed,thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 04:25 PM (3OQQc)

42 A few years back I came across Birddog bourbon. They made a 4-yr old and a 7. The 7 retailed for about $13. At that price, I never tried the 4. Alas, it's been discontinued...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 04:26 PM (YK7VF)

43 Posted by: Kindltot - sorry about the rude snark at August 18, 2024 04:25 PM (D7oie)

There was a recent court case that held state prohibition of distilling was unconstitutional.

Or something like that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:27 PM (d9fT1)

44 I have a nephew who got his masters in distillation science, so the little f*cker is going to build me a still one of these days.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:28 PM (d9fT1)

45 Picked a bunch of cucumbers today, and chili peppers. The chili peppers are way hotter than kind Ihad last year. And picked just 3rd red tomato, lots of green ones on plants.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 04:28 PM (fwDg9)

46 Transportation and labor costs have always been high.

Reducing your mountain of Corn into a compact, valuable, and high demand concentration called “Whiskey” is good business practice. Grain tends to spoil, losses by rodents or vermin.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2024 04:28 PM (IetnX)

47 My people call it maize and we use all parts of the buffalo.

Posted by: Heaped Big Lizzy Warren at August 18, 2024 04:29 PM (vFG9F)

48 There is a fair amount of crap bourbon out there. In fact, I have at least two bottles in my liquor cabinet!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:29 PM (d9fT1)

49 I'll take the bet ... the next fad won't be home-brewed, artisan anything.

Its gonna be pot. Homegrown, boutique, legal pot.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:29 PM (dXrsl)

50 Hello horde,

Rummaging in the freezer last night I came across a couple of elk loins in the freezer.

Yep. Gonna be delicious

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2024 04:29 PM (pSqRe)

51 33
Meatball sandwiches for dinner tonight with recently grown and seasoned cucumbers marinated for days in pickle juice, very crispy. Potato chips on the side. August food. Not too hot, not too cold, kinda on the salty side.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 04:21 PM (RKVpM)

I see August food as the midway point between summer BBQ and football food. You want to eat a lot of the summer produce and not put a lot of effort into the protein for the night...

(It's another reason I bought salmon - for me, it's 3 minutes of prep and 16-20 for ignored cooking - aka, perfect to be lazy and enjoy the last days of the pool and summer activities)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:29 PM (exHjb)

52 I have a friend that his built his own still. Produces just enough to stay within regulations

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 04:30 PM (3OQQc)

53
You invited Weasel for pastrami but you didn't invite me?

Wow...I am cut to the quick!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Oh yeah. Hey CBD! Come on by for some freshly smoked corn beef pastrami, it ought to be ready in about 2hrs.
I also have a Costco Scotch sampler, (minus the Lowland) Islay, 12yr Highland, and 10yr Speyside.
The Lowland and Islay were finished in Bourbon casks and the Highland and Speyside were matured in Bourbon casks. The samplers are 200ml each, not a lot; but, I figure it'll let me know the differences and allow me to figure out which one I'd like to have on hand.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:30 PM (DQhba)

54 44 I have a nephew who got his masters in distillation science, so the little f*cker is going to build me a still one of these days.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:28 PM (d9fT1)

I'm in Florida at the moment, otherwise I'd send you my pokin' stick...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 04:31 PM (YK7VF)

55 I'm currently sipping on some WhistlePig 6 year "Piggyback" 100% rye. It's a single barrel store-pick from a local shop. A very nice 107.1 proof. Outstanding bottle!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:31 PM (RFPHU)

56 If you ever come across a bottle of "Mellow Corn" whiskey, buy it. It's the lowest form of booze bottled with a label. Super close to 'shine. But without the octane.

Disparaged by all. But so much cringe in a bottle it's worth the experience. Seriously.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2024 04:23 PM (Q4IgG)

dad used to buy Georgia Moon, He claimed it was guaranteed on the label to have been aged for less than a month in a paraffin lined barrel. It was sold in a 750ml mason jar.
I never understood Dad's taste in liquor. I was never much of a drinker so I can't judge I guess.

Posted by: Kindltot - sorry about the rude snark at August 18, 2024 04:32 PM (D7oie)

57 Technically, only New Zealand allows for home distillation without a permit. This is said to be due to a mistake, on the part of the legislature. I sampled some Slivovitz over there, they have to pay the tax or stoya, and not too big a deal. Easier than in the US.

If I want to distill 2 or 3 gallons, how much does Uncle Sam want?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2024 04:32 PM (IetnX)

58 The Curmudgeonly Cook. I'd whoop his ass but I'm hungry and we keep him around for a reason.

Posted by: Goodwill Hancock at August 18, 2024 04:32 PM (2UBPP)

59 The main corn harvest is in. This corn goes to ADM for further modifications. Rain needs to be timely, because of the tassel implications.

Corn is still standing in fields, but this is all going to fatten cows before market. So you have a combined rancher / farmer using the land properly, with diesel fuel assistance.

What I see now is very healthy sorghum and the start of soybeans, which are harvested last. Even after frost.

With all the unseasonal rain, the prairie grass is growing strong, and the cows (mostly Angus) are fat and happy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:33 PM (u82oZ)

60 I have a friend that his built his own still. Produces just enough to stay within regulations
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 04:30 PM (3OQQc)

Fun Fact - who signed the first bill - since Prohibition - legalizing the home brewing of any alcohol for private consumption ?

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:33 PM (dXrsl)

61 There was a recent court case that held state prohibition of distilling was unconstitutional.

Or something like that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:27 PM (d9fT1)

Yep, that is why I think it will happen. When they dropped the federal rules on homebrewing that took a swing up.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2024 04:34 PM (D7oie)

62 Buffalo Trace has drastically increased in rarity and price because people have finally realized that obscenely priced Pappy Van Fuckoff is basically … Buffalo Trace. That was one of the all-time OG marketing moves. Totally fraudulent, but stupid buyers fell for it.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:34 PM (Tl/a4)

63
I will make the guess on "various scbnapps with botanicals" as the next big thing. I may look into sources for stainless steel retorts, thumper boxes and copper tubing.
Posted by: Kindltot

Don't bother designing and making your own still, NZ sells whole kits. One of my friends bought one and made vodka and flavored it as needed for years. He shall remain nameless of course because the Feds don't understand Freedom.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:35 PM (DQhba)

64 In Texas you are allowed to distill under 200 gallons a year without a license or permit

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 04:35 PM (3OQQc)

65 “Protecting our food supply, especially foods intended for babies and young children, is an agency priority,” said Jim Jones

This fellow has an unfortunate name for a food safety official.

Posted by: Emmie at August 18, 2024 04:36 PM (Sf2cq)

66 64 In Texas you are allowed to distill under 200 gallons a year without a license or permit
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 04:35 PM (3OQQc)

So, we all identify as Texans now!

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:36 PM (exHjb)

67 Supposedly the intent in ‘76 was to relax home distillation along with decriminalization of brewing beer or making wine, but was left out due to a clerical error.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2024 04:36 PM (IetnX)

68 There is a website called Learn To Moonshine, which has pretty common sense articles on moonshining, unfortunately it has been neglected since 2020 or so

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2024 04:37 PM (D7oie)

69 Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:34 PM (Tl/a4)

I think that the MSRP of Pappy 23 is something like $300, and more than $4,000 on the secondary market.

It's not Buffalo trace that is making the big money.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:37 PM (d9fT1)

70 We had a guy back when we lived in Connecticut that grew awesome corn. John Harvey had about 10 acres in a small farm that he would grow corn and other stuff to sell locally. He had a stand set up and charged 50 cents an ear for corn which he later raised to $1.00, but it was hands down the best corn I have ever eaten.

He would run out every day. If you heard that he had corn out for sale you had better get over there if you wanted to get some.

We do not have anything close to that here in rural NE Texas.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2024 04:37 PM (QNSds)

71 I had 10-hour smoked brisket and boiled corn on cob yesterday. I added a light touch of my secret “super spice” to the brisket. Just some salt on the corn. As it should be.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:37 PM (Tl/a4)

72 The best corn is Colorado's Olathe corn.
The Best!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2024 04:37 PM (Pijte)

73 The closest product line from the same distillery is the Weller products.
Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:21 PM (RFPHU)

That Weller's with the green label may be my favorite bourbon of all. And it's always nicely priced. Let's just keep this information among ourselves, though, to keep it off the bourbon hipsters' radar.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:38 PM (OX9vb)

74 You can brew 200 gallons of beer under Federal law.

Distillation is legal in Texas?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2024 04:38 PM (IetnX)

75 Pennsylvania I think you can make 3 gallons for yourself or something like that

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 04:39 PM (fwDg9)

76 That Weller's with the green label may be my favorite bourbon of all. And it's always nicely priced.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:38 PM (OX9vb)

Weller's 107 is delicious. And stupidly expensive around here. In fact...all Weller's is stupidly expensive around here.

Where are you that it is sanely priced?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:39 PM (d9fT1)

77 Ranch report (cont)

The majority of cattle around here is Black Angus, mixed with some Red Angus after calving. There is a very small herd of Limousin cattle, and a bigger herd of Charolais in the bottom lands. In the uplands are a few Texas Longhorns and one herd of Shorthorn cows.

https://ranchr.ag/blog/common-cattle-breeds/

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:39 PM (u82oZ)

78 You can brew 200 gallons of beer under Federal law.

Which was not the case until ... get this ... Jimmy Damn Carter and the Homebrewers Act:

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:39 PM (dXrsl)

79 > I'm currently sipping on some WhistlePig 6 year "Piggyback" 100% rye.
--------
I'm not a big rye drinker, but I've that and it ain't too bad. The New Riff rye is pretty stout too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2024 04:40 PM (Q4IgG)

80 Rye will be the next fad booze; it's all that's left. Plus, Manhattans.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:09 PM (xCA6C)

Do you want bet if the next craze will be "home distilling"?

I confess that I hadn't thought of that. I have no idea about the legal issues, but I'm pretty sure the states or the Feds or both will find a way to make a lot of money from it. Still, most folks won't want to go to that trouble.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:40 PM (xCA6C)

81 69 Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:34 PM (Tl/a4)

I think that the MSRP of Pappy 23 is something like $300, and more than $4,000 on the secondary market.

It's not Buffalo trace that is making the big money.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:37 PM (d9fT1)
———

Rising tide lifts all boats. The distillery put themselves on drinkers’ wish lists with Pappy and their other products also saw increased demand. It’s the old “halo model” marketing.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:41 PM (Tl/a4)

82 Fun Fact - who signed the first bill - since Prohibition - legalizing the home brewing of any alcohol for private consumption ?
Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:33 PM (dXrsl)

I was gonna guess Nixon, but above entries indicate either Carter or Reagan..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 04:41 PM (YK7VF)

83 I'm currently sipping on some WhistlePig 6 year "Piggyback" 100% rye. It's a single barrel store-pick from a local shop. A very nice 107.1 proof. Outstanding bottle!

I had some of that and was not impressed. Their 10 year is sublime, but also a wee bit expensive, and by a wee bit, I mean first-born child.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:41 PM (xCA6C)

84 Yes, Carter signed a good bill at least once

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2024 04:41 PM (IetnX)

85 Ah, yes. Buffalo Trace. Grain roasted with only the finest of buffalo shit.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2024 04:42 PM (IG4Id)

86 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:41 PM (xCA6C)

I really like the Six-Year Piggyback Bourbon, especially when it is $35/bottle. Sadly, it is pushing $50 around here.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:42 PM (d9fT1)

87 "Yes, Carter signed a good bill at least once
Posted by: Common Tater"

Which is funny, cause, Southern Baptist.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 04:43 PM (vFG9F)

88 I smoked a pork tenderloin roast over the last couple of days, about 12 hours Pecan, cherrywood, some sliced apples, - turned out very delicious and tender.

When life is stressful, - fuck it. Fire up the grill and cook.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 18, 2024 04:43 PM (2UBPP)

89
Still, most folks won't want to go to that trouble.
Posted by: Archimedes

You could have said the same for homebrewing in the early 90s.
It's the challenge of producing a palatable product that you're proud to serve to friends.
As well as at the cost of sugar, vodka is really easy to make if you already know how to ferment for beer brewing.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:43 PM (DQhba)

90 Where are you that it is sanely priced?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:39 PM (d9fT1)

Southeastern Ohio. I only see it a couple of times a year, that Weller's wheat bourbon, but when I do, it's typically right around $30.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:43 PM (OX9vb)

91 Buffalo Trace has drastically increased in rarity and price because people have finally realized that obscenely priced Pappy Van Fuckoff is basically … Buffalo Trace. That was one of the all-time OG marketing moves. Totally fraudulent, but stupid buyers fell for it.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:34 PM (Tl/a4)

But it wasn't always made by B Trace. Used to made by the Stitzel Weller distillery, which doesn't exist anymore. Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle used to work with William L. Weller at that distillery. They developed the wheated mash bill - which produces a "softer" bourbon than a mash bill which uses rye.
When the SW distillery went defunct, B Trace entered into an agreement with the Van Winkle family to continue the Pappy and other Van Winkle products - taking some of the barrels that would otherwise be used for the Weller line.

What's interesting about wheated bourbon -- the most readily available one is Makers Mark. Developed by Bill and Margie Samuels in the mid 1900s. With help from a guy named Julian Van Winkle. Yup -- "Pappy" himself.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:43 PM (RFPHU)

92 You could have said the same for homebrewing in the early 90s.
It's the challenge of producing a palatable product that you're proud to serve to friends.
As well as at the cost of sugar, vodka is really easy to make if you already know how to ferment for beer brewing.

You mean like in a prison toilet?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:44 PM (xCA6C)

93 I have 2 bottles of Pappy's. One is the 12yo. Forget what the other one is. They retailed for $300/ea about 10 years ago.

I should probably open one up before I die.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2024 04:44 PM (Q4IgG)

94 Balconies Baby Blue is enjoyable

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 04:45 PM (3OQQc)

95 The New Riff rye is pretty stout too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2024 04:40 PM (Q4IgG)

Shhhhhhhhh!!! Do not let that be known!! Tell everyone you know that it is horrible!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:45 PM (RFPHU)

96 I have some 99.8 % alcohol in my production shed. As a solvent. It is over molecular sieves, so it is good to go.

I do not drink alcohol, but love the smell of the pure liquid.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:45 PM (u82oZ)

97 "Yes, Carter signed a good bill at least once
Posted by: Common Tater"

Which is funny, cause, Southern Baptist.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 04:43 PM (vFG9F)

That explains Billy beer...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 04:46 PM (YK7VF)

98 >>Supposedly the intent in ‘76 was to relax home distillation along with decriminalization of brewing beer or making wine, but was left out due to a clerical error.

Bet his brother, Billy, was pissed off!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2024 04:46 PM (Pijte)

99 That "queer food" opinion reminds me of an old joke.

Q: Why did the pervert cross the road?
A: His dick was stuck in the chicken.

Sorry if anyone was eating.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 18, 2024 04:46 PM (NWJig)

100 Is it possible to make alcohol from grass clippings?

Posted by: Guy with a lot of grass clippings at August 18, 2024 04:46 PM (vFG9F)

101 >>I don't feel like canning my tomatoes this year. Low energy summer for me.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:17 PM

I freeze mine. Blanch, peel and put in bags. They keep just fine without all the work. I ran out of salsa, which I also freeze, a couple of months ago and made some with tomatoes from the freezer. It was just like what I made from fresh.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2024 04:46 PM (VGOMa)

102 Rye and Manhattans are actually on their second resurgence. They were all the rage at speakeasy-type places around 2017. You couldn’t go to a place like this in NYC without seeing multiple variations of this on the menu. But I like my manhattans classic.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:47 PM (Tl/a4)

103
Both Buffalo Trace and esp Eagle Rare were both good low cost cocktail bourbons,

until they start allocating them, which-

makes me want to kick some representative of the liquor business in the nads.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 04:47 PM (eDfFs)

104 Another Fun Fact - wheat don't grow well in the South. Rye ? Better.

Hence the harder spirits.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:47 PM (dXrsl)

105
You mean like in a prison toilet?
Posted by: Archimedes

I've read prison hooch is made with any fruit or juice that is served.
Beer is made with hops, malted barley, water and yeast (as well as crystal malts and other adjuncts for odd flavorings).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:47 PM (DQhba)

106 Is it possible to make alcohol from grass clippings?
Posted by: Guy with a lot of grass clippings at August 18, 2024 04:46 PM (vFG9F)

Soak them in mud filled with pig shit first -- that's called scotch

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:48 PM (RFPHU)

107 If I had a freezer, huerfano, I would freeze all the things. But I don't have room for one, and I think I'd have to get this old Victorian rewired to support it, if I could get one into the basement.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:48 PM (OX9vb)

108 Is it possible to make alcohol from grass clippings?
Posted by: Guy with a lot of grass clippings

Methanol is not something you want to drink.
Sugar, grains and fruit for Ethanol.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 04:49 PM (DQhba)

109 Rye and Manhattans are actually on their second resurgence. They were all the rage at speakeasy-type places around 2017. You couldn’t go to a place like this in NYC without seeing multiple variations of this on the menu. But I like my manhattans classic.

You can make a Manhattan with either rye or bourbon, but I believe the classic form is with rye.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:50 PM (xCA6C)

110 CBD, I know you were in London recently. Did you find the food of much better quality than in the States? I know I live in the hinterlands of TN and selection is limited but Wow! the selection and quality seems to be vastly superior in London when compared with home. ( Both in restaurants and in grocery stores).

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (VW9OP)

111 Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:34 PM (Tl/a4)

But it wasn't always made by B Trace. Used to made by the Stitzel Weller distillery, which doesn't exist anymore. Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle used to work with William L. Weller at that distillery. They developed the wheated mash bill - which produces a "softer" bourbon than a mash bill which uses rye.
When the SW distillery went defunct, B Trace entered into an agreement with the Van Winkle family to continue the Pappy and other Van Winkle products - taking some of the barrels that would otherwise be used for the Weller line.

What's interesting about wheated bourbon -- the most readily available one is Makers Mark. Developed by Bill and Margie Samuels in the mid 1900s. With help from a guy named Julian Van Winkle. Yup -- "Pappy" himself.
Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 04:43 PM (RFPHU)
———

All correct. But the stuff exploded in price and rarity after SW went under. BT even used as a marketing gimmick the fact that they were from a defunct source.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (Tl/a4)

112

I'm as corny as Kansas in August .. .

- - Mitzi Gaynor

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (x0n13)

113 Hmmm. I have all the distillation equipment and round bottomed flasks to make alcohol. I can run it through a deactivated carbon column to give it ... something.

My startup failed due to the Biden economy and the CIA destroying the German chemical industry. The later was also helped by deluded German politicians.

What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (u82oZ)

114 >>>@26 People don't eat cabbage raw b/c they get bored of it always being mayo or vinegar slaw... Posted by Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:16 PM (exHjb)
===============
Greetings, NL ... Thought you might be interested in the salad I made for lunch today with chopped Napa cabbage, slivered almonds, sliced scallions, and bits of leftover rotisserie chicken ... The dressing was made with sesame seed oil, rice wine vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce (which could probably be swapped with Tamari to make it gluten-free) ... The recipe also called for dry Ramen noodles -- first crushed then lightly browned in butter before tossing with other ingredients -- which would also need a GF substitute ... And while this dressing does contain vinegar, the sesame seed oil and butter greatly diminished the tang.

Posted by: Kathy at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (p69D5)

115 You can make a Manhattan with either rye or bourbon, but I believe the classic form is with rye.

However, if you want to try something new and delicious, replace half or all of the sweet vermouth with an amaro of your choice.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (xCA6C)

116 Hmmm. I have all the distillation equipment and round bottomed flasks to make alcohol. I can run it through a deactivated carbon column to give it ... something.

And therein lies the problem. I, too, am a chemist, and before you know it, my house would turn into a research facility.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:52 PM (xCA6C)

117 J.J. Sefton

Despite corporate pressure from ADM and government messing with the market, Winter Wheat is the high value farm product in Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM (u82oZ)

118 Eh, it's not distillers or distributors allocating at random. It's demand pure and simple, and you can see this on the secondary market. Bourbon is in a tulipmania phase where hipsters who know fuckall other than trend-chasing hunt bottles down to extinction because they've been told that's what's good. It's fucking Taters all the way down.

Posted by: Stupid Taters at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM (nLy2O)

119 What to do? What to do?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (u82oZ)

For starters ? Come to Louisville - and buy some used barrels.

The barrels are part of the secret sauce.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM (dXrsl)

120 Archimedes

There are a lot of chemists on the blog.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM (u82oZ)

121 107 If I had a freezer, huerfano, I would freeze all the things. But I don't have room for one, and I think I'd have to get this old Victorian rewired to support it, if I could get one into the basement.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:48 PM (OX9vb)

I just have a chest freezer in my basement - it's been a life saver for me. With a townhome kitchen, I'd have no space for food otherwise, especially proteins on sale.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM (exHjb)

122 116 round bottomed flasks to make alcohol.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:52 PM (xCA6C)

"Fat-bottommed Girls>> round bottomed flasks"

Queen!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 04:54 PM (x0n13)

123 Rye and Manhattans are actually on their second resurgence. They were all the rage at speakeasy-type places around 2017. You couldn’t go to a place like this in NYC without seeing multiple variations of this on the menu. But I like my manhattans classic.

You can make a Manhattan with either rye or bourbon, but I believe the classic form is with rye.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:50 PM (xCA6C)
———
Rye for sure. The sweet vermouth makes the drink a bit sweet already. Starting with bourbon (sweeter than rye) thus makes the drink too sweet. I guess if you like sweet drinks, then have at it. I’m not a fan of sweet drinks.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 04:54 PM (Tl/a4)

124 CBD, I know you were in London recently. Did you find the food of much better quality than in the States?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (VW9OP)

Yes. Granted, London is a very big city with an incredible history of connections to all over the world.

But...I find typical London restaurant food to be a cut above that of NYC or Chicago or SF or L.A. And the markets have amazing stuff. Great spices and reductions and all sorts of wonderful specialty items that I would have a tough time finding around here, and I am just a few miles from NYC in a tony suburb.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:54 PM (d9fT1)

125 Doof -On Guard
Raises Claymore

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 04:54 PM (fwDg9)

126 117 J.J. Sefton

Despite corporate pressure from ADM and government messing with the market, Winter Wheat is the high value farm product in Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM (u82oZ)

Damn it!"

- - Rogers and Hammerstein from the Great Beyond

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 04:55 PM (x0n13)

127 The Way Things Work

I can probably duplicate it with chromatography columns. A barrel would be too much production. It would be work.

And the ATF regs of alcohol production are very strict. Takes years to get to market, and ATF is dogging you the entire way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:55 PM (u82oZ)

128 You can make a Manhattan with either rye or bourbon, but I believe the classic form is with rye.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:50 PM (xCA6C)

A bourbon Manhattan is the 9mm of cocktails.

And if you shake it, it turns into a .22LR.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:55 PM (d9fT1)

129 I know very little about the optimal growing conditions for corn, other than I think it needs sunlight, soil, and probably water.

I would refer you to Michael Bloomberg, America's favorite farming expert.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2024 04:56 PM (0eaVi)

130 Greetings, NL ... Thought you might be interested in the salad I made for lunch today with chopped Napa cabbage, slivered almonds, sliced scallions, and bits of leftover rotisserie chicken ... The dressing was made with sesame seed oil, rice wine vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce (which could probably be swapped with Tamari to make it gluten-free) ... The recipe also called for dry Ramen noodles -- first crushed then lightly browned in butter before tossing with other ingredients -- which would also need a GF substitute ... And while this dressing does contain vinegar, the sesame seed oil and butter greatly diminished the tang.
Posted by: Kathy at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (p69D5)

I have an Asian slaw on my list (sans the almonds and dairy). so yes, this interests me - struggling to decide what could replace rice wine vinegar for acid even in my planned recipes...lime again maybe...thought about fish sauce, but that's funk and not sharpness...mango is out for me...and tomato is not enough acid and might be weird anyway...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (exHjb)

131 But I like my manhattans classic.

You can make a Manhattan with either rye or bourbon, but I believe the classic form is with rye.

I reread what you wrote, and now I see that I misunderstood. I thought you meant that bourbon was the classic Manhattan.

Silly Archimedes!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (xCA6C)

132 124 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:54 PM (d9fT1)

Farm to table is huge in the UK and their variety especially of Pork and meat products in general is astounding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (x0n13)

133 Hmmm. I have all the distillation equipment and round bottomed flasks to make alcohol. I can run it through a deactivated carbon column to give it ... something.

My startup failed due to the Biden economy and the CIA destroying the German chemical industry. The later was also helped by deluded German politicians.

What to do? What to do?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:51 PM (u82oZ)

There was some start up bourbon company years ago that was "aging" their bourbons and rum(?) with radiation from exposure to radium or some such thing.
you could do that and call it -

"Hiroshima Gold"!.

I predict millions!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (eDfFs)

134 My home brewing partners were great at figuring the temperature stops for the barley mash and keeping all the equipment clean. I provided the facilities as their wives did not favor the mess it made of their kitchens. I had a propane burner so we could do the boil outside, which kept the ceiling free of malt condensation. That was a plus for the ladies, and they did enjoy the finished product..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (YK7VF)

135 I have an Asian slaw on my list (sans the almonds and dairy). so yes, this interests me - struggling to decide what could replace rice wine vinegar for acid even in my planned recipes...lime again maybe...thought about fish sauce, but that's funk and not sharpness...mango is out for me...and tomato is not enough acid and might be weird anyway...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (exHjb)

And now I reply to myself...maybe pineapple over lime? Soy and pineapple, I love...but do I love cabbage and pineappe?

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (exHjb)

136 J.J. Sefton

I live a simple rural life, without a large number of round-bottom girls in the mix.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (u82oZ)

137 Just got home and noticed the hobby thread from yesterday. I would have been commenting in it but I was out of town at the Huntsville Hamfest, the third largest amateur radio gathering in the country. The other big ones are Dayton Hamvention (in Xenia, OH, it's by far #1 in the world), Orlando Hamcation (#2), Pacificon (San Ramon, CA #4). Internationally there's Tokyo Ham Fair and Ham Radio Freidrichshafen in Germany. Other interesting ones are Shelby Hamfest in North Carolina (the Grandaddy of them All, it's the oldest) and the new HamCon Zion in St. George, UT.

Posted by: Bert G at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (VARTN)

138 Well, this was . . . just as expected:
It's a different experience than when walking into a space knowing everything is gluten-free. Or if you're vegan, being able to walk into a restaurant and actually not have to worry that everything is vegan.

So we’re starting to see spaces built in consideration of specific needs, but nobody ever thinks about that for like a gay body or queer body. What does that look like? When the whole world is made for you, you don't have to worry about those kinds of things.

How is food consumption different for a "gay body" or a "queer body," one wonders. . .

What this appears to be is a group of self-absorbed people who don't want to work in real jobs, so instead they've invented a "problem" their Gender Studies degrees can "solve."

I will not cry for them when our economy crashes and they complain rats and mealworms they are forced to forage for aren't "queer" food-friendly.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (Pijte)

139 If you wanted background music for the cornfield, the Hee Haw intro would have worked!

https://youtu.be/ELQVfKHW8QA

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (VNX3d)

140 121 I just have a chest freezer in my basement - it's been a life saver for me. With a townhome kitchen, I'd have no space for food otherwise, especially proteins on sale.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM (exHjb)

Reminds me of a great old tune from The Band "Chest Fever."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 04:59 PM (x0n13)

141 My son (not a heavy drinker), had a bourbon tasting party for his 21st birthday party.

Everyone was supposed to bring a decent (affordable) bottle, and enter their selection in the email chain so that there would only be unique selections.

They ended up with 14 different bourbons. His buddies still reference the party to this day when they compare new tastings.

(Of course, engineering nerds were heavily represented in the sample of guests.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 04:59 PM (HlyYF)

142 I can probably duplicate it with chromatography columns. A barrel would be too much production. It would be work.

If you really could ? Every CEO of every distillery dreams of shit-canning all these cooperages - and shitting out high dollar brown water like Coke or Pepsi.

Come make your fortune. The pick your county. You'll be able to pay cash.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:59 PM (dXrsl)

143 Now I have to go unload the truck, lol.

Posted by: Bert G at August 18, 2024 04:59 PM (VARTN)

144 Farm to table is huge in the UK and their variety especially of Pork and meat products in general is astounding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (x0n13)

Absolutely! We forget that the UK has an incredible agricultural tradition.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:00 PM (d9fT1)

145 naturalfake

I think radioactive alcohol was a gimmick with a shaker and a noise maker activated by tilting the bottle. Fun for parties.

I wanted to have a party when all the alcohol was labeled as exothermic oxidizers. And tell everyone to not drink the methyl hydrazine.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:01 PM (u82oZ)

146 121 I just have a chest freezer in my basement . . .

Boob thread!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2024 05:02 PM (VW9OP)

147 Farm to table is huge in the UK and their variety especially of Pork and meat products in general is astounding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 04:57 PM (x0n13)

Absolutely! We forget that the UK has an incredible agricultural tradition.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:00 PM (d9fT1)
———-

“Yea, but not for long”

— Muslim invader scumbag halal goatfuckers

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 05:02 PM (Tl/a4)

148 >>If I had a freezer, huerfano, I would freeze all the things. But I don't have room for one, and I think I'd have to get this old Victorian rewired to support it, if I could get one into the basement.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:48 PM

I have one in each garage, inherited from my aunt and my parents. My brother and I keep them pretty full. We're thrifty, bulk buying people because we're old and our parents grew up during the Great Depression. One of the freezers is 70 years old and still works.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2024 05:03 PM (VGOMa)

149 139 If you wanted background music for the cornfield, the Hee Haw intro would have worked!

https://youtu.be/ELQVfKHW8QA
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (VNX3d)

Or "Green Acres."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 05:03 PM (x0n13)

150 How many posts are we at now, that include that last paragraph? I count 9.

Posted by: akronin at August 18, 2024 05:03 PM (hVMUD)

151 And therein lies the problem. I, too, am a chemist, and before you know it, my house would turn into a research facility.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:52 PM

You say that as if that was a bad thing?

Of course, if you ever make the perfect bourbon, we want video of you running around the house yelling, "Eureka!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:03 PM (HlyYF)

152 147 Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 05:02 PM (Tl/a4)

Well, that is a cold shot of reality.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2024 05:04 PM (x0n13)

153 Doof -On Guard
Raises Claymore
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 04:54 PM (fwDg9)

*raises glass of bourbon and smiles*

Not going to touch anything weapon-y -- I've been drinking too much!!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 05:04 PM (RFPHU)

154 and I am just a few miles from NYC in a tony suburb.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You live in a "tony" do you? Why am I not surprised. What with your high and mighty attitude regarding maple syrup on French toast. It stands to reason.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 05:04 PM (oaGWv)

155 Pillage Idiot

Sent you an email on a possible dog for you and your wife.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:05 PM (u82oZ)

156 Son came down to the lake this past week. We ate like kings. Prime filets and NY strip, pork tenderloin, and fried catfish. Last night was homemade pizzas on naan bread.

Back home today and tonight is chili dogs with bacon.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:05 PM (hoCmQ)

157 Better have something to eat with all this booze floating around. Picadillo quesadillas

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 05:05 PM (3OQQc)

158 Despite corporate pressure from ADM and government messing with the market, Winter Wheat is the high value farm product in Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM

One of our other high value products used to be Boeing planes. However, management decided to go in "another direction".

P.S. Hi NaCly!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:05 PM (HlyYF)

159 Sigh...
Buffalo Trace bourbon is now limited to two bottles only at the local Class VI store (military liquor store for you civilians whom, even on a smart military blog, might not understand the term) provided they even have it in stock!
I'm suspecting a commie plot.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:06 PM (W/lyH)

160 And therein lies the problem. I, too, am a chemist, and before you know it, my house would turn into a research facility.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 04:52 PM

You say that as if that was a bad thing?

Of course, if you ever make the perfect bourbon, we want video of you running around the house yelling, "Eureka!"

Were I to go down that dark, dark road, I would certainly do it with scotch, not bourbon.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2024 05:06 PM (xCA6C)

161 What with your high and mighty attitude regarding maple syrup on French toast.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 05:04 PM (oaGWv)

It's illegal to serve maple syrup on French Toast in my town.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:06 PM (d9fT1)

162 CharlieBrown'sDildo

How about a tough suburb?

I can see you getting a seat in a crowded bar by saying "I'm from Newark."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:06 PM (u82oZ)

163 My son (not a heavy drinker), had a bourbon tasting party for his 21st birthday party.

Everyone was supposed to bring a decent (affordable) bottle, and enter their selection in the email chain so that there would only be unique selections.

They ended up with 14 different bourbons. His buddies still reference the party to this day when they compare new tastings.

(Of course, engineering nerds were heavily represented in the sample of guests.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 04:59 PM (HlyYF)

Blind tastings are the best! It's amazing what you discover you like based on your own palette instead of what some "expert" says you should like.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 05:07 PM (RFPHU)

164 Pillage Idiot

**Respectful tip of the hat**

I trust you and your clan are thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:07 PM (u82oZ)

165 You can't bitch at a guy for not putting syrup on French Toast when he only has room for bread or eggs or a bottle of syrup - and only gets to pick two.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 05:08 PM (dXrsl)

166 You live in a "tony" do you?

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 05:04 PM (oaGWv)

Heh...Trust me, I'm not "tony." I have lots of guns and even carry one! That is shocking to many in this Godforsaken state.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:09 PM (d9fT1)

167 147 Posted by: Elric Blade

Well, that is a cold shot of reality.

That is the least of it. Today while on the Tube, I noticed a placard that said Staring was considered a hate crime and you would be prosecuted for it. I'll get a pic of if I can tomorrow - Big Brother is ever present here.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2024 05:09 PM (VW9OP)

168 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Evening! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

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Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:09 PM (u82oZ)

169 Here's your stupidly easy yet delicious recipe for the week:

"Gorgeous Green Shrimp"

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/shrimp-green-sauce

Do you have a blender? A pan and heat to sauté shrimp? An oven to toast bread in?

Yes? Then, baby, dinner is done in 15, maybe 20 minutes.*

This came out really well. Everyone practically licked their plates clean.

With the toasted rounds of baguette, for sopping up the green sauce it eats like a very simple but yummy light summery stew. Great for hot weather cooking and eating. It went on the rotation.

Of course, you can serve it with pasta or rice or whatever should you wish, but try the bread rounds first.

Give it a whirl.

*Mine took longer cuz the market had wild caught fresh Gulf shrimp on sale which are always delicious so I had to buy those and that meant I had to peel and de-vein them. Someone invent a Ronco Instant Shrimp Peeler and De-Veiner. I predict millions.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 05:09 PM (eDfFs)

170 NaCly, so sorry to hear about the turn of events for your start up.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 05:10 PM (3OQQc)

171 wheated bourbon - the secondary grain being wheat, instead of corn.

No, no, no. Just stop that. Instead of RYE. Rye's cheapest.
Except for "Colorado bourbon," which is rye with a little corn, ALL bourbon is 51% corn first before any other item on the mashbill.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 18, 2024 05:10 PM (zdLoL)

172 Corn can be made into whiskey, you know.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2024 05:11 PM (LHPAg)

173 That is the least of it. Today while on the Tube, I noticed a placard that said Staring was considered a hate crime and you would be prosecuted for it. I'll get a pic of if I can tomorrow - Big Brother is ever present here.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2024 05:09 PM (VW9OP)

So how does one disprove an accusation of staring?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:11 PM (W/lyH)

174 I look forward - maybe in five years - of the articles on the proper way to serve pine cone ... assuming you found a fresh match.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 05:11 PM (dXrsl)

175 The barrels are part of the secret sauce.

Posted by: The Way Things Work at August 18, 2024 04:53 PM

Wait, I thought getting sent to the "barrel" for forgetting to close my italics was a bad thing?

Now you are telling my I should enjoy my stay in the barrel and bring a Glencairn glass!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:11 PM (HlyYF)

176 Tonypete

I think a widespread campaign of civil disobedience would fill all the prisons and jails, and crush what is left of the local businesses.

But the best of the UK left years before.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:11 PM (u82oZ)

177 Grandkids coming for dinner so it's tacos and watermelon tonight. Klondike bars for dessert. They're east to please.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 05:12 PM (oaGWv)

178 Someone invent a Ronco Instant Shrimp Peeler and De-Veiner. I predict millions.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 05:09 PM (eDfFs)

I use those simple plastic ones, but there are more sophisticated peelers on the market.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:12 PM (d9fT1)

179 Tonypete

Look at the treatment of Sir Tim Hunt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:12 PM (u82oZ)

180 No, no, no. Just stop that. Instead of RYE. Rye's cheapest.
Except for "Colorado bourbon," which is rye with a little corn, ALL bourbon is 51% corn first before any other item on the mashbill.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 18, 2024 05:10 PM (zdLoL)

Settle down. I corrected myself 2 comments later. Sheesh.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM (RFPHU)

181 The missus' people are all from Iowa and generally they have had a terrific corn season.
Sweet corn is being harvested about now and this is corn for humans to eat. What percent of corn is marketed as sweet corn?
About 2%.
Or so I'm told by Sen Grassley whom I follow on X.
The rest is for animal feed, export and of course, ethanol.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM (MeG8a)

182 >>>@135 And now I reply to myself... maybe pineapple over lime? Soy and pineapple, I love...but do I love cabbage and pineapple? Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (exHjb)
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It wasn't in the original recipe, but I remember one of the commenters saying they especially enjoyed mandarin oranges in theirs.

Posted by: Kathy at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM (p69D5)

183 Pillage Idiot

Do not do that in our Barrel. tis a bad place to be. Trust me on that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM (u82oZ)

184 My parents of blessed memory liked their Manhattans with Seagrams or Canadian Club. I was the designated bartender. Don't know how I got the gig, but there you go. Bright red maraschino cherry. Glass shaker with a with an aluminum top for staining. Poured into 6oz stemmed cocktail glasses. Dad would never eat his cherry, so that was my weekly wage...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM (YK7VF)

185 I liked the Gordon Ramsey meme.

And if people need to tell me what their sexual orientation is order to discuss food, I have absolutely no interest in what they have to say, although if one was conservative and a comedian the ycould probably do an amusing (to some people) riff on that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM (dTTBf)

186 I had a particularly good outing picking blackberries. My buddy recommended making a Blackberry Bounce but recommended bourbon vice brandy. I may give it a try but need to grab a second tier bourbon.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:14 PM (W/lyH)

187 If I had a freezer, huerfano, I would freeze all the things. But I don't have room for one, and I think I'd have to get this old Victorian rewired to support it, if I could get one into the basement.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 04:48 PM (OX9vb)

I have a half-sized Hayer chest freezer that runs off a standard socket. It does double duty in the dining room as a side-board. It is pretty reasonable to buy, the new ones are pretty much metal sheathed foam box so they are light.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2024 05:14 PM (D7oie)

188 182 >>>@135 And now I reply to myself... maybe pineapple over lime? Soy and pineapple, I love...but do I love cabbage and pineapple? Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 04:58 PM (exHjb)
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It wasn't in the original recipe, but I remember one of the commenters saying they especially enjoyed mandarin oranges in theirs.
Posted by: Kathy at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM (p69D5)

Orange - yes. That's what I'm gonna try. I might do fresh zest and juice (b/c I don't think I want the fruit chunks...or the kids won't)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 05:15 PM (exHjb)

189 So how does one disprove an accusation of staring?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:11 PM (W/lyH)

With difficulty. There are cameras everywhere, and I'll bet the onus is on the accused, so a simple glance is probably enough to get one convicted.

Great Britain died in 1915...what we see now is its corpse finally beginning to rot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:15 PM (d9fT1)

190 Thanks NaCly, just saw your comment at #155.

Will check my email.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:15 PM (HlyYF)

191 I'll have one of those ball bearing tacos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 05:15 PM (63Dwl)

192 I don't know about the corn growing conditions in CBD's neck of the woods, but here in Missouri, it looks like it'll be ready to come out of the fields around Labor Day or even a bit earlier, which is very rare in these parts.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2024 05:15 PM (lHPJf)

193 Rain makes corn.
Corn makes cornbread.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at August 18, 2024 05:16 PM (P/lIh)

194 Heh...Trust me, I'm not "tony." I have lots of guns and even carry one! That is shocking to many in this Godforsaken state.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yeah, my brother lives in NJ too. Close to Philly. He's armed to the teeth also.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 05:16 PM (oaGWv)

195 156 Son came down to the lake this past week. We ate like kings. Prime filets and NY strip, pork tenderloin, and fried catfish. Last night was homemade pizzas on naan bread.

Back home today and tonight is chili dogs with bacon.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:05 PM

I am such a prole that I think a good chilidog with bacon is STILL eating like a king!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:17 PM (HlyYF)

196 I am in full support of medicinal marinara sauce.

Just wanted to get that out there.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:17 PM (W/lyH)

197 You can make a Manhattan with either rye or bourbon, but I believe the classic form is with rye.

However, if you want to try something new and delicious, replace half or all of the sweet vermouth with an amaro of your choice.
Posted by: Archimedes

That's called a "black manhattan" if anyone wants to research recipes online.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2024 05:18 PM (DgGvY)

198 I am such a prole that I think a good chilidog with bacon is STILL eating like a king!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:17 PM (HlyYF)

Leave off the chili and just add some chopped onion to the dog and the bacon.

Heaven!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:18 PM (d9fT1)

199 Someone invent a Ronco Instant Shrimp Peeler and De-Veiner. I predict millions.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 05:09 PM (eDfFs)

I use those simple plastic ones, but there are more sophisticated peelers on the market.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:12 PM (d9fT1)

I used a sharp knife which is more or less the same thing, but-

what I meant was you pour whole shrimp in one end of your Ronco Peel-O-Matic and peeled and de-veined shrimp shoot out the other!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 05:18 PM (eDfFs)

200 I'll have one of those ball bearing tacos.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 05:15 PM (63Dwl)

It's ALL ball bearings these days!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2024 05:19 PM (RFPHU)

201 “ despise ambulance-chasing scumsucking pigdog lawyers,”

Everyone hates lawyers. Until they need one.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 18, 2024 05:19 PM (Tl/a4)

202 So I bought an ice cream machine that doesn’t require the frozen bowl. I have been churning out batches of fruit sorbet. All the leftovers just went into the blender with some rum.

Tasty.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2024 05:21 PM (pSqRe)

203
That Chilequiles Casserole looks like the discount version of Frito Chili Pie.

Still looks pretty good though. Probably eats like Huevos Rancheros.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 05:21 PM (eDfFs)

204 >>I have a half-sized Hayer chest freezer that runs off a standard socket. It does double duty in the dining room as a side-board. It is pretty reasonable to buy, the new ones are pretty much metal sheathed foam box so they are light.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2024 05:14 PM

Mine run on 110v.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2024 05:21 PM (VGOMa)

205 Do not do that in our Barrel. tis a bad place to be. Trust me on that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:13 PM

Did it one time.

Turns out I did NOT enjoy the shame, AND I did not get to sample any tasty bourbon!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:22 PM (HlyYF)

206 Penguins used to be salted and packed in barrels on ships. I am not making that up. I think our barrel is more like that.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 05:22 PM (vFG9F)

207 >>Farm to table is huge in the UK and their variety especially of Pork and meat products in general is astounding.

>>“Yea, but not for long”
— Muslim invader scumbag halal goatfuckers
- - - -
"Not if destroy it first!"
-- UK bureaucrats

Experts at conservation body Natural England who looked at nine scenarios to change land use found that it was not possible to deliver a strong reduction in greenhouse gas emissions without reducing the food supply.

Their report said: 'At the UK scale, there is a strong trade-off between emissions reduction and food production.'

It added: 'Under the most ambitious climate change mitigation scenario, food production is expected to decline by up to 25 per cent.
https://tinyurl.com/mtvrwjp8

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2024 05:22 PM (Pijte)

208 Heh...Trust me, I'm not "tony." I have lots of guns and even carry one! That is shocking to many in this Godforsaken state.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

It's always fun to get a hug from someone you haven't seen in awhile and she feels the gun you're packing.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:22 PM (W/lyH)

209 The corn and tomatoes from the local farmer have been excellent. I don't even have to go to the supermarket to get those vegetables.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 05:23 PM (dTTBf)

210 Mine run on 110v.
Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2024 05:21 PM (VGOMa)

110, 111, whatever it takes...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 05:23 PM (YK7VF)

211 WHIPPED CREAM -- HOW TO STABILIZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwuHnPvyros

This is a 17-minute video I recently watched, hoping to better the chances my Labor Day picnic dessert (Atlantic Beach Pie) holds up if the weather is hot ... The video was long but very informative ... Even better was one idea presented by a commenter which I plan to try (this will make more sense if you watch the video first) ... Anyway, the person said to put 15 mini marshmallows in one cup heavy cream and let them dissolve in the fridge over night before whipping ... It is a safer way to add gelatin and a little cornstarch but it also adds the sugar and the vanilla all at once ... It was a tip from a man whose mother made pies for a diner ... It was pretty sturdy and let the flavor of the cream shine ... NOTE: Not all brands of mini marshmallows contain gelatin, so be sure to read the label.

Posted by: Kathy at August 18, 2024 05:24 PM (p69D5)

212 FenelonSpoke

Can your son turn your property into a corn and tomato truck farm business? Or liven up the church services with sweet corn?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:25 PM (u82oZ)

213 I am such a prole that I think a good chilidog with bacon is STILL eating like a king!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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Agree. Should have said continuing to eat like a king.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:25 PM (hoCmQ)

214 I have lots of guns and even carry one!

If you're carrying legal - you have connections. Connections most of your neighbors do not have.

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:25 PM (dXrsl)

215
As a bit of a prepper I looked into a modest still on Amazon. It was less then a hundred bucks. If not using it to make hooch it should at least make some decent purified water.

I'd rather get water from my well, but baring that, I want water that's passed through some level of extreme cleanliness. I think that would pass the test.

Don't cry for me Venezuela. Is that the tune?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 05:26 PM (RKVpM)

216 The Way It Works

CBD has sound reasons to carry, even at home. Lots of home invasions happening around big cities.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:27 PM (u82oZ)

217 San Diego has a lot of great Mexican food.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2024 05:28 PM (JvZF+)

218 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:25 PM (u82oZ)

Well, it's idea. Thanks,

but we have lots of trees so not the best sunny conditions. besides if I get to the local farmer's place at the right time he is there and he is good looking

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 05:28 PM (dTTBf)

219 Time to make dinner preps. Let's see what my wife wants to eat.

Have a great night, everyone. May you be sustained by your sound food choices.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:28 PM (u82oZ)

220 CBD has sound reasons to carry, even at home. Lots of home invasions happening around big cities.

As does every other urban resident in New Jersey. How'd he get the golden ticket ?

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:28 PM (dXrsl)

221 Leave off the chili and just add some chopped onion to the dog and the bacon.

Heaven!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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We have options. Setting up hot dog bar. Chili, cheddar cheese, onion, jalapenos, bacon. Big jar of yellow mustard. Anything else?

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:29 PM (hoCmQ)

222 I have always said that corn is food. People eat corn. People eat animals that eat corn. People drink whiskey made from corn. It is wrong to put corn in gas tanks, IMO.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2024 05:29 PM (LHPAg)

223 Don't cry for me Venezuela. Is that the tune?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 05:26 PM (RKVpM)

California works, too. Can't get out of there fast enough..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 05:29 PM (YK7VF)

224 FenelonSpoke

My wife has similar appreciations of tight ends. Now gtg.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:29 PM (u82oZ)

225 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:29 PM (u82oZ)

Well if he's there he's usually facing me putting out produce so I don't see his tight end.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 05:30 PM (dTTBf)

226 Oh yippee me, found out tomorrow is going to be a very long day.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2024 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

227 Middle son asked for a small chest freezer for his birthday.
Costco had a 7cuft for $199 that can be converted to either freezer or freezer. Yeah that is a small freezer but it can fit just about anywhere and as was mentioned they are light. IIRC it was 63lbs.
He's happy with it (he got it early because we were driving by a Costco and I thought of it).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 05:31 PM (DQhba)

228 'How'd he get the golden ticket ?'

He found it in a Wonka bar. What's it to you?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2024 05:31 PM (3wi/L)

229 221 Leave off the chili and just add some chopped onion to the dog and the bacon.

Heaven!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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We have options. Setting up hot dog bar. Chili, cheddar cheese, onion, jalapenos, bacon. Big jar of yellow mustard. Anything else?
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:29 PM (hoCmQ)

Relish is a must.
Ketchup if you have kids coming.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 05:31 PM (exHjb)

230 It is wrong to put corn in gas tanks, IMO.

Now read the newest about "green hydrogen". They want to strip the two H from H2O.

What could possibly go wrong ?

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:32 PM (dXrsl)

231 We add fresh Sonoma corn, grilled or raw to most salads. Today I just cubed some tomatoes and cucumbers with good salt pepper, eevo, and balsamic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2024 05:32 PM (JvZF+)

232 We have options. Setting up hot dog bar. Chili, cheddar cheese, onion, jalapenos, bacon. Big jar of yellow mustard. Anything else?

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:29 PM

Some bourbon? Ice cubes optional.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:32 PM (HlyYF)

233 Or liven up the church services with sweet corn?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

If he distills it that would *really* liven up the services!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 05:33 PM (DQhba)

234 The wheezy chef's oven had a fan. That'd do his eggs in a minute.

Posted by: DaveA at August 18, 2024 05:33 PM (FhXTo)

235 either freezer or freezer.

Geez!!!

Frig or freezer.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2024 05:33 PM (DQhba)

236 Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2024 05:31 PM (3wi/L)

LOL. One of the best books for kids of all time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 05:33 PM (dTTBf)

237 Ketchup if you have kids coming.
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2024 05:31 PM (exHjb)
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Not if you're raisin' 'em right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2024 05:34 PM (JvZF+)

238 Now read the newest about "green hydrogen". They want to strip the two H from H2O.

What could possibly go wrong ?

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:32 PM

Is there a single Democrat politician that understands The First Law of Thermodynamics?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:35 PM (HlyYF)

239 We have options. Setting up hot dog bar. Chili, cheddar cheese, onion, jalapenos, bacon. Big jar of yellow mustard. Anything else?

Posted by: olddog in mo

You forgot the pickle relish and ketchup.

*ducks and runs for cover*

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 05:36 PM (oaGWv)

240 236

'One of the best books for kids of all time.'

Good kids book. I think our teacher read a chapter a day from it when I was in grade school.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2024 05:36 PM (3wi/L)

241 Is there a single Democrat politician that understands The First Law of ~~Thermodynamics~~Robotics?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:35 PM (HlyYF)

FIFY

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 18, 2024 05:37 PM (JvZF+)

242 Frito Chili Pie...

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2024 05:21
-----------------

Made that a month ago. Hadn't had in eons. Made it all the time when kids were little. Nostalgic and good comfort food.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:37 PM (hoCmQ)

243 I was wondering how they got lead in applesauce?
Article implies it's deliberate stretching the cinnamon.

aka chemical warfare for profit.

Posted by: DaveA at August 18, 2024 05:38 PM (FhXTo)

244 Is there a single Democrat politician that understands The First Law of Thermodynamics?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:35 PM (HlyYF)

Earlier today here ... a link to a California "engineer" pissed he can't recharge his hydrogen Toyota.

Hydrogen. You're trying to handle that ... daily ... with fucking hydrogen ?

Really ?

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:38 PM (dXrsl)

245 My oven had been acting up, I've griped about it here more than once. Thought I may have to replace it.
Nope, I got a tech out here and he replaced the igniter in about 20 minutes.
$210 total, parts and labor.
I baked cinnamon rolls this morning!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 18, 2024 05:39 PM (MeG8a)

246 Won't be around for followup but will check back in later to see any responses:

If anyone has a good Japanese shrimp sauce (white sauce, yum-yum sauce) recipe they've tried I'd appreciate a copy. I've tried four and none have been quite right.

Not ones you find just searching, please, but ones you've actually made and used and thought "This is close to the restaurant recipe."

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when womens jobs were genuinely important? at August 18, 2024 05:40 PM (Sin+I)

247 Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2024 05:40 PM (JvZF+)

248 Not if you're raisin' 'em right.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2024 05:34

*Fist Bump*

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:40 PM (hoCmQ)

249 So how does one disprove an accusation of staring?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:11 PM (W/lyH)

With difficulty. There are cameras everywhere, and I'll bet the onus is on the accused, so a simple glance is probably enough to get one convicted.

Great Britain died in 1915...what we see now is its corpse finally beginning to rot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 05:15 PM (d9fT1)

So...sun glasses even in the dead of winter, on the tube, in a tunnel.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:41 PM (W/lyH)

250 It added: 'Under the most ambitious climate change mitigation scenario, food production is expected to decline by up to 25 per cent.
https://tinyurl.com/mtvrwjp8
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2024 05:22 PM (Pijte

Somehow I think people impacted by declining food production will not be as concerned about climate changes.

Posted by: Emmie at August 18, 2024 05:41 PM (Sf2cq)

251 236

'One of the best books for kids of all time.'

Good kids book. I think our teacher read a chapter a day from it when I was in grade school.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2024 05:36 PM (3wi/L)

"In tomorrow's chapter we'll read where Charlie redeems his ticket..will it be the Sig Saur or the Colt?"

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 18, 2024 05:42 PM (YK7VF)

252
Aldi's sells pickles at a great price. Well that single container of Aldi's pickles fills two Claussen pickle jars. But if you take your own home grown cucumbers and put them in a Claussen pickle jar filled with the juice from Aldi's pickles, four days later you have the most awesome pickles ever.

"The best pickle I've had in my life" is how my wife described it tonight. I like a crunchy pickles. They were crunchy. To die for.

Don't tell anyone.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 05:42 PM (RKVpM)

253 what I meant was you pour whole shrimp in one end of your Ronco Peel-O-Matic and peeled and de-veined shrimp shoot out the other!
Posted by: naturalfake

This is the only kitchen appliance that I've seen shrimp shoot out of:

https://youtu.be/AxJUzNiDhrA

.....yes, it's that Japanese commercial, if you've seen it before.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2024 05:42 PM (DgGvY)

254 Somehow I think people impacted by declining food production will not be as concerned about climate changes.

The corn-ethanol Midwest hardest hit.

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:43 PM (dXrsl)

255 248 Not if you're raisin' 'em right.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2024 05:34

*Fist Bump*
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:40 PM

My #2 Daughter eats hot dogs with sweet KC-style BBQ sauce.

She cajoled me into trying one ... have to say, "Not bad!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:44 PM (HlyYF)

256 Re: freezer. I am concerned about the draw on already overloaded circuits. I don't think I can plug one more thing in without a whole house electrical requiring.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 05:44 PM (OX9vb)

257 [Yeah...I was going to put a "Korn" song behind that photo, but I realize that I hate them and they have no songs that are even remotely pleasant!]

wow, someone is really, really...old

Posted by: zigggggy at August 18, 2024 05:45 PM (K5Rdg)

258 251 236

'"In tomorrow's chapter we'll read where Charlie redeems his ticket..will it be the Sig Saur or the Colt?"'

Hey. You haven't seen funny until you make a bunch of Oompa-Loompas dance with your 1911.

Posted by: Charlie at August 18, 2024 05:45 PM (3wi/L)

259 I was wondering how they got lead in applesauce?
Article implies it's deliberate stretching the cinnamon.

aka chemical warfare for profit.
Posted by: DaveA

Lead compounds taste sweet. That's why kids ate lead paint chips.

Leftover industrial lead dust must be a lot cheaper than cinnamon tree bark.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2024 05:45 PM (DgGvY)

260 "It is wrong to put corn in gas tanks, IMO.
Posted by: Eromero "

It's terribly wasteful when there are so much better alternatives.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 05:45 PM (vFG9F)

261 Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2024 05:36 PM (3wi/L)

Thats good. I thought I had read publishers stupidly wanted to excise some of it because it was politically incorrect (Shaming Fat Augustus Gloop and all) but people fortunately objected .It is kind of a parable about some of the seven deadly sins.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 05:46 PM (dTTBf)

262 239 We have options. Setting up hot dog bar. Chili, cheddar cheese, onion, jalapenos, bacon. Big jar of yellow mustard. Anything else?

Posted by: olddog in mo

You forgot the pickle relish and ketchup.

*ducks and runs for cover*

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2024 05:36 PM (oaGWv)

shoot, the ONLY thing you should put on a hotdog is ketchup
.....
now, no one will remember what you said!

Posted by: zigggggy at August 18, 2024 05:47 PM (K5Rdg)

263 261

'Thats good. I thought I had read publishers stupidly wanted to excise some of it because it was politically incorrect '

Um. Jimmy Carter was in the White House when I was in that class. I can't speak for what is read these days.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2024 05:48 PM (3wi/L)

264 It's terribly wasteful when there are so much better alternatives.

Like gasoline ... from oil. Which could power the tractors and trucks to move the corn to places that could process it to then take it to people to eat.

Can I bother you for a second to talk about burning coal to generate power ?

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:49 PM (dXrsl)

265 No mayo?

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 05:49 PM (vFG9F)

266 Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2024 05:48 PM (3wi/L)

You were in grade school when Carter was President? Get off my lawn.

I shudder to think what kids are reading in school now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 05:50 PM (dTTBf)

267 "Can I bother you for a second to talk about burning coal to generate power ?
Posted by: The Way It Works"

Maybe later on a more open thread. I've got a doozy of a quote from our state "Energy Commissioner".

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 05:51 PM (vFG9F)

268 I don’t get the ketchup on hotdogs hate.

You be you. I prefer an Italian sausage with stone ground mustard on a toasted bun.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2024 05:53 PM (pSqRe)

269
I have a battery backup system that allegedly Elon Musk's engineers were involved in the creation of. The read outs, of when you plug an appliance into, pretty much shatter perceptions of what requires a lot of power and what does not.

A chest freezer may require a lot of juice for a minute or two, then almost none. It depends without an accurate gauge.

So much of what we know to be true, is not true.

But this is life, circa year 2024.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 05:54 PM (RKVpM)

270 Just finished my second KY Bourbon Trail gig. Yes, Buffalo is ok (for $25), but it is also way over-hyped. Here in my government-regulated Virginia, it has cult status. Some restaurants treat it like its some grand product. Please.

You can find truly outstanding bourbons for $50. To me, the small/tiny family distilleries are the best. Some don't even retail, they sell only at their warehouse/distillery. Some produce... a barrel a day. THOSE are the gems.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 18, 2024 05:54 PM (3Z5gt)

271 No mayo?
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 05:49
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On a hot dog? No.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 05:54 PM (hoCmQ)

272 You be you. I prefer an Italian sausage with stone ground mustard on a toasted bun.

Just a brat on a bun ... with mustard. An excellent eat.

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:55 PM (dXrsl)

273 It added: 'Under the most ambitious climate change mitigation scenario, food production is expected to decline by up to 25 per cent.
https://tinyurl.com/mtvrwjp8
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2024 05:22

Any headlines including the word "Experts" is a clear indication that what you're about to read is BS.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:55 PM (W/lyH)

274 I can see you getting a seat in a crowded bar by saying "I'm from Newark."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2024 05:06 PM (u82oZ)
===
When I lived in Newark I loved the odd faces I got when anyone asked.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2024 05:55 PM (JvZF+)

275 We burn corn in leased SUVs to drive children to soccer games where they do not keep score to starve brown children in third world countries.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2024 05:55 PM (gbOdA)

276 I celebrate the hotdog in all it's delightful variations. Catsup, mustard, relish, chili, onions. All are welcome!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 05:56 PM (RG6z4)

277 I prefer an Italian sausage with stone ground mustard on a toasted bun.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2024 05:53 PM

That is frequently my lunch once my wife goes back to teaching and I am stuck eating "guy food".

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 05:56 PM (HlyYF)

278 And cheese!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 05:56 PM (RG6z4)

279 I celebrate the hotdog in all it's delightful variations. Catsup, mustard, relish, chili, onions. All are welcome!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 05:56 PM (RG6z4)

Only one comment on this. Dill relish only. Sweet relish needs to be banned to the dumpster out back where all the okra goes.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:58 PM (W/lyH)

280 Tonight, Fun Size Joe and I are bachelors. WW is away at a conference dealio. Microwave burritos for me, and a can of chicken doggo food for FSJ.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 05:59 PM (RG6z4)

281 I can see you getting a seat in a crowded bar by saying "I'm from Newark."

Why ? Do you give up your seat if some fat dude says "I live in a trailer park - thats as big as a county" ?

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 05:59 PM (dXrsl)

282 Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:58 PM (W/lyH)
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agreed!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:00 PM (RG6z4)

283 Q4IgG)

dad used to buy Georgia Moon, He claimed it was guaranteed on the label to have been aged for less than a month in a paraffin lined barrel. It was sold in a 750ml mason jar.
I never understood Dad's taste in liquor. I was never much of a drinker so I can't judge I guess.
Posted by: Kindltot - sorry about the rude snark at August 18, 2024 04:32 PM (D7oie)
I have some under the sink for medical emergencies.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2024 06:00 PM (DXbAa)

284 Only one comment on this. Dill relish only. Sweet relish needs to be banned to the dumpster out back where all the okra goes.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:58 PM

I know I am only an Idiot, and NOT a foodie.

But how do you make three minute tuna salad without sweet relish?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:01 PM (HlyYF)

285 Mayo on hot dogs is all the rage in France. They all do it on the continent.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2024 06:02 PM (vFG9F)

286 But how do you make three minute tuna salad without sweet relish?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:01 PM (HlyYF)

With dill relish!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 06:03 PM (OX9vb)

287 280 Tonight, Fun Size Joe and I are bachelors. WW is away at a conference dealio. Microwave burritos for me, and a can of chicken doggo food for FSJ.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 05:59 PM

Hmmmm ... I think that means everyone better be on their best behavior in the Gub Thread!

The mice can only play when the cat is away.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:03 PM (HlyYF)

288 But how do you make three minute tuna salad without sweet relish?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:01 PM (HlyYF)

Simple. By making 5 minute tuna salad. Use the extra two minutes to throw out the sweet relish and to open a jar of the dill relish.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 06:04 PM (W/lyH)

289 >>> 256 Re: freezer. I am concerned about the draw on already overloaded circuits. I don't think I can plug one more thing in without a whole house electrical requiring.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 05:44 PM (OX9vb)

Sounds to me like a valid reason to ... sell the house.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2024 06:04 PM (FnneF)

290 So, how do they handle food at the DNC? Local restaurants are open, I assume or at the hotels? I would not want to be one of the restaurants if Antifa is going to be coming in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 06:05 PM (dTTBf)

291 Mayo on hot dogs is all the rage in France. They all do it on the continent.

Makes the opening ceremony make more sense.

Posted by: The Way It Works at August 18, 2024 06:05 PM (dXrsl)

292 Microwave burritos for me, and a can of chicken doggo food for FSJ.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 05:59 PM (RG6z4)

Have you ever mixed up the dishes?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:05 PM (d9fT1)

293 Had bangers and mash tonight.

Used to get my bangers from Balson & Son which is a British establishment that had a branch open up in Alabama when the son moved to the states. They were excellent, if a bit pricey due to the dry ice/shipping costs. Alas, the US shop went out of business due to COVID.

Everyone on the east coast buys from Tommy Moloney's in Long Island, but his bangers taste like mush and have no flavor.

So....tried Wegman's Irish Bangers tonight. Wasn't expecting much, but I gotta say, they were pretty damn good! Now I'm a happy camper again.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:06 PM (3ImbR)

294 286 But how do you make three minute tuna salad without sweet relish?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:01 PM

With dill relish!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 06:03 PM

I usually make it when trying to force the kids to eat something other than PB&J.

I guess I have never had the "adult" version.

(Of course, I am still just an over-sized kid myself.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:06 PM (HlyYF)

295
From my own acreage I can predict that crop yields are not going to decline, but increase. I've never seen this level of output. Not just the good stuff, but the weeds everywhere.

People who own greenhouses know the optimal level of CO2. We're not close to approaching that yet, but every year we get closer we're preventing tens of millions of people from starving.

That must disappoint the leftists.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 06:07 PM (RKVpM)

296 I have never had relish of any kind in a tuna salad sandwich. Just mayonnaise and celery and onion. I guess I should try it with some dill relish.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2024 06:07 PM (dTTBf)

297 So...sun glasses even in the dead of winter, on the tube, in a tunnel.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 05:41 PM (W/lyH)

The UK is the land of fat-ankled (which correlates to sub-par backsides) women, so the gazing is limited to their racks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:08 PM (d9fT1)

298 They peeled me fookin' skin !!!

Posted by: The Spuds in the Wegmans Bangers at August 18, 2024 06:08 PM (dXrsl)

299 In tuna salad, we use juice from bread and butter pickles, plus mayo, celery, pepper, and hard boiled egg.

Posted by: Jayhawkone at August 18, 2024 06:09 PM (PJPLl)

300 Tonight, Fun Size Joe and I are bachelors. WW is away at a conference dealio. Microwave burritos for me, and a can of chicken doggo food for FSJ.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 05:59

*taps fingers together in thought*

How to get Mrs D out of town for a few days??

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2024 06:10 PM (W/lyH)

301
Microwave burritos for me, and a can of chicken doggo food for FSJ.
Posted by: Weasel

Is there any good brand of microwave burritos?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 06:11 PM (63Dwl)

302 I love tuna fish on toast ... but it has to have pickles. Not the relish ... chips. Dills or Bread and Butter.

Posted by: The Way It Is at August 18, 2024 06:11 PM (dXrsl)

303 Have you ever mixed up the dishes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:05 PM (d9fT1)
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FSJ is there to keep me on track. Great little wingman!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:12 PM (RG6z4)

304 Since grocery product shortages were mentioned in the FWP thread... anyone seen the Lipton powdered iced tea mix in your AO? There's plenty of the flavored or sweet crap, but no plain old *unsweetened* available, even on fkn Amazon. I'm wondering if the asshoes discontinued it and I need to do a grocery store fishing expedition to get whatever's left near me.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2024 06:12 PM (FnneF)

305 Is there any good brand of microwave burritos?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 06:11 PM (63Dwl)

When I was poor and single I used to eat "El Monterey" microwave Burritos. I thought they were pretty tasty!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:13 PM (d9fT1)

306 That must disappoint the leftists.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 06:07 PM (RKVpM)
~~~~~

Saw something on X today from a farmer complaining that his soil had 5X the normal amount of aluminum. Said all his GMO crops did fine, but his heirloom stuff all died.

Have you heard anything about this?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:13 PM (3ImbR)

307 I have a nephew who got his masters in distillation science, so the little f*cker is going to build me a still one of these days.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 04:28 PM

Get Ace to design and build a vertical framework for it, so that you have a standing still.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 06:14 PM (FGPcV)

308 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 06:11 PM (63Dwl)
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El Monterey Beef & Bean 8 pack in your grocer's freezer section.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:14 PM (RG6z4)

309
When I was poor and single I used to eat "El Monterey" microwave Burritos. I thought they were pretty tasty!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:13 PM (d9fT1)
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That has to be the Valu Rite equivalent speaking.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM (tT6L1)

310 I hate pickles.

There, I said it.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM (3ImbR)

311 In theme-appropriate this week. Had ravioli stuffed with sweet corn, burrata cheese, and basil, topped with creamy sauce I made with my fresh tomatoes and basil.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM (kpS4V)

312 El Monterey Beef & Bean 8 pack in your grocer's freezer section.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:14 PM (RG6z4)

It used to be a 12-pack!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM (d9fT1)

313 >>> 306 That must disappoint the leftists.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 06:07 PM (RKVpM)
~~~~~

Saw something on X today from a farmer complaining that his soil had 5X the normal amount of aluminum. Said all his GMO crops did fine, but his heirloom stuff all died.

Have you heard anything about this?
Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:13 PM (3ImbR)

Total guess - crappy batch of the most recent round of fertilizer used?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2024 06:16 PM (FnneF)

314 I hate pickles.

There, I said it.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM (3ImbR)
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Yeah, I order a burger, it's no pickles, either on or on the side.

Pickles are of the debil.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 06:16 PM (tT6L1)

315 302 I love tuna fish on toast ... but it has to have pickles. Not the relish ... chips. Dills or Bread and Butter.

Posted by: The Way It Is at August 18, 2024 06:11 PM

When my wife has been sick, I score some decent husband points by just making simple tuna salad and giving it to her on Ritz crackers.

Somehow she can eat that when nothing else sounds good.

Also, when the smoked salmon goes on sale at the store, we think that is excellent on Ritz crackers.

(As y'all can tell, I definitely drink my tea with my pinkie very HIGH in the air.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:17 PM (HlyYF)

316 It used to be a 12-pack!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM (d9fT1)
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Before Big Burrito sold out to placate investors!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:17 PM (RG6z4)

317 Night Hawk Fiesta Mexican enchilada meals, from the frozen section, do very well in the microwave, and the one I bought the other day was only a little over $4.

Posted by: skywch at August 18, 2024 06:17 PM (uqhmb)

318 Yeah, I order a burger, it's no pickles, either on or on the side.

Pickles are of the debil.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 06:16 PM

So, you're a Brussel Sprouts on burger kind of guy?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 06:18 PM (FGPcV)

319
It used to be a 12-pack!

They probably used to be bigger, too.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 06:18 PM (63Dwl)

320 Yeah, I order a burger, it's no pickles, either on or on the side.
Pickles are of the debil.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 06:16 PM (tT6L1)
~~~~~

*fistbump*
And I hate it when they forget and put the pickle on my cheeseburger. Even after I pick it off, it leaves an indentation full of its foul juice in my cheese.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:18 PM (3ImbR)

321 So, you're a Brussel Sprouts on burger kind of guy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 06:18 PM (FGPcV)
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There's a thought, Not a good one, but, it is a thought.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 06:18 PM (tT6L1)

322 312 El Monterey Beef & Bean 8 pack in your grocer's freezer section.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:14 PM (RG6z4)

It used to be a 12-pack!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM

When Biden shrinkflation has reached all of the way to microwave burritos, then the country is definitely headed in the wrong direction!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:19 PM (HlyYF)

323
Night Hawk Fiesta Mexican

I've never seen that brand.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 06:19 PM (63Dwl)

324 Buffalo Trace is my favorite 'affordable' bourbon. It's very drinkable, mild but with good flavor.

Eagle Rare and Blantons is better but good luck finding them on shelves.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 18, 2024 06:19 PM (xcxpd)

325 Sounds to me like a valid reason to ... sell the house.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2024 06:04 PM (FnneF)

*fistbump

It crosses my mind more and more frequently. It's a lovely house, but if I sell it *before* it falls down...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 06:20 PM (OX9vb)

326 Helena, Supposedly Target has the unsweetened version you mentioned. We don't go there, but saw it referred to online.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 18, 2024 06:20 PM (zudum)

327 and corn grows well in hot, humid conditions. Like Iowa, Algona Iowa in fact, where I grew up.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 18, 2024 06:20 PM (xcxpd)

328 Speaking of shrinkflation, is it me or have English Muffins become rather tiny?

My wife bought some a while back and I didn't recall them being about as big around as a hockey puck.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 06:21 PM (tT6L1)

329 Bertram, I think they are kind of new. Tried them before when they were BOGO at Publix and they were tasty and filling.

Posted by: skywch at August 18, 2024 06:21 PM (uqhmb)

330
Saw something on X today from a farmer complaining that his soil had 5X the normal amount of aluminum. Said all his GMO crops did fine, but his heirloom stuff all died.

Have you heard anything about this?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:13 PM

Nothing of the sort. My heirloom seeds all performed exceptionally well except lettuce. So, like nine out of ten.

Meanwhile, every tiny crack in driveway or walkway has a weed popping out of it. Weeds everywhere. Trees and branches falling down everywhere because they're too tall.

Something is happening but I don't know what it is, except exceptional growth.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 06:23 PM (RKVpM)

331 Kroger website says they have them at my local store. I'll have to check it out!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2024 06:23 PM (63Dwl)

332 Being of Mexican heritage, FSJ was more than a little interested in my burrito dinner fiesta.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:25 PM (RG6z4)

333 All things are good on a hotdog.

Because hotdogs are delicious.

Chili cheese onion and mustard. Fantastic!
Mustard onion pickle cheese and tomato. Tremendous!

If you don't like hotdogs, go eat your tofu.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 18, 2024 06:25 PM (2UBPP)

334
Time to watch some Northern Exposure. Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 06:26 PM (RKVpM)

335 310 I hate pickles.
There, I said it.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2024 06:15 PM (3ImbR)

I'm not a big fan. And I don't actually eat tuna salad, either.

Divide by Zero, I thought the exponential weed growth in my garden was the result of laziness and malaise. But even with that, they seem super-charged.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 06:26 PM (OX9vb)

336 My tuna choice is a can of albacore, garlic powder, mayo and half a can of black olives.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:29 PM (3OQQc)

337 Being of Mexican heritage, FSJ was more than a little interested in my burrito dinner fiesta.
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:25 PM

Did you drop some Chalupa?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 06:29 PM (FGPcV)

338 Give me tuna packed in water or give me death.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:30 PM (RG6z4)

339 All things are good on a hotdog.

Because hotdogs are delicious.

Chili cheese onion and mustard. Fantastic!
Mustard onion pickle cheese and tomato. Tremendous!

If you don't like hotdogs, go eat your tofu.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 18, 2024 06:25 PM

Begun the Ketchup Wars have.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 06:31 PM (FGPcV)

340 So, how do they handle food at the DNC? Local restaurants are open, I assume or at the hotels? I would not want to be one of the restaurants if Antifa is going to be coming in.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I'm hoping their buffet is hot and cold running cockroaches, with raw vegetables from overseas. You know, the WEF diet.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2024 06:31 PM (VNX3d)

341 My wife bought some a while back and I didn't recall them being about as big around as a hockey puck.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 18, 2024 06:21 PM (tT6L1)

They are easy to make, and the results are outstanding.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:31 PM (d9fT1)

342
Did you drop some Chalupa?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2024 06:29 PM (FGPcV)
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He got a little taste.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:32 PM (RG6z4)

343
Northern midwest sweet corn, first batch. Grilled with the greens on till brown. Shucked, dipped in salted butter and hung out on a hook.

Varieties yield different amounts of sweetness, but I've never seen a better method.

Buffalo Trace rocks.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2024 06:32 PM (j4U/Z)

344 Been a very long time since I did my soil studies, but I will take a stab at the aluminum.

Many soils contain moderately high amounts of aluminum. Usually it is not particularly chemically active. However, as the pH goes down (more acidic) it does become more active.

In some cases, aluminum can actually be beneficial to some plant species. (Complex process, may inhibit some detrimental bacteria?)

In other cases, some species of plants do NOT tolerate even moderate amounts of aluminum. I believe that is one of the things easy to tweak with GMO techniques so many crops have been designed to survive the poor, aluminum-rich soils around the tropical rainforests.

(Hopefully my fuzzy recollections are not too high in BS content.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:32 PM (HlyYF)

345 Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 18, 2024 06:26 PM (RKVpM)

Thanks for reading!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:32 PM (d9fT1)

346 Speaking of shrinkflation, is it me or have English Muffins become rather tiny?

My wife bought some a while back and I didn't recall them being about as big around as a hockey puck.
Posted by: blake
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Check the bag. She may have picked up the mini ones. Wife gets those occasionally.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2024 06:33 PM (hoCmQ)

347 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2024 06:31 PM (VNX3d)

And hopefully a hefty portion of fecal matter from the hands of the 3rd world cooks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:34 PM (d9fT1)

348 And...as much as I appreciate foods from around the world, I have the impression that third-world countries take food safety just a bit less seriously than we do in the West.

Its funny that we set our hair on fire over less than pure foods that are tolerated everywhere on the planet except the West, yet the Western diet is designed to kill us faster than any other diet due to the Glyphosate, massive doses of refined sugar, seed oils, refined grains, processed meats, saturated and trans fats and low whole grain intake.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2024 06:34 PM (hgW0U)

349 >>>Begun the Ketchup Wars have.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

>Ketchup is a wonderful condiment.

I like it on my fried potatoes and meatloaf. Mostly it has too much sugar for my taste, but it's good stuff.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 18, 2024 06:35 PM (2UBPP)

350 336 My tuna choice is a can of albacore, garlic powder, mayo and half a can of black olives.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:29 PM

I sometimes add minced dried onions.

Never tried garlic powder. Sounds like a tasty alternative. Plus I usually have a big jar of minced garlic in the fridge.

P.S. Howdy Ben Had!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:36 PM (HlyYF)

351 I cook my corn on the cob the same way as you but leave out the microwave part. Yes, it is delicious.
I don't worry about lead in applesauce since I usually buy a bushel of number one Jonathans and manage to get around 40 or so pints of great sauce.

Posted by: Sergeant Major at August 18, 2024 06:36 PM (hM+Ep)

352 Divide by Zero, I thought the exponential weed growth in my garden was the result of laziness and malaise. But even with that, they seem super-charged.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 06:26 PM (OX9vb)
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Triffids?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2024 06:36 PM (BpYfr)

353 Dutchess County Fair with sweet corn on the cob soaking in pure butter.

Great memories.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2024 06:36 PM (B1dzx)

354 I was wondering how they got lead in applesauce?
Article implies it's deliberate stretching the cinnamon.

aka chemical warfare for profit.
Posted by: DaveA at August 18, 2024 05:38 PM (FhXTo)

In the 1990's there was supposed to have been a problem with red lead adulteration in paprika from Hungary, it supposedly was used to better the color and make it heavier for sale.
I would guess there was the same sort of issue in cinnamon

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2024 06:36 PM (D7oie)

355 Earlier FSJ seemed anxious about something and at first I thought it was because WW is away. Then I realized before she left she made the bed and the corners were too tight and FSJ wasn't able to worm his way under the covers. Crisis averted.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:36 PM (RG6z4)

356 Pillage Idiot, hi ! Hope to see you in October.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:37 PM (3OQQc)

357 I cook my corn on the cob the same way as you but leave out the microwave part. Yes, it is delicious.

I don't worry about lead in applesauce since I usually buy a bushel of number one Jonathans and manage to get around 40 or so pints of great sauce.

Posted by: Sergeant Major at August 18, 2024 06:36 PM (hM+Ep)

Yeah...I probably don't need to microwave it, but it's a habit.

As for lead in applesauce? Your plan is perfect, and should be extrapolated to everything.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:38 PM (d9fT1)

358 Pillage Idiot, hi ! Hope to see you in October.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:37 PM (3OQQc)
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Yeah amigo. You need to meet WBG!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:39 PM (RG6z4)

359 My tuna of choice is currently being stored in a large container of salt water. I'm planning on retrieving it in a couple weeks.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2024 06:40 PM (LkLld)

360 356 Pillage Idiot, hi ! Hope to see you in October.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:37 PM

Planning on coming.

But still taking care of three people with health issues. However, they are all doing well, so fingers crossed!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:40 PM (HlyYF)

361 Looking forward to seeing both of you at the MoMe, plus the rest of the crew.

Have fun in the Gub Thread, Weasel.

I will have to read later, since I am just heading out to a big family dinner gathering!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 06:42 PM (HlyYF)

362 It's time to pour myself a small glass of bourbon before I make my Old Fashioned.

I'll be back, but in the meantime: Thanks for commenting and reading!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2024 06:43 PM (d9fT1)

363 JackStraw, fresh tuna steaks in your future, huh. Congratulations on the catch.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:43 PM (3OQQc)

364 Have a good nite bro

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2024 06:45 PM (RG6z4)

365 >>JackStraw, fresh tuna steaks in your future, huh. Congratulations on the catch.

That's the plan, Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2024 06:47 PM (LkLld)

366 I finished some crock pot apple butter, the recipe can hardly be called a recipe

apple chunks, apple juice and cook on low for two days until reduced by half.

There are recipes calling for some vinegar, also, and cinnamon, but I just use ripe summer apples that have some acid in the flavor.

canned 5 jelly jars just now.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2024 06:47 PM (D7oie)

367 T Bone resting. Corn grits instead of potatoes, green beans and corn on the cob. Life is good.

As an as side I just watched a TV show about the Tower of Pizza. The bells at the top were made by a company that has had the same owners for over a thousand years now. They interviewed the current owner, 26th generation. Western civilization, what is it goof for.

Posted by: javems at August 18, 2024 06:47 PM (8I4hW)

368 javems, sounds delicious.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:49 PM (3OQQc)

369 by the way, completely off topic, but does Tim Walz sound like Cave Johnson to you?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2024 06:51 PM (D7oie)

370 CBD, Cheers and thank for a great food thread

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2024 06:52 PM (3OQQc)

371 >>>@304 ... anyone seen the Lipton powdered iced tea mix in your AO? There's plenty of the flavored or sweet crap, but no plain old *unsweetened* available ... Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2024 06:12 PM
============
Greetings, HH ... Target has an ad for this:
Lipton Unsweetened Iced Tea Mix
3oz, makes 30 quarts
$5.69
https://tinyurl.com/ms7jf4ne

Posted by: Kathy at August 18, 2024 06:53 PM (p69D5)

372 Quick, quick, before gubs: I think I need an immersion blender, to make tomato bisque and such.

Does it matter what brand I get? Any suggestions for a good one?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2024 06:55 PM (OX9vb)

373 I'm really disappointed by that sidebar bit about Kamala's "Fweedom" story. It TELLS you it was lifted from an interview in Playboy, but it doesn't even show a picture of the cover of the edition. That's really sloppy journalism, Sun. Really sloppy.

Posted by: GWB at August 18, 2024 06:58 PM (CrXxA)

374 >>Does it matter what brand I get? Any suggestions for a good one?

I have a KitchenAid that has been very solid.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2024 06:59 PM (LkLld)

375 IMMERSION BLENDER ... Your might want to first decide whether to get a corded or cordless/rechargeable model.

Posted by: Kathy at August 18, 2024 07:01 PM (p69D5)

376 I think the more recent applecause issues are primarily Ecuador. Chromium VI contamination so I think maybe it's somehow in the water used for processing (i.e., ,Erin Brockovich (2000)) though the gov. might be leaning to spices, etc.

At any rate, it's toxic and widely used in many industries.

Chelation may be used for lead toxicity but can't be for hexavalent chromium.

Posted by: L - If (cellphone( at August 18, 2024 07:17 PM (NFX2v)

377 Wife tells me that she doesn't blanch and peel tomatoes before freezing. She just throws them into freezer bags and into the freezer.
When you defrost them, just as they are starting to defrost, cut a very shallow x at the base and squeeze. Viola! Skinless, but still frozen, tomatoes ready for cooking.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2024 07:49 PM (9pAy6)

378 In the '70s , sport fishing for abalone was a *sport*.
(If it can't kill you, it ain't a sport.)
Abalone don't like it above-15 ft, and scuba gear was prohibitted.. Free diving to 15-20 feet and prying the little buggers off the rocks with a pair of bike tire irons wasn't easy. . IIRC, the limit was 3 or 4, but nobody complained much. If you got that many, you were exhausted.

BTW, they are delicious.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2024 08:06 PM (9pAy6)

379 I've been trying to make NM-style chiles rellenos with partial success, which means my rellenos are no good.

One thing I learned is, if you want to whip egg whites until they form stiff peaks, the egg can't be cold or it doesn't work. Leave that stuff out on the counter for a while before you whip it.

"...before the cream sits out too long..."

Obviously Mark Mothersbaugh never had a decent relleno.

Posted by: Tom Perry at August 18, 2024 08:21 PM (MX0bI)

380 ...
Blind tastings are the best! It's amazing what you discover you like based on your own palette instead of what some "expert" says you should like.
Posted by: Doof
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They're also hilarious when you sneak in something like Thunderbird at a wine tasting..

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2024 08:23 PM (9pAy6)

381 On the list of banned foods is queen conch. I've had conch soup on a couple of the Caribbean Islands, it is fantastic. I had no idea it was banned in the US.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2024 08:28 PM (fs1hN)

382 Best corn song: Interstate 80 Iowa, by Heywood Banks

Posted by: ERF at August 18, 2024 08:39 PM (qqD/x)

383 Blake Shelton. Very nice ode to Corn.

https://youtu.be/G1ZlP8crGeI

Posted by: Justin Pinochet Castreau at August 18, 2024 08:49 PM (IlxbA)

384 Hmmm. Corn? Wouldn't butter and salt taste as good licked off of your hand? The corn, unless turned into flour, is undigestible animal fodder after all. LOL

Posted by: Thomas at August 18, 2024 10:15 PM (rovGg)

385 Thanks for another good Food Thread, CBD!

Also, thanks for your current events threads.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 18, 2024 10:38 PM (HlyYF)

386
I can't stand the smell of canned tuna, it smells like cat food to me. But Aldi's sells tuna in their frozen case and when sous vide'd it has none of the objectionable odor.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 19, 2024 03:26 AM (RKVpM)

387 If you'd like to save some of that corn for winter meals try smoking it.

We smoke the peeled ears of corn for about an hour over hickory chips. Let them turn a light brown color, not too dark. Let them cool and then cut off the cob. We freeze the smoked corn and then use it as an ingredient in soup during the winter. Really a good ingredient and adds a nice smoke taste stews or vegetable soups.

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