SUNDAY FOOD & COOKING THREAD

SUNDAY FOOD & COOKING THREAD - May 18, 2025

Mr. CBD is unable to present you the regular, chef-prepared, Sunday Food Thread that you have come to expect. So with apologies from management, I have been called to kitchen duty today. Your regular scheduled food thread should be back next week. For now, here are a few items to chew on:

What’s Cooking Today? Spoonbread!

Mrs. Throckmorton and I both love cornbread. She is also a dairy super-achiever. When she states about a dish that one of us has prepared, “I think I know what this needs…” that means she is about to add sour cream or cheese. Or both.

For me it’s butter that I love. Rolls, cornbread, etc. serve as a medium to deliver butter. When I was a child and given an ear of corn to eat, I’d re-butter the cob after the corn was gone, and then just suck the butter right back out of the cob.

Anyhow, my wife decided to make a southern dish this week that brings cornbread and dairy together – “spoonbread.” It’s a very moist cornbread that really can’t be sliced so much as it is scooped. There are all sorts of recipes online to make it, but the one she made included a LOT of butter, plus sour cream and also cheese. It was fantastic.

Any spoonbread aficionados out there?

By the way (and please don’t tell Mr. CBD), I am going to have some spoonbread for breakfast this weekend, and I’m putting maple syrup on it!

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Lesbian Potluck

I have a gay family member who tells a funny story about the time she and her mate moved to a new town for a job. In an attempt to make some new friends in this town, they attended a potluck event sponsored by a lesbian organization of some sort at the local university.

The two of them prepared and cooked a casserole, which they took with them to the event. When they placed the casserole on the buffet table, it was the only cooked food at the event. Most of the attendees simply brought off-the-shelf bags of chips or cookies. A few attendees went the extra ~~mile~~ 10 yards by bringing a tub of potato salad or something cold from the grocery store deli case.

Our family has since adopted the term “lesbian potluck” for any event to which you might bring food of some sort, but for which there is no expectation of putting any effort into cooking or food prep.

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Center Cut Brownies

Brownies are a staple dessert in my house, not only because they are easy to make, but also because I like cake-type desserts to be very moist, and I am able to make super-moist brownies by adding extra vegetable oil and then undercooking them.

I was shocked to learn recently that some people prefer brownies whose cut includes the outside edge, which tend to be harder and drier than the pure gooey goodness of center cut brownies.

As for me, what I do now is cut off the entire exterior perimeter of the brownies after I’ve pulled them out of the oven – about ½ inch from the perimeter of the pan. Then I cut the brownies into squares, which are all pure, center-cut with no crisp edges. As for those crisp edges, they can be repurposed as an addition to vanilla ice cream.

Are you a center-cut brownie person, or one of those puzzling people who likes crispy brownies from the perimeter?

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Ricotta Cheese – the Flavor Dehancer

Am I the only person for whom ricotta cheese serves as a flavor eliminator?

I’ve noticed over the years that the more ricotta cheese there is on a lasagna, the less flavor it seems to have. I never fully assigned blame to the ricotta cheese until I had a pizza recently that had its flavor wiped out by the addition of ricotta.

My wife and I have a favorite pizza joint in town, which has a really spicy sauce and some zesty toppings. One time we decided to try their signature pizza which also includes smears of ricotta cheese all over it. The spicy and zesty flavors just evaporated for me. All I tasted was pasty blandness.

I’m assuming this is just a defect of my tastebuds.

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Buck’s Discount, Healthy-ish Tropical Dessert

Eliminating weekday desserts is more of a goal for me than an actual lifestyle that I rigorously adhere to, but I am getting a little better about having more healthy desserts during the week, and then saving the cakes and sugar bombs until the weekend.

This is one of my favorites – an 80-calorie cup of coconut non-fat Greek yogurt, with some banana slices added, along with a spoonful of pineapple tidbits. It may not be quite as good as a Dairy Queen tropical blizzard, but it’s still pretty darn tasty, and about as healthy as a dessert is going to get.

What is your go-to for a “healthy” dessert option?

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Tupperware Impaired

Mrs. Throckmorton is an amazing woman. I can barely begin to describe just what a sweet, loving, generous, compassionate, and all-around amazing person she is.

But she has one glaring flaw – she is “Tupperware impaired.” Technically our food storage containers are Rubbermaid, not Tupperware, but the brand name is not the issue. The issue is that if she has some leftovers, she will grab a food storage container that is many times too big.

The funny thing is that she is the one in our marriage with the scientific mind. She is very smart. Yet, if she has half of a 15 oz can of garbanzo beans to refrigerate, she somehow eyeballs the half-gallon container as the appropriate size for 7 ounces of leftover garbanzos.

In her defense, she has to deal with my “salad making impairment.” I can’t explain how or why, but after I’m done making salad, there is always lettuce and blue cheese on the counter and floor, which I somehow never even see until she comes behind me to clean it up.

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The Dishwasher Re-Arranger

Almost every household has a dishwasher re-arranger – the person who periodically repositions the dishes and cutlery. I confess to being that person in my household.

Who is the dishwasher re-arranger in your household?

If you are that person, what are your protocols? No spooning spoons? Forks pointed up or down? Any special rules regarding bowls?

Also, what is it called when two forks are spooning?

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Throckmorton’s First Law of Live Music: “If there’s an upright bass in the band, it’s probably going to be good.”

If you’re dragging at day’s end and you still need to get into the kitchen to make some supper, a little psychobilly music from the Reverend Horton Heat can get you moving again. Here’s the good Reverend performing “Let Me Teach You How to Eat.”

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If there is any lesson to be learned from today’s Food Thread, I think we can all agree that lesson is: “Do NOT take Mr. CBD for granted.” He’ll be back in the kitchen next week. Management might even decide to comp you a free appetizer in consideration for what you were served today.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 04:00 PM

Comments

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1 What is your go-to for a “healthy” dessert option?

Sorbet. Whether I make or buy it (and I normally buy it, although the kids did make me a nice cherry one on Mother's Day last year)...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:03 PM (tOcjL)

2 Who is the dishwasher re-arranger in your household?

*raises hand*

Guilty as charged.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2025 04:04 PM (Wnv9h)

3 Tonight's Menu:
Slow Roasted Beef
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Grilled Sweet Corn on the Cob
Green Salad with Sliced Tomatoes
Fresh Farmhouse Bread and Butter
Chocolate Mousse (Moose?) Pie

I don't know if we are shooting before or after dinner. I recommend before.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 18, 2025 04:06 PM (a4NoL)

4 Our family has since adopted the term “lesbian potluck” . . . .

I would have thought 'lesbian potluck' would be whatever you took home from Stonewall at closing time. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 04:07 PM (cYBz/)

5 Lesbian Potluck

Carpet rolls?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:07 PM (gW9Ij)

6 Chewy brownies minus the hard edges, hubby nec is the dishwasher re-arranger and I make corn pudding which is similar to spoon bread.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 18, 2025 04:08 PM (2NHgQ)

7 2 Who is the dishwasher re-arranger in your household?

*raises hand*

Guilty as charged.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2025 04:04 PM (Wnv9h)

Totally me, b/c I want the dishes to get clean the 1st time. Explaining that dishes have to face towards the spray to get clean vs away from the spray just never gets through...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:10 PM (tOcjL)

8 Lesbian Potluck

Carpet rolls?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:07 PM

So, so many jokes. Where even to begin?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2025 04:10 PM (Wnv9h)

9 I figured "Lesbian Potluck" was like a combination cakewalk and key party. I'm disappointed to hear that the aforementioned Les Beans had as much party mojo as that uncle who shows up late with a bag of chips and a six pack of Coors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:11 PM (kpS4V)

10 The crispy edges of the brownies are the best part, why oh why would you cut that off. I've got a pan that maximizes the crispy edges. Don't get me wrong, I like all parts of the brownie but the crust has always been my favorite!

Posted by: storkdoc at May 18, 2025 04:12 PM (pd6nr)

11 3 Tonight's Menu:
Slow Roasted Beef
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Grilled Sweet Corn on the Cob
Green Salad with Sliced Tomatoes
Fresh Farmhouse Bread and Butter
Chocolate Mousse (Moose?) Pie

I don't know if we are shooting before or after dinner. I recommend before.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 18, 2025 04:06 PM (a4NoL)

Nice - today is clean out the fridge and run to Target to make sure there's enough food before vacay dinner...

So, $1 spinach bag an $3.50 blueberries and a lemon pepper chicken discount pack were bought today. They are becoming...

Sauteed gnocchi topped with a spinach/mushroom/arugula/bell pepper/garlic/green onion/bacon veg saute, open pesto, and some chicken chunks.
With strawberries and blueberries and maple cayenne bacon-wrapped dates.

No fruit and veg will be left in the house, save a couple lemons and limes after I'm done, so mission accomplished (as mentioned, I actually had done too well and had to buy some today).

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:12 PM (tOcjL)

12
crispy edges = burnt

Do.Not.Want.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:13 PM (8WcZ9)

13 I've said it before - I'm convinced that my wife believes magical elves live inside the dishwasher. The job of those elves is to lift up all the nested bowls and wash them individually, as well as to separate the 50 forks that were all wedged into one of the eight dividers for silverware. This is the only logical explanation I can provide for her dishwasher loading "method."

Posted by: PabloD at May 18, 2025 04:13 PM (TDkp3)

14 Butter. HEB carries a very good black and white truffle butter. Pan fried a burger and melted the truffle butter over it. Nuked a potato, diced it then crisped it in the pan with the burger and of course, more butter.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 04:13 PM (NVNRw)

15 I have somewhat of a system for loading the dishwasher, but I still have to rearrange to make everything fit before I end up running it. My friend told a story that when her family got a DW her dad loaded it, mom rearranged some things and dad never put anything in the DW afterwards.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 18, 2025 04:13 PM (CKOCg)

16
As a kid, I couldn't even eat the "crust" on Wonder Bread!

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:13 PM (8WcZ9)

17 I used to love cornbread. Now? Pass.

Can't explain why.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2025 04:14 PM (vm8sq)

18 I made that Three Martini Chicken from last weeks Food Thread. Not having mascarpone, I used ricotta, put in extra lemon juice, and added capers on top of the olives. I'm cookin up Trader Joe's Lemon Torchietti pasta to serve it on.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:14 PM (kpS4V)

19 As for brownies, ALWAYS the center fudgy brownie...fudgy and just barely cooked, not even really chewy...it's an almost melt-in-the-mouth affair...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:14 PM (tOcjL)

20 Lesbian Potluck?

Scissor me timbers...

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2025 04:14 PM (vm8sq)

21 The great debate: carbon steel wok vs skillet for stir fry?

I already know the answer (wok) but I watched it because I find one of the testers (Hannah) most hawt. It's a bit unfair, because they use too small a skillet, and it's nonstick teflon, which is getting hard to find. I usually use a SS skillet of a much larger size.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DT2Rtt65P0

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:15 PM (s8j++)

22 1 What is your go-to for a “healthy” dessert option?

YOLO

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2025 04:15 PM (vm8sq)

23 I used to love cornbread. Now? Pass.

Can't explain why.

Depends on the cornbread. Costco carried a brand called Penguin that relied for texture and taste on a big ol' helping of oil. It was delicious, but I'm sure it had a lot of calories. I think they may have stopped carrying it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:16 PM (s8j++)

24 I like perimeter brownies best. The harder edge gives you a handle to make it easier to hold when you walk away with it, and the change in texture - from gooey to chewy - means you get the best of both worlds.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at May 18, 2025 04:16 PM (qFnnL)

25 What is your go-to for a “healthy” dessert option?

YOLO

I prefer things that come in small bites. Examples include salted peanuts, dried figs and apricots, and grapes. You can buy all of these for cheap at Costco.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:18 PM (s8j++)

26 I want to put in a good word for my new Figmint pan. Eggs and pancakes do not stick to this baby at all.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:18 PM (kpS4V)

27 I'm cookin up Trader Joe's Lemon Torchietti pasta to serve it on.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:14 PM (kpS4V)

That's where my gnocchi are from...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:19 PM (tOcjL)

28
There are two types of people:

Those who like the center slices, and those who like the "corner cut" pieces of Sicilian (square) pizza.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:19 PM (uyEnF)

29 I'm an equal opportunity brownie eater, I like both the soft center and the crisp edges.

Posted by: Farquad at May 18, 2025 04:21 PM (U/wQA)

30 The lesbian potluck amuses me...I mean, I'd have expected that at a football tailgate run by frat bros (who would also probably at least have meat and beer with their prepackaged chips...although I guess they wouldn't have the deli-made salads)...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:21 PM (tOcjL)

31 I’ve been putting a bit of creamed corn and green chilies into my cornbread lately and I like the result.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 18, 2025 04:23 PM (cduTK)

32 The fetching Mrs Beartooth made a lemonade cake for a childhood friend's family reunion yesterday. The recipe is from her grandmother, so it is probably 100+ years old.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 18, 2025 04:23 PM (dLmtu)

33
There are brownie pans that make all corner pieces.

Vote: cakey or gooey brownies?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:23 PM (QnmlO)

34 I have a system to reduce the tendency of spoons to shift and end up nesting. It's probably a bit like flower arranging to keep the blooms evenly distributed.

Spooning spoons just don't get clean in the dishwasher. I envy people who have flatware containers in their dishwashers that keep the items from nesting.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 18, 2025 04:24 PM (rF2iL)

35 >>>But she has one glaring flaw – she is “Tupperware impaired.” ... In her defense, she has to deal with my “salad making impairment.”

It's a marriage made in heaven!

Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 04:24 PM (CQE5S)

36 Jalapenos and sharp cheddar in my cornbread.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 04:25 PM (NVNRw)

37
There are brownie pans that make all corner pieces.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yeah, ANY square pan. Cut brownies into four parts = 4 corners.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:26 PM (uyEnF)

38 For me, brownies need to have that somewhat shiny crackly surface. Frosting them just ruins that.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 18, 2025 04:26 PM (rF2iL)

39 I have a system to reduce the tendency of spoons to shift and end up nesting. It's probably a bit like flower arranging to keep the blooms evenly distributed.

Spooning spoons just don't get clean in the dishwasher. I envy people who have flatware containers in their dishwashers that keep the items from nesting.

As a problem, spooning spoons comes right behind dogs and cats living together. If one spoon loves another very much, does that lead to the little coffee stirrers you get at McDonald's?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:26 PM (s8j++)

40
Things impossible in nature

- Creating or destroying energy

- Exceeding the speed of light

- Husband loading dishwasher to wife's satisfaction.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:26 PM (QnmlO)

41 31 I’ve been putting a bit of creamed corn and green chilies into my cornbread lately and I like the result.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 18, 2025 04:23 PM (cduTK)

I made the mistake of moving off Jiff to try the Aldi's new cornbreads - I bought both (hot honey and cinnamon churro), but have only done the hot honey. It's weirdly not hot, until you feel the leftover burning in the back of your mouth...and it's not honey.

I'm gonna have to make my own hot honey cornbread with the Jiff box...I always add something, usually honey, so finding the right here won't be hard (not a fan of "pepper chunks" for cornbread, so it will likely be spice or hot sauce based)...

Hoping the cinnamon churro is better, but that's a dessert type, so it's gonna wait...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:26 PM (tOcjL)

42 BREAKING!

Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 18, 2025 04:26 PM (L/fGl)

43 21 The great debate: carbon steel wok vs skillet for stir fry?

I already know the answer (wok) but I watched it because I find one of the testers (Hannah) most hawt. It's a bit unfair, because they use too small a skillet, and it's nonstick teflon, which is getting hard to find. I usually use a SS skillet of a much larger size.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DT2Rtt65P0

I used my nonstick Dutch oven for stir-fry for years. Because the sides were higher than a skillet, it worked fine.

A couple of years ago, I got a carbon steel wok expecting a big improvement in my stir-fry recipes. Not so. There was no discernible difference in the results.

The wok does do much better with fried rice.

Posted by: jix at May 18, 2025 04:27 PM (Leoj5)

44 33
There are brownie pans that make all corner pieces.

Vote: cakey or gooey brownies?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:23 PM (QnmlO)

NEVER cakey - only gooey...I don't like when brownies try to resemble cake. When that happens, chocolate cake is always better...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:27 PM (tOcjL)

45 My wife does a "spoon bread" with butter and cream cheese. Fried. In lard.

I'm having a heart attack just thinking about it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2025 04:27 PM (Q4IgG)

46 What is your go-to for a “healthy” dessert option?

Leftover pizza. Or cookies.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 18, 2025 04:28 PM (n4GiU)

47 38 For me, brownies need to have that somewhat shiny crackly surface. Frosting them just ruins that.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 18, 2025 04:26 PM (rF2iL)

Amen - never frost a brownie. It isn't cake!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

48 Things impossible in nature
...
- Husband loading dishwasher to wife's satisfaction.

Yup. OTOH, my wife still loads the TP so it hangs in the back. I have tried and tried to explain to her why this makes no sense, but so far, I have failed to convince her.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:28 PM (s8j++)

49 >>>Mr. CBD is unable to present you the regular,...
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Heard he failed the breathalyzer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2025 04:28 PM (cGKZ0)

50 Re: Brownies… some day, I’ll treat myself to one of them pans that look like a kind of a maze, so that every piece has the chewy, crispy edges.
It’s my favorite.

Posted by: Appycay at May 18, 2025 04:29 PM (EdYR/)

51
BREAKING!

Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Yep, Doctors found an entire black man's hand & arm up biden's ass.

In another totally separate BREAKING story: obama was just diagnosed with a missing arm & hand.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:29 PM (uyEnF)

52 . If one spoon loves another very much, does that lead to the little coffee stirrers you get at McDonald's?

Only if said spoons are rainbow colored .

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:30 PM (gW9Ij)

53 I took out my new flat top grill (ackshewallee griddle), for a test run this morning with-

A Giant sized Breakfast including bacon, Owen's sausage, over-easy eggs, and the fluffiest pancakes in existence.

Score Card:

Bacon -most perfectly crisp and brown, some scorched
Sausage - perfect
Eggs - surprisingly, awesomely perfect
Pancakes - the Star of the show. Got raves from everyone. The lovely and gourmetish Mrs naturalfake raved about them, said they were better than her's (they were but not by much) and wanted the recipe.

I was pleased with this first effort.

Smash burgers and maybe butta-yaki salmon coming up later this week. Then on to more complicated stuff if everything keeps going well.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 04:30 PM (iJfKG)

54 >>>Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Impeccable timing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2025 04:32 PM (cGKZ0)

55 My favorite cornbread mixes are Dolly Parton's (slightly sweet), Simply Made (non-sweet), and Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free (really good -- slightly coconutty).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:32 PM (kpS4V)

56 Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer

Dr Obama will remove it with his teeth.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:32 PM (gW9Ij)

57 Gee, I hope I don't get prostate cancer!

Posted by: Mentally Ill Transgender "Man" at May 18, 2025 04:33 PM (qUkBO)

58 Brownies? Feh. Give me slightly underdone chocolate chip cookies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2025 04:33 PM (PFeeu)

59 If you cook brownies right, the edges don't get crispy. Just a little firm.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 18, 2025 04:34 PM (5YmYl)

60 I was so...close... [begins weeping]

Posted by: Kamala Harris at May 18, 2025 04:34 PM (qUkBO)

61 >>>Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Impeccable timing.

I suspect that the Dems are desperately hoping he'll kick off soon, so that they can then blame him for everything that's gone wrong in the last 5 or so years. They will accept no blame themselves.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:34 PM (s8j++)

62 59 If you cook brownies right, the edges don't get crispy. Just a little firm.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 18, 2025 04:34 PM (5YmYl)

Yup. Keeping it all edible and non-teeth-breaking...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:35 PM (tOcjL)

63 *Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer*

Who?

Posted by: most people at May 18, 2025 04:35 PM (dg+HA)

64 Yup. OTOH, my wife still loads the TP so it hangs in the back. I have tried and tried to explain to her why this makes no sense, but so far, I have failed to convince her.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:28 PM (s8j++)

First, tell her to calm down and quit being so emotional...
-Bachelor's advice

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2025 04:35 PM (PFeeu)

65 "... with metastasis to the bone."

That dont sound good.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 18, 2025 04:35 PM (UBKzV)

66 Mmmm, lemon and capers and chicken in a creamy sauce. So good!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:36 PM (kpS4V)

67 Jalapenos and sharp cheddar in my cornbread.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 04:25 PM (NVNRw)

I add real maple syrup to my cornbread.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 18, 2025 04:36 PM (dLmtu)

68 Where'd my pain meds go? HUN-TERRRRR!!!!!

Posted by: The Joe and Hunter Show at May 18, 2025 04:36 PM (qUkBO)

69 Damn, I need a drink.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 18, 2025 04:36 PM (dg+HA)

70 Am I the only person for whom ricotta cheese serves as a flavor eliminator?

Cottage cheese is cheaper. So, yes.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 18, 2025 04:36 PM (mlg/3)

71
Biden did not cancer himself!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:37 PM (QnmlO)

72 *Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer*

Dr Jill will prescribe a hand grenade in the bum. Most likely to remove the completely cancer, and follows Canadian MAID rules.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2025 04:37 PM (VNX3d)

73 Thank you Buck, you have been a worthy replacement for CBD this Sunday!

Posted by: jayhawkone at May 18, 2025 04:38 PM (/fRo0)

74 Hot dogs with mustard, pickle relish and ketchup tonight. Watermelon too.

Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025 04:38 PM (lJ0H4)

75 As to brownies, I add one to two extra eggs to the batter. It makes a favorable treat. Same goes for cake recipes, more eggs better the taste.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 18, 2025 04:39 PM (dLmtu)

76 Could be worse, people. It could be Weasel doing the Food Thread!

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 04:39 PM (3RLOR)

77 >>Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer*

That's how Beau died. Will the horror never end?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 04:40 PM (viF8m)

78 >>>70 Am I the only person for whom ricotta cheese serves as a flavor eliminator?

Cottage cheese is cheaper. So, yes.
Posted by: weft-cut loop
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Looked that up so as to understand. Search engine refused. Insisted that I wanted an odor eliminator. Putting flavor in quotes didn't help.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2025 04:41 PM (cGKZ0)

79 Could be worse, people. It could be Weasel doing the Food Thread!
Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 04:39 PM (3RLOR)

I beg to differ.

I'd fear a Haitian "immigrant" written thread. Dogs and cats would be at risk.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2025 04:41 PM (VNX3d)

80 Could be worse, people. It could be Weasel doing the Food Thread!
Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 04:39 PM (3RLOR)

Lemme guess: Open can of pork and beans, eat over sink with large spoon, wipe mouth on sleeve.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)

81 65 "... with metastasis to the bone."

That dont sound good.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Wish I could feel bad for him but I just can't.

Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025 04:41 PM (lJ0H4)

82 In an unusual display of self-control, I'm typing and deleting on the Biden thing.

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 04:42 PM (3RLOR)

83 Our dinner will be simple, Hebrew National franks, grilled; potatoes, fried; beer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 04:42 PM (0aYVJ)

84
Brownies are okay.

But, it's one of those things that I'm bored with eating before I even finish it.

Same with cupcakes.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 04:42 PM (iJfKG)

85 Biden diagnosis is scary in the fact if he was reelected and Harris was VP, then..........

If Biden bought the farm, we would have a President Harris...

Talk about a hideous nightmare !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Buster Hymand at May 18, 2025 04:43 PM (2jIse)

86 >>Jalapenos and sharp cheddar in my cornbread.

You had me at hello.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 04:43 PM (viF8m)

87 80 Could be worse, people. It could be Weasel doing the Food Thread!
Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 04:39 PM (3RLOR)

Lemme guess: Open can of pork and beans, eat over sink with large spoon, wipe mouth on sleeve.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)
----
YUM!

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 04:43 PM (3RLOR)

88 How are things at Weasel Acres?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:44 PM (kpS4V)

89 Same with cupcakes.

Posted by: naturalfake
_______

And fudge.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 18, 2025 04:44 PM (UBKzV)

90 Why did the cannibal eat the pregnant lady?
He heard she had a bun in the oven.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:44 PM (gW9Ij)

91
"... with metastasis to the bone."

That dont sound good.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Sounds Thorogood

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2025 04:44 PM (63Dwl)

92
Lemme guess: Open can of pork and beans, eat over sink with large spoon, wipe mouth on sleeve.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)

__________

Spoon? Gettin' fancy, there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:45 PM (QnmlO)

93 >>In an unusual display of self-control, I'm typing and deleting on the Biden thing.

Let the hate flow through you. Come to the dark side.

We have cookies.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 04:45 PM (viF8m)

94 Spoon? Gettin' fancy, there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:45 PM (QnmlO)

It's a wooden spoon, carved from a larger wooden spoon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 04:45 PM (0aYVJ)

95 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 18, 2025 04:44 PM (kpS4V)
---
Couldn't tell you because it's been so long! Things have been wacky at home the last couple of days though. Details in the Gun Thread.

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 04:45 PM (3RLOR)

96 President Biden was diagnosed with Aggressive Prostate Cancer that spread to bones...

CNN has proof and believes in the Steele Dosier that Trump somehow injected cancer cells into Biden's Nuts which caused this condition.

Rep Alexandria Cortez says Trump should be impeached on Monday because he is obviously guilty and per Dr. Fauci's analysis stated all indications point toward Trump !!

Posted by: CNN Brealing News at May 18, 2025 04:47 PM (jfeDx)

97 Biden's cancer diagnosis really tasks my "wouldn't wish cancer on my worst enemy" policy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 04:48 PM (0aYVJ)

98 Prostate cancer develops slowly. For a sitting President with the best healthcare in the world to not know he had metastatic prostate cancer is ... not believable. When will we find out he knew he had prostate cancer before he ran in 2020?

Posted by: Ghoulposts at May 18, 2025 04:48 PM (qUkBO)

99
Elon & DOGE fired the guy in the government who prevents prostrate cancer in 82 year olds.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:48 PM (IJUS+)

100 Hot dogs with mustard, pickle relish and ketchup tonight.

Ketchup on hot dogs?
NOT OF THE BODY

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:48 PM (gW9Ij)

101 One step up from Weasel's proposed recipe.

Crockpot with 2 15 oz cans of baked beans, and slice either 1 package of hot dogs or bratwurst into the pot. 4 hours on high.

Not sure how many servings, but simple and filling.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2025 04:49 PM (VNX3d)

102 Biden's cancer diagnosis really tasks my "wouldn't wish cancer on my worst enemy" policy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

If he's already got it, you don't have to wish it on him.

Posted by: mikeski is helping! at May 18, 2025 04:51 PM (DgGvY)

103 Didn't Obama task Biden with curing cancer?
I guess cancer ended up curing Biden.

Posted by: Ghoulposts at May 18, 2025 04:51 PM (qUkBO)

104 101 One step up from Weasel's proposed recipe.

Crockpot with 2 15 oz cans of baked beans, and slice either 1 package of hot dogs or bratwurst into the pot. 4 hours on high.

Not sure how many servings, but simple and filling.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2025 04:49 PM (VNX3d)

To make it better, add a can of great northern beans or cannelini beans (as a replacement for one can of beans or an add to the 2 cans of beans) - takes the edge off the oversweetness of canned baked beans (I mean, I'm keeping this 2 minutes for the recipe...I would do more)...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:51 PM (tOcjL)

105
So, according to the leftist gaslighters on Twitter, the National Weather Service controls the U.S. weather, including tornadoes.

Also, left wing benefactor george soros is, literally, the World's richest nazi.

@maddenifico
14 needless deaths in Kentucky due to DOGE cuts to the National Weather Service. The world's richest Nazi, Elon Musk, has blood on his hands.

lol, okay, bro

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:52 PM (IJUS+)

106 Thanks for filling in , Buck. Great essay! And I just want to say- and this has nothing to do with meals or cooking- I appreciate your very nice words about your wife. Sometimes this place gets to be a modern version with adults of "the He-Man Women Haters Club" so I think it's lovely what you said about the Mrs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 04:52 PM (bVbKl)

107 2 15 oz cans of baked beans,

The dog did it!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:53 PM (gW9Ij)

108
I understand prostate cancer develops slowly. Biden had the best medical care in the country. And everyone missed it? Or was "Dr." Jill his physician?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:53 PM (QnmlO)

109 Too bad about Sundowner
Anyway heading to night shift in less than a hour
Turkey Sammy, yogurt, Tastykake will be for lunch

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2025 04:53 PM (ypFCm)

110 Lesbian Potluck

* control-F "fish" *

[no results]

* control-F "clam" *

[no results]

Remarkably restrained in here!

Posted by: mikeski at May 18, 2025 04:54 PM (DgGvY)

111 The world's richest Nazi, Elon Musk, has blood on his hands.

He stole the jooo weather machine?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 04:55 PM (gW9Ij)

112 Prostate cancer develops slowly. For a sitting President with the best healthcare in the world to not know he had metastatic prostate cancer is ... not believable...

Yeah, I kinda sorta doubt that Biden even has cancer, or if he does that it's very far along.

The MSM/Democrats really want all the "Who Knew Biden was senile/Who illegally took over his job as chief Executive stories to end.

Noooooowwww, they can say any time questions are brought up-

Hey, a-holes! Why don't you leave the poor guy alone. He has hiney cancer!!! Hiney Cancer, you bastards!!!!

Like so.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 04:55 PM (iJfKG)

113 Biden with advanced prostate cancer..............

Another Biden scandal and coverup because he had it in 2020.

With guy everything is a lie and a scam.......

Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 18, 2025 04:55 PM (1U5p7)

114 109 Too bad about Sundowner
Anyway heading to night shift in less than a hour
Turkey Sammy, yogurt, Tastykake will be for lunch

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2025 04:53 PM (ypFCm)

I miss Tastykakes...many a childhood night was spent eating either the chocolate cupcakes or the chocolate junior...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 04:55 PM (tOcjL)

115 I understand prostate cancer develops slowly. Biden had the best medical care in the country. And everyone missed it? Or was "Dr." Jill his physician?

Obama's hand kept interfering with the MRI.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:55 PM (s8j++)

116 Ice cream and cake. No, pie and ice cream. No just ice cream.

Posted by: Eromero at May 18, 2025 04:57 PM (jgmnb)

117 98 Prostate cancer develops slowly. For a sitting President with the best healthcare in the world to not know he had metastatic prostate cancer is ... not believable. When will we find out he knew he had prostate cancer before he ran in 2020?
Posted by: Ghoulposts at May

In the alternative, he never knew a Covid booster he didn’t take, so aggressive is not shocking. It is apparently responding to treatment, but the man is old. He is not going to be long for the world.

Posted by: Piper at May 18, 2025 04:58 PM (p4NUW)

118 Thank you, Mr. Throckmorton sir, for an interesting and informative food thread, and especially for Reverend Heat.
He’s fun!

Posted by: Appycay at May 18, 2025 04:58 PM (EdYR/)

119 I smoked a brisket for my prospective SiL's 30th birthday party yesterday. When I went to Costco, they had Choice flats for $8 a lb, and Prime packer cuts (flat and point) for $5 a pound. Naturally, I opted for the latter, but they were all large, as in my selection was 20 lbs. Even for me, that's a lot of meat.

It was very well received.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:58 PM (s8j++)

120 Feel the spoonbread with your hands
Grab the spoonbread while you can
Spoonbread!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 04:58 PM (bA75n)

121
So we don't know who was running the country and we got lied to about the Chief Executive's health. Any other sleepers out there?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 04:58 PM (QnmlO)

122
Still haven't got a reasonable explanation why a doctor's finger up me arse qualifies as a cancer screen. Until then...I'll wait.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 04:59 PM (IJUS+)

123 In the alternative, he never knew a Covid booster he didn’t take, so aggressive is not shocking. It is apparently responding to treatment, but the man is old. He is not going to be long for the world.

Yeah, that's a tough call. Would you rather go quickly with prostate cancer, or have a lingering death with Alzheimer's? I suspect most people would choose the former, but who knows.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2025 04:59 PM (s8j++)

124 We went out for lunch to a nice Indian place. Son ordered things which were spicy. Spouse and I stuck with butter chicken at the "1" heat level. It was fine and we brought some home, but I think that's all I'll eat for tonight. Son went to the gym and set the machine to rather steep incline and walked for 30 minutes, so he may be hungry later .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 04:59 PM (bVbKl)

125 I dug some frozen pear shreds out of the freezer and mixed them with rhubarb, to make pear-rhubarb crisp. The topping is old fashioned oatmeal, flour, butter and sugar.
I like simple ingredient food.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:00 PM (D7oie)

126 I was shocked to learn recently that some people prefer brownies whose cut includes the outside edge, which tend to be harder and drier than the pure gooey goodness of center cut brownies.

Not drier -- chewy-er!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2025 05:03 PM (F/B4x)

127 Made beef and cheese rellenos with a mexican white sauce last week.

Today a whole rabbit is being brined to go on the rotisserie tomorrow. I will baste it with butter, white wine and Herbs de Provence.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 05:03 PM (NVNRw)

128 I have never had a dishwasher that was not either myself or a family member, so no problems with how to stack the dishwasher.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:03 PM (bVbKl)

129 I've said it before - I'm convinced that my wife believes magical elves live inside the dishwasher. The job of those elves is to lift up all the nested bowls and wash them individually, as well as to separate the 50 forks that were all wedged into one of the eight dividers for silverware. This is the only logical explanation I can provide for her dishwasher loading "method."
Posted by: PabloD at May 18, 2025 04:13 PM (TDkp3)

There are people who load dishwashers like they are building a clockwork Fabergé Easter egg for the Romanovs, and then there are people who load dishwashers like a pack of addled raccoons

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:04 PM (D7oie)

130 The problem we always have with brownies is that the rows are cut unevenly, so, you know, one of us is cutting one side down or the other and eating the bits removed. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2025 05:05 PM (F/B4x)

131 which you might bring food of some sort, but for which there is no expectation of putting any effort into cooking or food prep.

*****
Posted by Buck Throckmorton

Nurses are exemplars of this technique except for the male "straight" male nurses who bring real food!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 18, 2025 05:05 PM (qV16T)

132 I am the dishwasher.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 05:05 PM (NVNRw)

133 Healthier Baked Apples
Core 6 small / medium apples of choice (Braeburn, honey crisp, etc).and cut a little off the top to make them flat.

Mix together the following”
1 cup oats
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
2tbs melted coconut oil or butter
2tbs maple syrup

Divide the mixture between the apples, stuffing the core.

Place them in a pan with 1/2 cup apple cider or water, cover with foil and bake 30 minutes at 400, basting them with the cider / water every 10 minutes. Take the foil off the last 10 minutes.

You can top with unsweetened whipped cream.

Posted by: Piper at May 18, 2025 05:08 PM (p4NUW)

134 Today a whole rabbit is being brined to go on the rotisserie tomorrow. I will baste it with butter, white wine and Herbs de Provence.
Posted by: Ben Had

That sounds delicious.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 18, 2025 05:08 PM (qV16T)

135 The dykes brought seafood ….

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:08 PM (vdlll)

136 Couldn't stand Biden as a human or a politician but I don't wish this on anyone.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 18, 2025 05:08 PM (ef25Y)

137 As a cynic I wonder if "diagnosed with aggressive prostrate cancer" is just the cover disease. They wouldn't like to say that whatever has caused Joetato's dementia has advanced to the point where it will kill him.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 18, 2025 05:08 PM (CKOCg)

138 Buck.- stop.it, you're spoiling us!

You've got two months of Food Thread content here in one post!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 18, 2025 05:10 PM (p16Tv)

139 Lemme guess: Open can of pork and beans, eat over sink with large spoon, wipe mouth on sleeve.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)

Philistine. You are supposed to run it under the hot tap for 5 minutes before opening the can.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:10 PM (D7oie)

140 >>Our family has since adopted the term “lesbian potluck” for any event to which you might bring food of some sort, but for which there is no expectation of putting any effort into cooking or food prep.

LOL

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2025 05:11 PM (F/B4x)

141 I am the dishwasher.

Me too. She cooks I clean. No complaints at all.

When I was a kid I was in the opening crew of Antonio's Flying Pizza. When I got promoted from busboy to dishwasher I was in total control. Still am!

Posted by: DanMan at May 18, 2025 05:11 PM (8uzBS)

142 140 >>Our family has since adopted the term “lesbian potluck” for any event to which you might bring food of some sort, but for which there is no expectation of putting any effort into cooking or food prep.

LOL

Posted by: Lizzy at May 18, 2025 05:11 PM (F/B4x)

I do wonder...if no one's putting in any effort or coordinating, what are you eating?

Or does everyone tend to bring the same thing each time, so you all naturally picked your lane of "easiness" so it's not just 10 bags of chips and dip...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 05:14 PM (tOcjL)

143 >>Couldn't stand Biden as a human or a politician but I don't wish this on anyone.

Tina Peters is going to be 70 years old this September. She will still have a number of years on her prison sentence for trying to preserve and share evidence of election fraud in the 2020 election in Colorado.

That's it. That's her crime.

Fuck Joe Biden and every other tyrannical piece of shit who has oppressed normal Americans for years. He called you a Nazi just because you disagreed with him and weaponized the government against you.

If you are in a prayerful mood think about Tina Peters instead of the corrupt piece of shit Joe Biden. He sold out this country numerous times, he's treasonous garbage. I won't waste a second feeling anything other than loathing for him.

Maybe later I will tell you how I really feel.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 05:15 PM (viF8m)

144 Lotsa advice here to load up on butter, fat, bacon, cheese, or whatever. I have a different view: I think too much of any one ingredient—even a delicious ingredient—overpowers the food. I like tastes to be in balance. Not too fatty, not too salty, not too smoked, not too spicy, etc

I’m not a big fan of ricotta, but a little can enhance the flavor. Sorta like feta to me.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:16 PM (vdlll)

145
Philistine. You are supposed to run it under the hot tap for 5 minutes before opening the can.
Posted by: Kindltot

Quik Sous Vide in the can.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2025 05:16 PM (63Dwl)

146
lolololol @ the wnba

The league just started their new season (why?) and already it's all about fake "racism."

That racist idiot angel reese still has a hard-on for Caitlin Clark, and AR was acting a foo yesterday in her embarrassing loss to CC.

But wait! It's all because CC has "racist fans" who make "monkey sounds" and shout "slurs" from the stands. So, what does the WNBA do -- starts an "investigation" into "racist" fans!!

Yep, the nearly-empty arenas are just chock-full of...racists shouting racist stuff. Wait, what??

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:16 PM (IJUS+)

147
Philistine. You are supposed to run it under the hot tap for 5 minutes before opening the can.
Posted by: Kindltot

Obviously Weasel approved foody technique!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 18, 2025 05:17 PM (qV16T)

148 Ricotta cheese can be dangerous in the wrong hands, as your pizza experience illustrates, Buck. Ravioli? Yes. Manicotti? Absolutely! Italian cheesecake? Try it once, and you'll understand all.

On the other hand, I've used ricotta in lieu of parmesan, and...meh. Yes, it totally mutes the flavors of a great sauce. So-called "white" pizza that features ricotta and maybe spinach? Keep it.

Ricotta is on par with mozzarella in terms of flavor, but it requires a light hand. Done correctly, it adds richness and mouthfeel.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 05:17 PM (bA75n)

149 No dishwasher re-arranger here, as the distaff side of the house has finally learned to keep their hands/concepts out of the dishwasher until it is ready to be emptied.

Posted by: Captain Ned at May 18, 2025 05:17 PM (nADdg)

150 147
Philistine. You are supposed to run it under the hot tap for 5 minutes before opening the can.
Posted by: Kindltot

Obviously Weasel approved foody technique!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 18, 2025 05:17 PM (qV16T)

Nope, takes too long - it's more than 2 minutes...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 05:18 PM (tOcjL)

151 Lucky all you with divisions of labor for cooking and cleaning. I live alone. I have to do everything myself. Although, when I’m at my mom’s or a family gathering, I don’t do any cleaning. I cook and open up my wallet for the lion’s share of costs for the dinner.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:18 PM (vdlll)

152 later I will tell you how I really feel.
Posted by: JackStraw

Don't tease us!!!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 18, 2025 05:18 PM (qV16T)

153 Piper, instead try chopping your apples, and topping it with a crumble crust of Old fashioned oats, about half as much flour, a quarter stick of butter chopped up and a 1/4 cup of brown sugar .

If you have a tart apple you won't need spices, but the recipe I have uses the same spices you quote

Bake it for 20 minutes at 400F, or until the top gets brown and toasty.
This is apple crisp, and when it is made with Gravenstein apples it is the best desert ever.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:19 PM (D7oie)

154 "The issue is that if she has some leftovers, she will grab a food storage container that is many times too big."

By the time it got through reading that topic to my husband I was laughing too hard to finish. He is the Tupperware impaired person in our household. (He is also as wonderful in his own way as Mrs. Throck.) It mystifies me because I am usually the one that's less competent at estimating volumes and distances.

Both of us have been known to be dishwasher rearrangers.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 18, 2025 05:19 PM (FEVMW)

155 You guys do know what’s in a cannoli, right?

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:19 PM (vdlll)

156
So, what does the WNBA do -- starts an "investigation" into "racist" fans!!

Yep, the nearly-empty arenas are just chock-full of...racists shouting racist stuff. Wait, what??
Posted by: Soothsayer

https://t.ly/dja-E

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2025 05:19 PM (63Dwl)

157 It makes sense that ricotta would tone down spicy tastes. Like adding sour cream to tone down overly spicy hot food.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 18, 2025 05:20 PM (CKOCg)

158 " As for those crisp edges, they can be repurposed as an addition to vanilla ice cream."

I approve this message.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 18, 2025 05:20 PM (w6EFb)

159 Grits and sausage, or fish dicks and rice?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 18, 2025 05:21 PM (w6EFb)

160 From a ONT on Sammy's
Last week made Italian hoagie, hot cappacola, salami and ham, with oil lettuce and peppers., sometimes tomato slices. A grinder to me is a sammy put in oven
I would prefer meatball or beef and cheese.

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2025 05:21 PM (ypFCm)

161 @143 no argument about Tina Peters, that's the leftist scumbags in Colorado. Biden's a dirtbag, but all of us are subject to this shit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 18, 2025 05:21 PM (ef25Y)

162 You guys do know what’s in a cannoli, right?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:19 PM (vdlll)

All's I knows is that there's a gun in the mix.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 05:21 PM (iJfKG)

163 I recently had the opportunity to try a rare and exotic meat, Wookie.

It was, uh, chewy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 18, 2025 05:22 PM (0sNs1)

164 Buck - I recommend replacing the vegetable or corn oil in your brownie recipe with coconut oil. It tastes better and is healthier.

Posted by: Butch at May 18, 2025 05:23 PM (rXP8M)

165 I recently had the opportunity to try a rare and exotic meat, Wookie.

It was, uh, chewy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 18, 2025 05:22 PM (0sNs1)

Mrs Obama wishes to thank you.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 05:23 PM (iJfKG)

166 I thought "Cannoli" was the plural and "cannolum" was the singular

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:23 PM (D7oie)

167 My work does potlucks all the damn time. Every side the local Wallmat sells and no main course as nobody actually prepares anything. I went looking for those gallon pale of brownies (I too am guilty of not making a main ) only to discover they are now 1/4 the size and the same price they were last time I had to buy them. We used to get 60 or so out of a gallon for $6.00 ten years ago. Now there are like 18 for $5.49.
AND here is the kicker. They're smaller.

Posted by: Reforger at May 18, 2025 05:24 PM (xcIvR)

168 We baled out of Houston six years ago. Bought a house in a small town and completely remodeled it. Just before I retired the company I worked at began to remodel our office and decided we didn't need the dishwasher. That was a 2007 GE commercial rated standard size unit. I knew it had been used only once in the 16 years since it was installed. A pristine 'pre-Obama' non-Energy Star quiet unit with a grinder pump and a heating coil. It's almost 2 years old now.

Posted by: DanMan at May 18, 2025 05:24 PM (8uzBS)

169 If you want a healthy dessert or sweeter dinner side allergy safe for everyone, like everyone. In a weasel-esque way.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Slice an apple (or 6 if here) through the middle. Dig out the core with a spoon so you have a pocket and take the stem off. Put a tsp or less of fat (vegan butter or even coconut oil - or go dairy with butter) in the pocket.
Sprinkle your favorite seasonings across - pick your favorite 1-2 (I use cinnamon or ginger or cinnamon ginger most often).
Grab your raw honey and now drizzle across - think Rachel Ray - top to bottom and quick.
Toss in the oven. Check at 30 minutes. Decide if you want them still with a little texture or so soft they are almost applesauce in a peel. Cook more or less time in 10 minute intervals that way.
Enjoy an amazing, healthy, and totally allergy free treat.

You can do the same with pears - I love ginger with the pears...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 05:25 PM (tOcjL)

170 Ricotta is Italian cottage cheese..
To make lasagna the proper of ground beef and mozzarella to ricotta IS lasagna. Caprice Goomba?

Posted by: Captain Fantastic not Gumby at May 18, 2025 05:25 PM (HK7qi)

171 155 You guys do know what’s in a cannoli, right?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:19 PM (vdlll)

Mascarpone. And chopped pistachios on either end, not chocolate chips...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 05:26 PM (bA75n)

172 Proper ratio

Posted by: Captain Fantastic not Gumby at May 18, 2025 05:26 PM (HK7qi)

173 What do you do with the cut off perimeter?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2025 05:26 PM (63Dwl)

174
As a resolute non-attender of social occasions, the issue of what to bring and in what state are moot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:28 PM (QnmlO)

175 Center-cut Brownie master race reporting in. Perimeter lovers are weird.

Posted by: Stabby Reads at May 18, 2025 05:28 PM (kOKHm)

176 Faux Strawberry Mousse - 6 servings
1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1 1/4 cups frozen strawberries (you can use fresh, just chop the tops off)

Defrost strawberries, and purée. Pour into a large mixing bowl.

Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the strawberries until fully incorporated. Put into 6 serving containers of your choice, and then chill for at least 30 minutes in the fridge.

If this is not sweet enough for you, you can add up to 1/2 a cup of sugar to the strawberries, but I typically don’t do this. Without the sugar, each serving is about 150 calories.

Posted by: Piper at May 18, 2025 05:29 PM (p4NUW)

177 Thank you, Jack Straw. I do not understand how a person can have even a moment's flicker of sympathy for Biden. How evil does a criminal have to be before one loses their sympathy for them?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 18, 2025 05:30 PM (3AwA+)

178
You'd think, in 2025, they could invent a pan that cooks Evenly.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:30 PM (2I34S)

179 I have an Italian Gravy recipe passes down from our immigrant Grandmother. It's so good no matter what meat cooked in the 3 hour time it melts .. One time while working a hard hat job out of town I only had gravy no meat. Meh so I threw in a work boot. Wow it was tender and very tasty..

Posted by: Captain Fantastic not Gumby at May 18, 2025 05:31 PM (HK7qi)

180 Hadrian, at the TXMoMe we bring the food to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 05:32 PM (NVNRw)

181 167 My work does potlucks all the damn time. Every side the local Wallmat sells and no main course as nobody actually prepares anything. I went looking for those gallon pale of brownies (I too am guilty of not making a main ) only to discover they are now 1/4 the size and the same price they were last time I had to buy them. We used to get 60 or so out of a gallon for $6.00 ten years ago. Now there are like 18 for $5.49.
AND here is the kicker. They're smaller.

Posted by: Reforger at May 18, 2025 05:24 PM (xcIvR)

That would drive me nuts.
As is, I always bring fruit or a homemade fruit tray (no melon) every time for events...I bring more (depending on the event), but I always bring the fruit so I have something I can eat, my kids or spouse has something healthy to eat, and there is one allergy friendly item for the event.

It also helps that it's EASY. It's only downside is I usually have to buy it within 24 hours of the event, and prep hours before at most...so, no make ahead casserole that just is a one minute pop in the oven day of. I always do have day of work.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 05:32 PM (tOcjL)

182
A simple manipulation of the Laws of Thermodynamics should do it!

But really, how hard is it to design a pan that maintains an even temperature between the corners & center?

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (4i/x5)

183 What do you do with the cut off perimeter?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2025 05:26 PM (63Dwl)

Mine it or turn it into a beaten zone from emplaced . . .

Um sorry. Eat it?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (D7oie)

184 Ricotta is about texture, not flavor

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (wBaIH)

185
You'd think, in 2025, they could invent a pan that cooks Evenly.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:30 PM (2I34S)

_________

It is an unceasing source of amazement that when cooking bacon in a cast-iron pan, half the pan is hot and half is less so, despite being put dead center on the burner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (QnmlO)

186 >>@143 no argument about Tina Peters, that's the leftist scumbags in Colorado. Biden's a dirtbag, but all of us are subject to this shit

She's just one example. Biden had people thrown out of the military and other government jobs for refusing the experimental vaccine. He imprisoned hundred for the fake J6 "insurrection". He supported closing schools, hurting kids, just for political points. He took bribes from the CCP and corrupt oligarchs in Ukraine to name just a couple. And he gladly would have taken away your civil rights as easily as he had his corrupt DOJ spy on Catholics for following their faith and trying to protect their kids from the filth of the left.

I'll leave the condolences for Joe to better people. I feel nothing for him but contempt and hate. He's an evil piece of shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 05:35 PM (viF8m)

187 The WNBA has like 50 fans and they’re investigating them for racism? Genius! Angel Reese is a bitter, hateful, jealous THOT and I hope she has a career-ending injury and then has to suck off fat white truckers at rest stops to pay the bills. She is a loathsome piece of shit and I with her only the worst.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:35 PM (vdlll)

188 I once went to a potluck where everyone decided, on their own, to do chili. Sixteen different chilis.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2025 05:36 PM (AcTAo)

189 A simple manipulation of the Laws of Thermodynamics should do it!

But really, how hard is it to design a pan that maintains an even temperature between the corners & center?
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (4i/x5)

Well, I would suggest making the pan hollow walled, and filling the space between the walls with metallic Sodium. That should spread the heat throughout at any temperature above boiling water.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:36 PM (D7oie)

190 I don't mind an edge on my brownie. Kind of like the contrast. Little strictly goes for the center cuts..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 05:37 PM (bA75n)

191
It is an unceasing source of amazement that when cooking bacon in a cast-iron pan, half the pan is hot and half is less so, despite being put dead center on the burner.
Posted by: H the 7th

My Microwave will Not Cook the middle of a single bacon strip when place in the middle of a plate on the middle of the turntable. Makes no sense!

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:38 PM (4i/x5)

192 So lesbians don't cook but gay men do?
Seems about right

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 05:38 PM (rT96s)

193
My Brownies have no hard edges!

Posted by: Peggy Lawton at May 18, 2025 05:39 PM (Va+ZZ)

194
Brownie edges have a transition point in the baking of perfection in passing between too soft to rock hard. This transition point lasts 5 nanoseconds.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:40 PM (QnmlO)

195 188 I once went to a potluck where everyone decided, on their own, to do chili. Sixteen different chilis.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2025 05:36 PM (AcTAo)

At least that's a complete meal item.

I'd have just changed the name of the event to "chili cook-off"...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 05:40 PM (tOcjL)

196
My Microwave will Not Cook the middle of a single bacon strip when place in the middle of a plate on the middle of the turntable. Makes no sense!
Posted by: Soothsayer
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My microwave is hottest drop dead center.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2025 05:40 PM (cGKZ0)

197 My old G.E. burned everything evenly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2025 05:41 PM (cGKZ0)

198
Sixteen different chilis.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2025 05:36 PM (AcTAo)

________

Beats sixteen plates of deviled eggs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:41 PM (QnmlO)

199 153 Piper, instead try chopping your apples, and topping it with a crumble crust of Old fashioned oats, about half as much flour, a quarter stick of butter chopped up and a 1/4 cup of brown sugar .

If you have a tart apple you won't need spices, but the recipe I have uses the same spices you quote

Bake it for 20 minutes at 400F, or until the top gets brown and toasty.
This is apple crisp, and when it is made with Gravenstein apples it is the best desert ever.
Posted by: Kindltot at

I definitely know what a crisp is, blackberry, peach, etc. all yummy and yours sounds great! Mine is a healthier version, and even though it has a little sweetener with the maple syrup, it’s less sugar than in a normal crisp and lower in calories. I will also substitute the oats for hemp granola if I am being super lazy.

Posted by: Piper at May 18, 2025 05:41 PM (p4NUW)

200 KTE likes the center of the brownie and KTY likes the edges.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 05:41 PM (rT96s)

201 191
It is an unceasing source of amazement that when cooking bacon in a cast-iron pan, half the pan is hot and half is less so, despite being put dead center on the burner.
Posted by: H the 7th

My Microwave will Not Cook the middle of a single bacon strip when place in the middle of a plate on the middle of the turntable. Makes no sense!
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:38 PM (4i/x5)
Iron skillet with bscon press

Posted by: Eromero at May 18, 2025 05:41 PM (jgmnb)

202 It is an unceasing source of amazement that when cooking bacon in a cast-iron pan, half the pan is hot and half is less so, despite being put dead center on the burner.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (QnmlO)

Curious if your stove top is electric or gas. I don't recall having this problem with my gas stove, but it's been a couple of decades, so maybe I'm misrememberin'...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 05:41 PM (bA75n)

203 A good cast iron skillet will distribute heat evenly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2025 05:43 PM (cGKZ0)

204 Have a great rest of the afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2025 05:43 PM (ypFCm)

205 Brian Setzer also plays a Gretch guitar.

https://youtu.be/bGhwVUUO-Dk?si=_XaQGo0DXn3zw4DX

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (lhenN)

206
You People still use your Ovens, a lot?

They make large "toaster ovens" that can handle 95% of what You use your Oven for. Why are you still using your ovens?

Posted by: Peggy Lawton at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (brh1H)

207 The best brownies have a bit of burnt edges

Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (ypFCm)

208 It is an unceasing source of amazement that when cooking bacon in a cast-iron pan, half the pan is hot and half is less so, despite being put dead center on the burner.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (QnmlO)
——

All-Clad and Smithy have pans that supposedly solve that problem, albeit at insane prices. My brother swears by them. I think he’s full of shit.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (vdlll)

209 Afternoon, folk,

I created a dish last night. Or maybe somebody was there before me, I dunno. Rotini, cooked to suitable texture (9-11 min.), then drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with Italian seasoning, salt, garlic pepper; then some slices of cheddar laid atop the bowl, and the whole zapped in the microwave for a minute. Very tasty. "Pasta Dagnetta," perhaps?

We each had a bowl of that plus a bean & beef burrito on the side, mine sprinkled with chili powder. The whole meal was quite nice, but it left me wanting ice cream for some reason. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (omVj0)

210 Re: steak and eggs I made last night

So when I went to the only grocery store open til 12 anymore (fuck you covid-i hate you.) They did not have a great steak selection. They had top sirloin that were a lot more expensive though. I am working double time today, so I said 'fuck it.'

Damn. They do taste a lot better. Hell, better than several rsstaurant steaks i have gotten. Avocado oil (what is it made of, gold?!) Lowry's Seasoned Salt on both sides. Came out perfectly medium rare and insanely delicious. And I have 2 more steaks left.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

211 I'll leave the condolences for Joe to better people. I feel nothing for him but contempt and hate. He's an evil piece of shit.

Yep. I hope Biden's remaining time is awful.

Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (e4LaW)

212
wtf, peggy?

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (brh1H)

213 Today a whole rabbit is being brined to go on the rotisserie tomorrow. I will baste it with butter, white wine and Herbs de Provence.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 05:03 PM

Nice. The cost of rabbit up here is criminal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2025 05:45 PM (Wnv9h)

214 The lesbian potluck story confirms my sense that the gay community is the dreariest of people

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 18, 2025 05:45 PM (wBaIH)

215 To be serious, cast iron does transfer heat throughout the pan, but you have to be patient to let it spread.

I feel that if you are getting overcooked edges in a standard steel pan, like a brownie pan, the chances are that you are baking it too high, try dropping the temperature 20 degrees and letting it cook a bit longer.

It may always be a trade off for that though, you need certain levels of temperature to get the top to brown. Browning is a function of pH and moisture content to drive teh Maillard reaction. You really do have to feel your way in this area. If the top is not brown enough you can either cook longer, cook hotter, or vent your oven to get the moist hot air out. I would try increasing the temperature as a last attempt.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:45 PM (D7oie)

216 Two forks spooning is ok. Two spoons forking is not.

Posted by: BufordGooch at May 18, 2025 05:45 PM (ZoHZd)

217 Do any dish in the micro at 10 minutes and 50%, on a heavy plate. It will be even and perfect.

It sounds like too much, but 40% is defrost.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 18, 2025 05:45 PM (lhenN)

218 So, Rev. Horton's probably not a Unitarian, right?

Posted by: Paco at May 18, 2025 05:45 PM (mADJX)

219 Eh, dunno if I believe the Biden cancer dx. He has a history of fake dx

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 05:46 PM (rT96s)

220 I think you guys that don’t like the harder/burnt edges of brownies need to put down the bong. Just saying.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 18, 2025 05:46 PM (vdlll)

221 219 Eh, dunno if I believe the Biden cancer dx. He has a history of fake dx
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 05:46 PM (rT96s)

Certainly is "convenient" considering all the stuff that's coming out about him...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 18, 2025 05:46 PM (VE6XX)

222 You People still use your Ovens, a lot?

They make large "toaster ovens" that can handle 95% of what You use your Oven for. Why are you still using your ovens?
Posted by: Peggy Lawton at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (brh1H)

I have been using a counter top roaster to bake bread. it is . . . It is something that works but I am getting tired and I want a new oven now.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 05:47 PM (D7oie)

223 Eh, dunno if I believe the Biden cancer dx. He has a history of fake dx
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 05:46 PM (rT96s)

More lack of diagnosis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2025 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

224
btw, garrett HATES it when people "cook" bacon in the Mic.

But my Mic'd bacon comes out great, 90% of the time! And it takes 3 minutes. And there's Nothing to clean up. And the house doesn't stink like the local Greasy Spoon diner.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:47 PM (w2tEV)

225 Buck,
Your spoonbread mention sparked a memory. One of the reasons Mrs. JTB and I chose our wedding reception place was because they offered spoonbread on the menu. It was delicious. The place, sadly, is now gone but we have the recipe book they put out and it includes their spoonbread recipe IIRC. Time to look it up.

No shame about maple syrup on spoonbread. It sounds delicious. There are very few things that maple syrup doesn't improve.

Posted by: JTB at May 18, 2025 05:47 PM (yTvNw)

226 I created a dish last night. Or maybe somebody was there before me, I dunno. Rotini, cooked to suitable texture (9-11 min.), then drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with Italian seasoning, salt, garlic pepper; then some slices of cheddar laid atop the bowl, and the whole zapped in the microwave for a minute. Very tasty. "Pasta Dagnetta," perhaps?

We each had a bowl of that plus a bean & beef burrito on the side, mine sprinkled with chili powder. The whole meal was quite nice, but it left me wanting ice cream for some reason. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 05:44 PM (omVj0)

I guess the beans sorta counted as the vegetable

...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025 05:47 PM (tOcjL)

227 I made some beef jerky a few days ago, and one batch came out perfect, the second one was a little tough (the cuts were a trifle thicker). Should I extend the time of dehydration for thicker cuts?

Posted by: Paco at May 18, 2025 05:48 PM (mADJX)

228 I am also sorry. I cannot see dx without doing flashbacks to Def eqs. Dx/dy? *shudder*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2025 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

229 Eh, dunno if I believe the Biden cancer dx. He has a history of fake dx

Kept me out of the Federal Pen.

Posted by: Rick Hendrick at May 18, 2025 05:50 PM (e4LaW)

230
Certainly is "convenient" considering all the stuff that's coming out about him...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 18, 2025 05:46 PM (VE6XX)

_________

He's gone off to the same farm Major and Commander are at.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:50 PM (QnmlO)

231 Im marinating some nice Purdue Chicken I sliced down from breast's to cutlets. For the marinade I put together one egg wisked, four cloves of garlic crushed, a couple shakes of basil and oregano and four tbls of olive oil. I will pan fry them on high heat and brown them off.... will serve with corn and mashed potato's. and beverage of choice will be a pint of Muscatell vintage 4/25.

Posted by: Captain Fantastic not Gumby at May 18, 2025 05:50 PM (HK7qi)

232 I believe we are going to have white bean veggie burgers on silver hill bakery spouted buns, tzatziki, salad and maybe spinach tots.

Posted by: Piper at May 18, 2025 05:52 PM (p4NUW)

233 I saw Lesbian Potluck open for Pigs in the Blanket in Hell's Kitchen at the Sissor-Me-Nine Cafe in 66.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 18, 2025 05:52 PM (zKVqU)

234 Sorry Aetius.
Have a ∫ instead

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 05:52 PM (rT96s)

235 >>Nice. The cost of rabbit up here is criminal.

You can come to my yard and I will pay you to take them. 3 of them sitting in my backyard right now.

They're kind of cute though.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 05:52 PM (viF8m)

236 Via Amazon, I got a can of Wagyu beef tallow from a meat-packing outfit in Chicago. Going to do some fried chicken tenders and fries tomorrow.

Also restocked on Greek honey.

Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 05:52 PM (AOsQT)

237 and beverage of choice will be a pint of Muscatell vintage 4/25.
Posted by: Captain Fantastic not Gumby at May 18, 2025 05:50 PM (HK7qi)

Shall I unscrew it for you, sir?

Posted by: AOSHQ Wine Steward at May 18, 2025 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

238 At Costco they offer Kerry Gold butter and a New Zealand version. Both are from grass fed cows and no antibiotics, etc. The New Zealand version is a few bucks cheaper although more expensive than the usual super market stuff like Land O' Lakes. And it is identical to Kerry Gold in appearance and taste. As serious butter people we are willing to pay extra for Kerry Gold quality but if we can get the same for less cost it's a win.

Posted by: JTB at May 18, 2025 05:52 PM (yTvNw)

239 . Why are you still using your ovens?
Posted by: Peggy Lawton
-----------

Food cooks better in a gas oven, it's more natural.
Earth friendly is gas. Gas is green energy. Electric is inefficient therefore grey energy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2025 05:53 PM (cGKZ0)

240
I guess the beans sorta counted as the vegetable...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 18, 2025

***
Vegetable? Que?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 05:54 PM (omVj0)

241 Buck,
Feel free to send your brownie edges while enjoying the center part. All parts of the brownie are wonderful but I love to dip the harder outer part in cold milk. A match made in heaven.

Posted by: JTB at May 18, 2025 05:57 PM (yTvNw)

242 Prostate cancer at Biden's age is frustratingly slow to kill him

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 18, 2025 05:57 PM (wBaIH)

243 Piper, what are "spinach tots"?

Posted by: DanMa'am at May 18, 2025 05:59 PM (8uzBS)

244 A friend is raising rabbits so I get mine free.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 05:59 PM (NVNRw)

245 Angel Reese is a bitter, hateful, jealous THOT...
You're being far too kind. Angel Reese is a revolting, talentless, unskilled, hack with delusions of competence. An utter embarrassment to real women athletes.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 05:59 PM (XMwZJ)

246 Sunday sauce today. A friend of Little's made an outstanding sourdough boule that determined the menu. The kid went to culinary school and is thinking of a career in food science. Gifted, he is....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 05:59 PM (bA75n)

247 Just turned on n BBC America. The Patriot is on. Kind of ironic it's on a British channel

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 18, 2025 06:00 PM (ef25Y)

248 OT
Some doctors need to lose their licences:

Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone.
And this wasn't picked up before? Or was it suppressed in order not to have to tell the public?

https://tinyurl.com/2kwb36er

Posted by: Ciampino - tell every prospective illegal at May 18, 2025 06:01 PM (sPQoU)

249 243 Piper, what are "spinach tots"?
Posted by: DanMa'am at May 18

Like tater tots, but made with spinach, carrots, potato (or sweet potato), some parm and then baked or air fried. Really yummy!

Posted by: Piper at May 18, 2025 06:02 PM (p4NUW)

250 Def eqs?
Surely you mean diff eqs.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:02 PM (XMwZJ)

251 As a fellow Reverend, Reverend Horton Heat is an unsung hero of rock and roll.

The man covers all of the important spiritual issues of life and existence in a modern day society.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 18, 2025 06:02 PM (zKVqU)

252 A simple manipulation of the Laws of Thermodynamics should do it!

But really, how hard is it to design a pan that maintains an even temperature between the corners & center?
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 05:33 PM (4i/x5)

Well, if you don't mind ceramic, a casserole is designed for that purpose.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 18, 2025 06:03 PM (/HDaX)

253 ...metastasized to the bone...
I'll note that the skull is a bone, so makes sense.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:03 PM (XMwZJ)

254 248 OT
Some doctors need to lose their licences:

Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone.
And this wasn't picked up before? Or was it suppressed in order not to have to tell the public?

.............

Well to keep it on topic I guess you could say he's cooked.

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 18, 2025 06:04 PM (j/yko)

255 Ratchet Reese

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 18, 2025 06:04 PM (wBaIH)

256 Come on, ass cancer!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 18, 2025 06:06 PM (i24o9)

257 Tonight is lasagna.

I stopped using ricotta and switched to Bechamel sauce about 5 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 06:07 PM (RIvkX)

258
Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone.
And this wasn't picked up before? Or was it suppressed in order not to have to tell the public?

Yeah... I'm skeptical... Distraction ? Sympathy ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 18, 2025 06:07 PM (VE6XX)

259 268 HONEY DILL SAUCE ... Grandkids spent the weekend with us and, while gearing up foodwise, I tried making a new (to me) dipping sauce for chicken nuggets ... Apparently, it's quite popular in Manitoba, Canana ... Was sure there were lots of recipes online, but decided to create a quick version (having many other tasks to accomplish.

Anyway, I blended together a half cup of mayo, a tablespoon of honey, a teaspoon of dried dill, and a quarter teaspoon of garlic powder ... The grandkids politely said "No thanks, Mom-Mom"; so I plan to spread the leftovers onto tortilla wraps this week before adding deli turkey lunchmeat ... I may make another small batch, thin it out some with vegetable oil, place it in a squeeze bottle, and set it out with other condiments this weekend for folks to try on their burgers.

Posted by: Kathy at May 18, 2025 06:08 PM (qpw89)

260 Some women understand the mechanics of how a dishwasher effectively cleans dishes, bowls, dinnerware, etc., to the same degree that they understand that a car requires maintenance, i.e., not at all.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:08 PM (XMwZJ)

261
The Patriot?

a.k.a. the sequel to Braveheart

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 06:08 PM (hSZnf)

262 That sort of cancer is being treated with CAR-T immunotherapy, and pretty successfully too. It is a therapy to prime the immune system to start attacking the cancer instead of using chemo the kill the cancerous cells. It is very experimental but is showing excellent possibilities.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2025 06:09 PM (D7oie)

263 Boy F.'s dishwasher rearranging is a feature of his autism. Almost everything around here he has "re-arranged."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 06:09 PM (RIvkX)

264
Fake "sports" channel Disney ESPN cannot stop replaying Angel Reese's 3-pointer, like it's a hole-in-one rarity.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 18, 2025 06:10 PM (pMRvT)

265 Small nodules are a delicacy during branding season and their preparation parallels how a Michelin Chef would prepare Rocky Mountain Oysters with a complimentary Pilsner.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 18, 2025 06:11 PM (zKVqU)

266 the missus made amazing biscuits in a cast iron pan last night. tonight, roasted leeks with pork chops. had snow on the lake today up here in far northern MN.

Posted by: Jeff Carter (@pointsnfigures1) at May 18, 2025 06:11 PM (8qMs2)

267 Spousal unit liked to put knives (and other pointy things) in the dishwasher with the dangerous bits pointing straight up. Definitely an OSHA violation, but she could not be persuaded otherwise.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:12 PM (XMwZJ)

268 I avoid ricotta whenever possible. I don’t like it in calzones, and I’ve asked my wife to use cottage cheese in lasagne and other pasta dishes. It’s overly rich without any gain in flavor.

Also, I like fudgy brownies, but not gooey. That’s too wet. Cakey brownies are a no go, I’d rather get a cookie then. Yes, I love edge pieces.

Posted by: Advo at May 18, 2025 06:13 PM (jO4mz)

269 Spousal unit liked to put knives (and other pointy things) in the dishwasher with the dangerous bits pointing straight up. Definitely an OSHA violation, but she could not be persuaded otherwise.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:12 PM (XMwZJ)

You keep an iron nearby in case of self-stabbing while unloading, right?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2025 06:13 PM (VNX3d)

270 ...like it's a hole-in-one rarity...
Well, it really is. Indeed, a layup by the spastic hack should warrant the same coverage.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:13 PM (XMwZJ)

271 CAR-T kept Carter alive for a decade.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 18, 2025 06:14 PM (wBaIH)

272 As may have been mentioned already, and for those wishing it, Joe Biden has aggressive ass cancer.

As seen on citizens free press

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 18, 2025 06:14 PM (FCbAQ)

273 Angzarr, DanMan does the same with the knives. It's usually the only thing I'll go behind him to rearrange.

Posted by: DanMa'am at May 18, 2025 06:14 PM (8uzBS)

274 You keep an iron nearby in case of self-stabbing while unloading, right?
Yes, as well as lots of bandages and a tourniquet.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:15 PM (XMwZJ)

275 dishwasher

Ruins knives

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2025 06:15 PM (U0f2i)

276 No dishwasher rearranging at Maison JTB. The dishwasher that came with the house died shortly after we moved in 40 years ago. We never replaced it. With just the two of us it didn't seem worth the expense. The space it occupied serves perfectly for food storage that doesn't need refrigeration.

Posted by: JTB at May 18, 2025 06:16 PM (yTvNw)

277 I have a prewash cycle for my dishes. Put them on the floor and the dogs lick them clean.

I am kidding

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:17 PM (NVNRw)

278 >>As may have been mentioned already, and for those wishing it, Joe Biden has aggressive ass cancer.

Some of you keep your prostate in a weird spot.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 06:18 PM (viF8m)

279 Knowing that Mrs fd will go behind me and fix any errors in dishwasher loading protocol makes my life easier.

Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

280 I like my gas stove and the oven was designed for baking and roasting. I can do several things at once. Why would I want to make do with a toaster oven?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 18, 2025 06:20 PM (AcTAo)

281 My late wife was the dishwasher rearranger so I mostly left it to her.

Posted by: Ciampino - pointy things at May 18, 2025 06:21 PM (sPQoU)

282 I like every part of a brownie, even the shell. I also like bread crust, particularly Italian bread, and on pizza.

Posted by: Ciampino - pointy things go down at May 18, 2025 06:24 PM (sPQoU)

283 Last date loaf is in the oven and it sure smells good on here

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:24 PM (NVNRw)

284 Tried my hand at stuffed cabbage rolls today for the first time. Not hard to make, but more time-consuming than I expected. After removing some of the softened leaves from the outside a large cabbage, I had to put cabbage head back in the hot water to soften some more.

We'll be eating around 7:30. I forgot to add a touch of brown sugar to the tomato sauce/beef stock mixture that I poured over the top. But my family does not like much sweet with savory, so it should be OK

Posted by: Otto Pen at May 18, 2025 06:24 PM (sJHOI)

285 A friend is raising rabbits so I get mine free.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 05:59 PM

*sigh*

Jealous.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2025 06:24 PM (Wnv9h)

286 I am almost always home so I'm in charge of the dishwasher.

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 06:24 PM (3RLOR)

287 No dishwasher rearranging at Maison JTB. The dishwasher that came with the house died shortly after we moved in 40 years ago. We never replaced it. With just the two of us it didn't seem worth the expense. The space it occupied serves perfectly for food storage that doesn't need refrigeration.
Posted by: JTB at May 18, 2025

***
When I buy my house, I'll want to have most of the major appliances come with it. No way I want to buy a refrigerator or stove. But I'm not too concerned about a dishwasher. I've had one in my apartments for years. But recently I've simply taken to washing the dishes myself, since it's usually just me or Linda and me, and placing the dishes into the machine to air dry. I call it my "staging area."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 06:25 PM (omVj0)

288

OT: OR a food item?

Biden confirmed to have prostate cancer...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2025 06:26 PM (x0n13)

289 110 Lesbian Potluck

* control-F "fish" *

[no results]

* control-F "clam" *

[no results]

Remarkably restrained in here!

Posted by: mikeski at May 18, 2025 04:54 PM (DgGvY)

Joke Punchline: At least the hot dogs don't taste like sh*t...

NSFW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DMQP8fWuHo&t=320s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 18, 2025 06:27 PM (ynpvh)

290 Biden confirmed to have prostate cancer...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2025 06:26 PM

*whispers*

Help. Me.

Posted by: Prostate Cancer at May 18, 2025 06:28 PM (Wnv9h)

291 288

OT: OR a food item?

Biden confirmed to have prostate cancer...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2025 06:26 PM (x0n13)

A doctor once told me than any man over about 80 or 85 has prostate cancer; it's just a matter of how large and how fast it's growing. In most cases you die of something else first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 18, 2025 06:29 PM (ynpvh)

292 First PDT made the Mexican navy crash into the Brooklyn bridge and now this. Is there nothing the TRUMP!!! curse can't do!?

Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:29 PM (vFG9F)

293 RMBS, think MoMe paella with the ribs and rabbit. This can happen.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:29 PM (NVNRw)

294 290 Biden confirmed to have prostate cancer...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2025 06:26 PM

*whispers*

Help. Me.

Posted by: Prostate Cancer at May 18, 2025 06:28 PM (Wnv9h)

Is it metastatic from his brain?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 18, 2025 06:29 PM (ynpvh)

295 Too bad he doesn't have colon cancer to go along with it

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:30 PM (NVNRw)

296 Otto Pen - I love cabbage rolls, but there's no way I'm going to spend all the time making them so I just chop up all the ingredients and make a soup with them.

Posted by: PabloD at May 18, 2025 06:30 PM (TDkp3)

297 133 ... Piper,
Thanks for posting the bakes apples recipe. It sounds great and the carbs should be manageable compared to many other desserts.

I would be tempted to take the almost finished apples and use them as the filling of an individual galette. I have a couple of small Lodge cast iron pieces that would be a perfect fit.

Posted by: JTB at May 18, 2025 06:31 PM (yTvNw)

298 Scheffler has a 6 shot lead with two holes to play at the PGA. He's making it look easy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 18, 2025 06:32 PM (ef25Y)

299 Too bad he doesn't have colon cancer to go along with it
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:30 PM (NVNRw)

We'll soon hear that he has semi-colon cancer.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2025 06:32 PM (VNX3d)

300 RMBS, think MoMe paella with the ribs and rabbit. This can happen.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:29 PM

Yes, please!

Posted by: Prostate Cancer at May 18, 2025 06:32 PM (Wnv9h)

301
Any news release about Biden is likely a lie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 06:32 PM (QnmlO)

302 Off, cancerous sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Wnv9h)

303 Def eqs?
Surely you mean diff eqs.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 18, 2025 06:02 PM (XMwZJ)

No, I meant Def Leppard equations. You only use one arm at a time.

Posted by: AOSHQ Wine Steward at May 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Lbyf8)

304 Biden has prostate cancer like everyone his age does. It's an excuse for when they put him down like Epstein.

And being able to load a dishwasher is, like proper TP loading, a marriage prerequisite.If they f that up and can't be corrected, RUN. It's as bad as finding they majored in Psych or Theatre, or that they cannot name a favorite Simpsons episode.

These people are irredeemable.

Posted by: PITA federalist at May 18, 2025 06:33 PM (vvX0g)

305 Some of you keep your prostate in a weird spot.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 06:18 PM

(viF8m)

I guess when you get a finger shoved up your bum to check for it long enough, it becomes easy to confuzzle the 2 areas

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 18, 2025 06:35 PM (FCbAQ)

306
It's as bad as finding they majored in Psych or Theatre, or that they cannot name a favorite Simpsons episode.

These people are irredeemable.
Posted by: PITA federalist at May 18, 2025 06:33 PM (vvX0g)

___________

Guess I'm irredeemable. I've never watched a single episode of The Simpsons.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 06:35 PM (QnmlO)

307 Can we get proof that Biden has cancer? The timing of the announcement in light of all his recent bad press is suspicious.

And no, I would never say that about a decent human being.

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 06:36 PM (Mmf4/)

308 Two guys stop at a local diner for a quick bite. They order a hamburger each. The cook, a huge, fat woman, takes two frozen patties from the freezer and slaps them in her hairy, sweaty arm pits to thaw.
One of the guys turns to the other, "Good thing we didn't order wieners!"

Posted by: Ciampino - hotdogging it at May 18, 2025 06:36 PM (sPQoU)

309 Who is the dishwasher re-arranger in your household?

--Points at Mr. L, with gratitude.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at May 18, 2025 06:40 PM (dyL4B)

310 284 ... " Tried my hand at stuffed cabbage rolls today for the first time."

Tried making stuffed grape leaves, the Lebanese version, a couple of times. My mother and grandmother made it look so easy with their little hands. Mine looked like something out of a Salvador Dali painting. My one attempt at cabbage rolls wasn't any better. If I want the taste I'll just chop everything together and make it a casserole.

Posted by: JTB at May 18, 2025 06:41 PM (yTvNw)

311 CABBAGE LEAVES ... Recently saw a suggestion that freezing until needed -- then thawing -- renders them suitable for stuffing and rolling.

Posted by: Kathy at May 18, 2025 06:41 PM (qpw89)

312 Cancer is too good for biden.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 18, 2025 06:42 PM (mT+6a)

313 No dishwasher rearranging here.
Once wifey gets it half full I just say, "... maybe I'll just turn it on..."

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2025 06:42 PM (/lPRQ)

314 Tell me about the rabbits, George.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2025 06:44 PM (viF8m)

315 I'm Southern and I've never heard of spoonbread. (I don't like sweet tea so I guess I'm a defective Southerner anyway.) It does sound a little similar to what I'd call corn pudding.

I put molasses in my last batch of cornbread and this is my new favorite way to make cornbread.

Brownies... the gooier the better.

And I'm persnickety about many things around my house (less so after living with my mom for 2 years), but don't care much how the dishwasher is arranged.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 18, 2025 06:44 PM (Szews)

316 311 CABBAGE LEAVES ... Recently saw a suggestion that freezing until needed -- then thawing -- renders them suitable for stuffing and rolling.

Posted by: Kathy at May 18, 2025 06:41 PM (qpw89)

Make for terrible blunts, man.

Posted by: Cheech & Chong at May 18, 2025 06:44 PM (ynpvh)

317 Hi horde, just got here. Lessee....

Spoon bread looks delicious. I'm going to look for a recipe.
Lesbian pot luck LOL
You can give me your brownie crusts
Ricotta cheese is definitely a flavor decanter, and has a bad texture besides
I usually try to cram too much into a storage container
No dishwasher, so arrangement is irrelevant

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 18, 2025 06:45 PM (WIBSw)

318 I prefer my brownies a little more cakey.

With nuts.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 18, 2025 06:46 PM (mT+6a)

319 I prefer my brownies a little more cakey.

With nuts.
Posted by: nurse ratched

And frosting

Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

320 I prefer my brownies a little more cakey.

With nuts.
Posted by: nurse ratched

And frosting
Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)
----
And pie.

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 06:48 PM (Zwbe8)

321 TBH I'd really prefer just to eat the raw brownie batter. Same with cookie dough.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 18, 2025 06:48 PM (Szews)

322 TBH I'd really prefer just to eat the raw brownie batter. Same with cookie dough.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Toll House cookie dough is the bomb.

Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025 06:50 PM (lJ0H4)

323 I want a piece of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:50 PM (NVNRw)

324 Sorry, Ben Had,

Carrot cake is repulsive.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 18, 2025 06:51 PM (mT+6a)

325 I want a piece of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
Posted by: Ben Had

Anything with cream cheese frosting is acceptable.

Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025 06:51 PM (lJ0H4)

326 Nurse,

I saw your comment on the hobby thread last evening, but not until today. Thanks for asking. Yes, I very much plan to move somewhere I love. Originally I was going to take off to look over Indiana and Kentucky in April, but my finances got in a tangle (not bad, just delayed). I am planning on early June now.

I loved Colorado and the parts of New Mexico I visited, but both states are run by blue imbeciles now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 06:52 PM (omVj0)

327 No cake or pie is repulsive!

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 06:52 PM (Zwbe8)

328 nurse. Diversity, baby, Diversity

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:53 PM (NVNRw)

329 To all the center-cut brownie people - I wish I could make you all a batch of my grandmother's brownies. All six of us kids and my dad used to fight for the corner pieces.

The center is great, but the edge pieces were the best.

Posted by: 496 at May 18, 2025 06:53 PM (t+VLa)

330 Toll House cookie dough is the bomb.

Posted by: Tuna
---
Indeed. My favorite cookie recipe lately is bluebell's peanut butter chocolate chip recipe in the Deplorable Gourmet. That is primo cookie dough. (I usually manage to bake most of them, which requires a supreme effort of will.)

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 18, 2025 06:53 PM (Szews)

331 319 I prefer my brownies a little more cakey.

With nuts.
Posted by: nurse ratched

And frosting
Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

A nice variation is to put a layer of peppermint patties on your brownies when they come out of the oven, then spread them with a warm knife/metal spatula..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 06:54 PM (bA75n)

332 O/T - Twilight Zone idea -
Ambitious but thouroughly mediocre politician makes deal with "The Debil" to gain great power. The Debil gives the politician ever increasing power, but with each bit of power the pol starts losing physical ability to communicate... starts small buts gets ever more bizarre as he hears himself want to say one thing buts what comes out his mouth sounds like he is a molester and even strnger... ability to move starts to be lost... His family and handlers strap him into wheelchair facing a corner all day... the abuse continues as ultimate power is achieved only to be enjoyed by others as he sits helpless in the corner.
Finally, after achieving all the power he bargained for there is nothing left except the ever increasing pain of the bone cancer he cannot ever tell others of, sitting in the corner until the end.
.... Inspired by real events... Roll credits...

Ta Da!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2025 06:54 PM (/lPRQ)

333 Scheffler won but jeez what a long walk it is to the scorer's tent.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 18, 2025 06:55 PM (n4GiU)

334 >>>Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone.
-------------

This is what took my dad. Original dx in 2007, 10 year remission, bone mets discovered in 2017.

Long story short:
**It took about 1.5 years from *bone mets* to death.
**It was extremely painful.

Posted by: JQ at May 18, 2025 06:55 PM (rdVOm)

335 TBH I'd really prefer just to eat the raw brownie batter. Same with cookie dough.
Posted by: screaming in digital
*
Toll House cookie dough is the bomb.

Posted by: Tuna at May 18, 2025

***
Why do the so-called experts warn us against eating cookie dough nowadays? I ate quite a bit of it as a kid and an adult, and I'm still here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 06:55 PM (omVj0)

336 I just saw a recipe for black bean brownies. Presenter claimed her entire extended family loved them. Anyone here had experience with them?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2025 06:55 PM (lFFaq)

337 Not worried about dishes getting clean in the first washing as the Mrs. washes them by hand before loading.

Posted by: javems at May 18, 2025 06:56 PM (8I4hW)

338 A nice variation is to put a layer of peppermint patties on your brownies when they come out of the oven, then spread them with a warm knife/metal spatula..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2025 06:54 PM (bA75n)

Oooh. Will have to try that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 18, 2025 06:57 PM (lFFaq)

339
Spousal unit liked to put knives (and other pointy things) in the dishwasher with the dangerous bits pointing straight up.

Take them out with a magnet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2025 06:57 PM (63Dwl)

340 Thank you, Buck
You did a great job of filling in.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:59 PM (NVNRw)

341 Not worried about dishes getting clean in the first washing as the Mrs. washes them by hand before loading.
Posted by: javems at May 18, 2025 06:56 PM (8I4hW)

Yeesh. Why even have a dishwasher?

I scrape the gunk off, load it up and run it on the pots and pans setting. Sparkling clean, nearly every time. Once in a while I'll come across a baking dish with some residue, or a pan that tipped over.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 18, 2025 06:59 PM (0aYVJ)

342 I was making cake mix cookies at Christmas time and accidentally used brownie mix instead. They turned out great, so now they're in the rotation.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 18, 2025 07:00 PM (3ImbR)

343 Gubs are nood!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 18, 2025 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

344 >Why do the so-called experts warn us against eating cookie dough nowadays?
---

'an abundance of caution'

but all seriousness aside, salmonella concerns cuz raw egg in the batter

Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 07:01 PM (AOsQT)

345
Buck, if you're still around. I love the Recipe Master site and just this morning I read a lasgana recipe called Million Dollar Lasagna. It does have ricotta but it also has cream cheese and sour cream.

It sounds really good and I'm going to try it.

Posted by: four seasons at May 18, 2025 07:05 PM (3ek7K)

346 Onliest problem with brownies is the average pan only makes 4 brownies. Cake pans have the same issue.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 18, 2025 07:05 PM (hKoQL)

347
I also cut off the edges of brownies. I like the gooey middle and husband likes the edges I cut off. It's a win win, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 18, 2025 07:07 PM (3ek7K)

348 Biden was a companion cancer since the day he was elected to the senate. A complete total shitheel.

I'll do a little Irish jig on the day Cadaver Joe passes beyond the grasp of Dr. Jill into the bowels of erectile dysfunction Hell.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 18, 2025 07:10 PM (zKVqU)

349 327 No cake or pie is repulsive!

Posted by: Weasel at May 18, 2025 06:52 PM (Zwbe

Kidney pie?

Posted by: Cheech & Chong at May 18, 2025 07:13 PM (ynpvh)

350
It's interesting that Bribem is suddenly diagnosed with cancer just before the Hur interview was released.

Presidents have the best healthcare and I think the aholes are using that to detract from what a crap President he was.

Posted by: four seasons at May 18, 2025 07:13 PM (3ek7K)

351 As for TP, couldn't care less which way it comes off the roll, just that there IS paper available.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 18, 2025 07:17 PM (hKoQL)

352 You can even buy a special pan(I think I saw it on Shark Tank) where you every piece is an edge piece.

Posted by: MikeN at May 18, 2025 07:21 PM (HVZOH)

353
MikeN,

That pan would be perfect for my Husband.

Posted by: four seasons at May 18, 2025 07:23 PM (3ek7K)

354 Salad maker challenge: fess up, it's a clever way to avoid having to make the salad and gives you time for the fire and meat. I do the same with counters. missus is so critical that she redid them until she finally fired me from counter duty. In return I am that magic dishwasher arranger who puts things in the most efficient way to remove them. Years of removal and final dry for flatware from 150-people dinners at church taught me.

Posted by: Dennis Keating at May 18, 2025 08:28 PM (H1uD7)

355 Reverend Horton Heat did the theme song for the Johnny Bravo cartoon. Jimbo works that bass like a demon. The lyric in "Martini Time": "I live my life on a layer of ice..." is simply sublime - it spoke to me of a time in my own life.

Thanks for putting RHH up! Truly appreciated!

Posted by: MarkW at May 18, 2025 09:35 PM (TPMbx)

356 Great job, Mr. Throckmorton.

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