Food Thread: It's Time To Have A National Conversation About Granola

Specifically, we have to take it back from the...um...granola-eating hippies with dreadlocks, body odor and knit rainbow caps. Because it tastes good. And it's easy to make, certainly after one peruses the cereal aisle and sees how stupidly expensive some of the boutique granolas are. Sorry, but it's oats gussied up with some nuts and fruit and sugar. It's not anything special, and it isn't particularly good for you or bad for you. It's just yummy, and convenient to carry because it is calorically dense compared to an apple (shudder).

But let's get back to "easy to make." It really is. Mix some old fashioned oats with honey and vegetable oil and some chopped nuts and some vanilla. Toss it, then spread on a baking sheet and stick it into a 350 degree oven for about 25 minutes, then take it out, toss it with some raisins or dried cranberries, put it back in the oven until it's as browned and crispy as you want. And that is it. If you want to make bars, compress the granola into the baking sheet with a another, smaller sheet. Really lean into it, because the more compact it is the better chance you have of keeping the bars from crumbling. This one is sort of tough, and you will have to play around with the recipe. I compress mine just because I like chunks of granola rather than tiny pieces.

I have been playing around with adding a fair amount of water to the oats to soften them. It seems to ease the dry texture a bit, and I will certainly keep playing around. But at the end of the day, it's just cereal, and there is nothing fancy or morally uplifting about eating cereal. What I would suggest is that you make your own, because it's better than most of the commercial stuff and much, much cheaper.

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I know I sound like a nutty, badly-educated crank, but I always assumed that if one input increased in price, the market will search for less expensive substitutes. Call me crazy, but it could be that artificially raising the price of labor (an input) forces consumers of labor to seek alternatives. New York Minimum Wage Increase Gives Birth to the First Fully Automated Bar & Grill
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Cemitas Mexican Sesame Seed Sandwich Buns
I haven't tried this recipe, but it looks extremely easy and straightforward. "Serious Eats" is pretty reliable, so I am confident they will be good. They seem like a Mexican version of brioche, only easier. And I love brioche buns for burgers and pulled pork, so this one may be a keeper.

One thing that puzzles me is weighting down the plastic-wrap cover during the last rise. Whenever I make rolls I tend to produce sub-optimal shaped though tasty little buggers. My assumption was that I was over-handling before the last rise, but this recipe seems to try to limit vertical rising. Weird. But what the hell.

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Yeah...milkshakes are good. Anything made with ice cream is going to have a shot at being tasty, so why are milkshakes so special? Lots' of people swear by them, but I can't remember the last time I ordered one, or even made one. Sure, if someone orders a particularly tasty-looking shake I will ask for a sip, but As i mentioned to Bluebell (she sent the link), I prefer my ice cream unadulterated. 7 Unbelievably Scrumptious Milkshake Recipes might be a bit of hyperbole, but they do look good.

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Bistecca fiortentina, courtesy of J.J. Sefton's favorite restaurant:
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And plain old jalapeños with cream cheese, courtesy of commenter, "Uncle Si."

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I have been poking through my recipes and nothing really jumped out at me, so you will have to be content with my recipe for drinking good Tequila, which is a rarity for me because good Tequila is a fortune. I'm not talking about the stuff that works in Margaritas...that stuff is fine, and can be found for a reasonable amount of money. But the great sipping tequilas are outrageously expensive, sometimes 4x what the equivalent quality Bourbon or Scotch Whiskey runs. But I was given a bottle of something lovely, and my technique is simple.

Pour into lowball glass
Sip
Repeat.

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1 I had some delicious dumplings this week.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 13, 2017 03:49 PM (/o9Qk)

2 Granola? F*ck NOla.

Posted by: Terry McAuliffe at August 13, 2017 03:50 PM (/qEW2)

3
None of us are old enough to remember the advent of the Granola & Trail Mix craze.

Back in the '70's, I believe.

And that FAKE chocolate crap. Carab??

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 03:53 PM (utELx)

4

Then came all the 9-grain, 11-grain, 8-grain bread nonsense...

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 03:54 PM (utELx)

5 So, this is where granola lost me and it's totally alexthechick's fault. She asked me what the difference between granola and muesli is, which made me look at the ingredients.

Granola is all sugar. Even the hippie brands. That's no good for gainzz.

So I get muesli (Alpen). I add a banana, some blueberries or other fruit, sometimes some raisins, and in lieu of milk I put fruit yogurt on it and stir it around.

It's a great mushy crunchy fruity healthy gainzz breakfast.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 03:54 PM (gIRsn)

6
now I'm forced to pronounced dumb new words such as Quinoa...

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 03:55 PM (utELx)

7 I know I sound like a nutty, badly-educated crank, but I always assumed that if one input increased in price, the market will search for less expensive substitutes.

Absolutely. Sugar subsidies caused soft drink makers (and others) to use less expensive High Fructose Corn Syrup.

And now corn subsidies (and ethanol mandates) have caused the cost of HFCS to go high enough soft drink makers are beginning to substitute it with sugar.

But that's not good for the consumer. I'd rather sugar fell in price to make it more attractive.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 13, 2017 03:55 PM (17QyB)

8
I add a banana, some blueberries or other fruit, sometimes some raisins, and in lieu of milk I put fruit yogurt on it...

And there's your sugar.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 03:56 PM (utELx)

9 Dinner tonight is one of our favorites, Honey, Mustard and Rosemary Pork. Will serve with mashed potatoes and a veg.

I use tenderloin instead of loin, and always use fresh rosemary. I marinate overnight, no less than 8 hours and sprinkle the meat lightly with salt before roasting.

That is how I've improved the recipe.

http://tinyurl.com/hmrpork

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 13, 2017 03:56 PM (/o9Qk)

10
But those "granola bars" and 99% of "protein bars" are pure crap, btw.

Might as well just eat a Milky Way.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 03:57 PM (utELx)

11 Carob...ugh just awful.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 13, 2017 03:57 PM (/o9Qk)

12 Drink tequila, do something stupid, retell the story.

Posted by: DaveA at August 13, 2017 03:57 PM (FhXTo)

13 Oh, Sweet Jesus! Best looking food ever! Makes me wish that I could forget all of the terrible appropriations that have taken place, before I was even born, that I am still responsible for. Preposition included for fun. The food thread is so much better than the chess thread!

Posted by: goon at August 13, 2017 03:58 PM (EaQ6/)

14 I made guacamole yesterday with 50 avocados. It made a lot!

Posted by: NCKate at August 13, 2017 03:58 PM (8Xttu)

15 That steak whatyamacallit looks great!

Is that granola in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 13, 2017 03:58 PM (5VlCp)

16

Carob...ugh just awful.

Fake Raisinetts and Fake Goobers!

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 03:59 PM (utELx)

17
Bistecca fiortentina, courtesy of J.J. Sefton's favorite restaurant:

That's a great looking japanese steak.

btw, what's better, Benny Hana or Bisuteki?

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:00 PM (utELx)

18 Those rolls look absolutely beautiful. I didn't know what you meant by "weighting down the plastic wrap" so I had a good look at the recipe, which by the way, is extremely long and wordy and in fact sounds in many ways like it could have been written by you, tone-wise, but anyhoooooo . . .

I always cover my rising bread with a towel. I don't consider it a weight, though, as it doesn't seem to prevent anything from rising high. The reason I do it is because it completely covers the bowl or tray.

Man, those look really, really good.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 04:00 PM (UoSKV)

19 Yeah... milkshakes are good.

Just watched "The Founder" last night. According to the movie, one of the big confrontations Ray Kroc had with the McDonald brothers was when he decided to go with Insta-Mix emulsifier milkshakes, and abandon milk-based shakes, to save refrigeration costs for his restaurants.

(Good interesting movie.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:00 PM (eMKNe)

20 I'm finally going to fess up now that my children are grown.
I dislike apples, applesauce, carrots, oranges,grapes unless wine, and bananas. blechity blech

I do like lemons, strawberries, and nectarines.

and granola

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:01 PM (FKrah)

21 And there's your sugar.

That's what ace says, but he's wrong. Sugar bad, fruit good.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 04:01 PM (gIRsn)

22 Bander, I thought muesli was uncooked oats, whereas granola was the baked stuff beloved by Berkeley hippies, and erstwhile Berkeley hippies, apparently.

Posted by: bluebell (closet Yankees fan) at August 13, 2017 04:02 PM (UoSKV)

23 because I know you care.
lol

yeah I use a towel also bluebell.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:02 PM (FKrah)

24 The tequila comments made me think of something I once read somewhere (might've been here); supposedly you can improve cheap vodka by putting it through a charcoal filter such as a Brita water filter. Does anyone know if this is true?

I'm, er, asking for a friend.

Posted by: Dr Alice at August 13, 2017 04:03 PM (LaT54)

25

Ace is overstressing his organs with all his fasting.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:03 PM (utELx)

26 Bluebell, that's what I thought too until I read the ingredients. Sugar is #2 on every brand of granola. Muesli, in addition to being raw, doesn't have added sugar.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 04:04 PM (gIRsn)

27 I tried tequila once.

sobbed until I threw up , and than sobbed some more.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:04 PM (FKrah)

28 DangerGirl, that pork recipe looks interesting (and good). I have never heard of cooking pork with beer like that. And then the cream at the end! Can you taste the beer in it? Because I don't like the taste of beer, but otherwise it sounds delicious.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 04:04 PM (UoSKV)

29 Anyone with 50 avocados should just buy more chips! Are we supposed to just forgive you for your bounty, for the delicious? Not likely!

Posted by: goon at August 13, 2017 04:05 PM (EaQ6/)

30 Regarding muesli. You can make your own by taking oats and soaking them overnight in apple juice or milk (just enough to moisten them). In the morning it is traditional to add grated apple - or I suppose applesauce would work - and other fruit, and possibly yogurt. I have never tried this, but clearly it has fiber galore and very little sugar.

Posted by: Dr Alice at August 13, 2017 04:06 PM (LaT54)

31 Posted by: bluebell (closet Yankees fan) at August 13, 2017 04:02 PM (UoSKV)
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CBD!!!!!!!

Show yourself, you rascal!!!

Posted by: bluebell, most definitely not a Yankees fan, closet or otherwise at August 13, 2017 04:06 PM (UoSKV)

32 sooth, I really worry he's going to become really ill.
what about electrolytes, potassium , drown to death .

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:06 PM (FKrah)

33
Don't we all have/had a family member who would always grab a bunch of grapes at the start of food shopping at the supermarket and snack on them while shopping, probably an aunt or an uncle?

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:06 PM (utELx)

34 CBD, Okay, what is the tequila you got? Inquiring minds want to know. And sample.

Posted by: JTB at August 13, 2017 04:06 PM (V+03K)

35 Mmm, you guys are making me hungry!

Blueberry muffin, anyone? I made them this morning. Maine blueberries are a pain in the neck to de-stem, in case you were wondering. It took me about 10 minutes to clean a cup of them, though that could have been because I was uncaffeinated at the time

But the muffins were really tasty.

I make my own granola because, as you say, it's much cheaper. And it's a good way to use up those half eaten containers of dried fruit that would otherwise linger on into eternity in the cabinets. One thing I've discovered is that using quick oats is a bad idea. I did that once because it was what I had, and, nope. Not for me, thanks; it gives the granola a weird texture.

Posted by: right wing yankee at August 13, 2017 04:07 PM (26lkV)

36 extremely long and wordy and in fact sounds in many ways like it could have been written by you, tone-wise,

Posted by: bluebell (closet Yankees fan) at August 13, 2017 04:00 PM (UoSKV)

What's that? Recipes? Oh....yeah...I remember. There was a rumor that there was going to be a Moron cookbook, but the people tasked with it are, apparently, so into their cups that they haven't emerged for months.

I guess we'll have to find a Yankees fan or two to do the heavy lifting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:07 PM (wYseH)

37
I really worry he's going to become really ill.

His immune system has to be greatly weakened by now. His organs are confused. His endocrine system...

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:08 PM (utELx)

38 Husband and I ate at a local Mexican establishment this past week, one we don't go to very often. I usually order chicken nachos or a chimichanga of some sort, but this time I wanted something different so I ordered something called Flamazo. OH MY...sooooo good!! Peppers, chicken, pineapple, mushrooms, cheese sauce. I'm positive it's not authentic Mexican in the least, but it definitely goes into my Order Again file...

Posted by: antisocialist at August 13, 2017 04:08 PM (W2wn0)

39 Oh ... don't mind me.

Just found a great deal on lemons, strawberries, nectarines, and granola. Wholesale even !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:09 PM (fiGNd)

40 From the first picture I deduce that you have trained your rabbit to use a litterbox.

Posted by: The AMAZING Kreskin at August 13, 2017 04:09 PM (ZYpQh)

41 One thing I've discovered is that using quick oats
is a bad idea. I did that once because it was what I had, and, nope.

Posted by: right wing yankee at August 13, 2017 04:07 PM (26lkV)

I agree. I have used both, and the old-fashioned oats are preferable.

There's a recipe I need to dig up that uses steel-cut oats. Not sure how....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:09 PM (wYseH)

42 I know, I know, I am working on the cookbook, I promise. I'm just trying to be very diligent and I feel like Solomon, a bit, if he were a cookbook editor, that is.

Sigh.

Posted by: bluebell, most definitely not a Yankees fan, closet or otherwise at August 13, 2017 04:10 PM (UoSKV)

43 scogg, and grape nuts my favorite cereal?

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:10 PM (FKrah)

44 bluebell next time you go to visit weasel in the cop shop, i'll come with you and kick him under the table.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:11 PM (FKrah)

45 Posted by: JTB at August 13, 2017 04:06 PM (V+03K)

Carrera Reposado.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:11 PM (wYseH)

46 9
Dinner tonight is one of our favorites, Honey, Mustard and Rosemary Pork. Will serve with mashed potatoes and a veg.

I
use tenderloin instead of loin, and always use fresh rosemary. I
marinate overnight, no less than 8 hours and sprinkle the meat lightly
with salt before roasting.

That is how I've improved the recipe.

http://tinyurl.com/hmrpork

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 13, 2017 03:56 PM (/o9Qk)

That sounds yummy! Rosemary isn't my favorite though...to me it over powers everything no matter how little I use.

But it still sounds yummy!

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 04:11 PM (Enq6K)

47 Add me to the list of people who covers rising bread with a towel. I always thought it was to keep the dough from drying out, but then again, dish towels aren't exactly airtight, so who knows? Maybe it's a holdover from when kitchens were full of flies, and a towel would help to keep them away? Or perhaps it helps to keep the heat in and stray air currents out?

Now I'm going to lose sleep over this.

Posted by: right wing yankee at August 13, 2017 04:11 PM (26lkV)

48 43 scogg, and grape nuts my favorite cereal?
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:10 PM (FKrah)

Oh trust me ... we'll make that shit ourselves. No need to pay retail. Look at these great prices on "grapes" and "nuts". How hard could it be ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:12 PM (fiGNd)

49 DangerGirl, that pork recipe looks interesting (and
good). I have never heard of cooking pork with beer like that. And
then the cream at the end! Can you taste the beer in it? Because I
don't like the taste of beer, but otherwise it sounds delicious.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 04:04 PM (UoSKV)

Hi bluebell! I don't find it to taste of beer at all. The other ingredients in the sauce are really the predominant flavors in the sauce. The only other thing I recommend is that you really watch the sauce the first five minutes you boil it (and make sure you have it in a big enough saucepan) because it will foam quite a bit at the start and has a tendency to want to boil over.
I also think that if you are averse to beer, you could use chicken broth instead.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 13, 2017 04:12 PM (/o9Qk)

50 Great food thread as always CBD! The Jalepenos were great washed down with some cold beer. Another happy Sunday.

Posted by: Uncle Si at August 13, 2017 04:12 PM (ZLmoR)

51 I tried tequila once.
sobbed until I threw up , and than sobbed some more.
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:04 PM (FKrah)

Haha...yup. I like when some bozo goes on and on about the subtle textures and flavors and blah blah blah about tequila.

Tequila tastes like the Devil's asshole.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 13, 2017 04:12 PM (5VlCp)

52 hah

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:12 PM (FKrah)

53 bluebell next time you go to visit weasel in the cop shop, i'll come with you and kick him under the table.
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:11 PM (FKrah)
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No, no, totally my fault, not his. Anyway, he's fled the country for a couple of weeks.

But you're welcome to join us anyway!

Posted by: bluebell, who watched Benitendi hit 2 3-run homers against the Yankees yesterday! at August 13, 2017 04:13 PM (UoSKV)

54 33
Don't we all have/had a family member who would always grab a bunch of grapes at the start of food shopping at the supermarket and snack on them while shopping, probably an aunt or an uncle?

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:06 PM (utELx)
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That was me, as a kid, once, until my mom told me "some peon picked that with dirty hands" and all I heard was "pee on".

Mom also told me the icicles we ripped off the house and ate had squirrel pee in them. After that we just used them for sword fights.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:13 PM (QGoUX)

55 hairyback, that is some vicious stuff. and yeah tatses horrid.
but I do know many people that love to try it on.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:13 PM (FKrah)

56 Oh trust me ... we'll make that shit ourselves. No need to pay retail. Look at these great prices on "grapes" and "nuts". How hard could it be ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:12 PM (fiGNd)
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You'll have to check the price on pea gravel too if you want it to be authentic.

Posted by: bluebell, who watched Benitendi hit 2 3-run homers against the Yankees yesterday! at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (UoSKV)

57 I guess we'll have to find a Yankees fan or two to do the heavy lifting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:07 PM (wYseH)

Yeah....it's not like they have anything else to do.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (Enq6K)

58 So, have you done a price comparison as to what it costs you to make granola versus buying granola? Not to be an ass, just curious.

I enjoy making lots of things but simply for the ingredients it is hard for me to compete with some big national chain or even local restaurants. Then when you factor in I am likely to upscale the quality of the ingredients it goes downhill quickly.

That is without even considering the opportunity cost for my time which could be spent working or doing something useful here.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (0wem/)

59 slightly on-topic: the old-school Coleman stove I found at a garage sale yesterday works! It looks like it was dragged behind a truck down a gravel road, then left in a barn for 30 or 40 years, but it works.

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (KCxzN)

60 Now I'm going to lose sleep over this.

Posted by: right wing yankee at August 13, 2017 04:11 PM (26lkV)

I do that too, but this recipes calls for plastic wrap and then a towel over that. It must be for the additional weight, although it could be to insulate, but that's way too imprecise.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (wYseH)

61 I love shakes and malts. Have 20 extra pounds because of them. Moms assisted living is 2 doors away from a United Dairy Farmers location. I have zero self control.
Homemade shakes/malts contain a dense high fat ice cream. A touch of heavy cream in addition to whole milk. For a chocolate version I use a good quality hot chocolate mix for the chocolate flavor.
Like ice cream but shakes are better. Have always liked my ice cream runny. Shakes are perfect because of that.
And yes my cholesterol is elevated for the first time in my life due to these concotions.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at August 13, 2017 04:15 PM (isPlk)

62 bluebell, I wanna flee the country for a couple of weeks . darn it.

sooth i'm always afraid of growing bacteria . I like to wash my stuff first.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:15 PM (FKrah)

63 Tequila tastes like the Devil's asshole.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 13, 2017 04:12 PM (5VlCp)

Hey dude ... how about you just go piss up a rope.

Posted by: International Herbal Cohort of Blue Agave at August 13, 2017 04:15 PM (fiGNd)

64 Yeah....it's not like they have anything else to do.
Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (Enq6K)
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I have always liked you.

Posted by: bluebell, who watched Benitendi hit 2 3-run homers against the Yankees yesterday! at August 13, 2017 04:15 PM (UoSKV)

65 Greetings:

Quaker Oats Granola with Raisins with some extra raisins and a Yoplait Blackberry yogurt.

Posted by: 11B40 at August 13, 2017 04:16 PM (evgyj)

66 people who covers rising bread with a towel. I always thought it was to keep the dough from drying out, but then again, dish towels aren't exactly airtight, so who knows? Maybe it's a holdover from when kitchens were full of flies, and a towel would help to keep them away? Or perhaps it helps to keep the heat in and stray air currents out?

Now I'm going to lose sleep over this.

Posted by: right wing yankee at August

have you googled it?

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:16 PM (0wem/)

67 growls at pea gravel comment.

I like my teeth let me keep em.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:16 PM (FKrah)

68 Setting up food for a friend recovering from surgery. Veggies and sirloin. After a couple weeks of frozen meals, said friend is ready for MEAT.

Posted by: Rosasharn at August 13, 2017 04:16 PM (PzBTm)

69 Yeah, tequila is what peasants served their peasants.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:16 PM (0wem/)

70 oh yeah there is that one vodka that taste like coconuts.. (blue bottle)
i'll never do that again

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:17 PM (FKrah)

71 I do that too, but this recipes calls for plastic wrap and then a towel over that. It must be for the additional weight, although it could be to insulate, but that's way too imprecise.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (wYseH)
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I put a layer of plastic wrap or wax paper over the dough first, before I cover it with a towel, if the dough is soft and would stick to the towel. That roll dough has a lot of fat in it so I suspect it's a soft dough and maybe he does that for the same reason, but wants to throw around words like "weight" for some reason.

Which is not a nice word to use when one is giving a decadent roll recipe.

Posted by: bluebell, who watched Benitendi hit 2 3-run homers against the Yankees yesterday! at August 13, 2017 04:18 PM (UoSKV)

72 So, have you done a price comparison as to what it
costs you to make granola versus buying granola? Not to be an ass, just
curious.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (0wem/)

I just made a batch that cost me about $12.50 for about 3 1/2 pounds of granola that is better than anything I can buy.

So about $3.50/lb. for granola with lots of fruit and nuts.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:18 PM (wYseH)

73 Tequila tastes like the Devil's asshole.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August

while I do agree that tequila is a vile and disgusting thing, which is what I assume you mean, I could be wrong, your comment does beg the question, how do you know?

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:18 PM (0wem/)

74 You'll have to check the price on pea gravel too if you want it to be authentic.
Posted by: bluebell, who watched Benitendi hit 2 3-run homers against the Yankees yesterday! at August 13, 2017 04:14 PM (UoSKV)

Please. I'm not going to pay anybody for gravel ... and sure as hell not when I can pee on it myself.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:18 PM (fiGNd)

75

Mom also told me the icicles we ripped off the house and ate had squirrel pee in them.

There's pee on everything.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:19 PM (utELx)

76 trying to figure out a way to throw bluebell and scrogg into the filthy barrel.

and lock it for an hour or two.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:19 PM (FKrah)

77
So about $3.50/lb. for granola with lots of fruit and nuts.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August

That is really good.

You are right on the old fashioned oats. The old fashioned should be used for everything.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:19 PM (0wem/)

78 After a couple weeks of frozen meals, said friend is ready for MEAT.

Am I too late for dinner ?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 13, 2017 04:20 PM (fiGNd)

79 how do you know?
He read Michael Moore's biography.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 13, 2017 04:20 PM (mJ8mX)

80
As a kid, did anyone ever tell you that every time a fly lands, it poops?

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:20 PM (utELx)

81 7-grain puffed Kashi, Grape Nuts, 5-grain rolled oats, chopped almonds, raisins and cherries all mixed together for breakfast. Eat that every morning and it'll clear out all the red meat you consume. Keeps you regular and spectacular.

Posted by: JROD at August 13, 2017 04:20 PM (Tr9jL)

82 45 ... Thanks, CBD. I'll check out Carrera Reposado. I like GOOD tequila. Since I only sip small amounts of any booze at a time (maybe half an ounce) tequila suits my style. And the 100 percent agave stuff is tasty.

Posted by: JTB at August 13, 2017 04:21 PM (V+03K)

83
So we'd believe there's fly poops and pee, literally, everywhere, especially on us.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:21 PM (utELx)

84 Never tried tequila. I keep hearing expensive teq is better, but I don't want to spend $100 just to try something I'm pretty likely to still never want to touch again.

I did try using agave syrup as the sweetener in my tea a couple years ago. Yum.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:21 PM (eMKNe)

85 sooth, yes I was told that.

and that rice puff cereal was really albino roach eggs.

I still can't eat it.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:21 PM (FKrah)

86 CBD, you think you're getting away with all that, but you're not, you know.

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:21 PM (UoSKV)

87 qdpsteve, a Little goes a long way.

so there is that.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:22 PM (FKrah)

88 So we'd believe there's fly poops and pee, literally, everywhere, especially on us.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:21 PM (utELx)

And squirrel pee.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:22 PM (wYseH)

89 I had a bad date with Captain Morgan in my 20s. I haven't seen him since.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at August 13, 2017 04:22 PM (/o9Qk)

90 Tequila tastes like the Devil's asshole.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August
while I do agree that tequila is a vile and disgusting thing, which is what I assume you mean, I could be wrong, your comment does beg the question, how do you know?
Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:18 PM (0wem/)

I had an ex who for lack of a better name I called "The Devil".

Trust me......blech.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 13, 2017 04:23 PM (5VlCp)

91 THERE'S SHIT IN EVERYTHING!!!!!!!1!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!

Posted by: Media 'scientists' who think they're telling you something you don't know at August 13, 2017 04:23 PM (eMKNe)

92 Never tried tequila. I keep hearing expensive teq is better, but I don't want to spend $100 just to try something I'm pretty likely to still never want to touch again.

I did try using agave syrup as the sweetener in my tea a couple years ago. Yum.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August

Yeah the "expensive tequila tastes better" thing has become such a staple it makes you wonder why anyone ever drank the cheap stuff, who would put up with the vile cheap stuff to begin with, and when will they ever have to quit making ever make a tequila that is good enough?

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:23 PM (0wem/)

93 Surprised Captain Morgan doesn't market a rum for women.

They could call it Captain Morgan Fairchild. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:24 PM (eMKNe)

94 I had an ex who for lack of a better name I called "The Devil".

Trust me......blech.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August

heh

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:24 PM (0wem/)

95 CBD, you think you're getting away with all that, but you're not, you know.

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:21 PM (UoSKV)

Talk all you want, but don't forget our bet.

You are going to look marvelous in a Yankees t-shirt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:24 PM (wYseH)

96 You people really don't want to know what fish did in your glass of water ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:25 PM (fiGNd)

97 y5, exactly.

"Oh, you didn't like the $100 tequila? Try the $200."
"Oh, you didn't like the $200 teq? Try the $500."
"Didn't like the $500 either? Try the $1,000."
"Hey, how'd you end up homeless anyway?"

:-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:25 PM (eMKNe)

98 Surprised Captain Morgan doesn't market a rum for women.

They could call it Captain Morgan Fairchild. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August

There are enough stupid people out there that would think that is a prescription for drinking during pregnancy that cm would get sued out of existence.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:26 PM (0wem/)

99 What to cover rising bread with?

How about a shower cap like Ma used to do?

Her bread rose beautifully.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 13, 2017 04:26 PM (S/hVx)

100 You are going to look marvelous in a Yankees t-shirt.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:24 PM (wYseH)
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Perhaps, but I don't think we are ever going to find out.

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:26 PM (UoSKV)

101 I keep derailing nice, clean, respectable threads.

I apologize, CBD.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:26 PM (QGoUX)

102 Her Majesty returned from shows in Louisiana with a big cooler stuffed with Cajun and Creole goodies: oyster and artichoke soup, turtle soup, both shrimp and crawdad etouffees, boudin, alligator sausage, etouffee stuffed chicken breasts, etc. We're eating good for a while!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2017 04:26 PM (kffTq)

103 why am i going to make granola when i have real food in the house?

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 13, 2017 04:27 PM (0kkuk)

104 Hadrian: braggart!!!! ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:27 PM (eMKNe)

105 You people really don't want to know what fish did in your glass of water ...
Posted by: ScoggDog at August

which is why whenever the waiter offers "sparkling or aquarium" I always opt for the sparkling.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:27 PM (0wem/)

106 But seriously, I'd like to try making cioppino sometime soon. Albertsons carries the Santa Monica Seafood Company starter mix.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:27 PM (eMKNe)

107 That's a lot of swamp critters in that cooler.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:28 PM (QGoUX)

108 "Oh, you didn't like the $100 tequila? Try the $200."
"Oh, you didn't like the $200 teq? Try the $500."
"Didn't like the $500 either? Try the $1,000."
"Hey, how'd you end up homeless anyway?"

:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at August

heh

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:28 PM (0wem/)

109 Chick-fil-A cookies and cream milkshake. There is no other shake that compares.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:28 PM (0mRoj)

110 Oh Good Grief ...

... could we just have one thread - ONE THREAD - without the Horde trying to show how gross they can make food sound like !?!?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:29 PM (fiGNd)

111 Insomniac, yup.

And every CFA milkshake comes with a bonus of Pissing Leftists Off.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:29 PM (eMKNe)

112 Authentic moosli is made with beef.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:29 PM (0mRoj)

113
I always assumed when making bread or rolls that using lard would make the softest, highest rising dough. Because lard is easy/sleazy for the yeast to push against and plump/fluff up.

But lard is like pure fat and calories.

Anyone can put me some knowledge?

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at August 13, 2017 04:29 PM (EgwCt)

114 one tequila
two tequila
three tequila
floor.

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (0kkuk)

115 ... could we just have one thread - ONE THREAD - without the Horde trying to show how gross they can make food sound like !?!?
Posted by: ScoggDog

Anchovies go on everything!!

Posted by: qdp 'asshole' steve at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (eMKNe)

116 I like tequila. However it makes me think I am King Kong and can take on the whole bar in a brawl so I stopped drinking it about 15 years ago

Posted by: Big V at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (qnAGA)

117 Chick-fil-A cookies and cream milkshake. There is no other shake that compares.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:28 PM (0mRoj)
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It's good, but I like their chocolate shakes the best. And yes, I've tried them all! Just doing my part for The Cause.

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (UoSKV)

118
without the Horde trying to show how gross they can make food sound like !?!?

Is someone talking about walnuts in brownies again??

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (utELx)

119 Anchovies go on everything!!
Posted by: qdp 'asshole' steve at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (eMKNe)

They taste like the Devil's asshole !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (fiGNd)

120 So, Bistecca alla Fiorentina, pan fried -- salt, pepper, olive oil, rosemary, let it marinade in its own Paolescence for an hour, then brown on both sides and put in the oven for about six minutes on 450 -- yes?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:31 PM (QGoUX)

121 Scogg, I would have your tastebuds checked out. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:31 PM (eMKNe)

122 ... could we just have one thread - ONE THREAD - without the Horde trying to show how gross they can make food sound like !?!?
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yer new here, ain't ya?

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 13, 2017 04:31 PM (0kkuk)

123 So, Bistecca alla Fiorentina
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:31 PM (QGoUX)

Given the earlier pic ... are we talking pan-fried beef cuts ?

I honestly don't know. Never had anything like that.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:32 PM (fiGNd)

124 117 Chick-fil-A cookies and cream milkshake. There is no other shake that compares.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:28 PM (0mRoj)
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It's good, but I like their chocolate shakes the best. And yes, I've tried them all! Just doing my part for The Cause.
Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (UoSKV)

*stares*

You are dead to me.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:32 PM (0mRoj)

125 So being a Pinchfart may equal being Nigardly about stuff.
Not really feeling safe to type or speak either word.
Sad.

Posted by: MoJoTee at August 13, 2017 04:33 PM (vKbhP)

126 119 Anchovies go on everything!!
Posted by: qdp 'asshole' steve at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (eMKNe)

They taste like the Devil's asshole !!!
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (fiGNd)

Having never tossed Satan's salad, I have no frame of reference. But, if I had to imagine what it tasted like, anchovies would be high on the list.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:34 PM (0mRoj)

127 Anyone can put me some knowledge?
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at August 13, 2017 04:29 PM (EgwCt)
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What is it exactly that you are wondering? Using lard, or butter, or cream (any fat) will make a bread dough softer, and it will take longer to rise, but the resulting product will be softer than say, an Italian or French bread with no fat in it.

And yes, fat is calories, but the good kind!

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:34 PM (UoSKV)

128 Made enchiladas last night, with homemade salsa verde. Turned out excellent.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2017 04:35 PM (89T5c)

129 Having never tossed Satan's salad, I have no frame of reference. But, if I had to imagine what it tasted like, anchovies would be high on the list.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:34 PM (0mRoj)

You could only be so lucky ...

Posted by: Old Scratch at August 13, 2017 04:35 PM (fiGNd)

130 Anchovies are vile repugnant little things that should never be near anything but a caesar salad.

Biggest argument we have ever had is when Mrs. Yankeefifth ordered a pizza half pepperoni and half anchovies, for the second time in a week, about a really, really long time ago. How could you do that? It is midnight and I have to be back at work at 6? Even if the pizza place were not closed it is too late to order another one!

I will eat nearly any pizza but you cannot get the stench of anchovies off of a piece of pizza, even worse, it is the colonialist topping of all pizza toppings and is constantly trying to annex other pieces of pizza when you are not looking.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:35 PM (0wem/)

131 Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:32 PM (fiGNd)

I ask because I don't have a grill and usually pan-fry my steaks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:36 PM (QGoUX)

132 27 I tried tequila once.

sobbed until I threw up , and than sobbed some more.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:04 PM (FKrah)

++++

I'm guessing you don't have a lot of drinking buddies.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 13, 2017 04:36 PM (pvjTE)

133 CFA peach milkshakes are the nectar of the gods. United Dairy Farms in Cincinnati also has good ones in season. But for everyday? Frozen lemonade.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2017 04:36 PM (kffTq)

134 You are dead to me.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:32 PM (0mRoj)
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Look at it this way. If we ever go to Chick-Fil-A together, and there is only one cookies 'n cream milkshake available, you get it without a fight.

Sometimes it's all how you look at things.

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:37 PM (UoSKV)

135 Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:35 PM (0wem/)

I'm going to sneak into your room while you're snoring off an epic MoMee drunk, and place anchovies in your mouth.

Yes I am.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:38 PM (QGoUX)

136 21 And there's your sugar.

That's what ace says, but he's wrong. Sugar bad, fruit good.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 04:01 PM (gIRsn)

Agreed. Exception: Dried Fruit...like the raisens. That stuff is loaded with sugar...so better to stay away from it...or use sparingly.

Posted by: Gorilla Grace at August 13, 2017 04:38 PM (4Z9Y3)

137 All Hail Eris, gimme a call beforehand. I'll help! ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:38 PM (eMKNe)

138 I'm going to sneak into your room while you're snoring off an epic MoMee drunk, and place anchovies in your mouth.

Yes I am.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August

Well, I would find that really unpleasant, however, I like the way you think.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:39 PM (0wem/)

139 There is a local pizza joint around here that used dried anchovies in the house dressing. One of the best salad dressings one could try.

Other than that: See asshole, Satan's

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2017 04:39 PM (89T5c)

140 Having never tossed Satan's salad, I have no frame of reference. But, if I had to imagine what it tasted like, anchovies would be high on the list.
Posted by: Insomniac at August

If you are ever given a choice, do not choose the anchovies.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:39 PM (0wem/)

141 I ask because I don't have a grill and usually pan-fry my steaks.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:36 PM (QGoUX)

That's funny ... I always do mine on the grill. Damn Eris - I got a really good little Weber that you'd probably love. I bet stuffing it in an envelope would be a real bitch, though.

The recipe sounded good. Would you cut it in strips - like in the picture - before putting it in the skillet ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:40 PM (fiGNd)

142 115 ... could we just have one thread - ONE THREAD - without the Horde trying to show how gross they can make food sound like !?!?
Posted by: ScoggDog

Anchovies go on everything!!
Posted by: qdp 'asshole' steve at August 13, 2017 04:30 PM (eMKNe)

Hahahahahaha. Classic.

Posted by: Gorilla Grace at August 13, 2017 04:40 PM (4Z9Y3)

143 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 13, 2017 04:36 PM (pvjTE)

as my gf said, If I ever have to go through that with you again remind me to slit my wrists first.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:40 PM (FKrah)

144 I used the Instant Pot cooker to make chicken and rice. Came out very well. Once cup rinsed rice, one cup rinsed glutious rice (different texture for funsies), two cups chicken stock, two pounds of chopped up chicken breast.

Let the instant pot warm up first. Once you've got pressure, let it cook for about 6 minutes (probably 11 min over all). After cook, stir together. The chicken seemed to cook ok. I had to use a spatula to get some of the rice up but it wasn't too bad. Maybe add some sort of non-stick spray next time.

So that and eggs this thing can make. Hopefully I'll learn some new, useful recipies for it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 13, 2017 04:41 PM (xJa6I)

145 I dunno Scogg, were you not the guy pee-ing in my grapenuts?

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:41 PM (FKrah)

146 I ask because I don't have a grill and usually pan-fry my steaks.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August

That's how cowboys do their steaks.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 13, 2017 04:42 PM (0wem/)

147 Eris, grilling really makes the steak tatse so much better, buy a little grill?

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:43 PM (FKrah)

148 The recipe sounded good. Would you cut it in strips - like in the picture - before putting it in the skillet ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:40 PM (fiGNd)
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I live in an apartment, so grilling is out, otherwise I'd be out on the back porch with muh fire and muh tequila.

I crisp up the steak in the pan, then slice it. Goooood. Not grill-level good, but nice.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:43 PM (QGoUX)

149 I dunno Scogg, were you not the guy pee-ing in my grapenuts?
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:41 PM (FKrah)

Damn it woman ... we got 'em WHOLESALE !!! What do you expect !?!?!?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:43 PM (fiGNd)

150 If we had this new food an beer tech maybe some of our Automats would still be around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_%26_Hardart

Posted by: Horn and Hardart at August 13, 2017 04:43 PM (zoSd2)

151 134 You are dead to me.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:32 PM (0mRoj)
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Look at it this way. If we ever go to Chick-Fil-A together, and there is only one cookies 'n cream milkshake available, you get it without a fight.

Sometimes it's all how you look at things.
Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:37 PM (UoSKV)

*looks around*

Did someone say something?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:44 PM (0mRoj)

152 Mix some old fashioned oats with honey and vegetable oil and some chopped nuts and some vanilla.
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1) use up powdered milk by adding it to the mix, too.

b) Substitute apple sauce for some (or all) oil- makes for a softer granola.

III) add cinnamon!

Posted by: granoliator at August 13, 2017 04:44 PM (VbExE)

153 scogg, well to be edible ?

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:44 PM (FKrah)

154 145 I dunno Scogg, were you not the guy pee-ing in my grapenuts?
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:41 PM (FKrah)

The uric acid helps soften them.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:45 PM (0mRoj)

155 I crisp up the steak in the pan, then slice it. Goooood. Not grill-level good, but nice.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:43 PM (QGoUX)

I bet. Sounds good.

What do you think about cooking one in a Sous Vide, and then throwing it on a broiler pan or quick in the skillet just to crisp the outside ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:45 PM (fiGNd)

156 I crisp up the steak in the pan, then slice it. Goooood. Not grill-level good, but nice.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:43 PM (QGoUX)

You can make a mighty fine steak on a stove. And if you have a broiler, it gets even more interesting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:45 PM (wYseH)

157 ew!

and chocolate malts are the best

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:45 PM (FKrah)

158 and chocolate malts are the best
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:45 PM (FKrah)
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+4.5

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:46 PM (UoSKV)

159 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/12/22/43327C1800000578-4783914-IMaGe-a-34_1502573737980.jpg

Firing up the grill right now. Hairspray is one hell of a propellant.

Posted by: BLM at August 13, 2017 04:47 PM (EgwCt)

160 how long would one cook a 1 in. thick rib eye in the broiler and what temp??

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:48 PM (FKrah)

161 Insomniac- Google tells me that covering dough with a towel helps keep the bread from drying out. Which only makes sense if you don't think about it. Towels aren't airtight, so the dough should dry out anyway. Maybe it dries out slowly enough that you bake it before it gets really dry.

I still like my theory that it insulates the dough- it really is warmer under the towel, even if the source of warmth isn't under the bowl (I put my bread dough on top of a low temp oven in temperate weather, but when it's cold out and the wood stove is running, I put it next to the chimney.)

Yep, still going to lose sleep over this

Posted by: right wing yankee at August 13, 2017 04:48 PM (26lkV)

162 and chocolate malts are the best

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:45 PM (FKrah)

+4.5

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:46 PM (UoSKV)

And what of malted milk balls?

That seems to be a bone of contention among many candy lovers.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:48 PM (wYseH)

163 How to Cook Steak on a Shovel
https://youtu.be/WtM89O2w6Ts

Posted by: The Art of Manliness at August 13, 2017 04:48 PM (VbExE)

164 and steak, hmm, just a touch of salt.
and sometimes i'll allow shrooms

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:49 PM (FKrah)

165 Sorry, 161 was meant as a reply to Y-5, not insomniac.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Posted by: right wing yankee at August 13, 2017 04:49 PM (26lkV)

166 I really want steak.
I feel so cheated in life.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:49 PM (FKrah)

167 From the Kush Kitchen, it's Chewy Granola Ganja Bars:

http://tinyurl.com/y98n6y9n

Best part is, she sounds like somebody's Gramma.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:49 PM (QGoUX)

168 166 I really want steak.
I feel so cheated in life.
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:49 PM (FKrah)

Now where did I put that violin? It's so tiny I keep misplacing it...

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (0mRoj)

169 There seems to be no middle ground in the anchovy debate. Some of us like them a lot, others cannot stand them. That has been THE dividing point in my own family for three generations.

It isn't a problem in my marriage as Mrs. JTB is allergic to all seafood and is tolerant of my food preferences. As long as she doesn't eat or handle anchovies, it's all good.

Posted by: JTB at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (V+03K)

170 and sometimes i'll allow shrooms
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:49 PM (FKrah)

After a good batch of those ... steak is probably just what the doctor ordered.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (fiGNd)

171
What do you think about cooking one in a Sous Vide, and then throwing it on a broiler pan or quick in the skillet just to crisp the outside ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:45 PM (fiGNd)

My son does the sous vide thing, but then he has a special attachment he adds to a propane torch for 'finishing'.

Apparently...people aren't excited by pink meat. Who would have thought?

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (EgwCt)

172 how long would one cook a 1 in. thick rib eye in the broiler and what temp??

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:48 PM (FKrah)

Surface of the sun temperature!

One inch isn't too thick, so it will cook quickly.

But I would just keep checking it until I learned how hot my broiler gets....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (wYseH)

173 The thing you want to avoid is the dough drying out while it is rising. You will get a hard dried crust on the surface of the dough that won't knead in correctly, and you will wind up with hard unrisen gobs in the dough if you try to knead them in to be reabsorbed.

The traditional thing to do is to grease a bowl, and flop your dough into it, and turn it once to make sure all parts of the dough is greased to keep evaporation down.
Actually, the bakeries I think use the proofing oven which keeps the loaves warmish and in high humidity too.
Alternatively the French used a basket called a banneton to hold very wet dough that was intended to pull some of the moisture away before placed on a baking surface or pan.

I use a towel because it keeps flies out of it, and at times the cats get on the counter and step in it. I have an old muslin tea towel that has so much oil in it it is nearly oil-cloth and will hold some of the moisture in.

The saran wrap will also prevent evaporation. As a side note the recipes I have for corn-flour arepas say to cover tightly with plastic wrap for the same reason.

(And if anyone has advice on how to make arepas come out correctly I would love your input.)

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (mkDpn)

174 insomniac sorry I sat on it.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (FKrah)

175 Apparently...people aren't excited by pink meat. Who would have thought?

Huh. Huh huh huh. Huh huh.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (0mRoj)

176 CBD thanks.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (FKrah)

177 At the risk of inviting a hail of derision, I pan fry steaks on the grill (in order not to set the smoke alarms off). I find that the cast iron pan I use flattens the too rare-too well-done inflection curve that's too steep when grilling. The steaks cook in their own juices and turn out tastier.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (kffTq)

178
Apparently...people aren't excited by pink meat. Who would have thought?
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (EgwCt)
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Speak for yourself!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (QGoUX)

179 174 insomniac sorry I sat on it.
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (FKrah)

Dammit!

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (0mRoj)

180 scogg, I've never tried those kind, I heard you can really trip out on those.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:52 PM (FKrah)

181 well!

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:52 PM (FKrah)

182 One inch isn't too thick
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:50 PM (wYseH)

You know what pal ? We're all just not that lucky.

How about you quit driving up the average, 'kay ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:53 PM (fiGNd)

183 And what of malted milk balls?

That seems to be a bone of contention among many candy lovers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:48 PM (wYseH)
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I like them okay, but I'd rather have a chocolate malt any day.

I see what you're doing, by the way.

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:53 PM (UoSKV)

184 Hadrian (!)

my response to pan frying

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:53 PM (FKrah)

185 I will never ever take hallucinogens. I can guarantee that with my luck I'd have the bad trip to end all bad trips and end up institutionalized.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:53 PM (0mRoj)

186 Speak for yourself!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (QGoUX)

I like to feel the blood running down my chin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2017 04:53 PM (kffTq)

187 Gorilla Grace: thanks! :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (eMKNe)

188 This is one of the funnier food threads. Thanks guys.

Oh and when I was working door at the college bar, I saw more grievous fights start due to tequila. I swear that booze just ratchets up the crazy compared to other drinks.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (xJa6I)

189 The steaks cook in their own juices and turn out tastier.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (kffTq)

Whose juices to they cook in when you grill them?

Never mind. Don't answer that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (wYseH)

190 kicks insomniac just because.

I mean I really do want steak.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (FKrah)

191 186 Speak for yourself!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:51 PM (QGoUX)

I like to feel the blood running down my chin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2017 04:53 PM (kffTq)

Whatever gets you off. I'm not going to argue.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (0mRoj)

192 Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:52 PM (FKrah)

Haven't for a long, long time myself.

But if it's like anything else, the damn mushrooms are way friggin' stronger than they were back in the day.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:55 PM (fiGNd)

193 190 kicks insomniac just because.

I mean I really do want steak.
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (FKrah)

Huh. I felt a slight breeze just now.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:56 PM (0mRoj)

194 insomniac -scogg, yeah i'm high risk adverse.
regular life is thrilling enough.

in fact too much at times.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:56 PM (FKrah)

195 Oh and when I was working door at the college bar, I saw more grievous fights start due to tequila. I swear that booze just ratchets up the crazy compared to other drinks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (xJa6I)
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Yes. Yes it does.

No border town was ever burned to the ground after too many white wine spritzers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:56 PM (QGoUX)

196 I like to feel the blood running down my chin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2017 04:53 PM (kffTq)

... and the other 28 days of the month ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:57 PM (fiGNd)

197 I live less than half a block from a good little liquor store. They steered me to a reasonbably priced decent reposado tequila and the cheap Mexican knockoff of Cointreau, called Naranja, which I use for the nightly maragaritas.

Awhile ago I put a pork butt into the oven to braise in Chinese seasonings. The recipe didn't call for booze, but I splashed a little tequila in there cuz why not. I also used a little in peach ice cream a couple of weeks ago.

Posted by: stace, domestic security threat at August 13, 2017 04:57 PM (KEA7I)

198 195 Oh and when I was working door at the college bar, I saw more grievous fights start due to tequila. I swear that booze just ratchets up the crazy compared to other drinks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (xJa6I)
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Yes. Yes it does.

No border town was ever burned to the ground after too many white wine spritzers.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:56 PM (QGoUX)

There were the Stonewall Inn riots though.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:57 PM (0mRoj)

199 so I tried to make orange chicken again.
still failed.

taste more ginger than orange-y

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:57 PM (FKrah)

200 Devilled assholes over easy flamed in $2000 tequila beat calamari from Venice every time...washed down with swamp water chasers...MMMmmmmm good.

NOLA 2 HOLA orders table 3

Posted by: saf at August 13, 2017 04:57 PM (cS/ge)

201 One inch isn't too thick

It's disgraceful.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at August 13, 2017 04:58 PM (Tyii7)

202
There were the Stonewall Inn riots though.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 04:57 PM (0mRoj)
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I blame Bellinis.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 04:58 PM (QGoUX)

203 you know what , I like Other people to cook.

I've made up my mind.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:58 PM (FKrah)

204 so I tried to make orange chicken again.
still failed.

taste more ginger than orange-y
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:57 PM (FKrah)

If you didn't burn the damn bird to a crisp - you're still way ahead of Chem Jeff.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 04:58 PM (fiGNd)

205 willow, did you use the recipe I gave you for the orange chicken? I don't think it's terribly gingery myself, but you could always leave the ginger out.

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 04:59 PM (UoSKV)

206 Orange Chicken is easy. Or Green Chicken. Pretty much any Monochromatic Chicken

Posted by: Mark Rothko at August 13, 2017 05:00 PM (fiGNd)

207 and place anchovies in your mouth

This is a euphemism, isn't it?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 13, 2017 05:00 PM (LTHVh)

208 I saw more grievous fights start due to tequila. I swear that booze just ratchets up the crazy compared to other drinks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 13, 2017 04:54 PM (xJa6I)
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I guess sobbing isn't so bad, if I had tried to fight i'd get my rear kicked.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:00 PM (FKrah)

209 I used the Instant Pot cooker to make chicken and rice. Came out very well. Once cup rinsed rice, one cup rinsed glutious rice (different texture for funsies), two cups chicken stock, two pounds of chopped up chicken breast.

Let the instant pot warm up first. Once you've got pressure, let it cook for about 6 minutes (probably 11 min over all). After cook, stir together. The chicken seemed to cook ok. I had to use a spatula to get some of the rice up but it wasn't too bad. Maybe add some sort of non-stick spray next time.

So that and eggs this thing can make. Hopefully I'll learn some new, useful recipies for it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Mark- you can sear the chicken pieces in the pot first, y'know. I bet your pot has the "Sear" setting.

I did a pork chili verde, and seared the pork pieces with bacon. Came out great- no leftovers.

Posted by: instantpot afficianodo at August 13, 2017 05:01 PM (VbExE)

210 bluebell, I did, yeah it wasn't even a large amt of ginger.
I'm wondering if I walked away for a second and double dipped it?

that's the thing, I cn never cook without kids asking me stuff or having to fetch stuff.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:01 PM (FKrah)

211 Mrs928 is eating mushrooms out of the yard. I'm keeping an eye on her.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 13, 2017 05:02 PM (LTHVh)

212 Today we're going to paint a Happy Orange Chicken using Titanium White, Alizarin Crimson, Van Dyke Brown, and my favorite half-inch putty knife.

We'll start by putting in a happy little wing right here. That's just where I saw my wing. You put your wing where-ever you see it on your canvas.

Now I'm going to dab in a chicken foot just ... like ... so ...

Posted by: Bob Ross at August 13, 2017 05:03 PM (fiGNd)

213 53 bluebell next time you go to visit weasel in the cop shop, i'll come with you and kick him under the table.
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 04:11 PM (FKrah)
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No, no, totally my fault, not his. Anyway, he's fled the country for a couple of weeks.

But you're welcome to join us anyway!
Posted by: bluebell, who watched Benitendi hit 2 3-run homers against the Yankees yesterday! at August 13, 2017 04:13 PM (UoSKV)
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I'm here! I'm here! Checking in from the great white north.

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:03 PM (clP/P)

214 Grump.. well if she sees G-d or cows walking on the walls..

actually what do you do with someone that is tripping out? but used to it
hold their hand? lock em in the closet

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:04 PM (FKrah)

215 that's the thing, I cn never cook without kids asking me stuff or having to fetch stuff.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:01 PM (FKrah)
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I finally learned to have the kids fetch the stuff instead of my having to do it. Bonus points if they have to leave the room to do it, so they don't ask you things.

Child-Raising Tips from Bluebell™

Posted by: bluebell ~ ask me who has the lead in the AL East by 4.5 games! at August 13, 2017 05:04 PM (UoSKV)

216 shines spotlight on weasel,
checking his insurance card.
he might need it before the book is finished.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:04 PM (FKrah)

217 214 Grump.. well if she sees G-d or cows walking on the walls..

actually what do you do with someone that is tripping out? but used to it
hold their hand? lock em in the closet
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:04 PM (FKrah)

Hogtie them and put them somewhere without hard surfaces or sharp corners.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 05:05 PM (0mRoj)

218 I'm here! I'm here! Checking in from the great white north.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:03 PM (clP/P)
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Weasel! How goes it? Did the weather clear?

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:06 PM (UoSKV)

219 216 shines spotlight on weasel,
checking his insurance card.
he might need it before the book is finished.
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:04 PM (FKrah)
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*blinking*

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:06 PM (clP/P)

220 actually what do you do with someone that is tripping out? but used to it
hold their hand? lock em in the closet
Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:04 PM (FKrah)

Sell 'em your old boat.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 05:07 PM (fiGNd)

221 bluebell, good advice, and that should be so.

Posted by: willow at August 13, 2017 05:07 PM (FKrah)

222 *blinking*
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:06 PM (clP/P)
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See her comment at 53. I'm not going to hurt you, I promise. Especially if we keep meeting in the cop shop lunch place.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:08 PM (UoSKV)

223 I use the recipe in the Homemade Kitchen.

http://amzn.to/2w1Kufy

She uses maple syrup as the sweetener. She also has a good bagel recipe. Both her cookbooks are good.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 13, 2017 05:09 PM (Lqy/e)

224 212 Today we're going to paint a Happy Orange Chicken using Titanium White, Alizarin Crimson, Van Dyke Brown, and my favorite half-inch putty knife.

We'll start by putting in a happy little wing right here. That's just where I saw my wing. You put your wing where-ever you see it on your canvas.

Now I'm going to dab in a chicken foot just ... like ... so ...
Posted by: Bob Ross at August 13, 2017 05:03 PM (fiGNd)

Wait trickery is this?

Posted by: Julia Child at August 13, 2017 05:09 PM (4Z9Y3)

225 218 I'm here! I'm here! Checking in from the great white north.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:03 PM (clP/P)
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Weasel! How goes it? Did the weather clear?
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:06 PM (UoSKV)
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Hey! It sure did - torrential rains yesterday and a couple of matches cancelled. I was in the team tent when the storms rolled through and managed to not get killed by lightning and with only mild wind damage to the tent. Picked up WeaselWoman at the airport this morning and the weather is beautiful today!

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:10 PM (clP/P)

226 She says they are chanterelles.

http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Chanterelle-Mushrooms

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 13, 2017 05:10 PM (LTHVh)

227 * what

Damn it!

Well...whatever...slinks off...

Posted by: Julia Child at August 13, 2017 05:10 PM (4Z9Y3)

228 Ginger chickens peck your soul.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 05:11 PM (gIRsn)

229 Just pulled a tenderloin out of the over. Pretty good.

Chin status, sadly - is Dry.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 05:11 PM (fiGNd)

230 Granola is great ... for throwing on the driveway to melt the snow.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 13, 2017 05:11 PM (rZ+mb)

231 222 *blinking*
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:06 PM (clP/P)
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See her comment at 53. I'm not going to hurt you, I promise. Especially if we keep meeting in the cop shop lunch place.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:08 PM (UoSKV)
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Willow is local? Why did I not know that? We need to have her join us!

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:12 PM (clP/P)

232 A good tequila that won't bankrupt you is Cazadores, there's a buck on the label.

Before going to Mexico I looked around the net for recommendations. One site aficionados contucted a blind taste test. By the time I was buying tequila in Mexico I had forgotten so I just bought cazadoes because of the label. Got home and looked and lo and behold the winner of the blind taste test was what I bought!

Posted by: Farmer at August 13, 2017 05:12 PM (lfXAE)

233 when the storms rolled through and managed to not get killed by lightning and with only mild wind damage to the tent. Picked up WeaselWoman

Hey Weas ...

... sorry 'bout your loss. But glad to hear you're not too broke up over it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 05:13 PM (fiGNd)

234 Washington State University in the mid 70's had a burger joint next to campus and the fraternity/sorority areas called The Coug.
Best Milkshakes EVAH!!!
Now it's just a beer joint. But damn those shakes were good.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:13 PM (0tfLf)

235 Weasel, sadly willow is not local - I wish she was!

Glad Mrs. Weasel got there safely. I think she brought you the good weather.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:14 PM (UoSKV)

236 I love making granola!

Alton Brown's recipe is like crack it is so addictive:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/granola-alton-brown-50028720

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2017 05:14 PM (NOIQH)

237 >>>It's just yummy, and convenient to carry because it is calorically dense compared to an apple (shudder).

Apple pie is the only way to apples, IMHO

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 13, 2017 05:14 PM (ZTRlp)

238 Diogenes, you can still get ice cream at their creamery there, from what I hear from my brother. He sends us Cougar Gold cheese and some other type every year at Christmas. Yum, yum.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:15 PM (UoSKV)

239 Washington State University in the mid 70's had a burger joint next to campus and the fraternity/sorority areas called The Coug.
Best Milkshakes EVAH!!!
Now it's just a beer joint. But damn those shakes were good.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:13 PM (0tfLf)

Oh Honey ... you ain't seen a milkshake until you've seen one of ours.

Posted by: All the Cougars at the old Coug at August 13, 2017 05:16 PM (fiGNd)

240
Before going to Mexico I looked around the net for recommendations. One site aficionados contucted a blind taste test.

Drink until blind?

&&&

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 13, 2017 05:16 PM (IqV8l)

241 ... sorry 'bout your loss. But glad to hear you're not too broke up over it.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 05:13 PM (fiGNd)
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The tent? It's just a little bent now - nothing a little duct tape can't fix. We're right next to the Ukranian National team and their setup is a little goofy so we're not looking too bad.

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:17 PM (clP/P)

242 Bluebell.
Indeed WSU and it's Cougar Gold cheese is world famous as it should be. And I get ice cream there every time I get back to campus. They do it right!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:18 PM (0tfLf)

243 I'm doing an involuntary fast today. Colon Powell will be leading an invasion into my nether regions tomorrow. The food thread never looked so good.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 13, 2017 05:18 PM (IDPbH)

244 235 Weasel, sadly willow is not local - I wish she was!

Glad Mrs. Weasel got there safely. I think she brought you the good weather.
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:14 PM (UoSKV)
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Hopes, dashed.

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:18 PM (clP/P)

245 Granola doesn't have to be a lot of sugar - homemade can have a lot less that the sickly sweet store-bought stuff.

I make this simple one all the time, and have it for breakfast with yogurt and fresh fruit.

http://www.finecooking.com/recipe/crispy-sweet-pecan-granola

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2017 05:19 PM (NOIQH)

246 Weasel, what competition?

Mixed martial arts? Curling? Interpretive dance?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 05:20 PM (QGoUX)

247 All the Cougars at the old Coug at August 13, 2017 05:16

****

Where are you located?

Or are we not talking ice cream? ;-)

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:20 PM (0tfLf)

248 It's competitive Jazzercise, isn't it?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 05:21 PM (QGoUX)

249 You know, sometimes CBD is all right, for a Yankees fan.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:21 PM (UoSKV)

250 Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:18 PM (0tfLf)

A friend of mine who went to WSU brought me some Cougar Gold cheese. I thought he was fvcking with me, and that it was some crappy stuff they made to get rid of spoiled milk.

Until I tried it.

Damn, it is good!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:21 PM (wYseH)

251 Cheese, cheese, cheese, cheese
Eatin' Cougar cheese
Goodness how delicious
Eatin' cougar cheese!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 05:22 PM (QGoUX)

252 A friend of mine who went to WSU brought me some Cougar Gold cheese. I thought he was fvcking with me, and that it was some crappy stuff they made to get rid of spoiled milk.

Until I tried it.

Damn, it is good!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:21 PM (wYseH)

You owe it to yourself to drop by for a tasting sometime.

Posted by: All the Cougars at the Cougar Gold Cheese Works at August 13, 2017 05:22 PM (fiGNd)

253 Indeed WSU and it's Cougar Gold cheese is world famous as it should be. And I get ice cream there every time I get back to campus. They do it right!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:18 PM (0tfLf)
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Have you ever made potatoes au gratin with the Cougar Gold? Oh my goodness, it's like heaven.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:23 PM (UoSKV)

254 Made a nice ragu out of some leftover fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs (yes, there were some left over). Worked out pretty well, actually.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 13, 2017 05:23 PM (UoBsG)

255 250 Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:18 PM (0tfLf)

A friend of mine who went to WSU brought me some Cougar Gold cheese. I thought he was fvcking with me, and that it was some crappy stuff they made to get rid of spoiled milk.

Until I tried it.

Damn, it is good!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:21 PM (wYseH)

*****

It is!!!
I particularly like the sharp cheddar. Shredded on just about any Mexican dish and it's fantastic.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:24 PM (0tfLf)

256 Have you ever made potatoes au gratin with the Cougar Gold? Oh my goodness, it's like heaven.
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:23 PM (UoSKV)

Our au grats bring all the boys to the yard
And they're like
They're better than yours
Damn right
They're better than yours
I can teach ya'
But I'd have to charge

Posted by: All the Cougars at the Cougar Gold Cheese Works at August 13, 2017 05:25 PM (fiGNd)

257 I particularly like the sharp cheddar. Shredded on just about any Mexican dish and it's fantastic.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:24 PM (0tfLf)
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The Cougar Gold IS the sharp cheddar, right? The other types of cheese have other names, I think.

But the Cougar Gold is, well, the gold standard.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (UoSKV)

258 246 Weasel, what competition?

Mixed martial arts? Curling? Interpretive dance?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 05:20 PM (QGoUX)
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Interpretive dance is a good guess, and frankly has always been one of my personal dreams, but this is a rifle match.

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (clP/P)

259 It's competitive Jazzercise, isn't it?

Prancercise!

https://youtu.be/o-50GjySwew

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (gIRsn)

260 253 Indeed WSU and it's Cougar Gold cheese is world famous as it should be. And I get ice cream there every time I get back to campus. They do it right!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:18 PM (0tfLf)
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Have you ever made potatoes au gratin with the Cougar Gold? Oh my goodness, it's like heaven.
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:23 PM (UoSKV)

*****
That's a great idea!
And try it with Potatoes del Monico.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (0tfLf)

261 Probably someone already asked but what kind of tequila CBD? My BIL says Don Julio is the best but shit that crap is expensive. My SIL bought some in Mexico, $130 a bottle. Ahh... someday

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (CNHr1)

262 But the Cougar Gold is, well, the gold standard.
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (UoSKV)

Well ... we don't like to brag. But if it's true ... is it really braggin ' ?

Posted by: All the Cougars at the Cougar Gold Cheese Works at August 13, 2017 05:27 PM (fiGNd)

263
Prancercise!

https://youtu.be/o-50GjySwew

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (gIRsn)
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Is...is that a dude?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 05:28 PM (QGoUX)

264 Love them little mousies
Mousies what I love to eat
Bite they little heads off
Nibble on they tiny feet

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 13, 2017 05:28 PM (gIRsn)

265 Interpretive dance is a good guess, and frankly has always been one of my personal dreams, but this is a rifle match.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (clP/P)
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Now hold on. You told me this was the international rhythmic gymnastics tournament. Were you putting me on?

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:29 PM (UoSKV)

266 265 Interpretive dance is a good guess, and frankly has always been one of my personal dreams, but this is a rifle match.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (clP/P)
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Now hold on. You told me this was the international rhythmic gymnastics tournament. Were you putting me on?
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:29 PM (UoSKV)
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Didn't think I'd get a hall pass otherwise!

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 05:30 PM (clP/P)

267 But the Cougar Gold is, well, the gold standard.

Hmm. $22 per 30oz tin.

http://bit.ly/2uDCBc1

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 13, 2017 05:30 PM (LTHVh)

268 262 But the Cougar Gold is, well, the gold standard.
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (UoSKV)

Well ... we don't like to brag. But if it's true ... is it really braggin ' ?
Posted by: All the Cougars at the Cougar Gold Cheese Works at August 13, 2017 05:27 PM (fiGNd)

*****

It is the gold standard. But I like the natural cheddar. The Smokey cheddar is also excellent. But for real fun, the dull-garlic is astonishingly different. And good!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:31 PM (0tfLf)

269 Damned spell check.

Dill-garlic.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:32 PM (0tfLf)

270 Ahh... someday

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 13, 2017 05:26 PM (CNHr1)

Carrera Reposado!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:32 PM (wYseH)

271 For a looooong while my husband was not allowed to drink tequila in my presence. I believe I made that edict one night after he had been drinking tequila at a party, in addition to beer too. By the time we got home he was so sick he got out of the car and started puking. Tried to tell me "the food was bad."

"Uh huh....well let me just get the hose and get that puke off of ya."

Turned the sprayer on full blast....he was in no condition to fight me, so I continued to spray him for about 10 mins....then I wouldn't let him in the house with wet clothes.

Good times...good times.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:33 PM (Enq6K)

272 Who cut the cheddar? *hic*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at August 13, 2017 05:34 PM (Tyii7)

273 Milkshake secret...use a fork to mix. Makes little crunchy ice cream chunks. Blender makes it too smooth.

Posted by: Life of Brian at August 13, 2017 05:34 PM (WMfb0)

274 Dull-garlic is correct, Diogenes. I don't like dill.

I think over the years I've had just about every kind they make, including the dill. But I'd rather just have the Gold.

Between talking about this cheese and the picture of those milkshakes that floats by every time I post a comment, I'm driving myself nuts.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:34 PM (UoSKV)

275 then I wouldn't let him in the house with wet clothes.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:33 PM (Enq6K)

If you had wanted him naked you probably could have just asked...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:35 PM (wYseH)

276 Good times...good times.
Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:33 PM (Enq6K)
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Ha! Thirty-eight years of love, right there folks.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:35 PM (UoSKV)

277 If you had wanted him naked you probably could have just asked...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:35 PM (wYseH)

I did NOT want him naked that night!

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:37 PM (Enq6K)

278 My favorite Kliban cartoon:

http://bado-badosblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/b-kliban-cartoons-on-web.html

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 05:37 PM (QGoUX)

279 Ha! Thirty-eight years of love, right there folks.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 05:35 PM (UoSKV)

Ain't love grand?!

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:38 PM (Enq6K)

280 Bluebell.
I finally had to get up and slice up some cheese, salami and apple. Poured a Pinot Gris and grabbed some fresh baked bread.

Yum!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 05:38 PM (0tfLf)

281 Nobody ever answered #24 Dr Alice. The Mythbusters tested this one. They did a taste test which (I think I remember) involved plain cheap vodka, plus samples of each of 6 filtrations (in other words, the straight from the bottle, the once-filtered, the twice-filtered, the thrice-filtered, and so on). I don't remember if they had a sample of an expensive vodka in addition. They invited Anthony Diaz Blue to join them, to arrange the samples from worst to best. Diaz Blue got the order exactly right - which means *he* can tell the difference, with his trained taste buds. I don't know if any of us average Morons and Moronettes could tell the samples apart.

Posted by: Pat* at August 13, 2017 05:39 PM (DL6/a)

282
If I want in the house, my house, then dammit, I'm a comin' in, and no blamed female woman better try to stop me. Dammit.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 13, 2017 05:39 PM (8O3HH)

283 A few men have tried the Natural, Smoked, and Dill-Garlic at the same time. It's always just been too much for them.

No refunds.

Posted by: Madame at the Cougar Gold Cheese Works at August 13, 2017 05:39 PM (fiGNd)

284 The French restaurant "Le Petit Chef (Little Chef)"came up with an original way to entertain guests while waiting for their order by using an overhead projector on the ceiling. The animation is on the table and your plate.

There is a small chef who appears on your plate, ... watch what he does!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/yBJEP4lsRFY

Posted by: random ~~lurker~~ commenter at August 13, 2017 05:39 PM (dab45)

285 If I want in the house, my house, then dammit, I'm a comin' in, and no blamed female woman better try to stop me. Dammit.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 13, 2017 05:39 PM (8O3HH)

This was when we lived overseas. The house was rented and being paid for by the company. So technically, it wasn't HIS house.

I eventually let him in...in his undies. He practically had to crawl upstairs to our bedroom.

I was just praying our kids didn't wake up and find dad crawling up the stairs in his undies.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:42 PM (Enq6K)

286 Also, when you get it all mixed, shove one last scoop of ice cream down to the bottom and serve

Posted by: Life of Brian at August 13, 2017 05:43 PM (WMfb0)

287 I was just praying our kids didn't wake up and find dad crawling up the stairs in his undies.
Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:42 PM (Enq6K)

That is one drunk dude.

I bet his hangover the next day was the stuff of legends.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 05:45 PM (fiGNd)

288
Tami, I was just channeling this old neighbor of mine. Passed away a few weeks ago, 90 yrs. old.

He used to say stuff like that. His wife, "Mrs. June" ran a neat house, and basically wouldn't let him in unless he passed inspection.

Yet he would say stuff like that upon hearing of other wives not letting their husbands in cause they were too dirty and stuff like that.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at August 13, 2017 05:47 PM (8O3HH)

289 Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:33 PM (Enq6K)

So I guess he never had to hold your hair back so it would not get toilet water and puke on it as you prayed to the porcelain throne?

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 13, 2017 05:47 PM (IDPbH)

290 Hey, how about that, CBD's drink recipe is identical with my own.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 13, 2017 05:48 PM (OdK9v)

291 Cheese, cheese, cheese, cheese
Eatin' Cougar cheese
Goodness how delicious
Eatin' cougar cheese!
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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A classic!

Posted by: Carl Sandberg at August 13, 2017 05:48 PM (OdK9v)

292 I haven't tried Carrera so that's on my list to try. And I love reposado. I was an Anejo girl for years but the Rep is smoother and cheaper! lol

You don't guzzle a good tequila. You sip it.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 13, 2017 05:50 PM (CNHr1)

293 That is one drunk dude.

I bet his hangover the next day was the stuff of legends.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 05:45 PM (fiGNd)

I'm sure it was.

And me inciting the kids be REALLY loud the next day didn't help.

When I said 3 times to him that night, "You've probably had enough. Have some water."...and you ignore me, shit happens.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:52 PM (Enq6K)

294 After years of propane, I recently made the switch to plain ol' charcoal.

Changed my life.

Tonight: pork loin.

Hank Hill wept.

Posted by: weew at August 13, 2017 05:54 PM (6EH85)

295 So I guess he never had to hold your hair back so it
would not get toilet water and puke on it as you prayed to the
porcelain throne?

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 13, 2017 05:47 PM (IDPbH)

Nope...

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 05:54 PM (Enq6K)

296 There is a small chef who appears on your plate, ... watch what he does!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/yBJEP4lsRFY

Posted by: random lurker commenter at August 13, 2017 05:39 PM (dab45)

That's great!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:55 PM (wYseH)

297 You don't guzzle a good tequila. You sip it.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 13, 2017 05:50 PM (CNHr1)

It is not expensive at all, which is why I was so pleased with it.

It's easy to drink well when spending hundreds of $$$$.

The challenge is doing it at reasonable cost.

There's a line I simply won't cross. $200/bottle for anything is simply obscene.

[for me]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 05:58 PM (wYseH)

298 OT, But Terry McAuliffe seems to really be enjoying himself as he takes center stage in VA....

Scumbag.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 13, 2017 05:59 PM (7uYFy)

299 We need a national conversation about common sense granola regulations.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:03 PM (0mRoj)

300 McAuliffe is a turd.

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 06:03 PM (clP/P)

301 not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but granola is one of those things that is supposed to be good for you, but is really kind of high in calories/carbs.

Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:04 PM (aT+Bx)

302 Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:04 PM (aT+Bx)

CBD might have mentioned it in his post, but he is such an insufferable bore that I never read what he writes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:08 PM (wYseH)

303 300 McAuliffe is a turd.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 06:03 PM (clP/P)

He's a turd that smells of partially digested granola, tequila vomit, and race-baiting. Also, corruption.

Posted by: stace, domestic security threat at August 13, 2017 06:09 PM (KEA7I)

304 CBD might have mentioned it in his post, but he is such an insufferable bore that I never read what he writes.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:08 PM (wYseH)
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Word.

Posted by: Moron Nation at August 13, 2017 06:09 PM (UoSKV)

305 There is something about T-Rexes that is so incredibly gleeful

https://youtu.be/YltM2vy88xY

(yeah, OT. Oh well)

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2017 06:09 PM (mkDpn)

306 That granola recipe looks good though. I haven't eaten that in years but it looks fun to make.

Posted by: stace, domestic security threat at August 13, 2017 06:09 PM (KEA7I)

307
303 300 McAuliffe is a turd.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 06:03 PM (clP/P)

He's a turd that smells of partially digested granola, tequila vomit, and race-baiting. Also, corruption.
Posted by: stace, domestic security threat at August 13, 2017 06:09 PM (KEA7I)
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I periodically send his office an email telling him that he's an idiot so I'm probably on a list. Pretty sure I'm on a list.

Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 06:13 PM (clP/P)

308 284: le petit chef ...

thank you for the recommendation!

not so much playing with your food, but a play starring your food. tres bien.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 13, 2017 06:14 PM (AxFdW)

309 298 OT, But Terry McAuliffe seems to really be enjoying himself as he takes center stage in VA....

Scumbag.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 13, 2017 05:59 PM (7uYFy)

That wretched son of a whore wanted a violent spectacle. I guarandamntee it.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:15 PM (0mRoj)

310 VERY OT:

Rumor in the conspiracy world is that this season, ALL black NFL players ill be sitting for the anthem.

If true, think the only appropriate response is not attend NFL games, stop buying team merchandise and NOT watch them on tv.

Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:15 PM (aT+Bx)

311 CBD might have mentioned it in his post, but he is such an insufferable bore that I never read what he writes.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:08 PM (wYseH)

His prose is always turgid.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (0mRoj)

312 300 McAuliffe is a turd.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 06:03 PM (clP/P)

I don't expect we'll find out exactly the sort of person the driver was.

They already made up the narrative and his his high school history teacher call him a Nazi.

Posted by: Hikaru at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (Vevy5)

313 I periodically send his office an email telling him that he's an idiot so I'm probably on a list. Pretty sure I'm on a list.
Posted by: Weasel at August 13, 2017 06:13 PM (clP/P)
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Your old license plate probably got you on the list first.

Now you've got asterisks next to your name.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (UoSKV)

314 It's another hot Sunday in the kitchen for Pablo.... Got 12 pints of chicken in the pressure canner, a ham bone boiling for split pea soup, and after all that is done I get to make a tofu stir fry for our little vegetarian child. Beats being in the office on the weekend, I suppose. Anyway, I'm canning everything I can get my hands on, because it makes me feel more secure. I think of it as making a different kind of comfort food - comfort in knowing I can feed myself and the family for a while without resupply.

Posted by: PabloD at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (l63my)

315 Rumor in the conspiracy world is that this season, ALL black NFL players ill be sitting for the anthem.

Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:15 PM (aT+Bx)

Good idea...it's working well for Kaepernick.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (Enq6K)

316 I f*cking love granola!!! If you don't you are a racist, speciesist POC!!!

Posted by: John Kerry at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (/qEW2)

317 If true, think the only appropriate response is not attend NFL games, stop buying team merchandise and NOT watch them on tv.
Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:15 PM (aT+Bx)

I already don't do any of those things, so unfortunately I can't really contribute to the cause.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (0mRoj)

318 "...the only appropriate response is not attend NFL games, stop buying team merchandise and NOT watch them on tv. "

That's my response for the last dozen years or so.

Posted by: navybrat at August 13, 2017 06:17 PM (w7KSn)

319 I had a sandwich today at the beach. I don't think I've eaten a sandwich since last year. It wasn't as good as I remembered. Not worth doing again.

Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:17 PM (lwiT4)

320 I don't remember if they had a sample of an expensive vodka in addition.
They had a bottle of Valu-Rite Gold?

Posted by: andycanuck at August 13, 2017 06:17 PM (mJ8mX)

321 I already don't do any of those things, so unfortunately I can't really contribute to the cause.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM (0mRoj)
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Wrong. You're already contributing to the cause.

Sometimes it's all how you look at things, remember?

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:18 PM (UoSKV)

322 "I get to make a tofu stir fry for our little vegetarian child."

It is with heavy heart I must inform you that you have failed as a parent.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:18 PM (0mRoj)

323 "....and after all that is done I get to make a tofu stir fry for our little vegetarian child."

Tell that child to read up on tofu....it's really not good for her.

Posted by: Tami at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (Enq6K)

324 Sometimes it's all how you look at things, remember?
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:18 PM (UoSKV)

I usually look at things with a jaundiced eye.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (0mRoj)

325 VERY OT:
Rumor in the conspiracy world is that this season, ALL black NFL players ill be sitting for the anthem.
If true, think the only appropriate response is not attend NFL games, stop buying team merchandise and NOT watch them on tv.
Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:15 PM (aT+Bx)

Yup....time for people to grow up and leave a child's game to the children.

Turn off, tune out and get a life.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (5VlCp)

326 I already don't do any of those things, so unfortunately I can't really contribute to the cause.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:16 PM
--

Are you spending your time at Classic Car Cruises and/or Monster Truck Rallies?

Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (aT+Bx)

327 If true, think the only appropriate response is not attend NFL games, stop buying team merchandise and NOT watch them on tv.
Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:15 PM (aT+Bx)

Already fired all those bullets ... how else can I help ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (fiGNd)

328 I had a sandwich today at the beach. I don't think I've eaten a sandwich since last year. It wasn't as good as I remembered. Not worth doing again.
Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:17 PM (lwiT4)
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grammie, I so wish I could adopt that attitude towards bread, I really do.

Unfortunately, bread and I have had a clandestine love affair for 29 years. And one week.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (UoSKV)

329 Rumor in the conspiracy world is that this season, ALL black NFL players ill be sitting for the anthem.

Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:15 PM (aT+Bx)

I don't see them getting 100% compliance. But if they do, it's gonna be the death knell of the NFL

Posted by: JoeF. at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (7uYFy)

330 Are you spending your time at Classic Car Cruises and/or Monster Truck Rallies?
Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (aT+Bx)

Not lately, but I have been to both.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:20 PM (0mRoj)

331 284: i second the motion:

go to youtube and enter "le petit chef".

charming and delightful.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 13, 2017 06:20 PM (AxFdW)

332 Unfortunately, bread and I have had a clandestine love affair for 29 years. And one week.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (UoSKV)

Have you been cheating on me?

Posted by: Pasta at August 13, 2017 06:20 PM (wYseH)

333 I usually look at things with a jaundiced eye.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (0mRoj)
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I know. You've got to learn to be a glass half-full guy once in a while.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (UoSKV)

334 I get to make a tofu stir fry for our little vegetarian child.

Make her some edamame.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (LTHVh)

335 You don't guzzle a good tequila. You sip it.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 13, 2017 05:50 PM (CNHr1)
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I wish I could find a tequila that agreed with me. I always have diarrhea the next day. Aren't you glad you asked.

Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (lwiT4)

336 Looks like an open thread now do just wanted to say the military used to be the one institution that you could count on to be the least influenced by the liberal virus but that is no longer the case. That hurts me more than any other thing that's going on now . Military leaders and secretaries making unprecedented public statements contradicting the Commander in Chief. In support of fucking transgenders.
God help us but we're done.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (IDPbH)

337 Have you been cheating on me?
Posted by: Pasta at August 13, 2017 06:20 PM (wYseH)
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Are you forgetting our threesomes? *sob*

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (UoSKV)

338 My daughter makes granola bars that are very tasty.
For granola bars, that is.

Since Mr. DeV liked them a lot, I asked her for the recipe.

All kinds of weird ingredients. Almond blood, quinoa butt, eye of chia, desiccated cranberry spleen, etc.

Nope. I think the only ingredient I had on hand was the 2 Tbsp of brandy. Which I drank.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (0jtPF)

339 go to youtube and enter "le petit chef".

charming and delightful.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 13, 2017 06:20 PM (AxFdW)

It was a total fraud.

And that steak wasn't even real.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 06:22 PM (fiGNd)

340 At some point the 30% of the NFL players who aren't black are gonna get pissed off.....

Posted by: JoeF. at August 13, 2017 06:22 PM (7uYFy)

341 Love American Style just came on MeTv. I don't think I've seen that since it first came out. Prolly be a little different nowadays.

Posted by: freaked at August 13, 2017 06:22 PM (BO/km)

342 329 I don't see them getting 100% compliance. But if they do, it's gonna be the death knell of the NFL
Posted by: JoeF. at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (7uYFy)

If true, the ones who DON'T sit are probably going to get the shit beat out of them (and their stuff stolen/broken) in the locker rooms by the ones who do.

Posted by: Hikaru at August 13, 2017 06:22 PM (Vevy5)

343 I really shouldn't drink wine while reading the food thread.

I blame Diogenes.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:22 PM (UoSKV)

344 What the heck. Watching a video about a family who disappeared in Canada. This happened in 1989. But the only prime minister mentioned as being neglectful in following up on the case is... you guessed it, Stephen Harper. I guess conservatives have the opportunity to travel back in time and solve cold cases, or something. Also, this video was just made in May of this year. Who's prime minister now, I wonder? Can't have anything anymore that is not political, I guess.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at August 13, 2017 06:22 PM (FQKBL)

345 Unfortunately, bread and I have had a clandestine love affair for 29 years. And one week.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (UoSKV)
======================

We had some really good bread in Mexico, and I loved it. Subway - not so much.

Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:23 PM (lwiT4)

346 Just don't drink Zafiro Anejo tequila that some Chilean shit brings you as a gift!

Posted by: zombie Eladio Vuente at August 13, 2017 06:24 PM (mJ8mX)

347 Insomniac - ha, yeah, I have no idea where the vegetarian thing came from. It may be just a phase, but she's stuck to it for at least 2 weeks now, which is an eternity for her (she's 8 years old). I thought her burger addiction would break her, but not so far.

Posted by: PabloD at August 13, 2017 06:24 PM (l63my)

348 >>That wretched son of a whore wanted a violent spectacle. I guarandamntee it.

Well, once again the local PD was told to stand down and allow Antifa to run rough-shod over everyone. It's enabling a crisis in order to use the crisis for his own Lefty political advantage.

This doesn't happen in GOP run cities because they let police stop it from happening.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2017 06:26 PM (NOIQH)

349 339: awww c'mon. that's not real?

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 13, 2017 06:27 PM (AxFdW)

350
Unfortunately, bread and I have had a clandestine love affair for 29 years. And one week.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:19 PM (UoSKV)

Have you been cheating on me?

Posted by: Pasta at August 13, 2017 06:20 PM
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And what about me? You said you'd love me FOREVER!!!

Posted by: Sugar at August 13, 2017 06:27 PM (aT+Bx)

351 That granola is upside down! I hope you like eating it off the floor!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 13, 2017 06:27 PM (QPHYp)

352
I know. You've got to learn to be a glass half-full guy once in a while.
Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (UoSKV)

*sigh*

I have about as much chance of success there as becoming a prima ballerina at the Bolshoi.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:28 PM (0mRoj)

353 lol grammie! It takes getting used to.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 13, 2017 06:28 PM (CNHr1)

354 I went to Amazon to look at Cougar Gold and wound up on Huitlacoche. Has anyone tasted this "corn-truffle"? It looks unappetizing.

Posted by: Why...back in my day... at August 13, 2017 06:28 PM (0m0zi)

355 347 Insomniac - ha, yeah, I have no idea where the vegetarian thing came from. It may be just a phase, but she's stuck to it for at least 2 weeks now, which is an eternity for her (she's 8 years old). I thought her burger addiction would break her, but not so far.
Posted by: PabloD at August 13, 2017 06:24 PM (l63my)

Feed her kale and rutabaga smoothies. She'll get over it real quick.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:28 PM (0mRoj)

356 354 I went to Amazon to look at Cougar Gold and wound up on Huitlacoche. Has anyone tasted this "corn-truffle"? It looks unappetizing.
Posted by: Why...back in my day... at August 13, 2017 06:28 PM (0m0zi)

Corn smut? Hell no.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:29 PM (0mRoj)

357 349 339: awww c'mon. that's not real?
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 13, 2017 06:27 PM (AxFdW)

It was pretty damn cool ... wasn't it.

Do you think the camera's focused on the plates - to "center" everything - or was the setting of the table the most critical step ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 06:29 PM (fiGNd)

358 Kale!1!

Posted by: Ruth Baader-Meinhof at August 13, 2017 06:29 PM (Tyii7)

359 I have about as much chance of success there as becoming a prima ballerina at the Bolshoi.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:28 PM (0mRoj)
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You! Back on your toes!

Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:29 PM (lwiT4)

360 If Lena Dunham eats granola then she will have to spend more time on the pot taking selfies.

Posted by: wth at August 13, 2017 06:30 PM (HgMAr)

361 Well, once again the local PD was told to stand down and allow Antifa to
run rough-shod over everyone. It's enabling a crisis in order to use
the crisis for his own Lefty political advantage.
--

Enabling a crisis?

I'd say "actively abetting."

"Let's exchange Ralph and Mary's normal house guest Ron with a psychotic serial killer/ rapist name Kwame. By the way, if they call the police, they won't respond. Let's see what happens."

Posted by: shibumi at August 13, 2017 06:30 PM (aT+Bx)

362 >>Rumor in the conspiracy world is that this season, ALL black NFL players ill be sitting for the anthem.

Ah, so they want to kill the NFL off completely?

Sounds like the GOPe - when the constituents (viewers) tells you they don;t like what you're doing loud and clear, it's time to double-down and punish them! That will teach them!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2017 06:30 PM (NOIQH)

363 Javems favorite in Firenze. Ordered the steak medium rare and it came back not raw.

https://tinyurl.com/ya8qgncg

This place was amazing. Got a ~2.5 kilo porterhouse for me and a buddy there. Alas it was tic tac, seared on the outside and raw in the middle.

https://tinyurl.com/ycyslow9

There are plenty of place to get a good steak there.

Posted by: Javems at August 13, 2017 06:31 PM (yOqwj)

364 You! Back on your toes!
Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:29 PM (lwiT4)
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I saw him standing there.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:31 PM (UoSKV)

365 356 354 I went to Amazon to look at Cougar Gold and wound up on Huitlacoche. Has anyone tasted this "corn-truffle"? It looks unappetizing.
Posted by: Why...back in my day... at August 13, 2017 06:28 PM (0m0zi)

Corn smut? Hell no.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:29 PM (0mRoj)

Once you get shucked ... you'll beg to be _______ .

You know that they say ... big cob, big tassel. Little cob, ALL TASSEL. Oh yeah.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 06:32 PM (fiGNd)

366 343 I really shouldn't drink wine while reading the food thread.

I blame Diogenes.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:22 PM (UoSKV)

****

I gleefully accept the blame.

Have moved on from the Pinot Gris and am enjoying the clearing weather and a chilled gewertztiminer.
Slices of fruit on the side.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2017 06:32 PM (V5YnQ)

367 >>Has anyone tasted this "corn-truffle"?

I mentioned this on a food thread a few weeks ago.
Came on the side of my order when I ate at a fancy DC restaurant.
Yes, it looks that gross IRL. Not good.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2017 06:32 PM (NOIQH)

368 All kinds of weird ingredients. Almond blood, quinoa butt, eye of chia, desiccated cranberry spleen, etc.

Nope. I think the only ingredient I had on hand was the 2 Tbsp of brandy. Which I drank.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 13, 2017 06:21 PM (0jtPF)

I think I am going to ask Ace if it's okay to get Pixy to write a script that immediately bans anyone who uses the word "quinoa" unironically.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:33 PM (wYseH)

369 Pinot Gris was a horrible white nationalist dictator.

Posted by: Ruth Baader-Meinhof at August 13, 2017 06:33 PM (Tyii7)

370 Then of course on the WSU campus you'll find Ferdinand's Ice Cream Shop...

Posted by: Skookumchuk at August 13, 2017 06:34 PM (9XtGG)

371 One of the Wrigleys had their antique yacht (1890's) out on the lake today. It came close enough to shore that Rev could have thrown a curve ball to the crew. If Rev could throw. Anyway - it was kind of cool.

Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:34 PM (lwiT4)

372 *bleep*ing Granola gives you *bleep*ing hemorrhoids.

Posted by: Chef Ramsay at August 13, 2017 06:36 PM (HgMAr)

373 Wow I found some tomato juice in the fridge and some vodka in the shop. Guess what I'm drinking?

Posted by: freaked at August 13, 2017 06:36 PM (BO/km)

374 I said "PLIE"!!!
PLIE! PLIE! You stupid Ewok!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at August 13, 2017 06:36 PM (mJ8mX)

375 I've had huitlacoche a couple times in enchiladas and such, and it didn't make an impression. I guess the other ingredients overwhelmed it. It's fairly common in Mexican restaurants here.

Posted by: stace, domestic security threat at August 13, 2017 06:36 PM (KEA7I)

376 Valu-Rite?

Posted by: andycanuck at August 13, 2017 06:37 PM (mJ8mX)

377 357: i'm not sure. it's film and 3D animation combined and from the video on youtube it would appear to be believable from more than one angle, i.e. not a perspective trick.

it's called projection mapping, apparently, and they have produced dining films of lobster, bouillabaisse, desserts, etc.

many people have been saying the next big thing isn't things, it's experiences.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 13, 2017 06:37 PM (AxFdW)

378 373 Wow I found some tomato juice in the fridge and some vodka in the shop. Guess what I'm drinking?
Posted by: freaked at August 13, 2017 06:36 PM (BO/km)
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Vodka.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 06:37 PM (QGoUX)

379 Corn smut? Hell no

We call it maize. Maize smut.

Posted by: Heap big Lizzy Warren at August 13, 2017 06:39 PM (BO/km)

380
You! Back on your toes!
Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:29 PM (lwiT4)

I am not putting those slippers on. No. Way.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:39 PM (0mRoj)

381 "Vodka"

No Bud Ice.

Posted by: Heap big Lizzy Warren at August 13, 2017 06:39 PM (BO/km)

382 I think I am going to ask Ace if it's okay to get Pixy to write a script that immediately bans anyone who uses the word "quinoa" unironically.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:33 PM (wYseH)

I like. big. GRAINS ... and-I-can-not-lie
You other Morons can't deny
When that stalk goes by with a little bitty stem
And those big seeds in your face
You get SPRUNG, want to pull up tough
'Cause that dietary fiber is rough

Posted by: Sir Shits-A-Lot at August 13, 2017 06:40 PM (fiGNd)

383 Word is (from my girls) that quinoa makes a good facial scrub.

Can't be worse than mud and seaweed.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:40 PM (UoSKV)

384 Oopsie off batty old tomahawk sock

Posted by: freaked at August 13, 2017 06:40 PM (BO/km)

385
You know that they say ... big cob, big tassel. Little cob, ALL TASSEL. Oh yeah.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 13, 2017 06:32 PM (fiGNd)

Ever run backwards through a cornfield naked?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:40 PM (0mRoj)

386 I've had huitlacoche a couple times in enchiladas
and such, and it didn't make an impression.

Posted by: stace, domestic security threat at August 13, 2017 06:36 PM (KEA7I)

Yeah...it's rotted corn. Yuck.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:41 PM (wYseH)

387 I am not putting those slippers on. No. Way.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:39 PM (0mRoj)

Well, at least try on the tutu.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:42 PM (wYseH)

388 387 I am not putting those slippers on. No. Way.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:39 PM (0mRoj)

Well, at least try on the tutu.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2017 06:42 PM (wYseH)

I'll put on the tights, but no tutu.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:42 PM (0mRoj)

389 I was not prepared for how hideous huitlacoche is:

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2016/05/04/what-is-huitlacoche-and-how-do-you-cook-it/

In one photo, it looks like a tiny Elephant Man.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 06:43 PM (QGoUX)

390 I'll put on the tights, but no tutu.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:42 PM (0mRoj)
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Don't forget the leg warmers.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:43 PM (UoSKV)

391 Psst, nood!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 13, 2017 06:43 PM (IcT7t)

392 You know what has even more protein than corn smut?

A steak.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 06:44 PM (QGoUX)

393 I am not putting those slippers on. No. Way.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 13, 2017 06:39 PM (0mRoj)
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Well you're going to look like an idiot dancing Swan Lake in galoshes.

Posted by: grammie winger - how could I dance with another WOO at August 13, 2017 06:44 PM (lwiT4)

394 A steak.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 13, 2017 06:44 PM (QGoUX)
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Or the 7-pound rib roast I am about to eat. Part of it, anyway. I might share.

Posted by: bluebell at August 13, 2017 06:45 PM (UoSKV)

395 It's time to check on my butt.

Yep, it's still shapely.
Now off to go check the pork butt in the oven.
BTW, in a small town we visited in Alaska, the waitress referred to halibut we ordered as 'but. We thought that was cute.

Posted by: stace, domestic security threat at August 13, 2017 06:48 PM (KEA7I)

396 Gra-know, gra-know, gra-know, gra-know

Ain't no granola when she's gone.

Posted by: Bill Withers at August 13, 2017 06:53 PM (/qEW2)

397 @ CBD Try Hornitos Black Barrel tequila. It's pretty good for sipping.

Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at August 13, 2017 08:15 PM (GWVcB)

398 I forgot to mention it's reasonably priced. To me, anyway. I'm a cheap bastid.

Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at August 13, 2017 08:17 PM (GWVcB)

399 Its only dark chocolate when shes away

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2017 08:18 PM (pPKG5)

400 My brothers' and my favorite on canoe trips were granola with peanut butter in it.

Or you can try Hudson's Bay Bread as used at the B.S.A.'s Charles S. Sommers' Canoe Base out of Ely, Minnesota:

1 1/2 lbs. (3 cups) butter or margarine - soft
4 cups sugar
2/3 cup corn syrup (light Karo)
2/3 cup honey
2 tsp. maple flavoring (Mapleine)
Cream together the above ingredients. Gradually add:
1 1/2 cups sliced almonds
19 cups finely ground rolled oats (see above)
Press into cake pan or large sheet pan about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Bake at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes. Do not overcook, as it will get crispy and brittle. Take out of oven and use spatula to press down (keeps it from crumbling). Cut into exactly 3 1/2 inch squares. Package in plastic bags with as many as there are crew members (one each for lunch). If you measured correctly, they should just fit into 1/2 gallon paper milk cartons. They will be protected, easy to pack, and easy to find when you want to grab a quick lunch. Slather with massive quantities of peanut butter and jelly, and wash it down with some Red-Eye, and you will know you ate lunch!

Posted by: RonF at August 15, 2017 05:43 PM (l8nW6)

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