Food Thread: If At First You Don't Succeed, Fry, Fry Again

I love the crunchiness of fried foods in sandwiches, but they are rarely executed well...the crust quickly softens from the moisture of the rest of the ingredients and from the fried food itself.

That is not to say that I won't eat them. Somebody has to do quality checks!

Oyster Po'Boys may be my favorite fried food sandwich, although at the risk of incurring the wrath of much of new Orleans, I think that there are better bread choices to be had. I think a loaf with a crispier crust and less interior would let the oysters shine!

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Laundry day at Infidel's house....

Ravioli is one of those foods that makes me smile. Making it is a bit of a chore, but if you have access to a pasta shop that will sell you sheets of fresh dough then it is much easier. I have a mold that works fairly well, but I like my ravioli on the large size, so when I make it (that is a rare occasion) I usually do it free-form.

One of the nice things about ravioli is that they can be filled with almost anything that goes with pasta. Meat, cheese, mushrooms, pancetta, peas...whatever works. As I write this it occurs to me that a carbonara filling would be fantastic!

Infidel's look pretty good for a first attempt. Certainly better than mine!

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Here is an Alton Brown recipe for Chicken Parmesan Meatballs. There is nothing particularly special about this, but what I like is that he serves it in the pan. Too many chefs get wrapped up in complexity (and complexity means lots of dishes to wash after dinner). Most of us just want something good for dinner that won't take four hours and twelve cooking vessels, and this is it.
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I am on a quest for clear ice cubes for my cocktails. I have a 2" silicone tray with which I experiment all of the time. I came close once, but that took about one week for six ice cubes. Very slow freezing so that the dissolved gases can escape seems to be the best way to do it, but since ice is less dense than water, it freezes on the top of the mold first, trapping the gasses in the water.

Yes, I am a bit compulsive.

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This recipe is from Epicurious, and I made it a long time ago, but haven't found great pork shanks to do it again. I have complained about that huge hole in my life, but maybe the Moronosphere will have better luck.

Sigh...

One of the things I like about pork shanks (and pork in general) is that they stand up to a lot of flavor. Rosemary and sage are not the shrinking violets of the herb family, and cooked prosciutto is intensely flavored.

Braised and Roasted Pork Shanks with Prosciutto and Porcini Mushrooms

• 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
• 1 cup boiling water
• 4 whole fresh pork shanks with rind (each 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds)
• 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped leek (white and pale green parts only)
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 2 ounces prosciutto, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 cup low-salt chicken broth
• 3 teaspoons chopped fresh sage, divided
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary, divided
• Chopped fresh Italian parsley

Place porcini mushrooms in small bowl. Pour 1 cup boiling water over and let stand until mushrooms soften, at least 30 minutes. Drain and chop mushrooms; reserve soaking liquid.

Preheat oven to 325F. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy large wide pot over medium-high heat. Add pork, in batches if necessary, and sauté until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes. Transfer pork to rimmed baking sheet.

Spoon off and discard all but 2 tablespoons fat from pot. Reduce heat to medium. Add onion, carrots, leek, celery, and prosciutto. Cover and cook until vegetables are soft and beginning to color, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Mix in garlic and chopped porcini. Add wine and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Add broth and reserved mushroom soaking liquid, leaving any sediment in bowl. Mix in 1 teaspoon sage and 1 teaspoon rosemary. Return pork and any accumulated juices to pot, arranging in single layer.

Bring pork mixture to boil, cover pot, and place in oven. Braise pork until very tender, turning over every 30 minutes, about 1 hour 30 minutes. [Do ahead Can be made 2 days ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated. Simmer until just warm before continuing.]

Preheat oven to 425F. Transfer pork to rimmed baking sheet. Brush with remaining 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with remaining 2 teaspoons sage, 1 teaspoon rosemary, and black pepper. Roast pork until browned, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, tilt pan and spoon any fat from surface of sauce. Boil until sauce coats spoon lightly, about 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Spoon sauce onto large shallow platter or divide among 4 shallow bowls. Top sauce with pork, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.

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1 First?

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 03:58 PM (Sfs6o)

2 Ha!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 03:58 PM (Sfs6o)

3 Some bacon wrapped potatoes going on the grill in a bit.

Mmmm.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 03:58 PM (WEBkv)

4

Have we ever discussed Cutting Boards yet?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 18, 2018 03:58 PM (MJNxV)

5
How about wooden Salad Bowls?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 18, 2018 03:59 PM (MJNxV)

6 How about wooden Salad Bowls?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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A bit tough to chew for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:00 PM (tr2D7)

7 That sandwich looks amazing.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:01 PM (NWiLs)

8 Damn that sammich looks good.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:01 PM (tr2D7)

9 Top 10?

Posted by: Surfperch at February 18, 2018 04:01 PM (uP2LR)

10 Good afternoon! That sandwich looks good, but, oysters...not sure.

My husband has been making ghee for several months. He makes better batches every time, and has started making enough to give to family members, who are impressed and delighted.

Today, he decided he'd like to make his own butter. and I remember my grandma doing this with a crank churner that fit on the top of a gallon jar. A quick amazon search shows you can still get those churns.

Any of youse guys do this? He cracks me up.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:02 PM (e8PP1)

11 I prefer having all my meals deep-fried in lard.

Posted by: Big Fat Michael Moore at February 18, 2018 04:02 PM (uP2LR)

12
I thought the trick to clear ice cubes is to boil the hell out of water, forcing all the gases out, then quick freezing. Hot water freezes faster then cool water.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 04:04 PM (2FqvZ)

13 Want crispy French fries? Par boil them about 6 minutes, pat them dry, then fry them in beef tallow. Impress your wife, SO and your guests. (perhaps not all at he same time.)

Posted by: tmitsss at February 18, 2018 04:05 PM (xlzu7)

14 In all honest that looks like the best sandwich I've seen in months.

Posted by: Surfperch at February 18, 2018 04:06 PM (uP2LR)

15 Clear ice is doable, but boring. My blue ice is the best around.

Posted by: Walter White at February 18, 2018 04:06 PM (NWiLs)

16 Fried chicken sammie looks good.

Under Wife just finished making 5lbs of Eyetalian meatballs. My gravy(sauce to the unwashed) making skills will be called into service shortly.

Posted by: Under Fire at February 18, 2018 04:07 PM (r9UYA)

17 Hello, Horde. A rare snowy day in western Oregon.

Posted by: SteveOReno at February 18, 2018 04:07 PM (2sCft)

18
Any of youse guys do this? He cracks me up.
Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:02 PM (e8PP1)

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Years ago, I knew a family that made their own butter using a glass jar with a good lid.

They'd pour in the cream and shake until butter.

According to the mom, she pawned the job of shaking the jar off on the kids, which I thought was hilarious.

Never tried it myself but it sure sounded like it should work.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:07 PM (WEBkv)

19 Great big ice cubes are inferior to smaller cubes. You want to have as much exposed surface area as possible for maximum cooling quickly.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2018 04:07 PM (pvjTE)

20 Any of youse guys do this? He cracks me up.
Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:02 PM (e8PP1)

I make soap. The cold process type. Those churns are cool for doing that, although I have been using the Kitchen-Aide for that. I'm sorta lazy, and the mixer makes 10 bars at a time, so that's fine.

I love those churns, though. You can use them for ice cream, too. Very handy, and every so often you need to to lo-tech to remind yourself from whence you came.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 18, 2018 04:08 PM (NXsWM)

21 I have a question about buttermilk which I've never used. One tbsp of vinegar per cup of milk has always worked well for me and if it ain't broke ...

However I'm going to be making a birthday cake from a recipe that calls for it. Is there something magical about buttermilk that can't be replicated with vinegar and milk?

Posted by: all doubt removed at February 18, 2018 04:09 PM (xj0OI)

22 18
Any of youse guys do this? He cracks me up.
Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:02 PM (e8PP1)

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Years ago, I knew a family that made their own butter using a glass jar with a good lid.

They'd pour in the cream and shake until butter.

According to the mom, she pawned the job of shaking the jar off on the kids, which I thought was hilarious.

Never tried it myself but it sure sounded like it should work.
Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:07 PM (WEBkv)

It works. I remember doing this in kindergarten. The glass jar with screw-on lid had just been invented.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:09 PM (NWiLs)

23 According to the mom, she pawned the job of shaking the jar off on the kids, which I thought was hilarious.

Never tried it myself but it sure sounded like it should work.
Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:07 PM (WEBkv)

That's how we did it in elementary school, back in the dark ages when kids learned this sort of thing. Lots of fun. And tasty.

Now, of course, they would claim it clogs little kids' arteries or some such shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 18, 2018 04:09 PM (NXsWM)

24 >>15 My blue ice is the best around.

Not as good as ours.

Posted by: Delta Air at February 18, 2018 04:09 PM (r9UYA)

25 Don't they sell clear ice in five pound bags......

Thanks to the moron who posted the Alabammy BBQ white sauce last week.....it is very good and oh so easy to make.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 18, 2018 04:11 PM (EoRCO)

26 Tonight: NY's on the grill, potatoes on the grill, nice green salad, mostly spinach, and apple pie.

MMM.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 18, 2018 04:11 PM (NXsWM)

27 Food thread, already! I better get a prime rib out of the freezer for tomorrow!

Posted by: CN at February 18, 2018 04:11 PM (5gaNQ)

28 Shaking the cream will also work, it's true. So does just using a mixer, for that matter.

We raised goats when I was growing up, and we made butter from goat milk a few times, just using the electric mixer to do the churning.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:11 PM (e8PP1)

29 I remember in the 90s it was popular to serve chicken fingers with a very poofy batter. Hard to describe, but it wasn't dense or terribly bread-y, and you could still find and taste the chicken just fine, but the breading was almost clumpy.

I liked it a lot but haven't seen it in years. I always figured it had something to do with the whole TRANSFATS!! thing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:11 PM (mtVsY)

30 24 >>15 My blue ice is the best around.

Not as good as ours.
Posted by: Delta Air at February 18, 2018 04:09 PM (r9UYA)

Yours is literally shit, bitch!

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at February 18, 2018 04:12 PM (NWiLs)

31 Damn that looks good, but how do you eat it?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 18, 2018 04:14 PM (mpXpK)

32 That's how we did it in elementary school, back in the dark ages when kids learned this sort of thing. Lots of fun. And tasty.

Now, of course, they would claim it clogs little kids' arteries or some such shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 18, 2018 04:09 PM (NXsWM)

Only the elites are allowed butter. We need it for our lobster. Prole children may have a quarter-cup of raw jicama with a tablespoon of fat-free ranch dressing.

Posted by: Moochelle Obama at February 18, 2018 04:14 PM (NWiLs)

33 tcn, insomniac, OT, but, tell me, either one of you ever expect to live long enough to talk in terms of "years ago before time was invented?"

I know I sure didn't.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:14 PM (WEBkv)

34 Is there something magical about buttermilk that can't be replicated with vinegar and milk?

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If I'm pouring it over cornbread in a glass? Absolutely.

Cooking? Probably not. But if it's special enough, I'd buy a little buttermilk.

I've seen powdered in the baking section of the grocery store, btw.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:15 PM (mtVsY)

35 Damn that looks good, but how do you eat it?

Unhinge your jaw.

Posted by: Michelle at February 18, 2018 04:15 PM (lqqZa)

36 Ravioli is one of those foods that makes me smile. Making it is a bit of
a chore, but if you have access to a pasta shop that will sell you
sheets of fresh dough then it is much easier. I have a mold that works
fairly well, but I like my ravioli on the large size, so when I make it
(that is a rare occasion) I usually do it free-form.

It's not only a chore to make but it is relatively expensive.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 18, 2018 04:15 PM (mpXpK)

37 Only the elites are allowed butter. We need it for our lobster. Prole children may have a quarter-cup of raw jicama with a tablespoon of fat-free ranch dressing.
Posted by: Moochelle Obama at February 18, 2018 04:14 PM (NWiLs)

I eat butter by the pound!

Posted by: Michael Moore at February 18, 2018 04:16 PM (uP2LR)

38 Is that a bearnaise on the sandwich up top? I've had a shrimp po boy with it before and it was very tasty.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:16 PM (mtVsY)

39 33 tcn, insomniac, OT, but, tell me, either one of you ever expect to live long enough to talk in terms of "years ago before time was invented?"

I know I sure didn't.
Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:14 PM (WEBkv)

Well, I haven't quite reached that point yet but there's a strong hereditary factor for longevity in my family. Which can be either a good thing or a bad thing, depending.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:16 PM (NWiLs)

40 Po boys remind me of my this week's innovation. (I invent something, eat it relentlessly, get bored, and forget it).

This week has been fried fish sandwiches. Fish is cod, dredged in egg and panko. Nothing novel there. Bread is good bread, again nothing innovative.

But it was missing a spark. Tartar sauce didn't seem like enough. I wondered what was in a remoulade, but I know they're sort of reddish.

I took some wicked hot masala powder (it's a curry from the Indian shop) and mixed it with mayonnaise. Voila!

Them's good eating but I'm bored again.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 18, 2018 04:17 PM (fuK7c)

41 I grew up helping cook for 7 sibs and Mom and Pop. It was like cooking for an army. Now, I normally only cook for myself and sometimes one other so I will look for quick and easy much of the time. As a result, my cooking has been in a rut lately.

I need to dive into the unexplored portions of TDG.

OT - has any one heard from Tickled Pink and how her date went?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:17 PM (tr2D7)

42 Is that a bearnaise on the sandwich up top?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:16 PM (mtVsY)

It looks like a spicy mayo of some kind....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2018 04:18 PM (wYseH)

43 I am on a quest for clear ice cubes for my cocktails. I have a 2"
silicone tray with which I experiment all of the time. I came close
once, but that took about one week for six ice cubes. Very slow freezing
so that the dissolved gases can escape seems to be the best way to do
it, but since ice is less dense than water, it freezes on the top of the
mold first, trapping the gasses in the water.

I have come close to buying some of those SS cubes you freeze and then rinse them off when warm and put them back in freezer. Has anyone seen any of those in use? They are fairly expesiver and I would hate to buy a bunch and then find out they don't work well.

But they will never dilute your drink!

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 18, 2018 04:18 PM (mpXpK)

44 Clear ice: boil distilled water (tap water, boil twice), let it cool, pour into an ice cube tray and freeze by placing trays in a small lidless cooler inside your freezer. Ice will freeze from the top down, with no cracks.

Supposedly.

Posted by: Pogomip at February 18, 2018 04:19 PM (3Ew5/)

45 I like crunchy, making home made chicken sammys from ready baked breaded pattys on a round roll,tomatoes, lettuce and mayo. Toasting the roll maybe.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 04:19 PM (aC6Sd)

46 Never thought about it, but I bet fried lobster would be nice.

Probably couldn't call it a po boy, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:19 PM (mtVsY)

47 Ice will freeze from the top down, with no cracks.

Posted by: Pogomip at February 18, 2018 04:19 PM (3Ew5/)

Yes, and the bottom will be cloudy and a bit bubbly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2018 04:20 PM (wYseH)

48 I feel much older than I am due in part to the radical shift in culture I've observed just in my lifetime, plus living through the technological revolution that gave us ubiquitous home computers, cable Internet, smart phones and digital everything. Kids these days (oh Lord) have never lived without a PC or cell phones or wifi, and have never seen a Sony Walkman or listened to music on a cassette tape unless they raised their parents' collection.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:21 PM (NWiLs)

49 If that battered chicken breast doesn't taste like buttermilk and chili pepper, somebody deserves a good old fashioned slap up side his head.

Posted by: Fritz at February 18, 2018 04:21 PM (bJ0w+)

50 Heidi made shrimp scampi on fettuccine from the Deplorable Gourmet last night. To die for.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 04:21 PM (70cRb)

51 You had me at pork shanks, you sexy beast.

Just made myself two pieces of salmon; ate one and flaked the other in a lemon cream sauce with white wine and capers to top pasta for lunch on Tuesday. It will make going back to work a little less awful.

Yesterday I made an excelsior meatloaf using the brisket/bacon blend that my artisanal alchemist butcher grinds up once a week. Mmmm. I put in Mexican spices, peppers, onions, garlic, and shredded cheese. Very tasty. The leftovers would be good in sammiches or cubed in spaghetti sauce.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 04:23 PM (qJtVm)

52 The Burger King crispy chicken sandwich is actually pretty tasty.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2018 04:23 PM (2DOZq)

53 Yes, and the bottom will be cloudy and a bit bubbly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Boiling is supposed to remove the gases. Distilled water should have the least sediments.

Posted by: Pogomip at February 18, 2018 04:23 PM (3Ew5/)

54 It looks like a spicy mayo of some kind.

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I think you're right. I just looked again and the colors lean more that way. Looks delicious regardless.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:23 PM (mtVsY)

55 >But if it's special enough, I'd buy a little buttermilk.
I've seen powdered in the baking section of the grocery store, btw.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:15 PM (mtVsY)

I suppose that since it's for a special cake, it wouldn't kill me to follow the recipe and use buttermilk. I can use the rest of it in biscuits and actually follow that recipe too.

Thanks.

Posted by: all doubt removed at February 18, 2018 04:24 PM (xj0OI)

56 Boiling is supposed to remove the gases. Distilled water should have the least sediments.

Posted by: Pogomip at February 18, 2018 04:23 PM (3Ew5/)

Tried both multiple times.

It's a dirty filthy stinking lie, probably funneled to us through Russian cut-outs and paid for by Big Ice!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2018 04:26 PM (wYseH)

57 all doubt, I've made biscuits using the milk/vinegar combo (or milk/lemon juice), but I do think the taste of buttermilk is superior. Could be mental, biased expectations, but I don't think so.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:26 PM (e8PP1)

58 I think if you are going make your ravioli with a carbonari filling, you first have to swear some frightful oaths to observe absolute silence concerning whatever occurred in the cuccina.

And you wind up being known as a good cousin . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2018 04:27 PM (2K6fY)

59 Kids these days (oh Lord) have never lived without a PC or cell phones or wifi, and have never seen a Sony Walkman or listened to music on a cassette tape unless they raised their parents' collection.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:21 PM (NWiLs)
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But, but...vinyl, man! It's just more authentic sounding.

Actually, to me the disconnect is not the media itself, which is always improving, it's the 24/7 connectivity. There were times in my youth and youngish adulthood there NOBODY KNEW WHERE I WAS and it was okay. Imagine not being accessible by your work chain.

Amazing that I survived, really.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 04:27 PM (qJtVm)

60
Tried both multiple times.

It's a dirty filthy stinking lie, probably funneled to us through Russian cut-outs and paid for by Big Ice!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2018 04:26 PM (wYseH)

I laughed. Big Ice.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 04:28 PM (70cRb)

61 >>>>I thought the trick to clear ice cubes is to boil the hell out of water,
forcing all the gases out, then quick freezing. Hot water freezes
faster then cool water.
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.I beg to disagree.

Posted by: The Multiple Laws of Thermodynamics at February 18, 2018 04:28 PM (+Dllb)

62 I need to dive into the unexplored portions of TDG.

OT - has any one heard from Tickled Pink and how her date went?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:17 PM (tr2D7)
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I'm a little embarrassed to say i didn't immediately know what "TDG" was.

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 04:28 PM (Sfs6o)

63 real buttermilk is best, especially for a cake recipe

also, cheese ravioli please

Posted by: concrete girl at February 18, 2018 04:29 PM (SJBL7)

64 Actually, to me the disconnect is not the media itself, which is always improving, it's the 24/7 connectivity. There were times in my youth and youngish adulthood there NOBODY KNEW WHERE I WAS and it was okay. Imagine not being accessible by your work chain.

Amazing that I survived, really.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 04:27 PM (qJtVm)

Yeah, that too. Cell phones, computerized word processing and email have made so many things in the professional world an ulcer-inducing stress-filled nightmare.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:31 PM (NWiLs)

65 48 I feel much older than I am due in part to the radical shift in culture I've observed just in my lifetime, plus living through the technological revolution that gave us ubiquitous home computers, cable Internet, smart phones and digital everything. Kids these days (oh Lord) have never lived without a PC or cell phones or wifi, and have never seen a Sony Walkman or listened to music on a cassette tape unless they raised their parents' collection.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:21 PM (NWiLs)

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I hear you.

Especially the cultural shift that has taken place.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:31 PM (WEBkv)

66 I'm going to lurk until someone says there's a sufficient number of comments to ask a question about guns. I'll just wait back here.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (70cRb)

67 I'm a little embarrassed to say i didn't immediately know what "TDG" was.
Posted by: Weasel
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It*s cool.

I*m pretty bad, I walk around with it constantly in hand asking perfect strangers *Have you heard the word of the Horde today?*

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (tr2D7)

68 https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/
how-to-make-clear-ice-cubes-at-home-for-
cocktails-article

"...Boiling distilled water twice. Hark! The clearest ice yet. It wasn't crystal, but all the air had been consigned to a little cloud toward the bottom of the cube of ice, and the rest of it was beautifully translucent..."

Perhaps there is hope for you!

Posted by: Pogomip at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (nF0JU)

69 46 Never thought about it, but I bet fried lobster would be nice.

Probably couldn't call it a po boy, though.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at February 18, 2018 04:19 PM (mtVsY)
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Call it the rich bastard sandwich.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (qJtVm)

70 I need that sammich!!

Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (DAdSz)

71 LOL. My dad would decide to do something 'old school' every so often. He was an exceptionally good plain cook (with due respect to mom who had to do the pot-walloppin'). He got it into his head that he was going to make his own cheese. The one time the family was totally united in saying: stop. The stench was pervasive in the house and became noxious in the entire neighborhood as well. Do you think that is why creamery, dairy, and cheese houses were always separate from the main house?

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (MIKMs)

72 I am on a quest for clear ice cubes for my cocktails.
Posted by: CBD

We've been over this before.

You need a vibration plate under the cube tray or container

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (KXVP7)

73 While we're all fretting over mandoline slicers, KitchenAid mixers like Infidel's are going to be what does us in. I just put mine in the cabinet and the latch worked itself loose enough that the head snapped open. If my fingers were anywhere near that hinge...

Posted by: hogmartin at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (y87Qq)

74 66 I'm going to lurk until someone says there's a sufficient number of comments to ask a question about guns. I'll just wait back here.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (70cRb)

So Bob, how many guns do you own?

Posted by: Bob at the NSA at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (NWiLs)

75 I have come close to buying some of those SS cubes you freeze

Those things are hell on your teeth when you crunch on them.

Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (jTKIp)

76 Legal Insurrection has the no lobster boiling in Switzerland up, and you can't have them on ice and must be in saltwater I guess to bring them home before making them into pets

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (aC6Sd)

77 I*m pretty bad, I walk around with it constantly in hand asking perfect strangers *Have you heard the word of the Horde today?*
Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:32 PM (tr2D7)
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Preach it, brother!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 04:34 PM (Sfs6o)

78 75 I have come close to buying some of those SS cubes you freeze

They show up suddenly in the middle of the night and nobody ever sees or hears from you again.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:35 PM (NWiLs)

79 So Bob, how many guns do you own?

Posted by: Bob at the NSA at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (NWiLs)

No idea who your talking to Bob.

Posted by: Cannibal Joe at February 18, 2018 04:35 PM (70cRb)

80 Yeah, that too. Cell phones, computerized word processing and email have made so many things in the professional world an ulcer-inducing stress-filled nightmare.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:31 PM (NWiLs)

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Those things don't bother me too much. Mainly because I got smart about such things after a couple of close calls. These days, if I need to discuss something that perhaps shouldn't be in an email, I meet in person.

What I don't like is the part where a mere accusation can destroy your life.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:35 PM (WEBkv)

81 Mmmmm....ravioli. I need to re-read 'The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family'. I've got a meatball lasagna in the oven, but now I wish it was ravioli.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at February 18, 2018 04:35 PM (2NqXo)

82 You need a vibration plate under the cube tray or container

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (KXVP7)

I'm a Dildo not a vibrator.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2018 04:36 PM (wYseH)

83 I've had a lot of drinks in my life. Hey, this drink would be so much better if only the ice wasn't cloudy is a thought I've never had.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 04:36 PM (gC2IV)

84 OK, I've been hanging around here since about 2004 and I don't have a clue what TDG is. Somehow, I've missed that. That, and the tragic canoe accident. No idea.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:36 PM (e8PP1)

85 Buttermilk is good in any bakery item. It also makes fantastic pancakes. I always have some in the fridge because it does last a while. That being said, not all buttermilks are created equal and I despise Deans brand anything which is very common here in the Chicago area.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 18, 2018 04:37 PM (DAdSz)

86 So Bob, how many guns do you own?
Posted by: Bob at the NSA at February 18, 2018 04:33 PM (NWiLs)

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I don't know about Bob, Bob, but, personally, I don't own nearly enough guns.

Same when it comes to ammunition.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:37 PM (WEBkv)

87
84 OK, I've been hanging around here since about 2004 and I don't have a clue what TDG is. Somehow, I've missed that. That, and the tragic canoe accident. No idea.
Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:36 PM (e8PP1)
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Gaaaaak!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 04:37 PM (Sfs6o)

88 My dad taught me to drink buttermilk with black pepper shaken on top. When I was a kid it was nasty, now as an adult it is wonderful.

I made a small batch of cinnamon rolls today. I rolled out the dough and dotted it with butter, and then folded it and rolled it out again, and did that a half dozen times.

It made the rolls very flaky

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2018 04:38 PM (2K6fY)

89 Is there something magical about buttermilk that can't be replicated with vinegar and milk?
Posted by: all doubt removed a

Buttermilk has lower fat content than whole milk, IRCC.

Prolly wouldn't matter much unless the recipe is a cheese or ice cream thing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (KXVP7)

90 84 OK, I've been hanging around here since about 2004 and I don't have a clue what TDG is. Somehow, I've missed that. That, and the tragic canoe accident. No idea.
Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:36 PM (e8PP1)

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TDG = The Deplorable Gourmet. A Horde Sourced cookbook.

Tragic Canoe Accident: Where one decided to take all of their favorite firearms for a relaxing canoe ride and tragically lost them during the great storm of 2010.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (WEBkv)

91 Leidenheimer bread FTW

Posted by: MAC SOG and nothing will happen at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (czkHE)

92 The Spice House has a maple/garlic spice that I tried last night. I used it on salmon and it's good. Supposed to be tasty on pork as well.

Spice House does not have the Leftie bias that Penzeys has, FYI.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (Lqy/e)

93 I've designated Thursdays as "Kitchen Day". That's when I try a new recipe as well as do baking and, usually, the hunk-o-meat for the next week's meals.

This last Thursday I made Welsh Rarebit, or at least something close, based on Alton Brown's recipe. I liked it (poured it over toasted homemade bread that had been in the fridge for a while) and Eldest Kidlet, who was the only kid to try it, said she'd like to have it again sometime. I call that a success.

One of the things I spent my Christmas money on was a 1.1 liter deep fryer. It's mostly for fried desserts and wontons so we don't need the large size, and it comes with a basket which is really nice. I finally tried my M-i-l's potato doughnut recipe, after failing miserably several years ago, and the kids liked them a lot. We have agreed that it is okay for me to make them in diamonds using a pastry cutter instead of the traditional doughnut shape, and that makes them easier both to make and to fry.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (rp9xB)

94 Those things don't bother me too much. Mainly because I got smart about such things after a couple of close calls. These days, if I need to discuss something that perhaps shouldn't be in an email, I meet in person.

What I don't like is the part where a mere accusation can destroy your life.
Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:35 PM (WEBkv)

Yeah, that's nuts. But what I've found is that the mode of communication itself seems to have created unrealistic expectations in a lot of cases. For example, in dealing with clients, a good bit of the time they seem to think that because the forms of communication are instantaneous, and you're technically accessible 24/7, your responses and work product should be instantaneous.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (NWiLs)

95 87

84 OK, I've been hanging around here since about 2004 and I don't
have a clue what TDG is. Somehow, I've missed that. That, and the tragic
canoe accident. No idea.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:36 PM (e8PP1)

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Whew, thanks me neither.. About 12 years here...and no. don't' know. Some young whipper snapper new age language I'll bet.

Posted by: Cannibal Joe at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (70cRb)

96 April - Girlfriend! TDG is The Deplorable Gourmet and tragic canoe accident is how all of us have lost our shooting irons.

Every. Last. One

Next time you and the Mr are in the big city - give a hollar. There are drinks somewhere with our names on them.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (tr2D7)

97 Hipsters are even ruining ice:

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/10/giant-ice-cubes-hipster-craft-cocktail/

If Hartz finds a block with a chip or a crack, he says, he won’t use it. “I’m kind of particular,” he admits.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (qJtVm)

98 Blake, thank you. And I even have my own copy of TDG. Eyeroll...such an airhead, I am.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:40 PM (e8PP1)

99 Buttermilk has lower fat content than whole milk, IRCC.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2018 04:39 PM (KXVP7)

It's almost the same. Unless you are talking about "low-fat Buttermilk," which is an abomination.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2018 04:41 PM (wYseH)

100 Oh shit. REALLY? LOL! The Deplorable Gourmet!? Duh. Geees. Its right next to my laptop here! I'm looking at it.

Posted by: Cannibal Joe at February 18, 2018 04:41 PM (70cRb)

101
Food Thread: If I Were A Carpenter And You Were A Lady, Would You Love Me Anyway?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 18, 2018 04:42 PM (MJNxV)

102 I prefer having all my meals deep-fried in lard.

Posted by: Big Fat Michael Moore at February 18, 2018 04:02 PM (uP2LR)

Who you kidding, we know you use the crack of your ass as a pressure cooker.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 18, 2018 04:42 PM (aMlLZ)

103 100 Oh shit. REALLY? LOL! The Deplorable Gourmet!? Duh. Geees. Its right next to my laptop here! I'm looking at it.
Posted by: Cannibal Joe at February 18, 2018 04:41 PM (70cRb)

It's true. I have visual confirmation.

Posted by: Bob at the NSA at February 18, 2018 04:42 PM (NWiLs)

104 For clear ice cubes: I have not tried the method described here, but it seems like it might work.

http://www.alcademics.com/2015/01/clear-ice-cubes-using-a-tray-in-a-cooler.html

Posted by: cliff at February 18, 2018 04:43 PM (3LmBI)

105 kindergarten. The glass jar with screw-on lid had just been invented.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:09 PM (NWiLs)

The way I heard it, fire had just been invented when you were a youngster.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 04:44 PM (fIn37)

106 Going duck/deer/varmint/target shooting never should be done in a canoe but boys will be boys and never listen to their elders.

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 04:44 PM (aC6Sd)

107 OK, I've been hanging around here since about 2004 and I don't have a clue what TDG is. Somehow, I've missed that. That, and the tragic canoe accident. No idea.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:36 PM (e8PP1)

Don't feel bad, I was around probably that long and I don't know half the alphabets they toss around.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 18, 2018 04:44 PM (aMlLZ)

108 Don't feel bad, I was around probably that long and I don't know half the alphabets they toss around.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 18, 2018 04:44 PM (aMlLZ)

someone needs to update the Style Manual.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 04:45 PM (70cRb)

109 The two things I miss not living in Dallas is the TexMex and S&D. And the women, the hottest women on Earth

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2018 04:45 PM (VWsDy)

110 Don't feel bad, I was around probably that long and I don't know half the alphabets they toss around.
Posted by: Berserker
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It*s true - those TLAs will throw you.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 04:45 PM (tr2D7)

111 Oh, those raviolis remind me of making pasta with my mom! We had a manual pasta machine. We'd hang the noodles over ski poles propped over two chairs to dry. I like the clothes hanger idea, Infidel!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2018 04:45 PM (W+vEI)

112 So I took a very long walk: the sun is out, it is somewhere above freezing, my car is dead, and I tell everyone that I am being 'healthy'. Went to grocery store for wine and caught up with what happened with a young friend this weekend. I'm still irritable, but not quite as bad. Thank goodness the sun is out.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 18, 2018 04:47 PM (MIKMs)

113 Middlest Kidlet has done that a couple of times. Can't beat the plan for simplicity at least.

Speaking of moms pawning off kitchen chores, my kids are now 20,18,16, and 14 so for the last year I have had them choose a meal and a day each week that they will make the meal on. I generally want them to choose on Sunday so that I can be sure we have the necessary ingredients after shopping, and am also available for assistance and advice if needed. That leaves three days for me to cook or for leftovers, so I don't get away with doing nothing, but my goal is that they all can make some basic dishes when they leave.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2018 04:47 PM (rp9xB)

114 41 Tonypete

Tickled Pink has a post in the book thread, and I immediately asked three questions about her date, and she fled. So it's my fault there is no answer yet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 04:48 PM (hyuyC)

115 I eat very little fried food but damn does that sandwhich look good.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 18, 2018 04:48 PM (TBS7f)

116 Tonypete, we're about due for an evening in the city. A few weeks from now would be nice, have to soften him up to the idea and then I'll be in touch.

Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:48 PM (e8PP1)

117 114 41 Tonypete

Tickled Pink has a post in the book thread, and I immediately asked three questions about her date, and she fled. So it's my fault there is no answer yet.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 04:48 PM (hyuyC)
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I knew we should have had her followed.

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 04:49 PM (Sfs6o)

118 So I'm looking at two 2" thick ribeyes last night wondering what I'm gonna do when the grill outside is covered in 8" of ice and snow at -8degF.

I haven't cooked a steak in a cast iron skillet since at least year ago and I forgot how spectacular it can be. I smoked out the whole house, but those steaks were magnificent.

Posted by: Fritz at February 18, 2018 04:49 PM (bJ0w+)

119 Weasel

You are friends with NSA Bob, right?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 04:50 PM (hyuyC)

120 I knew the food thread would really hurt. Day 2 of Weight Watchers. Going to have to avoid the HQ on Sunday afternoon. I'm getting fatter just reading the comments.
Husband bought me a butter churn apparatus 2 years ago for Christmas. Churning wasn't the big job. Squeezing the excess water out and washing it to finish the process was a pain. Pint of heavy cream yields very little butter. Hubby also dropped the jar and splashed the first batch of cream all over the kitchen.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at February 18, 2018 04:51 PM (N3JsI)

121 >>This last Thursday I made Welsh Rarebit, or at least something close, based on Alton Brown's recipe. I liked it (poured it over toasted homemade bread that had been in the fridge for a while) and Eldest Kidlet, who was the only kid to try it, said she'd like to have it again sometime. I call that a success.

Hey, I tried that one out ~3 weeks ago! Was craving easy comfort food on cold winter day. Yum.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2018 04:51 PM (W+vEI)

122 Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 04:50 PM (hyuyC)
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More like a double secret agent.

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 04:52 PM (Sfs6o)

123 It's almost the same. Unless you are talking about "low-fat Buttermilk," which is an abomination.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Whole milk - butter = buttermilk.

:: less fat.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2018 04:52 PM (KXVP7)

124 The way I heard it, fire had just been invented when you were a youngster.
Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 04:44 PM (fIn37

Thog was the envy of the entire cave system.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:52 PM (NWiLs)

125 Just read they already got a "Black Panther vs Gladiator" flick in the can.

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2018 04:52 PM (VWsDy)

126 "Part of the appeal of a great martini is its cold, unruffled smoothness; it should slide from your mixing glass like a silk negligee puddling to the floor."

Nice.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 04:53 PM (qJtVm)

127
98 Blake, thank you. And I even have my own copy of TDG. Eyeroll...such an airhead, I am.
Posted by: April at February 18, 2018 04:40 PM (e8PP1)

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De nada.

Posted by: Blake at February 18, 2018 04:53 PM (WEBkv)

128 114 41 Tonypete

Tickled Pink has a post in the book thread, and I immediately asked three questions about her date, and she fled. So it's my fault there is no answer yet.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 04:48 PM (hyuyC)

The mystery of the meatfest remains, uh, mysterious.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:53 PM (NWiLs)

129 never enough caffeine

Here are butter-churning Polish lasses. With vast tracks of land and wonderful smiles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syMhJMmGEIc
Caution -- EuroSong contest entry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 04:54 PM (hyuyC)

130 Greetings:

Re: Sandwich Bread

My favorite is Ciabatta (sp) (aka Chew Batta)

The bread (kind of minimal) to crust ratio is good with out any adjustment (tearing out wise). Also good for serious soup dippings. It's a kind of wide and flat loaf that allows a lot of innards without precluding a all the way through mouthful.

Posted by: 11B40 at February 18, 2018 04:55 PM (evgyj)

131 It could be Black Panther vs. My Ass

and I still wouldn't care.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2018 04:58 PM (V2Yro)

132 NaCly. Thanks, have already seen it. Since I'm of Polish background I told my husband that's how I would look churning butter after I lose 25lbs. And 40 years.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at February 18, 2018 04:58 PM (N3JsI)

133 Here are butter-churning Polish lasses. With vast tracks of land and wonderful smiles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syMhJMmGEIc
Caution -- EuroSong contest entry.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 04:54 PM (hyuyC)

Yeah, they're hot now, but then one night the babushka bomb hits, and they suddenly and without warning put on 150 pounds and grow a mustache.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 04:59 PM (NWiLs)

134 There's a local New England show called "Phantom Gourmet" that reviews and interviews eateries. The episode this morning included '8 best bread bakeries' and I think an occasional food thread commenter was mentioned? It was Hearth Artisan Bread in Plymouth...

Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2018 05:00 PM (W+vEI)

135 Welsh Rarebit...isn't that also called SOS? Or as famously known in the armed services as Shit On a Shingle?

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:01 PM (fIn37)

136 Mrs. Loch gave me the deplorable gourmet for Valentine's Day. I need to explore it for this week's menu.

Posted by: LochLomondFarms at February 18, 2018 05:02 PM (PXaOB)

137 never enough caffeine

At -11 years old, as a future twinkle in your parents eyes, that is too young to be butter-churning. I'm pretty sure your husband would gratefully accept your butter-churning efforts today.

There is also dough kneading and baking in that song video. I learn so much on the food thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:02 PM (hyuyC)

138 I don't get the passion for super-clear ice cubes.
In all my life I have never once said to myself, "Gee, it sure would be nice to have clear ice cubes."

Whence springeth this desire?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 05:02 PM (0jtPF)

139 That samich looks a lot like a Boxcar Betty in Charleston SC. By far the best chicken sandwich I've ever had. Worth a Google to see pics.

Posted by: Charles at February 18, 2018 05:03 PM (xA4mU)

140 133 Insomniac

This too is the story of Michelle Obama.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:03 PM (hyuyC)

141 Embarrassing confession. I was apparently too hungry when I went shopping recently, always a bad move, and got Kroger's store brand potato chips in "Porterhouse and Horseradish" flavor. Much to my surprise I actually like them. I don't know as that they taste like porterhouse and/or horseradish, but they aren't awful either like I'd expected.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2018 05:04 PM (rp9xB)

142 123 true, but there are still better quality buttermilks despite being low fat.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 18, 2018 05:05 PM (QsMxh)

143 I'm a little embarrassed to say i didn't immediately know what "TDG" was.
Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 04:28 PM (Sfs6o)
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That's it. You're out of my will.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:05 PM (kNasr)

144 Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:01 PM (fIn37)

Same idea but cheese sauce.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2018 05:05 PM (rp9xB)

145 138 Margarita DeVille

A Pyrex glass cube with an enclosed cooling fluid would work as well, and less trouble. No style points, I guess.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:06 PM (hyuyC)

146 Oh man, steak-flavored chips would not be safe in my house.

Whole Paycheck makes fresh sriracha-flavored tortilla chips that are artisanal crack.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 05:06 PM (qJtVm)

147 I ordered Welsh Rabbit at Williamsburg on a family vacation when I was 13 or so, because it had beer in it. I didn't like it too much. tasted like beer! heh.

Posted by: booknlass at February 18, 2018 05:06 PM (bjSMX)

148 Mrs. Loch gave me the deplorable gourmet for Valentine's Day. I need to explore it for this week's menu.
Posted by: LochLomondFarms at February 18, 2018 05:02 PM (PXaOB)
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That's wonderful! You obviously married well.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:06 PM (kNasr)

149 @144. Ok, now I remember my wife talking about having it when she was a kid. Evidently not a good experience because she's never cooked it for me. And a damn good thing too because I hate SOS.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:07 PM (fIn37)

150 Try using hot water for clear ice cubes.

Posted by: George at February 18, 2018 05:07 PM (zSLqp)

151 143 Good afternoon bluebell/

What would Weasel do with a collection of eye-surgery-sharp obsidian sporks, anyway?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:08 PM (hyuyC)

152 That po'boy be woke.

Posted by: Chief Wahoo at February 18, 2018 05:09 PM (Tyii7)

153 I have 50 years of butter that needs to be churned. What do I do? What Do I Do?

Posted by: Fritz at February 18, 2018 05:09 PM (bJ0w+)

154
I had made my 'World Famous Chili' for Super Bowl for decades. But, with the recent NFL unpleasantness, decided to make it for the Daytona 500 instead.

'Mudbug Cornbread' to complement. Can't wait!

Posted by: Spun and Murky at February 18, 2018 05:10 PM (4DCSq)

155 Gonna throw this out there.

Did my first low heat steak in the oven a week or two ago.

250* to target 90 internal temp.

Went slightly past 90* internal. Not paying attention.

Then seared on a hot cast iron skillet.

Didn't sear long enough. Needed another minute.

>Conclusion

Grills are going on the street.

Posted by: golfman at February 18, 2018 05:10 PM (48QDY)

156 Try using hot water for clear ice cubes.

That's dumb. They'll never freeze.

Posted by: Joy Blowhard at February 18, 2018 05:11 PM (Tyii7)

157 Hire yourself a butter churner, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:11 PM (fIn37)

158 145
A Pyrex glass cube with an enclosed cooling fluid would work as well, and less trouble. No style points, I guess.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:06 PM (hyuyC)
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Yeah, that would be the best solution if what you want is to keep the ice from diluting the drink.
But why "clear?" I don't get it.
Maybe it looks real purty.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 05:11 PM (0jtPF)

159 I do a lot of my own frying. Eventually I just bought a pot and big wood handled strainer. Filled the pot up to half full of oil and turn the burner to medium high. I bought a candy thermometer to measure the temperature but most of the time I don't check it.

I also bought a smaller fine mesh strainer and use it to "filter" the oil by cleaning out the bottom when heating up. The stirring helps accelerate the oil heating process.

Posted by: MAGA at February 18, 2018 05:11 PM (LnOh3)

160 135 Welsh Rarebit...isn't that also called SOS? Or as famously known in the armed services as Shit On a Shingle?
Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:01 PM (fIn37)

Nope. SOS was chipped beef on toast. Welsh Rarebit is cheese-based.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:11 PM (NWiLs)

161 Posted by: booknlass at February 18, 2018 05:06 PM (bjSMX)

I used a Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, because I misread it as vanilla and coffee when buying and it was the least expensive of the (I thought) coffee flavored options. I also used it in the pork and vegetable broth I made for Middlest Kidlet to drink after she had two teeth extracted (braces) and in the clay-cooker roast chicken breasts and vegetables that we had for dinner that night.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2018 05:11 PM (rp9xB)

162 Wait, none of you know what TDG is?

Pardon me while I go over in that corner and cry just a little bit.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (kNasr)

163 This whole ice cube clarity thing is what debauched civilizations obsess over before the barbarians attack.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (qJtVm)

164
That's it. You're out of my will.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:05 PM (kNasr)
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There she is!!!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (Sfs6o)

165 162 Wait, none of you know what TDG is?

Pardon me while I go over in that corner and cry just a little bit.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (kNasr)

I know it's The Deplorable Gourmet. Please don't cry. Let me give you a comforting embrace.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:13 PM (NWiLs)

166
I can cook the hell out of everything. But sometimes I say to the wife, 'Breakfast for Dinner?' and she goes into rapture mode.

Reminds me of the scene in 'Burnt' when one hungover chef says to the other, who just made him some eggs, 'That was good.'

The reply, 'Of course it was'.

Best line in the movie.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 05:13 PM (2FqvZ)

167 MAGA

I use one of those handheld IR sensor guns to gauge temps on the stovetop.

When not cooking I can find the cold spots in the house when the temps are in the negative double digits outside.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:14 PM (hyuyC)

168 Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (kNasr)

I know it's The Deplorable Gourmet. Please don't cry. Let me give you a comforting embrace.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:13 PM (NWiLs)
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A BRIEF one!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 05:14 PM (Sfs6o)

169 166
I can cook the hell out of everything. But sometimes I say to the wife, 'Breakfast for Dinner?' and she goes into rapture mode.

Reminds me of the scene in 'Burnt' when one hungover chef says to the other, who just made him some eggs, 'That was good.'

The reply, 'Of course it was'.

Best line in the movie.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 05:13 PM (2FqvZ)

Burnt didn't have a soul. Chef was a much better cooking movie.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:14 PM (NWiLs)

170 Thanks,Insomniac. Sorry about the mascara on your shoulder.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:15 PM (kNasr)

171 oh Polli, how did kidlet like the broth?

Posted by: booknlass at February 18, 2018 05:16 PM (bjSMX)

172 168 Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (kNasr)

I know it's The Deplorable Gourmet. Please don't cry. Let me give you a comforting embrace.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:13 PM (NWiLs)
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A BRIEF one!
Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 05:14 PM (Sfs6o)

It will be as long as necessary to soothe this dear woman after your expression of thoughtlessness.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:16 PM (NWiLs)

173 Insomniac

The best cooking movie was Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:16 PM (hyuyC)

174 O/T.
Reading the YouTube comments on Ram Jam's "Black Betty". World's greatest writer posted "I bet those guys pulled more tail than a tard at a petting zoo"

Posted by: Downcast at February 18, 2018 05:17 PM (v2Njf)

175 Yeah, I'm not an SOS or Welsh Rarebit kinda guy. Neither meal is that appetizing to me.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:17 PM (fIn37)

176 The best cooking movie was Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:16 PM (hyuyC)

Haven't seen that one.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:17 PM (NWiLs)

177 This is all delightful for someone who hasn't eaten yet today (IF baby, all the way).

I'm going to be in Vegas in a few weeks and that's always the dining highlight of the year for me. Lots of good places to eat there. This year I'm staying at the Tropicana, so I'll need to ride or take a bus to most places food-wise.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 18, 2018 05:18 PM (xJa6I)

178 Hmm, Food and Movies. Have I crossed the streams enough today? Time to do more laundry.

Have a great day everyone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2018 05:18 PM (hyuyC)

179 Bluebell is here! Beware the enshankening.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 05:18 PM (gC2IV)

180 168
Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (kNasr)

I know it's The Deplorable Gourmet. Please don't cry. Let me give you a comforting embrace.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:13 PM (NWiLs)

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A BRIEF one!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 05:14 PM (Sfs6o)

I came back at the perfect time!*opens arms for bluebell*just a little hug bb.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 05:18 PM (70cRb)

181 I'm more Steak and Taters.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:18 PM (fIn37)

182 Reading the YouTube comments on Ram Jam's "Black Betty". World's greatest writer posted "I bet those guys pulled more tail than a tard at a petting zoo"
Posted by: Downcast at February 18, 2018 05:17 PM (v2Njf)

I like those guys if for no other reason that they prove dorky white guys can, in fact, rock.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:18 PM (NWiLs)

183 Oh, ooooh, ooooh, ooooh *waves hands*

I learned how to turn my oven off using the ****ing timer. Furnace went out last weekend so I just opened the oven door for a while. Dog, Cat, and I were comfortable until soninlaw could come to fix the furnace.

Still haven't figured out the clock, but I might be able to cook a pizza without kidlet supervision. Still have not figured out what is wrong with a reasonable dial-type thing.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 18, 2018 05:19 PM (MIKMs)

184 I have heard ice cubes from glaciers last longer as ice frozen a millennium don't melt very quickly

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 05:19 PM (aC6Sd)

185 On cutting boards, I've always wanted a Boos. Goss, they are pricey.

Posted by: Infidel at February 18, 2018 05:19 PM (FwcYV)

186 We threw an oyster roast in January for about 80 people.

Oysters roasted over hardwood. A roaring hot fire, sheet of metal, and wet burlap to cover the oysters.

They were delicious, and people brought other dishes for the oyster-averse. Cold, beautiful weather with dolphins appearing in the river as scenery.

My husband actually over-bought oysters, and one of my friends made oyster stew with some of them, that was quite good.

Anyhow, I'm roasting a chicken in an iron skillet tonight.

Bon appetit, ya'll!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2018 05:20 PM (ptqGC)

187 Burnt didn't have a soul. Chef was a much better cooking movie.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:14 PM

You have to see the unseen to 'get' Burnt. The backstory of arrogant drug snorting assholes riding a wave of unwarranted acclaim.

Sure, 'Chef' was heartwarming, but 'Burnt' was closer to reality.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 05:20 PM (2FqvZ)

188 I grew up across the street from Pastosa Ravioli factory.

Ravioli is still my go-to favorite.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 18, 2018 05:20 PM (EZebt)

189 Bon appetit, ya'll!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2018 05:20 PM (ptqGC)

O.M.G.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (70cRb)

190 I love the way raw oysters feel going down my throat.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (FTPVM)

191 OK! Just none of these long awkward and inappropriate office hugs HR is always talking to me about!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (Sfs6o)

192 Just remembered my mom had a wheel to cut ravioli edges to get that v shape

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (aC6Sd)

193 Cannibal Bob, okay, as long as you've already eaten your dinner.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (kNasr)

194 Posted by: booknlass at February 18, 2018 05:16 PM (bjSMX)

Just asked her and she said it was good. I seared the pork bones and vegetables in the pressure cooker on "sear" setting (put the vegetables in for about half the time as the bones) and then cooked in about 8 cups of water for an hour on the pressure "soup" setting. I love my electric pressure cooker and usually use it at least once a week.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (rp9xB)

195
Picture 1:
Too much lettuce.
Not enough fried stuff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (uTJCf)

196 193
Cannibal Bob, okay, as long as you've already eaten your dinner.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (kNasr)

Lol. i only offer hugs to ettes' on a full stomach and I don't want to get shived anyway. No sudden moves on my part.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 05:23 PM (70cRb)

197 Mbq, you're learning how to use your oven? That's wonderful!

Almost makes up for no one knowing what TDG is.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:23 PM (kNasr)

198 have heard ice cubes from glaciers last longer as ice frozen a millennium don't melt very quickly
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 05:19 PM (aC6Sd)

But by using them, you're an unenvironmentally conscience shitlord. Whatever works to keep the booze cold.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:24 PM (fIn37)

199 Bon appetit, ya'll!
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Talk about a mic drop . . .
You just know she is doing that 'Wayfarer' dance from the commercials.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 18, 2018 05:24 PM (MIKMs)

200 You have to see the unseen to 'get' Burnt. The backstory of arrogant drug snorting assholes riding a wave of unwarranted acclaim.

Sure, 'Chef' was heartwarming, but 'Burnt' was closer to reality.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 05:20 PM (2FqvZ)

Oh, I got the backstory. Still a soulless movie.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:25 PM (NWiLs)

201 191 OK! Just none of these long awkward and inappropriate office hugs HR is always talking to me about!
Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 05:21 PM (Sfs6o)
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*Grabs you from behind in a hard manly embrace the Ace way*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 05:25 PM (qJtVm)

202 163 This whole ice cube clarity thing is what debauched civilizations obsess over before the barbarians attack.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 05:12 PM (qJtVm)
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This is kind of where I am. Why does this matter? I got 99 problems and cloudy ice cubes ain't one.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:25 PM (kNasr)

203 Watch out, Bluebell! Bob's gonna go all Mike Tyson on your ear!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 05:26 PM (gC2IV)

204
First Friday in Lent dinner out: shrimp and crab stuffed flounder with beurre blanc sauce. Good thing I'm over 29 so I have a dispensation from fasting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2018 05:27 PM (uTJCf)

205 Damn @201...as long as it don't include a "reach around."

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:27 PM (fIn37)

206
*Grabs you from behind in a hard manly embrace the Ace way*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 05:25 PM (qJtVm)
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Hey! What the....!

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 05:28 PM (Sfs6o)

207 203 Watch out, Bluebell! Bob's gonna go all Mike Tyson on your ear!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 05:26 PM (gC2IV)

Then he'll get a spork right in his liver.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:28 PM (NWiLs)

208 203
Watch out, Bluebell! Bob's gonna go all Mike Tyson on your ear!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 05:26 PM (gC2IV)

What Duke? A little nibble is all.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 05:28 PM (70cRb)

209 Duke, please. I'd be more apt to go Van Gogh than Mike Tyson on his ear, if I had a predilection for removing ears.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:28 PM (kNasr)

210 182 Reading the YouTube comments on Ram Jam's "Black Betty". World's greatest writer posted "I bet those guys pulled more tail than a tard at a petting zoo"
Posted by: Downcast at February 18, 2018 05:17 PM (v2Njf)

I like those guys if for no other reason that they prove dorky white guys can, in fact, rock.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:18 PM (NWiLs)

I can't remember if it was the Horde that put me onto 'Black Betty' or if it was Archer. Damn good song, though. Some wild eyed country boys sang it, right? 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram'?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 18, 2018 05:29 PM (xJa6I)

211 First Friday in Lent dinner out: shrimp and crab stuffed flounder with beurre blanc sauce. Good thing I'm over 29 so I have a dispensation from fasting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2018

Once you've made (29 X 2) + 2* you're absolved of Lent fasting.

*(Math involved.)

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 05:32 PM (2FqvZ)

212
Then he'll get a spork right in his liver.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:28 PM (NWiLs)

Ok Bob, we've been over this, but just to make sure. First you slap the hot iron to it, THEN you apply the maxipad.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 05:33 PM (gC2IV)

213 Use boiling water for the 2" ice cubes = no gas bubbles

Posted by: Dane at February 18, 2018 05:33 PM (OB9O0)

214 I watched some travel show with some Limey hipster (Global something), and he was on a small ship in the Arctic Circle.

A guy on the ship hauled on board a small hunk of glacier that had "calved off" (or broken off or whatever) and they used that clear, blue ice in their gin and tonics.

Mic drop. Mouth waters.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2018 05:33 PM (ptqGC)

215 ...lemon cream sauce with white wine and capers...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 04:23 PM (qJtVm)

For something different, you can simmer in some smashed green peppercorns in place of the capers.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at February 18, 2018 05:35 PM (GzDYP)

216 A guy on the ship hauled on board a small hunk of glacier that had "calved off" (or broken off or whatever) and they used that clear, blue ice in their gin and tonics.

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It's a shame they ruined that glacier with gin.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 05:35 PM (gC2IV)

217 Damn that looks good, but how do you eat it?

With GUSTO !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 05:36 PM (meYfp)

218 BTW what is this I am hearing about 'meatless Fridays for Lent' I thought good Catholics were meatless fridays all year long and Lent was meat only on Sundays? Even my scandi Lutheran raised non-church attending now self could handle meatless Fridays for a few weeks.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 18, 2018 05:37 PM (84F5k)

219 Heidi made shrimp scampi on fettuccine from the Deplorable Gourmet last night. To die for.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob

Insomniac had a rock.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 05:37 PM (meYfp)

220 @#16...Yeah, it would've been better with some good Moonshine.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:37 PM (fIn37)

221 219 Heidi made shrimp scampi on fettuccine from the Deplorable Gourmet last night. To die for.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob

Insomniac had a rock.
Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 05:37 PM (meYfp)

LOL. That's hilarious that you remember that.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:38 PM (NWiLs)

222 I thought good Catholics were meatless fridays all year long

I did that for years, and one time I was out on a Friday, and I'm like what can one time hurt ?

And I was never able to get back in the swing.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 05:40 PM (meYfp)

223 Switzerland passes a law against boiling live lobsters,penalties up to 3 years in jail...

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2018 05:40 PM (LiyEm)

224
BTW what is this I am hearing about 'meatless Fridays for Lent' I thought good Catholics were meatless fridays all year long and Lent was meat only on Sundays?

The rules changed after Vatican II. Before it was no meat any Friday or the 40 days of Lent. Now it's no meat on Friday in Lent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2018 05:41 PM (aCYLj)

225 LOL. That's hilarious that you remember that.

Well it was only last night.

I'm not senile.

Yet.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 05:41 PM (meYfp)

226 Going up the country.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:43 PM (fIn37)

227 209
Duke, please. I'd be more apt to go Van Gogh than Mike Tyson on his ear, if I had a predilection for removing ears.

Posted by: bluebell at February 18, 2018 05:28 PM (kNasr)

See thats what i'm talkin about. Ettes'. Gotta love em, and fear em.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 05:43 PM (70cRb)

228 Breaking rocks in the hot sun, I fought the law and I won!

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:44 PM (fIn37)

229 It's a shame they ruined that glacier with gin.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2018 05:35 PM

Hope they didn't ruin any scotch with that glacier

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 05:44 PM (aC6Sd)

230 I don't always win, but the odds have been pretty good the last few years.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:45 PM (fIn37)

231 218 BTW what is this I am hearing about 'meatless Fridays for Lent' I thought good Catholics were meatless fridays all year long and Lent was meat only on Sundays? Even my scandi Lutheran raised non-church attending now self could handle meatless Fridays for a few weeks.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 18, 2018 05:37 PM (84F5k)
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Hey, it's the Church of What's Happening Now!!! and has been since Vatican II.

But, for those who fast for spiritual reasons rather than because it's a 'rule,' the traditional practices are still a good place to start.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 05:46 PM (0jtPF)

232 OK. 227 thats long enough.

So I want t get a scary black gun with that thingy. But I want to use 9mm cause I don't want to carry another caliber. Any suggestions?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 05:46 PM (70cRb)

233 My mom never ate meat on Fridays despite Vatican II and my dad was Russian Orthodox so he didn't either.

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2018 05:46 PM (LiyEm)

234 golfman at February 18, 2018 05:10 PM (48QDY)

That's a reverse sear, works best with thicker steaks. awesome

Posted by: tmitsss at February 18, 2018 05:46 PM (ZYgGF)

235 We made jalapeno ice cubes for a party once which were enjoyed in martinis and margaritas.

They weren't clear, but they were green and pretty.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at February 18, 2018 05:47 PM (GzDYP)

236 Very nice pictures today! I think we're going to need more napkins before we attack that sandwich though. And maybe a new jaw hinge.

Posted by: goon at February 18, 2018 05:47 PM (EaQ6/)

237
I'm in the process of magically converting a corned beef into a slab of delicious pastrami via my wood pellet grill.

Yum!

i may never make another Irish boiled dinner again.

Homemade pastrami is just that good.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 18, 2018 05:48 PM (9q7Dl)

238 @232 Cannibal Bob. You can buy a good carbine in 9mm that uses Glock magazines or one that uses S&W magazines. Check out Classic Firearms or your other favorite online gun dealer.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 05:49 PM (fIn37)

239 Chefs are arrogant pricks. I had a best friend in college work his way up the ranks in a famous restaurant. 5 yeat friendship down the drain as he became a self serving narcissist. He went from a good authentic dude to a fake shallow insecure parasite.

Posted by: Pound Me Too at February 18, 2018 05:52 PM (PFjNT)

240 I never knew that lobster was a Swiss specialty. Do they grow wild in the Alps or something?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2018 05:54 PM (u8Nqb)

241 I had a Sunday morning delivering poor boy bread in the Quarter for the Gendusa bakery. They invented poor boy bread. It was crisp to the point of crumbly on the outside and practically hollow on the inside.

They also invented Brennan's soup sticks (my 05:00 delivery), Acme buns (they cut the top off and serve gumbo in them), Maspero's buns, muffalella buns for the Central Grocery and New Orleans style french bread (which they did not invent.

Sadly the didn't make it back after Katrina.

Posted by: Javems at February 18, 2018 05:54 PM (luPrW)

242 Uptown Saturday Night is a classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfbgGqWOB_c

"We need more romance and less hot pants!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 05:54 PM (qJtVm)

243 Black Betty is one of those interesting songs that no one really knows the source of. Ram Jam did the best rockin' version of it, but it was an old Leadbelly song long before they ever got old of it. And there's evidence that it was already old before Leadbelly got it, as a lot of his music was tunes that he picked up from the black folk musicians were themselves old when he was young. So it goes back.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2018 05:55 PM (V2Yro)

244 I never knew that lobster was a Swiss specialty. Do they grow wild in the Alps or something?

Yeah.

And when you put them in boiling water they don't scream.

They yodel.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 05:55 PM (meYfp)

245 So I want t get a scary black gun with that thingy. But I want to use 9mm cause I don't want to carry another caliber. Any suggestions?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 05:46 PM (70cRb)

The Kel-Tec sub-2000 is nice (I have one, takes Glock mags)

There is a new Ruger carbine that is getting great reviews.

Then there's the classic AR-pattern 9mm carbines.

If you're really pinching pennies, the Hi-Point carbine is good, though it doesn't take Glock mags if that matters.

The Beretta Storm is also a good-shooting 9mm carbine, not too hard to find or too pricely usually.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 18, 2018 05:56 PM (xJa6I)

246 240 I never knew that lobster was a Swiss specialty. Do they grow wild in the Alps or something?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2018 05:54 PM (u8Nqb)
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Sort of. They swim the Rhine to spawn in the mountain headwaters.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 05:57 PM (0jtPF)

247 And when you put them in boiling water they don't scream.

They yodel.

No wonder they outlawed boiling.

Just imagine the Scottish variety and the little tiny bagpipes.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2018 05:57 PM (u8Nqb)

248 243 Black Betty is one of those interesting songs that no one really knows the source of. Ram Jam did the best rockin' version of it, but it was an old Leadbelly song long before they ever got old of it. And there's evidence that it was already old before Leadbelly got it, as a lot of his music was tunes that he picked up from the black folk musicians were themselves old when he was young. So it goes back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2018 05:55 PM (V2Yro)

I've heard rumors it was an old Brit marching song from the 18th century. 'Black Betty' being an old musket contemporary to 'Brown Bess'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 18, 2018 05:58 PM (xJa6I)

249 The bagpipes are crunchy.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 05:58 PM (meYfp)

250 I missed the Baseball thread, damnit, because I was grocery shopping and then cooking up a storm for this week. I've got chili cooking in the slow-cooker, I made hot and sour soup on the stovetop, roasted three trays of veggies and cooked chicken breasts with a Cajun rub. So I'm all set meal wise for the work week and will freeze some of the chili. I'll make either roasted monkfish and tomatoes or baked Salmon with Swiss chard on Friday because Lent. My place smells so good right now...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 05:58 PM (P8951)

251 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 18, 2018 05:56 PM (xJa6I)

Yep. Lots of good options out there for 9mm carbines.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 05:59 PM (NWiLs)

252 I missed the Baseball thread, damnit, because I was grocery shopping and then cooking up a storm for this week. I've got chili cooking in the slow-cooker, I made hot and sour soup on the stovetop, roasted three trays of veggies and cooked chicken breasts with a Cajun rub. So I'm all set meal wise for the work week and will freeze some of the chili. I'll make either roasted monkfish and tomatoes or baked Salmon with Swiss chard on Friday because Lent. My place smells so good right now...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V

Insomniac is gonna put some paprika on his rock.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:00 PM (meYfp)

253 Thanks guys, I have some shopping to do. Certainly appreciated.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 06:01 PM (70cRb)

254 They don't call it seafood for no good reason. Smack its head on a rock and eat it.

This buffet is open 24/7.

Posted by: Fritz at February 18, 2018 06:03 PM (bJ0w+)

255 247 And when you put them in boiling water they don't scream.

They yodel.

No wonder they outlawed boiling.

Just imagine the Scottish variety and the little tiny bagpipes.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2018 05:57 PM (u8Nqb)

You try to boil them and they charge you with claymore swords. You thought the knife-wielding crab was scary, those crazy bastards will cut your head off.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:03 PM (NWiLs)

256 a MP-40 would be sweet

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:03 PM (aC6Sd)

257 Insomniac is gonna put some paprika on his rock.
Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:00 PM (meYfp)

I'll sprinkle some dirt on it and just pretend.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:03 PM (NWiLs)

258 255. Pro tip: let 'em see ya put a splash og whiskey in the boiling pot. You'll have to fight to keep 'em out.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:04 PM (fA1SL)

259 The Swiss have jumped the lobster

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:04 PM (aC6Sd)

260 258 255. Pro tip: let 'em see ya put a splash og whiskey in the boiling pot. You'll have to fight to keep 'em out.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:04 PM (fA1SL)

Nobody's getting out of that one alive.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:05 PM (NWiLs)

261 Interesting about the Vatican II. My work cafeteria usually does a veggie lasagna or fish option every Friday. Liberal workplace that is far from religious conservative although maybe the cook staff have been more so. I'm sure the mildly vegetarian folks like the expanded meatless menu on Fridays.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 18, 2018 06:05 PM (84F5k)

262 I think its in the Swiss constitution animals have voting rights

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:06 PM (aC6Sd)

263 I heard Vatican III: The Reckoning is getting released in June.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:06 PM (NWiLs)

264 257
Insomniac is gonna put some paprika on his rock.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:00 PM (meYfp)

You could actually pretend its my aunt Clara's meatballs. Bless her heart.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 18, 2018 06:06 PM (70cRb)

265 263. This time, it's ecumenical.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:06 PM (fA1SL)

266 Mmmmm - fried food. Chicken in a cast iron skillet. Messy, but awesome.
235 - jalape�os in ice cubes, will have to try that.

Posted by: Uncle Si at February 18, 2018 06:07 PM (sQyD6)

267 I guess I missed the Democrats "playing nice" with Trump....

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/289053/

Posted by: steevy at February 18, 2018 06:08 PM (LiyEm)

268 Pizza tonight. Dominos has a $5.99 special.

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 06:08 PM (Sfs6o)

269 You try to boil them and they charge you with claymore swords. You thought the knife-wielding crab was scary, those crazy bastards will cut your head off.

That reminds me of the Night Gallery episode where Karen Black was being menaced by the tiny demon with the pitchfork.

And I'm like " Jeez Karen why doncha just step on the danged thing ?"

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:08 PM (meYfp)

270 grocery shopping and then cooking up a storm for this week. I've got chili cooking in the slow-cooker, I made hot and sour soup on the stovetop, roasted three trays of veggies and cooked chicken breasts with a Cajun rub. So I'm all set meal wise for the work week and will freeze some of the chili. I'll make either roasted monkfish and tomatoes or baked Salmon with Swiss chard on Friday because Lent. My place smells so good right now...
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 05:58 PM (P8951)

Dayam...are you single? j/k. That all sounds mighty good though.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:08 PM (fIn37)

271 Since I'm doing the low carb thing, I bought something at Trader Joe's I normally would not have consider - a pizza "crust" made out of cauliflower. There are other low-carb, paleo- diet 'ettes and 'rons - have any of you tried this? Pizza is not one of those things I've ever made at home - too many good pizza places around here - so I'll have to go to Food Network and see if they have any recipes involving cauliflower crust that catch my fancy. I've had riced cauliflower with pasta sauce and Parmesan and it was really a pretty good substitute so I'm hoping to be able to enjoy pizza of sorts as well. IMO, the zuccchini spirals are not a good sub for pasta....

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:09 PM (P8951)

272 261 Interesting about the Vatican II. My work cafeteria usually does a veggie lasagna or fish option every Friday. Liberal workplace that is far from religious conservative although maybe the cook staff have been more so. I'm sure the mildly vegetarian folks like the expanded meatless menu on Fridays.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 18, 2018 06:05 PM (84F5k)
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Good for the cook staff!
A lot of serious Catholics still fast on Friday, as do most Orthodox and 'high-church' Anglicans.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:09 PM (0jtPF)

273 We got one of those air fryers this last week. Still monkeying around with it, but I don't have that grease smell from deep frying in the house now.

Seems to work great for frozen snack foods and reheating pizza.

Posted by: Roy at February 18, 2018 06:09 PM (ABjxW)

274 I take it there are only a few laps of Daytona left

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:10 PM (aC6Sd)

275 271. The meat crust for pizza is a thing, and glorious it is, too.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:10 PM (fA1SL)

276 I bought something at Trader Joe's I normally would not have consider - a pizza "crust" made out of cauliflower.

I never would have thought they would do that. I think maybe using a smoked pork belly for the crust would taste better.

Posted by: Roy at February 18, 2018 06:12 PM (ABjxW)

277 We got one of those air fryers this last week

There ya go Insomniac......

you can eat fried air !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:12 PM (meYfp)

278 Massive wreckage

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:12 PM (aC6Sd)

279 @273. We got one of those Nuwave fryers. Wife used it once for fries. Didn't taste the same and haven't used it since.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:13 PM (fIn37)

280 277 We got one of those air fryers this last week

There ya go Insomniac......

you can eat fried air !
Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:12 PM (meYfp)

He needs a hot water heater too, to heat his hot water.

Posted by: Roy at February 18, 2018 06:13 PM (ABjxW)

281 1/2 the field that was left got wiped out

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:14 PM (aC6Sd)

282 271--Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:09 PM (P8951)
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I'd love to see how that turns out.
Put enough cheese, sauce, and fixings on top and it may be okay.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:14 PM (0jtPF)

283 He needs a hot water heater too, to heat his hot water.

Stick with us Insomniac.....soon you'll be
livin' the dream.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:15 PM (meYfp)

284 Fire all your guns at once and fly off into space. Born to be wild.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:15 PM (fIn37)

285 We got the Nuwave too. It's 1800 watts. I am waiting to see when the breaker blows. I might use it for metal smelting.

Posted by: Roy at February 18, 2018 06:15 PM (ABjxW)

286 Jiggity, jiggity, jiggity, squeal, crush, crash, KABOOM.

Posted by: Roy at February 18, 2018 06:17 PM (ABjxW)

287 Fire all your guns at once and fly off into space. Born to be wild.

Are you gonna sing all nite ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:17 PM (meYfp)

288 Think the only thing the wife has used since we got it, after using it for fries, is the little "blender" thing to make a couple of milkshakes.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:17 PM (fIn37)

289 Friday night fish fries are big around here, even when it's not Lent. They range from humble ones in parish halls which will set you back about 5 bucks to fancy ones in upscale restaurants. I assume it's because Milwaukee has a very large Catholic population. When I was about 12 I was startled to discover America is a majority Protestant country, because the world I lived in 90% were Catholic, with a few Jews and Lutherans and Methodists in the mix...I thought the whole country was like that - hell, even the state of Wisconsin as a whole isn't like that...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:18 PM (P8951)

290 Well, I wouldn't exactly call it singing...more like caterwauling.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:18 PM (fIn37)

291 >>> I bought something at Trader Joe's I normally would not have consider - a pizza "crust" made out of cauliflower.

We had mashed cauliflower as a potatoe substitute. Just add lots of butter.

Posted by: fluffy at February 18, 2018 06:19 PM (cHbmY)

292 Think the only thing the wife has used since we got it, after using it for fries, is the little "blender" thing to make a couple of milkshakes.

Is that a Bob Marley tune ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:19 PM (meYfp)

293 Anyone ever mix cocktail and tartar sauces?

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 06:20 PM (Sfs6o)

294 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:14 PM (0jtPF)

I'll report back. It was $3.99 so I thought what the hell, I'll give it a try...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:20 PM (P8951)

295 >>> When I was about 12 I was startled to discover America is a majority Protestant country

Wut?

Posted by: New England at February 18, 2018 06:21 PM (cHbmY)

296 281; hamlin is still an asshole, blocking, fucktard.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:21 PM (KP5rU)

297 277 We got one of those air fryers this last week

There ya go Insomniac......

you can eat fried air !
Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:12 PM (meYfp)

Just like momma used to make, taunt us with, then take away!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:22 PM (NWiLs)

298 Is that a Bob Marley tune ?
Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:19 PM (meYfp)

No, that was by his illegitimate son, Bo.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:22 PM (fIn37)

299 293 Anyone ever mix cocktail and tartar sauces?
Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 06:20 PM (Sfs6o)

There was total protonic reversal.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:22 PM (NWiLs)

300 I didn't know lobsters had vocal cords.

Posted by: Javems at February 18, 2018 06:23 PM (pkU+3)

301 Pizza is not one of those things I've ever made at home - too many good pizza places around here - so I'll have to go to Food Network and see if they have any recipes involving cauliflower crust that catch my fancy.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:09 PM

Something interesting I've discovered as a foody and a near top notch... something... homemade pizza is very very good. But if you're trying to keep the carbs lower... a ratio of about 1 to 3 whole wheat to processed wheat creates a unique flavor profile and tends to be much more filling.

You might be able to -- in an either/or thing to find either whole wheat pizza or traditional stores, but somewhere in the middle will fill you up to the point you push the plate away and are not hungry again for six hours or so after a single slice or two.

Two slices of pizza @ 100 calories per slice, making hunger disappear for six or seven hours? That's a very very good thing.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 06:23 PM (2FqvZ)

302 Seems like the tartar sauce would be a little watered down with the cocktail.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:23 PM (fIn37)

303 TDG
To de grave
Three days grace
The Deplorable Gourmet

Posted by: Glenn John at February 18, 2018 06:24 PM (zgAdX)

304 We had mashed cauliflower as a potatoe substitute. Just add lots of butter.

Posted by: fluffy at February 18, 2018 06:19 PM (cHbmY)

I've had that too and it's pretty good..

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:24 PM (P8951)

305 I didn't know lobsters had vocal cords.

They disappear as soon as they hit the boiling water so no evidence at the autopsy.

I saw that in an episode of Quincy.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:26 PM (meYfp)

306 301---Two slices of pizza @ 100 calories per slice, making hunger disappear for six or seven hours? That's a very very good thing.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 06:23 PM (2FqvZ)
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100 calories a slice?!?
Even with whole wheat, the crust alone would be approach that.
Then you have to have cheese, and sauce, and cheese, and pepperoni, and cheese!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:27 PM (0jtPF)

307 I love Cauliflower, but then again, I also like Brussel Sprouts. The other day, I had pan seared Brussel Sprouts. They we're really good.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:27 PM (fIn37)

308 Then you have to have cheese, and sauce, and cheese, and pepperoni, and cheese!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:27 PM (0jtPF)

And the cheese.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:27 PM (NWiLs)

309 307 I love Cauliflower, but then again, I also like Brussel Sprouts. The other day, I had pan seared Brussel Sprouts. They we're really good.
Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:27 PM (fIn37)

Brussels sprouts are Satan's dingleberries.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:28 PM (NWiLs)

310 Were...damn auto correct.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:28 PM (fIn37)

311 Anyone ever mix cocktail and tartar sauces?

Posted by: Weasel at February 18, 2018 06:20 PM (Sfs6o)

That would make Russian dressing w/ horseradish.
Sounds like collusion, to me.

Posted by: Meuller at February 18, 2018 06:28 PM (GzDYP)

312 And the cheese.

Palpy just snapped your picture.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:29 PM (meYfp)

313 Meatza - a meat-crusted pizza.

https://nomnompaleo.com/2017/12/04/meatza

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:29 PM (fA1SL)

314 Brussel Sprouts are good...kind of like miniature cabbages except with a more bitter taste.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:29 PM (fIn37)

315 (299) I'm building a Superconducting Super-Sauce Collider in my basement, I'll try those first.
If it causes a rip in the space-time continuum, it will be "last" too.

Posted by: Burger Chef at February 18, 2018 06:29 PM (RuIsu)

316 312 And the cheese.

Palpy just snapped your picture.
Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:29 PM (meYfp)

Proof that restraining orders aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:30 PM (NWiLs)

317 Brussels sprouts are Satan's dingleberries.

Ew.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:30 PM (meYfp)

318 I just took a peek at the Food Network site and found there are quite a few cauliflower crust pizza recipes, including one from the Pioneer Woman. I've had very good luck with her recipes and it got 5 star reviews,so...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:30 PM (P8951)

319 312. Ha!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:30 PM (fA1SL)

320 316. Superior Arsat iupiter telephoto lens - pride of Soviet photo industry!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:31 PM (fA1SL)

321 Proof that restraining orders aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

He took a pic of that too.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:31 PM (meYfp)

322 Our family did the cauliflower pizza crust thing when my mom was fighting cancer with a super-low-carb diet.

I thought it was very good, not even a compromise. But then, I eat pizza for the toppings and other people might eat it for the bread/crust.

The recipe used cauliflower, Parmesan, egg, oil and spices. You have to wring as much water out of the cauliflower as possible after processing. Otherwise you get a runny mess.

Posted by: Emmie, cheering for the Colorado Rockies at February 18, 2018 06:31 PM (/A+Cl)

323 ace o spades won daytona.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:32 PM (KP5rU)

324 MMMMmmmm, fewd.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2018 06:32 PM (Dbv1R)

325 Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 06:23 PM (2FqvZ)

Thanks for the tip! I love pizza (who doesn't) and have been feeling a bit deprived because it's been so long since I had it, but......lost 32 lbs. low carbing it...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:32 PM (P8951)

326 321. Used superior 16mm Zorki subminiature camera......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:33 PM (fA1SL)

327 315 (299) I'm building a Superconducting Super-Sauce Collider in my basement, I'll try those first.
If it causes a rip in the space-time continuum, it will be "last" too.
Posted by: Burger Chef at February 18, 2018 06:29 PM (RuIsu)

Or it could introduce infinite sauces from infinite parallel universes. All life on earth would be wiped out. On the plus side, we'll be really tasty for devouring by the Elder Gods.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:33 PM (NWiLs)

328 Got watching that stupid race and forgot Cool Hand Luke is on

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:33 PM (aC6Sd)

329 ......lost 32 lbs. low carbing it...

Whoa ! Good for you Donna !

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:34 PM (meYfp)

330 dillon wins daytona

the first AND last thing he said in his interview was to thank God

Posted by: concrete girl at February 18, 2018 06:34 PM (SJBL7)

331 328 Got watching that stupid race and forgot Cool Hand Luke is on
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:33 PM (aC6Sd)

Anybody forgetting Cool Hand Luke is on spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:35 PM (NWiLs)

332 100 calories a slice?!?
Even with whole wheat, the crust alone would be approach that.
Then you have to have cheese, and sauce, and cheese, and pepperoni, and cheese!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:27 PM

Believe me, I've done the math. It's a 12" pizza. I've broken down every ingredient. Read every label. Each 12" pizza creates 8 slices. Each slice is 100 calories of tastiness. 800 calories total.

About 1/2 cup of cheese per pizza. That's the killer you have to watch. The tomato sauce? Load it up. The spices? Load them up. Mushrooms? Load them up.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 06:35 PM (2FqvZ)

333 313 Meatza - a meat-crusted pizza.

https://nomnompaleo.com/2017/12/04/meatza
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:29 PM (fA1SL)
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Most intriguing.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:35 PM (0jtPF)

334 What about distilled water for ice cubes?

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:35 PM (aC6Sd)

335 330: yup. and he has the ace o spades next to his name on his car.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:36 PM (KP5rU)

336 Got watching that stupid race and forgot Cool Hand Luke is on

Michelle O bama edited that flick and now he only eats 2 eggs.

But he skips lunch.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:36 PM (meYfp)

337 I want that dang oyster po-boy . No, I want 4 of them.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2018 06:36 PM (zLDYs)

338 >>> About 1/2 cup of cheese per pizza.

That's per slice, yes?

Posted by: fluffy at February 18, 2018 06:36 PM (cHbmY)

339 334 What about distilled water for ice cubes?
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:35 PM (aC6Sd)

Talk about first world problems. "Like, ohmigod, my ice cubes are, like, totes cloudy!"

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:36 PM (NWiLs)

340 All across the nation, there's a strange vibration.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:37 PM (fIn37)

341 Mister Roberts and 12 O'Cock High are on tonight's too but I'll be in bed

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:37 PM (aC6Sd)

342 in case no one mentioned it previously, it is now illegal to boil live lobsters and crabs in Switzerland:

https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/02/switzerland
-new-law-makes-it-illegal-to-boil-live-lobsters/#comments

no biggie to me, since i neither eat that stuff nor plan on visiting Switzerland, and, if i did, i wouldn't be ordering seafood in a land locked state.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 18, 2018 06:38 PM (vwf8z)

343 341 Mister Roberts and 12 O'Cock High

Dr. Freud, paging Dr. Freud

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:38 PM (NWiLs)

344 Year of Living Dangerously is on very early Tuesday morning

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:39 PM (aC6Sd)

345 12 O'Cock High are on tonight's too

Is that the Olympic remake ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:39 PM (meYfp)

346 Nice job on Bubba Wallace's part keeping the rubber side down and finishing 2nd.

Posted by: Methos at February 18, 2018 06:39 PM (XQvuQ)

347 345: that would be brokeback mountain.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:40 PM (KP5rU)

348 Bye bye Miss American Pie.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:40 PM (fIn37)

349 332---Believe me, I've done the math. It's a 12" pizza. I've broken down every ingredient. Read every label. Each 12" pizza creates 8 slices. Each slice is 100 calories of tastiness. 800 calories total.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 06:35 PM (2FqvZ)
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Ahhh, okay.
Yeah, a small pizza, 8 slices, and not much cheese.
I can see that.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 18, 2018 06:40 PM (0jtPF)

350 Do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:41 PM (fIn37)

351 344
Year of Living Dangerously is on very early Tuesday morning

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:39 PM (aC6Sd)

That is one of my very favorite movies. Young Mel Gibson, oh lord, was he a looker...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:41 PM (P8951)

352 You have to see the unseen to 'get' Burnt. The
backstory of arrogant drug snorting assholes riding a wave of
unwarranted acclaim.

Sure, 'Chef' was heartwarming, but 'Burnt' was closer to reality.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 05:20 PM (2FqvZ)

A friend of a friend (and I've known for years off and on) was talking about applying for a management position and was worried because she had never held a formal management position. I reminded her that she used to run a restaurant, and had to get the waitresses pointed in the right direction and stop fighting, keep on top of the supplies, and sober the cook up from time to time, and her only comment was, "oh, that was a nightmare"

Posted by: Kindltot at February 18, 2018 06:41 PM (2K6fY)

353

Vegetarian chicken

https://tinyurl.com/yabvwdmw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2018 06:41 PM (IqV8l)

354 346: dude can wheel a racecar.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:42 PM (KP5rU)

355 342 in case no one mentioned it previously, it is now illegal to boil live lobsters and crabs in Switzerland:

https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/02/switzerland
-new-law-makes-it-illegal-to-boil-live-lobsters/#comments

no biggie to me, since i neither eat that stuff nor plan on visiting Switzerland, and, if i did, i wouldn't be ordering seafood in a land locked state.
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 18, 2018 06:38 PM (vwf8z)

Doesn't say you can't pan-fry, bake, grill, broil, roast, sous vide or microwave them live.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2018 06:42 PM (NWiLs)

356 12 O'clock High 1949 movie with Gregory Peck

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:42 PM (aC6Sd)

357 I will catch most of YoLD before work on Tuesday morning

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:43 PM (aC6Sd)

358
While I'm on my current whole wheat adventure ( I hate the taste of whole wheat by the way ) I'm figuring some stuff out. It sinks into your stomach and stays there. For hours. Guess what? You're not hungry for those hours. D'uh.

So get this. Buy a loaf of whole wheat bread and 'regular' white bread. Make a sandwich. Hide the slice of whole wheat on the bottom. Eat sandwich, ignoring the slice of whole wheat on the bottom. Look at watch. Note the time.

Notice the time half the day later when you're hungry again.

Results may vary.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 06:43 PM (2FqvZ)

359 Do you recall what was the deal the day the music died

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:43 PM (fIn37)

360 Gonna get on the treadmill and watch "Cool Hand Luke"to get my mind off the massive boredom of being on the treadmill...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez pitchers and catchers have reported at February 18, 2018 06:43 PM (P8951)

361 12 O'clock High 1949 movie with Gregory Peck

We know, we were just pulling you leg.

In a totally un Olympic way.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:44 PM (meYfp)

362 Save the Lobsters!!11!!

Posted by: Latest Leftist Lunatic Campaign at February 18, 2018 06:45 PM (Tyii7)

363 I saw 12 O*cock High and Flesh Gordon on a double feature one night. Folks were packed in assholes to elbows.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 06:45 PM (tr2D7)

364 Gonna get on the treadmill and watch "Cool Hand Luke"to get my mind off the massive boredom of being on the treadmill...

You gotta get your mind right........

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:46 PM (meYfp)

365 12 O'Cock High are on tonight's too but I'll be in bed

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 06:37 PM (aC6Sd)

Barry O: 12 O'Cock High tonight!! Count me in!!!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 18, 2018 06:46 PM (SiINZ)

366 american pie is oneof the worst songs ever dumped on civilization. fucking awful.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:47 PM (KP5rU)

367 358. Black bread, ftw!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:47 PM (fA1SL)

368 What we have here is a failure to communicate.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:47 PM (fIn37)

369 In case you hadn't heard, I'm gay. Homosexual. Queer. I bite the pillow, play for the other team, putt from the rough. I also ice skate a little, but that's not the important thing.

Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 18, 2018 06:48 PM (NWiLs)

370 What we have here is a failure to communicate.

MMMM.... I think Chavez communicated his point pretty well.

I don't think he has much of a future in politics,
however.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:49 PM (meYfp)

371 Thanks for the heads up on YoLD, I'm recording it Tuesday.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 18, 2018 06:50 PM (qJtVm)

372 It's not a song...it's a ballad. There's a difference. And the same could be said about a lot of modern music...if you're an old curmudgeon and still think the electric guitar is the worst invention since the cotton gin.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:51 PM (fIn37)

373 Black bread, ftw!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 06:47 PM

Exactly - a combination of grains.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 18, 2018 06:51 PM (2FqvZ)

374
Barry O: 12 O'Cock High tonight!! Count me in!!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 18, 2018 06:46 PM

He ends up in the leper colony.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2018 06:51 PM (IqV8l)

375 370: correct on all counts.
thanks.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:51 PM (KP5rU)

376 Sonic has a coconut cream pi milk shake. Yeah. I tried to order one before I went to church, but the thirdworlder on the speaker could not understand what I wanted. The 4th time she asked me what I wanted, I drove off without answering her. I'll only go so far for a milkshake. Maybe I need to re-read Psalms 119 verse 165 again.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2018 06:52 PM (zLDYs)

377 Thanks for the heads up on YoLD, I'm recording it Tuesday.

And what is that again, exactly ?

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:52 PM (meYfp)

378 Well, I've had a beer or twelve so I may not be in my right mind. Apologies if I offend(Ed) anyone.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:53 PM (fIn37)

379 376 Sonic has a coconut cream pi milk shake. Yeah. I tried to order one before I went to church, but the thirdworlder on the speaker could not understand what I wanted. The 4th time she asked me what I wanted, I drove off without answering her. I'll only go so far for a milkshake. Maybe I need to re-read Psalms 119 verse 165 again.
Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2018 06:52 PM (zLDYs)

I drank your milkshake.

Posted by: Daniel Plainview at February 18, 2018 06:54 PM (NWiLs)

380 chaves the hugo @ 3660 Really? What about 'Vincent'?

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2018 06:55 PM (zLDYs)

381 380: never heard it.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:56 PM (KP5rU)

382 Apologies if I offend(Ed) anyone.

Not at all. Carry on.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 06:56 PM (meYfp)

383 I tried to order a milkshake at Sonic once, but I could only keep talking about being gay.

You DO know I am gay, right?

Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 18, 2018 06:56 PM (ABjxW)

384 250. I'll be right over

Posted by: kallisto at February 18, 2018 06:56 PM (CWvyb)

385
I tried to order a milkshake at Sonic once, but I could only keep talking about being gay.

You DO know I am gay, right?

Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 18, 2018 06:56 PM (ABjxW)

I feel your pain. No one pays attention to my gayness, either. I'M GAY, DAMMIT! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!

Posted by: Shep! Smith at February 18, 2018 06:58 PM (ptqGC)

386 On second thought, apology rescinded. I shouldn't have to apologise for anything I've said today. Tomorrow may be a different story.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:58 PM (fIn37)

387 american pie is oneof the worst songs ever dumped on civilization. fucking awful.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 06:47 PM (KP5rU)

Yup......pure crapola. A long time ago I argued with a dirty hippie who claimed the song was all about the assassination of JFK and Vietnam. I told him no, it's about Buddy Holly and the others who died that day and the loss of teen innocence.

Hippie went into a rage.....I laughed.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 18, 2018 06:58 PM (EoRCO)

388 The better half made catfish chowder this past friday.
So fine w buttermilk bicuits and her crazy salad.

This evening we went to my mom's and i have nana's beef goulash near ready and ma is crankin out her dumplings.

I think i eat better during lent than any other time of the year.

Posted by: Lone ranger at February 18, 2018 06:58 PM (u+k5e)

389 Hey everybody.

What's this now? Everyone at AOSHQ is coming out as gay?

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 06:58 PM (eMKNe)

390 Unless I'm mistaken, 'Vincent is about Van Gogh. I like it. American Pie is about Buddy Holly, or maybe Big Bopper or Richie Valens. Or maybe the poor bastard flying the plane.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2018 06:59 PM (zLDYs)

391 I don't watch this crap anymore, but years ago I was watching one of the morning network shows. For a cooking segment, the visiting chef took a live lobster and hacked it into large pieces, then threw the still moving parts into a saut� pan and cooked them in butter as they squirmed away.

I could tell the female host was controlling herself pretty well from freaking out. How do you like them apples, Switzerland?

Posted by: stace at February 18, 2018 06:59 PM (6HFDU)

392 386 On second thought, apology rescinded. I shouldn't have to apologise for anything I've said today. Tomorrow may be a different story.
Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 06:58 PM (fIn37)

I certainly don't apologize for being gay. I AM gay, by the by.

Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 18, 2018 06:59 PM (NWiLs)

393 Well, chicken roasting in my old cast iron skillet is about to come out of the oven. Going to cook down the veggies and juices on the stove top with some white wine and chicken stock.

BBL. Or not.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2018 07:00 PM (ptqGC)

394 393 Well, chicken roasting in my old cast iron skillet is about to come out of the oven. Going to cook down the veggies and juices on the stove top with some white wine and chicken stock.

BBL. Or not.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 18, 2018 07:00 PM (ptqGC)

I'll still be gay, regardless.

Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 18, 2018 07:00 PM (NWiLs)

395 Hairyback Guy, your interpretation of American Pie the song is correct, but I disagree that the song is crapola. (You wanna hear crapola, listen to Madonna's cover of it, although the royalties also paid for Don McLean's retirement until he's 195 years old.)

Yes, it's long, indulgent, and I wouldn't want to have to listen to it *every* day... but overall, I like the song. It's also one of the very few hit songs that ever took a crap on Mick Jagger ("Jack Flash" in the song), btw.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 07:00 PM (eMKNe)

396 Great peace have those who love your law,
and nothing can make them stumble.

Psalm119 vs. 165? I'm not sure how that relates to not getting a milkshake. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2018 07:01 PM (8+Ozj)

397 Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 06:58 PM (eMKNe)

Well, I'm usually fairly happy. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2018 07:01 PM (8+Ozj)

398 It's just a song(ballad). Nothing more to it than that. Either you like it or you don't. Although Hairybackguy is right...the ballad was about the death of Buddy Holly, etal.

Posted by: Traveling Man at February 18, 2018 07:02 PM (fIn37)

399 Eromero, your interpretation is on the money as well.

And for anyone who wants to hear a song that works as a good psychological put-down of people like, um, our previous POTUS, check this album track from the original album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG6SCDUiFZs

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 07:02 PM (eMKNe)

400 Quickie chicken dish last night because lazy.

Chicken cut up in chunks and sauteed in a bit of oil on Chernobyl reactor 4 heat setting. Handful of chopped onions. Handful mushrooms. Two or three tablespoons of ajvar. Stir. Remove from heat. Easiest dish I know.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at February 18, 2018 07:02 PM (fA1SL)

401 American Pie is a song about being gay. Like me.

Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 18, 2018 07:03 PM (NWiLs)

402 Fenelon, me too :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 07:03 PM (eMKNe)

403 Unless I'm mistaken, 'Vincent is about Van Gogh

That's what I thought.

But that like " I could've told you Vincent...."

But how could Vincent hear him if he cut his ear off ?

I guess he had to sing that verse LOUDLY.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 07:03 PM (meYfp)

404 Even now, when people ask McLean what the words to American Pie mean, he says "that I'll never have to work again".

Posted by: Roy at February 18, 2018 07:03 PM (ABjxW)

405 Great peace have those who love your law,
and nothing can make them stumble.

Psalm119 vs. 165? I'm not sure how that relates to not getting a milkshake. :^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
---
Im paraphrasing but I read it as *Dont git your panties in a wad over a milkshake and remain happy*

What do I win?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2018 07:03 PM (tr2D7)

406 395; it still sucks, steve. sorry.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 07:03 PM (KP5rU)

407 Yes, it's long, indulgent, and I wouldn't want to have to listen to it *every* day... but overall, I like the song. It's also one of the very few hit songs that ever took a crap on Mick Jagger ("Jack Flash" in the song), btw.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 07:00 PM (eMKNe)

Sure......to each his own. I like Don McLean, just didn't care for Crapola Pie.

I liked Starry Starry Night.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 18, 2018 07:04 PM (EoRCO)

408 Im paraphrasing but I read it as *Dont git your panties in a wad over a milkshake and remain happy*

What do I win?

You win at having a new Biblical translation. We got the King James, RSV, NRS, NIV, etc and the Tonypete. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2018 07:05 PM (8+Ozj)

409 Hairyback Guy, I can respect that.
chavez, see what Hairyback wrote. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 07:05 PM (eMKNe)

410 the royalties also paid for Don McLean's retirement until he's 195 years old.)

Well, good luck finding a job at THAT age.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 07:06 PM (meYfp)

411 *sneaks a peek at what's going on at the HQ after several hours doing other stuff*

Dammit, I missed the baseball thread!

Posted by: Hands at February 18, 2018 07:07 PM (EzdLW)

412 409: ok good enough. but, if the death of three dudes was the end of the innocence, we are well and truely fucked.
i also really don't care for the eagles until joe walsh completed the band.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 18, 2018 07:08 PM (KP5rU)

413 Even now, when people ask McLean what the words to American Pie mean, he says "that I'll never have to work again".

I thought he'd never have that recipe again.

Posted by: JT at February 18, 2018 07:08 PM (meYfp)

414 JT, before they switched formats, our SoCal radio station The Sound 100.3 had a weekend radio show, where they would bring in legendary (but affordable) musicians to play an hour of music of their choice, and tell stories of how the tracks inspired them, changed their lives, etc etc.

Anyway, a few years ago, they had Don McLean in. He of course played Barry McGuire, Mamas & the Papas, a few folk songs, all the usual suspects. But he also made sure to work in to play, even though it was *entirely* against The Sound's format...

"Material Girl" by Madonna.

Don explained, hey, she DID change his life; she made it so he really doesn't have to work anymore.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 07:08 PM (eMKNe)

415 GUN NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2018 07:09 PM (aC6Sd)

416 JT, that was Jimmy Webb. :-)
Who was good friends with Glen Campbell, btw.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2018 07:09 PM (eMKNe)

417 Fen-
Psalms 119 verse 165 New Geneva Bible---
They that love the law, shall have great prosperity, and they shall have none hurt.
Some say 'none hurt' means 'be not offended'. Handy to know these days of being offended by everything?

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2018 07:10 PM (zLDYs)

418 We need the "Rev." Dr, James come here for an appropriate Biblical quote on Coconut Milkshakes but I'll go with:

"It is not good to eat too much honey and it is not good to seek honors for yourself"-Proverbs 25:27 (?), I think

But, I have to say. Coconut milkshakes sound good!.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2018 07:10 PM (8+Ozj)

419 basketball Don MacLean > singer Don McLean

Posted by: Hands at February 18, 2018 07:10 PM (EzdLW)

420 Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2018 07:10 PM (zLDYs)

O.K. Thanks for clearing that up. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2018 07:11 PM (8+Ozj)

421 Add a bit of cornstarch to the flour mixture used to fry the food. It will be crunchier and stay that way much longer than using flour alone. An old trick used in Chinese restaurants.

Posted by: O-Dub at February 18, 2018 07:26 PM (3CguU)

422 Jules made pot roast last night for the first time in a long time. Delish.
Tonight was what we call Depression Casserole, also delish.

Posted by: Farmer at February 18, 2018 07:29 PM (yJ1e6)

423 Clear ice? Heavy water is the way to go.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at February 18, 2018 07:34 PM (e1mEI)

424 I remember asking Batman (Adam West) asking Alfred for buttermilk. But it seems to be just (barely?) drinkable sour milk. I'm not sure why anyone would want to drink that.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 18, 2018 07:41 PM (/qEW2)

425 There's no need for people to have to put up with fermented milk or fish anymore. It's basically letting bacteria crap into your food.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 18, 2018 07:47 PM (/qEW2)

426 Clear ice, you say?

http://www.cockeyed.com/science/clear_ice/clear_ice.html

Posted by: Original Roy at February 18, 2018 09:02 PM (9Tlm9)

427 On whom to blame, you forgot two of the most important pieces to this whole thing: videogames where it's the goal to shoot up a bunch of people - desensitizing the kids of today - and the media glorifying these mass murderers giving the messed up folks even more hope that with their actions they can be accepted.

Posted by: doug at February 19, 2018 02:07 AM (89il5)

428 There's ALL KINDS of French bread that you can buy . . . some better, some worse for poor boys, but I promise, there's no better than a nice crispy french bread with a nice soft inside.

Posted by: DrZin at February 19, 2018 07:20 AM (g0bHD)

429 Hold my beer.

Hey Everybody! Watch This:

I'm a gonna unhinge my lower jaw and see if I can get a munch on this sucker!

Yowza Yowza Yowza!

Posted by: Ray Mota at February 19, 2018 12:38 PM (AVxHd)

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