I’ve been tamping my kraut all morning.
My people traditionally perform a F(il)K of one of The Old Songs on this Day of Tamping, but I’m conflicted — “Tamp the Kraut Down” is a perfect title, but the tone and narrative is inappropriate for a day of celebration (plus, who would the bilious target be? Beane? Crywolffisher? Mordant, even for me), whereas “The FK Haz a Tamp” has the opposite problem.
KOTD:
Choucroute garnie ($25) was all wrong: The house-made sauerkraut was so overcooked that it turned into mush, and lumps of potatoes were interspersed with fatty smoked bacon, a square of pork belly, a very dry pork chop and a half of a hot dog. It needed a lot of the Dijon mustard to bring it around.
Frites sound good, anyway.
Another F(il)K option: “Tamp My Kraut at the Ballgame”
That’s a good one.
Wait? You seriously make your own saeurkraut?
No, actually I don’t. I’ve been {ahem} “tamping my kraut.”
I do want to make kraut — it’s apparently very easy. Just takes a bit of planning, and space to leave the jar to sit unmolested in a dark corner (#bloom).
There is no jar, Eli. I’m being removed from the bloomhome.
Dang. Wha’happ’n?
(Snarky retort [I think Sal used one of those for his thesis]: with all your jobs, you have need for a place to sleep?)
LOL, ironic, huh?
My roommate’s ex/girlfriend, with whom he originally split and thus there was space here for me, has decided to move back in.
She and me…we don’t really get along, so my paranoid alcoholic brain has her relishing in this. Which is probably not accurate, and, even if it is, is her problem, not mine.
But, yes. Tell Meesus to prepare the couch.
Cant sleep, cats will pee on you
Oh. yuck.
If you’re satisfied with your long-term job stability now this seems like a blessing in disguise, if a short-term inconvenience. 40+ is getting awfully late to be on the roommate merry-go-round. You want to share a roof, that should probably be a relationship.
Just when you thought everything was set, right? Challenges? Challenges.
Sponsor said something similar tonight–opportunity.
This is when I would recite the mantra against fear.
Why don’t you just send an e-mail and ask to be reinstated?
FK that. I’m happy here.
Bubs you know you can drive down and crash w/us in the spare room, right?
was referring to **.
I know, I was just saying if you needed to have a place to live :)
Thanks, man~
lol
Yeah, it’s just one of them word plays that’s over my head, but I’m fairly accustomed to making a fool out of myself by not understanding much in any language.
It is very easy, by the way. You only need salt and water, weights and some time.
Well, not so much wordplay as it was me jumping on your comment yesterday, making a dumb joke, and then running it into the ground.
They call that pulling a dmoas.
can you buy fermented cabbage where you guys live? And I mean not sliced kind, but the whole “cabbage head(?)”
something like this
I have never seen that around here, but besides one food cart, there’s only one Balkan restaurant/market in town and I’ve never been.
What does one do with a fermented cabbage head if one doesn’t slice it up?
Sarma!
I’ll be making one tomorrow, so I’ll post the pictorial-recipe
Excellent.
Bread and deep-fry one of those suckers.
Cool!
BRAINS!
Frank’s Quality Kraut Head
Quality since 1985!
(quality slipped a little during Frank’s Wild Years)
Never could stand that dog.
Would work well with this project too.
The URL for that is misleading.
This.
edit: andeux beat me to it
BP’s Kevin Goldstein just put up his Oakland list.
5 Stars
Choice
4 Stars
Parker
Cole
Peacock
Gray
Norris
Green
3 Stars
Carter
Cowgill
Alcantara
Stassi
I’d link but it’s members only.
Milone was not in the Top 20. I’m not sure whether that’s because he isn’t a prospect anymore or isn’t a prospect period.
He should still qualify as a prospect due of IP. I honestly think KG forgot about him, because how else could he justify calling Peacock the most advanced prospect the A’s received from Washington?
Understandable.
I still don’t understand the “advanced” comment.
Sounds like he means Peacock can outpitch Milone right now.
Grover asked him and he responded in the comments. It seems like your interpretation is correct. If I understand what he is saying, if you put both Milone and Peacock in a big league rotation right now Peacock would do better.
I mean if you don’t think that hes a viable MLB pitcher, you probably wouldn’t say hes more advanced right?
But… Greg Maddux!!!
Greg Maddux… Gentleman, Scholar, Pitcher, Poker Player.
Apparently he just thinks Milone sucks, but on the other hand he loves Weeks and thinks Reddick is a real starting OF.
I’m surprised to see Stassi with 3 stars. And none of the new guys with 5.
You were expecting 4?
No.
We’re gonna have one hell of a Clue team.
It was Nobody In Particular, with the Krauthammer, in the rundown ballpark, FTW!
Guffaw!
We’ve gotta make Peacock the team Captain.
My sister’s family have a tradition of an xmas afternoon game of clue (or cluedo in the uk).
There was some confusion shuffling the cards this year, and they abandoned play after an hour to discover that it was Colonel Mustard in the Library with Professor Plum – using some kind of hypnotic trance he picked up during his time with the regiment in India, I’d guess.
that made me laugh
moi aussi.
I wooooonder what they were doing in there. I’m sure Ms. Peacock would *NOT* approve.
Mr. Humphries might!
How did Miss Scarlett feel about all this?
Her face turned red.
A couple of additional notes:
He says Cardenas was considered for the list but didnt make it because he doesn’t have a defensive home and his secondary skills aren’t there.
Ynoa: “there’s no way I can rank a guy who has thrown nine innings in three seasons.”
FDLS would have been number 11 had he been eligible
KG things Reddick can be a solid every day player with 20hr and good defense.
How about “Tamp Me Kraut-a-roo Down, Sport“?
Christie’s, we’ve had a problem here.
What does Heritage call additional provisions attached to their standard seller’s contract?
That’s a lot of money for something that was faked in a studio.
/nomar
Must go to this next year.
FK, link fail
Hey DFA, you have the first two Human League albums, right?
“Reproduction” and “Travelogue” are super creamy classic synthpop.
David Bowie said they were the sound of 1980… in August of 1979.
I do. I love Human League mostly because of an old ex and the Mighty Boosch.
I prefer Heaven 17.
Haven’t heard of them. Ill have to check them out.
gak
quick, name all the band names inspired by a single scene in clockwork orange!
H17’s big hit. new wave with quite a disco vibe.
Also Fascist Groove Thing
Also Temptation. I’m partial to That’s No Lie, as well.
@DFA, H17 was a splinter group formed out of Human League. Key difference is where Human League went all-electronica, H17 used actual bass and drums. Also, generally more soulful sound.
Nice… I didn’t know that!
Also, one of the members of HL, Jo Callis, was originally in the punk band Rezillos, best known for “Someone’s Gonna Get Their Head KKicked In Tonight,” but with many other comic book-inspired songs, kind of a punk version of B52s. Maybe not your cuppajoe, but fun nonetheless.
He was even on Top of the pops, but I suppose everyone was.
if you haven’t, you MUST listen to early HL. the sound we associate with a lot of the electronic post punk bands is often a slickened version of who they really were.
circus of death
boiled alive
even earlier: interface
see also cab voltaire, scritti politti
oooooh this is good…. i will have to download them.
they were not a very consistent band. so proceed at your own risk!
its ok i have an entire old computer that is just my music.
About the only “old-ex” music in my life is The Magnetic Fields.
The best music which I still enjoy that was introduced to me by an old ex is, ironically, X.
let me introduce you to the austrailian band of the same name
Unfortunately they never really suck suck suck suck ceded
asvd
X… X… The Ex…
none of them do it for me.
xtc? y&t? zz top?
That sandwich has some fine bread, but terrible filler.
not really my style
Oh man, I loved X back in the day. I remember seeing them at the Crest Theater on the K-Street mall in Sacramento – they were doing a great show until some jackass emptied a fire extinguisher into the place.
You know who else loves X?
I liked it. I wouldn’t say I loved it…
{cough}
i loved it.
Loved Acid. And PCP.
And gin. And Colt 45.
never had pcp. thank god, I might of thought I was Bowie
So….you’re not?
Count me among the disappointed.
awwww….
I meet most of my friends as well as girlfriends/flings/lovers at dance clubs so some music is going to have to be theirs. I like to keep what I like.
One of my favorite couplets from a song:
“I heard he wrote you a song, but so what?
Some guy wrote 69, and one just ain’t enough.”
So meta.
That’s double ironic.
On the actual “69 Love Songs” triple album (my #1 album of 1999, BTW), one of the lyrics is
“I took a pen in my own hand, and wrote you a hundred tunes. Now I’m crazy for you but not that crazy…”
I lof the song “The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side,” one of the catchiest tunes ever ever ever IMO.
I loved it when I first got it, but it has never stuck in a regular rotation. I need to go back and re-listen to it.
My daughter is involved in the Uni project, which is founded by Leslie and Sam Davol. She’ll run the Boston Uni if/when it comes to pass.
Not sure what you mean by “super creamy classic synthpop”, but those albums sound more robotic to me than poppy. Not quite Kraftwerk but certainly not Abba.
I love ausie synth pop.
Rose Tattoo?
Sam La More
Empire of the Sun
PNAU
Cut Copy
KYLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
etc
Ah
I just became aware of Cut Copy the other day. Good stuff.
Yeah ive been into them for like 3 and a half years now… really excellent. Though Zonoscope isn’t nearly as good as their other albums.
Yeah, I’m old.
Ive seen them like four or five times live. Lotta energy live.
Abba wasn’t creamy. Abba was
frothysantorum.Fixed
Frum->Beast
That’s a great hire.
Actually, in my professional opinion, it’s far more likely to be ointment
Needs the Ginterized version
Yeah, I was looking for that but couldn’t find it.
Provided without comment.
Spreading Santorum will cost money. Which he now has.
Super PAC sounds like a football conference
Fully half of the team names at this week’s Bobby G’s trivia night were lewd references to Santorum. Yet somehow “Consensual Petting Zoo” took home the prize for best moniker.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EJYNK07WL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
The whole experimenting on Democracy in the states thing is interesting.
Sometimes good.
Sometimes bad.
(though at this point I think anything Walker / Kasich do is good news for Obama)
Moms everywhere rejoice!
Flying cars!
That’s pretty FKing cool.
It’s also not real.
My thought, too. Liquid N2 isn’t anywhere cold enough to get quantum effects.
{cough, cough} YBa2Cu3O7
Point conceded.
… of course, I could do an entire album of F(il)Ks and call it Kraut Tamp Replica
… which is also a label on a display at our Cultural (heh) Heritage Museum
Yglesias bait
Monte Python should get royalties.
we’re number 5! we’re number 5! (which is pretty good, actually.)
We’re number 36!
17/45 (2,4,5,7,8, 10,12,16,19,24, 29,31,32,36,39, 40,45) – I’m a .300+ hitter!
At least I crack the Mendoza line – 10/45 (4,5,11,14,16,24,28,30,34,42)
my numbers are low, but i’ve been to mendoza.
Yes, but have you ever been to Mendota?
I had a friend who always swore that Malaga sounds like an exotic vacation getaway.
Right up there with Madera!
I am probably missing a joke, but I’ll ask anyway :)
Why wouldn’t Málaga be an exotic vacation getaway?
It is a small area in the bad part of Fresno (which will make others laugh because that almost implies there is a GOOD part of Fresno).
If you like salvage yards and industrial recycling Malaga and Calwa in central CA may be for you!
Ah… you may not want to say that in front of Wac…
Ah, the Metropolis of Calwa!
Thanks, I only knew of Spanish one
Me too. I’ve never been to Fresno….or even anywhere near Fresno.
feel blessed.
Its FresYes to you mister!!
Hee
LOL!
Wow. Only four for me…five if Dead shows can count as Space.
The NYT: “Go everywhere in CA except for LA and SF”.
Well, if I ever go to New York, I’ll be sure to explore what Rochester, Buffalo, and Albany have to offer.
A boring host aunt, a loss to Dolphins and a hot date in that order
My host aunt is in Troy (just across from Albany), and she’s not boring!
B was excellent (the french press explosion aside). I would recommend.
LOL! I had forgotten about the French press explosion! The food was yummy!
That was magical actually, since I was wearing white pants!
All I could hear in my head was Robert Duvall saying “I didn’t get any on you, did I?”
i had lunch there. it was good.
Can I have $2.95M?
Go on, nm, keep telling people how much you don’t like Brazil.
A lot is how much I don’t like Brazil.
In theory or in practice?
I think it’s a brilliantly themed movie with some great concepts and cinematography, but I’m with you as to not wanting to actually sit through it, at least not again.
I don’t think the concept is as deep as he thinks it is, and the movie is not… entertaining.
Love the concept, love the execution, beautiful and riveting, a brilliant film.
i’m in between. laugh during the satire, roll my eyes at the wannaorwell.
One of my top 5 movies of all time. Maybe #1 in shaping how I see the world.
Ditto
WOOOOOOOOOO!
Now we just need the Saints to lose.
Of all sports All-Star designations, I believe the NFL’s is the least indicative of actual player quality. Which is not to say those Niners aren’t good players. But come Jan 29 there will be a bunch of downright mediocre players suiting up and not trying very hard at Aloha Stadium.
I’d say the NBA tends to reward the most deserving players as All-Stars, then teh NHL, then MLB, then (much, much farther back) the NFL.
NFL probably has the best balance between offense and defense represented though for obvious reasons
The AP All-Pros are different than the official Pro Bowl team.
The NFL is the most team oriented of the major sports. That is why.
So grit and leadership have no meaning in baseball? That’s not what I heard.
Maybe, but that’s in part because a ton of people get invites (and not all teams are done with the playoffs). I submit that the first-team all pros are all excellent players, and every bit as good as a rundown of the top-overall-votegetters (i.e. combining AL and NL to make starters) in the MLB.
Pro Bowl, yes.
All-Pro selections? Nah. There’s a lot more merit behind them.
Thanks, and go As.
Now, this is investigative journalism! /mikevbait
Is that your hair cutter?
Your haircut/big boobs story reminds me of this .
(start at 2:00)
that was funny. also, funny – my friends girlfriend once fucked up my hair
I mean, yeah, people do these kinds of slips all the time, but remember when this guy this the NPOUS?
Eebbets Flannels has T-shirts on sale:
el croata bait
DFA bait
I may actually get this one, which we’ve linked and discussed before (IIRC, this was a favorite of FSU).
The pace of the Elephant is slow but crushing
Dammit. Size S only on the Cienfuegos.
spwc bait
That’s sweet, and it looks cool too.
However, I’ve always believed that goldbugs are kinda dumb.
Ammunition bugs on the other hand…
Yes, I used to have a different, non-pin up version of Cienfuegos. And I still have an Almadares Alacranes hat from them which I break out every now and again.
I might’ve baited DFA with this one instead.
This one is…um…
Headin’ off to Portland to get some BeaverFever by the looks of it.
Holy shit. I might need that Seals shirt.
For reference, this is my OOTP Online League team.
Thanks, and go As.
Either your stats program has an algorithm loose, or you guys are violating a FKton(ne) of child labor laws.
erm… explain?
Thanks, and go As.
Jedrik Plazewski, for example, is only seven years old.
Oh, got it.
But the game date is 2033, so it’s ok!
Thanks, and go As.
Oh… I didn’t see that part.
So, what are your league’s rules on blood doping, illegally enhanced AI, and undetectable performance enhancers?
That should be the opening line of a novel.
Why do you only have one Catcher?
I just signed a backup.
Thanks, and go As.
The last time you turned me on to an Ebbets Field sale, Don stole my FKing flannel and never returned it.
This all goes to show that you can’t trust Mexicans.
sweet
Um…holy crap.
Crazy Paul supporters are crazy.
Repulsive, I’d say. And Paul’s way past the point where the extremist views of his fans can be dismissed as just a fringe element.
I’m firmly in the Paul’s-far-crazier-than-anyone-wants-to-admit camp, but blaming his campaign for that — especially because it’s just icky/low/weird, and not about any actual policies or beliefs of Paul’s, let alone done/endorsed by his campaign — ain’t right.
Well, no one’s blamed his campaign specifically, and they condemned the ad too. But if the racists keep flocking to your banner, it ain’t just them with the problem.
seems a function of these odious, unaccountable “Super PACs” with their “money is speech” ads that the candidates aren’t even allowed by law to know who makes them. Not that Paul doesn’t have racist insane supporters but I’d bet money it wasn’t RP himself who dreamed up that ad.
Thanks a lot, “Citizens United”! Every day that goes by I am exponentially more for a Constitutional Amendment making elections 101% public-funded and outlawing private money in them for good. “Corporate personhood” needs to go the way of all flesh ASAP as well.
I don’t think you can lay this one on Citizens United. No campaign finance law is going to be able to stop a bunch of wackos from splicing together an ad and slapping it on youtube.
I agree, this is just bigot with video skills. I just don’t completely absolve the candidate who create the space in which that bigot finds an audience.
I tend to agree. In this case, I think that the dark side of Paul’s supposedly benign non-interventionism is an ugly nativism that is always looking for a political home.
I don’t think you can blame people for their fans. I do think, though, that people shouldn’t pump out racist shit under their name, and that if they do this is a consequence.
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love
Thanks, and go As.
FKing great ad (via Sully/Copyranter):
the poster in the window at the end makes me think it’s staged. on the other hand, it’s their own damn fault for making them so thin!
Well, duh. It’s an ad.
it is? I would not have gotten that
Mind blown twice today. Once by the fried bologna sandwich special…FRIED BOLOGNA?! When was the last time you had one of those? I so didn’t want my turkey noodle soup for the second day in a row, so I called Lunardi’s to see what the Friday special was. FRIED BOLOGNA?! I was all over that and it made me so happy, even if I could only eat half. Unctuous, caramelized, quarter inch slices of finely hashed pork. :) The second time was by the Torchwood Miracle Day season finale. WOW! Please let there be a Season 5! I want, no I NEED, my Captain Jack.
Receptionist threw out my leftovers-for-lunch today. No fridge-cleaning announcement. I am not happy.
What did you do?
Fumed. Not really much point in blowing up at her. Plus, had surprise kickoff meeting where lunch was served.
That’s even worse when it’s a chemical fridge, and you can’t find your fucking dodecanethiol.
Fried bologna was Elvis’ favorite sandwich.
I was totally transported back to my Clear Lake Days. There was always one day devoted to a fried bologna sandwich. Like a BLT, but with bologna.
Sounds like a Weird Al song.
… F(il)King PE
Elvis
Ate bologna on toast
But he never ate shit on a shingle
…and my dad’s favorite breakfast meat.
That was a pretty fucking awesome ending.
Loved it! I know the purists were disappointed, but I liked that they left the door open.
Meh – Captain Jack’s an ass.
Yep, an adorable one!
I love John Barrowman.
But I hear he’ll get me high tonight.
Prefer Captain Flint.
And there’s monkeys in Gibraltar
Sounds awesome.
If the pay wasn’t so insulting, I’d tots apply for it.
Turns 65 on Sunday
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rajof9Qigos%3Frel%3D0” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>
little davie jones? 65?
still looks AMAZING.
No work done at all. (yeah, right)
I think it’s awesome that he retired and the retirement stuck.
Anyone have an opinion on IM+ Pro?
It sucks, its the worst thing ever!
For what? Android?
FYI apps like that *kill* yer battery cause they’re always using data.
Thanks, and go As.
oh. so. no, then?
I don’t even really use IM other than Google Chat anymore so I don’t have much use for it
Thanks, and go As.
how do I make the google chat work? I tried to talk to witch the other day and couldn’t figure it out…
Maybe this is the year I learn to code. Anybody know this site?
There are lots of different kinds of coding – in language, platform and application. What are you looking for?
I’m essentially a complete noob, but it does seem that a general grasp of computer programming would serve a person well in the coming years. Particularly as a liberal arts school attendee/hopeful graduate, it would be nice to learn a skill that is genuinely, directly marketable. Any suggestions on a good language for a beginner? I’ve been told that Java is preferable to Python or C++, but have no real basis on which to believe that.
I remember when I was attending a Microsoft Developer’s conference in Copenhagen (I think that city has an even higher percentage of hot and dressed up women riding bikes to and from work than Amsterdam) and was at a C++ session in which they told us they are discontinuing their development of the same. Their reasoning was something like “There are some 5,000,000 VB programmers in the world and C++ is used only by you guys sitting in this room”.
It was an exaggeration, of course, but C++ is probably not the language you want to start with if you are basically looking to widen your CV portfolio. The application area for C++ code is narrower and it is harder to learn than current MS offerings like VB.net or C#.
#want
I know people who have been able to get software jobs with nothing more than some python experience and intellectual curiosity. You could probably say the same for java.
sorry, nm, you’re disqualified
I have lots of “python experience” if that’s what we’re calling it these days.
My opinions (and I’m sure I’ve forgotten/overlooked a lot):
It depends on what you want to do. If you want to be able to hack some web stuff together, go with PHP (which I detest, by the way, but there’s no doubt it’s a widespread web language) or Javascript (if I had a few months to become an expert at any language, at this point, this is what I would choose – but I already know C, Java, Perl, Ruby, SQL). These are really useful if you have a good command of HTML and CSS.
If you want to take this as an opportunity to educate yourself on software or computer architecture at a deeper level, I’d advise starting with either C (which will teach you a ton about how the computer itself deals with programming constructs – people who know C are frequently better at writing efficient code in any language, because they have a good mental model for what’s going on behind the scenes), or LISP (I don’t know LISP, but the advent of “functional programming” is upon us, and it’s incredibly useful — constructs from LISP are used and abused heavily in Javascript and Ruby). But neither of these languages tend to be particularly marketable on their own, except in some niches.
And the middle ground, decent and very capable scripting languages that are good for web work as well as analytical work, are Python and Ruby. Especially paired with SQL (which, BTW, I whole-heartedly recommend – it’s relatively easy and incredibly powerful), these languages are extremely useful and should be very marketable.
so I take it my BASIC skills are going to get me nowhere? :)
10 print “hello”
20 print “where is the unemployment office”
30 goto 10
10 print “can I have $5?”
20 get A$
30 if A$=”yes”then 80;if A$=”Yes”then 80;if A$=”YES”then 80
40 if A$=”No”then 50;if A$=”NO”then 50
45 if A$=””then 30
47 goto 30; rem: in case 30-45 don’t self-loop
50 print “clr/home” rem: fresh screen
55 print “What makes you think I won’t
cutban you?”60 for x=1to1700; Next X; rem: time loop for added suspense
65 print “”
70 print “Now let me ask you again, nicely this time.”
75 print “”
77 goto 10
80 print “clr/home”
90 print “FK yeah! Five dallahs!”
95 end
Shouldn’t it loop to 20, not 30? (I’ll admit the BASIC is week in this one)
probably.
Line 75 should be Line 85, too.
I was going to suggest Java / Sling because, at least for me, seeing/using a website is a rewarding way to use programming as a hobby. Which in turn leads to actually doing it / learning it.
You’re spot on about C, it’s definitely what my Computer Science department taught me first. But it strikes me as only worth it if you want to understand computers and/or really make a career out of programming. The languages I use to hack this site and run the fantasy site are (1) html – to the extent it counts, it’s a must know; (2) CSS – ditto that, you shouldn’t be applying style in html; (3) PHP – easy to deploy, flexible; (4) MySQL – less scalable than Sling, but I was raised on databases, so they’re what make sense.
If you’re looking for a space to play around, this is where FK 2.0 was born. That said, if you’re wanting to use Java you probably need to find another free host.
Thanks, guys!
I really need to learn some of that shit.
Thanks, and go As.
For those looking for a super basic SQL tutorial:
** link
Ooh I remember reading that before. Well done!
Thanks, and go As.
Im so going to do that.
Fair warning: computers don’t understand typos/misspellings.
mother fucker
see, you can do it if you try
I’m bored and I can’t decide whether I should start a band or a cult.
Any suggestions?
Cult Band.
baby baby baby baby baby baby yeah
So you’re saying every song should be a ripoff of Captain Beefheart disguised as a Rolling Stones ripoff?
or was that your Ian Astbury impression and I’m on the wrong track altogether?
the latter, but the former is funnier.
Tim DeLaughter beat you to it.
FK splinter faction site
“fking monkey won’t ban anyone!”
So, am I the last person to find out that the best way to cook bacon is in the oven? I feel like I’ve wasted my life up until now.
Nope. I’ve never done that.
15 minutes in a 400 degree oven et voila, crispy – but not too crispy – bacon. Put it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and there is zero cleanup.
or…
25-40 minutes (depending on thickness) in a 275 degree oven, and sprinkle the bacon with brown sugar first.
I like this idea. Will try on a day when my kids aren’t up yet and saying
“Is the bacon ready?”
“Is the bacon ready?”
“Why isn’t the bacon ready?”
…and so forth
where’s all the fat go?
Unfortunately my belly which is the correct answer doesn’t seem like a viable response
it really seems like you could provide either more snark or more comedy. It was a brilliant setup.
never tried that
And it is good for when you are making big breakfasts and you are already cooking everywhere else. The oven always seems underutilized for breakfast around here.
trufax…
I know I’ve heard that before and maybe even tried it once, but it hasn’t become standard. I did it this morning and it worked great – thanks for inspiring the try. Of course, it didn’t hurt that the bacon came from here.
Also the best way to cook rice: warm oven to 350 or so, do 1.5:1 water:rice, set to boiling on stovetop, then when it boils, pop cover on pan and put the pan in the oven. 20-30 min and it’s perfectly done.
or, you know, rice maker.
Yeah. I got mine for like $10 on Clement street many years ago.
Except when making thai-style jasmine rice. Rinse jasmine rice extensively. Put in small rice pot/container. Have a large pot that will fit a low stand (maybe 1″ above the bottom of the pot) and the rice pot, and fill water to the top of the stand. Bring water to boil, and at the same time boil water in another container such as a tea kettle. When the 1″ or so of water in the big pot and the kettle are aboil, place the rice pot in the big pot and add the boiling water from the kettle to the rice pot, about 1″ above the rice. Reduce to simmer and cover the big pot. Cook until water in rice pot is gone and rice done, checking occasionally to make sure the water in the big pot never runs out. Almost impossible to screw up.
I seriously can’t eat anything but brown rice anymore. Everything white — including jasmine — tastes like saltlessines.
Have you tried Japanese haiga rice? It’s like the perfect mix of white and brown.
agrd. brown rice.
When you tend to make Thai food as spicy as we do, plain jasmine rice provides just the right soothing break for the palate.
When in the middle of the ocean and storm: put rice in a thermos can, add boiling water, soup powder, shake, wait, eat.
Can be served with waterlogged sailor tartare?
don’t forget the sundried seagull jerky!
Also surprisingly good and easy in the oven: polenta.
nom nom nom.
IK,R?
Find just the right combo of sheet pan and cooling rack and you are set!