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Video: 'Waffle-y Wedded Wife'
Ah, but the impressive clergyman from Princess Bride would have been an improvement over the way-too-stiff officiant performing this wedding.
"Mawidge is what bwings us togewer today...a dweam wifin a dweam..."
Mazel tov, Melissa & Andrew!
No more @GrumpyOldMan?
GrumpyOldMan is not the only SE participant who has dropped off the radar -- and politics is not always the root cause of such departures.
GatorPam was an active commenter on a variety of threads in August and September, as well as the instigator of a series of "What's for Dinner" posts and other threads, but seemed to have disappeared after getting some relatively harsh (and arguably uncalled-for) criticism for an attempt at a "one word" Mayo vs. Miracle Whip poll the day after a similar one-word "Coke vs. Pepsi" poll earlier this month.
While I have certainly "dropped the anvil" on a poster or two who have made their very first post an unvarnished shill piece for some product, the sort of claws-fully-extended nastiness that chases off well-meaning (if a bit naive) contributors like GatorPam is really disappointing. Our culinary conversation is the worse for the loss of posters like GatorPam.
The Battle of the Reusable Shopping Bags
I reuse doubled paper bag sets from the stores I frequent, each in designs they have not used in many years. Have been doing so a very long time -- well prior to when it was trendy / it was "green" / anyone else seemed to be doing it. Doubled bags last forever, and it is easy to glue the handles back on when they come off.
For the stores that have different bags at holiday time (often ones with child-drawn designs from the previous year's holiday bag contest, I have a set of these. A couple years ago, I had a bagger -- excuse me, courtesy clerk -- ask where I got it, as it was a design he had submitted as an 8-year-old in the mid '90s. Yes, I've had it that long...
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Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
Only item I approve is in the lower right, and even there the proportions are a bit off. Hold the root beer, please. Ah, much better!
Video: 'Waffle-y Wedded Wife'
Ah, but the impressive clergyman from Princess Bride would have been an improvement over the way-too-stiff officiant performing this wedding.
"Mawidge is what bwings us togewer today...a dweam wifin a dweam..."
Mazel tov, Melissa & Andrew!
No more @GrumpyOldMan?
GrumpyOldMan is not the only SE participant who has dropped off the radar -- and politics is not always the root cause of such departures.
GatorPam was an active commenter on a variety of threads in August and September, as well as the instigator of a series of "What's for Dinner" posts and other threads, but seemed to have disappeared after getting some relatively harsh (and arguably uncalled-for) criticism for an attempt at a "one word" Mayo vs. Miracle Whip poll the day after a similar one-word "Coke vs. Pepsi" poll earlier this month.
While I have certainly "dropped the anvil" on a poster or two who have made their very first post an unvarnished shill piece for some product, the sort of claws-fully-extended nastiness that chases off well-meaning (if a bit naive) contributors like GatorPam is really disappointing. Our culinary conversation is the worse for the loss of posters like GatorPam.
The Battle of the Reusable Shopping Bags
I reuse doubled paper bag sets from the stores I frequent, each in designs they have not used in many years. Have been doing so a very long time -- well prior to when it was trendy / it was "green" / anyone else seemed to be doing it. Doubled bags last forever, and it is easy to glue the handles back on when they come off.
For the stores that have different bags at holiday time (often ones with child-drawn designs from the previous year's holiday bag contest, I have a set of these. A couple years ago, I had a bagger -- excuse me, courtesy clerk -- ask where I got it, as it was a design he had submitted as an 8-year-old in the mid '90s. Yes, I've had it that long...
What's Up With All These One Word Answer Postings?
I have to agree with juliebugsmama here. If one feels compelled to adopt a secondary screen name in order to post snark, that smacks of something less than the courage of ones convictions.
If juliebugsmama and Gator Pam's topics are not your cup of [preferred beverage], starting or perpeptuating threads against them does nothing to advance the food-centric conversation.
That said, I'll hush and hopefully we can all return to more savory (or sweet) topics.
One word answer...Miracle Whip or Mayonnaise?
Best Foods
(Yes, that's what Hellmans is called here, west of the Rockies; not Best Buy. Best Buy is an electronics store with ill-informed staffers.)
Cook the Book: Barbecue Beef Short Ribs
Tried this tonight with flanken-cut ribs, with mesquite smoke and the cooking times scaled back appropriately for the cut of the ribs.
Good flavors and nice tenderness from a cut that I usually do not care for.
What's for Dinner? 08/30
Mesquite-smoked baby back ribs
Macaroni-salmon salad
Grilled asparagus
Full Sail GrandSun of Spot IPA
(I'm not so virtuous as Pam...limiting my beverage to limed ice water at the Ale House would take more will power than I could imagine!)
Do you put toppings on corn on the cob?
Wecome, Gator Pam!
What would be your last beer?
Black Raven Trickster IPA or Mac n' Jack African Amber
What are you having for dinner tonight?
Salmon with a garlic/anchovy/bourbon glaze and roasted vegetable couscous
Dinner Tonight: Zucchini Galette
The wide variance in results may be due to "curry powder" being an ill-defined spice blend. Clearly, the recipe's author is using a far milder mix than are those who are finding the curry flavor overpowering.
My attempt at this dish tonight used a quarter teaspoon of my medium-intensity curry powder plus an equal amount of ground cumin. It got good reviews all round, but I think I will try cooking it longer at a slightly lower temperature next time, as the middle was just barely set at 15 minutes while the edges were fully done.
Dinner Tonight: Chicken Adobo
After having tried a couple of Chicken Adobo recipes from SI that had ginger among the ingredients -- and having been told in no uncertain terms by Filipino friends that ginger did not belong in this dish, I am very much looking forward to trying this and getting a more favorable review from my friends.
For the record, I didn't find anything wrong with the recipes that included ginger...but when I'm told (by someone who ought to know) that an ingredient should not be there, I hesitate to include that item again.
Best Southern Pie Around....
Liz, while I am willing to grant you the benefit of the doubt and assume this was a well-meant endorsement rather than a thinly-veiled free advertisment, you should bear in mind that this was your very first post of any kind on this site. This lends credence to the assumption that your post may have been an advert. Better form would be to establish yourself in an online community by contributing a body of comments and other posts before putting up an endorsement of a commercial site.
Let us get to know you first...
Attention Word Nerds: Food-Related Tom Swifties
"Oops, I spilled the Mrs. Butterworths into the Kleenex box", Tom said surreptitiously.
Attention Word Nerds: Food-Related Tom Swifties
"I've really learned to like my cardiac health diet" Tom exclaimed wholeheartedly.
The Big McFatty Melt
@EazyB
Without getting into the politics and the policy, I'd just like to gently suggest that depreciatory name-calling -- "retard" -- may not really advance the position you are trying to advocate.
IIRC, it is also a violation of your terms of service for this blog.
In short, take it easy, EazyB!
Jones Soda, Powered By Bike On Earth Day
@veggieout: Come on! We'd love to have you. Plenty of Boston expats out here.
Eating Crab Balls with Russell Crowe
Leslie, thanks for the glimpse (both photographic and narrative) of another fish market. From steveTV's comment, I take it that the Maine Avenue Market doesn't draw the out-of-town crowds as our Pike Place Market does. Other than that, might you say a bit more on the similarities and differences...maybe even eventually give us a recurring series of fish market stories from various locales?
Come on, there's no reason to "keep clam!"
Sunday Brunch: The Best Silver Dollar Pancakes Ever
@i_like_food: We tried it this morning with all-purpose flour and had good results. Having never made these with cake flour, no comparison is possible, but Heavenly Hots made with all-purpose flour were well-received. Even the teen who questioned "the dinky pancakes" ate them up.
Someday, I have to take that kid to the Stockman's Hotel in Elko, NV so he can learn the backstory on Silver Dollar Pancakes...
Laid-off Restaurant Critic's Plan B? Cook
Good to hear you landed on your feet, Kelly...maybe more on your feet than you intended. As PI readers, we missed you and look forward to your posts here on SE!
the pioneer woman discovers lox and bagels
What's not to like? A few capers and a bit of red onion is all she is lacking.
Trader Joe's Practices Refreshingly Good Grammar
Nice. This grammar error has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time, as it is committed by many grocers both in my home community and in the places to which I routinely travel. Most of the time it does no good to point it out, as few clerks grasp the distinction. Those who do understand usually reply that they have little or no control over the signage in their stores...but my stock answer is that they are more likely to be able to speak to those who do have that control.
Yes, I am a curmudgeon...
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
I found it quite funny! That's how most of my friends eat. But as a 20-something single dude myself, I speak with pride when I say that I home-cook every dinner and even make myself microwaveable dishes of awesomeness for lunch.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
well.. some guys like sweets.
I know when my bf and I were in different cities, he'd impulsively buy a whole cake from a grocery store. Granola bars (not chocolate, tho) is still his staple food.
(But he also loves chips and beer. and bacon.)
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
I probably do more meats and less veggies. Kettle corn, reddi-wip, crackers, oreo's and granola bars???? Who is this F!@#%$& guy?! I certainly have never watched a football game with him. What in God's green earth are reddi-wip crackers anyway? This guy needs an ass whoopin and a beer.
Here's what I like to eat...(If only I was smart enough to cook them for my simple self) Steak and eggs, bacon and eggs, steak and potato, sausage and peppers, mashed potato and some kinda meat, burritos, tacos, Pasta, Red beans and rice, Boudin, stews, chowders... fun stuff that isn't always healthy, but damned good.
So all this time I have been missing out on the glory of reddi-wip crackers, and granola bars?! HA! Pass the ribeye and the remote!
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
Where is the giant bag of chips? Any kind of chips: potato, corn, mixed grain. The guys I know are more into salt than sugar. Or hot! Salsa with a big kick. Siracha sauce on everything. Banana peppers. Dill pickles. Canned tuna with enough mayo to choke a horse. And Mountain Dew till it floods!
But I go through days when I want nothing but tapioca pudding and a cheese sandwich for dinner. Kraft singles and the pudding in a cup!
I was lucky. I was taught to cook by a man, so I know some of them can cook. We all have off days, but I am the one eating the kettle corn, not some guy! And chocolate has always been a girl thing.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
Anyway: my girlfriend's not home, so I'd best go eat my block of cheese. :)
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
@kevster
They're not at all comparable. This is an example of satire. A mathematically deficient Barbie doll most likely wasn't.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
this made me laugh.. i love the idea. ofcourse mine would have 'crappy pizza, bag of nuts (atleast its fiber!), Doritos sandwiches (yes they do exist), tuna out of a can, mountain dew, coffee, dunkin donuts, beer, more beer and crackers' on it.
if you are a man who doesn't eat like this - more power to you for embracing the inner foodie healthy person but at one point in your life you did. just admit it and laugh at yourself. its a joke people!
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
I agree that men are portrayed poorly in popular culture.
But...this is kind of representative of how my fiance eats at home. He doesn't eat junk food because he can't cook. He just likes to eat it. And it drives me nuts because I'd prefer to see him eat more balanced meals, some veggies, and less salt.
And I really *can't* do math. Are we just horrible stereotypes?
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
Some people found the talking Barbie who said "I can't do math" pretty amusing too!
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
@kevster and @jenh718
It's called a stereotype. A stereotype is a device often used in humor.
Just because some of us find it amusing, doesn't mean we believe it applies to everyone.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
this is just another example of how food and cooking becomes gendered. it reinforces gender stereotypes. i tend to be a better cook than a lot of the women i know; i just don't think it's funny -- using gender stereotypes for humor is easy and unoriginal at best, and sexist at worst.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
is it possible that a few of the people who commented are wound up just a wee bit too tight? maybe? i thought the pyramid was amusing.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
Why do people believe this nonsense that all men are likely to accidentally microwave the cat if not for the gentle yet exasperated guidance of their highly competent girlfriends/wives?
Every other commercial on TV drives this point home. Every family sit-com is populated by men who are one guffaw away from launching a propane tank through the neighbour's window.
What about my experience: I've had a fair number of female roommates over the years. Few of them were capable of producing much more than a tuna noodle casserole. None of them were capable of cleaning up after themselves or buying toilet paper.
Should I apply this experience to ALL women? What do women wipe themselves with when the men aren't around to make sure there's toilet paper? My experience suggests they'll use paper towels, napkins, rough drafts of their school papers... anything so they don't have to go out to the store and buy toilet paper. Should I make a cartoon about it and put it on the internet?
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
That was painful to read. Nothing like portraying men as infantile buffoons to get a laugh. When the girlfriend (replacement mother figure) is away the boy will play? Please. Asinine.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
The last time I left my BF alone to fend for himself for a week he started the week strong - he wrapped prosciutto around chicken breasts and cooked them in his George Foreman grill. However, after he'd eaten those up, he proceeded to order a Philly Cheesesteak pizza from Domino's every night of the week. He'd eat half for dinner and the rest for breakfast. Repeat. Repeat again. Until I came home. Six days later.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
I think I take exception to this one!
Not all men are incompetent buffoons who can't feed themselves, despite what you might see in commercials.
This is how my family would probably eat if I didn't do the cooking.
The only thing I change when I'm out of town, is that I order the shrimp. My wife is allergic, so I only eat it when I'm far, far away.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
The only things that should be on this list are beer, pizza, and breakfast cereal!!
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
I'm entertained by the timing of this post. My boyfriend is currently on a business trip, and the way I've been eating is a total opposite of this. Totally upscale, and all the things he doesn't like. Mussels, one night, roasted veggies, shrimp pad thai... mmm. The fine dining is the only thing I've enjoyed this week, I'm ready for him to come home!
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
I don't know many guys with that strong a sweet tooth! I think there should be a LOT more frozen pizza, mac & cheese, and meat on the list.
Girlfriend-On-Vacation Food Pyramid
My bf gets homemade frozen food cooked by me (am I spoiling him too much?).
On the other hand, I lose my motivation to cook when he's out of town, so I end up eating a bowl of rice with something I can find in the fridge/freezer/pantry.
No more @GrumpyOldMan?
ah @ adam thank you! I'm not a foodie-stalker but I try to keep tabs on the ones with knowledge :)
No more @GrumpyOldMan?
@hungrychristel: As I post this, Gator Pam's last activity was on 9/4. You can click on anyone's screen name and see what their most-recent activity has been: http://www.seriouseats.com/user/profile/Gator Pam. Other than that, we don't really monitor people with Big Brother accuracy. Mostly we notice that someone has left because there's just something missing. And then it dawns on you: "Hey! I wonder where XYZ went?" People come, people go. I wish they all stayed around, but what can you do?
No more @GrumpyOldMan?
@Pav - you forgot to lead us in a chorus of Kumbaya and pass out granola to everyone!
No more @GrumpyOldMan?
I too feel bad about GatorPam. I also liked GOM, could have done without the political commentary (from anyone on this site really, not just GOM), but as with real life associates and friends, you can't always see eye to eye on all topics. I enjoy coming here for the lite topic of food.
That's why I'm as jolly and friendly as I am.... a people person really. Everything is rainbows, unicorns and sparkly stars in my world! Group hug everyone!
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Only item I approve is in the lower right, and even there the proportions are a bit off. Hold the root beer, please. Ah, much better!