Cygnia Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Y'know the best thing about that video? It finally displaced that nauseating Oreo Burger photo as the first video on the current page.... (And I like those videos, mind!) Logan D. Hurricanes and Cygnia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 2:09 PM, unclevlad said: Mr. P...take another look at that face, in the still. Maybe it's just me but anyone trying to smile like that at me, is pulling a fast one.............. Nah, he's always like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Pariah said: Nah, he's always like that. ......................... That's worse man, not better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I don't think I want to see the cheeseburger that'll be used on................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Or the giraffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 After months of painstaking research. I'm ready to announce the results. The best Oreos are Dark Chocolate Thin. I will now take questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 17 hours ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said: After months of painstaking research. I'm ready to announce the results. The best Oreos are Dark Chocolate Thin. I will now take questions. <sneaks around the back way, and takes his Oreos....> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Puzzle Chips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Are those related to Mystery Meat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Nope, just my little tribute to National Puzzle Day and National Corn Chip Day. Basically, my last winter holiday 😎 Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Cygnia and unclevlad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Dark chocolate still works better with good black coffee, or something like a Baltic porter, double bock, or Russian imperial stout. QUITE a few years ago, I hit Great American Beer Festival during a year when they ran a couple food demos each night. Yummm. Some didn't work that well; I remember one that bombed because the chef didn't realize the festival provided induction burners. His pans were aluminum. Anyway, one of em was Garrett Oliver, brewmaster at the Brooklyn Brewery, and author of the excellent food and beer book, the Brewmaster's Table. He did a cheese and beer pairing. I think the organizers were...a tad...upset with him, because he had 4 fairly high-end cheeses. Kinda blew the budget out the window, I suspected. Anyway, his point was similar to this. Cheese and wine *don't* make for great pairings that often...but cheese and beer often do. Twas most yummy!!! Don't ask what the pairings were, this was...mid 2000's, I think? I'm leaning to 2005. AND GABF, with unlimited 1 oz tastings, and a hotel in walking distance. And I got him to sign my copy of his book. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Noval Black pairs great with KitKats! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Cheese and beer pairing well shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has beer to wash down pizza. Wine pairs differently with various foods, and cheese is no different. The main thing to think about is balance. For example, port is a very sweet wine, so you need a strong, salty cheese like Stilton to balance out the sweetness. A general rule of thumb for pairing wine with chocolate is that the wine should be sweeter, or it will be overwhelmed by the chocolate. So I tend to get semisweet chocolate when I pair it with wine. That said, Pinot Noir tastes great with chocolate cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Before they shut down for good, my favorite local wine shop always had a Chocolate & Wine pairing for Valentine's Day and Halloween that I made sure to make a reservation for. They also had a Wine & Girl Scout Cookie pairing when it was cookie season. I miss that shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 My 1st attempt at brining, adapting a recipe from the Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook. Roasted honey-brined turkey thighs. Logan D. Hurricanes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 6:25 PM, Cygnia said: Before they shut down for good, my favorite local wine shop always had a Chocolate & Wine pairing for Valentine's Day and Halloween that I made sure to make a reservation for. They also had a Wine & Girl Scout Cookie pairing when it was cookie season. I miss that shop. I know that feeling. Had one like it for a while. The owner ran several wine and munchies exploratory tastings, with lots of interesting stuff on the sideboard along with some REALLY nice wine. There was also a Chablis brunch; 4 different Chablis, a full buffet. And a glorious German wine dinner. The greatest part: --there were several exceptional, bountiful years in much of western Europe. --this predated the collector craze. Prices were manageable for a student working part time...on excellent wines like classed-growth Bordeaux, and even some estate Burgundy. The German wines...you could get 3rd, maybe even 2nd tier stuff at fair prices. At the time, what he did spread to a few other merchants, for a while. For me, this culminated in sitting in on a wines of the century dinner...wines from each decade, possibly with the exception of the 1910's. Including a couple great...and one that has to be called legendary...bottles. Cost me $125...in 1982 or 1983, mind. WORTH IT. Good times. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 unclevlad, Cancer and L. Marcus 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 My father-in-law did almost exactly that once, but it said nothing on the ticket ... he just saw the cook peeking out at him once to see if he was in the "regret being born" state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 We have a friend of ours who's notorious going to Thai and Indian places and saying "Forget I'm Caucasian..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 For the birthday of a friend, we went to a new Indian restaurant up in Luleå. It had opened fairly recently, the premiere a bit delayed because the proprietor wanted to recruit genuine Indian chefs and all. I remember that I ordered a chicken tikka masala (and that it was really good). When the birthday boy -- let's call him J. to protect the innocent -- got to order, he asked the waitress for the strongest item on the menu, which turned out to be some fish dish (IIRC). The nice young lady then felt obliged to ask, "So ... do you want it Swedish strong ... or Indian strong?" J.'s eyes brightened, and with no hesitation he answered "Indian!" He had to pause his eating of this fish a couple of times, to just sit there, breathing. Once, he started wandering about in the restaurant, making little "hooh!" noises. But he finished the dish, and some good naan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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