GM's thread about nothing (41 Viewers)

[Homer J Simpson]

Predator vs Alien

So f'ing spectacular.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Amazing ghost footage (actually true)

Datonn's frisbee golf course?

 

[-fish-]

That will make a lot of rubbing. I'll usually apply it by hand. Yum. So apply it liberally by hand.

Then you know the rest. place skin side down. Go about 3 minutes then CAREFULLY turn her over. Go about 3 minutes and if you're like me and want just a little more, go skin side down another 2-3 minutes tops. Ready to go a few minutes after you take it off.

so hot

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Amazing ghost footage (actually true)

Datonn's frisbee golf course?

perfect

 

[St. Louis Bob]

My boss two seconds ago on the phone with a big swinging wang in the uranium business: "Hey, when you raid the whore house, you take the piano player too". God I love this guy. I sure he doesn't have to fire me at year end. :(

Hope so to GB.

Boom, 20+ likes on this post.

You can like posts here? #### like this is what really screws with my head when I decided to crawl out from under my comfortable rock.

HEY! MAX! :like:

 

[Abraham]

That thread, yes, that one, is amazing. Absolutely amazing.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Just wrong

Don't look at me

Should have yelled "two"

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Much to Mrs. SLB's dismay, I made her start putting out resumes this week. Having a cush job and lots of free time to #### off is nice, I would imagine, but I was pretty adament (psychopathic) about this. She has already had calls back and did a phone interview this morning that will be followed by a face-to-face interview next week. Sounds pretty perfect. It will be working in the OR which is what she wants. No weekends and a part time gig where she would get 56 hours a month. Oh plus a 25%+ increase over what she's making now. Only bad thing is she will have to be on call one weekend day per month.

Charv<hey

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Plus I'm a step closer to retirement.

 

[Ignoramus]

Just wrong

 

[T Bell]

Standard operating protocol for private school too, Fish.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Don't look at me

YES!!!!!

Should have yelled "two"

I had a buddy get shot in the nut by a paintball from about 25 yards away and it dropped him. The thing swole up to the size of a tennis ball. It was worse than genocide.

 

[-fish-]

Don't look at me

YES!!!!!

Should have yelled "two"

I had a buddy get shot in the nut by a paintball from about 25 yards away and it dropped him. The thing swole up to the size of a tennis ball. It was worse than genocide.

I look forward to the continuing use of this phrase.

 

[commisholio]

Cancer is f-ing bull####.

Yep, it sure is.

 

[T Bell]

Just got a call telling me they're taking Mark off the ventilator in the next 24 hours. There's no treatment available for what is attacking his lungs, and his lungs and kidneys are now shutting down.

Feel like I'm going to vomit.

:( so sorry to hear Krista. TPW for you, Mark and his family.

 

[T Bell]

To be a little more upbeat, I share, primarily for Tanner, this story from Mr. krista's Facebook yesterday:

"Me and another dude in the lobby of a xxxxx Suites in ATL quietly enjoying free beer and watching Jeopardy.

Then Alex Trebek says "This penguin-like bird was thought to have gone extinct by 1884."

So dude in the lobby drains his beer in one big gulp, slams the glass on the table and says "WHAT IS THE GREAT ####### AUK, ALEX." And stomps off without bothering to find out if he was right.

He was. I nearly applauded."

That show would be so much better with shtick like this.

Do it so that if you get answers right you get to inflict pain on your competitors.

 

[commisholio]

*salmon chat*

Hey GB, we make a rice pilaf in my family that was invented to go with salmon. It is impossible to #### up and delicious too.

2-3 nests of wheat vermicelli (not rice)

1 C jasmine rice (basmati works fine too)

1 can swanson chicken broth (not the reduced sodium kind, and other brands taste funny)

2 T butter

2 fluid oz water

1/2 tsp salt

melt the butter in your rice pot under medium heat then crunch up the vermicelli and brown them in the butter. They should be almost burnt when done.

add the rice and stir that around when you are worried that the noodles will burn

add the liquids (you just need water to bring the volume to 2 C) and the salt, then turn down the heat to low and cook for ~20 minutes

stir before serving because the noodles will all go to the top

give it a try, it is awesome with salmon or other fish

 

[T Bell]

Predator vs Alien

So f'ing spectacular.

Amazing ghost footage (actually true)

Datonn's frisbee golf course?

 

[FatMax]

For those of you with cat(s) in the house ...

The last few nights, both the wife and I have fighting allergies. It makes sleeping difficult for both of us, and next to impossible together. When that happens this time of year, I usually just head to the couch in hope of salvaging some decent rest.

On day per week, my wife leaves for work before me. That day happens to be today. About an hour before she got up, I woke up to get a drink of water. There in the kitchen, by the table, I noticed a pile of cat puke on the floor. . I didn't want to deal with it, and knew that my wife would definitely see it when she got up. Score! So I headed back to the couch and went to sleep. Fast forward an hour, I hear my wife milling around the kitchen and open one eye to see if she found the cat's gift to us. I saw her look right at it, grab her purse, and walk the #### out the door. Damn woman.

 

[General Malaise]

*salmon chat*

Hey GB, we make a rice pilaf in my family that was invented to go with salmon. It is impossible to #### up and delicious too.

2-3 nests of wheat vermicelli (not rice)

1 C jasmine rice (basmati works fine too)

1 can swanson chicken broth (not the reduced sodium kind, and other brands taste funny)

2 T butter

2 fluid oz water

1/2 tsp salt

melt the butter in your rice pot under medium heat then crunch up the vermicelli and brown them in the butter. They should be almost burnt when done.

add the rice and stir that around when you are worried that the noodles will burn

add the liquids (you just need water to bring the volume to 2 C) and the salt, then turn down the heat to low and cook for ~20 minutes

stir before serving because the noodles will all go to the top

give it a try, it is awesome with salmon or other fish

I rather enjoy recipe chat.

 

[General Malaise]

For those of you with cat(s) in the house ...

The last few nights, both the wife and I have fighting allergies. It makes sleeping difficult for both of us, and next to impossible together. When that happens this time of year, I usually just head to the couch in hope of salvaging some decent rest.

On day per week, my wife leaves for work before me. That day happens to be today. About an hour before she got up, I woke up to get a drink of water. There in the kitchen, by the table, I noticed a pile of cat puke on the floor. . I didn't want to deal with it, and knew that my wife would definitely see it when she got up. Score! So I headed back to the couch and went to sleep. Fast forward an hour, I hear my wife milling around the kitchen and open one eye to see if she found the cat's gift to us. I saw her look right at it, grab her purse, and walk the #### out the door. Damn woman.

 

[mr roboto]

I'll be in Nashville tomorrow night. I'm staying at the La Quinta near the airport, getting in at 9 pm. I won't have a car, and I leave town on Sat morning at 8:30 am being picked up by a colleague. So, walkable from the airport, anything?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Don't look at me

YES!!!!!

Should have yelled "two"

I had a buddy get shot in the nut by a paintball from about 25 yards away and it dropped him. The thing swole up to the size of a tennis ball. It was worse than genocide.

The paintball swole up?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

For those of you with cat(s) in the house ...

The last few nights, both the wife and I have fighting allergies. It makes sleeping difficult for both of us, and next to impossible together. When that happens this time of year, I usually just head to the couch in hope of salvaging some decent rest.

On day per week, my wife leaves for work before me. That day happens to be today. About an hour before she got up, I woke up to get a drink of water. There in the kitchen, by the table, I noticed a pile of cat puke on the floor. . I didn't want to deal with it, and knew that my wife would definitely see it when she got up. Score! So I headed back to the couch and went to sleep. Fast forward an hour, I hear my wife milling around the kitchen and open one eye to see if she found the cat's gift to us. I saw her look right at it, grab her purse, and walk the #### out the door. Damn woman.

Why you gotta bring cats into this? Sounds like this is about your wife.

 

[FatMax]

For those of you with cat(s) in the house ...

The last few nights, both the wife and I have fighting allergies. It makes sleeping difficult for both of us, and next to impossible together. When that happens this time of year, I usually just head to the couch in hope of salvaging some decent rest.

On day per week, my wife leaves for work before me. That day happens to be today. About an hour before she got up, I woke up to get a drink of water. There in the kitchen, by the table, I noticed a pile of cat puke on the floor. . I didn't want to deal with it, and knew that my wife would definitely see it when she got up. Score! So I headed back to the couch and went to sleep. Fast forward an hour, I hear my wife milling around the kitchen and open one eye to see if she found the cat's gift to us. I saw her look right at it, grab her purse, and walk the #### out the door. Damn woman.

Why you gotta bring cats into this? Sounds like this is about your wife.

If the cat had opposable thumbs, this whole thing could have been avoided.

 

[Frostillicus]

*salmon chat*

Hey GB, we make a rice pilaf in my family that was invented to go with salmon. It is impossible to #### up and delicious too.

2-3 nests of wheat vermicelli (not rice)

1 C jasmine rice (basmati works fine too)

1 can swanson chicken broth (not the reduced sodium kind, and other brands taste funny)

2 T butter

2 fluid oz water

1/2 tsp salt

melt the butter in your rice pot under medium heat then crunch up the vermicelli and brown them in the butter. They should be almost burnt when done.

add the rice and stir that around when you are worried that the noodles will burn

add the liquids (you just need water to bring the volume to 2 C) and the salt, then turn down the heat to low and cook for ~20 minutes

stir before serving because the noodles will all go to the top

give it a try, it is awesome with salmon or other fish

I rather enjoy recipe chat.

Copied both into my recipes spreadsheet.

 

[T Bell]

For those of you with cat(s) in the house ...

The last few nights, both the wife and I have fighting allergies. It makes sleeping difficult for both of us, and next to impossible together. When that happens this time of year, I usually just head to the couch in hope of salvaging some decent rest.

On day per week, my wife leaves for work before me. That day happens to be today. About an hour before she got up, I woke up to get a drink of water. There in the kitchen, by the table, I noticed a pile of cat puke on the floor. . I didn't want to deal with it, and knew that my wife would definitely see it when she got up. Score! So I headed back to the couch and went to sleep. Fast forward an hour, I hear my wife milling around the kitchen and open one eye to see if she found the cat's gift to us. I saw her look right at it, grab her purse, and walk the #### out the door. Damn woman.

Why you gotta bring cats into this? Sounds like this is about your wife.

If the cat had opposable thumbs, this whole thing could have been avoided.

Why? Would it have been able to open the bottle of dramamine or something?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

For those of you with cat(s) in the house ...

The last few nights, both the wife and I have fighting allergies. It makes sleeping difficult for both of us, and next to impossible together. When that happens this time of year, I usually just head to the couch in hope of salvaging some decent rest.

On day per week, my wife leaves for work before me. That day happens to be today. About an hour before she got up, I woke up to get a drink of water. There in the kitchen, by the table, I noticed a pile of cat puke on the floor. . I didn't want to deal with it, and knew that my wife would definitely see it when she got up. Score! So I headed back to the couch and went to sleep. Fast forward an hour, I hear my wife milling around the kitchen and open one eye to see if she found the cat's gift to us. I saw her look right at it, grab her purse, and walk the #### out the door. Damn woman.

Why you gotta bring cats into this? Sounds like this is about your wife.

If the cat had opposable thumbs, this whole thing could have been avoided.

Gotta go for the "I left the cat puke because it's much easier to clean up when dry" checkmate here.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

This still makes me laugh everytime I see it.

 

[Limp Ditka]

This still makes me laugh everytime I see it.

I used to work retail with a guy like that.

Nautica shirt guy: 'that son of a ##### has probably never been on a sail boat in his life'

Polo shirt guy: ' Polo? He doesn't play ####### polo. The only thing that guy's straddled is his boyfriend'

 

[General Malaise]

This still makes me laugh everytime I see it.

 

[General Malaise]

I'll be in Nashville tomorrow night. I'm staying at the La Quinta near the airport, getting in at 9 pm. I won't have a car, and I leave town on Sat morning at 8:30 am being picked up by a colleague. So, walkable from the airport, anything?

Just stay out of downtown Memphis and you should be alright.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I'll be in Nashville tomorrow night. I'm staying at the La Quinta near the airport, getting in at 9 pm. I won't have a car, and I leave town on Sat morning at 8:30 am being picked up by a colleague. So, walkable from the airport, anything?

Just stay out of downtown Memphis and you should be alright.

Spend a couple of bucks on a cab and head over to 2nd/broadway and walk around. It's a great city.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Nests?

Cups and teaspoons weren't enough? We have to add bird #### to our recipes now?

 

[Frostillicus]

*salmon chat*

Hey GB, we make a rice pilaf in my family that was invented to go with salmon. It is impossible to #### up and delicious too.

2-3 nests of wheat vermicelli (not rice)

1 C jasmine rice (basmati works fine too)

1 can swanson chicken broth (not the reduced sodium kind, and other brands taste funny)

2 T butter

2 fluid oz water

1/2 tsp salt

melt the butter in your rice pot under medium heat then crunch up the vermicelli and brown them in the butter. They should be almost burnt when done.

add the rice and stir that around when you are worried that the noodles will burn

add the liquids (you just need water to bring the volume to 2 C) and the salt, then turn down the heat to low and cook for ~20 minutes

stir before serving because the noodles will all go to the top

give it a try, it is awesome with salmon or other fish

I rather enjoy recipe chat.

Copied both into my recipes spreadsheet.

Let's see what I got in here:

Mr. Krista's Bolognese

GM's Blacked Rub

Osaurus's Chimichurri Sauce

GM's Black Beans

Commisholio's Rice Pilaf

GM's Sticky Drumsticks

Somebody's breadcrumb encrusted fish recipe

Hmm. I thought there'd be more. I swear I put Tiger Fan's red beans and rice in here.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I like that rice/butter/broth needs it's own special recipe.

 

[General Malaise]

I like that rice/butter/broth needs it's own special recipe.

Take it to the "Nachos" thread?

 

[General Malaise]

*salmon chat*

Hey GB, we make a rice pilaf in my family that was invented to go with salmon. It is impossible to #### up and delicious too.

2-3 nests of wheat vermicelli (not rice)

1 C jasmine rice (basmati works fine too)

1 can swanson chicken broth (not the reduced sodium kind, and other brands taste funny)

2 T butter

2 fluid oz water

1/2 tsp salt

melt the butter in your rice pot under medium heat then crunch up the vermicelli and brown them in the butter. They should be almost burnt when done.

add the rice and stir that around when you are worried that the noodles will burn

add the liquids (you just need water to bring the volume to 2 C) and the salt, then turn down the heat to low and cook for ~20 minutes

stir before serving because the noodles will all go to the top

give it a try, it is awesome with salmon or other fish

I rather enjoy recipe chat.

Copied both into my recipes spreadsheet.

Let's see what I got in here:

Mr. Krista's Bolognese

GM's Blacked Rub

Osaurus's Chimichurri Sauce

GM's Black Beans

Commisholio's Rice Pilaf

GM's Sticky Drumsticks

Somebody's breadcrumb encrusted fish recipe

Hmm. I thought there'd be more. I swear I put Tiger Fan's red beans and rice in here.

Would you kindly direct me towards the Bolognese recipe?

Here's a great one for fish that my own mother - who HATES all seafood - will actually eat. The key is soaking the fish in buttermilk first...helps remove the 'fishy' flavor. Anyhow, this one is pretty easy once you get the hang of it and if your kids won't or don't like fish now, try this one. My sons devour this.

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]1 1/2 lbs. rockfish (any whitefish with firm flesh - red snapper is good)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]1 cup buttermilk[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]1 cup flour[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]1 cup cornmeal[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]1/2 tsp paprika[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]black pepper and kosher salt[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]seasoning (Old Bay, cayenne, etc.) I like it to have some kick, so I use Tony's AND cayenne. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]· [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]peanut oil[/SIZE]

[SIZE=20pt]DIRECTIONS[/SIZE]

• [SIZE=10pt]Cut the rockfish into chunks, approximately 1 1/2" by 3".[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Place them into a bowl and cover with buttermilk.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Let the fish sit in the buttermilk for 15 minutes, or covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 hours.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, pinch of salt and pepper, paprika and seasonings to taste.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Mix to combine.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Place a flat rack into a sheet pan and place into the oven.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Heat a large heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat (cast iron is great for this).[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Pour in enough peanut oil to fill to 1 1/2".[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Preheat the oil to 375 degrees, taking care to keep the temperature even.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Working in batches, lift the fish chunks from the buttermilk and place into the cornmeal mixture.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Roll to coat and shake excess.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Carefully place fish into the oil; don't crowd the pan.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Fish will require 2-3 minutes per side, depending on the thickness, until golden brown.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Remove fish to draining rack in oven to keep warm.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Allow the oil to come back up to temperature before repeating.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=10pt]Serve immediately.[/SIZE]

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The only Bosnian I know is really hot too. Serbian? Whatever, something over there.

Back in the primordal-ooze days (ca. 1999) of on-line dating, I met a woman through Yahoo personals who was Hungarian and now living in D.C. She was one of the very few who could/would post a picture on her profile. Her picture made it hard to see her face through the cig smoke, but we started chatting and it moved to talking on the phone in a day or two (warp-speed in those days). She had a REALLY thick accent, made stained-glass art for a living, was always drunk and would say so, and about 10 years older than me.

Talking to her on the phone was like conversing with Marlene Detreich imitating Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat".

"Bill! Do you SMOKE?!"

"Bill! What BRAND?!"

"Bill! Are you of an artistic MIND?!"

"Bill! I am DRUNK!!"

I can't recall how it petered out (probably because we were both drunks), but we never met face to face. I have a feeling I'd have been dead somewhere around 2002 if we had gotten together.

"Bill! Do you like CAMPING!?!"

The only Bosnian I know is really hot too. Serbian? Whatever, something over there.

Back in the primordal-ooze days (ca. 1999) of on-line dating, I met a woman through Yahoo personals who was Hungarian and now living in D.C. She was one of the very few who could/would post a picture on her profile. Her picture made it hard to see her face through the cig smoke, but we started chatting and it moved to talking on the phone in a day or two (warp-speed in those days). She had a REALLY thick accent, made stained-glass art for a living, was always drunk and would say so, and about 10 years older than me.

Talking to her on the phone was like conversing with Marlene Detreich imitating Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat".

"Bill! Do you SMOKE?!"

"Bill! What BRAND?!"

"Bill! Are you of an artistic MIND?!"

"Bill! I am DRUNK!!"

I can't recall how it petered out (probably because we were both drunks), but we never met face to face. I have a feeling I'd have been dead somewhere around 2002 if we had gotten together.

"Bill! Do you like CAMPING!?!"

 

[Uruk-Hai]

K4, sorry to hear about your friend

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I like that rice/butter/broth needs it's own special recipe.

Take it to the "Nachos" thread?

 

[Frostillicus]

RAGU BOLOGNESE

This is how I do it. It is basically a gussied up, restauranty version of Marcella Hazan's recipe. I think it is the best I've ever ate. I don't know volume or weights or anything. I just do stuff.

1. Make some garlic confit. (There are some good methods for this online. Find the Thomas Keller recipe and do that. It is way easy.)

2. Saute some pancetta in a dutch oven. Before it encrisps, add a few anchovies.

3. Add 8 or 10 cloves of the garlic confit. When the mess starts to liquify,

4. Add a finely diced medium-sized onion. When it starts to soften,

5. Add an equal amount of finely diced carrots and celery. (I'm not usually too fussy about knife cuts, but both size and uniformity are important here. The size should be small--no larger than 1/4" cubed--so that they give up their flavor fairly quickly. Also uniform: they must cook out evenly and actually look nice.

6. Add meat. An Italian in Bologna would use equal parts capon, pork, and lamb shoulder. I would too, if that were practical and affordable, but it isn't in these United States. So I use equal parts ground chuck (90:10) and ground pork (?:?). Cook it 'till it browns evenly. Break it up real small with a wooden spoon. Mix that #### all up and talk to it pretty. (Not sure if talking to it helps, but I do it anyway. I try to let the sauce know how sexy it is. "You are one sexy ##### of a sauce!" I say. I also blow kisses and raise my eyebrows suggestively.) Then

7. I add whole milk. Enough to cover the meat. This is where you say, "Che baccalao! This white person is so crazy he doesn't even use wine to deglaze! He uses milk! Que stupido!".

Au contraire, mi amici. Any liquid is appropriate for deglazing and adding milk BEFORE wine will release all of that delicious fond from the pan as well as keep the meat pH neutral when one adds the acid. Anyway, add the milk now.

8. Add a pinch of grated nutmeg and a couple of bay leaves. When the liquid is reduced by half,

9. Add some white wine. If your sauce is at a boil, turn it down to a gentle simmer. Reduce by half then add,

10. A few tablespoons of tomato paste. Incorporate thoroughly, then add

11. A couple cans of crushed San Marzano tomatoes. I find them at Fino's, and Miss Cordelia's. Probably Whole Foods too. I buy the whole tomatoes, crush them by hand, then strain the liquid for seeds, which I find bitter. Then,

12. Add some of the rind of a wheel of real Parma cheese. Bring her to a low simmer and let her go for a couple of hours. Season appropriately: if it tastes flat, add salt and pepper. Too sweet--add vinegar and crushed red pepper. Too acidic or pungent, saute a few tablespoons of tomato paste with butter and honey then add that. Taste frequently, and you'll know when it's done.

Remove the ring and bay leaves before serving. Serve with homemade tagliatelle, pappardelle, rigatoni, etc.

 

[Frostillicus]

This is the best fish I ever made and really simple:

1/2 c. almonds (I bought slivered and then chopped them down pretty small)

1/2 t allspice

1 t sea salt

1 t pepper

1/2 t cayenne

1 t paprika

1/4 c. olive oil

Throw the grouper around in a mix of that

Heat a pan with olive oil on high

Sear grouper on each side for 30-60 sec each

Throw in oven (heated to 400) for 10 minutes

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Fish is freaking terrible.

 

[Frostillicus]

Fish is freaking terrible.

Well I am SHOCKED that you don't like something. SHOCKED.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Fish is freaking terrible.

Why do you hate Jesus?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Fish is freaking terrible.

Why do you hate Jesus?

Where do you want me to start?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Fish is freaking terrible.

Well I am SHOCKED that you don't like something. SHOCKED.

F chess too.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

 

[Gadzooks]

Fish is freaking terrible.

I think it's due to his ordeal with Knuckles. You should cut him some slack.