A Black Hole of Happiness - Page 96

taxwonk · 06-22-2007, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
The are the two camps on whether Mughlai is a regional cuisine. The debates are fascinating.

You are clearly a cheese whiz person. But then, your fondness for Ro-tel should have made that clear to one and all.

Hank Chinaski · 06-22-2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
no way in hell I'm registering for fine china. I have no place to put it and I don't ever want to host an event upscale enough to require it. That's what my mother is for. and his mother.

we lived in DC. Family in Detroit and Philly. Eloped then had a party in Detroit. Since we were flying back we got $$$. DC friends were broke so we didn't need to register. I was the "right kind of guy" so no need for a Philly party. A card from my new mom and dad was all.

Are you and he from where you are? Cuz if not, don't register- get the cash.

Hank Chinaski · 06-22-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Calphalon? Calphalon?? Some time in the next 72 hours, Taxwonk is going to let you know that if you ever dare to bring a piece of Calphalon cookware into his kitchen, he will smack you silly with an All-Clad saucepan.

I'm amazed how much your new crowd has changed you.

Hank Chinaski · 06-22-2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Two camps? You have got to be kidding me. Although it is true that some people prefer cave-aged cheddar and some prefer cheese whiz, I would not say that people are of two camps about the issue.

did Jim's Steaks just open up at Mall Of America?

Hank Chinaski · 06-22-2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Since I didn't have much luck with my first TCOTU question, here's another. Suppose that you were going to be in Manhattan for an afternoon -- say, tomorrow -- and you wanted to entertain yourself (and another), without spending much $$$ and without doing too much walking. What do you do? What DO you do?

statue of liberty is cool. I assume the non-walking means w/kid?

bold_n_brazen · 06-22-2007, 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Now that's some good cookware that can't be reproduced cheaply at the restaurant supply house. but all you really need is one of their dutch ovens and a casserole or braiser.

I got a dutch oven. I'm a little afraid that a new obsession is about to bloom though.

ltl/fb · 06-22-2007, 11:15 PM

Interestingly, MySpace, which is owned by News Corp, is running a version of the pig-to-man condom ads, though Fox, which is also owned by News Corp, is not (as noted by RT). Not that MySpace really highlights its connections to News Corp and Fox, as far as I can tell.

SlaveNoMore · 06-23-2007, 04:19 AM

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ThurgreedMarshall
Grab a table at Luna Park in Union Square Park and watch the people walk by while you drink or eat or both. Try not to get smacked by your wife, if that's who you're with, when you stare at any one of the 300 insanely hot women.

TM

Or that.

Sparklehorse · 06-23-2007, 09:21 AM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Now that's some good cookware that can't be reproduced cheaply at the restaurant supply house. but all you really need is one of their dutch ovens and a casserole or braiser.

FWIW, I got a 1.5 quart (or 2) Le Creuset saucier for a gift and it's a pretty great pan. It gets equal time, as compared to my dutch oven and my All-Clad 3-quart saucier. My only gripe about Le Creuset is that once you burn food on the bottom of the pan (which seems inevitable with the dutch oven), the stains never come out of the white enamel. My mother has a dutch oven she got for a wedding present close to 50 years ago and it's still going strong.

taxwonk · 06-23-2007, 01:03 PM

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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
FWIW, I got a 1.5 quart (or 2) Le Creuset saucier for a gift and it's a pretty great pan. It gets equal time, as compared to my dutch oven and my All-Clad 3-quart saucier. My only gripe about Le Creuset is that once you burn food on the bottom of the pan (which seems inevitable with the dutch oven), the stains never come out of the white enamel. My mother has a dutch oven she got for a wedding present close to 50 years ago and it's still going strong.

You can view cookware as a tool, or as a decorative item. If you use it as a tool, it's going to show signs of use, like stains on the enamel. If you want it to stay pretty, arrange it nicely on a shelf. Personally, I think a tool looks better when you can see it's been put to good use.

barely_legal · 06-23-2007, 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Can you elope if you tell everyone about it in advance?

Isn't what you're doing called "having a quiet civil ceremony in front of a justice of the peace with no guests"?

Yes, asswipe, that's exactly what I'm doing but how would you like to say that 25-50 times a day to people who ask you what you are planning to do for your wedding? Who peed in your cheez whiz?

ltl/fb · 06-23-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
FWIW, I got a 1.5 quart (or 2) Le Creuset saucier for a gift and it's a pretty great pan. It gets equal time, as compared to my dutch oven and my All-Clad 3-quart saucier. My only gripe about Le Creuset is that once you burn food on the bottom of the pan (which seems inevitable with the dutch oven), the stains never come out of the white enamel. My mother has a dutch oven she got for a wedding present close to 50 years ago and it's still going strong.

If, god forbid, you don't share wanker's taste and you continue to have some interest* in getting the stains out, you might try (but I'm not guaranteeing anything) Bon Ami and a lot of elbow grease.

I think my parents have a set of three Dutch ovens from, well, either when I was too young to notice new things, or from before I was born. I had forgotten about that . . . and maybe they aren't Le Creuset, and I'm misremembering.
My LC stuff has more of an off-white enamel, and it's a thick enamel, and stuff comes off fairly easily, but it's much, much heavier than the the set my parents have. I have a teeny tiny saucepan/frying pan-that-is-also-a-lid set, and a 2-quart casserole that I think my parents got at the fire sale after the shoe store next to the Williams Sonoma burned.

*though not a heartbroken obsession

NotFromHere · 06-23-2007, 03:36 PM

And in Maury Povich style, Eddie Murphy finds out that he is the father of Scary Spice's baby.

DNA don't lie.

Hank Chinaski · 06-23-2007, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
how would you like to say that 25-50 times a day to people who ask you........

Translation: I have lots more friends than you do.

Paisley · 06-24-2007, 01:57 AM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
My LC stuff has more of an off-white enamel, and it's a thick enamel, and stuff comes off fairly easily, but it's much, much heavier than the the set my parents have. . .

I 2nd (or 3rd, or whatever) the LC recommendation. The stuff is so versatile (goes from stove-top to oven, different cooking techiniques, etc.), and it is amazing how easily it cleans up.

Oh, and congrats!