Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[dtb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Yes, Jane Austen was the very first person to give this advice...

Where, exactly, did I say she was the first person to give this advice? I have no knowledge about who was first -- but apparently you do, so.... who was it?

[lookingformarket]

Originally posted by dtb
Where, exactly, did I say she was the first person to give this advice? I have no knowledge about who was first -- but apparently you do, so.... who was it?

Either Paigow or TM, I can't remember which.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
Either Paigow or TM, I can't remember which.

Beat me to it. I was going to say Paigow invented it.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Allytigator

So will we be swapping recipes again this year? I made C2ed's mom's famous rolls last year and they got rave reviews. I also made a butternut squash soup that was not worth the effort (peeling that squash is a pain in the ass). I may try an asparagus soup this year.

Mmm, Thanksgiving.

Allytigator

We have taken to cooking two turkeys. My mom got sick of us picking at the turkey all day before dinner, so she just decided to make a second one. We usually have enough people over that day that two turkeys works out for the best anyways. Lately, we've been soaking one of the turkeys in brine overnight before roasting it. The brine helps keep the turkey nice and moist, and it's not salty at all.

I'm going to hunt down my uncle's oyster soup recipe that he usually cooks for Thanksgiving. It's heavenly.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by tax_hottie
As un-American as this may sound, I don't really like turkey and no one in my family is crazy about it either...Has anyone ever had a non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner?... Any other recommendations out there?

T(turkey-hater)H

Why give up turkey when you can have traditional and non-traditional all in one with the Turducken?



"This gourmet delight is a de-boned duck, inserted into a de-boned chicken, inserted into a de-boned turkey. Between the meat layers are layers of absolutely heavenly stuffing. The TURDUCKEN feeds 16-20 people and averages 22lbs."

http://crawfish.cc/turduckens.htm

TM

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by dtb
Now, that may not be of interest to you, but how that translates into "JA was a horrible monster" (oh, wait, sorry -- I mean "history's greatest monster" -- silly me), I cannot fathom.

I think (I was not an English major, so I'm really reaching back here) this is what one calls "hyperbole."

But you continue to prove my point: something about Austen makes her fans feel the need to rabidly defend her, which combined with the fact that a large percent of the population finds her mind-numbingly boring, leads to conflict, and this conflict generally runs along gender lines. Conflict leads to hate , and hate leads to evil.

In contrast, I can completely accept that S_D doesn't like David Foster Wallace. While S_D didn't call DFW "evil" or a"monster," he did compare him to Seinfeld without the punchlines, a pretty rough damnation. I liked him better than David Sedaris, a writer I'd consider in the same vein, but YMMV. But whatever.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by baltassoc
I think (I was not an English major, so I'm really reaching back here) this is what one calls "hyperbole."

But you continue to prove my point: something about Austen makes her fans feel the need to rabidly defend her, which combined with the fact that a large percent of the population finds her mind-numbingly boring, leads to conflict, and this conflict generally runs along gender lines. Conflict leads to hate , and hate leads to evil.

Just to be clear -- calling dtb's posts a "rabid defense" of Austen is another example of hyperbole, right?

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by dtb
"Write what you know"

Which is what makes me love, fear and be repulsed by Stephen King all at once.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
[Note: you must consult your local butcher as Goose is not as easy to obtain as Duck, and can be quite expensive)

Why go to a butcher when goose season started two weeks ago?

Note: If you choose to take a retriever with you, make sure that the retriever doesn't try to retrieve the ducks/goose before you shoot said ducks/goose. Otherwise the retriever will just scare off the ducks/goose and then be pissed off at you for missing.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
"This gourmet delight is a de-boned duck, inserted into a de-boned chicken, inserted into a de-boned turkey. Between the meat layers are layers of absolutely heavenly stuffing. The TURDUCKEN feeds 16-20 people and averages 22lbs."

I was recently reading about something like this being a delicacy at the height of the Roman empire, but with more layers: start with a truffle, then stuff it in a squab inside a game hen inside a pheasant inside a duck inside a goose inside a turkey (were there turkeys in Europe? - this is from memory and so approximate) inside a lamb inside a goat inside a pig inside a cow, then roast the whole thing for days near a fire, then throw it all away and eat the truffle.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Why give up turkey when you can have traditional and non-traditional all in one with the Turducken?



"This gourmet delight is a de-boned duck, inserted into a de-boned chicken, inserted into a de-boned turkey. Between the meat layers are layers of absolutely heavenly stuffing. The TURDUCKEN feeds 16-20 people and averages 22lbs."

http://crawfish.cc/turduckens.htm

TM

I know someone who made this a few years ago. I think he was up all night tending to it and had to run to a neighbors at 11 pm in search of some kind of huge roasting pan. The story (as told by the neighbors) was really funny but I'm too tired to do it justice.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
What's Rush saying about McNabb right about now?

1. Why does he keep winning?

2. Can he score me some good drugs?

3. When is he going to stop listening to the old school quarterbacks/coaches who think you need to stay in the pocket and return to running so that the defense can't get comfortable?

4. Why does he have such a shitty offensive coordinator?

TM

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Just to be clear -- calling dtb's posts a "rabid defense" of Austen is another example of hyperbole, right?

Yes. Except it is continuous. Of course, I haven't let go of the discussion either, so I don't have much room here.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by dtb
Honestly, SD, after a start like that, how can anyone take anything that follows seriously?

True, Jane Austen was a horrible monster; despite the collective efforts of Stalin, Mao, Attila the Hun and Hitler, try as they might to wrest the title from little old Jane, she still holds the crown.

Sheesh, my guess is you've never even read a JA novel. Despite baltassoc's characterization of "who marries whom" (which, yes, is a plot device -- but what was she supposed to write about? Her adventures on the high seas? "Write what you know" was advice she gave to a niece of hers who was interested in writing about something -- but I digress...), there is a lot to be learned from her novels about the time in which she lived, and social mores of the era. Now, that may not be of interest to you, but how that translates into "JA was a horrible monster" (oh, wait, sorry -- I mean "history's greatest monster" -- silly me), I cannot fathom.

DTB,

You're kidding, right? You did realize my hyperbole was a joke, right? Its early in the morning... sometimes I'm tone deaf to jokes at this hour also.

S(Jane's books are like watching paint dry)D

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by baltassoc
I was recently reading about something like this being a delicacy at the height of the Roman empire, but with more layers: start with a truffle, then stuff it in a squab inside a game hen inside a pheasant inside a duck inside a goose inside a turkey (were there turkeys in Europe? - this is from memory and so approximate) inside a lamb inside a goat inside a pig inside a cow, then roast the whole thing for days near a fire, then throw it all away and eat the truffle.

Damn you for noting that. you deprived me of the chance to go on and on about how those romans really knew how to prepare a turkey.