Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Can you hear me now?
Not to mention that most of us busy lawyer type persons have no time after work to go carousing here or there to find one of these mythical “ethnic stores”.

Also, apropos of the original Uncle Ben reference, ethnic rice has a bad ass reputation. It can take a very long time to cook, and based on experience it’s quite e-z to wreck and then you end up with a pan of gloop.

I’m more partial just using plain old Uncle Ben’s or Minute Rice, the five-minute versions and flavoring them with some good old boy seasonings and spices and beans and stuff. BAM! Also, at Costcos or Uncle Sam’s Club, you can buy the stuff in bulky boxes, although not a five year supply of instant rice but maybe like 100 kilos. My mom always told me buy in bulk , especially all of the nonperishable stuff. Stock up from the cheapest source possible for a rainy day as those ethnic stores are a pain in the ass to get to when you really have a hunkering for some rice.

Anyway, that’s my .02. Opinions?

AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! YOU'RE KILLING ME! Stop.

That's why you need the fuzzy logic cooker - doofus. Perfect rice, every time.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Stop! Stop with the blasphemy! You can NOT live your life without a Viking OR a SubZero. These are necessities. They are NOT just appliances. You're killing me. Next you'll be telling me you use paper plates and plastic forks.

Until this moment, I was an Ignore List virgin. But I cannot take this anymore. Really, I can't.

Can someone really be this fucking stupid?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Stop! Stop with the blasphemy! You can NOT live your life without a Viking

Sure, the electric version works pretty well

Next you'll be telling me you use paper plates and plastic forks.

No. Fingers only. Always.

[Replaced_Texan]

Poll:

How many people have left voice messages or e-mails for someone else that could potentially change the entire relationship? Was it a good idea in retrospect?

my answer: Yesterday, I laid out in e-mail what I couldn't articulate on Saturday night. Stomach clenched for the rest of the day until I got a reply, which helped things considerably. Six years ago, I drunkenly e-mailed the words "I love you" to someone. Big mistake, partially because that act led to a relationship, and partially because I didn't mean it.

Alternate poll question:

Does anyone know of a long distance relationship that's worked?

my answer: Several, but the key to each was that the long distance was understood by both parties to be a temporary thing. Two I know of right now are in the "prepare to move closer to one another but haven't done it yet" stage. (Immigration is a pain in the ass.) I've been in one, and it was a very bad idea.

Just curious....

[NotFromHere]

Courtney Love has been having some serious wardrobe malfunctions. The troubled rocker performed recently at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, and a source says she repeatedly flashed her breasts at the audience. “Her dress had all these holes cut in it and she exposed her boobs several times,” says a source, who adds that the Janet Jackson moments “certainly seemed to be on purpose.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4287278/

Someone should ask her how that custody case is coming along.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Stop! Stop with the blasphemy! You can NOT live your life without a Viking OR a SubZero. These are necessities. They are NOT just appliances. You're killing me. Next you'll be telling me you use paper plates and plastic forks.

Oh, my God... how could you smoke anything other than Dunhill and sip anything less than Johnny Blue. Oh, My God!

SuZero my ass. I grew up with an interior designer in my family and we never had one because they're overpriced status junk. See: Range Rover.

Cold is cold. Hot is hot. Unless you've got a chef's degree, you don't even know the supposed difference in the hardware you've bought, except that someone told you its top of the line.

But yes, gas does cook much quicker.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Speaking of Mom, I found her diary last night. do you know that poor woman never had an orgasm?

If I told her once, I told her a million times, she should have had those callusses checked.

I can see where you got your smarts.

[Can you hear me now?]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! YOU'RE KILLING ME! Stop.

That's why you need the fuzzy logic cooker - doofus. Perfect rice, every time.

Where you get one of those badboys? (please don't tell me an ethnic store!)

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Well that, and the fact that he used Uncle Ben's. Uncle Ben's? Run to the nearest ethnic store and pick up something, anything other than the Ben.

Actually . . . the Uncle Ben's boil-in-a-bag rice did really well in the Cook's Illustrated tasting, though the instant and converted faired poorly.

When it came to tasting, our panel decided that in the case of white rice, less is definitely more. The first-place rice, as well as those that came in third, fourth, and fifth, were all standard rices that had not been subjected to any special processing to make them cook faster or end up with grains that were unusually separate.

This result was not unexpected. What really surprised us, though, was the second-place finish of Uncle Ben’s Boil-in-Bag rice, along with the sixth-place showing of Kraft’s Boil-in-Bag. In both cases, the idea behind the dual processing of these rices really paid off. Testers found the grains of Uncle Ben’s, in particular, to be firm, perfectly unbroken, and nicely moist.

The converted rice, on the other hand, did not fare as well. While the version by Uncle Ben’s just managed to edge into the recommended category, tasters found that the converted product by Canilla had a strong undesirable aftertaste and yellow appearance that dropped it into the “not recommended” category.

As for instant rices, our tasters were anything but impressed. Both of the brands sampled in our tasting—Uncle Ben’s and Kraft Minute—carried “chemical” and “metallic” flavors. Tasters also found these products unpalatably mushy, and noted that the individual kernels tended to fall apart and fray.

So if you aren’t opposed to preparing your rice in a plastic pouch, a boil-in-bag rice might be the best option when you’re looking for convenience. The trade-off, however, is that you get less rice for your dollar and you cannot cook these rices along with other seasonings or ingredients. The recommended standard long-grain white rices take a total of only 30 to 35 minutes to prepare (including resting time) and require minimal attention, so the rest of your meal can be prepared as they cook. They also make for a more affordable kitchen staple.

www.Cooksillustrated.com {Subscription required.}

We need a rice thread sock.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield


But yes, gas does cook much quicker.

Actually, the big draw to gas over electric is the ability to adjust the termperature much more quickly and precisely.

And yes, actually, I do have a degree in Culinary Arts, thank you very much.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch

We need a rice thread sock.

No, we really don't. I'm not even going to thank you for playing on this one.

[dtb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
rice brand snobbery? this might even be a FB all-time low. I'll check the stats for comfirmation.

I'm sorry ncs, you know how I hate to disagree with you and shit, but Uncle Ben's SUCKS. (My ethnic, mysterious, foreign and glamorous husband knows from rice, and would rather go without than eat Uncle Ben's.)

He's not as glamorous as, say, someone from Greece, but he'll do.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Poll:

How many people have left voice messages or e-mails for someone else that could potentially change the entire relationship? Was it a good idea in retrospect?

my answer: Yesterday, I laid out in e-mail what I couldn't articulate on Saturday night. Stomach clenched for the rest of the day until I got a reply, which helped things considerably. Six years ago, I drunkenly e-mailed the words "I love you" to someone. Big mistake, partially because that act led to a relationship, and partially because I didn't mean it.

Alternate poll question:

Does anyone know of a long distance relationship that's worked?

my answer: Several, but the key to each was that the long distance was understood by both parties to be a temporary thing. Two I know of right now are in the "prepare to move closer to one another but haven't done it yet" stage. (Immigration is a pain in the ass.) I've been in one, and it was a very bad idea.

Just curious....

Is that why you were fasting? Poor RT. Did the reply unclench your stomach?

I don't think I've ever left a voicemail or email that I totally regretted. I've had my stomach clench a few times, but not because of something I didn't mean to say and nothing changed the course of a relationship.

I had a long distance relationship about 10 years ago. It didn't work out, but it was a lot of fun (and expensive). I get sick of people easily if they are too close, so maybe that's why it worked well.

My husband and I also lived apart in different cities for a year when we were first married. That went fine as well. A bit of an adjustment when we started living together after, but no big deal.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
"American Idol" hopeful Donnie Williams was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Monday after he allegedly whizzed past a marked police car on Interstate 680 at 100 mph (in his Ford Taurus). The 20-year-old Livermore resident told police he was returning from a party his friends threw him in Pittsburg on Sunday, celebrating that he made the latest cut on the popular television show.


If you watched the Idol last night, you'll see that Donnie's face was not on the list of contestants for next week. He's already been replaced - but I can't remember group 4 well enough to know who is the new person.



http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/cctimes/news/8029860.htm

The most shocking thing about this story is that he got his Taurus to hit 100 mph.

He was replaced with George Huff, the guy that was cut in the earlier round b/c the judges thought he looked too old. The reason this is weird is b/c the judges had already picked 4 alternates in case anything happened to the 32 finalists (after Frenchie and Cory last year, they learned their lesson) but George wasn't one of the four alternates.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Can you hear me now?
Where you get one of those badboys? (please don't tell me an ethnic store!)

If white people are an ethnicity, Amazon counts as an ethnic store.



And when you're done cooking rice, it's handy for storing Walt Disney's cryogenically preserved head.

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