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The Gonster is a fusion (though not literally, if made right) of Guinness and Monster. The Every Sauce is a blend of 14 sauces. Someone has created a new frontier in Midwestern excellence. But have you ever mixed two (or more) drinks, or ingredients, or foods, and created something delicious? Or, perhaps not quite delicious? ... Or write about whatever is on your mind, in your heart, on your plate or in your journal, because this is your weekly free thread. [Most lastly-ist] Bonus: over on MetaTalk, you can stuff your cheeks with CakeTalk...
Take an appropriately decadently sized knob of butter. Toss it into a pan you've been preheating on medium.
When the butter sounds active, toss in four Hot Tamale Peeps. Turn the heat to medium-high. When the peeps start to melt, add a half shooter bottle of Fireball or to taste.
(Tip: The Fireball is less embarrassing to buy if you buy one tiny bottle.)
Do the thing to your pan that you do to make the flambe happen. Make uncomfortably prolonged eye contact with a guest while it burns.
When the fire is out, serve one peep and a portion of the Fireball/butter sauce over vanilla ice cream.
posted by She Vaped An Entire Sock! at 12:25 AM on July 15 [7 favorites]
When the butter sounds active, toss in four Hot Tamale Peeps. Turn the heat to medium-high. When the peeps start to melt, add a half shooter bottle of Fireball or to taste.
(Tip: The Fireball is less embarrassing to buy if you buy one tiny bottle.)
Do the thing to your pan that you do to make the flambe happen. Make uncomfortably prolonged eye contact with a guest while it burns.
When the fire is out, serve one peep and a portion of the Fireball/butter sauce over vanilla ice cream.
posted by She Vaped An Entire Sock! at 12:25 AM on July 15 [7 favorites]
My greatest culinary achievement must be inventing the cotton candy wrapped caramel apple. Tooth meltingly sweet. A dental nightmare with some bona fide nutritional value in the center. A real innovation in the classic state fair tradition, served - how else? - on a stick.
Does require a willing accomplice at the cotton candy booth, though.
posted by VelveteenBabbitt at 12:26 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Does require a willing accomplice at the cotton candy booth, though.
posted by VelveteenBabbitt at 12:26 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
The Gonster is legit a crime against humanity. And based on r/Gonster requires you to absolutely squiff pouring the Guinness - they're mostly either half head, or no head. Nothing about this is okay.
posted by Dysk at 12:27 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
posted by Dysk at 12:27 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
The Every Sauce does, perhaps, answer the question posed by a classmate in school, back in the 1980s. "What do you get if you mix together all the things you eat? What does it look like?"
Beige. Just, beige.
posted by Wordshore at 12:50 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Beige. Just, beige.
posted by Wordshore at 12:50 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
🌈
posted by HearHere at 3:18 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
posted by HearHere at 3:18 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Heinz Every Sauce? In a sane world, that would have remained a sick joke. It looks like a bottle of InstaPuke™ to me.
They could just as well have mashed up all sorts of food known to man and called it EveryFood.
posted by Termite at 3:29 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
They could just as well have mashed up all sorts of food known to man and called it EveryFood.
posted by Termite at 3:29 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Carrying this over from the last free thread:
Three scoops of cucumber sorbet + some Pimms No. 1 + lemon soda = the Pimms Slushie.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:38 AM on July 15 [5 favorites]
Three scoops of cucumber sorbet + some Pimms No. 1 + lemon soda = the Pimms Slushie.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:38 AM on July 15 [5 favorites]
Nice!! I've made Pimms Sorbet with pimms/lemon juice/sugar/water/mint leaves, but cucumber sounds like a great addition.
Gin and tonic sorbet is also a boon in the summer months:
Gin and tonic sorbet:
2 cups/500ml tonic water (try and find one without sweetener)
1 or 2 shots gin
Zest a lime, cut it in half and use the juice of one half
A few ripped up mint leaves
Somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 cup sugar
(Sugar content: any sorbet mixture should taste a bit *too* sweet before freezing. When frozen it will be perfect. Sugar, like alcohol, delays freezing so you get smaller ice crystals and better texture.)
Stir till sugar dissolves
Chill in fridge till cold
Freeze using 15 year old ice cream maker that miraculously still works
Or: pour into container, put in freezer, stir with a fork every half hour until you are bored
posted by Pallas Athena at 3:58 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
Gin and tonic sorbet is also a boon in the summer months:
Gin and tonic sorbet:
2 cups/500ml tonic water (try and find one without sweetener)
1 or 2 shots gin
Zest a lime, cut it in half and use the juice of one half
A few ripped up mint leaves
Somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 cup sugar
(Sugar content: any sorbet mixture should taste a bit *too* sweet before freezing. When frozen it will be perfect. Sugar, like alcohol, delays freezing so you get smaller ice crystals and better texture.)
Stir till sugar dissolves
Chill in fridge till cold
Freeze using 15 year old ice cream maker that miraculously still works
Or: pour into container, put in freezer, stir with a fork every half hour until you are bored
posted by Pallas Athena at 3:58 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
Oh, hang on, you've reminded me I have an ice cream experiment yet to conduct. This is a recipe I found buried in one of my cookbooks: coconut milk, pineapple juice, sweetened condensed milk, and grated zucchini.
Eating through some of the existing ice cream in the freezer before I try mixing this thing up.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:12 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Eating through some of the existing ice cream in the freezer before I try mixing this thing up.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:12 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
This is a recipe I found buried in one of my cookbooks: coconut milk, pineapple juice, sweetened condensed milk, and grated zucchini.
This sounds pretty solid, but then again I'm the guy who is well known for eating hot dogs out of trash cans and shit, so my culinary choices might not match yours.
Edit: word choice, I am not Divine. Hot dogs out of trash cans and other such things.
posted by Literaryhero at 4:14 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
This sounds pretty solid, but then again I'm the guy who is well known for eating hot dogs out of trash cans and shit, so my culinary choices might not match yours.
Edit: word choice, I am not Divine. Hot dogs out of trash cans and other such things.
posted by Literaryhero at 4:14 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
I got a big jar of double roasted tahini when I was in Turkey.
Some baked apple, a nartjie (tangerine) and some tahini is just delicious.
posted by Zumbador at 4:19 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Some baked apple, a nartjie (tangerine) and some tahini is just delicious.
posted by Zumbador at 4:19 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Cranberry juice + Margarita mix + Tequila + Vodka = Cape Cod Margarita
Lentil soup + Steakhouse chili + Caserecce pasta = Lighthouse Mulligatawny
Sliced almonds + Sliced Strawberries + Mixed Greens + Oil & vinegar dressing + Honey = Vinaigrette Strawberry Salad
posted by valkane at 4:46 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Lentil soup + Steakhouse chili + Caserecce pasta = Lighthouse Mulligatawny
Sliced almonds + Sliced Strawberries + Mixed Greens + Oil & vinegar dressing + Honey = Vinaigrette Strawberry Salad
posted by valkane at 4:46 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
oh, one more:
Garlic noodles + Egg + Parmesan cheese = San Francisco Omelette
posted by valkane at 4:52 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Garlic noodles + Egg + Parmesan cheese = San Francisco Omelette
posted by valkane at 4:52 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
The banana curry pizza (peanuts, bananas, chicken, pineapple and curry powder), found in Sweden, has been mentioned before on MetaFilter. I've tried it, and made it, and it's fine. Actually better than fine.
Some variations of gin and tea are really good for cooling down in a heatwave.
posted by Wordshore at 4:54 AM on July 15
Some variations of gin and tea are really good for cooling down in a heatwave.
posted by Wordshore at 4:54 AM on July 15
So, for things you can't launder, what gets rid of cigarette stink? This is a serious question.
We are temporarily storing some things that are contaminated by this noxious, toxic stench (after only two weeks exposure!!!!) and it's killing us. My partner slept with a mask on their face. It's a miasma of fume, creeping out of the little pile of things, prowling through our tiny condo, offending, nauseating, disgusting, revolting.
I might just wrap the computer and monitors in big garbage bags, everything else will get go in Rubbermaid tubs, but there's some stuff that just won't fit, like a computer chair. Is Febreeze really the shit? I'll pay money to make this smell go away.
posted by seanmpuckett at 4:58 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
We are temporarily storing some things that are contaminated by this noxious, toxic stench (after only two weeks exposure!!!!) and it's killing us. My partner slept with a mask on their face. It's a miasma of fume, creeping out of the little pile of things, prowling through our tiny condo, offending, nauseating, disgusting, revolting.
I might just wrap the computer and monitors in big garbage bags, everything else will get go in Rubbermaid tubs, but there's some stuff that just won't fit, like a computer chair. Is Febreeze really the shit? I'll pay money to make this smell go away.
posted by seanmpuckett at 4:58 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Now the fun starts in the USA. It actually started with Ronald Reagan. I will try to avoid TV news and bury my head in the sand. I will listen to more music and read.
posted by DJZouke at 5:02 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
posted by DJZouke at 5:02 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I should put that in Ask. Going to do that.
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:16 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:16 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Didn't Canada already come up with All-Dressed potato chips, which is the same idea (more or less) as Every Sauce? And I'm also kind of amused that Every Sauce incorporates a couple of pre-existing Frankensauces, mayoracha and mayomust. Of course, I'm going to try it.
Also, "deep-frying" ranch (which seems like some sort of fritter with a ranch filling) leads me to speculate about the inevitable day when a pale-faced underling approaches the Minister of Deep-Frying at one of these state fairs and shakily announces, "Sir, the day has come. We have literally deep-fried everything."
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:25 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
Also, "deep-frying" ranch (which seems like some sort of fritter with a ranch filling) leads me to speculate about the inevitable day when a pale-faced underling approaches the Minister of Deep-Frying at one of these state fairs and shakily announces, "Sir, the day has come. We have literally deep-fried everything."
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:25 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
Last night I wrapped cheese sticks in romaine lettuce leaves, dipped them in mayomust. It's good.
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:27 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:27 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Pickle jar water + soda water + booze (vodka or gin are best) delight!
posted by djseafood at 5:34 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
posted by djseafood at 5:34 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
Pickle juice is also a refreshing drink (in relatively small amounts) on a hot day. I've even had frozen pickle juice pops.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:10 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:10 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Curry chicken burritos are a thing. In my house, anyway.
posted by Thorzdad at 6:10 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
posted by Thorzdad at 6:10 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Curry chicken burritos are a thing. In my house, anyway.
I'll see your curry chicken burrito and raise you a butter chicken calzone.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 6:44 AM on July 15 [5 favorites]
I'll see your curry chicken burrito and raise you a butter chicken calzone.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 6:44 AM on July 15 [5 favorites]
The Every Sauce is a blend of 14 sauces.
I don't think there were quite as many as 14 of them, but once I was tired of looking at all the little sauce containers from takeout we had in our fridge after having eaten the leftovers that the sauces were for, so I threw them all together in a pot with some beans. Mexican restaurant salsa-y sauces, Indian restaurant curry-y/minty sauces, Chinese restaurant soy-y/sweet-and-sour-y sauces.
The result was weirdly just ... fine. Not amazing. Not terrible. Just beans that had definitely been seasoned - they weren't bland - but there was absolutely nothing remarkable about the flavor.
posted by solotoro at 7:11 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
I don't think there were quite as many as 14 of them, but once I was tired of looking at all the little sauce containers from takeout we had in our fridge after having eaten the leftovers that the sauces were for, so I threw them all together in a pot with some beans. Mexican restaurant salsa-y sauces, Indian restaurant curry-y/minty sauces, Chinese restaurant soy-y/sweet-and-sour-y sauces.
The result was weirdly just ... fine. Not amazing. Not terrible. Just beans that had definitely been seasoned - they weren't bland - but there was absolutely nothing remarkable about the flavor.
posted by solotoro at 7:11 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
This is a recipe I found buried in one of my cookbooks: coconut milk, pineapple juice, sweetened condensed milk, and grated zucchini.
I keep seeing TikToks that allege you can use frozen zucchini in place of frozen banana when making smoothies or ice cream. Supposedly provides that slightly sweet creaminess, but without the...banana-ness. I haven't yet tried it myself, but would be interested to hear if it 'actually' works/is good!
posted by csox at 7:18 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I keep seeing TikToks that allege you can use frozen zucchini in place of frozen banana when making smoothies or ice cream. Supposedly provides that slightly sweet creaminess, but without the...banana-ness. I haven't yet tried it myself, but would be interested to hear if it 'actually' works/is good!
posted by csox at 7:18 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Now the fun starts in the USA. It actually started with Ronald Reagan. I will try to avoid TV news and bury my head in the sand. I will listen to more music and read.
Same here. Lots of books. Lots of music. One of my good friends is attending as many concerts as possible between now and November as her way of coping.
My contribution to cooking over the weekend was during prep for a bridal shower, when I stopped my MIL from putting more mayo in the various mayo-based salads (macaroni, potato, tuna, chicken). The salads in question were already prepared, covered and on the table and guests were scheduled to arrive at any moment.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 7:34 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Same here. Lots of books. Lots of music. One of my good friends is attending as many concerts as possible between now and November as her way of coping.
My contribution to cooking over the weekend was during prep for a bridal shower, when I stopped my MIL from putting more mayo in the various mayo-based salads (macaroni, potato, tuna, chicken). The salads in question were already prepared, covered and on the table and guests were scheduled to arrive at any moment.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 7:34 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
This is not actually a huge culinary twist, but I love it and most people I know are horrified: peanut butter and jelly on pumpernickel. That's what I ate growing up, and to me it's comfort food.
When I was a kid I put salad dressing on my rice. I still do, occasionally. (Has to be a non-creamy variety like Italian or Greek, though.) I don't make anyone else eat it.
posted by rednikki at 7:37 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
When I was a kid I put salad dressing on my rice. I still do, occasionally. (Has to be a non-creamy variety like Italian or Greek, though.) I don't make anyone else eat it.
posted by rednikki at 7:37 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
When I was young and finally of legal age, I was also trying to lose weight and drinking a lot of Crystal Lite. I started using it as a mixer. One day I was like "why am I diluting my vodka with water? It's very inefficient" And just added the Crystal Lite powder directly to the bottle.
It was more effective, but really gross.
In other news, back in Monterey for one last (hopefully) house cleaning push before turning it over to the estate sale people. This time we found, buried at the bottom of a box of garbage jewelry, what looks like a bronze arrowhead a long with documentation that says it's from a Macedonian gravesite dated to ~325 B.C. It's pretty crazy, and makes me wonder about all the other things that my mother and grandmother got rid of after my grandfather died.
posted by Gorgik at 7:41 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
It was more effective, but really gross.
In other news, back in Monterey for one last (hopefully) house cleaning push before turning it over to the estate sale people. This time we found, buried at the bottom of a box of garbage jewelry, what looks like a bronze arrowhead a long with documentation that says it's from a Macedonian gravesite dated to ~325 B.C. It's pretty crazy, and makes me wonder about all the other things that my mother and grandmother got rid of after my grandfather died.
posted by Gorgik at 7:41 AM on July 15 [4 favorites]
My kids quite like Mang Tomas All Purpose Sauce, a sauce from the Philippines. It is, as the name suggests, pretty good with all things.
posted by pipeski at 7:56 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
posted by pipeski at 7:56 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Why is it so hard to give away nice free stuff I swear to god next time I am just throwing everything into a dumpster and setting it on fire
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:37 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:37 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
One of my favorite memories of Japan is of ordering drinks at an izakaya and our guide being utterly dumbfounded by one of the menu items being "mint beer." "Minto birru? Honto desu ka???" (mint beer? really???)
So add a shot of green creme de menthe to your pint of Sapporo, it's delicious.
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 8:45 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
So add a shot of green creme de menthe to your pint of Sapporo, it's delicious.
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 8:45 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
When I was a kid I put salad dressing on my rice. I still do, occasionally. (Has to be a non-creamy variety like Italian or Greek, though.) I don't make anyone else eat it.
Just call it a grain bowl and nobody will bat an eyelash.
posted by solotoro at 8:51 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
Just call it a grain bowl and nobody will bat an eyelash.
posted by solotoro at 8:51 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
Gorgik, I tried the same with knock-off Kool Aid powder. Vodka. Cherry flavored powder. Mix and serve in a cereal bowl. Top with marshmallows. It was not a successful experiment.
posted by downtohisturtles at 8:53 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by downtohisturtles at 8:53 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
My mom is the duchess of unexpected combinations. She once made pho broth from scratch, looked around the kitchen and realized she didn't have any rice noodles but that she did have penne pasta and so.... penne pho!
p.s. I mixed powdered Tang with vodka ONCE as an underage youth. Terrible terrible idea.
posted by spamandkimchi at 9:06 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
p.s. I mixed powdered Tang with vodka ONCE as an underage youth. Terrible terrible idea.
posted by spamandkimchi at 9:06 AM on July 15 [3 favorites]
also it should be an actual federal crime to post a photo of your middle aged girlfriend hunched over a laptop in a dim room with no makeup and no bra and unwashed hair on the internet. I'm sorry, I love my partner but he needs to go straight to prison now. He has only the best of intentions but I cannot ever face any of our friends again and would like to disintegrate immediately into the finest dust imaginable.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 10:08 AM on July 15 [13 favorites]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 10:08 AM on July 15 [13 favorites]
I make Door Sauce, which is either bbq sauce or salad dressing as needed-- grab 4 or more things from the fridge door.
posted by winesong at 10:13 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by winesong at 10:13 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Cilantro milkshake.
posted by surlyben at 10:15 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
posted by surlyben at 10:15 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Most years in January I convert a crate of Seville oranges into marmalade. We have A lot of marmalade. I had to cook some lamb chunks a couple of months ago and, inter alia, I dumped in a big spoonful of dark low-sugar marmalade. Would do again,
posted by BobTheScientist at 10:21 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by BobTheScientist at 10:21 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
... peanut butter and jelly on pumpernickel. That's what I ate growing up, and to me it's comfort food.
Sounds delish!
My dad did a daily brownbag lunch of peanutbutter and mayonnaise. It’s actually not bad, in a weird sort of way.
posted by Thorzdad at 10:44 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Sounds delish!
My dad did a daily brownbag lunch of peanutbutter and mayonnaise. It’s actually not bad, in a weird sort of way.
posted by Thorzdad at 10:44 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Fry Sauce, beloved in the PNW and new and risible to me when I moved here, is just ketchup and mayonnaise mixed. I love it so much now, I never want fries without it.
In non mix news, I took my house off the market because it did not sell. I am not alone - in the six years I have lived here, I have never seen this many homes on the market. If you want to buy a house on the Oregon coast, now is probably your time. I am bummed out because when this house sold we were all going to move into a big triplex with three individual units so I would never have to share a kitchen again and that was going to make me really happy. But now instead we all get to stay in the very small house: me, my two adult kids, my three year old granddaughter and the dog. Send vodka. I won't mix it with Emergen-C, because I've been there, done that and burned the t-shirt.
The three year old granddaughter is however mostly a delight. This weekend she had a bad dream about bees and was telling me "There were bees! In our home! In the living room!" and I said, "How many bees?" She looked at me and answered seriously, "All of them."
posted by mygothlaundry at 10:52 AM on July 15 [8 favorites]
In non mix news, I took my house off the market because it did not sell. I am not alone - in the six years I have lived here, I have never seen this many homes on the market. If you want to buy a house on the Oregon coast, now is probably your time. I am bummed out because when this house sold we were all going to move into a big triplex with three individual units so I would never have to share a kitchen again and that was going to make me really happy. But now instead we all get to stay in the very small house: me, my two adult kids, my three year old granddaughter and the dog. Send vodka. I won't mix it with Emergen-C, because I've been there, done that and burned the t-shirt.
The three year old granddaughter is however mostly a delight. This weekend she had a bad dream about bees and was telling me "There were bees! In our home! In the living room!" and I said, "How many bees?" She looked at me and answered seriously, "All of them."
posted by mygothlaundry at 10:52 AM on July 15 [8 favorites]
I buy a bottle* of orange juice and a bottle of grapefruit juice, then using the previous empty (cleaned) bottle as an intermediary I mix the two juices half and half in the two just-bought bottles. The orange juice softens the edge of the grapefruit juice a bit, while at the same time the grapefruit juice cuts the cloying sweetness of the orange juice.
I pour a big glass of the resulting very tasty juice (orangefruit? graperange?) on weekend mornings to sip while I kick my feet up, peruse the morning internet, and leisurely gather the energy to make a real breakfast.
* They used to be 64 oz (1.9 l) once upon a time, now they're down to 52 oz (1.5 l). Thanks a lot, shrinkflation...
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:06 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I pour a big glass of the resulting very tasty juice (orangefruit? graperange?) on weekend mornings to sip while I kick my feet up, peruse the morning internet, and leisurely gather the energy to make a real breakfast.
* They used to be 64 oz (1.9 l) once upon a time, now they're down to 52 oz (1.5 l). Thanks a lot, shrinkflation...
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:06 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Three scoops of cucumber sorbet + some Pimms No. 1 + lemon soda = the Pimms Slushie.
Similarly reiterating the joys of lemon ginger sorbet (partially melted) and gin, in roughly equal portions. Or to taste, whatever, I'm not a cop.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:13 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Similarly reiterating the joys of lemon ginger sorbet (partially melted) and gin, in roughly equal portions. Or to taste, whatever, I'm not a cop.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:13 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
dipped them in mayomust
There's ,n to be a less unappetizing name for that.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:22 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
There's ,n to be a less unappetizing name for that.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:22 AM on July 15 [1 favorite]
penne pho!
Next time you eat that with her, ask "Penne pho your thoughts..."
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:23 AM on July 15 [5 favorites]
Next time you eat that with her, ask "Penne pho your thoughts..."
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:23 AM on July 15 [5 favorites]
How about Golden Harmony, instead of mayomust.
posted by seanmpuckett at 11:24 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 11:24 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
There's ,n to be
Not sure how "got" turned into ",n" ... surely that's some sort of typo record.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:26 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Not sure how "got" turned into ",n" ... surely that's some sort of typo record.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:26 AM on July 15 [2 favorites]
Pickle juice is also a refreshing drink (in relatively small amounts) on a hot day. I've even had frozen pickle juice pops.
That can be very helpful out here in the desert for hikers/cyclists/runners when it's hot out. I actually took a small pack o' pickles on my bike ride up the mountain yesterday. It was a lil saltier than I wanted but my legs felt great after I was done. In the village of Supai, which is eight miles from the nearest parking lot (it's the village near Havasu Falls which you have likely seen online somewhere, hundreds of hikers a day) there's a small store that sells pickles as well as kool-aid pickles. Both are very big sellers.
I'm so done with this heat but we still have a couple of months to go. Plus the news is all of a sudden very loud again after this weekend. I woulda gone camping this weekend away from all the noise but I wasn't able to get out there. The flip side of this heat, though, is once we get past it we get eight months of good to great weather. Until then, I'll have to keep getting up super early to get bike rides in. Yesterday's ride was another hard one, but for the first time in a year and a half I felt like I was actually getting stronger, so there's that. I should do more "not so hard" rides that are maybe longer but not as hilly but I'm stubborn like that.
posted by azpenguin at 12:24 PM on July 15 [2 favorites]
That can be very helpful out here in the desert for hikers/cyclists/runners when it's hot out. I actually took a small pack o' pickles on my bike ride up the mountain yesterday. It was a lil saltier than I wanted but my legs felt great after I was done. In the village of Supai, which is eight miles from the nearest parking lot (it's the village near Havasu Falls which you have likely seen online somewhere, hundreds of hikers a day) there's a small store that sells pickles as well as kool-aid pickles. Both are very big sellers.
I'm so done with this heat but we still have a couple of months to go. Plus the news is all of a sudden very loud again after this weekend. I woulda gone camping this weekend away from all the noise but I wasn't able to get out there. The flip side of this heat, though, is once we get past it we get eight months of good to great weather. Until then, I'll have to keep getting up super early to get bike rides in. Yesterday's ride was another hard one, but for the first time in a year and a half I felt like I was actually getting stronger, so there's that. I should do more "not so hard" rides that are maybe longer but not as hilly but I'm stubborn like that.
posted by azpenguin at 12:24 PM on July 15 [2 favorites]
,n looks like one of those operators where ,2 = 1 and ,,2 can’t be computed before the heat death of the universe.
I have successfully lobbied to pick up takeout chicken with breadfruit tostones, and soon all shall be good, at least on the culinary front, whatever sauces there might be in the fridge.
posted by mubba at 3:23 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I have successfully lobbied to pick up takeout chicken with breadfruit tostones, and soon all shall be good, at least on the culinary front, whatever sauces there might be in the fridge.
posted by mubba at 3:23 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
This is not my sauce, but Halifax Donair sauce — garlic powder, white vinegar, sweetened condensed milk — works. It's curiously sticky, but on donair, it's amazing.
My only personal culinary unexpected blend is sweet BBQ sauce on sugar cookies. Looks revolting, tastes heavenbly.
posted by scruss at 3:44 PM on July 15 [2 favorites]
My only personal culinary unexpected blend is sweet BBQ sauce on sugar cookies. Looks revolting, tastes heavenbly.
posted by scruss at 3:44 PM on July 15 [2 favorites]
In the town where I used to live there was a BBQ restaurant that had a daily baby back rib special that was usually offered with a glaze consisting of a fruit component and a spicy component. My favorite was the blueberry chipotle, and I experimented with various recipes trying to replicate that sauce for my own smoked ribs, until I realized I could get pretty darn close by adding (thawed) frozen blueberries and canned chipotles to store-bought BBQ sauce. I throw the sauce and chipotles in a blender and add blueberries until it tastes balanced.
After the ribs are thoroughly smoked and at about 190°F internal temp I'll brush on some of the sauce then crank up the smoker to its max temp (275°) for 15 minutes or so. Alternatively after the ribs are smoked I'll let them chill in the fridge overnight then reheat and glaze them in the oven. Either way they come out tender, juicy, and just the right blend of sweet/smoky/savory. Yum.
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:23 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
After the ribs are thoroughly smoked and at about 190°F internal temp I'll brush on some of the sauce then crank up the smoker to its max temp (275°) for 15 minutes or so. Alternatively after the ribs are smoked I'll let them chill in the fridge overnight then reheat and glaze them in the oven. Either way they come out tender, juicy, and just the right blend of sweet/smoky/savory. Yum.
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:23 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
Pickle jar water
I use bread and butter pickle juice instead of lemon juice when I make remoulade; it gives it an extra zing!
posted by valkane at 4:27 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I use bread and butter pickle juice instead of lemon juice when I make remoulade; it gives it an extra zing!
posted by valkane at 4:27 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
As a kid I would take hot dog bun, hot dog and slop on mashed potatoes before the ketchup). It was pretty good.
I used to joke about a "Nacho Cheese Sundae" and "Chicken Bacon Ranch Soda" (which I think now exists).
*just stoner things* (well. the latter. I wasn't a stoner as a kid doing that stuff).
Disappointed in the deep fried ranch not having a side of ranch to dunk it in though.
posted by symbioid at 5:27 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I used to joke about a "Nacho Cheese Sundae" and "Chicken Bacon Ranch Soda" (which I think now exists).
*just stoner things* (well. the latter. I wasn't a stoner as a kid doing that stuff).
Disappointed in the deep fried ranch not having a side of ranch to dunk it in though.
posted by symbioid at 5:27 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
My latest everything sauce is:
mostly mayo (even better if it's Kewpie)
some mustard
some soy sauce
little sriracha
posted by honey badger at 5:34 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
mostly mayo (even better if it's Kewpie)
some mustard
some soy sauce
little sriracha
posted by honey badger at 5:34 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I’m feeling utterly demoralized after the news over the past couple of days. Spouse and I purchased two maple saplings over the weekend. We planted the first one this evening. I’m trying hard to find hope in something that will get big and beautiful over time.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:49 PM on July 15 [5 favorites]
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:49 PM on July 15 [5 favorites]
As a kid I would take hot dog bun, hot dog and slop on mashed potatoes before the ketchup). It was pretty good.
I'm excited to be the person that gets to tell you about Swedish hotdogs. Mashed potato and prawn mayo.
posted by Dysk at 6:10 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
I'm excited to be the person that gets to tell you about Swedish hotdogs. Mashed potato and prawn mayo.
posted by Dysk at 6:10 PM on July 15 [1 favorite]
We mix horseradish paste and ranch to make a sauce for dipping grilled sausages, spinach pies, etc.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:50 AM on July 16 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:50 AM on July 16 [1 favorite]
I see it as my job, my duty, my calling, my delight to be 'happy' - no matter what. This is not about being in denial. It is not to pretend that the world is a better place than it is. It is not polishing turds and calling them bratworst. It is not a mad lurch to hyper positivity. But it is about perspective and keeping the focus on what I can change, how I can help, what I can like and enjoy.
Here's an example. My daughter is having a terribly difficult time right now. I could worry but I will not. I resist the temptation to worry. She knows I am here. She knows I will help with my time, advice and any money I've got. She knows I love her to bits. So I do what I can today, send her a morning's greeting, check in, make myself available. Then I leave it. Sitting around on my own worrying about her does neither of us any good. Far better to have a cracking day and tell her all about it in a fun and lively message.
This is not to eschew political action. Of course I must act. But here too, perspective is everything; do what I can, do what I will then leave it. Despair and frustration are tempting but they don't help. The more Trumps and Vances and Putins and Orbans there are, the more it becomes me to make the very best of my own world and be a not-Trump, a not-Putin in my dealings with those who cross my path. Breathe deep, gather myself, return to centre and shine today's pearls. It's my way. It may not be yours and I respect that.
posted by dutchrick at 1:36 AM on July 16 [8 favorites]
Here's an example. My daughter is having a terribly difficult time right now. I could worry but I will not. I resist the temptation to worry. She knows I am here. She knows I will help with my time, advice and any money I've got. She knows I love her to bits. So I do what I can today, send her a morning's greeting, check in, make myself available. Then I leave it. Sitting around on my own worrying about her does neither of us any good. Far better to have a cracking day and tell her all about it in a fun and lively message.
This is not to eschew political action. Of course I must act. But here too, perspective is everything; do what I can, do what I will then leave it. Despair and frustration are tempting but they don't help. The more Trumps and Vances and Putins and Orbans there are, the more it becomes me to make the very best of my own world and be a not-Trump, a not-Putin in my dealings with those who cross my path. Breathe deep, gather myself, return to centre and shine today's pearls. It's my way. It may not be yours and I respect that.
posted by dutchrick at 1:36 AM on July 16 [8 favorites]
A pita with fried meat strips (like döner kebap or shawarma), topped not with the usual garlic sauce but with sweet chili sauce. Mmmm…
posted by demi-octopus at 1:54 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
posted by demi-octopus at 1:54 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
Yesterday, we went to The Merry Cemetery in Săpânța, Romania. It's pretty cool. Here are a bunch of photos.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:32 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:32 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
I feel I must celebrate or...something? This is a new record for me. I'm on hold for South African Revenue Service and they just told me that I'm number 1281 in the queue.
posted by Zumbador at 2:40 AM on July 16 [3 favorites]
posted by Zumbador at 2:40 AM on July 16 [3 favorites]
Haha. Sounds like there will be no need to rush to make your decision to celebrate or not, Zumbador. Is there any 800 page novel you did not get round to reading (or writing!)? This could be the time.
posted by dutchrick at 2:48 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
posted by dutchrick at 2:48 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
Re fried ranch dressing:
I appreciate their ability to get to the point.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 4:01 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
I appreciate their ability to get to the point.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 4:01 AM on July 16 [2 favorites]
Re fried ranch dressing
Wait wait wait. Here’s an idea. Refried ranch dressing!
posted by notoriety public at 2:03 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
Wait wait wait. Here’s an idea. Refried ranch dressing!
posted by notoriety public at 2:03 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
not sauce/condiment related, but: the owls are back!
posted by scruss at 2:26 PM on July 16 [3 favorites]
posted by scruss at 2:26 PM on July 16 [3 favorites]
Yesterday my sister and partner and I were at a Shoppers and saw some of the new-to-me limited edition Late Night Sizzlin Cheese Burger Doritos on an endcap. I read the name out to my sister and laughed and said our species deserves to go extinct, and so then she insisted on us buying them. They had nailed the flavour: they tasted exactly like a really bad late night burger. Oh, man, they were absolutely vile.
posted by joannemerriam at 2:32 PM on July 16 [5 favorites]
posted by joannemerriam at 2:32 PM on July 16 [5 favorites]
dutchrick, thank you. I needed to read that today.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 4:28 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 4:28 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
Late Night Sizzlin Cheese Burger Doritos
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what
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:07 PM on July 16 [4 favorites]
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what
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:07 PM on July 16 [4 favorites]
We are in a golden age of outré and baroque chip flavors. I just pierogi flavored Herr's last week. They were not bad at all.
posted by mollweide at 5:10 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
posted by mollweide at 5:10 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
Actually, though, this reminds me of the thing that's happened both times I've tried Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray tonic.
It's something on the menu at Katz's, and both times I've had the following thoughts about it:
UPON READING IT ON THE MENU: "Oh wait, yeah. Celery in soda form. Lemme try that."
UPON THE FIRST SIP OR TWO: "holy crap, yeah, this really is celery in soda form. Wow."
AFTER ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE CAN: "....on second thought, I don't think that celery should exist in soda form."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:12 PM on July 16 [5 favorites]
It's something on the menu at Katz's, and both times I've had the following thoughts about it:
UPON READING IT ON THE MENU: "Oh wait, yeah. Celery in soda form. Lemme try that."
UPON THE FIRST SIP OR TWO: "holy crap, yeah, this really is celery in soda form. Wow."
AFTER ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE CAN: "....on second thought, I don't think that celery should exist in soda form."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:12 PM on July 16 [5 favorites]
Tesco's sold spiced rum and cocoa (or maybe it was even chocolate?) flavoured crisps a few (or maybe closer to ten, now...) years ago. I got a bag. I don't think I've ever tried a worse food product, and I'm the kind of person who buys a bag of crisps with spiced rum and cocoa flavour - I've tried a lot of wild and terrible things.
posted by Dysk at 5:12 PM on July 16 [1 favorite]
posted by Dysk at 5:12 PM on July 16 [1 favorite]
Okay, so coffee flavored Doritos are apparently a thing now too.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:24 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:24 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
I do not want crunchy coffee. That is in fact the opposite of the sort of attribute I want in my coffee.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:40 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:40 PM on July 16 [2 favorites]
"....on second thought, I don't think that celery should exist in soda form."
Fortunately, thou art Empress in name only. Cel-Ray is delicious, and I’m glad it still exists.
posted by zamboni at 3:59 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
Fortunately, thou art Empress in name only. Cel-Ray is delicious, and I’m glad it still exists.
posted by zamboni at 3:59 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
Cel-Ray is delicious, and I’m glad it still exists.
I can only wish you a long life in which to enjoy it.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:13 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
I can only wish you a long life in which to enjoy it.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:13 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
My kids quite like Mang Tomas All Purpose Sauce, a sauce from the Philippines
What I remember from the Philippines was the ever present patis.
Which is a fermented fish sauce.
It was everywhere.
--
Yesterday Toronto got 100mm of rain at the airport
Some flooding. Zero visibilty.
Not a lot of fun. Hate driving when all the traffic lights are out.
Some video here
posted by yyz at 6:50 AM on July 17 [3 favorites]
What I remember from the Philippines was the ever present patis.
Which is a fermented fish sauce.
It was everywhere.
--
Yesterday Toronto got 100mm of rain at the airport
Some flooding. Zero visibilty.
Not a lot of fun. Hate driving when all the traffic lights are out.
Some video here
posted by yyz at 6:50 AM on July 17 [3 favorites]
Yeah, the rain yesterday was no fun. Some places in Etobicoke still have no power. The GO trains were extra messed up.
Yesterday I learned that some houses have 24/7 sump pumps, so the combination of no power + heavy rain = basement flooding right up to drywall level. So, complete reno of basement required.
posted by scruss at 7:56 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
Yesterday I learned that some houses have 24/7 sump pumps, so the combination of no power + heavy rain = basement flooding right up to drywall level. So, complete reno of basement required.
posted by scruss at 7:56 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
Yesterday I learned that some houses have 24/7 sump pumps, so the combination of no power + heavy rain = basement flooding right up to drywall level.
That is a big oof, sympathies for anyone in that position.
It doesn't seem like a particularly tenable long term solution though, because of situations precisely like this. Is it bad housebuilding? Unsuitable sites being used anyway? It just seems like a terrible idea to build somewhere that needs a pump running constantly to not flood. Obviously that doesn't help anyone who's already in that situation, but how does it come about in the first place?
posted by Dysk at 8:36 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
That is a big oof, sympathies for anyone in that position.
It doesn't seem like a particularly tenable long term solution though, because of situations precisely like this. Is it bad housebuilding? Unsuitable sites being used anyway? It just seems like a terrible idea to build somewhere that needs a pump running constantly to not flood. Obviously that doesn't help anyone who's already in that situation, but how does it come about in the first place?
posted by Dysk at 8:36 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
The unique flavor was created to help Aussies get over the "3 PM slump" (the time coffee shops in the country typically close their doors).
The hell, Australia. How do you stay awake after that? Get a cassowary to chase you?
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:21 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
The hell, Australia. How do you stay awake after that? Get a cassowary to chase you?
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:21 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
→
Seemingly both. Toronto allows a certain %age of a house lot to have building on it. In the old days, that might have 1 or 2 storeys, plus and unfinished basement, and the rest of the lot having a relatively porous garden. Now, a teardown will put 3 storeys + a finished basement and surround it with hard driveway. There's nowhere for the water to go.
So the sump pumps are required, and they even have battery backup. But yesterday was a 100 year flood (we've had two in the last decade or so), and the pump capacity + battery backup were of course never designed for that because that would cost too much. People move very frequently here, and expect a huge uptick in value in their house with just a few years ownership. The housing market is truly fucked up here: the existence of celebrity realtors (that is, people considered celebrities because they are a realtor, not that they do it for celebrities) is a sign that something is very, very sick.
posted by scruss at 9:43 AM on July 17 [4 favorites]
Is it bad housebuilding? Unsuitable sites being used anyway?
Seemingly both. Toronto allows a certain %age of a house lot to have building on it. In the old days, that might have 1 or 2 storeys, plus and unfinished basement, and the rest of the lot having a relatively porous garden. Now, a teardown will put 3 storeys + a finished basement and surround it with hard driveway. There's nowhere for the water to go.
So the sump pumps are required, and they even have battery backup. But yesterday was a 100 year flood (we've had two in the last decade or so), and the pump capacity + battery backup were of course never designed for that because that would cost too much. People move very frequently here, and expect a huge uptick in value in their house with just a few years ownership. The housing market is truly fucked up here: the existence of celebrity realtors (that is, people considered celebrities because they are a realtor, not that they do it for celebrities) is a sign that something is very, very sick.
posted by scruss at 9:43 AM on July 17 [4 favorites]
Meanwhile, I'm sitting here in NYC praying for rain because maybe it will do something about the damn humidity good Lord
We're expecting some later today, with marginally cooler temps tomorrow. I've been lurking indoors for the past 2-3 days not wanting to venture outside lest I melt completely; I'm starting to feel somewhat guilty about that. Fortunately being indoors has made it a little easier to schedule a couple of job interviews, so we'll see what shakes down there.
...And I've realized I probably shouldn't scoff about celery-flavored soda after having scarfed down half a pint of cucumber sorbet last night, and pulled out some grated zucchini to defrost for the next batch of ice cream. I know, it's weird.
But yo, coffee Doritos still sounds weird. I'm not too sure about pierogi potato chips either; granted, that's less weird because some of the time pierogis already have potato in them anyway. It looks like it's a limited-edition that's part of a contest, up against stromboli and cheese ravioli flavored chips.
I also looked into the "Late Night Cheeseburger Doritos" and discovered that it was a limited-edition Japanese flavor. As are clam chowder, black garlic, and camembert Doritos.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:45 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
We're expecting some later today, with marginally cooler temps tomorrow. I've been lurking indoors for the past 2-3 days not wanting to venture outside lest I melt completely; I'm starting to feel somewhat guilty about that. Fortunately being indoors has made it a little easier to schedule a couple of job interviews, so we'll see what shakes down there.
...And I've realized I probably shouldn't scoff about celery-flavored soda after having scarfed down half a pint of cucumber sorbet last night, and pulled out some grated zucchini to defrost for the next batch of ice cream. I know, it's weird.
But yo, coffee Doritos still sounds weird. I'm not too sure about pierogi potato chips either; granted, that's less weird because some of the time pierogis already have potato in them anyway. It looks like it's a limited-edition that's part of a contest, up against stromboli and cheese ravioli flavored chips.
I also looked into the "Late Night Cheeseburger Doritos" and discovered that it was a limited-edition Japanese flavor. As are clam chowder, black garlic, and camembert Doritos.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:45 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
Thanks for taking the time to explain scruss!
As with most problems in most places, it sounds like something that a degree of sensible regulation could fix, but like with just problems in most places, I suspect that's unrealistic in the extant political context.
posted by Dysk at 9:47 AM on July 17 [3 favorites]
As with most problems in most places, it sounds like something that a degree of sensible regulation could fix, but like with just problems in most places, I suspect that's unrealistic in the extant political context.
posted by Dysk at 9:47 AM on July 17 [3 favorites]
Golly, I live on the 9th floor, I'll never suffer from a flood or water damage.
HUBRIS
Was going to head out on an errand, and my entryway was splash-deep in water, the carpet outside in the hall, damp. The actual fuck?!
Wiped up the floor, got out the fan, started drying it. No new water coming in. That's good news.
Checked all my shut-off valves and visible plumbing, no leaks. That's what you do when you find water in strata. Ran the shower for a minute, water didn't come back. So not plumbing in the walls (that I own, at least).
Started unpacking the corner of the entry, found my cloak was wet, so the water had to have come down the wall. Went upstairs to the unit above, the carpet outside their unit is wet. So definitely not my responsibility.
At this point I go to tell the super what's up. (If it's my problem, and not an ongoing leak, I would want to figure out how to fix it before I go to the super.)
Unpacked more of the closet and found a hole in the ceiling where a plaster patch broke thtrough and dumped the water down the wall. Right on top of an electrical box. That's fun. But nothing blew up at least.
There are some people who'd be stomping up and down about insurance claims and replacing drywall in the entry, and maybe I should be, but right now my damage is an easily patched hole and the need to wash some towels and my cloak, which has plaster chalk on it.
I am a little concerned about a minor amount of water getting under our floating floor, but given that I caulk every edge of every room to keep that kind of thing from getting out of hand, and that there's bare concrete under, which can absorb a little water, I may put that worry down too.
This is not how I wanted to spend the day after the last weekend of emergencies and heavy labour: another emergency.
It could be worse! Everything could be ruined! Or on fire! If this is the option, I'll take it.
Anyway, someone else, whose unit was leaking water, as opposed to being leaked on, is having a worse day.
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:59 AM on July 17 [5 favorites]
HUBRIS
Was going to head out on an errand, and my entryway was splash-deep in water, the carpet outside in the hall, damp. The actual fuck?!
Wiped up the floor, got out the fan, started drying it. No new water coming in. That's good news.
Checked all my shut-off valves and visible plumbing, no leaks. That's what you do when you find water in strata. Ran the shower for a minute, water didn't come back. So not plumbing in the walls (that I own, at least).
Started unpacking the corner of the entry, found my cloak was wet, so the water had to have come down the wall. Went upstairs to the unit above, the carpet outside their unit is wet. So definitely not my responsibility.
At this point I go to tell the super what's up. (If it's my problem, and not an ongoing leak, I would want to figure out how to fix it before I go to the super.)
Unpacked more of the closet and found a hole in the ceiling where a plaster patch broke thtrough and dumped the water down the wall. Right on top of an electrical box. That's fun. But nothing blew up at least.
There are some people who'd be stomping up and down about insurance claims and replacing drywall in the entry, and maybe I should be, but right now my damage is an easily patched hole and the need to wash some towels and my cloak, which has plaster chalk on it.
I am a little concerned about a minor amount of water getting under our floating floor, but given that I caulk every edge of every room to keep that kind of thing from getting out of hand, and that there's bare concrete under, which can absorb a little water, I may put that worry down too.
This is not how I wanted to spend the day after the last weekend of emergencies and heavy labour: another emergency.
It could be worse! Everything could be ruined! Or on fire! If this is the option, I'll take it.
Anyway, someone else, whose unit was leaking water, as opposed to being leaked on, is having a worse day.
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:59 AM on July 17 [5 favorites]
Ooh, I would absolutely dive into some black garlic Doritos! Same for stromboli flavored.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:12 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:12 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
Also I almost got successfully phished by someone running a subscription scam with Costco's name on it. I got as far as my credit card number but didn't put in an expiry date or security code so I'm pretty sure it'll be fine, but I'll warn my partner just in case.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:20 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:20 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
As the result of a complete lack of willpower genetic predisposition towards weirdly favored snack food, I tried all of the Herr's potato chip flavors EC mentioned above. The hot stromboli flavor wasn't too bad but the ravioli flavor was a bit too tomato heavy. The pierogi flavor was the clear winner, and had a "this is in an interesting sour cream and onion variant" vibe to it. This makes sense, since serving pierogis (around here at least) involves some combination of onion/cheese/sour cream/butter as ingredients in the cooking process, the pierogis themselves, or on the side.
posted by mollweide at 10:24 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
posted by mollweide at 10:24 AM on July 17 [1 favorite]
It's really cold tonight, there must be snow on the mountain.
I'm sitting in front of the heater with a hot water bottle and one of my rats is doing her best to take my wedding ring off.
posted by Zumbador at 11:59 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
I'm sitting in front of the heater with a hot water bottle and one of my rats is doing her best to take my wedding ring off.
posted by Zumbador at 11:59 AM on July 17 [2 favorites]
I just need to vent, that out of all the negative side effects of the Trump assassination attempt, the most immediately annoying is an out-of-cycle refresh on right wing hate pipeline recommendations: every fucking last onramp to the alt-reich filling my recommendations this week, just absolutely avalanched in WOKE WOMAN DESTROYED shit on Facebook, Youtube, you name it. Weirdly gender-focused hate this time.
As a cishet white techie dude over 40, divorced, who likes games and anime I am used to getting slammed with this every six months. Some cached timeout counters deep in both Google and Meta’s infrastructure expire near-simultaneously, I block & report hate speech 30 times, more or less clear on both platforms for another six months.
The last was two months ago so I’m not due for another four and this one has been absolutely relentless. Subscribed to Philosophy Tube and another 30 blocks and it seems to be dying down but Christ Almighty all I want is to just never ever ever see the names Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, or Joe Rogan *ever again.* It is so fucking telling that there is just no way to make that simple thing happen. Just, like, a comma separated list of blocked strings used to filter what gets recommended. That’s all.
Sorry, I realize this is small beer and people far more vulnerable than me are going to be facing Extremely Real Consequences soon if they haven’t already, but right this second it is one more damn thing that I really, really did not need. I just hate this constant assumption of “someday you’ll give in.” No, I won’t, and fuck you.
posted by Ryvar at 2:39 PM on July 17 [4 favorites]
As a cishet white techie dude over 40, divorced, who likes games and anime I am used to getting slammed with this every six months. Some cached timeout counters deep in both Google and Meta’s infrastructure expire near-simultaneously, I block & report hate speech 30 times, more or less clear on both platforms for another six months.
The last was two months ago so I’m not due for another four and this one has been absolutely relentless. Subscribed to Philosophy Tube and another 30 blocks and it seems to be dying down but Christ Almighty all I want is to just never ever ever see the names Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, or Joe Rogan *ever again.* It is so fucking telling that there is just no way to make that simple thing happen. Just, like, a comma separated list of blocked strings used to filter what gets recommended. That’s all.
Sorry, I realize this is small beer and people far more vulnerable than me are going to be facing Extremely Real Consequences soon if they haven’t already, but right this second it is one more damn thing that I really, really did not need. I just hate this constant assumption of “someday you’ll give in.” No, I won’t, and fuck you.
posted by Ryvar at 2:39 PM on July 17 [4 favorites]
We planted the other tree yesterday. On Monday spouse smashed his hand on a metal stake with a sledgehammer. He cut up his hand and it is really swollen. We had the tetanus shot conversation three times in the past 36 hours. The third iteration ended with me stating that he either got it sorted with the doctor tomorrow or I was dragging his ass to the ER.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:04 PM on July 17 [3 favorites]
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:04 PM on July 17 [3 favorites]
OH THANK GOD IT IS RAINING FINALLY
and holy crap the breeze from the storm blowing in my window feels SO GOOD
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:31 PM on July 17 [1 favorite]
and holy crap the breeze from the storm blowing in my window feels SO GOOD
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:31 PM on July 17 [1 favorite]
Naturally, and as usual, my deepest sympathies to hearts that grieve and best wishes for love and peace to those who struggle with THE WEIGHT.
My own heart is heavy, y'all, but it will have to wait for later.
posted by ob1quixote at 9:03 AM on July 18 [4 favorites]
My own heart is heavy, y'all, but it will have to wait for later.
posted by ob1quixote at 9:03 AM on July 18 [4 favorites]
The only Dorito I enjoy is Cool Ranch but I'm intrigued enough by the clam chowder flavor that I would probably try it. Once.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 1:23 PM on July 18 [1 favorite]
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 1:23 PM on July 18 [1 favorite]
I quit my job today and am as happy as a clam. After being promised for years for support with our special needs kids and another one moving to my room in October.... just no. I love the kids dearly, especially my Londynn (watched her from a 6 week old blog to a walking talking bunch of personality 4 year old) but I just can't do it anymore.
I won't have problems finding a new one because everyone is trying to get early childhood people. I wish my boss the best of luck in replacing me as she offers no benefits or paid holidays or PTO/sick leave. Those are becoming standard in the industry, at least here in Cleveland.
posted by kathrynm at 11:55 AM on July 19 [4 favorites]
I won't have problems finding a new one because everyone is trying to get early childhood people. I wish my boss the best of luck in replacing me as she offers no benefits or paid holidays or PTO/sick leave. Those are becoming standard in the industry, at least here in Cleveland.
posted by kathrynm at 11:55 AM on July 19 [4 favorites]
Sometimes it's time to move on, kathrynm. Good luck moving forward.
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We got the Honda Indy in Toronto this weekend which will screw up traffic even worse than it's usual screwed up state.
It appears that not even race car drivers are immune to Toronto gridlock.
“I am just super happy to be here in Toronto. I got stuck in traffic as well so I actually rented a bike to get here on time and then ran the rest of the way,”
posted by yyz at 3:03 PM on July 19 [1 favorite]
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We got the Honda Indy in Toronto this weekend which will screw up traffic even worse than it's usual screwed up state.
It appears that not even race car drivers are immune to Toronto gridlock.
“I am just super happy to be here in Toronto. I got stuck in traffic as well so I actually rented a bike to get here on time and then ran the rest of the way,”
posted by yyz at 3:03 PM on July 19 [1 favorite]
Two weeks ago I was (bragging about? lamenting?) the seven quarts of gelato and sorbet I'd made in anticipation of guests coming over that weekend. They ended up making just a small dent in that, leaving me to wonder how long it would take me to work my solo way through the rest of it. Turns out the answer is...two weeks. And that includes the second quart of coffee gelato I made, since that was obviously the most popular flavor among my guests. Yeah, I went a little nuts. But sorry-not-sorry, it's soooo good. Still, I need to tone down my dessert consumption from here on out.
I bought some decent peaches on last weekend's grocery run and I've been letting them ripen a bit on the countertop this week; I'm about to blanch/peel/de-stone/puree them to make peach sorbet this evening. I'm also making cold-brew coffee concentrate for a batch of mocha gelato tomorrow.
Then I'm going to TRY to make that last me a while....
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:12 PM on July 20 [2 favorites]
I bought some decent peaches on last weekend's grocery run and I've been letting them ripen a bit on the countertop this week; I'm about to blanch/peel/de-stone/puree them to make peach sorbet this evening. I'm also making cold-brew coffee concentrate for a batch of mocha gelato tomorrow.
Then I'm going to TRY to make that last me a while....
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:12 PM on July 20 [2 favorites]
Greg_Ace, I find that having very, very limited freezer space helps. (I have room for BARELY three pints.)
The "Zucchini colada" flavor (that's what I'm renaming it) wasn't bad, actually! The recipe made only a pint and a half - I've eaten a pints' worth by now. You don't taste zucchini at all, it comes across as more a consistency thing. You also have to add shredded coconut and it's hard to tell whether a given chunky bit is coconut or zucchini.
I was planning on another ice cream next, but then I got a cantaloupe and a watermelon in my CSA share box yesterday - and the lemon verbena in the garden is going a bit nuts. And so that means I can make this again; which is fantastic.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:13 AM on July 21 [1 favorite]
The "Zucchini colada" flavor (that's what I'm renaming it) wasn't bad, actually! The recipe made only a pint and a half - I've eaten a pints' worth by now. You don't taste zucchini at all, it comes across as more a consistency thing. You also have to add shredded coconut and it's hard to tell whether a given chunky bit is coconut or zucchini.
I was planning on another ice cream next, but then I got a cantaloupe and a watermelon in my CSA share box yesterday - and the lemon verbena in the garden is going a bit nuts. And so that means I can make this again; which is fantastic.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:13 AM on July 21 [1 favorite]
The peach sorbet is a beautiful color, but not as strongly flavored as I'd hoped - I mean, it tastes like peach, but it's definitely on the mild side. Not sure what happened there.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:12 AM on July 21
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:12 AM on July 21
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Sour cream, Sriracha sauce, curry powder, and melted butter. Use it for chicken, fried rice, fresh baked bread, or pelmeni. Garnish with cilantro. Enjoy.
posted by weewooweewoo at 12:18 AM on July 15 [5 favorites]