This is a Palin free thread, restricted to discussions of Chili and football. My dad made me a batch of great chili yesterday, and I’m loving it. Some sort of chili powder from New Mexico, and he put some garbanzo beans in it with the kidney beans and black beans. I love the texture.
Go Steelers!
*** Update ***
If you just want the Steelers to not play defense for four quarters, please just say so. You’ve already had two complete bullshit calls in the first quarter of the Oakland game, you had to apologize for trying to hand the game to Cinci two weeks ago, giving them 35 yards out of a 36 yard drive on penalties you had to apologize for later.
Just complete bullshit. You’re sending a message alright. Assholes.
asiangrrlMN
Bold prediction! The Vikes get a first down today! My team is better than…the Lions!
@Andy K: Yes, well, your team…is better than mine. Boy, trash-talking is no fun when one’s team sucks.
And, seriously? I gotta listen to Aikman swoon over Favre again?
Andy K
Into the mud,
scum queenVikings!KDP
I use a mix of kidney beans, pinquitos, salse verde and Grandma’s chili seasoning. Mmmm, yummy.
Today, though, I’ve a crockpot of beef barley soup that’s been simmering since yesterday. It’s cold, windy, and rainy here in California, and I’m about to drive 20 miles to a meeting. At least I have hot soup to look forward to later.
Brian S (formerly Incertus)
Football doesn’t really start for another 3 hours when the Saints play the Seahawks, so I’m going to keep grading these papers. But here’s a real question in the meantime–which game will suck worse today: Buffalo-Cincinnati or Dallas-Detroit?
tulip
Go Raiders!
Should be a huge test to see if the Raiders are contenders or pretenders…
Admiral_Komack
GO RAIDERS!
asiangrrlMN
Another bold prediction: Favre will throw an interception AND a touchdown pass (not at the same time, of course).
@Brian S (formerly Incertus): If you find it, let me know. I hate talking ads with a passion.
Oooh, AP all the way!
At some point, the word gunslinger will be introduced into this game.
Brian S (formerly Incertus)
And by the way, fuck the NFL website’s commercials. If there’s a way to mute them without muting my computer as a whole, I haven’t been able to find it.
DecidedFenceSitter
Made a black chickpea indian curry that came across as chili with an indian bent the other week. Wasn’t bad, needed to soak the chickpeas a lot more.
Jewish Steel
@asiangrrlMN:
Go Vikes! So sayeth the Bears fans. Today I will share your pain/triumph.
asiangrrlMN
Well, my my my. The Vkies brought their A game today.
@Jewish Steel: Ulterior motives! I do not care. Welcome aboard.
Moses2317
@tulip: I’m going with pretenders. Go Stillers!
Winning Progressive
General Stuck
GO Palin!
ooPs GO Browns!!
The Grand Panjandrum
It could well be red chile powder. Ground dried red chiles make a flavor filled addition to any chili recipe.
asiangrrlMN
@asiangrrlMN: Until the reach the red zone. Then, sadly, it’s the same-old, same-old.
Occasional Reader
Cooking up a chorizo and beef chili recipe that I tried at a friend’s place last weekend. Slow cooked in the oven for three hours, seasoned with a dash of chocolate, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and ancho chiles.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
I am saying as little as I possibly can right now.
J.
GO JETS!
M. Bouffant
There are no beans in chili.
GO, RAIDERS!!
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: I noticed. I am saying lots because I have no faith in my team. Actually makes the game easier to watch. Did you ever see these? Are you amazed?
@M. Bouffant: What? Of course there are beans in chili! (So beginneth the beans/no beans fight).
Jewish Steel
@asiangrrlMN:
Where was this D when your boys came to Soldier Field?
Jewish Steel
@asiangrrlMN:
Ah, wait. Indoor turf. Fast team. Soldier Field has a notoriously awful surface.
Brian S (formerly Incertus)
@M. Bouffant: There are only beans in chili.
asiangrrlMN
@Jewish Steel: You are off the boat and into Lake Minnetonka. Hater.
@Brian S (formerly Incertus): Beans and meat. I’m a Judean splinter, apparently.
CRAP!
JAHILL10
@John Cole. Don’t feel bad. Just consider it a counterbalance to last week when every call went your guys’ way…
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Hahahahahahah! No!
Trying out for Hairspray? Lovely bouffant.
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: My Halloween pics! I told you that you would be amazed. Took me an hour to construct (and yes, it’s all my real hair) and even longer to deconstruct. A friend told me I had to write a script for that character. Miss Indy Pedant. It was lots of fun.
Andy K
@Andy K:
And with the cat-eye rims, you remind me of my mom right around the time I was born. Which, uh, does something for me.
Just sayin’…
Earl
If you had a coach like our Chili, you’d be giving up on football about now…
Andy K
Rodgers is way off right now.
Ailuridae
This is the first time I’ve watched Dallas in a truly meaningless Loser Bowl game in a while. IMing with a friend who is a huge Detroit fan but sadly, thanks to the “Detroit diaspora” he is living in Columbus,
Dez Bryant is really, really good but Jerry Jones basically sacked their season in April by not taking care of their O Line in favor of taking him.
MAJeff
@asiangrrlMN:
I dunno about A-Game just yet. They did show up for the first quarter, though.
asiangrrlMN
@Earl: Vikes fan, I assume? How long you think Childress lasts? I bet he’s gone after this season, if not during.
@Andy K: Heh. That’s funny. I couldn’t see all night (not my regular glasses, naturally), and I was wearing heels (which I never wear), and my friend had a new cat, so I was deathly afraid I would be Foul-Mouthed, Broken Ankle Fifties Housewife by the end of the night.
3-3? BORING!
@MAJeff: Yeah. They are around B right now.
Trentrunner
Do you think Palin would become a political football if she denounced family restaurants like Chili’s?
Hadta. Just hadta.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Oh. the price we pay….The reactions had to be positive, though.
Not really. Good defensive battle…Although, as I wrote above, Rodgers is off. Expect a firecracker of a second half.
asiangrrlMN
Gah. Troy, Troy, Troy, one can say, “We thought he was The One, but he isn’t.” No decision is final! Gah!
Monkeyhawk
I grew up watching the Kansas City Chiefs. I remember Ben Davidson’s cheap shot against Len Dawson and hate the Raiders still.
It’s looking like KC is slowly becoming…not awful.
In a league structured for parity, not awful is a good thing, right?
Dennis SGMM
All of those chili recipes are making me feel like a piker. I’m just making beef stew today; beef, broth, carrots and potatoes with minimal spicing. On the other hand, my Whiskey-glazed turkey this Thursday will be the bomb.
Jewish Steel
@asiangrrlMN:
Srsly? That’s a classic NFC Central score.
You’re not some parvenu Vikes fan, are you?
asiangrrlMN
@Jewish Steel: I love defense. However, a dollop of offense never hurt nobody.
Addendum: Vikings offense! Arrrrrgh!
S. cerevisiae
@Brian S (formerly Incertus): Correction: there are no beans in chili.
Andy K
@Monkeyhawk:
Well, it does give ya hope for your team…But then it can rip your heart out the next year.
Jewish Steel
@asiangrrlMN:
Yeah, the NFL agrees with you. So do I. 3 yards and a cloud of dust is long gone. Good riddance to it, I say.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
So ya must have loved that drive, huh?
Andy K
Obligatory Greg Jennings touchdown song.
S. cerevisiae
F’n Packers. Ok Vikes, get your shit together. I can’t believe Abdullah wiffed on that interception. Hell my decrepit old ass could probably have made that pick.
S. cerevisiae
Adrian Peterson is a beast. That is all.
Hal
I made chili based on the recipe from the Neely’s on the Food Network, and it was pretty damn good.
One of these weekends I’m going to try making Chili based on this recipe. It looks interesting:
http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/01/how-to-make-the-best-chili-ever-recipe-super-bowl.html
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: Bite me. Hater. See my addendum above.
@S. cerevisiae: Beans AND meat.
God, this team is killing me.
ETA: Yep. The interception.
Just Some Fuckhead
Good run by RuthlessBuggerer.
monkeyboy
My current favorite chili recipe involves beef cubes, onions, fresh sweet red pepper, a puree of dried New Mexico chilies, frozen black-eyed peas, and a can of enchilada sauce, AND pineapple chunks added towards the end.
No commercial chili powder because that often contains a lot of salt and other spices which means you can’t add a lot. You can add a lot of chili puree though too much will overwhelm the pineapple.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
When and where?
Moi? Non.
Earl
@asiangrrlMN: Yes, and they’re killing me this year…
I’ve been amazed that Chili has a job day-by-day for a couple of weeks, now.
S. cerevisiae
You have to have New Mexico Chile pods and then put them in a blender with the rest of the spices and a bottle of beer. Let them all soak a while and then puree and add to your browned meat. That’s some chili.
Strandedvandal
Still does not make up for the gift Super Bowl XL win.
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: You can’t handle me, bay-beeeee! And, I know on the second. This is killing me.
More defense from the Vikes, please.
@Earl: Maybe he has something on Zygi.
@S. cerevisiae: Throw some beans in there, and you’d have a right-tasty chili.
S. cerevisiae
FUCK!
Andy K
Obligatory James Jones touchdown song.
S. cerevisiae
If you gotta add beans, pinto are the way to go.
Earl
@asiangrrlMN: I used to think so, but I’ve decided that Zygi and his money are lucky they got together in the first place…
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: You cannot see me, of course, but I am giving you the one-finger salute.
You know, if there has to be a successor to Favre as the Great White Hope, I wouldn’t mind it being Rodgers. I like the kid.
@S. cerevisiae: You are way too Minnesota-polite. I was spoiling for a fight, and you had to diffuse it.
@Earl: Ah. Got it. Yeah. That makes sense.
fasteddie9318
@JAHILL10:
lolwut?
Last week they spend Sunday night being Tom Brady’s bitches. If any calls went their way, none of them mattered.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Oh, I thought that was American Sign Language for #1 Dad. That’s what my son has always told me. I didn’t think you knew I was a father.
Yutsano
Are y’all gonna make me pay attention to the Seachickens again? Because of their opponent, ‘fraid so.
@asiangrrlMN: The very original recipe for chili (as far back as they can find) was stewed meat in spices. Beans were a Mexican touch that came later. But the traditional recipe calls for both, although if you want to be TRULY accurate chili itself is mostly the spice blend that goes in. So there. Culinary anthropology FTW.
Kitteh is biting me for typing instead of petting her. She’ll get really annoyed when I get up for the shower here in a few.
Cris
Correction correction: there are no beans in chile, which is what we eat in New Mexico. There are absolutely beans in chili, which is what they eat in Texas.
Ailuridae
Mark Bittman has a pretty excellent (and comparably simple as to what is being suggested here) chili recipe for meat eaters and vegetarians both.
The best thing about the serious eats piece is the idea of browning the meat as large pieces and then cutting it up/shredding it.
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: Not sure I knew that. I am sure you are a good father, but that wasn’t what the finger meant.
@Yutsano: You don’t understand, dearheart. The only opinion that matters is mine (I’m reading the militantly superior thread. Ha!). Beans AND meat. I usually like to mix things up. ETA: Peyton Hillis doesn’t play for the Saints!
I love me some John Randall.
Ailuridae
@Strandedvandal:
Yeah, the notion of Steelers fans complaining about uneven officiating is beyond the pale. That doesn’t stop any of them from doing so incessantly though.
asiangrrlMN
FYWP.
I am slowly sharpening my rusty pitchfork and opening my eyes VERY wide.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
So, how, exactly, was it intended?
Hey, did you see that touchdown?
Earl
I’m just happy that the weather has given me something to do for the next 5 months.
Damn football…
Ailuridae
@asiangrrlMN:
I love me some John Randall
Randle?
Cowboys just gave up a safety with a hold in the end zone. I’m going to the draft for the first time in my life this year (it is a bucket list item) and my head will explode if they don’t take OL with their first two picks.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: If you think South of I-10 is gonna let me out of this thread without massive amounts of teh smack talk, I want what you’re smoking. Granted, she hasn’t shown up here yet, but that’s just a detail. She’ll be here.
I was trying to negotiate some sort of three-way trade where Peyton ends up a Seachicken, but it still hasn’t come together quite yet. Also, look on his Wiki page and tell me what you DON’T see.
S. cerevisiae
This team is giving up at home. Asiangrrl, can you use your rusty pitchfork on Childress?
And Cris, you are correct. Although I thought the stew-like dish was spelled with an i and the pods were spelled with an e.
asiangrrlMN
@Ailuridae: Oh good lord. How embarrassing. Yes, John Randle. He got some award at half-time, and I love him. He’s cute, too. But, obviously, I don’t love him enough if I misspell his name.
Troy–it doesn’t mean the Vikes are right! For fuck’s sake. I would rather see what Jackson can and can’t do since the season is fucking lost, anyway, nice catch-notwithstanding.
@Andy K: It was intended to say, “Fuck you, you fucking cheesehead you!” And, where is Omnibus? Shouldn’t he be here crowing as well? And, why you keep playing the Kzoo song?
suzanne
Reading about all this delicious spicy food is making me very, very jealous. After I evict the Sprog, there will be sushi and Mexican food pretty much nonstop.
Eviction is going to be scheduled for the week of December 22. YAY!
Finally went to see Bono’s ENT doc, who tells me that the inside of my nose is completely ulcerated and that I should have sinus surgery after the eviction. The prospect scares me a bit, but the idea of never having this sort of sinus misery again for the REST of my LIFE is quite exciting.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Accompanied by a ‘come hither’ look, amirite?
Wondering the same…But who else is crowing?
Greg Jennings was born and raised there. He stuck around home to play college ball at Western Michigan. And Kalamazoo is just a short jaunt down US-131 from us here in Grand Rapids.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: True. And, there are other Saints fans, too. A girlfriend or a wife. What do I win?
@S. cerevisiae: I already poked my eyes out with it, and I am too dispirited, anyway. Sorry.
Nethead Jay
@Yutsano:
And if she isn’t, someone else from the New Orleans contingent will be. Prepare for a tamping ;) Geaux Saints!
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Angry Samoans Lights Out
You enjoy NOW!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: See? I done told Mama I married the smart one! You get a virtual onyx ring. Cuz no way in the world could I afford the real one.
Off to shower and eat, be back in awhile.
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: You are crowing in a very Midwestern sort of way. And, of course with a come-hither look. You and me, we’re a rom-com, we are. Kzoo–makes sense now! Cool song, but I was hoping for real Samoans. Yum.
@suzanne: Sinus misery is hell. Sympathies to you. And, no sushi? Teh horrors!
@Yutsano: Heh. I know of whom you’ll be thinking in the shower. I’m over the ring. Really.
Corner Stone
Texans defense is astonishingly bad today.
If I were the Jets I’d call the 5 yard slant pass pattern all day.
Texans don’t seem to care about stopping it.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Grant and Russell? Lombard and Powell? Fonda and Stanwyck?
On edit: Loy and Powell. Even better.
Nethead Jay
@asiangrrlMN: I’m actually watching the Vikings-Packers game right now and this is just sad. Outside of cheering for the Saints, I have some sympathy for the Vikings. I don’t understand how Childress still has his job and I can quite sympathize with your attitude towards Favre.
debit
I have just finished installing a new hard drive and doing a system restore. I managed to avoid most of the Vikings game by grocery shopping. Now I’m thinking about doing some dishes and maybe mopping the floor. Jesus wept, my team sucks.
S. cerevisiae
Please kill me…somebody…please…
S. cerevisiae
I haven’t felt like this since the Steckel season.
Eric k
That roughing the passer call on Harrison was absurd, he hit him square in the chest just as he threw it, if that is roughing the passer they might as well start making them count one Mississippi, two Mississippi…
Jane2
@M. Bouffant: Damn straight…no beans! Finely cubed beef, chorizo, maybe some Italian sausage, good beer (Dos Equis works), tomato sauce (no stinking tomatoes, either), jalapenos (and yes, the seeds), chili powder, a few other things….now that’s chili. Served with blue cornbread.
And as for football, I have my watermelon helmet on…Go Saskatchewan go!
Corner Stone
Fumble inside our 30? Sure! Why not?
Andy K
@S. cerevisiae:
I feel for you. Seriously. The Vikes are a fucking mess right now. As much as I root for them to lose, it’s not good to have an arch-rival who sucks.
John Cole
Tony Corrente needs to be fired. This has been a fucking disgrace to the NFL.
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: You compare me to Myrna Loy, and I’m all yours.
@Nethead Jay: I wish they would call it and switch to a more competitive game.
And, if I can’t have Samoans, I will take the All Blacks instead.
s.cerevisiae, and debit, this is beyond brutal.
martha
@Andy K: Love, love love your links. I’m at work (ugh) but this game is making it much less painful. Omnes must be AT the game, given his radio silence…
MAJeff
@S. cerevisiae:
This. I was just on the phone with my dad talking about the Steckel season. This is just sad and pathetic.
BD of MN
Glad to see the good old Favre that we used to mock when he was a Packer… happy feet, overthrowing everyone. good times, good times…
another overthrown pass, on 4th and 2. Isn’t there some L&O reruns on somewhere?
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
I think I have. Twice.
:)
Sorry, Yutsano.
M. Bouffant
Is this the Nat’l. Penalty League, or what?
Go Grad anyway!
Yes to the Italian sausage, sweet or hot.
Andy K
@martha:
De nada. With the power of teh intertubes at the fingertips, why not use it?
Oh. Touchdown. Guess who.
JenJen
Whoa!! Check out this video of Raiders Defensive End Richard Seymour punching Ben Rapistberger in the kisser after Ben was celebrating a TD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrLzYmlQiks&feature=player_embedded
Seymour was ejected, obvs.
sherifffruitfly
1) I guess that’ll about cover the “are the Raiders for real???” questions.
2) Something needs to be done about refs targeting the Steelers for bullshit made-up calls.
M. Bouffant
@JenJen:
High point of the game, so far.
Knew the Stillers would not let another team treat them like the Patriots did.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Dear Ms Loy, we need a home address for the Clay Matthews jersey and bottle of scotch you ordered.
morzer
@JenJen:
First time in my life I’ve ever felt tempted to shower Richard Seymour with kisses. Good thing the internet is between us.
asiangrrlMN
Wait a holy fucking minute. The only way to compete is to get a motherfucking new stadium or they’ll have to leave? Well, fuck ’em. Fucking leave, then. HCMC has to turn away people from the ER because of the funding cuts. FUCK BUYING NEW STADIUMS FOR PAMPERED BILLIONAIRES!
@Andy K: Twice? When was the other time? And, Yutsy won’t mind. He already shares me with many others.
@BD of MN: They NEED to switch games.
@JenJen: Didn’t exactly PUNCH him, but yeah.
Gravenstone
Quite happy to see the Packers just burying the Vikings. Although it would be more satisfying if the Vikes weren’t manning the other shovel at the grave.
This likely makes me a heretic, but I love adding hominy to my chili. The current pot has kidney beans, cannelini and hominy with chili powder, added cumin, cajun spices and a healthy slug of sriracha. Nummy…
morzer
@Gravenstone:
I guess the Vikings are hoping to make something of their year by applying for stimulus money for shovel ready projects.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Donald Driver jersey and a bottle of bourbon for me, thank you very much. Sigh.
John Cole
@morzer: Stay classy. Love seeing you all support blatant cheap shots in one instance and then faint because a Steeler player hit someone “too hard” the next.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
My bad. I mentioned Powell twice. Must be my proximity to this Guinness mirror at the sports bar. 8)
And, yeah, I know enough about Yutsano to know he’s cool with you being such a terrible…..flirt. :P
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Cheer up, I am just about able to smile again after my battered Dolphins made Jay Cutler look respectable. Did you get snow?
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: I am not a flirt. I am just very friendly. So there!
@morzer: We got snow last week. Nothing since. Feh. My team does, indeed, suck.
morzer
@John Cole:
Hmmm.. when did I faint about the Steelers being their thuggish selves? Referees from Pittsburgh, on the other hand….
And I am pretty sure that a long line of women have just texted Seymour offering to have his babies.
Quit yer pouting, Cole.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
I must have arrived. Cole’s trying to talk smack at me. Poor lamb, he hasn’t yet realized that I am a hardened and plausible scoundrel and that justice and morality are both on my side. Ten bucks well spent, say I.
Yutsano
@morzer: She did, but it’s snowing here. In Seattle. The whole damn bus system is gonna be a mess and I bet they STILL don’t close my work. Sigh.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
That’s what I used to say about myself, too.
Face it: We’re flirts. Not just you and I, but a lot of people who find their communities on teh ‘tubes. It ain’t a bad thing.
Ailuridae
@asiangrrlMN:
Jerry paid for his own stadium (as did Cuban). NFL teams basically can’t lose money (the salary cap is less than the amount of money each team pays to the league from the television contract) so claiming poverty to get stadiums built in the NFL is especially dishonest.
S. cerevisiae
FIre CHILdress clap clap clapclapclap FIre CHILdress clap clap clapclapclap…
meh
ejected for slapping Big Ben…I guess an ejection is lucky – he could have been raped by ben.
morzer
@Yutsano:
What’s the point of snow if they don’t send people home or just call a snow day first thing in the morning? I blame Obama for this socialist snow tyranny.
morzer
@Yutsano:
What’s the point of snow if they don’t send people home or just call a snow day first thing in the morning? I blame Obama for this soc.ial.ist snow tyranny.
martha
@asiangrrlMN: I’ll be visiting your fair city tomorrow morning for a brief time, courtesy of Delta Airlines. Sorry your snow melted. Sounds like you’ll get more Wednesday though. See, I’m trying to talk about snow, a happy subject (for you anyway)…
S. cerevisiae
Fuck these overpaid bastards – GO BULLDOGS!
I loves me some WCHA hockey.
UMD # 1
kay eye
Please. Chili is one of the few things Texans get right. Punk Chef does a superlative one:
http://punkchef69.blogspot.com/
Scroll down to Chilivangelist (and he hadn’t corrected the typo last time I checked, but he promises to do so).
Works with venison or beef.
Takes your mind off of football.
His risotto is also mighty fine.
morzer
@martha:
Just don’t mention the
Vik.. oh my goodness, look over there, a unicorn farting gold dust!martha
@morzer: we’ll definitely buy the local rag for entertaining reading on our next flight…
alwhite
I make a less hot chili for Mrs.white. I only use cubed beef, not ground. For her I mix Cinnamon, Allspice and a little clove then roll the the meat in that and brown it off. It only gets a couple of chipoltes so the spice really helps pick up the flavor a lot.
The Viqueens are having the year I expected them to have last year. The whole chasing Farvre was stupid & just another reason that there is one Chili that has no business near a football team.
Corner Stone
Well hell. I maligned the Texans D a little too early!
I’m just stunned at their quality 4th quarter play.
Yutsano
@morzer: They still might, although I looked outside and it’s barely sticking. For now this is a good thing, as I have to drive to the store later and I live at the bottom of a hill and the only road out goes up.
morzer
@Corner Stone:
It’s when Texans go on offense that you have to worry. Invasions of Iraq and that kind of thing….
Andy K
Okay, kept pace with the Bears…At Atlanta next week…This is a tough schedule ahead…Well, we do get the Lions and the ‘Niners….See y’all a bit later. Groceries and then home.
morzer
@Yutsano:
The happiest days are the ones when you wake up in your teenage years and realize that the snow is falling and that school will be forced to give you a day of liberty to do anything you like. The horizons magically expand, and possibilities are endless.
Comrade Kevin
If the refs are trying to keep the Steelers from playing defense, they’re doing a very poor job of it.
4jkb4ia
This is a disgusted comment. The original cry of pain was lost in the ether.
JAHILL10
@fasteddie9318: Immaterial. The refs were doing their best to win the game for them.
JenJen
@John Cole: Oh geez Cole. We’re just having a little fun. I’m not condoning the unsportsmanlike conduct, but don’t forget, Ben isn’t exactly the most popular player in the league, for all kinds of reasons, and it’s not exactly odd that non-Stillers fans might have gotten a bit of a kick out of it; not going to feel bad about that. They’re not playing badminton out there, and sometimes tempers get hot. BFD.
Besides, since my hapless Bengals couldn’t sell out their game this week, I have to look up videos on YouTube to get my NFL on. (only 1:00 game we got was Packers at Vikings, not exactly an awesome matchup.)
ETA: Oh, haha, Bills drive another nail into the coffin, scoring another TD. It’s hard out here for a Bengals fan. :-(
Corner Stone
Please Texans. Please cover tight. Don’t let the Jets slant for the win.
freelancer
FYWP, wtf. last 3 posts eated.
John - A Motley Moose
Cubed meat (preferably venison), chopped onions, lots of dried peppers (New Mexico chili, habanero, cayenne). The cayennes are cooked whole so they can be taken out, if desired, before serving. The other peppers are minced. Chili powder, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and cumin for spices. I use vegetable juice and tomato paste instead of tomato sauce and cook it long enough, 3-4 hours, to reduce. Canned kidney and black beans added to provide texture and to make it more filling.
What? You thought a Lions fan wanted to talk about football?
Yutsano
@morzer: If I’m off tomorrow, I already know what I’m doing: cookies. With one cookie sheet. So I can do about eight at a time if I’m lucky. Good times. Maybe I’ll just freeze the dough until I break down and buy Air Bakes.
And the Seachickens start down the long slow path to ruin.
EDIT: Just remembered: no haz baking soda. No cookies yet.
Corner Stone
@Corner Stone: Ok. I fully retract this earlier statement. In full.
Fully.
asiangrrlMN
@4jkb4ia: Funny as hell.
@martha: We actually do still have snow on the ground ‘coz it’s below freezing. Perhaps my only consolation.
@Andy K: Heh. Online, yes, I am a flirt. In real life, I maintain that I’m still just friendl.
morzer
@Yutsano:
Maybe they and my poor Dolphins can form a seafood association and play for the Tuna Bowl?
billgerat
I’m beginning to think Sanchez is the Second Coming. Forget trading for Manning to the Seachickens, go for Sanchez.
Corner Stone
Texans are just a really sub-par team at this point. Keep finding a way to beat ourselves for 4 games in a row now.
asiangrrlMN
@Ailuridae: It just sickens me because the Twins stadium got built despite most Minnesotans being against using public monies for it. Same with the Gophers’ stadium. It is just another aspect of the ‘let them eat cake’ attitude that is running rampant now. And, my lawn? Get off it.
@JenJen: Sure. Rub it in.
@Yutsano: COOKIES!
machine
There are no beans in True Chili™.
Yutsano
@billgerat: Not the Peyton I was thinking of, although that has been a rather active rumor out there for awhile. I think it only happens if Crazy Legs gives up and retires though.
I would take Sanchez though. Him reuniting with his old coach might get some decent offensive production. If we can keep Golden Tate out of donut shops at 3 AM.
Comrade Kevin
Someone needs to go fix DougJ’s Joe Klein thread.
morzer
@Yutsano:
You could make Scotch Shortbread without baking soda.
4jkb4ia
Outstanding presence of mind from Sanchez to execute that drive.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Yes. I think you need to call him by his last name from now on.
billgerat
Seattle is playing like they’re on peyote, not Peyton.
Wait, they are in the red zone all of a sudden? Maybe I need the peyote.
JenJen
@asiangrrlMN: Whoops! Sorry ’bout that. I do cop to getting a kick out of the “Fire Childress” chants.
@Yutsano: Hey, I’ve been looking for you! Didn’t you write something the other day about some kind of risotto shortcut? Care to dish?
Cacti
Derek Anderson of the Cardinals has to be the king of garbage time QBs.
Do nothing for 3 quarters, then when the team is down by 4 scores in the 4th, pile up some numbers against the prevent-D to make it look like you had a decent game.
Today against the Chiefs, he hits Larry Fitzgerald in the back of the end zone as time expires…to make the final score 31-13 Kansas City.
asiangrrlMN
@JenJen: Yes, well, I had the game muted by that point. Sigh.
@Yutsano: Yeah, I kept thinking Hills as well. OK. Then you must use both names every time. Peyton Hillis. Every time. What you doing for Turkey Day?
JenJen
@Cacti: I leapt out of my chair!! I have Fitzgerald on my fantasy team and that last-minute (albeit worthless) TD might have saved my week. :-)
Yutsano
@morzer: I could, I even have a recipe for thumbprints that doesn’t need it. Any shortbread is just flour, sugar, butter, and vanilla, basically. The lack of proper equipment is the more crucial element here. Pay no attention to that Target right down the street from me. :)
@asiangrrlMN: Only issue there: you see Hillis, you might think Hills, then folks think I’m talking about crappy TV shows, then we blame the whole thing on hip-hop, and then it all falls apart.
4jkb4ia
Deborah Madison’s chili ingredients:
2 cups black, red kidney, or other beans (Jacob’s cattle and pinto will work)
4 teaspoons cumin seeds (You will toast these)
2 teaspoons dried oregano, pref. Mexican
3 onions, finely diced
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
4 teaspoons sweet paprika
2-3 tablespoons ground red chile
2 cups peeled, seeded, and chopped tomato, juice reserved
1-2 teaspoons pureed chipotle chile
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
Dash of red wine or sherry vinegar
Garnish: sour cream; 1 poblano or long green chile, roasted, peeled, and sliced; cilantro sprigs
This will probably have a horrific effect on my husband’s stomach, but being Deborah Madison it can’t be a bad recipe.
(Cook the beans. Toast the cumin seeds and oregano, then grind. Saute onions for 7-8 minutes, add spices, cook until soft, then add the tomatoes, chipotle, and cilantro. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add to beans and cook until beans are soft.)
morzer
@Yutsano:
Speaking of hip-hop, have you tried putting on your Fighting Trousers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk
What essential equipment do you lack?
Svensker
@4jkb4ia:
Jets somehow managed to pull victory from the jaws of defeat yet again. Where the hell is the Jets defense? WTF?
Well, a win is a win, I’ll take it. But, crikey.
4jkb4ia
Peyton Manning, should he choose to do so, can make this a thoroughly satisfying day.
(John, Friday is going to be really exciting. There will be the Backyard Brawl to start out and then Auburn-Alabama and Nebraska-Colorado later on. Definitely about the latter, there has never been anything false about hope, etc.)
4jkb4ia
@Svensker:
From what I saw, was as much Arian Foster being really good as anything they didn’t do.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: I still love that! Thanks for posting it the first time.
@morzer: No. You link.
Cacti
Well, since we’re sharing chili recipes…
1 lbs stew meat, cut into 1/2″ cubes
2 cloves garlic
1 yellow onion, finely chopped
1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
1 serrano pepper, seeded or not/finely chopped
2 cans – pinto or black beans
1 can – diced tomatoes
1-2 cups beef broth
1 tsp paprika
2 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp cumin powder
cayenne pepper to taste
salt and black pepper to taste
1-2 tbsp flour
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
I have developed an almost cult-like delight in it. Did you try the “Quest for the Golden Frog”?
Yutsano
@morzer: Air Bakes. They’re a really nifty type of cookie sheet that create a pocket of warm air just below the surface of the cookie so that the bottoms bake as gently as the tops. My mom stole mine, and kept them even after I bought her some. They’re not hard to find, I just need to go get them.
morzer
@Yutsano:
Hmm.. but you could get by with a regular cookie sheet, yes, yes?
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
http://professorelemental.bandcamp.com/track/the-quest-for-the-golden-frog
No video, sadly, but still very funny in a surreal way.
The Dangerman
Does Childress get whacked by the Vikings after this one?
Yutsano
@morzer: That is NOT the point. The point is I shan’t sacrifice quality for expediency!
@JenJen: It’s pretty easy actually:
2 1/2 cups broth or stock (any flavor you like)
1 cup arborio rice
1/2 medium onion, finely diced
6-8 crimini mushrooms, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp parsley
12 leaves basil, finely chiffonaded
1 tbsp mascarpone cheese
2 tbsp finely grated parmesan.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large baking dish, mix together stock, rice, onion, mushrooms, and garlic. Cover dish with a lid or foil (if dish has no lid) and place in center rack of oven. Bake for 40 minutes, stirring every ten minutes to allow starches in rice to develop. At the next to last stirring, add in parsley and basil. (You can do it at the very end but I think the flavor melds much better if you do it at that point.) When rice is al dente and liquid is thoroughly absorbed, remove from oven and stir in cheeses. Looks and tastes like you slaved over the risotto pot!
Bill Murray
It looks like Vince Young and the Titans may no longer be a couple. Young stormed out of the locker room after their OT loss and Fisher says he is no longer the starter injury or not
JenJen
@Yutsano: My mouth is watering already!! That sounds astoundingly easy; thanks for completing tomorrow’s menu for me! Wonderful!!
@The Dangerman: Vikings fans were chanting “Fire Childress” with five claps in between. It was actually pretty creative.
Ruckus
@kay eye:
I use some of the same ingredients as the punk chef. But I’m not that much of a purist, stealing recipes from the bible. If your an atheist it’s pretty hard to believe anything from the bible.
1. meat. beef, pork chicken, lamb or a combination. browned well
2. onions diced. lots
3. fresh garlic chopped and pressed with the side of the knife. not too much
4. fresh Serrano pepper chopped fine and see #3. to taste
5 beans. Must have beans. Black, kidney, pinto, sometimes garbanzo
6. salt pepper to taste
7 cumin
8 Best tomatoes Muir Glen fire roasted crushed
9 If I want to thicken, organic black refried beans
brown combine cook for 2-3 hrs. mmmm good.
JWL
Cry me three rivers, Cole.
The Steelers are today’s “criminal element” in the NFL.
It’s just that simple.
Geoduck
Just to ditto Strandedvandal’s comment, from over here near Seattle you get zero sympathy for bad officiating.
Carol
@asiangrrlMN: So chili meat can be say, potroast?
Carol
@Yutsano: Welcome to the world of the IRS. We never close. I remember one day going to work in 12 inches of snow-that was “liberal leave” day where you could come late to work if you could make it in at all, and it not count against you.
Andy K
@Carol:
Oh man, Carol…I made a batch once with ground beef, bacon and (fresh, not brown and serve) breakfast sausage. Spice it up with a tiny bit of habanero sauce and a dash of Mrs. Butterworth’s…It smelled, well, not so good, but it tasted terrific!
Loneoak
I’m in Nahlins for a conference and watching Saints on Bourbon St.
Andy K
@Loneoak:
Did you catch the Pack?
Cheryl from Maryland
Best ground chile in the world comes from Chimayo, New Mexico, where the farmers claim its fabulousness comes from a near by shrine whose dirt heals (hence the name Holy Dirt Chile). One can now buy the chile powder via mail order rather than going to Chimayo, although the charm of buying chile powder near a shrine full of no longer needed crutches, etc. with a spoon in the floor to get holy dirt cannot be over estimated.
Hey, Redskins did not totally suck today. Especially the O line. And they actually won.
South of I-10
@Yutsano: Damn it, I’m almost too late to talk smack. Oh well, suck it Seahawks! I was attending a very important viewing of The Deathly Hallows with Little South. Great movie, by the way.
asiangrrlMN
@Carol: ::ruminating over pot roast in chili::
No. Even I have my limits.
@South of I-10: Agreed. Surprisingly so, given the lack of Snape-age.
And, this Colts/Pats game got interesting in a hurry.
4jkb4ia
National TV announcers, of decent quality: “There is no doubt the Rams are headed in the right direction”.
(Muses if Leon Weiseltier would like/is trying to recruit Ta-Nehisi Coates for TNR. The qualities that Weiseltier singled out to praise about Saul Bellow in his review are things that TNC can achieve very easily.)
Loneoak
Andy, just a little. They’ve outscored opponents something like 80-10 in the last 3 games. Brutal.
This site really needs a mobile version.
Andy K
@Loneoak:
Yeah, only 10 points allowed, and the D is just now getting healthy again. Woodson was in top form, Pickett played some, Tramon was great, Shields is starting to look like a good, seasoned vet and Hawk had a really good game again. Big Play Clay was credited with a sack he didn’t really deserve, but his motor was going all afternoon, and he was causing problems.
JWL
@4jkb4ia: Saul Bellow? You lost me there. And I never heard of Leon Weiseltier.
But damn straight the Rams are headed in the right direction. Sam Bradford is the real deal. I wish the Niners had him.
Along with a new coaching staff, of course.
South of I-10
@asiangrrlMN: He was pretty much absent, huh? We demand more Snape! I thought Little South was going to come out of her skin for a couple of scenes.
Note to those with young children considering Deathly Hallows: my child has a pretty high scare tolerance. If yours does not, you may want to reconsider viewing in the theatre. There were a couple of young ones who were actually wrapped around their parent’s head by the end of the movie.
Joel
I’d like to thank the Jets for lending the Patriots the horseshoe that was stuck up their ass.
madmommy
@South of I-10:
I’m taking the big kid next weekend-it will be the first one he (or I) have seen in the theater. He started the books last summer and has read through the series twice. Very excited does not begin to cover it. Not taking the little guy because of the scare thing.
I’m thinking Snape will be a bigger factor in the second movie-if they skip over his death and memory transfer to Harry I will be peevish.
Admiral_Komack
@Admiral_Komack:
RAIDERS LOSE!
In the immortal words of Hudson (Aliens):
“It’s over, man…game over, man!”
Yutsano
Meh. Just…meh.
@Carol: It’s the day after Thanksgiving that really kills me. Because of that and the weather, I’m pretty much stuck here for what is basically the big family holiday. Would one little EO have killed Obama? I mean really?
BTW GSA decides if we’re shut down or not. From Denver. Awesomeness.
asiangrrlMN
@South of I-10: Well, I go to see the movies for a much different reason than most people.
I would agree, however, on the young kids. This movie is definitely emotionally and visually intense.
@madmommy: Well, they skipped over the whole him teaching Harry and him being, oh, I dunno, the bloody character in the title of the last book bit, so anything is possible.
At any rate, I am pissed at JK Rowling for making Snape’s death scene so…incidental. He is the most interesting character in the book because one never knows if he’s for good or for evil (well, I knew, but that’s another story), and he deserved to go out with a bang. Harrumph.
P.S. I read on imdb.com that M. Night wanted to direct the last HP movie. Fortunately, saner heads prevailed and David Yates (the guy who directed this movie) directed the last one as well. Whew!
JWL
@Admiral_Komack: Wow! Pittsburgh beat the 2010 Raiders. There’s a victory generations of Steeler fans will be celebrating forever.
And justly proud they will be.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN:
Can’t you just hear JK declaring, “Oh dear GOD no!” and putting the kibosh on the whole idea? I honestly am pretty damn grateful she kept control of the movie projects, otherwise Lord knows where they would have ended up. She couldn’t control Richard Harris dying, but Gamboa isn’t a bad fill-in.
madmommy
@asiangrrlMN:
I’m hoping that since they’ve got two movies to cover the DH book that they will be able to keep more good stuff. There’s just so much that has to be cut to fit books with lots of detail into a 2 hour movie. A friend went opening night and I got her to tell me where they end it-the big kid and I debated it at length, and I guessed right.
Sweet baby jeebus, could you imagine the hash M. Night would have made?? The horrors!
Can’t decide who to root for in this game, I guess the Giants. Meh.
Yutsano
@madmommy: Inasmuch as the FSM enjoys the sweet taste of Manning tears, I’m with you on this one. I can’t reward a team that fields Michael Vick so callously.
goblue72
@Joel: With a game coming up in 4 days against the Lions, Pats could easily be looking at a 9-3 record coming out of Turkey Day. Egggggs-ellent! And then its on to the Jets to administer some revenge.
burnspbesq
@Yutsano:
You’re going to get paid for looking busy. Nothing happens on that day.
Are you allowed to be on 9/80?
RinaX
@4jkb4ia:
Well, as a Jaguar fan, he certainly did that for me!
J.W. Hamner
I’m starting to feel like we should have a Mike Vick Jar, where every time you find yourself cheering for him you click on a button and money goes to the SPCA.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq: Not for another year. Debating it, not entirely sure of the merits just yet (though my trainer has it and loves it) but there are only 9 openings per week in my office that can have it. If I understood the union contract correctly. They just did a massive re-work of it and changed a TON of shit.
I might ask permission to web surf that day. I doubt I’ll get it as I bet we spend half the day in meetings trying to pretend to look productive. I’m also thinking about starting a pool on most and least number of contacts.
burnspbesq
@Yutsano:
Not entirely sure of the merits of having every other Friday off?
Are ye daft?
I’ll put $5 on “zero.”
NobodySpecial
I now eagerly await Thanksgiving, wherein the referees will unveil the previously uncalled ‘force field’ rule when Detroit’s defense begins looking good.
How Schwartz hasn’t lost his entire paycheck for the year with calls like these mooks hand out, I don’t know.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq:
Thanks. I think you just cursed me. :)
tulip
Not sure if anybody is watching the Giants/Eagles game… but they announced that next year the Eagles stadium will be converted to self generating renewal energy. I think that’s really cool. Good for the Lurie’s.
And totally late to the discussion, however the call on Campbell (Raiders/Steelers) I think was a legit call. Harrison drove Campbell into the ground, he didn’t just tackle him.
YMMV… actually I’m pretty sure someone’s mileage will vary quite a lot on the Harrison penalty. :)
Ron
Didn’t get to see the game, but I can’t imagine 35-3 could be a bad win. And I know it doesn’t change anything, but I’m glad the league admitted to that PI call being bad. I watched it, said “That doesn’t look like interference to me” and of course got questioned whether or not it was my bias.
Ron
@morzer: Way to be classy. You want to applaud a good hit in play? sure. Nobody should be pulling the crap Seymour did between plays.
freelancer
This igglez game is ridiculous.
themann1086
Just for the lulz, here are my two tweets from when the Eagles signed Vick (I was at the Pats/Eagles preseason game):
“What the fuck? We won’t give brian dawkins a new contract but we’ll sign michael fucking vick? What the hell?!?”
“1.6 mil this year, more than 5 mil next year? Really? Fuck you, eagles. At least one philly team is champion-material”
I should clarify that these were my football reactions; I thought it was a bad football decision. Could I have possibly been more wrong?
JWL
@themann1086: I believe I can top that.
Me: “I think Walsh is making a big mistake benching DeBerg and going with Montana”.
Bob Polo: “I don’t know, Jim, Montana is awful good”.
Me: (scoffs] “Yeah? Well, we’ll see”.
Damn near verbatim pre-season conversation, way-back-when.
Joel
@goblue72: I’m not so worried about the Lions. They’re on a short week, too.