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Everybody saw this coming.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

Second rate reporter says what?

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Innocent people do not delay justice.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

He really is that stupid.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

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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.

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  1. 1.

    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?

  3. 3.

    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.

  4. 4.

    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?

  7. 7.

    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.

  9. 9.

    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.

  16. 16.

    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.

  25. 25.

    JAHILL10

    @John Cole. Don’t feel bad. Just consider it a counterbalance to last week when every call went your guys’ way…

  27. 27.

    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.

  28. 28.

    Andy K

    @Andy K:

    Lovely bouffant.

    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’…

  31. 31.

    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.

  33. 33.

    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.

  34. 34.

    Trentrunner

    Do you think Palin would become a political football if she denounced family restaurants like Chili’s?

    Hadta. Just hadta.

  35. 35.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    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.

    Oh. the price we pay….The reactions had to be positive, though.

    3-3? BORING!

    Not really. Good defensive battle…Although, as I wrote above, Rodgers is off. Expect a firecracker of a second half.

  37. 37.

    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?

  38. 38.

    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.

  46. 46.

    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.

  51. 51.

    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.

  54. 54.

    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.

  61. 61.

    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.

  62. 62.

    fasteddie9318

    @JAHILL10:

    Don’t feel bad. Just consider it a counterbalance to last week when every call went your guys’ way…

    lolwut?

    Last week they spend Sunday night being Tom Brady’s bitches. If any calls went their way, none of them mattered.

  63. 63.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You cannot see me, of course, but I am giving you the one-finger salute.

    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.

  64. 64.

    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.

  65. 65.

    Cris

    @S. cerevisiae: @Brian S (formerly Incertus): Correction: there are no beans in chili.

    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.

  66. 66.

    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.

  67. 67.

    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.

  68. 68.

    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.

  72. 72.

    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.

  73. 73.

    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.

  74. 74.

    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.

  75. 75.

    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?

  76. 76.

    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.

  77. 77.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    It was intended to say, “Fuck you, you fucking cheesehead you!”

    Accompanied by a ‘come hither’ look, amirite?

    And, where is Omnibus? Shouldn’t he be here crowing as well?

    Wondering the same…But who else is crowing?

    And, why you keep playing the Kzoo song?

    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.

  79. 79.

    Nethead Jay

    @Yutsano:

    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.

    And if she isn’t, someone else from the New Orleans contingent will be. Prepare for a tamping ;) Geaux Saints!

  81. 81.

    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.

  82. 82.

    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.

  83. 83.

    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.

  85. 85.

    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.

  86. 86.

    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.

  89. 89.

    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…

  90. 90.

    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!

  92. 92.

    Andy K

    @S. cerevisiae:

    I haven’t felt like this since the Steckel season.

    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.

  95. 95.

    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…

  96. 96.

    MAJeff

    @S. cerevisiae:

    I haven’t felt like this since the Steckel season.

    This. I was just on the phone with my dad talking about the Steckel season. This is just sad and pathetic.

  97. 97.

    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?

  102. 102.

    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.

  105. 105.

    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.

  106. 106.

    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.

  107. 107.

    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…

  108. 108.

    morzer

    @Gravenstone:

    it would be more satisfying if the Vikes weren’t manning the other shovel at the grave

    I guess the Vikings are hoping to make something of their year by applying for stimulus money for shovel ready projects.

  111. 111.

    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

  114. 114.

    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.

  115. 115.

    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.

  116. 116.

    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.

  117. 117.

    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.

  118. 118.

    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.

  121. 121.

    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.

  122. 122.

    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.

  123. 123.

    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)…

  125. 125.

    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.

  128. 128.

    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.

  129. 129.

    Corner Stone

    Well hell. I maligned the Texans D a little too early!
    I’m just stunned at their quality 4th quarter play.

  130. 130.

    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.

  132. 132.

    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.

  133. 133.

    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.

  134. 134.

    Comrade Kevin

    If the refs are trying to keep the Steelers from playing defense, they’re doing a very poor job of it.

  137. 137.

    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. :-(

  140. 140.

    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?

  141. 141.

    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.

  145. 145.

    billgerat

    I’m beginning to think Sanchez is the Second Coming. Forget trading for Manning to the Seachickens, go for Sanchez.

  146. 146.

    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.

  147. 147.

    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!

  149. 149.

    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.

  154. 154.

    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.

  155. 155.

    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?

  156. 156.

    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.

  159. 159.

    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.

  160. 160.

    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.)

  162. 162.

    Svensker

    @4jkb4ia:

    Outstanding presence of mind from Sanchez to execute that drive.

    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.

  163. 163.

    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.)

  166. 166.

    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

  168. 168.

    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.

  172. 172.

    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!

  173. 173.

    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

  174. 174.

    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.

  175. 175.

    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.

  176. 176.

    JWL

    Cry me three rivers, Cole.

    The Steelers are today’s “criminal element” in the NFL.

    It’s just that simple.

  179. 179.

    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.

  180. 180.

    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!

  183. 183.

    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.

  184. 184.

    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.

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    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.)

  187. 187.

    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.

  188. 188.

    Andy K

    @Loneoak:

    They’ve outscored opponents something like 80-10 in the last 3 games.

    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.

  189. 189.

    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.

  190. 190.

    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.

  192. 192.

    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.

  194. 194.

    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.

  195. 195.

    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!

  197. 197.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN:

    P.S. I read on imdb.com that M. Night wanted to direct the last HP movie.

    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.

  198. 198.

    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.

  199. 199.

    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.

  200. 200.

    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.

  202. 202.

    RinaX

    @4jkb4ia:

    Peyton Manning, should he choose to do so, can make this a thoroughly satisfying day.

    Well, as a Jaguar fan, he certainly did that for me!

  203. 203.

    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.

  204. 204.

    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.

  205. 205.

    burnspbesq

    @Yutsano:

    not entirely sure of the merits just yet

    Not entirely sure of the merits of having every other Friday off?

    Are ye daft?

    I’m also thinking about starting a pool on most and least number of contacts.

    I’ll put $5 on “zero.”

  206. 206.

    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.

  208. 208.

    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. :)

  209. 209.

    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.

  212. 212.

    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?

  213. 213.

    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.

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