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by @heymistermix.com|  January 19, 20133:58 pm| 134 Comments

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Sausage Fest I went shopping and saw this (click to embiggen). Yum. Looks like the rest of the front pagers are AWOL so here’s an open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Mike E

    January 19, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Whew. Thank you!

  2. 2.

    lamh35

    January 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Gotta luv south Louisiana weather. Is a warm 65 degrees right now in the middle of January!!! People are wearing shorts!!! Sitting in. My car waiting for my granny’s husband to get his hair cut. Watching the country kids actually riding their bikes instead of being inside playing video games.

    Whenever I buy a home it’s def gonna be in da country.

  3. 3.

    dr. bloor

    January 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    At last: the Kitchen Illiterate’s version of Thursday Night Recipes.

  4. 4.

    debit

    January 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    I’m sorry, that does not look yum. I just made some pumpkin soup and ate it with a mini loaf of corn bread. THAT was yum.

  5. 5.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Casseroles are usually cooked and served in a casserole dish. That looks more like a stew.

  6. 6.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    January 19, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    Looks like the rest of the front pagers are AWOL so here’s an open thread.

    Or we bet 4 posts over a 15 minute time span.

  7. 7.

    burnspbesq

    January 19, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    Don’t know if this has been mentioned in an earlier thread, but former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver passed away today.

    He was a brilliant baseball mind and a highly entertaining nutcase.

    R.I.P., Earl.

  8. 8.

    22over7

    January 19, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    I clicked to embiggen because I was confused, and was able to make out the text. The giveaway is the spelling of “favourite.”

    It’s British food. No wonder it looks awful.

  9. 9.

    dr. bloor

    January 19, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    @burnspbesq: I loved the ABC obit–“He was ejected 91 times in his career, including once in both games of a doubleheader.”

  10. 10.

    dr. bloor

    January 19, 2013 at 4:04 pm

    Look at the sodium content on the package. That’s as close as you’re going to see on the shelves to the bowl of salted dicks Tbogg keeps telling Buckley to eat.

  11. 11.

    muddy

    January 19, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    @22over7: It could be Canadian.

  12. 12.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    January 19, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    @dr. bloor: Used to watch Earl in action at Memorial Stadium. Friends of mine went to a game with some Scandinavian exchange students, and when Weaver started a rant at the ump, the exchange students said something like “This is so childish, they should get back to the game.” My friends’ reply was “Are you kidding? This is the best part of watching the Orioles!”

  13. 13.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 19, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    Hey, those sausages didn’t have a choice in what moisture-slicked intestinal casing they happened to be slopped into.

  14. 14.

    gogol's wife

    January 19, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    @FlipYrWhig:

    So I’m not alone in seeing this as some kind of twisted apology for the last post?

  15. 15.

    Gex

    January 19, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    Hi guys,

    Not much change since my last update. It’s fitting, I suppose. Kate didn’t survive the step dad without being tough as nails. Given all the infections, the cancer, and the respiratory difficulties it is simply her incredibly strong heart that refuses to quit.

    C’mon, Katie. Let yourself be at peace finally.

  16. 16.

    Mike E

    January 19, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    @burnspbesq: He kicked enough dirt to fill the Grand Canyon.

  17. 17.

    Violet

    January 19, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    @cathyx: In the UK “casserole” refers to something more like a stew. I think that package is from the UK, or maybe Canada or Australia, since they spell “favorites” as “favourites” with the U.

  18. 18.

    dr. bloor

    January 19, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason: Although far more understated and more suited for teevee, Weaver going out to the mound for a conference with Palmer could be pretty entertaining as well.

    Also, too, watching Earl watch Stanhouse try to work through an inning.

  19. 19.

    22over7

    January 19, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    @muddy:

    It could well be Canadian, but I’m going with dr. bloor and saying it’s really salted dick stew. With all the trimmins.

  20. 20.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    @Violet: So are casseroles and stews the same thing over there?

  21. 21.

    sb

    January 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    @burnspbesq: Weaver was in the Dick Williams family of managers (or is that the other way around) in that he could get grumpy with his players but he could find a way to work with anybody. Jim Palmer never could have played for Dick Williams (hell, Jim Palmer would ahve most managers putting out a contract on his prima donna life) but Weaver got the best out of him. I would add that Weaver made the most out of every player on his roster.

    A wonderful manager. RIP.

  22. 22.

    The Dangerman

    January 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    Wondering about Nike’s Marketing Department after the new ad where Tiger puts one of his balls in Rory’s water glass…

    …or, perhaps, Balloon-Juice has corrupted my brain.

    ETA: Just looked closer at the picture; good grief.

  23. 23.

    Violet

    January 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    @Gex: Thanks for the update. That’s a tough spot to be in for both of you. How are you holding up?

  24. 24.

    PeakVT

    January 19, 2013 at 4:13 pm

    RIP, Earl Weaver.

  25. 25.

    sb

    January 19, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    @The Dangerman: Pretty sure most of us would find that image pretty weird so you’re far from the only one with a corrupted brain.

  26. 26.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 19, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    @dr. bloor: to the bowl of salted dicks Tbogg keeps telling Buckley to eat.

    ? Christopher? Or the rotting corpse of Bill? Or the rotting corpse of Pat (who sounds like a nasty racist old drunk who could have scared Dick Cheney off a plate of prime rib)?

  27. 27.

    Violet

    January 19, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    @cathyx: I think they might be. I know that when I’ve stayed with English family or friends and someone says “we’re having a casserole for dinner” it is always more like a stew. I asked and was told that it was most definitely a casserole. I know I discussed that we called that same thing a stew, but it has been a few years now so I can’t remember what they said about whether or not they use the word “stew”.

  28. 28.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    Beautiful day, old neighbors stopped by with their kids. They moved away 7 years ago because our hood was not kid friendly. Now it is. Raven has been gone almost 5 years but his spirit live on in the garden.

  29. 29.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 19, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    @gogol’s wife: Either an apology or a literalization of a sausage fest.

  30. 30.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    January 19, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    @22over7: An edible food-like product.

    Gotta say, though, hearing a USian pointing at the UK for bad edible food-like products reminds me of the conversation between my dutch oven and my kettle.

    FWIW, it’s no better up here in the Great Melting North.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 19, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    @Gex: Thank you for the update. People are concerned, and it is really decent of you to take the time, amid everything else, to let us all know what is going on. Good thoughts for you and for Kate.

  32. 32.

    sb

    January 19, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    Is there anybody in college basketball over 7-feet tall and able to play? How about 6-10?

    Different game than the one I watched when I was a youngun’.

  33. 33.

    Mornington Crescent

    January 19, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    I went to school in Baltimore. My first game at Memorial Stadium was in 1977. I can’t remember my favorite Earl Weaver moment, but maybe it was the time he went out to argue with an umpire with rulebook in hand, and then proceeded to tear it up and threw the remains in the air in front of the umpire.

    Here’s a famous video that I’m sure any Earl Weaver fan has seen countless times:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpS-XFXxJvE

  34. 34.

    jeffreyw

    January 19, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    Here’s some “yum” as an example for you. You’re welcome.

  35. 35.

    sb

    January 19, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Ditto x1000.

  36. 36.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    January 19, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    @muddy: I’m Canadian, and I’ve never heard of that dish, nor that firm. Australian perhaps?

  37. 37.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 19, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    @sb: I have a lot of trouble watching college sports because the quality of play seems so very, very low.

  38. 38.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    January 19, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    @gogol’s wife: Naw, someone asked for an open thread, so he obliged.

  39. 39.

    greenergood

    January 19, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    @Gex: Just what I posted a few days ago – keep talking to her. Your loving voice and loving touch will help soothe the pain of all the sh-t that’s happened before to her, help her remember all the happiness she’s had with you, and ready her for the next journey.

  40. 40.

    22over7

    January 19, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    @jeffreyw:

    Yum is right. Now I must have sausage and eggs for breakfast tomorrow, maybe with a bit of green chile sauce over the top for fun.

  41. 41.

    sb

    January 19, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    @Mornington Crescent: Classic.

  42. 42.

    WereBear

    January 19, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    @Gex: What a tough time for you. I was so glad to hear of your amazing support system.

    Can’t say she didn’t take care of you in her turn, huh?

  43. 43.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    January 19, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    For those that really have to know:

    http://www.colmans.co.uk/

    The UK. Shocking, I know :)

  44. 44.

    bjacques

    January 19, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    Funniest failed assassination attempt ever, earlier today. Great comments too:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16vgza/failed_assassination_on_ahmed_dogan/

  45. 45.

    jeffreyw

    January 19, 2013 at 4:32 pm

    @22over7: Hmm… salsa verde – a most excellent idea!

  46. 46.

    sb

    January 19, 2013 at 4:32 pm

    @FlipYrWhig: Not long ago–well within most of our lifetimes, a high school all-star team would have no chance at all against a college team, much less a team of college all-americans.

    Now? I think year in and year out, the high school team would win and pretty handily at that.

  47. 47.

    scav

    January 19, 2013 at 4:34 pm

    @polyorchnid octopunch: UK? yes, shocking, there’s vege in that meal. And still more in the background!

  48. 48.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    January 19, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    @polyorchnid octopunch: Just to close the relevant epistemology: http://www.colmans.co.uk/our-range/recipe-mixes/sausage-casserole/

  49. 49.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    Garden Face

  50. 50.

    sb

    January 19, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    @bjacques: Good lord.

  51. 51.

    22over7

    January 19, 2013 at 4:37 pm

    @jeffreyw:

    Excellent indeed. Spouse is heading to Chicago tomorrow, and I was instructed to send along lots of green chile for family members who’ve been introduced to that crack and can’t get off.

  52. 52.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    January 19, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    @scav: Hey, I like veggies. Veggies pretty much rock.

  53. 53.

    Violet

    January 19, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    @polyorchnid octopunch: That’s the same Colman’s that makes Colman’s mustard. I use that powdered mustard when cooking certain dishes. It packs a punch.

  54. 54.

    MattR

    January 19, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    For some really good Earl Weaver stories from the umpire’s POV, find yourself a copy of The Umpire Strikes Back by Ron Luciano.

  55. 55.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    @bjacques:

    Funniest failed assassination attempt ever, earlier today. Great comments too:

    I was told that the only thing that stopped a bad man with a gun was a good man with a gun. Looks like an octogenarian who doesn’t take any shit can stop them too.

  56. 56.

    Mike E

    January 19, 2013 at 4:39 pm

    Giroux scores! Flyers down 2-1.

  57. 57.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    @22over7: Hatch?

  58. 58.

    MattR

    January 19, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    @efgoldman: Interestingly, yesterday was the 18th anniversary of Luciano’s death.

  59. 59.

    scav

    January 19, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    @polyorchnid octopunch: Must be from the south then, if I can trust BBC4e.

  60. 60.

    22over7

    January 19, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    @Raven:

    Of course. Also this stuff:

    http://www.505chile.com/

  61. 61.

    MattR

    January 19, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    @MattR: What the hell part of that comment triggered moderation?

  62. 62.

    PurpleGirl

    January 19, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    @polyorchnid octopunch: Ah, you beat me to the Colman’s web site. Has no one heard of Colman’s English mustard?

  63. 63.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 19, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    @Mike E: Chicago is seriously spanking LA King ass. So I never heard who won that lockout? Or was it a cased an agreement that probably was proposed months ago. F— Y– Gary Bettman!!

  64. 64.

    Gex

    January 19, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    @Violet: I am doing okay considering. It is impossible to comprehend the response that we are getting from our circles. I joked on Facebook that I needed a media relations officer. In truth, I did. The City Pages, the St.Paul Pioneer Press, and WCCO are doing something. There was a tribute show last night, there’s one tonight, and the big one is on Tuesday at MoA. NBD, just Maria Bamford flying into headline for Kate.

    Meanwhile, I’ve had a minimum of two people at my side at all times. And often there are five or six of us. We’ve been gathered around her, making sure she’s comfortable. There has been a lot of laughter.

    On occasion part of my psyche feels guilty about that, but only part, and I know I have nothing to feel guilty about. The hard part really hasn’t started, and that’s living in a world without her.

    If you guys want to get an idea of the love she put out in the world, just look at the love she is getting back now. There’s a Facebook page we’ve been using to keep people updated. Feel free to check it out: Kate and Barb

  65. 65.

    scav

    January 19, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    @22over7: Wait a minute, I’m in Chicago and just got a familial order to track down some hoja santa and epazote. go figure, the weirdness of economics, markets and families is epic.

  66. 66.

    Violet

    January 19, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    @PurpleGirl: There’s even a Colman’s Mustard Shop and Museum.

  67. 67.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    OK UK people. We just started watching Shameless. It’s fooking kiling me it’s so funny. Do they get to swear and screw like that on regular TV?

  68. 68.

    jeffreyw

    January 19, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    Mrs J is thinking really hard on bringing this Lady home for a spell.

  69. 69.

    Gex

    January 19, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    @WereBear: true that. I discussed some of the issues we had, but in truth, they were things I know we were going to work out. We would have been together forever, I’m sure of it.

  70. 70.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    @jeffreyw: Bird dog!

  71. 71.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    @Gex: You will be.

  72. 72.

    burnspbesq

    January 19, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    @sb:

    Is there anybody in college basketball over 7-feet tall and able to play? How about 6-10?

    Mason Plumlee
    Ryan Kelly
    Cody Zeller
    Jeff Withey
    Kelly Olynyk
    Alex Lem (sometimes)

  73. 73.

    ranchandsyrup

    January 19, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Went to sea world with the family. If you get a day pass by the end of the month it works for the rest of the year (there are 7 days blacked out). Got some sun, had a couple of cold beers. Gonna grill some turkey burgers and make some panko dipped onion rings. Nice little Saturday like I’m Frank the Tank.

  74. 74.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    @dr. bloor:

    I loved the ABC obit–”He was ejected 91 times in his career, including once in both games of a doubleheader.”

    Which, sad to say, isn’t even close to the record. Bobby Cox managed to get ejected a record 158 times, 156 in the regular season and twice in the World Series (also a record).

  75. 75.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    @Gex:

    C’mon, Katie. Let yourself be at peace finally.

    I may not be much, but we’re with you in spirit.

  76. 76.

    PurpleGirl

    January 19, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    @Violet: TY. A friend who spent several years in England while growing up, loves the various Colman’s products (especially the mustard) and recipe mixes.

  77. 77.

    Violet

    January 19, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    @Gex: Oh, wow, that is just amazing! It sounds like you and she are surrounded by love and laughter. What an incredible tribute to you both. And how wonderful for you to have that support at this challenging time and for her to know she is so loved.

    Hang in there. We are thinking of you here. Thanks so much for the update.

  78. 78.

    Edo

    January 19, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    @Gex: Emily Post is silent about the protocol for situations like this, and I’m not sure I have anything to say that hasn’t been said before. But you have all my sympathies, more than I thought I had in me to offer.

    Thank you so much for the update.

  79. 79.

    PurpleGirl

    January 19, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    @jeffreyw: What a cutie. Love the freckles.

  80. 80.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    January 19, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    Speaking of weather, I just got a work call and I’m driving to Kokomo on Monday. Wherever that is. Google maps, here I come.

  81. 81.

    Svensker

    January 19, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Gex’s link didn’t work. Here’s the page

    And here’s a Give Forward page for them

  82. 82.

    Mike E

    January 19, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: I think it was a lot like the GOP caving in on themselves, more than anything sensible or mutually beneficial.

  83. 83.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    @polyorchnid octopunch:

    Gotta say, though, hearing a USian pointing at the UK for bad edible food-like products reminds me of the conversation between my dutch oven and my kettle.

    Yes, yes, the English do know how to cook.

    They just don’t know when to stop.

  84. 84.

    WaterGirl

    January 19, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    @jeffreyw: So cute! Ha ha ha that you said “for a spell”, like there’s any chance in hell that a pup that cute would come home with you for awhile and then you’d take the dog back.

  85. 85.

    Maude

    January 19, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    @Gex:
    Hi, Gex.
    Thinking of you and Kate.

  86. 86.

    trollhattan

    January 19, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    @Mornington Crescent:

    Oh my gosh, that video, Earl was a pip. If that isn’t the very definition of, “And another thing…!” I don’t know what might be.

    He’ll definitely be missed.

  87. 87.

    Gex

    January 19, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    @Svensker: thanks buddy. iPad + nurse visit = linky no work

  88. 88.

    Mike E

    January 19, 2013 at 5:13 pm

    @efgoldman: Their selfish corporate behavior can be overlooked once the gloves fly off. I’m a Philly fan, I once went to a brawl when suddenly a hockey game broke out, I’m easily assuaged by violence.

  89. 89.

    jeffreyw

    January 19, 2013 at 5:14 pm

    @WaterGirl: Well, there may be issues with the kittehs and the other pups. Also she may be a flight risk. Mrs J spotted her in a shelter in Tulsa and a local transporter outfit brought her to the shelter here. She will get every chance to fit in, you betcha.

  90. 90.

    trollhattan

    January 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    @RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist:

    Bonnie might know.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-xjhiNpAkw

  91. 91.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    @RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist: Kokomo that’s where I want to go. . .

  92. 92.

    WereBear

    January 19, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    @jeffreyw: OMG those ears. Who could say no?

  93. 93.

    gogol's wife

    January 19, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    @Gex:

    Thank you for the updates. I’m so glad you have great friends and laughter.

  94. 94.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    January 19, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    Posted this on the gun thread below, but we’ve seen some timely dumbasses with guns antics here in Raleigh just this afternoon. If it makes me a bad person to laugh my ass off, I guess I’ll just have to live with it. God knows how bad it makes me to wish that everybody at the damn show had flipped out, whipped out whatever they had, and killed one another like the finale scene in Reservoir Dogs.

  95. 95.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    @Evolving Deep Southerner: Ever hear of Twiggs Lyndon?

  96. 96.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    January 19, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    @scav: Nay, I’m a Canadian.

  97. 97.

    scav

    January 19, 2013 at 5:25 pm

    @Evolving Deep Southerner:

    The show, which is held inside the Jim Graham Building, closed for the remainder of the day but will continue Sunday without private gun sales. Authorities said no personal guns will be allowed on the property. Only guns sold by licensed dealers and vendors will be allowed.

    Oh hell, now I’m confused. Is this now a gun-free zone where any and all gun incidents happen or not?

    And everyone can contact me in future alongside wherever Evolving Deep Southerner ends up.

  98. 98.

    Mike E

    January 19, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    @Evolving Deep Southerner: Yikes! That’s what you get when you live in a town where a combine can tie up traffic.

  99. 99.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    January 19, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    @Raven: The name seemed vaguely familiar, but I hadn’t ever heard that story until I just Googled his name.

  100. 100.

    YellowJournalism

    January 19, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    Gex, I’ll echo what others have said: keep talking to her. Let her know she’s loved as she lets go. Our thoughts are with you.

  101. 101.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    @RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist:

    Speaking of weather, I just got a work call and I’m driving to Kokomo on Monday. Wherever that is.

    Pop music has led me to believe that it’s near Aruba, Bahama, come on pretty mama, but I think it;s in Indiana. Secret Cole meeting?

  102. 102.

    quannlace

    January 19, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    Yum? Umm, no. It looks as inviting as an old box of Hamburger Helper from the ’70’s.

  103. 103.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    @Evolving Deep Southerner:
    What kind of idiot brings a loaded gun to the show when he wants to sell it? Don’t they know anything?

  104. 104.

    Raven

    January 19, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    @Evolving Deep Southerner: I went to this gig about the Lyndon House last night and his cousin, and Athens lawyer, mentioned him but not the gory details. Sounds like my kinda people.

  105. 105.

    dr. bloor

    January 19, 2013 at 5:34 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Actually, I was thinking of Kristol. So many right wing, perpetually wrong sociopaths deserving of the honor it’s hard to keep track of them.

  106. 106.

    WaterGirl

    January 19, 2013 at 5:35 pm

    @Gex: Holding you both in my heart, but I am at a complete loss for words.

  107. 107.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 19, 2013 at 6:15 pm

    @Roger Moore: I remember an incident at a gun show when an idiot who snuck in a gun for for an unauthorized private sale(the gun show was sponsored by a gun collector club, and only members could sell their weapons)the weapon went off nearly hitting a nine year old. I was there at the time, talk about a mob reaction, the poor trailer trash needed the police to protect him.

  108. 108.

    monkeyfister

    January 19, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    I suppose that if you took the sausages, browned them; sauteed the onions and peppers, a bit of garlic and some parsley, oregano and a bit of basil with them, and then added some tomato sauce, or perhaps a bit of Spicy V8, and simmered it for a bit, you’d end up with something like Colman’s sausage casserole, but it might actually taste good.

    I make long-simmered Italian sauce with sausages and onions and peppers to put in hogie rolls. This looks like the horrible English YAK-inducing excuse for that.

    Never trust an English packet or box for ANYTHING that resembles actual food. Their standards are quantum levels lower than American processed “food” stuffs. There is a British blog that does nothing but try and review British packaged foods. Hilarity and puke usually ensues from the author. I wish I still had the link, but that was two dead computers ago.

    I have no idea how the modern Brit even survives, unless they grow and raise their own food.

  109. 109.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    January 19, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    talk about a mob reaction, the poor trailer trash needed the police to protect him.

    It’s funny, I thought the same thing when I saw this. I just got a picture of thus dumb fucker with a bloody and getting taken out to a gauntlet of fellow rednecks giving him shit on the way out. “Yew a goddam ree-tard or whut?”

  110. 110.

    monkeyfister

    January 19, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    Hell. I live in Armpit, West Tennessee, and I don’t buy American processed food ANYTHING. I DO grow, raise, hunt, buy uber-local, and barter for my own wholesome foods. Trips to the grocery store are by and large for paper products and freezer bags, and sidebar items, like the occasional out of season/out of region fruit.

  111. 111.

    Violet

    January 19, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    @monkeyfister:

    I have no idea how the modern Brit even survives, unless they grow and raise their own food.

    Takeout curry. Curry is the national dish.

  112. 112.

    josefina

    January 19, 2013 at 6:42 pm

    @jeffreyw: She’s adorable! That dainty sniffing at the treats–hard to know if it’s her own temperament or a reaction to her circumstances. Either way, I hope you and the missis have many, many happy years with her.

  113. 113.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2013 at 6:48 pm

    @Gex:

    Thank you for the update. We continue to think of you both with whatever the online-bloggy-never-actually-met-in-person version of love is.

    I guess it’s love.

  114. 114.

    West of the Rockies

    January 19, 2013 at 6:51 pm

    Something about that package made me think of “Treet” (the poor man’s Spam). Bet it’s some pretty salty stuff.

  115. 115.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2013 at 6:54 pm

    @Raven:

    St. Francis AND the Buddha. Raven is in excellent company.

  116. 116.

    Peregrinus

    January 19, 2013 at 6:55 pm

    @Gex:

    The support you’ve spoken of in this thread (and that I saw on the FB page you linked) is wonderful, and as someone upthread said, really a tribute to you both. Kate is lucky to have you by her side.

    (Apropos of nothing, sneaking 25 people into an ICU is what my [Cuban] family calls the “Cuban gambit.” We’re quite good at it, and I’m glad to hear you were able to pull it off as well.)

    I can’t do much from here, but I am with you both in spirit.

  117. 117.

    FlyingToaster

    January 19, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    @scav: If there’s a Penzey’s, they have dried epazote.

    I’ve been growing epazote in my hellstrip (along with dill, calendula and waldstenia) for the past couple of years. One of the local cops was smelling it when he was rousting out some car thieves and came by the next day to find out what the hell that soapy, oreganoey stuff was.

    I’ve never heard of hoja santa, so you’re on you own there.

  118. 118.

    ruemara

    January 19, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    @Gex: Sending love and peace out to you both.

  119. 119.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2013 at 7:05 pm

    @Raven: Sometime this spring or summer I have to figure out how to wangle an invitation over to Athens . Your garden looks like So.Much.Fun.

  120. 120.

    Lojasmo

    January 19, 2013 at 7:05 pm

    High of 38 here in minnesota today. High tomorrow will be -2 with a windchill of -48

  121. 121.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2013 at 7:10 pm

    @Violet:

    As a Lord Peter Wimsey fan, I’ve known about Colman’s mustard for a long time. Dorothy L. Sayers worked in advertising early in her writing career, and created the “Mustard Club,” complete with recipes.

  122. 122.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2013 at 7:18 pm

    @Gex:

    There has been a lot of laughter. On occasion part of my psyche feels guilty about that, but only part, and I know I have nothing to feel guilty about.

    Indeed you do not. My mother has been dead for (counts on fingers) almost 38 years, and my siblings and I still remember how we sat up all night after she died, laughing like loons and breaking down and weeping uncontrollably and then laughing hysterically again. It’s all part of it, and nothing to feel guilty about at all.

  123. 123.

    sneezy

    January 19, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    @dr. bloor:

    He was ejected 91 times in his career, including once in both games of a doubleheader.

    Classic. You gotta admire that.

  124. 124.

    Peregrinus

    January 19, 2013 at 7:27 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    @Gex:

    My grandmother passed away in December after a mercifully short fight with esophageal cancer. I flew back for a week to be with my family, and – at least for the first two or three nights, when her siblings and other assorted relatives were there – I can’t recall having laughed so much, or so hard, or so long. I think it is ultimately a reassurance. A way to prove that one day, the wound will begin to heal.

  125. 125.

    DaveInOz

    January 19, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    As a Norwich exile in Australia, it’s good to see Colman’s of Norwich getting a mention on the BJ site.

    Norwich isn’t on the UK tourist trail – the nearest visitors get is Cambridge, but it’s worth a visit. Colman’s were known purely for their mustard, they have a mustard museum in the city centre.

    They are now just a brand swallowed by the Unilever corporation.

  126. 126.

    Steeplejack

    January 19, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    No disrespect to Raven’s beloved dog, but that smiling guy is Hotai (or Budei), not the Buddha. A jolly monk from Chinese folklore who has become conflated with the Buddha mostly because of ubiquitous statues in (old-school) Chinese and Japanese restaurants.

    Fortunately, this will not get you a punch in the neck from outraged Buddhists, because they’re not usually into that sort of thing.

  127. 127.

    Hypatia's Momma

    January 19, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    @Steeplejack:
    Someone here is unaware of the history of Buddhism. :p

  128. 128.

    Steeplejack

    January 19, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    @Hypatia’s Momma:

    Not a big deal, just a personal hot warm button.

  129. 129.

    pseudonymous in nc

    January 19, 2013 at 9:03 pm

    @monkeyfister:

    I suppose that if you took the sausages, browned them; sauteed the onions and peppers, a bit of garlic and some parsley, oregano and a bit of basil with them, and then added some tomato sauce, or perhaps a bit of Spicy V8, and simmered it for a bit, you’d end up with something like Colman’s sausage casserole, but it might actually taste good.

    Yep.

    Also, natives of the land that gave the world Hamburger Helper may want to STFU about British packaged foodstuffs.

  130. 130.

    CJ

    January 19, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    Didn’t John just tell someone to eat a bag of dicks?

  131. 131.

    cckids

    January 20, 2013 at 12:06 am

    @Gex: I am dreadfully late to this, being on the left coast & all, but oh, my, I feel for you. Blessings on you & Kate. I am dreading the days to come when I’m doing the same with my son, or my dad. Hang in there.

  132. 132.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    January 20, 2013 at 12:36 am

    @RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist:
    Kokomo, Indiana – Isn’t that the town were the Blues Brothers played at Bob’s Country Bunker? The stage with the chicken wire?

  133. 133.

    andy

    January 20, 2013 at 12:36 am

    Since the weatherman says it’ll get to -20º tonight (with a -50º windchill), I thought I would make some cassoulet. Turns out it’s pretty good on a home made hard roll with some honey mustard.

  134. 134.

    Steeplejack

    January 20, 2013 at 12:55 am

    @andy:

    Looks tasty.

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