Went to the big city to get some gas and kitty litter, and I stopped at the smokehouse and got a rack of ribs for my folks and a bbq Cuban and some mac and cheese, slaw, and baked beans for myself, because I was not in the mood to cook.
I have no idea what it is, and trust me, I like the so-called finer things in life (road kill stew, ramps, corn jelly), but there is just something about a good sammich that hits the spot every now and then. This had pulled pork in a homemade wet sauce as the base, then a typical cuban sandwich on top of that, and then a boatload of pickles. And it was awesome. I’d planned to have half before the game and half at halftime, but ended up standing over the oven eating the whole damned thing out of the styrofoam container.
Sometimes a good sandwich fixes everything for a while.
GO STILLERS!
Craigo
“Big city” = Wheeling?
Betty Cracker
A proper Cuban sammitch has Genoa salami, boiled ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, mustard (yellow, not fancy), mayo and 2 pickles on CUBAN bread. Period.
MikeJ
I wore my Red Sox cap when I went out earlier today, so we should sweep the Os.
Short Bus Bully
GO HAWKS!!
zombie rotten mcdonald
you do realize, John, that this is still pre-season?
Omnes Omnibus
@Betty Cracker: Mayo is evil. Just sayin’.
raven
@zombie rotten mcdonald: And that there are actual games being played.
cathyx
@Craigo: I think he means Bethany.
stephen benson
a cubano medinoche is close to the perfect sandwich.
cathyx
@Omnes Omnibus: Mayo is the best condiment ever invented. Mustard is evil.
MikeJ
@Omnes Omnibus: How could eggs and oil be evil? Do you find vinaigrette evil? Good mayo is good. Bad mayo is bad.
I wouldn’t put mayo on everything, just like I wouldn’t put chocolate or crème anglaise on everything.
Josie
OT but this just caught my eye and my imagination. Chickens on a flight to freedom:
http://www.today.com/pets/chickens-plane-1-000-hens-be-airlifted-new-york-8C11033576
SteveinSC
The best Cuban I ever ate was at Mrs.T’s in Nags Head. She was a WWII Jewish refugee who, with her family, first landed in Cuba where she learned how those bitches are really intended to be made. Kosher?, what the fuck! Her family then moved to the U.S. and thence lost their way and ended up in North Carolina. She was actually used to some Jack-booted asshole yelling “Ihr Papier, Bitte!” way before it was fashionable in the Tar Heel State and mercifully she passed away before it came to pass again.
Ramps? They have a fucking ramps festival here in SC to go along with the Salley chittlin’s festival. Them fuckers stink to high heaven, but the fried ones are pretty good.
geg6
@Betty Cracker:
This.
Mmmmm, a Cuban sounds lovely. But we’re having burgers from the grill, which are also quite lovely. With a nice bottle of red, not sure what kind. But it’s French. Surrender monkey wine!
And Cole? This game is gonna be painful. It’s going to be all third stringers, playing to save their NFL lives. Ugh. I plan to watch only until Burn Notice and Elementary come on.
And I have to confess…I know I’ve talked about how my John and I are definite dog people. But there is a little skinny marmalade that’s been hanging around in our yard. Last Friday, we went out for fish dinners and brought home some leftover fish. We put it out under the bench that the cat seems to favor and the next morning, it was gone. That night, we saw the cat hanging around the bench, quite bold in that we were out with the dogs and the cat just sat and stared at us as if to say where’s my fish? So the next day, we were grocery shopping and picked up some inexpensive cat food (10 for $12) and we’ve been putting out a can every night in the same spot. She (we think she is a she) is now completely ensconced under the bench. We can’t see a collar or tags on her but we haven’t really gotten very close yet.
But I have a horrible feeling we’re about to become cat people. Fucking Cole and Balloon Juice. Look at what you’ve done to me!
the Conster
WTF are the Pats going to do with Tebow? I just don’t get it. I can throw better than him.
Omnes Omnibus
@MikeJ:
By combining to be mayo. Vinaigrette is just fine with me.
Craigo
@cathyx: Yeah, I’m not sure what it means in this context. I know of a couple good places to get a cuban in Pittsburgh, but if he knows somewhere closer that’s great.
jeffreyw
Mmm… Cubano!
JPL
@MikeJ: Although I live in a burb outside Atlanta, there are a lot of Sox fans. The first time they won the series, a young man who was volunteering (cuz he had to) where I volunteer willingly, told me it was the only time he saw his father cry. He asked me if I cried and I said of course.
It would be nice if the Falcons won one preseason game, btw. What would be nicer is if Brian Banks had a good game. It would be great to have him in the NFL at least one season.
geg6
And can I just say that I’m not crazy about Bob Pompeani and Edmund Nelson calling the game? I miss Myron.
JPL
@the Conster: hmm. My guess is that he won’t make the team and the tea party evangelicals will have something else to bitch about, rather than Obama.
piratedan
@geg6: what? Lindsay Nelson wasn’t available?
giterdone
I see Wr0ng W@y Cole is FINALLY starting to be honest about his true feelings about Obama.
Don’t hide it Cole. Let your Greenwald freak flag fly you fokin sheithead.
Mr Stagger Lee
So Notre Dame is going for the chrome Oregon look for their helmets, and so is Indiana. Why Wisconsin switched from white/Red W to Red/white W is a mystery unless Snotty Walker had something to do with it. One more question, which NFL team will tank to draft Jadaveon Clowney?
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus: Agree This Ditto.
raven
@Mr Stagger Lee: If he sucks air all year like he has in this half it may not be the greatest thing ever! The Dawgs are gonna roll these bums. Their secondary is weak weak weak.
Mr Stagger Lee
@raven: Saw `Tennessee’s schedule, they can easily 1-5 and there will be howling from Rocky Top.
Saw the drawing for the Champions League, Manchester City and Bayern Munich, also Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund….sexy!
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
@cathyx:
I’ll use a tablespoon or so of mayo in a tuna salad, disguised with plenty of olives and capers.
But mayonnaise spread on bread?? Ugh, no thank yew!!
raven
@Mr Stagger Lee: Well, now that Derek is out of Knoxville there will be a grace period. His momma is still fightin mad!
SiubhanDuinne
@MikeJ:
What the hell is wrong with you, son?
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: You know what the French call a quarter pounder with cheese?
lamh36
Watching Nic Cage in National Treasure. I do love this movie. I liked the 2nd move too. I’ma neat Bruckhemier and Cage to get it together for the 3rd installment. It’s not like Cage is busy right now, plus don’t he still owe the guvm’t taxes on his island or something?
cathyx
@SiubhanDuinne: There’s nothing better than a mayonnaise sandwich. Yum.
mclaren
So much for that whole losing-weight thing.
Mr Stagger Lee
@cathyx: Mayonnaise and Bacon sandwich a combination made in heaven. And I confess when I was in Germany I was into French Fries and mayonnaise, I may ended up having to turn in my American citizenship and my man card for that. ;-)
lamh36
SiubhanDuinne
@cathyx:
‘scuse me while I throw up in my mouth. However could you be so cruel, cathyx? I thought we were friends.
cathyx
@Mr Stagger Lee: That sounds heavenly. I could eat mayonnaise by the spoonful, to be honest. But dipping things in it is what it’s made for.
cathyx
@SiubhanDuinne: I can’t be friends with anyone who doesn’t love mayonnaise.
MikeJ
@Mr Stagger Lee:
I caught it while working in the Netherlands.
You know what’s really good on fries? Curry mayo.
lamh36
now watching Austin Powers:International Man of Mystery. So what’s up with Mike Myers lately I wonder? I’m guessing he’s just sitting back and collecting the Austin Powers and Sherk residual checks as they come rolling in!
Roger Moore
@cathyx:
Mmmmm. Artichoke.
JPL
@cathyx: There would be no devil in deviled eggs without mayo.
SiubhanDuinne
@cathyx: All right. You had your chance. This is goodbye, and don’t try to crawl back for forgiveness.
Roger Moore
@MikeJ:
You know what else is good on fries? Sriracha.
Mr Stagger Lee
@MikeJ: I’ll try that, though I may have to eat it on the sly.
Mr Stagger Lee
@MikeJ: I’ll try that, though I may have to eat it on the sly.
SiubhanDuinne
@Roger Moore:
NO!!! Are you insane?? That’s what BUTTER is for, sheesh!!
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: Exactly. Butter is also what goes on lobster rolls.
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
Not to come across all Little Boots, but I knew you’d be on my side in this.
The Great Balloon Juice Mayonnaise Wars.
Fuckin’ Epic.
NotMax
What, no lox?
@SiubhanDuinne
Or hollandaise.
jeffreyw
@Roger Moore: Mmm… cheesesteak fries
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: Eight Three represent!
raven
None of that shit is good for you!
Omnes Omnibus
@raven: That is a completely different fight.
jeffreyw
Mmm… chili cheese fries
raven
@Omnes Omnibus: Sorry. I have switched back to butter on rare occasions. Last night I grilled mahi, avocado and pineapple and basted the pineapple with butter and honey.
cathyx
@SiubhanDuinne: Clearly there are plenty of mayonnaise lovers on this board.
Yes to artichokes, lobster, frenchfries, any vegetable, every sandwich, and all ten fingers.
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne
Mixing a bit of wasabi paste into the tuna and mayo takes it to a whole new level.
raven
@jeffreyw: I’ve had this weird experience, I did a low country boil and I’ve gotten two thank you notes in the mail and several on the facebook!
cathyx
@raven: Thanks for the reminder. Mayo is fantastic on fish.
The Dangerman
@jeffreyw:
Tommy’s
For an LA boy, it’s basically a Pavlovian response.
JPL
@cathyx: Truth be known, I can’t use a jar of mayo before I toss it out but a lobster roll without mayo, no way.
jeffreyw
@raven: Low country ladies are always good for a thank you note!
SiubhanDuinne
@NotMax:
Yes, hollandaise FTW.
MikeJ
@NotMax:
One of the great things about mayo is its ability to be a vehicle for other flavors. It is incredibly difficult to get the correct amount of wasabi spread spread appropriately around a dish without a carrier sauce.
It is also very popular for carrying garlic, in which case we call it “aïoli”.
jeffreyw
Just plain fries are good, to. Maybe a little salt.
SiubhanDuinne
@NotMax: Arright, that does sound totes increds.
Wasabi FTW.
raven
@jeffreyw:
With your silhouette when the sunlight dims
Into your eyes where the moonlight swims
And your matchbook songs and your gypsy hymns
Who among them would try to impress you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes
MomSense
The ultimate for french fries is roasted red pepper and garlic aioli–and not difficult to make at home. My youngest calls it the “better than ketchup sauce”.
@JPL:
I like mayo lobster rolls but an alternative is a little melted butter with chives and lemon juice. It is delicious.
jeffreyw
Homer’s Hi-Def CATTV
SiubhanDuinne
I guess I am of the view that mayo is a decent ingredient (thoroughly mixed into things) but horrible as a stand-alone (spread, dipping sauce, etc.)
At the other end of the equation, I love raisins as a stand-alone food, straight out of the little Sunmaid box the way the gods meant them to be eaten, but I loathe, detest, and abhor raisins as an ingredient. Especially in cookies. And rice pudding. But especially in cookies. (Expecting chocolate chips and getting raisins just plays merry hell with trust issues.)
raven
@jeffreyw: “It musta been a boid, I hoid it choip”!
Felonius Monk
@Omnes Omnibus: @cathyx: Yellow mustard mixed with mayo on rye with pastrami. Yum, but only when I’m out of russian or too lazy to make some.
Manyakitty
@geg6: One of us! One of us!
JPL
@SiubhanDuinne: IMO, raisins are not supposed to be served hot in a casserole, that’s where I draw the line.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven:
“It’s Spring! Da boid is on da wing!”
“Dat’s absoid! Da wing is on da boid!”
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
@Betty Cracker: When you add pork bbq, it’s a Cuban: Bay of Pigs.
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
I don’t even know anyone who would think of such a thing.
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne
Stuffed cabbage without raisins is, I believe, a Class D felony.
SiubhanDuinne
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader:
I guess the recipe would require a bay leaf, yes?
Manyakitty
@MikeJ: You know what else is good on fries? Horseradish sauce (mayo base, of course)
Jeffro
@jeffreyw: I agree with everything in that picture except the fries
lamh36
Lord I really don’t like mayonnaise. When I was younger, I never touched the stuff. Now-a-days, I still don’t like it, but I don’t totally hate it anymore, still don’t prefer it at all.
Still hearing you all rave about it reminds me of this scene from Undercover Brother: Undercover Brother – Mayonnaise
Manyakitty
@NotMax: What? Raisins in stuffed cabbage? Not the way I make it. Filling of hamburger, rice, salt, and pepper. Sauce of crushed tomatoes, brown sugar, salt and lemon juice. Bake slow for 8 hours. Will blow your mind.
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
@SiubhanDuinne: I’ll do the jokes here if you don’t mind.
SiubhanDuinne
@NotMax: Felonious bunk. I’ll take my chances with the culinary gendarmerie.
PurpleGirl
@SiubhanDuinne:
Spring is sprung,
The grass is risen.
I wonder where the birdies is’un,
The birds is on da wing!
Isn’t that absurd, I thought the wing is on the bird.
SiubhanDuinne
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader:
Waiting….
JPL
@Manyakitty: Try making horseradish sauce with yogurt and a tad of lemon. You can add as much horseradish as you want.
How about those Steelers…
Manyakitty
@JPL: Sounds gooood. I bet that would rock on salmon.
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
@SiubhanDuinne: Three legged dog walks into a bar and says to the bartender, “I’m looking for the man that shot my paw.”
raven
Damn, a weather delay in Columbia!
Jane2
@geg6: You’re finished…it’s all over but the naming and the cute nicknames.
SiubhanDuinne
@PurpleGirl: Did you learn that from a parent? I’ve recently been trying to collect some of the silly routines my mother used to do, things that would just crack us up as kids (the paper napkin thing of the maiden, the villain, and the hero; the lengthy shaggy story of Herbert the Family Pet; and her over-the-top performance of “Don’t Go In the Lions’ Cage Tonight, Mother Darling”). She also had a fine repertoire of old English ballads and such that she used to sing as bedtime songs — “Lord Lovell” and “The Minstrel Boy” and “The Dismal Swamp” and “Down By the Haunted Spring.”
Felonius Monk
Unless, of course, it’s a shit sandwich which, even when it is well made, is usually hard to digest.
MikeJ
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader: Balloon Juice version: Three legged dog walks into a bar and says to the bartender, “Obama sold us out! He;s worse than Bush!”
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: I think that came from Candid Camera.
BillinGlendaleCA
It’s legal to BBQ Cubans in West “By God” Virginia? I’d think they’d be too lean and a bit salty from the swim.
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
@MikeJ: zOMG, that one never gets old.
BruceFromOhio
Gaia strike me down where I stand, the pre-season Browns look precisely, painfully like the regular season Browns: down by 10, stalled mid-field, throwing on 3rd and short and dropping it, flagged on 4th down, punting. May as well call it a 4-12 season now and skip the injuries, and wait for the feds to bust the owner.
SiubhanDuinne
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader:
Termite walks into a bar and says, “Hey, is the bar tender here?”
Jane2
@NotMax: Stuffed cabbage with raisins should be punished by eternal damnation.
Manyakitty
@Jane2: YES.
BruceFromOhio
@SiubhanDuinne:
Two guys walk into a bar. The third one ducks.
SiubhanDuinne
@BruceFromOhio:
Zenmaster walks up to a hot dog cart. Vendor says “What’ll it be?”
Zenmaster says, “Make me one with everything.”
BillinGlendaleCA
@The Dangerman: Damn you, I may have to get in the car and get some Tommy’s now. Damn you Dangerman.
Felonius Monk
@Manyakitty: Where the hell is the sauerkraut? You can’t make stuffed cabbage without sauerkraut! Holy Golumpki, Batman.
JPL
@Manyakitty: Just taste and adjust the flavors to your liking. My son, who is 34, recently saw a chef on tv doing something similar and asked how I started that. My mom would always use mayo or sour cream and decades ago, since I had neither, I tried yogurt. I’m sure the chef my son saw on TV started the same way.
raven
30 minutes AFTER the lightning stops! On to Nashville.I took tomorrow off so I could stay up and watch football, let’s go!
SiubhanDuinne
I am not happy with the way the Braves game is going.
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: I have it n the little screen and just looked at it.
BruceFromOhio
@SiubhanDuinne: Tip the veal and try the server.
Manyakitty
@Felonius Monk: Sauerkraut?! It’s already got CABBAGE.
Steeplejack
@SiubhanDuinne:
What? You scared me for a minute. They’re still up 3-1. I’ve been bouncing around various channels and was away from that game for a while. Basically killing time until Elementary comes on.
tybee
@SiubhanDuinne:
the Zenmaster then hands the vendor a $20 to pay for the hotdog.
the vendor puts it in his pocket and turns to the next customer.
Zenmaster says “where’s my change?”
and the vendor says “change must come from within”.
Manyakitty
@JPL: Excellent. Let me share you back a versatile dip and dressing:
Red Curry Mayo.
Adjust amounts to taste:
Mayo, roasted red pepper, red curry paste, sea salt, a little sugar, pickle juice. Blend until smooth. I use an immersion blender, but it would whizz together fine in a regular blender or food processor.
geg6
@raven:
Low country boil done right is this atheist’s idea of heaven.
I once made it on a trip from here to Cincinnati on a yacht with friends. We are still legends for the smells we trailed behind us as I cooked it up and we traveled upriver and docked somewhere about 50 to 60 miles from Marietta on our way back home. The restaurant at the marina we stayed at that night was pissed about the aromas coming from our boat. It smelled better than anything they were serving.
jeffreyw
@SiubhanDuinne: Here ya go: One with everything.
raven
@geg6: Here’s she is.
PopeRatzo
The die is cast. We’re on our way to war.
geg6
@Felonius Monk:
Fer real. Without sauerkraut, it’s nothing.
geg6
@raven:
OMG! Yummy! Yer killing me dude.
And can I just say WTF? NO BURN NOTICE! WTF? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
raven
@geg6: Here it is as it wound down.
Mr Stagger Lee
So I wonder, if the New England Patriots will wait for the Friday afternoon news dump to cut His Holiness, the Baby Jesus Tim Tebow? Will Skip Bayless commit seppiku on TV while Steven A Smith’s head explode?
SiubhanDuinne
@Steeplejack: Okay, either I’m losing my mind or I’m losing my mind. One.
I havent been paying close attention tonight (otherwise occupied), but would swear on a stack of Obamacare prescription pads that the TV across the room (muted) was showing a 3-0 Cleveland lead. At least, the 3 was above the 0, I swear, and I knew it was a home game. Anyhow, it seems to be better now, 3-1 Atlanta, with the numbers where they belong. I should pay more attention to the action on the field and less to the graphics.
Omnes Omnibus
@lamh36: I love that scene. Hate mayo, love hot sauce.
Gloryb
@Craigo: In the burg? Where? My son loves them!
elmo
Discovered this totally by accident, when I wanted to make tartar sauce but didn’t have any pickle relish – mayo and those chopped hot peppers you get from Wegman’s (the red and yellow ones in oil, not the giardinaria or whatever the hell that vinegar pepper stuff is called). OMG as a dip for tater tots it is to DIE for. (Probably literally, between the mayo and the tater tots…)
+0 because I’m still at work at 9:45 Eastern after being here since 0800. FML.
geg6
@raven:
Yup, that’s exactly how it should look. Next time, if you like them, add some crab legs to it. In a part of the Outer Banks that we (me and my ex) used to go to, it was called Frogmore Stew. Fabulous. Just slurping it up as if we had no sort of manners or self-control. So delicious.
SiubhanDuinne
@jeffreyw: Please name that the Koan, or the Zazen, or something. Yumm.
Jane2
@Manyakitty: This. What planet are these stuffed cabbage wreckers from??
NotMax
@Jane2
Jewish Stuffed Cabbage Recipe
jamick6000
your QB is a serial rapist.
GO BROWNS
raven
@geg6: Yea, with the shrimp shortage it was not possible to go beyond $9 a lb for shrimps so the crab had to go. As it was I drove 120 miles to get nice shrimp and those tiny red taters. Ever have that Apple Ugly at the Orange Blossom in Hatteras?
geg6
@Manyakitty:
@Jane2:
I know. We’re screwed, aren’t we?
Fuck. Kitty litter. Fuck.
Jane2
@NotMax: Wow! I’ve never seen a stuffed cabbage recipe like this. I’m used to the Ukrainian/Polish/German variety, which would not have the sweetness of that recipe. However, I’m maybe a tad little open minded, and would try this.
Jane2
@geg6: Kitty litter, stink eye for wet food (dogs can’t even compete), owning the furniture, hairballs…embrace it!
Burt Hutt
@PopeRatzo: too bad Saddam didn’t live to see what he allegedly sought in this.
raven
Go Bears!
Steeplejack
@SiubhanDuinne:
I lived in Atlanta for 26 years and am a big Braves fan. Had a friend who had a share of some season tickets, and I would go to six or eight games a season with her. I don’t get to see them as much as I would like up here in D.C., so I’m always glad when they show up on TV. Oh, for the days when TBS dutifully aired every game!
I had been thinking about getting tickets for the Braves’ last series here against the Nats, but I checked the dates (September 16-18), and that’s the one time I will be out of town. Dagnab it.
raven
@Steeplejack: They’ll be on a lot in the playoffs!
Steeplejack
@raven:
Yeah, looking forward to that.
The real reason I wanted to go to a game was so I could buy a “real” fitted Braves cap to replace the one I lost a couple of years ago. Don’t want to buy on line because I need to feel it on my giant melon-like head.
raven
@Steeplejack: Don’t they have some hat store in DC that sells em all?
Felonius Monk
@Manyakitty: Yes, sauerkraut. Cabbage needs more cabbage, the sauerkraut kind.
Try it, you’ll like it. And then you’ll be back here sayin’: “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.”
Paddy
@Betty Cracker: That’s the mid FL version. Take out the salami and you got the REAL Calle Ocho version. Don’t forget the yucca fries with garlic mayo. Oh, I miss La Carretta!
lamh36
Watching this Michael Jackson: Life of an Icon documentary on CENTRIC. They’ve got alot of the Motown artist and musicians and friends and acquaintainces commenting on MJ and the Jackson 5. It’s very interesting.
In my mind, my hair looks like this circa “Who’s Loving You” Michael Jackson but it never looks this great when it’s picked out…no shape at all…lol
https://twitter.com/psddluva4evah/status/373261567808122880
manyakitty
@geg6: I can alreadyhear the love in your protestations.
lamh36
Watching this Michael Jackson: Life of an Icon documentary on CENTRIC. They’ve got alot of the Motown artist and musicians and friends and acquaintainces commenting on MJ and the Jackson 5. It’s very interesting.
In my mind, my hair looks like this circa “Who’s Loving You” Michael Jackson but it never looks this great when it’s picked out…no shape at all…lol
https://twitter.com/psddluva4evah/status/373261567808122880
Paddy
@jeffreyw: Jeebus, I just plotzed over that.
Steeplejack
@raven:
I’m sure there is, but I’m too lazy to look. The great thing about the stadium is that the vendors outside carry all the stuff for the team the Nats are playing that night, so you can just pick one up (for big bucks) as you roll on in.
P.S. And thank God you can still get a cap with a “narrow” brim. I hate the “Huey, Dewey and Louie” caps the players are forced to wear now. It makes them all look like Vanilla Ice or something.
Paddy
@lamh36: Myers has been the butt of TONS of tabloid fodder. Mostly having to do with sexual interests that most of us don’t cultivate. Oh, ‘cept Senator VItter. He did remarry recently. (I have no clue why this shit sticks in my head)
manyakitty
@Jane2:
@NotMax:
@Felonius Monk: My stuffed cabbage recipe is pretty, pretty, prettyJewish. It came from my mmom’s side, so it’s Russian/Lithuanian in origin. I must consider these radical departures.
raven
@Steeplejack: When I lived in the ATL for a couple of years I’d get one of those $1 skyline seats, buy boiled peanuts outside the stadium, get a CL to read between innings and sign the designated driver pledges and get a free coke!
lamh36
@Paddy: ooh, Mike Myers is into kinky shh…hmm I’m gonna have to google that
Paddy
@Manyakitty: Pickle juice, the Polish answer to everything. My dad used to chug it straight from the jar*, and when I bar tended in college my Bloody Marys were legendary… due to my “secret” ingredient.
*He would laugh and say “It kills the worms”. Polish humor, what can I say.
SiubhanDuinne
@Steeplejack: Jeez, even the Braves aren’t sure what the score is. Their FB page is rejoicing in a “3-0” win tonight but of course it was 3-1. Never mind, a win is a win and a sweep is a sweep.
And I now think that when I was confused about score earlier, the TV might have been showing hits rather than runs. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been confuzzled that way.
Steeplejack
@raven:
Good times. I, on the other hand, would have an overpriced beer and a hot dog. I shudder to think how they’re made, but nothing tastes as good as a ball-park hot dog.
The Ted is a really nice, comfortable baseball park. My friend’s tickets were on the second level right behind first base. It was nice to sit there and look over downtown Atlanta as the sun went down and the city lights came on.
And the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium wasn’t bad either.
raven
@Steeplejack: Yea, I got to go to the Olympic Track and Field there too. Saw Carl Lewis win the Gold Medal! We don’t get over there very much, I’ve wanted to take the pups to Bark in the Park sometime.
Jane2
@manyakitty: I’ve had German ones made with sour cabbage, but never sauerkraut. No fancy stuff like raisins or apples…now, that could have been because the people who settled here were dirt poor and those are the recipes that have been handed down.
Felonius Monk
@manyakitty: There’s no wrong way to make stuffed cabbage. There are many different recipes representing most every eastern European country and all the various ethnicities therein. It’s whatever you like and what you are accustomed to. To me it’s fun to compare recipes — am always willing to try new things. Bon Appetit!
Felonius Monk
@PopeRatzo: Yellow cake? Who the hell can make war when they’re eating yellow cake? Especially if it has chocolate fudge frosting!
Honus
Fuck the Steelers exhibition game The pirates are in an actual pennant race and the cardinals are coming to town for three games this weekend.
? Martin
@Felonius Monk:
You obviously have not met my mom. She once made hot dogs inedible without trying and without burning it.
Anne Laurie
@SiubhanDuinne:
Dessert raisins I can take or leave — mostly leave — but a biryani or khorma dish just isn’t right without golden raisins!
(Yeah, probably inauthentic, but I know what I like.)
Anne Laurie
@? Martin:
We may be related. My mom once made a Thanksgiving turkey that our cats wouldn’t touch!
Jane2
@Felonius Monk: So, I conducted some scientific research on stuffed cabbage recipes (called my friend of German ancestry), and yes indeed, sauerkraut was an integral part of his grandmother’s dish. It served to keep the cabbage rolls from browning and keep them moist…the sauerkraut would brown. He has fond memories of going into grandma’s basement to get a head of sour cabbage out of the barrel for his mom.
Suzanne
I am late to the party, but…..yeah, mayo sucks.
And the best fries are Greek fries: fries with creamy lemon vinaigrette, dill, and lots of feta cheese. Every time I eat that, which is nowhere near as often as I’d like, I swear it’s like my mouth has a G-spot and it just got a direct hit.
Jane2
@Suzanne: Those sound like the Greek version of poutine.
Suzanne
@Jane2: They are the Greek version of AWESOME.
Calliope Jane
@lamh36: I am very, very late to this thread but I just wanted to thank you for the link. I’m sure her daughters are enjoying these photos :). I love the White House Tumblr. They add “literally” as a tag for Biden.
seaboogie
@PurpleGirl: Ogden Nash meets Mason Williams:
Void is da woid
Dat voids the concept
Of da woid
By being da woid
Dat voids it
(No boids, sorry….)
Radio One
I think some of the scrubs on the Patriots, especiallly on the defense, played well enough in the preseason that Tebow is probably going to get cut this weekend
Death Panel Truck
If by “baked beans,” you mean Heinz Baked Beans, the greatest baked beans in the history of the planet, then great, otherwise, eww. American baked beans are nasty, and this is from an American who hates with a passion beans made with molasses and/or brown sugar and/or maple syrup or anything other than tomato sauce and nothing else. I buy HBB from Amazon, and I’m glad to pay the $25 it takes to get 12 cans delivered to my door.
+6. Bridgeport Brewing Company’s “Hop Czar” IPA is really nasty. I’m a veteran of Seattle’s “Green Death” – Rainier Ale – and even IT was tastier than Hop Czar. 7.5 is too much alcohol, people.
ETA: Sucks to live in the PTZ. Why can’t youse people stay up longer?
Manyakitty
@Paddy: Ha! I had a friend growing up (still friends, but anyway) whose Polish great grandma always made her drink pickle juice. She said it would make her irresistible to boys.
Manyakitty
@Jane2: I have no problem believing that the simplicity of my recipe (oops, forgot to mention some people add chopped onion to the filling and sauce) has to do with poverty. Many of my old family recipes use stale bread as a base (potato kugel is just NOT the same without soaked, squeezed, stale challah).
@Felonius Monk: Fair enough. I saw a Martha Stewart recipe once that called for stuffing the entire cabbage instead of individual leaves.
Manyakitty
@Suzanne: OMG. Where would one find such a thing other than at home? I literally got dizzy reading the description.