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Phummus
Aug 4, 2006

If I get ten spare bucks, it's going for a 30-pack of Schlitz.
Sometimes you see a product and ... well...here, just look:

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mindphlux
Jan 8, 2004

by R. Guyovich
I have some vague uneasy feeling that 'corn muffin' could refer to some sort of sex act involving very hairy men (probably Larry's type, also wearing plaid), but I'm just going to stop the ol' brain-dome righhhttt there.

The Midniter
Jul 9, 2001

Squashy Nipples posted:

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Sadly, I didn't rent a car this trip, so some of those are way too far away... I'm in the middle of "uptown".
Yes, they actually call it Uptown, and not Downtown. There is no downtown. :shrug:

What a strange land this is. The road from the airport was called "The Billy Graham Parkway", and random old black ladies have blessed me at least 10 times already. I feel like an infidel.

My condolences - I don't really like uptown. Yeah, it's called uptown and that's by design. I guess like 10-15 years ago it USED to be called "downtown", but city officials felt it created a negative perception of Charlotte and actively rebranded it as "Uptown". Because up is better than down, you see.


Just FYI, the Charlotte Blue Line light rail (LYNX) system is excellent. If you're uptown you can jump on it at 7th street or at the Convention Center/EpiCentre station and it runs all the way down through South Charlotte, which is where most of those places I listed are, since it's the area I've lived in since I moved here. From that list I wrote, you could easily visit Vietnam Grille, Jaipur, NY Pizza, The Liberty, Nikko, and The Burrito Factory. The light rail runs parallel to South Blvd (where all of those aforementioned places are located) so anything on that way is accessible. Also if you want to drink from a huge selection of beer/wine and watch hipsters do their hipster things, check out Common Market in the South End area (off of the Bland St stop on the light rail). They actually have some really good sandwiches too.

Doh004
Apr 22, 2007

Mmmmm Donuts...

Phummus posted:

Sometimes you see a product and ... well...here, just look:


gently caress, I love me some corn muffins. Thinking this weekend is a chili and corn muffin (not that poo poo) weekend.

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Phummus posted:

Sometimes you see a product and ... well...here, just look:


I always associate Larry The Cable Guy with good eatin'.

EVG
Dec 17, 2005

If I Saw It, Here's How It Happened.
I finally picked up a Food Mill, because I'm running out of other kitchen impulse buys (and I am also sick of scrubbing soups through a fine-mesh strainer using a large spoon to make it smooth). What should I process through this thing?

Edit: Meant to post in the dumb questions thread. Here, for relevance. I saw these but wouldn't even feed them to my dog, even if they DO support the "Git R Done" foundation (whatever that is)

EVG fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jan 14, 2015

bartolimu
Nov 25, 2002


Rehydrate dried chiles, chop roughly, and put through food mill for super-easy chile paste. I use that as the base for all of my chili-type concoctions, even the ones with beans in them.

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


:frogsiren: I hosed up my dinner and it ended up being actually better :frogsiren:

I had a dutch oven of beans (black, great northern?, and pinto mixed - I was using up the bottoms of bags in my cupboard) on the go at about 240 F and forgot about them when I had to rush off to work. They stayed in there, covered, with a chunk of pork shank for almost 4 hours longer than they should have. They were dry when I got back, with chestunut brown residue on the bottom - almost but not quite burned. I threw enough water into them to let em rehydrate and to deglaze the pan, and let em simmer for 1/2 hr or so in the dutch oven again..

The pork is loving great. The beans are amazingly nutty and delicious tasting. I'm going to start doing this deliberately. It's like I cooked em, toasted them, roasted them, browned them, and then recooked them.

ascendance
Feb 19, 2013

CommonShore posted:

:frogsiren: I hosed up my dinner and it ended up being actually better :frogsiren:

I had a dutch oven of beans (black, great northern?, and pinto mixed - I was using up the bottoms of bags in my cupboard) on the go at about 240 F and forgot about them when I had to rush off to work.
Its like other people discovered this and them built a special kitchen gadget to let them do it safely, and with minimal electricity use...

http://www.crock-pot.ca/

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


ascendance posted:

Its like other people discovered this and them built a special kitchen gadget to let them do it safely, and with minimal electricity use...

http://www.crock-pot.ca/

Yeah the point is more that it went dry, not that it was slow cooked.

ascendance
Feb 19, 2013

CommonShore posted:

Yeah the point is more that it went dry, not that it was slow cooked.
I've totally had food go dry in a slow cooker when I left it too long, leaving a toasty crust on the bottom.

taqueso
Mar 8, 2004


:911:
:wookie: :thermidor: :wookie:
:dehumanize:

:pirate::hf::tinfoil:

ascendance posted:

Its like other people discovered this and them built a special kitchen gadget to let them do it safely, and with minimal electricity use...

http://www.crock-pot.ca/

I don't have numbers to back this up, but my gut says an insulated oven with internal heating element is more energy efficient than a slow cooker with a heating element strapped to the bottom. I also believe that my oven, which can operate at 500+ degrees for hours without starting the house on fire is at least as safe running all day @ 225 as a 1500-W kitchen appliance made of the cheapest parts by the cheapest labor.

dutch ovens 4 lyfe

taqueso fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Jan 15, 2015

Skinny King Pimp
Aug 25, 2011
Skinny Queen Wimp
That's true for electric ovens I guess. I'm sure as poo poo not leaving a gas oven on all day while I go to work, though.

taqueso
Mar 8, 2004


:911:
:wookie: :thermidor: :wookie:
:dehumanize:

:pirate::hf::tinfoil:

Skinny King Pimp posted:

That's true for electric ovens I guess. I'm sure as poo poo not leaving a gas oven on all day while I go to work, though.

Do you feel the same about gas furnaces and gas water heaters?

Skinny King Pimp
Aug 25, 2011
Skinny Queen Wimp

taqueso posted:

Do you feel the same about gas furnaces and gas water heaters?

No, but I don't actually see those ever (even though that's what this house has) so I'm not paranoid about them like I am about my oven.

Flash Gordon Ramsay
Sep 28, 2004

Grimey Drawer

taqueso posted:

Do you feel the same about gas furnaces and gas water heaters?

But gas is a chemical and if you have any female facebook friends over 30, you'd know chemicals are super bad.

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

But gas is a chemical and if you have any female facebook friends over 30, you'd know chemicals are super bad.

Are they as bad as toxins? :ohdear:

taqueso
Mar 8, 2004


:911:
:wookie: :thermidor: :wookie:
:dehumanize:

:pirate::hf::tinfoil:

therattle posted:

Are they as bad as toxins? :ohdear:

It's pretty bad, some toxins are actually chemicals!

esperantinc
May 5, 2003

JERRY! HELLO!

taqueso posted:

It's pretty bad, some toxins are actually chemicals!

Something something essential oils!

Steve Yun
Aug 7, 2003
I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.
Soiled Meat
It's okay, you can detox your water heater by pouring a banana kale flaxseed smoothie into it

DekeThornton
Sep 2, 2011

Be friends!

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

But gas is a chemical and if you have any female facebook friends over 30, you'd know chemicals are super bad.

Just make sure to find a reliable source of organic, biodynamic, free range and locally produced gas and you should be alright.

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat

esperantinc posted:

Something something essential oils!

Something frequencies and vibrations something antioxidants.

GrAviTy84
Nov 25, 2004

I don't know why you guys make it so complicated. I just use half a raw onion and all my problems disappeared

POOL IS CLOSED
Jul 14, 2011

I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.
Pillbug
Biodynamic has finally reached my area and I cringe every time I read it and hear it. In Tennessee it's water witches and in Rhode Island it's loving biodynamics.

therattle
Jul 24, 2007
Soiled Meat
Let me tell you all about vaccines.

Flash Gordon Ramsay
Sep 28, 2004

Grimey Drawer
Crossfit paleo smoothie, brah

GrAviTy84
Nov 25, 2004

I read the most absurd one the other day. Someone was arguing that we shouldn't fluvax because the flu is actually good for us. You see in reality it's just the body getting rid of weak cells which is why we should just all let it be.

Everyone stop research on HIV and ebola and whatever, let it be, it's good for us to get rid of cells or something :psyduck:

Flash Gordon Ramsay
Sep 28, 2004

Grimey Drawer
I suppose they're right in a Malthusian sort of way.

Mr. Wiggles
Dec 1, 2003

We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

GrAviTy84 posted:

I read the most absurd one the other day. Someone was arguing that we shouldn't fluvax because the flu is actually good for us. You see in reality it's just the body getting rid of weak cells which is why we should just all let it be.

Everyone stop research on HIV and ebola and whatever, let it be, it's good for us to get rid of cells or something :psyduck:

Darwinism max. :unsmigghh:

The Midniter
Jul 9, 2001

The real tragedy is that it's not the anti-vaxxers who suffer, it's their innocent children. Although, as monstrous as this makes me sound, if a child dies from an illness that could've been prevented through vaccinations, at least that ignorant parent's bloodline is no longer being propagated.

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


The Midniter posted:

The real tragedy is that it's not the anti-vaxxers who suffer, it's their innocent children. Although, as monstrous as this makes me sound, if a child dies from an illness that could've been prevented through vaccinations, at least that ignorant parent's bloodline is no longer being propagated.

As monstrous as this sounds on top of that, the loss of herd immunity is actually way worse than the risk to the children who aren't vaccinated. Kids who were vaccinated are getting measles now in the UK because a critical mass of their classmates are unvaccinated.

Happy Hat
Aug 11, 2008

He just wants someone to shake his corks, is that too much to ask??

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

I suppose they're right in a Malthusian sort of way.

So, basically they should also advocate war, to ensure multiple positive checks.

Does anybody know of the protein content in biodynamically produced small grain vs. conventional? Can we include malnutrition and subsequent famine too?

Echeveria
Aug 26, 2014

CommonShore posted:

As monstrous as this sounds on top of that, the loss of herd immunity is actually way worse than the risk to the children who aren't vaccinated. Kids who were vaccinated are getting measles now in the UK because a critical mass of their classmates are unvaccinated.

Quoting this for emphasis, and to add that the unvaxed kids are mutating measles, which is why vaxed kids are getting it.

Also, I'm sad I wasn't home earlier and missed this conversation

Happy Hat
Aug 11, 2008

He just wants someone to shake his corks, is that too much to ask??

The Midniter posted:

The real tragedy is that it's not the anti-vaxxers who suffer, it's their innocent children. Although, as monstrous as this makes me sound, if a child dies from an illness that could've been prevented through vaccinations, at least that ignorant parent's bloodline is no longer being propagated.

Speaking as a bleeding heart, tree hugging socialistic humanist.

gently caress anti-vaxxers! gently caress them right in their squeaky clean, high colonic detoxed buttholes with an elephantine morning wood hard chlamydia-poxed dick.

They should be denied healthcare for imposing disease on the world.

Happy Hat
Aug 11, 2008

He just wants someone to shake his corks, is that too much to ask??
I kinda don't like them is what I mean.

GrAviTy84
Nov 25, 2004

I think the most frustrating part is that they will cite science only when it's convenient for their argument but when it contradicts (which is pretty much all the time) they say it was a payoff or conspiracy or some other such poo poo.

Mr. Wiggles
Dec 1, 2003

We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.
Well, coloidal silver does screw up one's capacity to reason, so it's understandable.

Squashy Nipples
Aug 18, 2007

My girlfriend was raised in a horrible, hippy-dippy cult. Thankfully, she was never anti-vax (her kids got all their shots), but for some reason she was afraid of getting a flu shot.

Once I explained to her how herd immunity works, she went right out and got one. Gets it every year now. Good Girl. :)

ascendance
Feb 19, 2013
Wow, all vaxxer bashing, and nobody is mocking gluten free ppl (who arent celiacs).

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FishBulb
Mar 29, 2003

Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment.

Are you going to eat it?

...yes...
Gluten free people are only harming their own tastebuds. Antivaxxers are putting my kids at risk.

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