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Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Steve Yun posted:



We do not talk about Comrade Kimball.

ATK filed a massive lawsuit against Kimball and his Milk Street partners about two months ago, I doubt they're going to be using his likeness anytime soon.

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Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Phummus posted:

Hung out with this guy for a while. He's pretty personable and surprisingly soft-spoken.



Irvine chilled out considerably after getting busted for faking his credentials and after getting married. Really nice guy who just likes to talk.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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MiddleOne posted:

Still better than boats.

God, a couple of friends wanted me to go in on a boat with them. My immediate reaction was, "That sounds like a perfect way for me to lose fifteen grand and ruin some friendships."

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Tots posted:

Woah, what a time to join this thread. I just got my instant pot delivered today and am wondering what I should make in it. Butter chicken sounds good

Couple of standbys from my Google Doc:

Beef Stroganoff

Umami Pot Roast

Chicken piccata

Yogurt

Pierogi casserole

Buttery lemon chicken

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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pile of brown posted:

Kind of yes, I think. One of the selling points or the instant pot is it's versatility, it advertised as replacing your rice cook and slow cooker as well as pressure cooker. Neither of those things are actually good for cooking boneless skinless chicken or noodles anyways though.

Having those egg noodles cook perfectly and other flavors come together in literally eight minutes of cooking (for the stroganoff recipe), and all of it being in literally one cooking vessel, is convenient to me. :shrug:

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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I saw someone on Facebook the other day asking for a recipe for crispy sweet potato fries in the Instant Pot. Um, lady, if you can figure out how to get crispy fries from steam, you've achieved alchemy.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Amazon is now selling their own brand of olive oil.

At least they're honest that it's a "product of Greece, Italy and Spain" and merely bottled in Italy.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Croatoan posted:

Cross posting this here:

I guarantee you that toaster oven doesn't actually turn on unless you scan a valid QR / barcode.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Donkey posted:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/13/anthony-bourdains-moveable-feast


I've been doing a lot of reading about and by Bourdain since yesterday. This article is one of the better ones but this part makes me very uncomfortable now because it reminds me of a guy from college who "accidentally" drove his car into a lightpost a few months before he hanged himself. In retrospect it seems like there were signs this could happen but nobody really seemed to see it coming.

Multiple failed marriages (with a bucketload of infidelity) coupled with a history of substance abuse and a self-claimed history of depression are all warning signs. I was never quite comfortable that he continued drinking after kicking the harder stuff.

As someone who has watched his own blood flowing from his wrists upon feeling there was nothing left to live for--before then screaming for my then-wife to help me out of the bathtub and get me to the hospital--I know all too well what it's like to just feel utterly alone despite having a hundred people around you trying to help.

I just hope against hope that if there is an afterlife, Bourdain, and everyone else who takes their own lives, finds some level of peace.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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I've recently fallen in love with Penzey's Northwoods Fire blend.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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feedmegin posted:

You watched The Wire and thought 'yep that sure is a city I'd love to live in alright!'? :stonk:

I really kind of hate The Wire for the perception it gave a lot of people of Baltimore; most of the stuff in the show focuses in the far southwest area of Baltimore City, and really much more in Baltimore County. Baltimore City itself is not a hellhole, but thanks to the show a lot of people think you're going to get stabbed or shot the minute you step off the plane at BWI or something.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Liquid Communism posted:

See also Tesla failing utterly to surmount the basic problems of automotive manufacturing that the major players in the industry had answers for decades ago, entirely because they were certain they could engineer something better from scratch because Computers = Smarter.

Tesla is a special case of lunacy, like, for example, Musk being so concerned about manufacturing yields that he ordered engineers to stop testing the brake pads and wheel alignment on the Model 3.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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I love that the garden salad recipe omits lettuce as an essential ingredient.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Casu Marzu posted:

A lot of I80 and I35. More off the interstate around Dubuque, though.

In Dubuque, go to Pepper Sprout, Brazen (their owner / exec chef was on Top Chef this season), 7 Hills or Caroline's.

Edit: And if you just want a really good bar burger and a cold beer, go to Paul's on Locust Street.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Casu Marzu posted:

Thanks for these. I won't have to stop for a maid rite or the taco johns on the south side of dubuque anymore.

I lived in Dubuque for eight years and am going back down there in a month for a wedding. I love that beautiful river city and can tell you exactly what's awesome and what's dogshit.

Edit: If you have extra cash to burn, the Woodfire Grille at the Diamond Jo Casino is legit. They have a steak au poivre that's to die for.

Timby fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Mar 10, 2019

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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therattle posted:

I love tossing oiled tofu in cornflour and roasting it until crispy and eating with sweet and sour sauce, rice and broccoli. (Frying is better but trickier and messier). When I make a Japanese meal we usually have tofu with grated ginger, soya and toasted sesame seeds. And use leftover rice to make vegetarian kedgeree with smoked tofu. All really good.

I've never liked tofu but my girlfriend is vegetarian and so I'm trying to force myself to get used to the taste (inasmuch that I can taste anything nowadays). This actually sounds legitimately good.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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therattle posted:

It is! Which part in particular (or all of it)?

When ordering Chinese, I love beef with broccoli, so I'm thinking of trying that first part out and modifying it a bit.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Sextro posted:

Bags of ice suck because they always thaw partially and refreeze into an unholy conglomeration of ice that I need to use an ice pick to break off chunks.

I do have ice cube trays, 3 of them but it's a stupid and tedious task to fill them and even worse to go for ice only to find it's not frozen yet because you used it earlier that day. I mean, dunking hot things isn't all I use it for.

I tend to make 2-3 cocktails a day and like to drink my kombucha over ice as well. So I go through a bunch.

E: tap water here is coming out at 67f after running for 2 minutes. I don't think that's quite cold enough to chill a batch of blanched greens or a batch of custard.

Get a few small freezer packs that you'd use in a cooler, like these or these, and put them into a large mixing bowl with water while your eggs or greens or whatever are cooking. Then when you need to shock them, the water in the bowl will be near ice-cold temperature.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Croatoan posted:

I think that's the big deal. Criticisms aside of his preference to water, the dude is a dick. He was belittling in every drat segment he was on and I eventually disliked ATK, now I love it again. It doesn't help his case that he absolutely hates anything with any heat but generally I think most people in here just don't like him as a person and it's well deserved.

Kimball was running around on his second wife with one of the ATK producers, whom he later married. He also literally raided ATK's recipe database when he was working behind the scenes to get Milk Street off the ground.

He's also a giant baby who cringes at more than a dash of salt or black pepper, and he's a condescending jackwagon (you can tell in some episodes of the TV show that Bridget Lancaster was ready to deck him but was holding back). gently caress him.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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esperantinc posted:

No self-respecting Southerner uses instant grits!

What is a yute?

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Timby
Dec 23, 2006

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Liquid Communism posted:

He seems like a lot less of an rear end in a top hat since his divorce and remarriage. I think he's just very Type-A and was just miserable and taking it out on the world.

Quitting drinking for a year also really thawed him out.

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