[jjbrr]

Why do they slice it so thin Am I the only one who would enjoy a big block of it to gnaw on? Perhaps a few chunks resting peacefully in some cleverly flavored vodka?

[Fluffy]

yeah well they slice it so thin because then you eat the same ammount but much more slowly, so kinda get more for the same price.

My mother couldn't stand eating it unless it was so thin that you could see behind (transparent)


they also sell the full leg for you to slice manually, it is fun at the start, but it is very hard to eat it quick enough before it dries. Althou even a bit dry it is still good. We normally get one for christmas when all family meets.

[kenberg]

luke warm, on Feb 10 2010, 06:14 PM, said:

well i understand tradition, but seriously - don't you think it would be wayyyy easier to just crank up the flame thrower and melt that crap?

It's a balance. The bad news is that I can't get to the Y, which no doubt is closed anyway, for my exercise, the good news is that nature provides an alternative form. But at some point I may be in the market for a flame thrower.

The University of Maryland has now been closed for a full week, last Friday through today. I came in 1967 and nothing remotely like that has happened before. The street in front of my house has been plowed several times, it needs it again. Suvs with four wheel drive could make it, perhaps, but my Accord would refuse I am sure. Nowhere to go anyway.

I think Congress is closed. I wonder what will happen if no one notices the difference, or maybe folks notice a distinct improvement in the way things work.

[Aberlour10]

Spanish tapas, mniaaaaaam No doubt, the Spanish are world champs in making such appetizers.







PS.
Todays motto: ALLES WALZER!

[kfay]

luke warm, on Feb 10 2010, 05:48 PM, said:

speaking of which (more or less), keep the faith re: the cubbies - if the saints can win the s.b. *anybody* can win *anything*

Never read such an ignorant post in my life.

Clearly you've never heard of the Detroit Lions

[PassedOut]

When I lived in Atlanta, the rare snowstorm would close the city for a day or so until it melted. During one such event, a local radio station called an announcer in northern Alaska to ask about the snow there.

The announcer said, "Well, I'm speaking to you now from the second story of our building, and the snow is about half-way up the window pane."

The next question was, "How many snow days do your kids get every year?"

"None," the Alaskan guy said.

The peninsula where I now live in Upper Michigan juts far into Lake Superior, so we get lake effect snow in addition to the normal stuff. Average yearly snowfall here is about 6 meters, give or take. The school kids do get one or two snow days a year during whiteout driving conditions when the buses can't drive safely.

Of course our taxes here pay for a lot of show removal equipment and labor. And I have two snowthrowers to clear our long driveway through the woods to the road nearest the shoreline, plus assorted shovels and scoops to keep things passable around the house.

Many families here hire guys with snowplows on trucks to keep their driveways clear, but after awhile there is little room left to push the snow. Fortunately for me, I love to get out in snow (otherwise I guess I wouldn't live here), and sometimes I just have to stop clearing the driveway for a few minutes to admire how beautifully it sparkles on the trees.

[ggwhiz]

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Fortunately for me, I love to get out in snow and sometimes I just have to stop clearing the driveway for a few minutes to admire how beautifully it sparkles on the trees.

FBI profilers will be interested in this.

Why do 80% of Canadians live within a hundred miles of the U.S. border?

We huddle together to stay warm.

[matmat]

y66, on Feb 11 2010, 10:06 AM, said:

No drooling!

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“Iberian pork meat is extraordinary,” Ferran Adrià, the acclaimed chef at El Bulli, a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Catalonia, said in a phone interview. “There’s nothing like it elsewhere in the world. There’s a great difference between a superior ham and all the rest.”

The secret of this superiority rests in the thousands of acres of dehesas — mountainous meadows populated by oak trees — where the indigenous black Iberian pigs have roamed since ancient times. They feed on grass, fruit and, most importantly, acorns that fall every autumn from holm and cork oaks. This gives their meat a unique nutty flavor and a high level of oleic acids, considered a healthy fat.

More ...

i prefer polish ham.

[Al_U_Card]

BBO or BBQ?

Get the anything on the barbee and its the best!

Ever tried grilled pineapple?

But a perfectly seasoned filet mignon, medium rare, with a bit of chipotle bbq sauce on the side....mmmmmm

[jjbrr]

Al_U_Card, on Feb 11 2010, 03:39 PM, said:

BBO or BBQ?

Get the anything on the barbee and its the best!

Ever tried grilled pineapple?

But a perfectly seasoned filet mignon, medium rare, with a bit of chipotle bbq sauce on the side....mmmmmm

BBQing is not grilling.

[luke warm]

kfay, on Feb 11 2010, 12:19 PM, said:

luke warm, on Feb 10 2010, 05:48 PM, said:

speaking of which (more or less), keep the faith re: the cubbies - if the saints can win the s.b. *anybody* can win *anything*

Never read such an ignorant post in my life.

Clearly you've never heard of the Detroit Lions

good point

[Al_U_Card]

jjbrr, on Feb 11 2010, 04:18 PM, said:

Al_U_Card, on Feb 11 2010, 03:39 PM, said:

BBO or BBQ?

Get the anything on the barbee and its the best!

Ever tried grilled pineapple?

But a perfectly seasoned filet mignon, medium rare, with a bit of chipotle bbq sauce on the side....mmmmmm

BBQing is not grilling.

Mea semi-culpa.

Since it is cooked on a "grill" on the bbq, and in french we say "griller" meaning to toast with heat, I use them interchangeably.

The best is with charcoal flames but either way (propane and stones etc.) its all good!

[jjbrr]

You can redeem yourself if you can suggest a possible tasty food item with which to wrap your filet mignon to make it perfect.

[Al_U_Card]

Five letter word......deliciously smoky in it's own right....perfectly adapted for wrapping a succulent 1 inch steak....could it be....might one hope....



BACON!!!!

[jjbrr]

Furthermore, well done steak is unacceptable. Rare-Medium Rare is where the money's at, for sure.

[Aberlour10]

It seems BACON is inofficially choosen to be Hijacker's Food of the Week

[Winstonm]

Speaking of pork:

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(Bloomberg) Just 8 percent of Americans want the members of Congress re-elected, according to a CBS News-New York Times poll taken nine months before roughly one-third of the Senate and the entire House face voters.

Some of the people some of the time is now only 8%.

[Al_U_Card]

The preceeding posts are brought to you by...

PORK

[kenberg]

Winstonm, on Feb 12 2010, 08:57 AM, said:

Speaking of pork:

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(Bloomberg) Just 8 percent of Americans want the members of Congress re-elected, according to a CBS News-New York Times poll taken nine months before roughly one-third of the Senate and the entire House face voters.

Some of the people some of the time is now only 8%.

This report is rather selective in its precision. They carefully state that it is roughly one-third of the Senate rather than 33/100 or 34/100, whichever it might be this year but they seem totally oblivious to how carelessly they frame the main point: Only 8 percent want their own congressman re-elected? Only 8% want any congressman anywhere to be re-elected? Only 8% think some undefined generic congressman that they cannot name should be re-elected?

Somehow the extreme care taken with the number 1/3 and the total imprecision of the reporting of the actual results breaks me up.

[Aberlour10]

America's Cup has begun, is it just sailing or alread flying on water?
BMWOracle victory in 1st Race!