Comments on: Just say no to the ubiquitous peppermill https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Wm Lawrence https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225817 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:30:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225817 I’m with you on the subject of pepper mills, cheese graters, Justin etc. But I’m putty in the hands of the cute little girl who can write her name upside down and backwards in two colors of crayon on your butcher paper table cloth.

]]> By: waltj https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225764 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:39:30 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225764 A new avenue for people to be pretentious over. Have to think about that one. “Finely aged salt”, anyone?

Well, since salt has historically been used as a preservative and was probably in the ground for thousands of years before it was mined, it should age just fine. But you’re right, somebody might try to make “finely aged salt” a marketing ploy for people with more money than brains.

]]> By: IgotBupkis, President, United Anarchist Society https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225627 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:22:07 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225627 > Speaking of salt, I have a small jar of “popcorn salt”. It’s ordinary salt ground to a fine powder, and is ideal for sprinkling on homemade popcorn. I bought it years ago (I don’t eat a lot of popcorn) and it’s almost empty. Lately I’ve been looking in the supermarkets I go to and haven’t seen it. Am I going to have to buy a salt mill and grind my own?

Heh. Like you, I don’t eat a whole lot of popcorn, but did have a friend with a grinder many many years ago — pushing thirty, now that I think of it — I had him grind me a large salt-shaker full (the size of a small one of those pepper mills, maybe 7″ or 8″ tall) — the stuff came out like confectioner’s sugar, it’s so fine.

I still use the thing to salt popcorn, it’s only about half used.

I wonder if some idiot “chef” would blanche in horror at my “finely aged salt”, or gush over the idea…

Hmmm. A new avenue for people to be pretentious over. Have to think about that one. “Finely aged salt”, anyone?

]]> By: SteveH https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225625 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:18:35 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225625 “My problem with wine is i can’t seem to not drink it at a beer’s pace.”

OK. But you mentioned a problem?
Occam’s Beard

Yes. The people stepping on my hands part.:)

]]> By: IgotBupkis, President, United Anarchist Society https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225622 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:09:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225622 > Had I known the conversation would drift to wine, I’d have stuck around. A red that’s too sweet… you’re drinking the cheap stuff. Spend a few bucks and get something soft and dry.

Eww. Give me a wine that tastes like it came from grapes, not from a horse any day. Never understood the appeal of wanting something that tasted like you just licked a wood barrel, myself.

:^D

]]> By: IgotBupkis, President, United Anarchist Society https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225610 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:23:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225610 > Second, most people – including me – couldn’t distinguish most wines from brake fluid.

LOL, hyperbole, much?

Most people, including you, COULD tell pretty much ANY wine from brake fluid.

If not, be very, very careful about eating/drinking anything at your mechanic’s.

Differentiating Chateau Marmot ’57 from Shat-o “Le Feet” ’04, that, I might give you.

]]> By: Trimegistus https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225596 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:56:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225596 What I always find interesting is how Hi I’m Your Waiter gets so gobsmacked when a diner refuses the Freshly Ground Black Pepper. I’ve had Hi I’m Your Waiters actually start turning the top of the Freshly Ground Black Pepper Grinder before the signal gets from ears to brain to hands that it’s not wanted. Apparently most diners are sufficiently intimidated by the manly firmness of the Freshly Ground Black Pepper Grinder that they don’t stray off the script.

]]> By: Casca https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225589 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:32:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225589 Had I known the conversation would drift to wine, I’d have stuck around. A red that’s too sweet… you’re drinking the cheap stuff. Spend a few bucks and get something soft and dry.

]]> By: waltj https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225579 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:01:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225579 Sambal Oelek and Sambal Badjak are in my frig right now. Really dresses up those scrambled eggs and pushes my spaghetti sauce to a higher level.

Enak sekali dong! (Delicious!) FYI, my reading of the two names indicates that the first is “pulverized” sambal and the second is, basically, “pirate style”. Hmm, maybe of Bugis origin from Makassar in South Sulawesi, the home of the original “boogie man”? Piracy used to be one of the main industries out that way, and still is on occasion. Both are spelled pre-1971 style, with “ulek” and “bajak” the updated spellings.

Never thought of trying sambal in spaghetti sauce. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

]]> By: rickl https://thenewneo.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225516 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:35:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2011/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-ubiquitous-peppermill/#comment-225516 Speaking of salt, I have a small jar of “popcorn salt”. It’s ordinary salt ground to a fine powder, and is ideal for sprinkling on homemade popcorn. I bought it years ago (I don’t eat a lot of popcorn) and it’s almost empty. Lately I’ve been looking in the supermarkets I go to and haven’t seen it. Am I going to have to buy a salt mill and grind my own?

ETA: Never mind. I may have to buy it online, though.

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