Comments on: Open thread 10/29/22 https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650608 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:09:28 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650608 Gosh, the only time I ever ate gold foil was when the Indian (sub-continent) students attending the ESL course brought home-made sweets to the end-of-year party…
(If I knew then what I do now, I would have held on to those sweets—actually, taken a few more than I did—and put them in a safe deposit box….)
What does it taste like, you ask?
Like chicken (of course)….Actually…no. I don’t remember it having any taste, really. But those sweets sure were SWEET and would have disguised any flavor the gold foil may have had….
(Actually, at the time, I was asking myself whether it was really OK to eat that stuff…You know, gold poisoning, etc… Actually…um no, won’t go there…)

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650606 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:07:20 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650606 More typically, like the Chicken Tikka recipe, Weissman shows you to make a meal that would cost $15-$20 in a restaurant for a few dollars.

Weissman always makes his own bread items — rolls, pizza dough, etc. The ways of breadmaking have long seemed mysterious and beyond my ken, but he’s got me interested. If only his recipes didn’t usually require a stand mixer.

Which at first I heard as a “Stan mixer.” I kept wondering who or what Stan was.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650604 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:46:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650604 Re: Weissman, what the heck’s a $1700 pizza?

That may be Weissman’s silliest video for shock value. Not only caviar, the pizza included gold foil to jack up the price. Super high-end sushi trick.

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650602 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:32:05 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650602 https://chem.yale.edu/news/ties-bind-hydrogen

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650601 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:30:58 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650601 Meanwhile we are teleasing an al queda terrorists who threatened to smuggle nukes into this country

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650599 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:14:12 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650599 “Madder Magazine” presents “Democrats vs. Democrats”…
(And it’s about time….)
“Top Democratic prosecutors revolt against criminal justice reform law they say will ‘destroy’ Illinois”—
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-democratic-prosecutors-revolt-against-criminal-justice-reform-law-destroy-illinois

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650593 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:51:24 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650593 Re: Weissman, what the heck’s a $1700 pizza?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2_OXYiwAPc
Yes, I DO know that inflation is out of control…but still…even if it were a truffle pizza….
(OTOH, I suppose a pizza MIGHT end up costing $1700…if it sends you straight to the emergency room…)

Ah, I see—it’s the caviar….
Well, here’s a hint: Anchovies rock!! (But I guess if one really NEEDS fish eggs, go for the salmon roe…)

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650591 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:37:08 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650591 @ huxley > “Humble-brag disclaimer: I was a programmer on the team which wrote a stock market simulation for Ameritrade.”

I hope you did a good job, because that’s the broker for one of our 401(k) accounts.
😉

Glad you are enjoying the omelets. We used to make pseudo-omelets for our boys, which were basically scrambled eggs with diced bell peppers and other veg, as a way of sneaking in the healthy stuff. Because of the red, green, & yellow, bits, we called them “treasure chest eggs.”

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650584 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 02:46:28 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650584 I’ve been enjoying Joshua Weissman’s cooking channel on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaWeissman/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid

He’s reached 7 mil subscribers in five years and published a book of his recipes.

He’s very energetic, fun and accessible. He makes his recipes look straightforward and delicious. Plus his recipes are often based on popular restaurant dishes — stuff regular people like to eat — that he can make better, cheaper or faster.

From his omelet video I finally learned how to make a proper country omelet, which I could never figure out from reading a recipe. I’m loving my bacon, cheese and mushroom omelet most mornings now.

–“The Perfect Homemade Omelet (3 Ways)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3EwVIpzFjI

Tonight I made Chicken Tikka Marsala, which was good but I don’t have my cast iron casserole dish dialed in and I burned it a bit. I look forward to trying again.

–“$2 Chicken Tikka Masala | But Cheaper”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5l1SMavklI&t=194s

]]> By: Banned Lizard https://thenewneo.com/2022/10/29/open-thread-10-29-22/#comment-2650530 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:09:58 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=121616#comment-2650530 Even better – no golden parachutes for fired Twitter execs:
Under the merger agreement, those executives — including Parag Agrawal, the chief executive — had been set to receive compensation of $20 million to $60 million if they were fired. But Mr. Musk terminated the executives “for cause,” meaning he did it because he alleged he had justification, which may void that agreement, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

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