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Anyone made resolutions for 2010 yet? #thinkingahead
Roberto Bonini, Kol Tregaskes, Rodfather and 2 other people liked this
Does making it to, then through, 2010 count?
- Julian
I never make New Year's resolutions, but I'm going to this year. Yes, I've got something in mind.
- josh neff, geek at large
Julian, yes. :)
- LAMB
Josh, I don't usually, but I did for 2009, and I kept 2 out of 3. :)
- LAMB
My resolution is going to be something along the lines of: be honest with myself & the people I care about.
- josh neff, geek at large
Oh, definitely. My resolutions always have the same theme, and are sometimes the same - they all have to do with improving my physical, mental, or emotional health.
- Laura H.
If I make resolutions now, I can get a head start on breaking all of them.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Good point, John!
- LAMB
I'm going to try to take a picture a day to jumpstart my muse. may just contimue my blizzard pic of the day ;)
- WarLord
i'm going to try to "like" more & "comment" less, ;)
- chaz2b
*bump*
- LAMB
ROFL and agreeing with what Julian said.
- Derrick
I'm going low-glycemic again as of Jan 1. I'm eating like someone who just got drafted and is going to be shipped out soon, though. I have other things I want to do but I'm not putting them in the form of resolutions. The only reason I'm even doing NY resolutions this year is because I keep putting off going low glycemic. So some external pressure to do that is good.
- Spidra Webster
mine are along the lines of Laura H....get in shape, be a better friend, and stop letting my mind run away with itself so much
- Sir Shuping
I don't often do resolutions, but I definitely tend to do a lot of re-evaluation around this time of year.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Now I'm watching The IT Crowd with 1337 subtitles. This enhancement pwns.
Example. "Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?" --> "Wosup lu5er??? P0w3r cycl3 i7."
- Julian
I think I may have to netflix this.
- D0r0th34
I wish they would put that on the streaming version on netflix.
- Kårín Dalzĭel
Remembering for later...
I likely walked in the very same area of northern Italy where avalanches claimed seven lives this weekend.
One of the trails near Canazei is numbered 666. It goes up a mountain that has a height of 3,152 meters. That trail number must be a bad omen.
- Julian
What the hell is it with people flying from Amsterdam to Detroit? Have you BEEN to Detroit?
Tyson Key, Steven Perez, (1)Bebekvegebelik and 8 other people liked this
These are the same folks that come to SF in the fall in shorts and t-shirts and start wandering around in the Tenderloin.
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
Its the NorthWest Hub...
- WarLord
I was watching the news and saw that something happened again today with another passenger? Gah.
- Derrick
more idiots ... copycat crime ..
- johnpiercy
Isn't Barry flying out of Detroit today? :(
- Derrick
just ban Nigerians
- johnpiercy
Having friends who are Nigerian, I don't think that's a suitable one size fits all solution.
- Derrick
Tomorrow D.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
This is all I know so far: http://www.freep.com/article...
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I almost misread a word in this thread.
- Julian
BREAKING NEWS: Urban Meyer NOT stepping down at Florida. Taking a year off instead.
Over Christmas dinner, we discussed the end of the world will be when box stores offer weddings/receptions. All the Walmart employees will be required to become ministers on the internet, the guests can relax in the patio furniture, the bride can carry flowers from the garden center and refreshments in the snack bar. Dancing in electronics!
tab thinks you're awesome, Adrian, LAMB and 4 other people liked this
And plenty of tube tops for all the guests!
- Trish R
That sounds like hell, but I remember some couple getting married in a Target or Sears doing the same thing.
- Admiral Anika
Is there a return policy?
- Rodfather
This will probably happen in the very near future, if it hasn't happened already... sadly.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Around here (DC), someone got married in line on Black Friday. Best Buy, I think.
- Julian
Thinking about going to Easton this afternoon. It's a nice little city on the Eastern Shore. Very walkable.
Me vs. Chitterlings. FAIL.
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Jennifer Dittrich, Chris Rogers, MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS and 43 other people liked this
That second picture is PRICELESS.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
I still chewed AND swallowed. With difficulty.
- Kamilah Gill
How brave. I might not have approached the room, let alone get to the bottom of the plate.
- Julian
No, I only had one bite. There was no Plate of Chitterlings. That could have been fatal.
- Kamilah Gill
I think it's a mind over matter thing. I used to love Christmas because that meant chittlins. Then I found out what they were. LOL Oddly enough, it was the only pork product that didn't make me sick, too.
- Admiral Anika
What is that?
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
It's not about what they are, it's about how they tasted. I've eaten snails. No problem. And Anika, it amazes me that you liked these poopy-tasting things even in the past when you proclaim how you hate different chocolates and all other kinds of things. They didn't stink so much unless you smelled the pot up close. John, they're some kind of pig intestine... thing. Which isn't so horrible in itself. Some sausages use intestines. I don't like eggs. These have an eggy texture. Eggs with a dash of poop,
- Kamilah Gill
At least sausages look less like their source material.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Julian, I hadn't even seen a chitlin in person until today. True story.
- Kamilah Gill
Poopy-tasting? That sounds like they weren't cleaned. I remember my mom and aunts spending a good couple of hours cleaning them before they were cooked. And you have to keep in mind, the last time I ate them, I was like 6. I didn't know any better. I used to think McDonald's was good too then. LOL
- Admiral Anika
These had been cleaned all day by my cousin's wife. She and one of her kids love them. They're experts about the whole thing. I think they were about as clean as they were going to get. They just had this poopy undertaste that I couldn't smell but could taste when I started chewing. It was very subtle. Not that I've been in the habit of eating poop, mind you. It's like that gross taste you get in your mouth when you're around some very stinky poop. Kind of farmy. Barnyard.
- Kamilah Gill
You're a brave woman. I am such a coward when it comes to trying food.
- Mary Carmen
*lmao* I. AM. DYING. glad you had your chitlin experience, Kamilah. you can cross that off your bucket list.
- jbrotherlove
It is so totally and completely checked off the list. I can tell my grandchildren. I have pictorial evidence. Wikipedia is saying that putting an onion or something in the pot might help with the poopiness. That might have worked...
- Kamilah Gill
if it makes you feel better, every time I've tried chitlins (which hasn't been too often), I've *always* noted the poopiness with my nose and tastebuds. none for me, thanks.
- jbrotherlove
I sympathize! Chitterlings are nasty. My tummy don't like tummy. I'll eat anything else pretty much. Oh and tongue. Unless it's some supper yummy lengua taco fuggedaboutit.
- Adrian
Tongue's on my list to try someday. Possibly also only once. And tripe. A Chinese restaurant here serves some.
- Kamilah Gill
I've had tongue tacos a few times. They're pretty good. No weird flavor at all.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
I haven't had a chance to try tongue, but I'd give it a shot. Tripe is good, but I guess it depends on who is cooking.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Hahahaha :)
- Mo Kargas
I tried tripe once, without knowing exactly what it was. It was one of the most disgusting things I've eaten.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
It's not the flavor of tongue or chitlins but the texture. Both invoke the gag reflex, which is strange because I've gotten over all my childhood hangups otherwise.
- Adrian
I do like brains though! Tacos de cabeza... yum, yum.
- Adrian
Eww!
- Rochelle
Chitterlings = ?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I have never and will never eat those things. Vivid memories of walking in the kitchen then promptly leaving because I was overwhelmed by the stench. You are more of a woman than I for trying those things.
- EricaJoy
Brave woman! But dammit now I have something else for my bucket list... %)
- Ted Russ
There are some foods I will never "try just once" before refusing them. This tops the list.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
You are crazy brave, Kamilah. I don't think I could have done it. I have somehow avoided chitlins the whole time I've lived in the South. (Not complaining!)
- Ayşe E.
Fried might be a little less gross. Maybe. With *lots* of onion and hot sauce. I did not even know that the chitlins were there until my cousin's wife told me. So the smell was not pronounced until I got up close to the pot. Interestingly, I guess they're popular in parts of Europe, too. Remember, folks, they're not that different from what's used for sausage casings! And probably sausage fillings sometimes, too.
- Kamilah Gill
There is no such thing as good chit'lins. They will always be gross, no matter what you do to them. (Yes, I've had them.)
- Jason Huebel
from Android
@SML, pig intestine. Generally boiled or fried. Nasty things.
- Jason Huebel
from Android
@Jason.Huebel oh ic. Thanks! It's yummy if you cook it in Chinese style.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I have never heard of those before...whoa! no thanks!
- Susan Beebe
ha ha! aww. excellent weeping face, though!
- edythe
and people are right -- you are brave. Brave to try 'em and then chew and swallow --and brave to admit it, too. :) also, you look very pretty despite your nausea.
- edythe
Braver than I am, that's for sure. Viscera are not for me.
- Spidra Webster
cracklins are good. maybe try them next.
- edythe
I remember cracklins (and cracklin bread). They were good, but me and the pig have gone our separate ways.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Ya'll just don't know how to eat.
- Bryan R. Adams
Aw, thanks, edythe. I have a very big list of stuff to do at least once in my life. Most of those involve trying weird foods, or sometimes just things I haven't gotten around to yet. Still haven't had lobster, or truffles (the fungus), many different cheeses, etc. Some folks have stuff like skydiving on their list of things to do. I'll pass on most of the extreme sports and go with the extreme foods instead. I love satisfying that kind of curiosity.
- Kamilah Gill
I think I'm adopted. Both of my parents love (or in my dad's case "loved") the nasty little things. I'd leave the house when my mom cooked them.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Next time ask try "Chittlins." They taste a lot better! ;o)
- Ron Thompson
I ate lutefisk. Once.
- barbara fister
Lutefisk is on the list.
- Kamilah Gill
Actually Ron, I'm of the opinion that both spellings should start with an "s" instead of a "c". ;)
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Yes, the name is a bit too close to sh*t for comfort... I've thought of that, too.
- Kamilah Gill
@kmeelah !!! :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
from IM
no lobster yet? you've got something really good to look forward to. :)
- edythe
My cousin ran me outta the room 2 days ago when she plopped a bowl of that next to me. I ate them as a kid. My mother cooks them in the garage, and that's where they stay until they eat them.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Back home. Didn't stop at the outlets (missed the turn). Stopped briefly at a restaurant in Easton. The library there was closed.
Today was not a good day for walking around town. It had been raining since early Friday morning, and just stopped maybe an hour or two ago.
- Julian
Wide open wifi here at the Central Library of the Dorchester County Public Library in Cambridge, MD.
It is absolutely "library quiet" here. One really big room on the second level. The administrative offices for the Library (which also includes one other branch) is on the first level. I am more impressed by the giant Christmas-themed snow globe across the room than I am with the collection. The rest of the consortium probably has a better collection as a whole.
- Julian
I am also impressed by the number of microfilm machines in this library. Even more impressed that I am hearing the winding of a spool across the room. At work (six locations), we might only have eight machines total, and I'm not sure how much they're used.
- Julian
If I go to Cambridge first, I can sign up for a library account to cover FOUR libraries. That would leave me with only four to go in Maryland (Baltimore City, Harford, Cecil, Kent).
One library I can't visit is one county over -- Prince George's. They're on furlough for a week.
- Julian
I got my french press! Now what kind of coffee do I use in this thing?
Ross Miller and Alex Scoble liked this
Cafe Bustelo.
- Eric Logan
The ground kind.
- Alex Scoble
Regular old Folgers? (No I would not drink Folgers, just using that as an example.)
- EricaJoy
I think you should use a coarse grind.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
What MVB said. I think the direction for my first french press recommended that. Other than that, the best coffee your budget can afford. I hope you really like it. I love using my french press. It's what got me drinking coffee on a regular basis.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I enjoy my French press, although I don't get to use it often enough.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
Definitely get good, fresh coffee beans. Grind coarse to release the essential oils in the coffee.
- Julian
Go to your favorite local coffee shop (even Starbucks, it's perfectly okay to like Starbucks coffee, despite what coffee purists will tell you) and ask them to grind a small amount (1/4 lb at a time) for the French press (they should know). Repeat until you find a blend that you like. Folks on Google's culinary team would likely be quite happy to grind a sample for you, too.
- Tudor Bosman
Looking up information about a possible food allergy. Not sure if it's pectin or sulfides.
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:(
- LAMB
Food allergies are no fun.
- LAMB
Three items: wine, lemon juice (from concentrate), dried apricots. (Other fruit juices, like cranberry and grape, too.) They all seem to do something similar, though at a low to moderate level, if I have just a bit too much. For a few minutes, my throat will feel like it's swelling up a bit. Also, I start to feel a bit asthmatic, though I do not have asthma (of which I know). Breathing issues don't happen every time.
- Julian
I suddenly realized what I needed to look up while watching the episode of Good Eats about making fruitcake. Dried apricots were an ingredient, and Alton mentioned that they usually contain sulfites as a preservative.
- Julian
Oh yeah. Almost forgot fruit juice boxes. Not that I drink them all that often anymore. No problem with beer, though. No problem with not from concentrate, "all-natural" orange juice, either.
- Julian
I can't eat dried apricots because of the sulfites that are typically used as a preservative. Triggers my asthma and makes me wildly wheezy.
- Stephen Francoeur
We just saw that Good Eats episode last night! I had a friend who couldn't drink red wine because of the sulfites.
- laura x
I am really sensitive to sulfites too. for a while I couldn't have red wine, but thankfully that isn't the case anymore. it only hits me once in a while
- holly
Yeah, the red wine reaction is rare these days for me too.
- Stephen Francoeur
Both kids are a little miffed Santa didn't eat the gingerbread house. Ilia thinks it's because it's ugly. http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Michael W. May, J. Abdul-Qahhar, Michael Hocter and 7 other people liked this
LOL. Poor Ilia! Tell her he doesn't like messing them up.
- Trish R
Nooo... it was too awesome to eat.
- Alix Whitmire
just tell them he was full
- VAL D. Zone
Ha! I didn't think of these excuses so I distracted her with the 'ooh shiny'.
- Admiral Anika
The reindeer needed a place to nap. (Yes, all eight can fit inside.)
- Julian
Ordered fries at a "hip" bar. "Can I have some ketchup?" "Oh, we don't do that here." Who decided that?! WHY WOULD THAT EVER HAPPEN?!
Eric Florenzano, Tyson Key, Felicia Yue and 27 other people liked this
say what???
- VAL D. Zone
"Hip" must have been short for hypocritical, because that's the only way to describe fries without ketchup.
- Eric Geller
did they at least have malt vinegar??
- VAL D. Zone
I just had In N Out, and guess what? Ketchup with my fries. TAKE THAT!
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Ketchup is soooo 2008.
- Mark H
That's why you don't go to "hip" bars. Who doesn't put some kind of something on their fries? Sheesh.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
You should tell us where this is so we don't mistakenly go there in search of delicious condiments.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
"Yes, I'd like some ketchup." "We don't do that here." "Ok, how about some mustard?" "FUUUUUU---"
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
There are few places that have fries good enough to eat sans ketchup. Guessing this place wasn't 1 of them.
- pea
Those fries better have come served in a paper cone.
- Julian
Mayonnaise is probably a non-starter, too.
- DGentry
In absence of ketchup, my vote is also for malt vinegar. Then Mrs. Dash, Lawry's, or a can of chili con carne, shredded sharp cheddar.
- midnightgolfer
Perhaps these fries were poutine.
- imabonehead
french fries are merely a vehicle for the ketchup
- Imabug
I hope when they brought you the bill you said "Oh, money? Sorry we don't do that here."
- Joe Pierce
hip = highly idiotic people
- Mo Kargas
What did they have? Mayo + peanut satay sauce? Cause lemme tell you, that's not bad...
- Andrew C
French fries dipped in a chocolate shake is AWESOME!
- josh neff, geek at large
0_0
- Mo Kargas
OMG thank you Joshua for validating #iamnotamonster
- cdogzilla
@Chris I must admit, I'm curious to try that
- Mo Kargas
Ketchup is against my religion. But access to ketchup is a civil right and I will not campaign to deny others access to pure-evil-in-a-bottle!
- Wirehead
tangent, and old, and I may have shared this on FF before: why ketchup doesn't belong on a hot dog. http://www.straightdope.com/columns...
- Andrew C
Andrew that sounds about right. I hate fast food ketchup because it tastes like sugar.
- Rob Haas
I mostly shared that for the fine form Cecil Adams was in there. I only half approve of that POV; I mean, I love sugar.
- Andrew C
Maybe they had a nice lime-cilantro aioli?
- Kevin Fox
i have twitter to will you follow me
- dajah
Sounds like the kind of place I could frequent. I think ketchup is a crime against humanity.
- Curtiss Grymala
You might want to unfriend me for this, but...
On the way home, I was listening to a "best-of" episode of the Petros and Money Show on Fox Sports Radio. One segment was with Mr. Skin. He was going over his top ten list of scenes from 2009 (TV and film combined). Mr. Skin was spot-on perfect with his choice for #1.
- Julian
Temple University football is in town for a bowl game Saturday. A few of their players are dining here right now.
Correction. The game is next week. They're still in town a bit early. Good thing they're walking around in groups in Adams Morgan. (When I left, they were headed to the Town Tavern down the street.) Sketchiness never takes a night (or day) off in that neighborhood of DC.
- Julian
Yes, I have a Bucky the Badger cookie cutter and I'm not afraid to use it!
Kol Tregaskes, Derrick, chaz2b and 3 other people liked this
As a bacon-abstainer, I have a question: why would one deep-fry bacon?
edythe, Chatsohbet, Penguin It's Cold Outside and 4 other people liked this
Death wish?
- s t e v e
For more bacon flavor goodness.
- Julian
Is there a difference?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
No bacon? I cried a little for you.
- Jeremy (on vacation)
Why fight the bacon ha3rvey?
- SAM
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