What is in your cup? - Page 1970

cromag · 10-19-2014, 12:48 AM

Give me about 15 minutes and it'll be a somewhat large-ish glass of zinfandel.

kindlekitten · 10-19-2014, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs
What kind of kids eat Armour Hot Dogs?
Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks
Tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox
love hot dogs, Armour Dot Dogs
The dogs kids love to bite!

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fQwJdXFQlU )

Good morning, everyone! Happy Sunday! Looks like it's going to be a lovely day, starting off with an early morning (here) live TV presentation of the Men's Foil finals of the World Cup at www.usfencing.org. Should be exciting. These guys take fencing to a whole different level. Then it's off for a ride, a nice lunch, then back for some grunt work trying to figure out how to use Adobe Premiere... PhotoShop was easier to learn...
Good tea this morning, from Ahmad, his wonderful "English Breakfast" tea! They are now selling Ahmad's 'English Breakfast No.1' in an import supermarket here, and I've asked the manager if they can get the "English Breakfast" next order. The 'No.1' has a touch of Bergamot which I don't care for in a tea.

I've eaten brats in Nuerenburg and I've eaten brats in New Ulm and in Saint Cloud, and although I prefer the ambiance of outdoor restaurants in Nuerenburg, I liked the taste of the brats in the Minnesota cities better. Stronger flavor, which appeals to my pallet. At one time, Minnesota had the largest German population in the US, and was actually a source of concern for the US government during W.W.II.

Time for one more cup of tea!

Stitchawl

Hummph I think you may have been drinking the bong water during that trial

Stitchawl · 10-19-2014, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Hummph I think you may have been drinking the bong water during that trial

Wouldn't have been the first time.

That, and drinking Jack. Hard to tell the difference betweem 'em!

We were riding through on our way to and from Sturgis several different years. It's amazing I remember any of it.

Right now, a delightful cup of unbranded Keemun tea as I get ready to assault Adobe Premiere Pro yet again. Or, rather, get assaulted by it!

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 10-19-2014, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Wouldn't have been the first time.

That, and drinking Jack. Hard to tell the difference betweem 'em!

We were riding through on our way to and from Sturgis several different years. It's amazing I remember any of it.

Right now, a delightful cup of unbranded Keemun tea as I get ready to assault Adobe Premiere Pro yet again. Or, rather, get assaulted by it!

Stitchawl

Just don't let it have its way with you

CRussel · 10-19-2014, 07:03 PM

And neither of you have had MY Brats!

Peet's Pride of the Port in my cup.

Stitchawl · 10-19-2014, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

And neither of you have had MY Brats!

Peet's Pride of the Port in my cup.

A brat is just a brat. I want one of your chorizo! THAT is a sausage!

No time this morning... gotta catch the early morning sun. Drinking unbranded Keemun to get me going!

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 10-19-2014, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

And neither of you have had MY Brats!

Peet's Pride of the Port in my cup.

True! You could bring them down!

CRussel · 10-20-2014, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

A brat is just a brat. I want one of your chorizo! THAT is a sausage!

No time this morning... gotta catch the early morning sun. Drinking unbranded Keemun to get me going!

Stitchawl

Oooh. But do you want Mexican Chorizo? Or is Basque more your style?

Personally, I love them both. But they are quite different.

library addict · 10-20-2014, 12:06 AM

tea
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Stitchawl · 10-20-2014, 08:09 AM

After dinner cup of Yorkshire tea. (We had a British dinner tonight.)

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Originally Posted by CRussel

And neither of you have had MY Brats!

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

True! You could bring them down!

Wonderfully pragmatic! I salute you!

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Originally Posted by CRussel

Oooh. But do you want Mexican Chorizo? Or is Basque more your style?
Personally, I love them both. But they are quite different.

I've never had Basque style. I've had Mexican, Spanish, Chamorro, and Filipino.
What do the Basque add?

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 10-20-2014, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

After dinner cup of Yorkshire tea. (We had a British dinner tonight.)

Wonderfully pragmatic! I salute you!

I've never had Basque style. I've had Mexican, Spanish, Chamorro, and Filipino.
What do the Basque add?

Stitchawl

Jaunty berets

ProfCrash · 10-20-2014, 10:59 AM

By awful food I mean two pieces of beef that were boiled, four potatoes and some cabbage. Rinse and repeat for three weeks. It was the same food and bad the entire time. Limited water because it had to be boiled and chilled before we could drink it so bad food and a ton of Pepsi.

We were so excited when we got to Budapest because there was a McDonalds that we could eat.

On my first trip to Russia I had a meal with a family my teacher had introduced me to. They offered liver pasta because that was the meat they could get.

I was visiting during the Cold War, Soviet Union and the like so lack of food choices and very few private restaurants. Nothing that a group of high school students could have afforded if our chaperones would have let us venture out.

CRussel · 10-20-2014, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

After dinner cup of Yorkshire tea. (We had a British dinner tonight.)

Wonderfully pragmatic! I salute you!

I've never had Basque style. I've had Mexican, Spanish, Chamorro, and Filipino.
What do the Basque add?

Stitchawl

Basque Chorizo is frequently uncured and unsmoked, and based on a mixture of paprikas. I've been hunting around for quite a while to find a recipe I was happy with, and I've finally got one I like. This is a sausage for grilling and smothering with onions in a roll, or adding in to a dish to add flavour. Both ways are good.

Just as good Mexican chorizo is a blend of different chiles, good Basque chorizo is a blend of paprikas. (And sometimes, here in the new world, some chiles too. Also, like Mexican, it tends to be not particularly hot. The premise being you add heat to the dish as appropriate, but leave the sausage relatively mild.

cromag · 10-20-2014, 05:25 PM

My second mug of tea, following my usual large oatmeal. (Not nearly up to the standards of a good chorizo -- of any persuasion -- but much better than "liver pasta!")

Stitchawl · 10-20-2014, 08:31 PM

A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die
By a line that he drew with his sword as the battle drew nigh
A man that crossed over the line was for glory
And he that was left better fly
And over the line crossed 179

Jim Bowie lay dying, his blood and his powder were dry
But his knife at the ready to take him a few in reply
Young Davy Crockett lay laughing and dying
The blood and the sweat in his eyes
For Texas and freedom no man was more willing to die

Hey Up Santa Anna, they're killing your soldiers below
So the rest of Texas will know
And remember the Alamo

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeUbEGyu6XQ )

Yes, it's that time again... Another big tournament down in Bangkok this weekend, and we're spending extra time in the Fencing Salle getting ready for it. All-day practice today... This competition is being sponsored by Chulalongkorn University, the oldest university under the Thai modern educational system, one of the best universities Southeast Asia according to several university rankings. Over 30,000 students! It's an open International tournament, which should attract well over 400 fencers from around the world. Unfortunately, they aren't fielding a Veterans division so I'll be fighting against the young guys this time... National team members from several different countries... guys in their 20's and 30's... guys who can still get out of an easy chair without grunting or groaning... Should be great fun, but no medals to bring home this trip. I can live with that.

Starting today off with a mug of Twinings "Prince of Wales" tea, never one of my top shelf picks in the past, but someone gave me a tin of it yesterday and I thought I'd crack it open. I'm pleasantly surprised... I think they have changed the blend a bit. Nice combination of Keemun, Assam, and Ceylon teas... All of my favorites put together in a workable formula.

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Jaunty berets

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

Basque Chorizo is frequently uncured and unsmoked, and based on a mixture of paprikas. I've been hunting around for quite a while to find a recipe I was happy with, and I've finally got one I like. This is a sausage for grilling and smothering with onions in a roll, or adding in to a dish to add flavour. Both ways are good.

I miss my BBQ grill. In our last place here in Chiang Mai I had a large terrace to set up my grill. No so with this place. I'm envious of your space!

Stitchawl

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cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,680 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Give me about 15 minutes and it'll be a somewhat large-ish glass of zinfandel.

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CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,309 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	And neither of you have had MY Brats! Peet's Pride of the Port in my cup.

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library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,152 Karma: 37197878 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	tea .

10-20-2014, 10:59 AM	#29547
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	By awful food I mean two pieces of beef that were boiled, four potatoes and some cabbage. Rinse and repeat for three weeks. It was the same food and bad the entire time. Limited water because it had to be boiled and chilled before we could drink it so bad food and a ton of Pepsi. We were so excited when we got to Budapest because there was a McDonalds that we could eat. On my first trip to Russia I had a meal with a family my teacher had introduced me to. They offered liver pasta because that was the meat they could get. I was visiting during the Cold War, Soviet Union and the like so lack of food choices and very few private restaurants. Nothing that a group of high school students could have afforded if our chaperones would have let us venture out.

10-20-2014, 05:25 PM	#29549
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,680 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	My second mug of tea, following my usual large oatmeal. (Not nearly up to the standards of a good chorizo -- of any persuasion -- but much better than "liver pasta!")