Thursday Post-Impressionist Open Forum in Which We Return to the Arts


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GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 11:09 pm

And dressing.

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 11:07 pm

I do like french fries, toast and dip though I don’t care what y’all say.

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 11:05 pm

Ok ok ok. Thought I was getting all hip. At least I didn’t buy one.

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 10:26 pm

Not beef, anyway.

Shannon
Admin
January 19, 2023 10:25 pm

Even Mom never tried to pulled that.

Shannon
Admin
January 19, 2023 10:24 pm

I never saw anybody boil meat until I married a Yankee.

Very strange.

🙂

Shannon
Admin
January 19, 2023 10:21 pm

Yes, indeed.

The best Tucker I have seen to date.

God bless him.

Texpat
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January 19, 2023 10:17 pm

Hasn’t it occurred to Texans that the reason the French came up with “Sous Vide” cooking is because they have been eating rotten, horrible beef for centuries ?

Why does anyone think the French came up with all those sauces and heavy herbal marinades ?

It’s all about hiding the texture and taste of worst beef in the world.

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 9:58 pm

It’s a home run, WB.

Shannon
Admin
January 19, 2023 9:58 pm

Re: Today’s OC

I’m considering printing it and hanging it on the wall.
A very famous, old, and possibly dark painting.
With a chicken face slipped in.
A truly great commentary on our times.

Dr phil Good-E=1984
January 19, 2023 9:57 pm

The border has been eggstinguished by our usurping political eggheads.

El Gordo
January 19, 2023 9:56 pm

Night all.  More tomorrow.

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 9:47 pm

Yes, little pa’dnah, many years ago we lived in a time when thousands recrossed our southern border to go back home for Christmas.

December 2022 saw a minimum 250,000 illegals cross north.
I’m thinking was probably much closer to 400,000.

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 9:46 pm

Well that was unfortunate timing.

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 9:45 pm

I been trying to save this for an opportune time but I won’t remember it when it does.

Does a bear poo in the woods?

Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?

Tedtam
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January 19, 2023 9:43 pm

I know someone reported on the gay male couple sexually abusing their two adopted boys a few days ago. I just read the story on Townhall.  These…these…pond scum were actually trying to prostitute their kids and distribute porn involving the kids. Yeah, nine life sentences, consecutively.  In general population. And lots and lots of therapy for those two little boys. … Read more »

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 9:39 pm

So I can quit dreaming about cooking on a gas stove.

Didn’t think of that! Score one for the Sous Vide!

mharper42
mharper42
January 19, 2023 9:37 pm

#112 EG, today was a good example of why I will always do my shopping in person. I went there wanting to get 3 of the 20 lb bags of dog chow. But I rarely shop with a list, I am there to see what is on the shelves that appeals to me. If I can’t get what I wanted,… Read more »

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 9:34 pm

Dolly Parton turned 77 years old today.

And you think you’ve got back problems.

Tedtam
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January 19, 2023 9:29 pm

Tucker rarely disappoints.

 

Had the first Latin class of this reboot session.  As soon as I could, I put the Tucker replay on the TV.

Super Dave
January 19, 2023 9:24 pm

One more thing before I go, if you missed Tucker tonight you have to look up his monologue, one of the best ever.

Super Dave
January 19, 2023 9:23 pm

Cleanup to be a royal pain in the ass.

Yup, we loaded up the dishwasher for the first time in a while. With the the crock pot and the dishes for the gravy and meat the dishwasher takes care of the grease.

Super Dave
January 19, 2023 9:19 pm

FWIW; We have wild garlic that has been growing around the Farm house for as long as I can remember and my dad brought some up here and planted them along the chicken yard fence. The fence and chicken house is long gone but the garlic is still there. My wife tends to it but I tell her that’s not… Read more »

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 9:16 pm

Bring on the Soylent Green wafers!

So I can quit dreaming about cooking on a gas stove.

Super Dave
January 19, 2023 9:14 pm

Cilantro is like garlic and maybe curry, a little goes a long way. My dad loved garlic and put it on everything and sometimes it was just too overpowering. That said I love garlic and cilantro but I try to be careful not to over do it.

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 9:08 pm

The Sous Vide roast experiment is over. Very good but not worth the hassle. As ELG said, roast did retain its texture, not stringy but very tender. Had good flavor but not wildly better than crockpot or oven. So – did ribeyes Sunday (as ELG said) absolutely waste of time for a good cut of beef, roast so-so. Glad I… Read more »

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 9:02 pm

I understand, EL Gordo. It just seems to be a lot of extra effort for a very narrow improvement of results. Keep in mind that though I love great food, I generally consider cooking and cleanup to be a royal pain in the ass. (Quite literally, at times) And the more time I spend on my feet, the less payoff… Read more »

El Gordo
January 19, 2023 8:21 pm

#109 – Amazon is your friend and will leave that 50# bag of dog food on your front porch.  Walmart and most larger stores will do the same thing now.  Given that you are still recovering from some lower extremity problem to begin with, I’m going to chastise you, gently this first time, for not taking advantage of these services. … Read more »

mharper42
mharper42
January 19, 2023 8:12 pm

After my shopping trip, I was conflicted between a late lunch and an early nap. Went through my canned food shelves and picked a microwavable Wolf Brand chili meal-for-one, plus a handful of tortilla chips, washed down with chilled green tea. Good fast meal. Then burrowed in for my nap, with 2 purring cats.

 

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 8:10 pm

I finally gave in and did an intense thirty minute dive into the study of Sous Vide.

It sounds very interesting and almost….uh..logical.

But yet, I still have one major question.

WHY?

mharper42
mharper42
January 19, 2023 8:02 pm

I decided I had to go to Kroger and get some of the 20 lb bags of dry dog chow that is the main thing I put out for the raccoons and possums. Was very disappointed that there wasn’t a single 20 lb bag of that brand on the empty shelves. It’s been a year since I had to take… Read more »

squawkbox
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January 19, 2023 8:02 pm

I love cilantro……  lovely wife is the problem child

Shannon
Admin
January 19, 2023 8:01 pm

105 SQK

I have dibs on the Chicken Petting Zoo concession.

Shannon
Admin
January 19, 2023 7:59 pm

During the last Legislature, we at least passed a law stating that if you publicly admit to hating cilantro, it’s perfectly legal and required that the rest of us look at you with a very intense side-eye.

squawkbox
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January 19, 2023 7:55 pm

Super Dave @103

You are killing me here.  Reading your chicken story above I can see us turning that into a soap opera and present it in the Super Dave Tractor Emporium Cafe and Dinner Theater.  We could have a running story and take Alabama by storm.  Man i see shameless amount of gross profits rolling in.

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 7:54 pm

Cilantro haters are ubiquitous. It’s very scary.

The Texas Commission On Taking Away Your Texan Card has been warring over the issue for years.

That Commission occupies the former office of the No Beans In Chili guys. But, of course, that was settled decades ago.

Super Dave
January 19, 2023 6:22 pm

Hey GramPaw what’s fer supper? Well I’ve been a little remiss in fixing a real supper lately and I’ve been wanting to fix a Beef Pot Roast so when I found a nice roast at the Pig yesterday I just had to get it. I put it in the Crock Pot this morning and them about 4 PM I smashed… Read more »

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 6:16 pm

97 GJT – if it’s cilantro, it doesn’t come into our home.

Of course it’s one of those homes… 😛

Shannon
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January 19, 2023 5:56 pm

Hope you bought the spicy version. I’ve never had the plain.

squawkbox
Admin
January 19, 2023 5:34 pm

David Crosby died.  Guy was a giant basshole but a dang great musician and vocalist.

Texpat
Admin
January 19, 2023 5:26 pm

No, no, no – don’t mash and refry Charro Beans.  They have to be savored the first time just as they are right out of the can.

Personally, I don’t add anything to them.  I suppose you could after a while.

bsue54
January 19, 2023 5:15 pm

97 GJT – if it’s cilantro, it doesn’t come into our home.  I’m one of those “freaks of nature” to whom the flavor of cilantro is way too reminiscent of soap…

GJT
GJT
January 19, 2023 5:07 pm

Ro-tel tomatoes, onion and what is that smell good herb Mexicans use? Yeah, some of that, mix in the charro beans and he’ll love you for life.

bsue54
January 19, 2023 4:48 pm

Shannon, we had to make a quick stop at HEB to pick up guac to go on the nachos we’re having for supper tonite, and, low and behold, whilst picking up an extra can of black olive slices to go on them, a can of the much vaunted Charro Beans jumped into our basket. Won’t be doing a review tonite… Read more »

bsue54
January 19, 2023 4:45 pm

#94 MHarper 42 – IIRC, it was Cosmopolitan.  I had a friend who worked at the public library in the periodicals department. We looked and decided he looked mostly like a grizzly bear…

mharper42
mharper42
January 19, 2023 4:27 pm

Hey, I remember the nude photo of Burt Reynolds. I don’t recall what magazine it was in, but I was working for the US Geological Survey in Austin back then  — 1969-1974 and the photo was 1972. Most of the chemists in that lab were women, and got a kick out of the photo being passed around. So that was… Read more »

Texpat
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January 19, 2023 4:09 pm

88 El Gordo If you think that’s bad, this really infuriates me. An alliance of 18 urban and suburban mayors from across Texas is promoting a policy agenda for this year’s legislative session that emphasizes “local control,” a term often used by elected officials to describe policies that benefit local governments, not local citizens. Texas’ Big City Mayors is a “bipartisan… Read more »

squawkbox
Admin
January 19, 2023 3:36 pm

Texpat

#91

I dunno what triggered that memory into my little brain.  BSue is calling my therapist as I type to get me an appointment.

Texpat
Admin
January 19, 2023 3:23 pm

86 Squawk

Kissinger is 99 years old now and that photo came out nearly 50 years ago.  I can’t believe I’m old enough to remember that craziness.

Texpat
Admin
January 19, 2023 3:14 pm

76 Squawk

I cut and pasted the WSJ article I linked to here that no one could open apparently.  I sent it to you via email since obviously I can’t post the whole thing here.

If anybody else wants a copy, let me know.