I can’t believe we haven’t started a food thread yet, so here it is. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve finally accepted that women never really faint, children are the only ones who blush, and there’s no such thing as a moist turkey. Last year I just Butterballed it, but since those are Sharia birds, I’ve …
Food
Maybe He Should Head Back to Corporate Headquarters
This made me laugh- Politico did a blind taste test of five pizzas, including Herman Cain’s brand, and the results were unsurprising: I doubt you could serve Godfather’s pizza to drunks. (via)
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Garlic Open Thread
Yesterday was the last day vendors at our public market were offering heaps of good basil, and the garlic is getting towards end of season, so I made way too much pesto yesterday. I used the trick illustrated in this video to peel the garlic, and it works pretty well. Consider this an open thread.
Because Someone Has to Go There…
…The inevitable musical storm open thread. The original for what has to be our theme song for the next couple of days seems to be breaking the front page, but here’s my favorite cover. <div align=”center”><iframe width=”420″ height=”345″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/-Y0VhPXOooQ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe></div> …I’ve also long been partial to Willie’s version: <div align=”center”><iframe width=”420″ height=”345″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/W1Sc77hTkx0″ frameborder=”0″ …
Pull Up the Drawbridge, Stockpile Now
You don’t have to watch squirrels’ acorn-gathering efforts or measure wooly-bear caterpillar bands to predict an ongoing cranky, isolationist, get-away-from-MY-stuff season: Consumers can expect to see a jump in prices for pasta, meat, vegetable oil and many other grocery items in the coming months as a pair of new government reports forecast on [Aug. 11] …
The Mexican Truffle
Things I learned from the Internet: corn smut, called huitlacoche, is considered a delicacy. The Wikipedia etymology section is worth a read, too.
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind
Yesterday Matt Yglesias flagged a survey showing that people who spend longer in school tend to spend more on alcohol. Kevin Drum and James Joyner both pointed out that educated people drink more expensive alcohol (e.g., mixers or craft beer rather than schlitz). When I saw Matt’s chart, my first reaction was that the amount …
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