I’m not a big sports fan but I do like to cook. Here’s what I’m making: a slow-roasted pork shoulder for pulled pork sandwiches, chili (pork and beef with no beans, though I’m not religious on that point), baked ziti for the non-pig/meat eaters, the usual chips, dip and veggie platters, and a chocolate cake …
Food
Diet Open Thread
I’ve been on a diet since the day after Christmas because I am trying to stop being so much of a disgusting fatbody, and I am really finding it so much easier this year than in previous years. One reason, of course, is that I am not thinking of this as a diet this time …
Touchy, Touchy
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is divorced and has a girlfriend, Sandra Lee, who’s a TV celebrity cook specializing in “semi-homemade” cooking. Sandra was at a Rochester food bank the other day “to use her added notoriety as Governor Andrew Cuomo’s significant other to raise awareness of hunger in New York State.” Even though her …
Open Thread: For the New Dieters
I will state for the record that black-eyed peas in a rice cooker make the kitchen smell amazing, and many thanks to commentor Stuckinred for recommending Camellia Brand, too also. That taken care of, here’s an abstract from the Proceedings of the Royal Society on “Canaries in the coal mine: a cross-species analysis of the …
Because We All Love Our Friends And Family…But Not Always: An Emergency Thanksgiving Anaesthesia Guide/Open Thread
It is a truth universally acknowledged that sometime today, many among us in possession of a full bellies will be in need of powerful psychic analgesics to counter the effects of overdoses of loved, liked, and despised ones.* __ I’ve been lucky on this score. My late, and genuinely much loved Uncle Dan and his …
Talking Turkey
My Mom and I were pre-gaming Thanksgiving last night — we’re the main cooks for our respective celebrations, we both feed a house full of people, and neither one of us counts a huge turkey as our favorite meal to cook. Last year, we did Alton Brown’s recipe, which is a brined bird cooked in …
NFL Open Thread
This is a Palin free thread, restricted to discussions of Chili and football. My dad made me a batch of great chili yesterday, and I’m loving it. Some sort of chili powder from New Mexico, and he put some garbanzo beans in it with the kidney beans and black beans. I love the texture. Go …