Mom: The good was her "stroganoff" which was basically cubed round steak in a simple gravy. Over egg noodles or mashed potatoes was wonderful. The bad was when she decided to make kidneys. Awful smell that my sister and I could smell while we were outside playing. I still smell it today.
Dad: Anything barbecue, especially chicken. He taught me how to properly use a grill.
i like stroganoff .. it was one of the few "American" dishes we got my mom to cook on a regular basis. it was good for our standards which was basically "anything is better than eating Indian food every night!"
My parents were divorced and remarried, but both preferred to cook.
The first thing that comes to mind with my mom's cooking is fried chicken. Lightly pounded chicken breasts, flour/egg/Progresso crumbs dredged and then deep fried in a wok and dressed with salt & MSG. Nothing beats deep frying.
My dad's signature dish was grilled teriyaki flank steak, a recipe from his dad. Shoyu+mirin+fresh garlic+sliced ginger+grape jelly+sesame oil all day, then grill over charcoal. Rest. Thinly slice & served over rice. While I've switched to honey rather than jelly, I've won a cooking contest with that recipe.
My mom made a skillet of fried sliced potatoes most nights as a staple, and that comes to mind first because it was such a frequent thing, not necessarily the best thing (by a long shot!). Plus, my father was an army cook in the Transportation Corps, and mom was one of 9 children of a farm family, so I was taught how to peel potatoes as soon as I could handle a paring knife safely, by about age 5, and peeled MANY pounds of potatoes that went into that skillet!
She was (and occasionally remains) an enthusiastic griller, and the marinades for various cuts of meat offset the enthusiasm for making sure meats were cooked through. Honestly what I remember most about family dinners is - not that this happened every night - shooting the breeze and having a laugh after we'd finished eating. One of the upsides of moving out and getting older is that on the rare occasions we all get together, even without Dad, the having a laugh bit is the default.
My dad was big on having his meat cooked thoroughly. My mom made fries from scratch, but it was not a nightly thing. Mostly we were meat and potatoes with occasionally rice or pasta.
it is solidly good but not spectacular. i rarely crave my parents food or anything i grew up eating.
lots of unique ethnic Bengali dishes that you dont see on most Indian menus, poppy seed curry, fish in a mustard sauce. the lamb curry was probably the best thing
Drunk Uncle Rudy reaches the "Find Out" phase. The penalty phase in his defamation case against the two Georgia election workers is $148.169m. This far exceeds his net worth. As I understand it, he'll essentially lose everything except perhaps his condo in Florida, which is covered under Homestead Protection in that state. While he'll still probably appeal this, he is still a defendant in other cases. He is already disbarred in NY and DC. He essentially sacrificed everything at Trump's feet and essentially lost everything. He will be forced to beg and grift for the rest of his life.
He may have snarled traffic to visit a disaster zone more than 3 weeks after the fact, but at least he served french fries to fake customers at a closed McD's for a photo op and a chance to violate trademarks in yet another grift.
I waved to Kamala this morning. I was on my way up a long hill and could hear the sound of a helicopter. A ways further up the hill I could see two copters hovering above the VP residence. As I got close a third one rose from the ground and off they went.
A couple blocks later I went by the Bolivian Embassy. Or as the sign out front says - Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. I kind of like the sound of that.
That's not a big stretch. Knowing his propensity for getting his nose in the middle of nasty tackles, I've wondered how many other times Tua has been concussed in his playing career throughout all levels of play. With nothing to say of so-called "micro-concussions".
As everyone here knows, football is a violent sport. Players are prone to injuries, and injuries to the brain are a fact of life in football. The NFL has been covering up the CTE toll for decades. However, it doesn't start upon graduation to the pro ranks. It starts much earlier and could start as soon as players put on helmets and pads for the first time.
For those here who remember, Junior Seau should be a cautionary example of the toll of concussions and CTE. No one wants that for Tua.
49ers confirm Aiyuk tore MCL and ACL. As someone who's done that playing football, I can confirm it is no fun and it has never been the same. Oh, and Deebo is in the hospital with pneumonia.
The 49ers are about as close to being shut out of the post-season as they are right now. Yes, they could rip off 10 wins theoretically between now and the end of the regular season. But they won't. And if they only win another 6 games, they'll finish 9-8. That's not necessarily out of the playoffs, but it isn't necessarily in the playoffs, either.
I feel like they still win the division just because it's not very good. But they aren't really a title contender this year. Last year (with relative good health) was the year to do it.
That's a testament to the weakness of the NFC West. I agree that no other team really stands out as an imminent threat to win the division. Then again, no team in this division is really putrid, either, with the possible exception of the Rams.
Gossip columnist spills the tea on Ted Leonsis (CEO of ownership group for DC Caps, Wizards, and Mystics). He apparently declared that everyone needed to compromise - and by compromise, it meant that his group pay no tax, the city fund about two-thirds of a billion dollars to upgrade facilities that are fine, and [checks notes]... move a bus stop because too many non-Caucasians wait for the bus there.
Once upon a time he was seen as a decent owner. But he has become much more about the money and his teams have been mediocre other than the Caps winning the Cup one year. When he approached the Nats about buying them the reaction from the local fan base was underwhelming. He also didn’t earn any goodwill when he tried to move the Caps and Wizards to northern Virginia.
He bought a local sports network and somehow managed to get his channels dropped from the basic sports package. You have to pay extra so I have no access to the local hockey and basketball teams.
Not very many fathers and sons get to play together at any seriously competitive level, much less the top tier. Its quite an accomplishment, and I expect it will be an emotional experience for especially LeBron. I sense this will not be lost on him.
just getting into it, episode 2. the characters from season 1 are becoming more likeable, especially the hobbit-like halflings that Gandalf is traveling with.
Since 1915 and the permanent switch to football, no California team has failed to win a game. Only the 1957, 1961, 1962, 2001, 2013 and 2020 (in a pandemic-shortened season) teams have notched but one win. The ’61 squad managed a tie to go along with their lonely win. The first Bear team to win as few as two games did not come along until 1946 when Frank Wickhorst’s team went 2-7. Subsequently there have been five other two-win teams: ’55,’59, '60, ’81, ’84 and ’86. The latter two under Joe Kapp. Both the ’59 and ’86 teams redeemed themselves by winning the Big Game, the only one or two-win Cal teams to do so.
Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts appears Tuesday through Thursday on the DBD throughout the 2024 college football season.
LSJU was a 17-point favorite coming into the Big Game and had an 7-2 record. Stanf*rd was also coming off a bye week, having defeated UCLA 28-23 in Pasadena 2 weeks before the Big Game in front of approx. 69,000 fans.
Cal's only win prior to the Big Game was a 31-21 victory over Wazzu at Cal Memorial with an estimated 41,500 in attendance.
I was at that Game. Man, we were hopeless that year. And Brad Muster was demoralizing to play against because he was unstoppable. Muster didn't necessarily breaking off large runs, but just seemed that it was inevitable that he'd get a first down. Paye and Muster had done just enough to beat us, helped by a last second FG miss the previous year that spoiled a come back effort. Sigh.
Later, it was Tommy Vardell, Toby Gerhart, and then Christian McCaffrey who were later generations of boogie men who haunted me as nearly unstoppable Furd RBs.
The couple who own the unit above me work at IU. He’s a history professor and she directs the Asian Cultural Center and teaches Tagalog. Not sure if they’re into sports but I’m guessing no. I’m going to ask next time they’re here.
In local news...
USS Constitution fired a shot in Boston. It must have worked because no Redcoats were sighted afterwards.
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/uss-constitution-fires-charlestown-not
Peruvian refugee finally giving British citizenship after being a refugee for 66 years
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/22/paddington-bear-given-official-uk-passport
I'm not sure if being stabbed in the chest by a swordfish is "what she loved"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/surfer-dies-after-being-stabbed-by-swordfish-died-doing-what-she-loved/ar-AA1sI0Va
Lincoln NE drunk driver plows through fence. Thousands dead.
https://www.klkntv.com/drunken-driver-blew-through-omaha-cemetery-desecrating-grave-sites-police-say/
When you think of your parents' cooking, what specific dish do you first think of?
Mom: The good was her "stroganoff" which was basically cubed round steak in a simple gravy. Over egg noodles or mashed potatoes was wonderful. The bad was when she decided to make kidneys. Awful smell that my sister and I could smell while we were outside playing. I still smell it today.
Dad: Anything barbecue, especially chicken. He taught me how to properly use a grill.
i like stroganoff .. it was one of the few "American" dishes we got my mom to cook on a regular basis. it was good for our standards which was basically "anything is better than eating Indian food every night!"
Roast beast with Yorkshire pudding, broccoli w/Hollandaise, and baked potato.
That was Mom's signature holiday/fall Sunday night dinner. And it was glorious.
Cornish game hens. Baked then a bit broiled. Were a novelty when a kid and loved them.
Love Cornish game hens. If I’m staying home for Thanksgiving or Christmas and having one or two people over they are my go to.
My parents were divorced and remarried, but both preferred to cook.
The first thing that comes to mind with my mom's cooking is fried chicken. Lightly pounded chicken breasts, flour/egg/Progresso crumbs dredged and then deep fried in a wok and dressed with salt & MSG. Nothing beats deep frying.
My dad's signature dish was grilled teriyaki flank steak, a recipe from his dad. Shoyu+mirin+fresh garlic+sliced ginger+grape jelly+sesame oil all day, then grill over charcoal. Rest. Thinly slice & served over rice. While I've switched to honey rather than jelly, I've won a cooking contest with that recipe.
Greek cheeses and spinach squares bore all the hallmarks of my Mom's cooking: healthy, simple and frugal. It went something like this:
https://www.food.com/recipe/greek-cheese-spinach-squares-390054
She probably got it from the Joy of Cooking or the Moosewood Cookbook.
my mother made french fries from scratch most nights. Honestly amazing I haven't had a heart attack already.
My mom made a skillet of fried sliced potatoes most nights as a staple, and that comes to mind first because it was such a frequent thing, not necessarily the best thing (by a long shot!). Plus, my father was an army cook in the Transportation Corps, and mom was one of 9 children of a farm family, so I was taught how to peel potatoes as soon as I could handle a paring knife safely, by about age 5, and peeled MANY pounds of potatoes that went into that skillet!
She was (and occasionally remains) an enthusiastic griller, and the marinades for various cuts of meat offset the enthusiasm for making sure meats were cooked through. Honestly what I remember most about family dinners is - not that this happened every night - shooting the breeze and having a laugh after we'd finished eating. One of the upsides of moving out and getting older is that on the rare occasions we all get together, even without Dad, the having a laugh bit is the default.
My dad was big on having his meat cooked thoroughly. My mom made fries from scratch, but it was not a nightly thing. Mostly we were meat and potatoes with occasionally rice or pasta.
it is solidly good but not spectacular. i rarely crave my parents food or anything i grew up eating.
lots of unique ethnic Bengali dishes that you dont see on most Indian menus, poppy seed curry, fish in a mustard sauce. the lamb curry was probably the best thing
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Drunk Uncle Rudy reaches the "Find Out" phase. The penalty phase in his defamation case against the two Georgia election workers is $148.169m. This far exceeds his net worth. As I understand it, he'll essentially lose everything except perhaps his condo in Florida, which is covered under Homestead Protection in that state. While he'll still probably appeal this, he is still a defendant in other cases. He is already disbarred in NY and DC. He essentially sacrificed everything at Trump's feet and essentially lost everything. He will be forced to beg and grift for the rest of his life.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/22/politics/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy-georgia-election-workers/index.html
He may have snarled traffic to visit a disaster zone more than 3 weeks after the fact, but at least he served french fries to fake customers at a closed McD's for a photo op and a chance to violate trademarks in yet another grift.
https://secure.winred.com/trump-national-committee-jfc/lp-hf-sms-dn-magadonalds-shirt-v1
I waved to Kamala this morning. I was on my way up a long hill and could hear the sound of a helicopter. A ways further up the hill I could see two copters hovering above the VP residence. As I got close a third one rose from the ground and off they went.
A couple blocks later I went by the Bolivian Embassy. Or as the sign out front says - Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. I kind of like the sound of that.
they should get one of those Plurinational things in the middle east ..
actually i have no idea what they should do in the middle east ...
Does anybody have any idea what they should do in the Middle East?
oh they have plenty of ideas and most of them are Not Good
There goes DCT's Nobel Peace Prize
it was always a long shot, to be fair
there have been so many peace prizes already given out in this never ending conflict.
PRO
Prediction: Tua is going to have severe CTE later in life with memory issue, erratic behavior, and an early death
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41927160/tua-tagovailoa-miami-dolphins-quarterback-concussions
That's not a big stretch. Knowing his propensity for getting his nose in the middle of nasty tackles, I've wondered how many other times Tua has been concussed in his playing career throughout all levels of play. With nothing to say of so-called "micro-concussions".
As everyone here knows, football is a violent sport. Players are prone to injuries, and injuries to the brain are a fact of life in football. The NFL has been covering up the CTE toll for decades. However, it doesn't start upon graduation to the pro ranks. It starts much earlier and could start as soon as players put on helmets and pads for the first time.
For those here who remember, Junior Seau should be a cautionary example of the toll of concussions and CTE. No one wants that for Tua.
49ers confirm Aiyuk tore MCL and ACL. As someone who's done that playing football, I can confirm it is no fun and it has never been the same. Oh, and Deebo is in the hospital with pneumonia.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41930114/49ers-lose-wr-brandon-aiyuk-torn-acl-source-says
The 49ers are about as close to being shut out of the post-season as they are right now. Yes, they could rip off 10 wins theoretically between now and the end of the regular season. But they won't. And if they only win another 6 games, they'll finish 9-8. That's not necessarily out of the playoffs, but it isn't necessarily in the playoffs, either.
I feel like they still win the division just because it's not very good. But they aren't really a title contender this year. Last year (with relative good health) was the year to do it.
That's a testament to the weakness of the NFC West. I agree that no other team really stands out as an imminent threat to win the division. Then again, no team in this division is really putrid, either, with the possible exception of the Rams.
Yeah, I just don’t trust any of those other teams at all.
Gossip columnist spills the tea on Ted Leonsis (CEO of ownership group for DC Caps, Wizards, and Mystics). He apparently declared that everyone needed to compromise - and by compromise, it meant that his group pay no tax, the city fund about two-thirds of a billion dollars to upgrade facilities that are fine, and [checks notes]... move a bus stop because too many non-Caucasians wait for the bus there.
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/752222/d-c-rejected-some-of-ted-leonsis-requests-for-a-capital-one-arena-deal-but-the-billionaire-is-still-getting-plenty-of-city-money/
Once upon a time he was seen as a decent owner. But he has become much more about the money and his teams have been mediocre other than the Caps winning the Cup one year. When he approached the Nats about buying them the reaction from the local fan base was underwhelming. He also didn’t earn any goodwill when he tried to move the Caps and Wizards to northern Virginia.
He bought a local sports network and somehow managed to get his channels dropped from the basic sports package. You have to pay extra so I have no access to the local hockey and basketball teams.
NBA season starts today now that WNBA just finished.
Griffey Sr and Jr supposed to be in attendance to see LeBron and Bronny play together for first time.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41930672/griffey-sr-jr-hand-bronny-potential-debut
Not very many fathers and sons get to play together at any seriously competitive level, much less the top tier. Its quite an accomplishment, and I expect it will be an emotional experience for especially LeBron. I sense this will not be lost on him.
DBD AV CLUB
Lord of the Rings - season 2
just getting into it, episode 2. the characters from season 1 are becoming more likeable, especially the hobbit-like halflings that Gandalf is traveling with.
CAL
It’s time again for Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts.
Since 1915 and the permanent switch to football, no California team has failed to win a game. Only the 1957, 1961, 1962, 2001, 2013 and 2020 (in a pandemic-shortened season) teams have notched but one win. The ’61 squad managed a tie to go along with their lonely win. The first Bear team to win as few as two games did not come along until 1946 when Frank Wickhorst’s team went 2-7. Subsequently there have been five other two-win teams: ’55,’59, '60, ’81, ’84 and ’86. The latter two under Joe Kapp. Both the ’59 and ’86 teams redeemed themselves by winning the Big Game, the only one or two-win Cal teams to do so.
Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts appears Tuesday through Thursday on the DBD throughout the 2024 college football season.
The '86 Big Game vs. #16 Stanfurd had to have been the biggest upset in Big Game history.
California 17, Stanf*rd 11
LSJU was a 17-point favorite coming into the Big Game and had an 7-2 record. Stanf*rd was also coming off a bye week, having defeated UCLA 28-23 in Pasadena 2 weeks before the Big Game in front of approx. 69,000 fans.
Cal's only win prior to the Big Game was a 31-21 victory over Wazzu at Cal Memorial with an estimated 41,500 in attendance.
Apropos:
https://calbearshistory.com/2021/11/18/1986-the-biggest-big-game-upset-of-them-all/
I was at that Game. Man, we were hopeless that year. And Brad Muster was demoralizing to play against because he was unstoppable. Muster didn't necessarily breaking off large runs, but just seemed that it was inevitable that he'd get a first down. Paye and Muster had done just enough to beat us, helped by a last second FG miss the previous year that spoiled a come back effort. Sigh.
Later, it was Tommy Vardell, Toby Gerhart, and then Christian McCaffrey who were later generations of boogie men who haunted me as nearly unstoppable Furd RBs.
Gerhart & McCaffrey have haunted a lot of people/teams, not just Old Blue Cal fans.
we might lose all our ACC game, but at least we won a few to start the season.
We can end the season 1-0 against SEC
Go Bears!
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
IU to host ESPN College Gameday vs Washington. IU is 7-0 for the first time in a while but their starting QB is out now w/ a broken thumb (i think)
The couple who own the unit above me work at IU. He’s a history professor and she directs the Asian Cultural Center and teaches Tagalog. Not sure if they’re into sports but I’m guessing no. I’m going to ask next time they’re here.
despite living in B'ton for 8 yrs and going to plenty for basketball and some football, i dont have any particular rooting interest.