Probably. For me it's one of the first things I learned how to "cook" on my own - this and chili dogs. Plus I would always add stuff like spam or hot dogs into it - it's a different experience for me than making a roux based béchamel sauce for my actual mac and cheese.
I'm working on a theory of life thing (clearly, still in the beginning stage of development). It is the Ketchup Theory of Life. In other words, there are roughly three stages of life - where one initially loves ketchup (young child), where one thinks they are too good for ketchup (young to middle age adult), and where one remembers that ketchup is actually pretty great (older adult).
Obviously, it doesn't have to be ketchup and the age ranges are fluid. I'm still giving it thought.
Maccheroni in Italian is a generic term to mean any tubular pasta. Macaroni in English (pronounced essentially the same) is almost always "elbow" macaroni - but Kraft uses straight tubes.
My dad used to make it pretty much once a week once I got home from school for dinner. Loved it and still do. Will ask for some when I'm on thanksgiving and winter break.
I'm trying to make a conscious effort to reduce mammal meat in my diet in favor of poultry, reduce land animal meat in favor of seafood, and reduce top-of-the-food-chain seafood in favor of sardines, shrimp, etc.
I love octopus cooked in many ways, but my favorite is raw sashimi. It's hard to find raw since most are already boiled but the really fresh ones are so good.
Saw Shang-Chi this weekend, didn't think it was all that good. The wife and daughter liked it well enough, but I found it kinda weightless. Parts were good, but the whole didn't do much for me.
I liked it. Being a fan of kung fu films in general, there were a lot of nods to the great old Hong Kong action movies of the 60s and 70s all the way up to more modern films, especially those from Shaw Brother's studios and the Golden Lotus. It was a fun trip to see those connections
Grilled spicy Molinari, then roasted with the veggies for a ragu served over egg noddles. 2010 Caprili Brunello (so good). My daughter made pear upside down cake with whipped cream for afters.
Rob's mom taught us how to make kimchi and bulgogi, but because I initially thought we would also be prepping things, I didn't take notes. So, instead I just watched Rob's mom do everything, and then I ate delicious food.
For awhile I worked next door to it when it was a federal building with some retail and a food court on the ground floors. Haven't set foot inside since it became a hotel.
Poor guy stuck in Detroit. But his play is not helping either. I think next year he will be replaced and will either retire or be a journey man. First pick overall rarely become a journey man so we might not see much of Goff anymore.
Lots of mediocre overall first picks - looking right now Jameis Winston, Sam Bradford, JaMarcus Russell, David Carr, Courtney Brown, Tim Couch, Ki-Jana Carter, Dan Wilkinson, Drew Bledsoe, Jeff George.
And he played 4 quarters in the rain without a single fumble! The run game really bailed out that flailing pass offense. It also looked like Jared was nursing some sort of rib/abdominal injury.
My fantasy team is 2-7 and am starting boom or bust DeSean Jackson every week now because I have nothing to lose. My league is set up to award big plays.
Oh shit, FS is going to be in a FOUL mood this week.
Kansas - a 31 point underdog that was missing their starting QB - obliges Texas as much as possible to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory during the 4th quarter with a tie at the end of regulation. Kansas ends up winning in OT as they go for 2 to win rather than kick the XP. Not only was the catch by walk-on Jared Casey his career first, it was the first time he ever saw the field because of injuries ahead of him.
I guessed the Sark era at Texas would under deliver, but man, he has not off to a good start. It's fascinating how Texas just can't get it together post-Mac Brown.
Do you think they would really fire Sark after one season? That would be peak Texas if they did but I imagine Sark will get one more season to show progress.
I'm still kind surprised the Herman hire didn't work out (and switching sports, Shaka too). I was so bummed, cause it felt like a slam dunk hire to me at the time. They are definitely the cautionary tale for throwing a boatload of cash at a hire.
Shaka Smart was trash at Texas. He was given a lot of resources and given plenty of time and the program was circling the drain. I was really surprised but he...was not good. That said, there is plenty wrong with UT big money athletics. The rest of the department is very very good but football and basketball have been a mess the past decade or so. Beard is already righting the BB ship, they just need to figure out football
Mensa was universally hated for his arrogance, he's got an alcohol problem and he meddled in position groups to the point where mass confusion was the result. Also, the stories of him on the recruiting trail are pretty spectacular. Garrett Wilson isn't at Texas because of Herman showing up drunk at his parents house and causing a scene at dinner. Committed to Ohio State the next day
Herman was also banging Kendra Scott, his wife found out about it and they had a drunken, screaming fight on a BMD plane. Mrs Herman tried to open the plane door mid flight allegedly...good times
Yeah, I was stoked with the Sark hire. But you’d guess that the resources and talent alone could carry them to above average. The hill just gets higher in the SEC.
I'm not out on Sark completely yet because he has a similar challenge that Dykes had in his first year at Cal. Crap culture, 40 players graduating or flushed from the program, tons of injuries, roster isn't anywhere as close to as good as the star ratings suggest, etc. Kwiatkowski doesn't have the players to run his D, several head cases are causing massive behind the scenes upheaval, its a mentally weak, entitled team and once they choked it against OU, OSU and especially Baylor, it was always going to be shitastic
Not arguing that they will, but I wouldn't be totally surprised if they made a move either depending on how these last few games go. He's at least already on a pretty hot seat.
Embarrassing Stanford twice in one weekend? Allow me to introduce the Santa Clara Broncos. Embarrassed MBB 88-72 in a ROCKING Leavey Center that I was glad to be apart of. We were beating them so bad that even Avinash had a look on twitter. Cal vs Stanford basketball might actually end up being the most beautiful car crash I've ever seen.
Then there's the matter of the 1st round of the NCAA Women's Soccer tournament. First off I want to tell the committee to go suck one because who has the #12 and #20 teams go at it in the 64 team field in the first round. Terrible decision. Secondly, Stanford outpossessed us like 1000-1 on the day so thank God we made due with out chances in the 2nd half. Our goalie saved a penalty in a 2nd half that very clearly showed that the head ref (who was a pos) was on Stanford's pay roll (color me shocked). Never granted injury time when there was no advantage with SCU players down, called touch fouls and a PK when SCU was getting assaulted with no calls. Head ref was a joke and deserved to get taken to the back alley. Thankfully we won 1-0, and face Georgetown on Friday.
Cheers to Stanford losing! Santa Clara set us up, now its on Cal to take us home!
Big Game week. Lets get it. Still figuring out tickets. Where does everyone usually sit in that stadium? Also is there a tailgate, I will be there as well, whether it be on Caltrain from the peninsula from home or from campus 25 minutes down. Looking forward to my first big game.
there's a large group of us in sec 118. There will be our regular tailgate which we're combining with another tailgate, plus 1-2 more cooks bringing their own grills. Probably setting up close to 11am. We're expecting somewhere between 50-60 people, possibly more. Will drop a pin on google maps and tweet it out (@CasaDeHank)
Kraft Mac and Cheese (or Box Dinner for Canadians)
Is this a nostalgia thing? I don't think I ever ate it as a kid, so I bought a box as an adult and it was a completely forgettable experience.
Probably. For me it's one of the first things I learned how to "cook" on my own - this and chili dogs. Plus I would always add stuff like spam or hot dogs into it - it's a different experience for me than making a roux based béchamel sauce for my actual mac and cheese.
I'm working on a theory of life thing (clearly, still in the beginning stage of development). It is the Ketchup Theory of Life. In other words, there are roughly three stages of life - where one initially loves ketchup (young child), where one thinks they are too good for ketchup (young to middle age adult), and where one remembers that ketchup is actually pretty great (older adult).
Obviously, it doesn't have to be ketchup and the age ranges are fluid. I'm still giving it thought.
Mrs Slug makes a mac & cheese that's very, vert good. Elbow macaroni is typically sued; penne is sometimes substituted.
I love it with a sharp cheddar, diced ham, and topped with panko bread crumbs.
My wife's friends' daughter loves it, so whenever she came over to visit (before they moved to Austin), we would always stock some Kraft M&C for her.
I'm not a fan of mac and cheese otherwise.
What a wide range of goofy opinions, it's a side dish! Homemade is better!
Only the Deluxe box of Kraft mac and cheese. It comes with "liquid" cheese sauce. The best!
Add in ground up hot italian sausage!
Or just diced up regular hot dogs.
Tray gore may
Meh. Mac and cheese doesn't do much for me, not even a well crafted mac and cheese dish from a good bbq place.
The added ingredients make all the difference. I agree, plain mac and cheese I can do without, but with the right additions, it can become great.
The first two bites are heaven, before it quickly turns to Dullsville.
Maccheroni in Italian is a generic term to mean any tubular pasta. Macaroni in English (pronounced essentially the same) is almost always "elbow" macaroni - but Kraft uses straight tubes.
Macaroni in "Yankee Doodle" is not pasta.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-macaroni-in-yankee-doodle-is-not-what-you-think
Will not eat anything w/ a Kraft label. My buddy's wife makes homemade mac & cheese, which I will eat.
My paternal grandmother would make French Toast and melt a slice of Velveeta in between two slices. With margarine and artificial maple syrup.
I haven't had anything like it in about 36 years. But it always makes me smile to remember it.
overall yes.
in grad school it was something of a staple, but i would add ground meat and veggies to make it a one pot meal.
the mountain house chili mac is also particularly good, especially on a backpacking trip.
I just bought 5 boxes, even though I'm trying to use up everything in my kitchen
My dad used to make it pretty much once a week once I got home from school for dinner. Loved it and still do. Will ask for some when I'm on thanksgiving and winter break.
Octopus
I still find this to be freaky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ
Well... it is!
Especially for not smart animals!
I love octopus when I get tapas, but I'm starting to feel guilty about eating octopus, too :/
Because of high intelligence level?
Yeah
be careful if you are in a Japanese restaurant in Mexico. If you order the "Tako salad", you'll be getting octopus ;-)
They really aren't that smart, that is a myth.
The octopusses say the same about us: humans aren't really that smart, except maybe for that Cugel guy.
so what, who wants to eat cugel anyway
That subchain took a disturbing turn quickly!
pltm
dbd late nite...
Let's keep it clean ;)
Crab > Lobster > Shrimp > Clam > Oyster > ... [everything else] > octopus / tire abandoned in the ocean [tie]
scallop > octopus > crab > oyster > mussels > lobster > crawfish > clam > shrimp
crab is my #1 and lobster is my last. There's some cases to be made for stuff like razor clams (high)
What is the additive that should be avoided when shopping for scallops?
no idea
I'm trying to make a conscious effort to reduce mammal meat in my diet in favor of poultry, reduce land animal meat in favor of seafood, and reduce top-of-the-food-chain seafood in favor of sardines, shrimp, etc.
tbb doesn't eat land animals.
I take it you’re a big supporter of PETA’s move to ban the world “bullpen” from baseball? ;-)
Not a fan of PETA on principle, but their suggestion for a new term ("arm barn") is not bad.
Whoa
I love octopus cooked in many ways, but my favorite is raw sashimi. It's hard to find raw since most are already boiled but the really fresh ones are so good.
Braised octopus is *chef's kiss*
Is tasty
https://preview.redd.it/uo4nn80wjoz71.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=27dea5133ba9a8f3199d31362303caf5c0e9af05
octopus w/ broad beans
a simple and tasty preparation from a Croatian children's cookbook
(click on the photo purely for the amazing illustration)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q1sdCqm7dCJSt7py8
dr octopus ... was of my nicknames in my basketball playing days. i had few offensive skills but seemingly endless number of long arms on defense.
Disrupt those passing lanes, HSB!
I tried the korean style octopus sashimi where it's killed and then immediately served. Not that great. I much preferred the beef tartare with apples.
DBD AV Club
Saw Shang-Chi this weekend, didn't think it was all that good. The wife and daughter liked it well enough, but I found it kinda weightless. Parts were good, but the whole didn't do much for me.
I liked it. Being a fan of kung fu films in general, there were a lot of nods to the great old Hong Kong action movies of the 60s and 70s all the way up to more modern films, especially those from Shaw Brother's studios and the Golden Lotus. It was a fun trip to see those connections
Watched & enjoyed the first two episodes of Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount +...I’m a big Taylor Sheridan fan.
I watched The Harder They Fall and I enjoyed it. I would recommend it to anyone who likes westerns.
DBD Test Kitchen
Grilled spicy Molinari, then roasted with the veggies for a ragu served over egg noddles. 2010 Caprili Brunello (so good). My daughter made pear upside down cake with whipped cream for afters.
Rob's mom taught us how to make kimchi and bulgogi, but because I initially thought we would also be prepping things, I didn't take notes. So, instead I just watched Rob's mom do everything, and then I ate delicious food.
These days, running the dishwasher twice in one day is not an uncommon occurrence.
It was a good, Thai-themed weekend at the Bk97 household
Friday: pineapple-bacon-curry fried rice (I was skeptical, but it all worked quite well together)
Saturday: pad see ew and two pork bellies: one smoked, one oven-roasted and crispy (moo grob)
Sunday: pho with the previous day's pork bellies
Now we have a fridge full of leftovers for some great lunches this week
Love pad see ew. Similar to Chow Fun, but a bit sweeter due to the sweeter Thai soy sauce.
Our Crumbling Democracy
Rittenhouse judge dismisses the only charge that he was obviously guilty of
https://news.yahoo.com/judge-tosses-gun-charge-against-155432482.html
I read somewhere, perhaps here or Twitter where someone described this judge as a character from Arrested Development and they aren’t wrong.
Bye bye, DC Trump Hotel.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/581491-trump-organization-reaches-375m-agreement-to-sell-rights-to-dc-hotel
For awhile I worked next door to it when it was a federal building with some retail and a food court on the ground floors. Haven't set foot inside since it became a hotel.
Michael Flynn calls for Christianity to be the only religion in the US. No, this isn't an out-of-context comment. Behold...
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1459658826425249798
People like this always think their specific flavor of Protestant Christianity is going to come out on top. I say we make it interesting!
One religion...so are they going to make the Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, Baptists, etc. fight it out for supremacy?
You know it will be LDS.
Go A-Team (Catholics)!
Roman, Russian or orthodox?
I always liked the cross with the additional small squiggly line.
plus ultra
Today in Covid 19
I just got back from getting my booster - the guy next to me was getting him first shot! And this was at Kaiser! - (i.e. he must have a job)
I won't get my first Moderna or Pfizer shot until March or so.
Just got mine too, left arm is beginning to feel like it's been punched pretty good
Pro
Cam Bynum with the sick stunt on the way to a sack
https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1460025015491973121
Yesterday I learned that my wife now actively roots against the Packers due to A. Rodgers's antics.
2-0 Suck it, Mexico! You lose three times in a year to rising soccer power, and think we aspire to be you? Fuck no.
Having Pulisic and McKinnie back immediately pays dividends. No reason this team shouldn't sail to qualification.
Well now the USMNT is going to lose to Jamaica by 3 tomorrow.
Jared Goff didn't lose
https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401326470
Poor guy stuck in Detroit. But his play is not helping either. I think next year he will be replaced and will either retire or be a journey man. First pick overall rarely become a journey man so we might not see much of Goff anymore.
Lots of mediocre overall first picks - looking right now Jameis Winston, Sam Bradford, JaMarcus Russell, David Carr, Courtney Brown, Tim Couch, Ki-Jana Carter, Dan Wilkinson, Drew Bledsoe, Jeff George.
I doubt he retires, more than likely becomes a career backup and journeyman QB.
And he played 4 quarters in the rain without a single fumble! The run game really bailed out that flailing pass offense. It also looked like Jared was nursing some sort of rib/abdominal injury.
watched part of this game. but it was excruciatingly boring.
at some point in the 4th Q, Goff had less than 50 total passing yards.
I watched some of this, his "receivers" lack the ability to get open.
There’s a severe lack of receiver talent in DET.
DeSean's first... uh... catch as a Raider
https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNFL/status/1460089832839913474
My fantasy team is 2-7 and am starting boom or bust DeSean Jackson every week now because I have nothing to lose. My league is set up to award big plays.
Other College
Oh shit, FS is going to be in a FOUL mood this week.
Kansas - a 31 point underdog that was missing their starting QB - obliges Texas as much as possible to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory during the 4th quarter with a tie at the end of regulation. Kansas ends up winning in OT as they go for 2 to win rather than kick the XP. Not only was the catch by walk-on Jared Casey his career first, it was the first time he ever saw the field because of injuries ahead of him.
https://www.hookem.com/story/sports/football/2021/11/14/texas-football-falls-overtime-kansas-its-fifth-straight-loss/6393891001/
I managed to not watch the game so was only mildly perturbed by the final score. Its a lost season anyway so...
I guessed the Sark era at Texas would under deliver, but man, he has not off to a good start. It's fascinating how Texas just can't get it together post-Mac Brown.
He is in danger of under delivering his signature 7 wins.
It is amazing that Texas can’t get it together. Perhaps they have too much institutional support.
haha
I'd love to see it go on forever. We'll see if they have buy-out fatigue. I'd bet not.
Do you think they would really fire Sark after one season? That would be peak Texas if they did but I imagine Sark will get one more season to show progress.
I'm still kind surprised the Herman hire didn't work out (and switching sports, Shaka too). I was so bummed, cause it felt like a slam dunk hire to me at the time. They are definitely the cautionary tale for throwing a boatload of cash at a hire.
Kind of suggests that the coaches hired might not be where the root problem lies.
Right, but why? You'd think they'd connect eventually just from taking so many big swings.
Shaka Smart was trash at Texas. He was given a lot of resources and given plenty of time and the program was circling the drain. I was really surprised but he...was not good. That said, there is plenty wrong with UT big money athletics. The rest of the department is very very good but football and basketball have been a mess the past decade or so. Beard is already righting the BB ship, they just need to figure out football
Mensa was universally hated for his arrogance, he's got an alcohol problem and he meddled in position groups to the point where mass confusion was the result. Also, the stories of him on the recruiting trail are pretty spectacular. Garrett Wilson isn't at Texas because of Herman showing up drunk at his parents house and causing a scene at dinner. Committed to Ohio State the next day
Wow, I hadn't heard about any of that. I've got some googling to do later. So they dumped one alky for another?
Herman was also banging Kendra Scott, his wife found out about it and they had a drunken, screaming fight on a BMD plane. Mrs Herman tried to open the plane door mid flight allegedly...good times
Wow. This is rich. I have some research to do.
Who is Kendra Scott? Google seems to say she is a jewelry designer? That is no Pole Ass-assin
Jaw dropping on the floor surprised. I didn’t read or hear about any of this. Showing up to a recruits house drunk is shocking.
I agree but especially the Shaka hire, seemed like a perfect fit and hire, Texas actually did seem to give Shaka time.
Herman at least made it to a Sugar Bowl and beat Georgia.
If UW were to hire Wilcox, I would love to see Cal go after Herman.
The Sark hire just seemed strange and destine for failure.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Herman is a disaster
he came from Houston, his whole staff was G5 and not good enough. And yes, he pissed off the THSFCA big time...which is recruiting suicide
Yeah, I was stoked with the Sark hire. But you’d guess that the resources and talent alone could carry them to above average. The hill just gets higher in the SEC.
I'm not out on Sark completely yet because he has a similar challenge that Dykes had in his first year at Cal. Crap culture, 40 players graduating or flushed from the program, tons of injuries, roster isn't anywhere as close to as good as the star ratings suggest, etc. Kwiatkowski doesn't have the players to run his D, several head cases are causing massive behind the scenes upheaval, its a mentally weak, entitled team and once they choked it against OU, OSU and especially Baylor, it was always going to be shitastic
I dont expect Kwiatkowski to survive so a quality DC will be available haha
Not arguing that they will, but I wouldn't be totally surprised if they made a move either depending on how these last few games go. He's at least already on a pretty hot seat.
Top recruit in California decommits from USC
https://twitter.com/domanijackson1/status/1460019780220448768?s=19
This explains all the angry tweets I saw about how long it’s going to rebuild at SC.
If only USC took the win vs. Cal last Saturday, it would have helped them secure his commitment.
Bob R. is going to see this comment go so many recs and be so happy.
NLI coming up in a month. Cal only has 10 commits so far. That OL in the East Bay is receiving offers, we need to hold on to him re: J. Brown
Too bad he won't even glance in Cal's direction.
With Cal football it's always a marathon, not a race. :)
Embarrassing Stanford twice in one weekend? Allow me to introduce the Santa Clara Broncos. Embarrassed MBB 88-72 in a ROCKING Leavey Center that I was glad to be apart of. We were beating them so bad that even Avinash had a look on twitter. Cal vs Stanford basketball might actually end up being the most beautiful car crash I've ever seen.
Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjrGpj5QHns
Then there's the matter of the 1st round of the NCAA Women's Soccer tournament. First off I want to tell the committee to go suck one because who has the #12 and #20 teams go at it in the 64 team field in the first round. Terrible decision. Secondly, Stanford outpossessed us like 1000-1 on the day so thank God we made due with out chances in the 2nd half. Our goalie saved a penalty in a 2nd half that very clearly showed that the head ref (who was a pos) was on Stanford's pay roll (color me shocked). Never granted injury time when there was no advantage with SCU players down, called touch fouls and a PK when SCU was getting assaulted with no calls. Head ref was a joke and deserved to get taken to the back alley. Thankfully we won 1-0, and face Georgetown on Friday.
Cheers to Stanford losing! Santa Clara set us up, now its on Cal to take us home!
Stanford beats this Cal team by 10.
Georgetown is the seeded team in the next bubble of four teams so a good chance the game will be here. Have to see what the weather will be like.
Cal
GO BEARS!
All 5'6" of Jayda Curry is special
https://twitter.com/CalWBBall/status/1460013545349795841
P12 Freshman of the week!
https://twitter.com/CalWBBall/status/1460372003148365829
Big Game week. Lets get it. Still figuring out tickets. Where does everyone usually sit in that stadium? Also is there a tailgate, I will be there as well, whether it be on Caltrain from the peninsula from home or from campus 25 minutes down. Looking forward to my first big game.
there's a large group of us in sec 118. There will be our regular tailgate which we're combining with another tailgate, plus 1-2 more cooks bringing their own grills. Probably setting up close to 11am. We're expecting somewhere between 50-60 people, possibly more. Will drop a pin on google maps and tweet it out (@CasaDeHank)
Good to hear. Will look out for the pin and hope to see some of you there.
Remember when the NFL threatened to sue us for daring to use the Big Game to describe our annual tradition?
I never heard about this but Cal should have licensed it to them for a nice amount to help fund our football program.
Never heard of it. What happened?
Actually, nothing came of it. The Big Game as been around a lot longer than the NFL.
I sit near the Cal section, on the upper deck, as close to the "A" row as possible.
Are you going to be at the tailgate as well?
Oh yeah