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lisamarlene wrote:

Hey, Nobody! Are you sufficiently recovered for tomorrow?

Oh, yeah, no problemo.

Though you got NobodysWife going. At my last Costco run I re-stocked the fridge with all the "usual suspects" (around 10 pounds of ribs, 5 pounds of filet mignon, etc.), so when I asked her what I should serve for lunch she said, "Zarri's pierogis!"

So apparently I'm making some big weird catering order to Zarri's. Hope their web site has a big list.

But just for full disclosure, I normally set my alarm for 5:45 am, then wake up some time between 5:00 and 5:30 am. If the alarm wakes me up, it's an indicator that I'm really tired. And it woke me up this morning.

But the house is tidy (enough), Scarwall remains ready, I can set up the tent in the back yard, so I think we're good.

EDIT: Zarri's doesn't have an online menu, so I'm going to toodle over there over lunch to make an order. If you're free, we can meet up and you can come with me. Otherwise, I'll guess and order way too much food, as is my wont.


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Zarri's entire schtick is Italian.
It's good Italian, but what do they know about pierogis?
I am profoundly skeptical.


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Like, the only place I buy sausages out in the Avenues on Geary?
I won't even buy *their* pierogi.
I just get the homemade sausage and the amazing cheesecake.


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Good sausage is a cornerstone of civilization..IMHO.


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They have the. best. Mysliwska sausage and sernik.


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Man: I am super-not-Polish (or anything Eastern European, really).

Sausage is just kind of okay for me.


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Sausage is always good. When I was at work, I'd often bring whole Pepperoni, a knife, and cheese cubes to have for lunch.


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I'm German-English. It's a mixed bag of "That's really good!" and "Oh dear gods what is that...thing?"


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My favorite moment was crossing the border from England into Scotland. In spite of England's reputation for inedible food, we'd been doing very well eating in small B&B's, finding Indian or French restaurants, or otherwise getting downright decent fare.

In Scotland, everything was fried, and there were no vegetables to be had anywhere. Our best moment: NobodysWife ordered the "broccoli and cheese bake".

So they dutifully made a little pie, filled it with broccoli and cheese, baked it...
...and then dumped it in the deep fryer to finish it off.

Scotland: "If it ain't fried, it's crap!"


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Friend of mine was in Scotland last year. He said something similar. I believe the direct quote was "The only thing that wasn't fried was the haggis. The haggis was hit and miss."


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I like fried things... but, uh... huh. That may be much even for me.


I mean, no vegetables! Who can even eat like that!


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I have only run into one food I cannot stand, it is durian...I like plants, they make oxygen and are delicious...just not you durian.

The house smelled like old sweat socks stuffed with rancid onions for a week...A WEEK!


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I've never had that experience in Scotland, and I have never seen my Scottish relations fry anything. I've never quite understood why (American) people so despise English food, either (didn't your nation invent creamed corn?), so I imagine my experiences are not typical.

I just ate some (Italian) sausage, and I did fry it, chopped, with shallots, garlic, a chili, spring onions, green beans, halloumi, black olives and mushrooms.


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Got any left-overs Limey..that sounds quite good!


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Well, "Americans" as a general heading are never a good barometer to go by (for just about anything). Our food preferences tend to be almost as fractured as our politics or ability to make rational and informed decisions.


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There's a difference between frying and deep frying. Pan frying with just a bit of oil is more healthy than deep frying, because pan frying introduces less Cholesterol than deep frying. And, anything that is usually deep fried can also be baked in an oven. And, in my opinion, creamed corn is baby food.


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Limeylongears wrote:
I just ate some (Italian) sausage, and I did fry it, chopped, with shallots, garlic, a chili, spring onions, green beans, halloumi, black olives and mushrooms.

Yes, that does sound good, even if I had to Google halloumi.


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John Napier 698 wrote:
And, in my opinion, creamed corn is baby food.

Also used in nursing homes.


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Sweet Corn belongs on the cob, preferably grilled over a bed of hardwood coals while still in the husk. De-husk, a little butter, a little salt, a goodly amount of fresh milled black pepper and good to go!

I may JUST have worked on the family sweet corn farm as my first job...seems to have caused strong corn opinions.


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Limeylongears wrote:

I've never had that experience in Scotland, and I have never seen my Scottish relations fry anything. I've never quite understood why (American) people so despise English food, either (didn't your nation invent creamed corn?), so I imagine my experiences are not typical.

I just ate some (Italian) sausage, and I did fry it, chopped, with shallots, garlic, a chili, spring onions, green beans, halloumi, black olives and mushrooms.

So, I traveled England in 1987 and 1997, and both times the food was just fine, thank you very much. So while I don't care for "traditional" English fare that seems like it was created on a dare (blood pudding, anyone?), most of it is quite tasty. Yorkshire pudding? Sticky toffee pudding? Yum!

I traveled Scotland in 1997, and maybe it's just restaurant fare, but the deplorable lack of vegetables at any restaurant we went to, combined with every item on every menu being deep-fried, really left an impression.

You have to remember, "How the locals eat" is rarely, if ever, related to, "How the tourists eat."

We're stuck going to restaurants and ordering what they've got. In Scotland in 1997, it was ALL deep-fried.


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Black pudding can be quite nice, when part of the famous full English breakfast, or 'crack-of-dawn heart attack on a plate', as it should also be known.


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GM_Beernorg wrote:

Sweet Corn belongs on the cob, preferably grilled over a bed of hardwood coals while still in the husk. De-husk, a little butter, a little salt, a goodly amount of fresh milled black pepper and good to go!

I may JUST have worked on the family sweet corn farm as my first job...seems to have caused strong corn opinions.

You can get that grilled effect from canned corn. Strain the corn and pat dry. Put the corn in a non-stick skillet over medium heat and keep the corn moving to avoid burning. Do not add oil. Keep the corn moving until the desired color is achieved, then remove from heat. Season to taste.


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Tacticslion wrote:
I mean, no vegetables! Who can even eat like that!

Fried veggies!

*yum-yum*


Actually, yeah, fried veggies are awesome!

... so is creamed corn...
(Though, to be fair, we usually eat it mixed with regular corn, so make of that what you will.)

>.>


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Aaaand... The eclipse photos are up...


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Shiro and Hi (I presume those are the two guys who are not GothBard, you, or Impii... Impuses... Imps, whatever, or the ladies with kids that aren't Imps/ii/uses either), seem to look similar to each other except for gray/still dark hair.

It also seems to be a common older adult sf&f/rpg/gamer male phenotype.


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Drejk wrote:

Shrio and Hi (I presume those are the two guys who are not GothBard, you, or Impii... Impuses... Imps, whatever, or the ladies with kids that aren't Imps/ii/uses either), seem to look similar to each other except for gray/still dark hair.

It also seems to be a common older adult sf&f/rpg/gamer male phenotype.

Oh, it's a running joke. Shiro is 6'3", Hi is 6'4", both of them sport ponytails and goatees, so yes indeed, their main difference is brown vs. grey hair.


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Which is which?


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Hi is the one who is invariably quiet but goes from not being sure if you're grudgingly worth the bother to very sweet and funny.

Shiro is the one who acts as if you're his long-lost best friend for the first two seconds he sees you and then forgets you exist promptly thereafter, unless you say something funny.

They're like two different breeds of cat.
Hi is lazy cat and Shiro is feed me cat.


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Nobody, what gets said on the thread stays on the thread, right? Or I am so busted.


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lisamarlene wrote:
Nobody, what gets said on the thread stays on the thread, right? Or I am so busted.

Don't worry; neither of them ever bother to look.

But now I want to know what kind of cat I am! :-P

(I'm sure I'm the one the coughs up furballs on your pillow to show how much I care.)


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You're the one who drags in bedraggled half-gnawed chipmunks and smugly deposits them on the rug with an "aren't you proud of me?" look.


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Oh, wait, that's your son.


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So you're saying that your eclipse trip was herding cats?


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On second thought, he wouldn't care. He'd just leave it there like "yeah, I did that".


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Did somebody bring a welding mask in lieu of eclipse glasses, or is that just wishful thinking on my part?


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Limeylongears wrote:
Did somebody bring a welding mask in lieu of eclipse glasses, or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

You are correct, sir! Hi (the one with brown hair) is a certified-pretty-much-everything, so when he heard that the filters were questionable he brought along his trusty welding mask, just in case.

He also brought a violet laser and a UV flashlight, so we actually got to test the filters before we used them. Very nice.


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lisamarlene wrote:
Oh, wait, that's your son.

Which one?


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Major.


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Minor is the cat that's got his nice sunny patch and can't be bothered to give a crap about anything else.


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So, Shiro and Hi don't look here... But what about Imps... Impii... Impuses... Whatever!


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Drejk wrote:
So, Shiro and Hi don't look here... But what about Imps... Impii... Impuses... Whatever!

Then I have to pray they never try to blackmail me with everything I've said about Whingey Wizzard.


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Drejk wrote:
So, Shiro and Hi don't look here... But what about Imps... Impii... Impuses... Whatever!

The Impii read their own threads -- the Serpent's Skull thread, the Strange Aeons thread, and, "Funny S**t My Kid Says" when I post about them.

So FaWtL? Here? Nah, the kids don't read any of them.


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Drejk wrote:
Tacticslion wrote:
I mean, no vegetables! Who can even eat like that!

Fried veggies!

*yum-yum*

Potatoes are vegetables, so...

Potato chips are fried veggies.
Your welcome.


... meh. Now baked potato chips, I can get behind! XD


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NobodysHome wrote:
Drejk wrote:
So, Shiro and Hi don't look here... But what about Imps... Impii... Impuses... Whatever!

The Impii read their own threads -- the Serpent's Skull thread, the Strange Aeons thread, and, "Funny S**t My Kid Says" when I post about them.

So FaWtL? Here? Nah, the kids don't read any of them.

I got an impression that they are both smart and cunning enough not to tell you if they do...


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Now... Because it's Ask NobodyHome Anything thread, I imagined Impii peeking in asking "Dad, can we xxx?"


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And actual question now!

If one of the Impii was to turn to the Dark Side and become Evil Overlord, and the other was to become the Hero to fight his evil, which would be which?


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Drejk wrote:

And actual question now!

If one of the Impii was to turn to the Dark Side and become Evil Overlord, and the other was to become the Hero to fight his evil, which would be which?

Not hard at all!

Impus Major is total Evil Overlord material. Just two days ago he learned that one of Impus Minor's friends would be a freshman in high school this year, and he immediately said, "Oh, good! You can be my evil minion and do misdeeds for me!"

Impus Minor is definitely "Hero" material. He is kind, compassionate, and emotionally overreacts to all setbacks. Half the time I want to call him "Luke" anyway, so he gets to be the Hero.

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