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I don't think you can get worse food then British. I used to believe that States food was nothing but burgers and fries, but the fries in states taste better then those here, and San Diego was full of grilled fish meals. Which of course I love.
That's because you've never been to a good olde fashioned Midwestern potluck (preferably in a barn, with a dance immediately following).
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F&#@ Carhartt.
There is no f*%!ing way I'm paying 50 dollars for a pair of thermal underwear.
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Around 2kg (4-5lb) and 1.6m in length.
How heavy is a greatsword? I mean I'd like to swing one but I suspect I don't have the strength to wield one.Think you would be able to swing one Kitty.
My best guess would be it weighing somewhere around 2.3kg (5 pounds) to 3.6kg (8 pounds) and be 150cm (59 inches) to 200cm (79 inches) in length (with around 25cm or 10 inches of that being grip) though I might be wrong about that…I'm not that well-versed in sword morphology
^^'We've started doing montante, i.e. greatsword, at Wednesday HEMA.
Could you give the dimensions and weight of the sword you were training with Limey?
The Greatsword is longer then I am tall? How do you wield something like that?
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Impus Major is on a roll.
"British food is pretty much the low point of food in the world."
"The difference between British food and Indian food is that Indian food tastes good."
Some people might claim that there is worse food than British. For instance, ham loaf and other classic Midwestern pot luck fare.
1) Impus Major is, I'm afraid, absolutely, definitively, and without any question scientifically and objectively wrong. British gave us shepherd's pie. Indian gave us curry. There is nothing wrong with curry, but no spice has ever been used to commit so many food crimes...
2) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Back, devil-ham! Back! *HISSING SOUNDS*
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I don't think you can get worse food then British. I used to believe that States food was nothing but burgers and fries, but the fries in states taste better then those here, and San Diego was full of grilled fish meals. Which of course I love.That's because you've never been to a good olde fashioned Midwestern potluck (preferably in a barn, with a dance immediately following).
L-... lutfisque exists.
I don't know how to spell it and its mere existence is... I can't... I...
*runs off in tears*
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And the State Fair of Texas gave us Deep Fried Shepherd's Pie.
My favorite misuse of curry powder: sprinkled on frozen crinkle-cut french fries before baking. And then mix some good brown sauce with a hint of tamarind into the ketchup.
Great. Now I want curry fries for breakfast. Not happening.
Impus Major is on a roll.
"British food is pretty much the low point of food in the world."
"The difference between British food and Indian food is that Indian food tastes good."
What British food has Impus Major eaten?
Did he buy it from Walmart?
Was it labelled up as 'Lord Toffy Toffington Esquire's Jolly Good Instant Chocolate Creamed Corn with Pork Scratchings'? (made in Iowa)
Also a valid problem.
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I don't think you can get worse food then British. I used to believe that States food was nothing but burgers and fries, but the fries in states taste better then those here, and San Diego was full of grilled fish meals. Which of course I love.That's because you've never been to a good olde fashioned Midwestern potluck (preferably in a barn, with a dance immediately following).L-... lutfisque exists.
I don't know how to spell it and its mere existence is... I can't... I...
*runs off in tears*
Lutefisk.
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My current musical obsessions make
no daggum sense played back-to-back together, but OH WELL~!
SUCK ON THOSE SOUNDS, MUSIC CRITICS~!
(I mean, not literally. How would that even work? But mostly I mean everyone should listen to those songs. 'Cause I lurve them so muuuuuuch.)
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Impus Major is on a roll.
"British food is pretty much the low point of food in the world."
"The difference between British food and Indian food is that Indian food tastes good."
Some people might claim that there is worse food than British. For instance, ham loaf and other classic Midwestern pot luck fare.
1) Impus Major is, I'm afraid, absolutely, definitively, and without any question scientifically and objectively wrong. British gave us shepherd's pie. Indian gave us curry. There is nothing wrong with curry, but no spice has ever been used to commit so many food crimes...
2) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Back, devil-ham! Back! *HISSING SOUNDS*
Are you just trying to curry favor? :P
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I don't think you can get worse food then British. I used to believe that States food was nothing but burgers and fries, but the fries in states taste better then those here, and San Diego was full of grilled fish meals. Which of course I love.That's because you've never been to a good olde fashioned Midwestern potluck (preferably in a barn, with a dance immediately following).L-... lutfisque exists.
I don't know how to spell it and its mere existence is... I can't... I...
*runs off in tears*
Lutefisk.
And the thought of the smell is enough to make me run off in tears as well.
Can't say I'm familiar. What is lutefisk?
Are you just trying to curry favor? :PImpus Major is on a roll.
"British food is pretty much the low point of food in the world."
"The difference between British food and Indian food is that Indian food tastes good."
Some people might claim that there is worse food than British. For instance, ham loaf and other classic Midwestern pot luck fare.
1) Impus Major is, I'm afraid, absolutely, definitively, and without any question scientifically and objectively wrong. British gave us shepherd's pie. Indian gave us curry. There is nothing wrong with curry, but no spice has ever been used to commit so many food crimes...
2) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Back, devil-ham! Back! *HISSING SOUNDS*
No need for a dust-up over this!
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Can't say I'm familiar. What is lutefisk?I don't think you can get worse food then British. I used to believe that States food was nothing but burgers and fries, but the fries in states taste better then those here, and San Diego was full of grilled fish meals. Which of course I love.That's because you've never been to a good olde fashioned Midwestern potluck (preferably in a barn, with a dance immediately following).L-... lutfisque exists.
I don't know how to spell it and its mere existence is... I can't... I...
*runs off in tears*
Lutefisk.
And the thought of the smell is enough to make me run off in tears as well.
WELP
I'M OUT
BYE, THREAD
SEE YA LATER, AFTER THIS PAGE IS DONE SO I DON'T HAVE TO READ IT MORE
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Won't lie, I thought it had something to do with medieval harps, not being well-versed in Scandinavian etymology.
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That is exactly what you want to hear about your holiday menu.
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...oh, God.
The Wisconsin Employees' Right to Know Law specifically exempts lutefisk in defining "toxic substances."
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...Of course, now I want to make a lutefisk alias to talk about bad ideas.
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There's a lutefisk dinner this weekend! With a barn dance.
But it's in Deforest.
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Seems you'd want a barn in defield or deplains rather than deforest.
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One culinary staple of the Midwest everyone must try, at least once, the Friday night fish fry.
Mmmm... Fried perch!
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I don't think you can get worse food then British. I used to believe that States food was nothing but burgers and fries, but the fries in states taste better then those here, and San Diego was full of grilled fish meals. Which of course I love.That's because you've never been to a good olde fashioned Midwestern potluck (preferably in a barn, with a dance immediately following).L-... lutfisque exists.
I don't know how to spell it and its mere existence is... I can't... I...
*runs off in tears*
Lutefisk.
And the thought of the smell is enough to make me run off in tears as well.
One of my friends, who lived in Sweden at that time, brought a can of lutefisk as a birthday present to my GM. The can was opened and promptly buried away during his birthday bonfire-party...
The knife that was used to open the can was buried there too, I think.
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Alton Brown told me that curry is not actually a thing in India -- back in the day European traders for some reason couldn't transport Indian spices separately (can't remember why), so they threw all of 'em all together for the long voyage and called it curry. And we keep doing it because of cultural inertia.
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The Greatsword is longer then I am tall? How do you wield something like that?Around 2kg (4-5lb) and 1.6m in length.
How heavy is a greatsword? I mean I'd like to swing one but I suspect I don't have the strength to wield one.Think you would be able to swing one Kitty.
My best guess would be it weighing somewhere around 2.3kg (5 pounds) to 3.6kg (8 pounds) and be 150cm (59 inches) to 200cm (79 inches) in length (with around 25cm or 10 inches of that being grip) though I might be wrong about that…I'm not that well-versed in sword morphology
^^'We've started doing montante, i.e. greatsword, at Wednes9day HEMA.
Could you give the dimensions and weight of the sword you were training with Limey?
They're pretty well balanced - you use it more like a polearm than a sword, though, swinging it in wide arcs or thrusting with it spear-style. I reckon you could still use the weapon if you were shorter than it was, although ascending cuts might be difficult.
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And the State Fair of Texas gave us Deep Fried Shepherd's Pie.
My favorite misuse of curry powder: sprinkled on frozen crinkle-cut french fries before baking. And then mix some good brown sauce with a hint of tamarind into the ketchup.
Great. Now I want curry fries for breakfast. Not happening.
Paprika fries are nice too.
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I've been known to accidentally sprinkle cumen on my toast (thinking it's cinnamon).
One of the rare instances I wish I had a sense of smell.
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Can't say I'm familiar. What is lutefisk?I don't think you can get worse food then British. I used to believe that States food was nothing but burgers and fries, but the fries in states taste better then those here, and San Diego was full of grilled fish meals. Which of course I love.That's because you've never been to a good olde fashioned Midwestern potluck (preferably in a barn, with a dance immediately following).L-... lutfisque exists.
I don't know how to spell it and its mere existence is... I can't... I...
*runs off in tears*
Lutefisk.
And the thought of the smell is enough to make me run off in tears as well.
what i will bring with me when I come to hang out with you.
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Aw, the guy we were supposed to break quit before we could break him.
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Awwww...
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That's serious talent. You have a reputation that is proceeding you.
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The Greatsword is longer then I am tall? How do you wield something like that?
Something like this and this (Please correct me if I'm wrong here Limey…I'm clearly not a practitioner ^^' ).
My favorite misuse of curry powder: sprinkled on frozen crinkle-cut french fries before baking. And then mix some good brown sauce with a hint of tamarind into the ketchup...
*Gets big wet saucer eyes and sniffles*
A fellow food heretic after my own heart!
The Wikipedia version.
Meh.
Lutefisk is only readily available in the northern and western part of my particular corner of Scandinavia, so we generally consider it an
eccentricity of our fellow Scandinavian brothers and sisters...
The herring though…
That's ubiquitous, and in almost ever possible kind of state - fried, raw, pickled, dried, smoked, etc - with the possible exception of fermented…
*Stares with a sour expression into the east and shaking his fist at the swedes*
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F#&% Carhartt.
There is no f@$%ing way I'm paying 50 dollars for a pair of thermal underwear.
Holy carp! Even REI, home of hipster wannabe backpackers, has thermal underwear at $30!
Alton Brown told me that curry is not actually a thing in India -- back in the day European traders for some reason couldn't transport Indian spices separately (can't remember why), so they threw all of 'em all together for the long voyage and called it curry. And we keep doing it because of cultural inertia.
So many crimes...
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The Wikipedia version.Meh.
Lutefisk is only readily available in the northern and western part of my particular corner of Scandinavia, so we generally consider it an
eccentricity of our fellow Scandinavian brothers and sisters...
The herring though…
That's ubiquitous, and in almost ever possible kind of state - fried, raw, pickled, dried, smoked, etc - with the possible exception of fermented…*Stares with a sour expression into the east and shaking his fist at the swedes*
Hey! I SPECIFICALLY noted that it’s the Wikipedia version (implying it may or may not have any bearing in reality)! :D
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Yay, we get to work with Bob today!
He's like if Dick Vandyke bulked up and became a landscaper.
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The best Indian curry is supposed to be found in UK. Again I'm not a fan of curry, so...From what I have heard, Britain had a rather good culinary culture until WWII encouraged extreme thrift.Impus Major is on a roll.
"British food is pretty much the low point of food in the world."
"The difference between British food and Indian food is that Indian food tastes good."
This was true back in the pre-tech days.
Nowadays we have tens of thousands of southeast Asian tech workers who came here and brought their families with them, many of whom had nothing better to do than open restaurants and provide "home cooking" to the wave of immigrants.
We get amazing southeast Asian food around here. I am not complaining. And nowadays I'll take almost any curry offered anywhere in the Bay Area against most British curries.
Times have changed significantly -- Around here if your curry shop isn't good, you're doomed.
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Impus Major is on a roll.
"British food is pretty much the low point of food in the world."
"The difference between British food and Indian food is that Indian food tastes good."
What British food has Impus Major eaten?
Did he buy it from Walmart?
Was it labelled up as 'Lord Toffy Toffington Esquire's Jolly Good Instant Chocolate Creamed Corn with Pork Scratchings'? (made in Iowa)
Oh, he's just being him.
I don't think he's actually *had* any British food other than LisaMarlene's shepherd's pie, which he loves.
EDIT: On the other hand, when every single person here can only name ONE good British dish, that's a bad sign...
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Does fish and chips count?
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I've also heard beef wellington is good.
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Though if I'm being honest, my knowledge of British cooking comes 100% from watching Bake-Off and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
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>:I
EDIT: On the other hand, when every single person here can only name ONE good British dish, that's a bad sign...
... but... it's really good, tho...
Though if I'm being honest, my knowledge of British cooking comes 100% from watching Bake-Off and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
Well, where else are you going to get it? You're American, you know?
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"But, Tactics, you're American, and you've actually been to Gre-"
quiet, you