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Next time you're in Boston's Chinatown check out Taiwan café for some of the best soup dumplings I've had. The crab and pork Xiao long bao (I think they're called steam buns on the menu) are legit.

Mahomes is athletic? He runs like a baby deer. Its like hes using his legs for the first time. How many times in his own highlight reel did he almost trip himself?

Why is anyone talking about Phil Rivers when its common knowledge that he can't play in the New Eralph due to the geology and latitude of the Orchard Park area and their effects on the gravitational constant? In Laidmen's terms, the guy simply cannot throw in WNY.

The tarp approves!

Raysis

Dats raysis.

Oh really??? Would you say that to Dwight in Philly's face if he were black and you were some kind of rare Asian??? Didn't think so.

If you're going to San Diego, be sure to wear a flower in your hair if you're going to San Diego.

Pressure cooker is amazing. Perfect short ribs with a one hour braise rather than 5 hours, no stir risotto in 15 mins, make stocks in 1/10th the time. And if you're angry at the government, fill it up with screws and semtex. Its an extremely versatile tool.

Don't tell him what to do. Have whatever kind of day you want to have, Tasker. If you want to have a wonderful day, have a wonderful day. If you want to have a s@#$%ty day, have a SH@$#%y day. Its your birthday. Make it whatever you want it to be.

Say what you want about St. Doug but the man knows how to hire a DC.

Delete your system 32 files. They slow down the machine to a crawl and make all sorts of weird grinding noises.

I don't care if I never eat filet again. Ribeye all day, every day.

What kind of torch do you have? Searzall?

Leave the politics at the door, ok. He's proud that we treated some arrogant lib the poorest.

Just a heads up: some people may construe this post as political somehow, even though its clearly a football thread, and try to get it moved to PPP or locked. You know how those liberals are.

I only follow the ADRL. The US drone league is an up and comer, but the Afghani leagues are still the best in my opinion. Its like Arena League vs NFL.

Like so many traditions, you can ask: "Is it fun" - Probably not for Kenny "Does it make sense?" - No "Is it necessary?" - No But people often remember to ask "Is it important?". I hope this helps.

While erratic and largely unintelligible, this thread is better than most of the others started today.

What was wrong with all the other Whaley threads?

Maybe he'll have an Afinogenov like season where it all comes together for a year and then never again. We can hope.

I taught myself how to cook over the years. Started off watching FoodNetwork ( which is trash these days. Maybe it always was), then cookbooks, and now a lot of internet research. I really like SeriousEats.com for explaining the why of the recipe, dispelling common myths and grandma style misinformation, and recommending better practices/recipes. Its geared toward the home cook so its accessible. AmazingRibs.com has been equally great for bbq and grilling. Modernist Cuisine is a great resource for breaking down the science of cooking and explaining what happens at a molecular level. Modernist is aimed toward more advanced and hardcore home cooks, their recipes are mostly impractical, but the information is broadly applicable and there are a lot of cool techniques you can use. YouTube has been awesome for providing a visual on techniques which I haven't attempted before. I used YouTube to see how to cut certain vegetables properly and efficiently (its a major time saver), shuck oysters, breakdown live crab, prep fish, wrap dumplings, wrap beef wellington, etc. Seeing it done before you attempt it is great. With these sources I would say that I now understand what I'm doing and why I'm doing it in the kitchen. With a bunch of techniques in my toolbox, recipes are now just guides for ratios and proportion and I mix, match, and customize (for better or worse). Cooking is a lot more fun when it evolves past following steps checking a book for what comes next. I hope this helps to some degree. P.S. - I dazzled the old bags and hapless instructor at my Williams Sonoma date night cooking class. I half considered a mutiny. I'm the teacher now!!

For as much as I cook, the best knife in my drawer is still a ceramic blade. I think Kyocera makes it. Its still quite sharp over 5 years later. I bought a set of forged, German manufactured Henckels as a non-denominational, winter solstice, holiday season gift. At least I'll be able to use those when I cook at her place.

I was watching the sideline carefully and its true. EJ is a cancer!!! He couldn't find leadership in the dictionary let alone the locker room.

Yes. Removing nearly all of the oxygen before storing and freezing slows the rate of oxidation.