|
||
Intermarkets' Privacy Policy Support
Donate to Ace of Spades HQ! Recent Entries
Quick Hits
Emails, Calendars Reveal Jeffrey Epstein's Circle of Trust Media Admits: The Little Mermaid Reboot May Not Even Break Even Mental and Emotional GAINZZZ The Daily Wire Takes Up Elon Musk's Offer to Use Twitter As if It is a Free Speech Platform and Exhibit the Film What Is a Woman? -- But Twitter Employees Demand the Film be Censored, or Face Being Labeled "Hate Speech" and Shadowbanned Tara Reade: The Biden DOJ Openend An Investigation Into Me In 2020, and May Indict Me At Any Time JustTheNews.com: Previously Hidden January 6th Video Shows Nancy Pelosi Continuing to Work With Her Daughter On Her "Documentary" at the Time She Claims She Was Terrified By Dangerous "Insurrectionists" THE MORNING RANT: Happy Mid-Morning Art Thread The Morning Report — 6/2/23 Absent Friends
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022 Dave In Texas 2022 Jesse in D.C. 2022 OregonMuse 2022 redc1c4 2021 Tami 2021 Chavez the Hugo 2020 Ibguy 2020 Rickl 2019 Joffen 2014 Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups
NoVaMoMe 2023:
06/10/2023
Registration closes May 31st. Texas MoMe 2021: 10/2o/2023-10/21/2023 Corsicana,TX Contact Ben Had for info |
« First-World Problems...Part Deunaw |
Main
| Gun Thread: Nagging You to Practice Edition! [Weasel] »
August 02, 2020
Food Thread: Good Bars, Scotch Eggs And Panda Hash![]() What makes a great bar? Commenter "Mookie" asked the question in an ONT this past week, and with the current hysteria I have been thinking about bars pretty much nonstop. Obviously college bars are out. I have no interest in sitting in a loud, odoriferous dungeon with a few hundred half-drunk idiots eating crappy burgers and drinking even crappier beer. And the chain restaurants are almost as bad. I find those places to be depressing and boring. I'll take a dive bar where the most complicated order is a shot and a beer, over a chain with plastic-covered drink menus and lousy appetizers straight off the Sysco truck. But I have been in lots of great bars, and while there are a few things that most of them had in common, the big one is obvious...a good bartender. That doesn't necessarily mean a slim-hipped hipster with sleeve garters, wry facial hair and 18 different kinds of bitters, although I have had my share of good cocktails made by someone who looks like an extra in a movie. No...a good bartender obviously knows how to make good drinks, knows the beer he's pouring and can tell you something about the wines (if it is that sort of bar), but he also gives off a certain vibe that is friendly and serious and broadcasts that he is in control. The worst thing to have happen on a date or a simple night out is to stand or sit there for 15 minutes while the bartender catches up at the service end (where the restaurant table drinks are made) or shoots the breeze with his friends, or is just overwhelmed and can't catch up. Let us grant a good person behind the bar. So what else do you require? I want stools with backs, and not too many of them. I want a dedicated room or alcove for the bar, so the restaurant patrons aren't milling around behind me, bouncing their coats and bags and children off the back of my seat. And how about a nice display behind the bar? Hide the damned dishwashers and other paraphernalia. Make the booze and wine and beer displays look good. Have something interesting on the bar and on the walls. Not too much...just something to gaze at while your date powders her nose. Good lighting really helps. Interesting hanging lamps are my favorite, but anything that will cast a soft (not too bright) glow on everything will work fine. Bag hooks under the bar are non-negotiable, as is a foot rail. And make sure those stools have foot rails too. I could go on and on. What about you? What's the first thing you look for in a bar? Where are your favorites? What's the worst one you have ever been to? Shorten the supply chain and revamp the regulations, and we will have better food, more of it, for less money. What's the downside? Well, those big lobbying firms that specialize in bribing FDA and Department of Agriculture regulators will be out of jobs, and the big food producers will have to compete on an equal footing with the little guys. Meat-Inspection Regulatory Reforms Could Help Avert Future Shortages, Experts Say Jayson Lusk, professor and head of the agricultural economics department at Purdue University, explained at a recent Heritage Foundation webinar, “The Meat Supply During the Pandemic and Beyond,” that poorly crafted regulation has created unnecessary barriers to market entry for small slaughterhouses and processing plants. Why didn't I think of this myself? I have a few gadgets for biscuit cutting, one of which works pretty well. It makes six-sided biscuits, so I don't have as much unused dough between the cuts. That works pretty well, but I like this technique even better, and I haven't even tried it yet? ![]() One Genius Trick To Make The Most Of Your Biscuits A new (to me) commenter sent this along, and I think I am going to try it tonight. It looks good, although the tomato jam can be replaced with ketchup in a pinch. Roasted Sicilian Cauliflower with Quick Tomato Jam PS -- The recipe calls for dried basil which is an abomination, so I omitted it and doubled the amount of dried (Sicilian) oregano. I still garnished with fresh basil and oregano. [Hat Tip: jix] Speaking of smokers and grills...This was sent to me by a lurker, who swears by the brand. Klose Grills are not inexpesnive, but they look to be very well built. ![]() Yeah...it's a little small, but I guess it will work in a pinch. Scotch Eggs are glorious, but they really are a pain in the ass. Here is "Food Wishes" version, which is actually pretty simple. Not as simple as he makes them out to be...I have tried making them and it is a skill to mold them evenly. Of course I would much rather just fly to the UK and eat them there with pints of their glorious bitters, but in the meantime...Scotch Eggs From the earlier discussion of Gropin' Joe's economic plan... Just think Venezuela with snow.I would like to point out that I submitted a recipe for Panda Hash to the Moron cookbook editors, but for some unfathomable reason it was rejected. Zebrazier burgers Food and cooking tips, Large-breasted Muscovy ducks, young wild pigs, bartenders who use vermouth in Martinis (but not too much), pork belly that doesn't have 5-spice, low-temperature-roast chicken, and good tomatoes that aren't square, pale pink and covered with Mestizo E.coli: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com. Any advocacy of French Toast with syrup will result in disciplinary action up to and including being nuked from orbit. And yes, shaking a Manhattan is blasphemy...it's in the Bible! | Recent Comments
CppThis:
"Sometimes a request for wine is just a request for ..."
Shame On Me: "[i]Yes, but most likely a code word for... wine.[/ ..." Christopher Taylor [/i][/i][/s][/s][/b][/b][/u][/u]: "[i]Once you start reading "code words" into things ..." Tonypete: "Be prepared to have mind blown: the address shown ..." BurtTC: "Chris Rock is listed as one of the most powerful p ..." nurse ratched : "From the Bee: "Report: Sandbag That Tripped bid ..." Ace's liver: "[i]Jes Staley, who was head of JP Morgan in the ea ..." Hairyback Guy: "Broadway Danny Rose is a gem. He is the real Wo ..." nurse ratched : "Jeepers. ..." Tamaa the Drongo Bird: "What is a Liberal Democrat?! A pathetic al ..." Christopher Taylor [/i][/i][/s][/s][/b][/b][/u][/u]: "[i]Recall that Nickelodeon employed the kids show ..." Tamaa the Drongo Bird: "A Warning on all Liberal Democrat. Caution ..." Recent Entries
Quick Hits
Emails, Calendars Reveal Jeffrey Epstein's Circle of Trust Media Admits: The Little Mermaid Reboot May Not Even Break Even Mental and Emotional GAINZZZ The Daily Wire Takes Up Elon Musk's Offer to Use Twitter As if It is a Free Speech Platform and Exhibit the Film What Is a Woman? -- But Twitter Employees Demand the Film be Censored, or Face Being Labeled "Hate Speech" and Shadowbanned Tara Reade: The Biden DOJ Openend An Investigation Into Me In 2020, and May Indict Me At Any Time JustTheNews.com: Previously Hidden January 6th Video Shows Nancy Pelosi Continuing to Work With Her Daughter On Her "Documentary" at the Time She Claims She Was Terrified By Dangerous "Insurrectionists" THE MORNING RANT: Happy Mid-Morning Art Thread The Morning Report — 6/2/23 Search
Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Primary Document: The Audio
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings) George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party" Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?" Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance Collective Names for Groups of People John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive" Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments John Edwards Campaign Excuses John Kerry Pick-Up Lines Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney Torments in Dog-Hell Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny More Margaret Cho Abuse Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed" Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means Wonkette's Stand-Up Act Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report! Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet The House of Love: Paul Krugman A Michael Moore Mystery (TM) The Dowd-O-Matic! Liberal Consistency and Other Myths Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate "Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long) The Donkey ("The Raven" parody) |