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[WDT] FRIDAY FREEDOM [NSFW]

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by bewildered, Apr 5, 2019.

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  1. jdoogie

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    Just an FYI, in case anyone needs an "excuse", today is national beer day. Celebrate accordingly.
     
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    I saw that too. I thought we just had some sort of beer holiday? Was it beer drinker's day or something? Talk about variations on a theme....

    But beer is good. I like beer. Drink your beer and be happy, damnit.
     
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    I have a sister who's son is very tall for his age (or any age I guess -- 14, 6'3"). Dad was a professional basketball player before he got hurt and realized he enjoyed eating more than exercising. She started him with traveling teams because at the time he was the tallest one on the team and all his friends were doing it. I feel bad for the guy. He just wants to hang out with his buds and chase girls and watch sports and play video games. She wants him to drill drill drill because he's destined to be an NBA player, damnit. And she wants the life of an NBA mom, because her ex was an asshole and she never got to be an NBA wife.

    I understand why parents do it -- they're trying to live their dreams through their kids. I just don't agree with it. At least not if the child doesn't share in those dreams.
     
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    Hubs did travel leagues for awhile in high school. It killed his love of the game for multiple reasons. It really messes kids up in a lot of ways. A very few go on to play at a high level and make money. No one cares what happens to the others. And talent is not fostered well, they just shop the kids around.
     
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    The primitive technology guy and these guys should do projects together:



    ...if that’s legit, then that is as cool as it gets.
     
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    The background music makes this so much better

     
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    Yeah.... there are still a lot of people who need to realize that sound has a lot more to it than just.... hearing it.
     
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    Man, do I ever love The Orville... it's better Star Trek than Star Trek.

    How can you not love a show that has Mr. Potato Head jokes, Norm MacDonald as a blob of intelligent Jello, and tonight a whole planet's "liberty/freedom theme song" was Dolly Parton's 9 To 5.

    A whole 3 minute space battle montage/scene had 9-to-5 as the background music. It was fucking hilarious.


    Seth is killing it.
     
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    The director of the that episode (he's done other episodes too) was none other than Jonathan Frakes, aka Commander William T. Fucking Riker:

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    There are a ton of Star Trek alums making appearances. Troy showed up in this last episode.
     
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    I just can’t wait for the upcoming Picard show.
     
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    Anybody here have any good wild turkey cooking tips? These thighs seem as hard as steel on this tom turkey.
     
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    First of all, grats on the turkey!

    As to prepping the next one for cooking, you definitely need to brine it if you didn't.

    How did you cook this turkey o steel?
     
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    Braising is the black magic of cooking. Low heat, moisture, and lots of time. It breaks down all the connective tissue and makes the meat fall-off-the-bone fucking delicious.
     
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    A good melted butter-rum marinade?
     
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    Or if braising isn't soaking or wiping on a 'juice' then maybe I am an idiot at braising?
     
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    You definitely realize this guy has ran way more than any Broad-Breasted Bronze or Broad-Breasted White turkey. Same species but about as far apart as a Quebec gray wolf and a Pug.
     
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    Braising is putting the meat in a heavy pot with a heavy lid, adding some liquid of some sort, and then cooking it at a relatively low temp for a long period of time. It then slowly breaks down the connective tissue, which is the thing that makes meat "tough", while keeping it moist, and eventually gets you a nice, tender, cooked result. It's not just wiping something onto the meat...it's the process of long cooking at low temp where the proteins slowly break down. It's almost more of a chemical reaction to the meat than anything.
     
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