For those that may be unaware, MLB opening day is next Thursday, which means the annual baseball related hot-takes about the DH rule, bigger bases, jazzing up the game, and racial integration are back in the headlines.
This is my review of Alaska Amber Ale:
The one that really takes the cake was published by a newspaper too self-important to even have a sports section (TW: NYT) Here are a few highlights to save you a click to Archive.org.
I am talking, of course, about the inevitable future in which professional baseball is nationalized and put under the authority of some large federal entity — the Library of Congress, perhaps, or more romantically, the National Park Service.Like the Delta blues or Yellowstone National Park, baseball is as indelibly American as it is painfully uncommercial. Left to fend for itself, the game will eventually disappear.
Yes this gets better depending on how you wish to define “better”.
Attendance at games has declined steadily since 2008 and viewership figures are almost hilariously bleak. An ordinary national prime-time M.L.B. broadcast, such as ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball,” attracts some 1.5 million pairs of eyes each week, which is to say, roughly the number that are likely to be watching a heavily censored version of “Goodfellas” on a basic cable movie channel in the same time slot.
Even the World Series attracts smaller audiences than the average “Thursday Night Football” broadcast, the dregs of the National Football League’s weekly schedule. In 1975, the World Series had an average of 36 million viewers per game; in 2021, it barely attracted 12 million per game.
Nothing to dispute here, though using 2021 might be a bit of cherry-picking since the 2021 World Series was between two medium to upper market teams, neither of which has a national following. Unless you want to make the case fans refused to watch the Astros lose out of spite. The NFL also has significantly fewer games with its 18 game schedule, so a sports fan can easily plan around the TV schedule if they so choose. I personally prefer to do my weekly shopping during football season on Sunday shortly after the morning games start for one obvious reason: nobody is at Fry’s. With baseball if you miss the game, don’t sweat it there’s another one tomorrow.
Mike Trout’s $426 million contract is effectively being paid by millions of grandparents who just want to tune in to Anderson Cooper or “Antiques Roadshow.” As that audience dies off and younger generations of “cord cutters” take their place, baseball’s revenue will plummet.Culturally, too, the game is increasingly irrelevant. The average age of a person watching a baseball game on television is 57, and one shudders to think what the comparable figure is for radio broadcasts. Typical American 10-year-olds are as likely to recognize Jorge Soler, who was named the most valuable player of last year’s World Series, as they are their local congressional representative. College athletes drafted by M.L.B. and N.F.L. teams choose the latter without hesitation.
Jorge Soler is a Cuban defector
¿Quien es este?
that I doubt anyone in media actually wants to let speak out of fear he be on team MAGA, so it makes sense a ten year old doesn’t know who he is. College athletes absolutely choose the NFL since the NFL uses colleges as a minor league. Compare athletes recruited for both sports out of high school and you’ll run into the reverse scenario for one obvious reason: minor league baseball players are paid professionals.
Frankly, I am amused at the notion that anything on CNN is even remotely capable of paying for itself let alone subsidizing cable television. So the clear solution then is to allow this sport to die under the weight of disinterest from the market, right? Just like CNN?
Right?
And who knows? Just as tourists who would never think of themselves as interested in art visit the National Gallery or the Metropolitan Museum because doing so seems suitably highbrow, perhaps one day they might go to baseball games out of some inchoate sense that it will be educational and enriching.Lest there be any doubts, I should make it clear that I stand to gain nothing should my scheme be taken up by the relevant authorities. I argue from a disinterested position of love, in sober recognition of baseball’s undeniable obsolescence.
Follow on to the morning link musical link
I haven’t watched baseball on TV since the previous time the Braves won the WS. Last year, I streamed the last couple of innings of the last couple of games. I don’t watch football either. Sports on TV is dead to me.
I’m trying to remember the last time I watched baseball.
I’m not counting incidentals where I was in a waiting room and the TV was showing it.
I think it was a Syracuse Chiefs game at the park proper. I don’t recall if that was before or after they became the SkyChiefs.
Soo… the 1990s it appears. I didn’t know they’d gone back to being the Chiefs (where they should have stayed) then rebranded as the Mets.
I know I attended games at MacArthur stadium, I don’t know if I attended any at the replacement [CorporateSponsorHere] Stadium
Yeah, the last baseball game I attended was the Rochester Red Wings (still around, since 1899!) at their long-since demolished stadium on Norton St.
After not watching baseball or football for a few years I’ve found that no one else my age does either, unless taking a nap during game time can be counted.
I rarely watch TV, other than a little Fox or Fox business news. I have found the 5 PM Fox Business to be way better than Brett Baier’s Boys and Girls.
When I’m on evening shift, I also like turning on Fox Business at 7 for Kennedy when I can. Good selection of guests even if she gets a little hyper sometimes.
I’m down to watching a couple of movies per week on TCM but that’s about it.
I am old enough to know of Alaskan Amber before Fat Tire.
But, Alaskan didnt distribute to me, while New Belgium did. But, if I was going to drink a NB beer, Fat Tire would literally* be the last I would pick.
*probably not, as I am sure there is something they make I would dislike. There is nothing bad about Fat Tire, it is just boring.
Fat Tire was one of the kegs I had at my wedding. I knew everyone would drink it.
The other was Tecate. Because everyone will drink that one when it is hot out. Or when they are trashed.
At a friend’s wedding there were 3 kegs. The H-P Oktoberfest was killed. The Guiness was floating, and the Coors Light was still heavy at end of night.
Amber Ale was a staple when I was more financially stable.
Does NB even make Fat Tire anymore? I thought they just made 8000 slightly different IPAs with the word “Ranger” somewhere in the name.
They do, its right next to regular Sam Adams.
They do. Unfortunately, they discontinued their white ale.
Well, federalizing it would finally put MLB out of its misery, I guess.
I used to be a fan, but I haven’t watched a whole game for years. Even when people invited us to games, I would rarely make it to the seventh inning stretch. It is like soccer to me – way more fun to play than watch.
Thanks for the review. I always forget about that one!
But wait, we just bought the Braves a new park not long ago! Aw well, maybe we’ll get a women’s soccer team to replace them.
It is like soccer to me – way more fun to play than watch.
Same with basketball. The only way I’m going/have gone lately is when a vendor pays for everything except parking.
We don’t have NHL anymore and the ECHL team is over an hour away, so no hockey anymore either.
Same here, though I’ve found more enjoyment coaching my kid’s team.
Heading out to prune apple trees. This is the first non-shitty weather weekend day in a month.
Prune liberally. Have you been harvesting apples for your hobby? Cider, etc?
I’ll prune my few bigger trees a bit, mostly just to shape them, take about 5 minutes total. I have another 15 in the window sill for transplanting. I’m curious to see if any of those I transplanted last summer made it through the winter. We had a lot of snow so some should be OK.
We have a couple nice days too but the rain starts tomorrow for a few days.
Only thing I remember from my 2007 Korean baseball game was a serving of mandu/gyoza…may have gotten something else as well.
remember eating. Still have old photos of the cheerleaders amping up the fans – lots of noisemaker stuff they hand out for fun. Weirdly enough both teams playing shared the same stadium at the time (olympic stadium – Doosan Bears and LG Twins).
We couldn’t afford food at the ballpark. We wuz poor, just getting tickets was as far as we could manage
Was there such a thing as knot hole games, Saturdays for kids? The Mpls Millers (AAA) would have games, bring a Nabisco wrapper or Campbell’s soup can label and a dime and you were good to go. Fun days for early teenagers, always day games
Minnesoda didn’t have electricity back in those days, so they couldn’t have night games. :-p
As mentioned in this morning’s comments, we’re skipping what would have been our first minor league game of the season because it’s too daggone cold. May be just as well – while I could pull up our digital tickets, and they appeared to be good to go, when I pull up our digital parking pass, I get the message “Your ticket barcode hasn’t been activated.” Called the box office earlier and was told it would be activated an hour before game time – which is 1:00 EDT. Still getting the same message.
Just sent off a nastygram to the team asking WTF is going on. ?
I used to go to the local AAA games and had a good time. About 20 years ago they stopped selling beer in the stands and you had to go to the concession stand (with a two-beer limit). Between innings the lines were out the door and I recall more than once standing in line while the best play of the evening is happening outside. Haven’t returned.
This gets to the heart of it; needless bullshit in the name of “progress.” Sell beer in the stands, get rid of politics, stop trying to wrangle every last dollar out of it, and so on. Keep it fun and a good way to relax, take the family to, and root for the local team. People love that, what they hate is being lectured, having to follow useless rules, and teams and players who jump at the first opportunity.
Similar thing with the State Fair. Used to be able to walk around looking at the rabbits and sheep while sipping suds. Around the same time as above, all drinking had to be in the “beer garden”. Again, haven’t returned since then.
We started with Puritanism, will we end with Puritanism?
That’s their answer to everything, just let the government take it over. SMDH. That said the first thing baseball should do is keep batters from stepping out of the box. If the games we’re closer to 2 hours instead of 3 I think they would get more viewers.
It wasn’t that long ago when it was only the Yankees and Sox of Color playing overlong games, and New York sports radio was saying how dare you complain about it. Now that it’s not the teams the coastal elites like doing it, it’s suddenly horrible.
Funny they want the game to go faster but they take away the one thing that will always stop a rally in its tracks: making the pitcher bat.
It won’t be long before they get rid of the pitcher completely and switch to Tee-Ball.
Mechanical ball launcher that puts the ball at the same location over the plate at the same speed every time. But the batters then wear opaque full-face helmets.
Latin players having increased representation at the expense of black Anglos: horrible and we need to talk about race in baseball (but not about non-Americans).
Latin players having increased representation at the expense of white Anglos: How dare you mention that — it’s totally racist!
I realize opening day was last Thursday. I wrote it on Wednesday.
I have good news. No one here watches baseball so no one knew the date was off.
…excellent
Welcome to The D El Mago!
GO TWINS!
No.
Go Twins!
No.
That better be a Pornhub link.
‘I am talking, of course, about the inevitable future in which professional baseball is nationalized and put under the authority of some large federal entity — the Library of Congress, perhaps, or more romantically, the National Park Service.
Like the Delta blues or Yellowstone National Park, baseball is as indelibly American as it is painfully uncommercial. Left to fend for itself, the game will eventually disappear.’
Okay. I love the sport (played for a decade.) That said, if it dies, so what? Compete or die, motherfucker. Why should such a silly distraction such as baseball be exempt from the rules of supply and demand? National Pastime my left testicle. Earn revenue based on your intrinsic value. Otherwise, fuck off.
Also, Go Royals!
Greinke, Salvy, Witt, a final grasp from Whit Merrifield and Santana not completely shitting the bed after the all-star break just might make them watchable again.
…Also, Adalberto Mondesi is an insanely talented five tool ballplayer…I just don’t trust his ability to stay healthy.
Okay, I’m fucky off for at least nine hours. See ya!
https://mobile.twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1512414358353158147?cxt=HHwWhoC57ZC2lv0pAAAA
Heh.
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
Will Saint Foochy bless their balls?
the inevitable future in which professional baseball is nationalized and put under the authority of some large federal entity — the Library of Congress, perhaps, or more romantically, the National Park Service.
National Endowment for the Arts. Or whatever the place is that has John Dillinger’s penis in a jar.
That beer sounds like something I could try.
https://www.nj.com/news/2022/04/3-dead-40-weapons-stolen-in-armed-robbery-at-georgia-gun-range.html
Dam.
That is awful.
Damn, that’s awful. When I first read the url above, I thought it was at a rifle range (outdoor).
A number of years ago there were one or two publicized incidents in which shooters were gunned down as they were down range replacing targets by people who waited until the rifle benches were unattended. Since then I have made it a practice always to carry a carbine with me down range (or at the least my normal carry pistol) when I am at the range alone or with people I don’t know. I frequently glance back at the firing line too.
I know it violates rules at some ranges, but no one has ever called me on it. Many years ago I was at a PA state game lands range and someone opened fire while I was still down range replacing a target. I don’t go to those ranges anymore.
Most famous ones would be Michael Lee Platt and William Russel Matix, of FBI Miami shootout fame. They scored some of their hardware by ambushing and killing shooters at backcountry ranges.
This one sounds like more of a deliberate hot stroll – more than one bad guys walks in shooting. It does happen.
I’m betting it’s a former employee.
db how do the shooters fail to notice someone down range? Serious question.
Target fixation? So intent on what they’re shooting at that they fail to see what’s behind it?
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/04/a-man-spent-6-weeks-in-jail-after-police-said-he-was-hauling-10-million-in-liquid-meth-lab-tests-showed-it-was-diesel-and-oil.html
That’s some mighty fine police work there, Lou.
It would be great if the town had to declare bankruptcy to pay for the lawsuit, but that’s just wishful thinking.
“Vega told the Star-Telegram that his client was “content” to have proved his innocence and “has not expressed any desire to sue.”
“I don’t know what he’s going to do next,” he said.”
Oh, as his lawyer Id hope you start suing everyone involved.
Hell, round up a couple of 0.08 BAC drunks the cops fucked with and start a class action.
Those stupid asshats thought they had the bust of the century. Heroes they were. Or so they thought.
Fired-No pension. That would be minimum justice.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/california-bill-looks-to-redefine-scale-back-40-hour-workweek/
Yeah, that’ll help.
🙄
$20 minimum wage!!!11!!
How progressive! ?
Rules and laws made by people who don’t really work and resent every minute of their “jobs”.
So, more than watch CNN?
Last I heard CNN gets under 100k primetime viewers in the core demo.
Titillation
But to others, Friday’s outcome following a weekslong trial was a chilling reminder that the political violence that is raging across the U.S. too often goes unpunished. From attacks on social media and elsewhere that disproportionately affect women lawmakers, to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the plan to abduct Whitmer, people are increasingly angry and feeling emboldened to act on it, they say.
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“The plot to kidnap and kill a governor may seem like an anomaly. But we must be honest about what it really is: the result of violent, divisive rhetoric that is all too common across our country,” Whitmer’s chief of staff, JoAnne Huls, said in a statement. “There must be accountability and consequences for those who commit heinous crimes. Without accountability, extremists will be emboldened.”
Just like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. Bullets were dodged. Danger (especially Halloween Haunted House fake danger) is soooo wet-panties sexy.
Well, since at least two of the people supposedly involved in this “plot” actually weren’t, maybe this “plot” didn’t actually exist?
OFFS.
Maybe the FBI can try harder and gin up something a little more believable next time.
Well, since at least two of the people supposedly involved in this “plot” actually weren’t, maybe this “plot” didn’t actually exist?
Misogyny is always out there, waiting for a chance to pounce.
Tracy Jones former outfielder for THE Cincinnati Reds said it best once on the radio: “Baseball is a lot more fun to play than it is to watch.” or something along those lines.
the political violence that is raging across the U.S.
There must have been a dozen political assassinations last week.
Anyone had much experience with DampRid type disposable dessicants? I’ve had pretty good luck with their round ones – the ones with the sealed baggies that dissolve as they absorb moisture.
Not seeing the same effect from the trapezoidal shaped ones or the large buckets. Just emailed their customer service.
I have two of the bucket sized ones in my crawlspace trying to take care of the remaining moisture after my wetvac work last week – it’s been over 7 days and from what I can see there’s been no moisture absorbed by either of them. These are the kinds where you’re supposed to remove the plastic lid, but not actually cut/remove the “safety cover” underneath that. Not sure if it’s me or if I’m missing something but with the bucket versions and the smaller ones like this – I’m not seeing any activity compared to the other types.
Desiccant type stuff works in enclosed space like a toolbox or such. I don’t think they work as well on a larger space like a crawl space. Air flow is your friend. Get fans to move air in and out of the space. Dehumidifier if more enclosed like a basement but you have to empty those if not piped to a drain or outside and they do produce heat.
Pig absorbent mats if you have any wet spots. Regular pig wipes (blue fiber) work great for absorption.
They’re advertised for crawlspaces (as well as boats and RVs). The ones in my garage are similar – the older style definitely absorbed and I would toss them out – but when I switched to the other type, there’s nothing showing up. Pretty sure it’s not exclusively seasonal either since I’ve been doing it for a while.
I’ll see when I get back next week. Set out one of the older style in both locations to see for comparison.
I’d love to get a large plug-in one for the crawlspace but I don’t have the money for it right now or a free socket down there. – I know there’s moisture because the pump is running continually and last week after vacuuming, there was still water under the plastic liner and in a few other areas I couldn’t get to properly with the vacuum. Pretty sure there’s some airflow down there too because the ventilation runs through there completely and I can smell the wood sometimes when I’m upstairs in the main house.
I use the refillable quart-ish size: more economical.
Yes..the quartish disposable ones are the ones I normally use. I can try getting the refillable ones if it’s going to be an issue – just not sure why these other ones aren’t apparently doing anything – no evidence of any absorption – unless these are acting differently than the others.
The disposable ones suck water through – dissolve the dessicants and the water collects below. Maybe some dessicant activation (hard to see with the cover), but no visible moisture below.
Fix the cause of the moisture intrusion would be my first thought. I dunno but constantly running sump doesn’t seem right. Is it rated for continuous operation?
Gates City Foundation Drainage has lots of YouTube videos and Shawn seems to know your part of the country pretty well.
Correction….not “constantly running” – it’s been raining a lot and it’s a new pump. It’s running intermittently. 1x every 2 or 3 minutes vice 1x every 5-10 minutes or longer if drier.
Does it have an adjustable float? Sounds like the float may be set too low, get a little water, pumps it out. If you can adjust it higher might be a solution. I have sump and it’ll take a whole shower before it pumps it out and that’s with the float set about the 3/4 mark
Possible, but I think the plumber installed it correctly. This is a new one that replaced one that died a month or so ago – and let the crawlspace flood.
I’ve got a significant amount of standing water in the yard within a few meters of the house foundation – same as last year. The drainage in this neighborhood/area is an ongoing issue since I first lived here in 2014.
So….this summer *really* going to follow up on fill dirt for the yard – I dropped it last summer as things got drier, but if I intend to sell this place in a year or two…potentially…it’ll be a real hassle (still thinking that timewise the neighbors had likely only just done some improvements to raise their yard right before I looked at the house – this time in 2020 – because the seller was a realtor and had a nicely kept yard with all the details and everything was nice and green – and not sodden – at the time).
Ok…just heard back from customer service (that was fast).
Part of it may be that even with the moisture down there, if humidity isn’t 60% or higher, it will probably take longer – additionally – me sticking two items down there at the same time may be slowing things down.
Likely absorption is happening, but until the material is saturated, it won’t pass through – but I guess that’s a function of the larger unit and humidity.
Too late to get back under the house today, but I’ll take that for action next week. Hopefully some visible practice by then…
*progress – not Practice.
$20 minimum wage!!!11!!
How do you expect us to live on crumbs?
TW: whine alert
It annoys the SHIT out of me when someone posts, “I want a book that has X, Y, and Z!” and then I say, “Oh, hey, I wrote X, Y, and Z!” and then they scream “AUTHOR BEHAVING BADLY!!!!” because that is considered spam. If you don’t want authors to tell you they wrote exactly what you want to read, DON’T FUCKING COMPLAIN YOU AREN’T SEEING WHAT YOU WANT!!!
/whine off
You know who else was an author and behaved badly ?
Hemingway?
As I mentioned in the prior thread, Hem’s bar that I was thrown out of. Key West at christmas. Seems I was drunkenly falling into tables and trying to start a fight with a bunch of Russian tourists.
The best vacation I barely remember.
I saw that and meant to comment. I think that’s hilarious.
I drew too much attention to myself by starting a conga line that likely was everyone in the bar. It leaked out onto the street, and passers-by joined in.
The woman I was with (OG-1X-OG) was sitting on the curb sobbing threatening to get a cab to the airport and go home immediately.
OJ?
Enid Blyton?
James Hogg?
Every author ever, it seems?
Marquis de Sade?
You win the internet. And a flogging.
Quills is one of my favorite movies.
I meant to see that, but never did.
Right now I’m going to go cross stitch and watch Cannonball Run.
+ Mel Tillis
I forgot he had a stutter.
Fun fact- Mel Tillis developed his stutter after having malaria as a kid.
Citation
@Tres
Thanks for that fun fact.
Yeah nah. Anything that glorifies a for-reals rapist and nonconsensual sadist can fuck right the fuck off.
^^^^
Have you not seen “Secretary“?
James Spader would like a word with you outside.
I had a gf for which that was her favorite movie.
“Hey mentally fucked up person! If you engage in my kink with me it will magically make your life better!”
/groomer
You’re supposed to pose as someone else and point out that Mariah Jovan has a book that has X, Y, and Z. 😉
Back from the grocery store. Two people wearing fabric neck gators over their mouths (not in the same group) and one person with a mask pushed underneath their nose. I’m at a loss. Not to worry about things returning to normal. Deli employee was blowing his nose behind the counter and some mannerless feral children were running around coughing their lungs out. The days of leaving the germbreeders at home have passed.
The Fresh Market finally took down their plexi barriers and dropped mandatory employee masking. Sometime since last Saturday.
Porterhouses were on sale for $12.99/ lb and two filets for $20. ??
Nice. Beef has long been either low quality or expensive around here. Chickens used to be better before the market consolidated. Overall grocery bill was mild blowing today.
“mild blowing” ?
You should have asked for the Rusty Trombone.
Bought a 5 pound pack of ground beef last week and broke it into pound segments for refreezing. Should last me a while. Already had 1 pound in the freezer for a few months. Been doing more pork chops/bacon/etc recently based on the nice options at the local Food Lion.
“Criminals shouldn’t need to fear following the law.”
Fuck off, you traitorous walking conflict of interest. You’re supposed to protect the rights of Oregonians and uphold the laws here, not bend over backwards to allow foreign nationals to flaunt whatever they feel like. The problem once again is there is no consequence. In a just world, federal agents would arrest her and and her staff for conspiracy and aiding and abetting illegal entry to the US.
“Today in Deliberately Conflating Illegals and Legals”
Born in California, grew up in Illinois. Another fucking carpetbagger. Native born requirements for all offices, not just the presidency/vice presidency.
Who knew that Ukrainians were students of fine American films?
https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-07-at-7.54.53-PM.png?resize=491%2C600&ssl=1
Ha!
Watching Sun n Fun, and I noticed that the Thunderbirds’ narrator reads from a page, whereas the Blue Angels’ narrator has his/her script 100% memorized.
One of the Thunderbirds crapped out for a short time…better than the time I saw the Blue Angels at Miramar and two of them crapped out. There was a mass exodus and they only had one gate open. My Ma & I started bleating like sheep. I miss my Ma.
There’s a lot of pearl clutching today from the sports fans I know because Adam Schefter dared to note that Dwayne Haskins was kind of a bum in his tweet about his death. And Gi. Brandt went full crotchety old man saying he should have stayed in school another year, that there was always something with him. Maybe Brandt went a bridge too far.
But I despite the sports fans who think they’re righteous or something because they leave empty, vacuous well wishes to family members who will never see the words to begin with when something bad happens to an athlete. People die in horrific and tragic ways every day and your sorry ass doesn’t bother to say a word. The only reason you even remotely care about Haskins is because he’s an athlete who made his living in the spotlight. Talking about his career is entirely fair game.
I think that about everybody. If I would have said something about them while they were alive, I don’t see why I shouldn’t say it after they’re dead. Death didn’t change their personality or erase their life.
Went for a bike ride in my childhood hometown this morning. Ukrainian flags seem to have pushed out the “In this house we believe in…” signs.
Which species of octopus is most likely to scratch its balls in public?
Octopus vulgaris
Calling Swiss Servator, to the red courtesy phone.
The good news: I finally nailed the woodpecker that has been wrecking my house and waking us up at 0600 every morning.
The bad news: I think I’ve got some pretty bad hearing damage in my left ear. A lot of numbness and echos going on. All that from a single .410 round fired outside. And my right ear (the one next to the gun) seems to be fine.
Off side ringing is not uncommon. It will most likely subside and be fine. Keep that up for 100’s of rounds per season while bird hunting and the damage could well become permanent.
Good on getting Woody Woopecker
+ 5 HA
Red cockaded, I hope.
Had eggs for bfast for the first time since my ulcers got cut out and I am a happy camper.
Winning!
Congrats. Did you open some windows at least.
NOM…how’d you cook em?
I too enjoy eggs for breakfast when I’m out camping.
How do you like them cooked?
Now add spam. Or corned beef hash.
?
I don’t know what to call it. My mom called it “basted”, but that was when she spooned hot bacon grease over the top. Basically, I cook them sunny side up, then put a little water in it and put a lid on it until the yolks are white but still runny. Then I put them on buttered toast. Not poached, but close.
That’s what I call them. Put eggs in pan, cover until whites are done and yolk is still runny.
The trick with the steam is what I recently learned is the “proper” way to make sunny-side up eggs. When I’m too lazy to do that I flip them over and call them “over-easy” even though that’s lazy too but at least the darn things are cooked.
1 T butter…….add eggs, let bottom whites cook solid, flip, 1 min flipped side serve. Now I want bacon.
Mmm, dates, stuffed with blue cheese and wrapped in bacon. BRB.
G’ma from hell #1 used to make them that way with loads of bacon grease and they were disgusting. I know I am not a shit cook and they would be fine, but I can’t stand the thought of flipping my eggs.
Im going to bed. Some of us have to be up in 4 hours to work all night.
Alert that French muppet Rufus.
I’m pretty sure Rufus is a defiant allophone.
Last call for Quordle scores
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP™© goes live @ 21:45 zulu.
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP™©
#75
Men’s Division
Champ(s)
l0b0t 16
rhywun 18
Ted S. 18
The Hyperbole 18
cyto 22
kinnath 22
Sean 22
Tundra 22
Scruffy Nerfherder 23
trshmnstr the terrible 24
Ghostpatzer 25
Grumbletarian 25
Grummun 25
The Other Kevin 25
MikeS 26
SDF-7 26
grrizzly 27
Translucent Chum 29
Chump(s)
Raven Nation 117
Not Adahn 122
TARDis 122
Women’s Division
Champ(s)
No entries. too busy crushing the patriarchy
l0b0t sets a high bar for the week, and Tundra gets a 22 again.
The fuck is a Quordle?
I’m not exactly sure but you can make up your numbers and no one actually checks, so you can claim to beat Mike S everyday.
Pre dinner munchies, my gf got into my doctored salsa instead of the mild.
She is not a chili pepper fan. Amused, I was.
I always liked Pete Rose. I know, I know but Charlie Hustle played the game like a kid, playing hard and wanting to win.
I understand the rules but AFAIK he never cheated or threw a game.
Sinners can be forgiven but the sin can’t be forgotten.
Will Smith is persona non grata for 10 years. Bill Clinton was forgiven on the spot
They needed to make an example of him.
w00T! Cardinals and Cubs are both 2-0!
Not poached, but close.
I have heard people call them “basted” eggs when cooked that way.
Next time, heat some left over chili in the pan, add a bit of h2o, break a couple of eggs on top, and cover.
I thought it only counted as basted the way my mom did it since, you know, she actually DID baste them.
Stir 2 eggs with a tablespoon of milk, use a fork, in a rounded bottom microwaveable bowl for 1 minute. Take a looksie, in it’s damp in the middle do another 30 seconds. Slide onto a piece of mayonnaise covered oat bread, multi grain. Put another slice of mayonnaise oat bread on top and that’s a hearty breakfast. Eat a piece of fruit
1 bowl, 1 knife, 1 fork to wash.
Use a microwave oven somewhere in the middle part
Too late.
The fuck is a Quordle?
It’s one of them Harry Potter ridin’ brooms, I think.