It’s an abundant potato universe, full of:
Potato pizzas (OMWC’s is better, but it might be a secret recipe)
Saturday Evening Spud Links
About The Author
WebDom
WebDom grows Peyote buttons in the vast desert of her mind.
It’s an abundant potato universe, full of:
Potato pizzas (OMWC’s is better, but it might be a secret recipe)
Ick. Carbs.
The potato is Nature’s perfect superfood, you take that back!
Spud gun
https://schylling.com/product/retro-spud-gun/
That’s not a
knifespud gun… THAT’S aknifespud gun.Spud guns are great fun.
Spud guns are great fun, but the pun-runs are where the won is begun.
It is hard today to think of potatoes as anything other than a staple food but they were illegal in France between 1748 and 1772.
French officials have always been a bit on the starchy side.
Freedom Fries!
The fact we have to pay taxes to the government ran by the morons who came up with “Freedom Fries” should be enough to make everyone an anarchist.
Did they hate the Irish for 24 years?
Doesn’t everyone hate the Irish?
These links are going to give me a tuber.
ITS NAHT A TOOBER!
-Ahhhnald
GET TO THA Chuño, NOW!!!
-Ahhhnald
Speaking of potatoes…
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
I have to be on Zoom for this remote job I’m doing. Kills my soul. Eventually I’m going to subnet my work PC into its own little quarantine zone.
Potato donuts
They’re called Fastnachts.
Bavaria and Ireland are Catholic and they eat potatoes.
And… I’ll shit in the punchbowl: Israel knew about Hama’s Oct. 7th attack a year ago
Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.
If that’s true, it’s before Netanyahu was elected.
Not surprising. Signal vs noise issue.
We here in the U.S. have just the fix…a 702 Reauthorization Bill. It’s stopped so many bad things, but we can’t tell you about any of them. And when forced to do so and provide examples we greatly exaggerate its effects.
An ecumenical matter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuiTVILavGM
Hamas plan
1. Kill Jews
2. ?
3. Prophet!
That may be literally correct.
I mean, their goal is always to provoke Israel into a response. They can’t honestly believe they’d win any conflict in any meaningful sense of the word militarily. But you can win hearts and minds. The propaganda in support of Palestine is strong and only gaining in strength with time.
But Palestine is doomed to poverty and general shittiness no matter what as long as they have a victimhood mentality. Wherever you go on this planet, wherever there is a culture of victimhood, when that’s how people seem to define themselves and their people, you have naturally misery.
I don’t think you are. This really is their 9/11. They had excellent intel but the people in charge dismissed it.
Sitting in the back,
Of my badass Cadillac,
Waiting for the weed man
To arrive,
Cheers!
What happened to the Kia?
Fully functional, but my job requires a nicer vehicle,Cadillac XT6 400
I won’t get rid of my Kia, it’s old skool,
There’s, uh, non-Catholic parts of Ireland, from what I hear.
That was supposed to be a reply to DEG.
“Universe creator”, fuck them both
They don’t count.
Church of Ireland doesn’t?
Partially tongue-in-cheek.
And yes, I know Arthur Guinness was a member. It’s why I prefer Smithwick’s.
Settler colonialists.
Raspberry lambic and cigars,
Great wherever you are,
Enjoy!
¿Los dos?
https://themidwestmediterranean.com/briami
Spent the day with my uncle. He was selling his woodcarvings at a craft show. Nice change of pace. Beer abd cigars does sound good.
Wonder how the gorging on potato salad went. Looks like it was in Canada.
He got a tummy ache so the Trudeau government concluded euthanasia was more humane than treating him.
*pop* *pop* ….
Greatest character on TV
Mom was born and raised in Aroostock County (and I was born there) and told me of the time off for potato pickin’.
Spud guns were cool.
My niece went to the Potato Museum (of course Idaho has a potato museum) and related to me that; white potatoes have white blossoms, red potatoes have red blossoms and yellow potatoes have yellow blossoms. Now you know, too.
That’s racist!
Just working through the thread for UCS’es History Of Civilization post, thoughts i just had to share…
There’s a lot of pressure to keep up the image of “oldest, greatest, first” among civilizations … So, numbers get fudged. … If there’s a picture scribed in something, it’s writing.
Logography originated as “enscribed pictures”, though. It’s good enough for the Egyptians (Heiratic is logographic) and Mesopots (Cunieform being logographic and syllabary) to qualify….ok, nevermind, the earliest record of the Oracle Bone Script only comes from the Shang, 2kyr later than just scribing pictures likely began there. Now I understand how the criteria is applied per the stated formalism. Quibble retracted.
kinnath on December 1, 2023 at 11:47 am
More seriously, I would put civilization as organized agriculture (and the introduction of brewing). …
Nephilium on December 1, 2023 at 12:05 pm
Brewing specifically for the more involved process than wine making?
I was already mulling a FTFY on kinnath’s remark when I got to Neph’s hairsplitting a bit later; Fermenting products of the nascent surplus-heavy agricultural practices, but not just fermenting, all the advanced processing methods resulting from the availability of those surplus (ie, more than caloric subsistence) products. Milling grains into flours instead of just cooking the seeds into porridge. Curdling dairy into yogurts and cheeses. Fermenting drinks and pickles. Possibly even the domestication and intensive cultivation of livestock.
All came about because the bounty of agriculture produced leftovers, inspiring the development of ways to more effectively utilize or preserve those leftovers for greater caloric security and eventually for the sheer enjoyment of tastier stuff (I think most people would agree that Bread >> Porridge). Toss in the Division of Labor and Economies of Scale resulting from urban development, allowing people to focus on these agricultural enhancement practices.
Writing came about with the need to keep track of all that shit, forming the basis of the first economies by enabling feedback signaling between producers and consumers. I think this is the important transformation behind UCS’es criteria for what constitutes civilization.
Euro 2024 draw
lolwut
That… that just cannot have happened.
I WANT TO BELIEVE
Funeral potatoes is not an inexpensive dish, so I dunno why it’s on a penny-pinching site.
+ 1000 Funeral Chicken
This is amusing; haven’t tried any recipes yet.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30066.Being_Dead_Is_No_Excuse
Sack’o’taters, 5lbs: $5.50 (on sale at my wallyworld today for just under $3, but we’ll use list)
Two cans of campbells: $2.40
Bag of chips or box of cornflakes: $2.25-$4 (store-namebrand)
So, like, 10,000 kcal for as little as $10-11. Seems inexpensive to me. Making 10k kcal of baloney sandwhiches would prolly run atleast $15 and be far less enjoyable.
You forgot the sour cream and cheese, only the two most expensive ingredients.
I did forget the cheese, but a 1lb block of cheddar can still be had for under $4. $14-15 total.
I did NOT forget the sour cream, my reading of the description on wikipedia led me to believe making a proper creamsauce or using other fancier dairy options was the upgraded version of using condensed soup. IOW, one or the other; if that’s the case, obviously i chose the less expensive option to make my point. I don’t have personal experience with the dish prepared as Your God Intended it.
That’s what got yer dander up, though, isn’t it? Your People’s Food as a pennypinching thing?
You’re the one arguing about it. I just pointed out you forgot the two most expensive ingredients.
It’s free if you show up to the funeral and eat?
Who bothers with funerals that don’t charge a Cover, two drink min, etc
Especially if you are the guest of honor.
I like this,
https://instapundit.substack.com/p/living-and-dying-in-the-34-time
I’m well past my Best Used By Date but waiting to see tomorrow’s sunrise.
I retired at 55, smartest thing I ever did. Fished a lot, hunted a bit, traveled hither and yon. I’m restricted somewhat (a lot) physically but I look forward to cleaning snow when it happens and working the garden next year. Don’t have many friends and fewer relatives left and they suffer the same problems so being a Glib is the best entertainment available for the price.
Interesting.
Yeah, I’m on the “retire ASAP” plan.
I hope.
My work does not give me “meaning” – I’m ready for 24/7 me time.
Oddly, because I am medically retired and my career did not end the way I thought it would, I miss some parts of work. Did it give me meaning? No, but it was an interesting puzzle.
I do like my work, actually. But not to the extent that Glenn seems to express there. It is not something I “need” to be doing.
Sandra Day OConner died. Huh, thought she’d already gone.
https://youtu.be/ej1xnAzR_nk
Mandela effect?
That was Sinéad O’Connor you are thinking of
Five Guys fries aren’t the worst. That distinction goes to In N Out. Five Guys’ burgers are also better than INO but end up soggy meat clods wrapped in foil.
A burger’s a burger’s a burger’s a burger’s a burger.
I can’t even with this wrongness.
This. A good burger is one of the best foods known to man. A cheap, shitty burger is one of the most depressing meals you can have.
It’s not in fact that difficult to make a great burger. I will concede that. You can make one at home in a few minutes that beats out or competes with any of the major chains.
Quality of beef can also make a difference.
My problem with Five Guys fries is I don’t want a paper shopping bag full of them. Cut that shit in third and charge three bucks or so.
The burgers are OK but I have had way better at a similar price point at smaller chains all of which have failed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah. The Cajun fries are ok for about 8-10, not a sack.
There’s probably a lesson in there somewhere.
I like the large serving of fries, but I find the consistency of them to be awful. Most of the time they are soggy shit. When they are done right and actually have some crisp, I’ll take my bag of them.
Only place I want a bag of fries is The Hat in Glendora California. Yusef probably knows what I am talking about.
True, the smaller bag I would prefer must be properly cooked.
I don’t find anything interesting about In N Out. The fries suck, the burgers are… wrong. And any food I have to wait in a line that long is a complete turn off.
Weird I actually find them to be the most efficient and cleanest fast food establishment and have always paid well above the artifical minimum wage. Demand their employees to be well presented, clean, etc.
Say what you will about the fries and burgers, they run a tight ship.
I have seen their dining room clear out a lunch rush in 30 minutes no problem
I’d have dreams like this if I worked there.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2YCehUWbJDo/maxresdefault.jpg
Animal style is good.
I run on nostalgia in terms of them. I actually like their fries but their burgers have been hit with shrinkflation. I can appreciate no rise in cost though.
Double-double, grilled onions animal style with a lemonade? Kill me now.
ICYMI, the Bills aren’t the only team in Buffalo that suck balls.
Though to be fair, the Sabres have been garbage for years. The Bills had promise until I moved into their territory.
New Remy
9:05 69 comments.
Nice.
The potato “pizza” looks good – I’ll have to try it.
Wonder if pineapple would work on it.
We have a potato cannon here but it is much simpler. Two inch black PVC with one end capped. The capped end has a hole which can add an electric igniter. Load spud, remove igniter, add old style canned hairspray as propellent, and recap. We can send the spud around 200m consistently.
Whomever invented the duvet cover needs to be taken out behind the woodshed and given a 9mm lobotomy.
And how they managed to convince half the world that you need to put blankets in a bag does not give one confidence in humanity.
I got tired of running an SD card back and forth between my desktop and the filament 3D printer, so I’ve figured I could set up a raspberry pi as a print server and use the network to print stuff.
At the very least it’d be an interesting project for a weekend.
I think using (surviving) written records as a justification for when civilizations started is a bit myopic. I was late to that thread and didn’t have time to comment.
You had cities far earlier than your start of civilizations. You had megalithic structures that survived. In the case of the Egyptians, you have a line of Pharaohs that goes back much earlier than it is recognized by mainstream historians and archaeologists.. And that’s not even touching the subject of whether certain structures are much older than typically recognized.
I find it hard to believe that people who had advanced knowledge of mathematics and astronomy plus the ability to construct megalithic structures didn’t have some form of writing system. And there are megalithic structures demonstrating that knowledge that have only been discovered in about the last generation.
Unlike many people in that thread, I firmly believe that things are much older than typically believed.
The more we dig, the earlier we find signs of “civilization.” And too much of this discussion is colored by the surviving written records. And even then the written records are selectively used. Evidence that things are older than believed is disregarded (the Egyptian king lists) if it doesn’t fit the conventional narrative. It’s extremely condescending to take certain written records at face value and to just disregard the ones that don’t seem to fit the conventional narrative of history.
There is pretty compelling evidence to me that the pyramids and Sphinx are older than recognized. There is common sense evidence that the sphinx was modified at some point in the past, with the lion’s head being carved much later. They disregard the written records citing lack of physical evidence to support them, but then refuse to even engage in debate about the physical evidence.
I’m sure UCS will see this, whether now or in the morning. On the Fallout 4 trailer, what makes you think there is no NCR? There were leaked set pics with the NCR flag. Why do you think the junk city in the trailer is Megaton? Do all junk cities look the same to you, racist? And, this takes place last in the canon, why couldn’t the east coast BOS have moved west and built more dirigibles?
My concerns are more filmic. The world doesn’t look lived in. The costumes all look clean and new, even the few wastelanders they show. This makes it look more like a fan film .
Or worse a Disney Star Wars movie.
It’s being made by the creator of West World so I’m sure it will be very diverse with strong female representation.
You can critique the trailer on whatever you want. The people behind this show have shown they not only won’t keep their politics out of it, but that they cannot do so.
Gasoline too high? Groceries too expensive? Suck it up Buttercup.
Every tyrant since the beginning of time uses the same tactics – tactics calculated to disempower individuals. That primarily means destroying their economic health. Wealth gives people options. It empowers people.
From day one this administration has gone after individual autonomy and wealth like a duck after a June bug. The first thing they did was cut off oil pipelines and seriously hinder drilling. American energy independence died almost immediately. Gas prices shot up from under 2 bucks per gallon to now 4-6 bucks per gallon. They have said they want European level prices – hovering around between 7 and 8 dollars. If they have their way that will double and continue increasing until we are forced to abandon ICE in favor of an absurd electrical system that DOES NOT WORK. The goal, of course, is to destroy individual freedom of movement.
Groceries…I dont trust the official numbers. While the official numbers do show increased prices over the last 4 years they have been jiggled and cherry picked. My wife and I are paying easily twice what we were paying 4 years ago. The not-a-recession recession is in full swing. The inflation numbers also are rigged as they dont include the day to day expenses people face in every day life.
Housing prices are up to the point where I am seeing stories about divorced couples so financially strapped that they are still living together…with both of them working. No one is buying a house these days.
I bring this up in this article because potatoes are a budget food, albeit a very delicious one. I love potatoes and eat them cheap or not. I think I am going to make a nice au gratin dish today. Yum.
Of late we have been hearing a lot of propaganda about how things really aren’t that bad. Lots of suggestions about how to stretch a dollar. How we can make things work if we just make the necessary sacrifices. I remember Porkchop, that fat little fuck, advising the North Korean people to learn to dig roots for food. That is the message the criminals in government today are telling us: things are tough but hey, you can make it work if you have to. Suck it up while we give your money away hand over fist to other countries and fund foreign wars that benefit your own country in no way whatsoever.
How long before we find ourselves in this position?
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2010/07/starving-north-koreans-forced-survive-diet-grass-and-tree-bark/
If you know what is good for you you will NEVER disarm yourself with people like this in power. They desperately want you unable to defend yourself and it aint for your own good Sunshine.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2010/07/starving-north-koreans-forced-survive-diet-grass-and-tree-bark/
Huh. I am not sure how that link got double posted but it works.
It needed to be said twice.
I also see us on the precipice. Watching the 4th estate willingly…. no, eagerly jump in to enforce universal censorship and have a passion for shutting down Elon Musk has been stunning for the version of me that grew up on 70s hero journalist films. Speaking truth to power was a true virtue, and the position of the 4th estate as a pillar of a free society was universally accepted.
Heck, just a few years ago we still used suppression of the press as a bellwether… Like when Hugo Chavez came to power. Putin shutting down opposition papers was a bad thing.
In just a couple of years, it has completely flipped and honest reporting is now synonymous with treason.
It is no coincidence that communism is simultaneously bandied about as a virtuous system to be promoted and a goal to be achieved, rather than a slur in the same bucket as Nazi.
Good morning all!
Music’s back, at least intermittently. Here’s a new performance of Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, by Sebastien Heindl. Very different from the Biggs I know and love, and not necessarily the way Bach would have registered it, but a worthy performance.
Ah, Bach!
Good morning to the Glibertariat and our LEO lurkers!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WOjFhKg4h3s
🎶🎶
Such a great version of this song.
Good morning, Sean, Beau, and Suthen!
😁☕
Mornin’ GT!