…but you guys are alright, don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise. In light of yet another passing of a holiday in Mexico that seems to be celebrated more in the United States because it is a convenient marketing pitch for companies selling tequila, tortillas, Ford pickup trucks, etc.
This is my review of Modelo Chelada
Why on God’s Green Earth did I drink this? Somebody here was yammering on about it for a couple days and probably thought he was being ignored.
Then he/she/xe/ did it again the next day to a much less…tepid response.
I assure you, just because something is terrible does not mean it is fake.
What is this crap anyways? Chelada, or Michelada is a popular Mexican drink. The difference being that Michelada contains spices and chilli. No spices and chillies are not necessarily the same thing, but that is another matter for another time. Chelada is simply beer served in a chilled glass, with lime, and a salt rim like a Margarita. I decided this would be less nauseating than the Michelada in a can. If you want to actually have a Michelada or a Chelada cocktail, might I suggest actually making the cocktail, which I leave the below recipe:
Ingredients
– 2teaspoons honey (spread into a thin layer on a plate)– 1/4cup kosher salt– 1/2teaspoon smoked paprika– 1/8teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)– 2limes (juiced, plus extra lime wedges to garnish)– 2cups beer (light Mexican)– 2 1/2teaspoons worcestershire sauce– 2teaspoons hot sauce (preferably a more vinegar based hot sauce such as Tabasco)– 1teaspoon low sodium soy sauce– 1/2jalapeno (seeded and diced, optional)– cracked black pepper (freshly)
Directions:
1. Dip the rims of two glasses into the honey. (you want only a very thin layer)
2. Place salt, paprika and cayenne (if using) onto a plate and stir together with a fork until combined. Finish rimming glasses with salt mixture, fill with ice and set aside.
3. Fill a large shaker partially with ice followed by the remaining ingredients, except for the jalapeno. Close and shake until well mixed. Divide mixture among the two prepared glasses and finish with lime wedges, black pepper and jalpaenos (if using). Serve.
How is it in cans? Well to be honest I might be inclined to buy Modelo in the tall can again in the future, but not necessarily the Chelada version. It’s more or less like the abominable lime in the Corona thing that everyone seems to think is fashionable. Seriously, it’s just beer and lime, and adding salt tickles the salt receptors on the tongue. No, this is not urine. Stop telling yourself that. No, this does not exist because there is no potable water in Mexico. The totality of slightly palatable seawater mixed with beer and lime leads me to believe this has to be some kind of awful trick played on Gringos.
Indeed it is. Modelo Chelada 1.5/5
Comments
420 responses to “Fitting, given the Mexican holiday”
OT: PUNKED! And I am hurting after finishing a fifth of Jack last night while working from home…
you mean 757 ml? thats a lot of jack
Jeebus. I hope it been started previously.
Yeah, I might have me a drinking problem on account I end up killing the thing so I can do more than 3 hrs of sleep.
You should have added 12 Mexican Corona beers to that, just to make sure it’s a long time before you drink again. Shit, must be the water…
Beer only makes me fat man, so I usually don’t drink any.
Well, I mean, its certainly no EARTHquake
Sup Tres!
HEY YUFUS!
The lime in the Corona is to detract from the taste of Corona when that’s the only beer available.
I thought it was it to get you sick off unwashed limes that have been sitting in bar sludge for the last week.
Well I guess I just swore off Mojitos and Mules.
Make them at home.wash your limes.
I do. All fruit gets a wash with a touch of soap.
Soap?
Lose the soap and use a mild bleach solution. It actually kills bugs and rinses off easily.
A dash of Dawn.
I do have a small spray bottle of 10% bleach in the kitchen.
Vinegar works for me.
Nice glass . . . maybe I need these too.
Its available in the shop!
https://glibertarians.com/shop/
That reminds me, it’s May – time for a donation to my favorite waste of working-hours.
I wait until they beg me for money. It’s more shitlordy that way.
It’s more or less like the abominable lime in the Corona thing that everyone seems to think is fashionable.
/shudder
Constellation Brands brews their own beer under the Grupo Modelo name (thank you antitrust laws), and alters the recipe for American taste. That’s one of the reasons it sucks here and tastes better across the border.
Meh. I never noticed a difference here or Mexico.
I like Negro Modelo. Modelo is better than Corona. I’m not drinking lime beer.
Negro Modelo is probably the best Mexican beer.
I concur
This is true.
Bohemia is the best Mexican beer, followed by Negra and Pacifico in a bottle.
Victoria is really good.
“That’s one of the reasons it sucks here and tastes better across the border.”
Must be like Molson Golden in that regard. It’s wonderful in Canuckistan on tap. Don’t care at all for the bottled here in Murica.
I used to drink Molson Ice when it was out.
Our lager, which art in barrels,
Hallowed be thy drink.
They will be drunk (I will be drunk)
At home, as it is in the tavern.
Give us this day our foamy head,
And forgive us our spillage,
As we forgive those who spilt against us.
Deliver us from hangovers,
And lead us not into incarceration.
For thine is the beer, the bitter, and the lager.
Barmen.
Protestants SMDH
Deliver us from hangovers,
Oh, so this was the trick to avoid a hangover that I missed last night?
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
TBS is showing SW: Empire Strikes Back right now
“Dees Revive Season”: https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-05-04/match-report-melbourne-v-hawthorn
They actually played 4 quarters for once! From what I saw from the replays, it looked like a good match. Still, can’t really expect too much this year. So long as they get a few wins in, and no more 80 point losses, okay. Rebuilding season.
Your boys have a good chance to improve their record soon, playing against the Roos.
I’d talk about Rhywun’s Magpies, but he’s probably saving the game on his DVR.
Heh that’s right. Prolly watch it after hockey tonight. I can probably skip the Demons I also have queued up. I always wind up not having time to watch them all anyway.
Meanwhile I’ll finish watching Liverpool throw their season away.
Believe it and it is.
Here’s what I get in exchange forhangovers
Footage of Alex at home
+1 “Now and forever”
alternately
+1 “Forever and ever”
I had a Corona Familiar a few days ago, actually ok,
Is it better than regular Corona? I won’t drink Corona and I used to drink Old Milwaukee.
Yes much better
Cool, If I see one at a bar I’ll give it a go.
The week in pictures, good stuff,
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/05/the-week-in-pictures-close-down-the-barr-edition.php
I need a Bender grill.
After careful consideration, there are some things even Joe Biden won’t touch. Lol
I have a shaker of chili lime salt for this purpose. Makes the Dos Equis quench the thirst in a summer day.
Tajin.
https://www.tajin.com/
Just don’t put it on your sliced fruit.
I’ve done that too. Not bad. My wife makes a fruit salsa with chili’s that it goes well with.
Who’s holding the beer?
https://imgur.com/LZGM7AB
What are they trying to do? Make a flame thrower out of a shop vac?
Oh like you’ve never done that.
I never got how people could get to be more than 10 years old and not know that you never, ever, ever, under any circumstances play with gasoline.
My friends and I may or may not have filled a fire extinguisher with gasoline and then lit it to turn it into a flame thrower. I’m not saying we did, but I’m not saying it wasn’t awesome, either.
And yes, this may or may not have happened in Florida.
“I’m not saying we did, but I’m not saying it wasn’t awesome, either.”
Great line. Can I steal it?
Thanks. Sure, steal away.
In Iraq, me and a friend of mine filled up a light bulb with gasoline and set up a streamer outside.
We had a fire extinguisher and were wearing FR utilities and arc flash gear the entire time.
I have lit hairspray. But that is pressurized and is vaporized moving away from the canister similar to a flamethrower. However, holding a gas can near a flame is a special kind of stupid.
Acetylene powered lime gun, ftw. It’ll put those suckers right through a wooden fence.
/stupid, drunk fireman tricks
Stupid is as stupid does.
Omar has a chubby.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48146305
Some people did something?
I’m disappointed. I was expecting a literal chub like the infamous Michelle Obama picture.
Well, the Christians deserve it because there was a crusade 1000 years ago. Also, look at what they did to that handmaid girl.
And no Muslim conquest that provoked it. *Fake history*
Obviously, they call it the religion of peace.
But what about the backlash against muslims that this may cause?
Ah, Mexican beer, that’s the cheapest of all beer.
Speaking of the devil…
And just to think, I came here to do some righteous and virtuous work, to try to alleviate, if only a little, all of the nut punches ya’ll have absorbed over the years.
Not even sure if this is old news around here or not. Anyway.
Minneapolis Somali copy convicted for killing innocent woman
“She could have had a weapon.”
If that is the standard I cant think of a single person on the planet I shouldn’t shoot dead right now.
Pretty sure they’d only apply that standard if you’re a cop.
As usual don’t read the comments.
Speaking of Messican beer. I finished off a twelve pack of Corona Especial yesterday. I’ll just warn you. DO NOT drink an entire 12 pack of that shit in one day or you will have a terrible hangover. Ugh… much belly.
Much ‘belly-ache’, not belly, I don’t have any of that anymore, I burn it all off. But man, that shit gave me a shit bad hangover. Gotta stick to good beer, like Heineken and Stella.
Jesus… 12 beers would put me in the hospital.
I doubt it. Not if it took you 9-10 hours to drink them all. That’s barely over 1 beer per hour. At 4.5% ABV, I’d doubt my BAC was ever over .04.
In that case I would fall asleep long before 9 hours.
Well, I did, eventually. Around 2am. I started drinking that 12 pack around 4, so…. about 10 hours total when I had the last one. Then fell asleep. Woke up to hell.
I was up til 2am as well. Switched from wine to Guinness, then decided to play Total War. I created a rebellion to convert Prussia to Germany and that’s as far as I got. Sweated out the hangover cutting the grass this morning.
Yeah, I cant drink 12 in a sitting. Maybe 6 sometimes, but rarely. Usually I’m good after 3-4 and I drink slowly, like 1 per hour. I only get drunk when I drink scotch. I can sip a couple of ounces in an hour. A bottle still lasts me about a month or so.
Back when I drank beer regularly, I think the only thing I couple 12 away of at one go was Heineken Light, which I always found surprisingly flavorful for a light beer.
My sipping turns to gulping all too often, so I have to watch it with the brown liquor – that’s why vodka sodas end up being a better choice, as I can throttle back on the Tito’s as needed.
“Heineken Light”
3.4% ABV. Basically what we used to call three two beer. I could drink 12 of those and not even get a buzz.
I prefer low ABV beers these days – if I’m drinking beer, I’m almost certainly out socializing, so something I can have several of without fear of getting sloppy is a plus.
All of the Notch Brewing beers are ‘session’ beers, under 5%. We served those at our wedding and they were a perfect choice for an outside event on a warm June day.
For a lite beer, I like Heineken light. I even drink the Heineken NA, which has zero alcohol and tastes just as good as the light. If I’m in a situation where I can’t drink alcohol or just don’t want to, and I want a refreshing beverage, I highly recommend it. It’s far better than soda, which I find hasty, all of it.
I’m pretty sure the hangover has more to do with 12 beers than the quality of the beer.
I don’t know. I never get a hangover from beer, not matter how much I’ve drank. I typically only get that from liquor, which is why I seldom drink it and when I do, only have a couple shots.
This. I cut off the hard liquor and switched to 5% hard seltzer. Since then, the hangovers have been exceptionally mild.
SodaStream + Tito’s plus some lemon is likely getting me in the hard seltzer range; I tend to short-pour myself after the first one.
Almost certainly a more economical solution long term.
I tend to get a bit loose with the liquor after I’ve been loosed with liquor, so it wouldn’t quite work for me.
I have heard the quality is more important than quantity argument from someone here.
Let’s see, 12 12 oz bottles, that’s 4.25 liters. I still have you beat. My first time at Oktoberfest in Munich I downed 5.5 liters of beer. I was hungover the next day.
“Ein Maß bier, bitte.” <– the only German I really used on my business trip.
Japanese class was surprisingly practical this week. Teacher spent some time going over drunk vocab.
Hangover 二日酔い is two day drunk.
As well it should be if you know how to deal with a hangover.
When I was a little younger, well, a lot younger. When I was 24, me and a friend of mine, drank 3 cases of Christian Morelein. I think I spelled that right. So yeah, 3 cases in a single afternoon. Our gfs had went shopping and we hung out at his place with those 3 cases of beer. 3 cases was all the local liquor store had so we bought all of it. when the wiminz returned, his gf said ‘Oh my god, you guys drank all of that’? And he said ‘Yeah, we’re going to need more beer, but I’m too drunk to drive. You got back just in time, let’s go’. I actually think we drank more, but I was too drunk to be sure.
‘Beer runs’ was always a double entendre.
I will leave that to y’all.
Been there, did that.
24 hours in a day; 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.
That great Firefox cert screw-up has finally struck me. Not sure why it took so long to kick in.
Found this fix online. It worked for me and hasn’t broken yet.
Thanks, that worked. I have my TabMixPlus back, and life is good.
The editing of extensions.json mentioned in the prior post fixed it for me, FWIW.
Heh, yes, that one – thanks!
They pushed a hotfix through the “studies” mechanism. “hotfix-update-xpi-signing-intermediate-bug-1548973” — in your privacy preferences, under Data Collection and Use, allow studies until it gets pushed down to you. If you’re running the current version train (not extended support), “hotfix-reset-xpi-verification-timestamp-1548973” will also be pushed down.
Sure, they didn’t keep track of the extension signing they forced last year, but at least they have a strict Code of Conduct!
True Chelada has clam juice or Clamato.
Is that some kind of STD?
If done right, yes, it can lead to the risk of that.
While some people celebrate some silly victory over the frogs, I’ll be celebrating Columbus’s discovery of Jamaica.
https://jis.gov.jm/information/jamaican-history/
*faints*
I’m going to get some more pét-nat before the Bruins tonight. That might be my new favorite thing.
I drink champagne during the Super Bowl when the Patriots are playing. It helped the Pats win twice out of three times.
Good man – every bit of support helps the team.
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-02-at-2.55.27-PM.png?w=1002&ssl=1
I loled
Same.
How does he growl with a European accent? ‘Le-grrrrrr’?
I had to go to NJ today. All y’all there are horrible drivers. And those fucker’s with NY plates can choke on a bag o dicks.
They got nuthin’ on Dallas drivers. The last time I was there I wanted to pull over on the shoulder and start shooting randomly. To make it worse I saw three horrific wrecks in one day. They all think it only happens to other people I guess.
I like my sleepy little town where you rarely have to wait for passing traffic and the ones you do wait for are going less than 45mph.
Agreed. I ran across a bunch of NJ folk coming out of the outdoor adventure park near my breakfast spot. They drive quads on 100 acres of mountains and trails on rental vehicles, then forget how to drive a car on the interstate.
Prepare to be outraged.
If someone came to interview me, I would totally say I’m outraged! And go on the way those people did just to see what the reporter would do. I hope that’s what those people are doing.
(((e29cb6))) control Unicode!
Tulip, I wanted to thank you for your travel post. I shared it with the girlfriend and it may have saved me from being forced to go on some terrible group tour when we go to England.
I don’t know what they’re talking about. There already is one for white wine- ?
I just use the brown paper bag in the alley emoji.
+1 Rosie in a skirt
I thought HM controlled emojis.
He wields them, but they do get a little out of his control.
Let nobody say the industrial winemakers lack a sense of humor.
Also, I have figured out what to do should I win the lottery.
So if you win the lottery you are moving to a State with an almost 9% max rate?
Who said anything about moving? That’s just where my winery will be.
If Kendall-Jackson made something worth drinking, I might agree with them.
Wait. The f*ck? Top row, second from left, middle row, third from right, bottom row, far right. Are they assuming it’s champagne? No bubbles, maybe they’re just thin glasses.
If you wanted to define ‘first-world problems’ to someone who didn’t get it, this is about as stereotypical as you get. Go get drunk on your Chardonnay and chill out, jerks.
Even if it’s Champagne, it’s still white wine.
Ahem, Rose’ Champagne?
Fine, fine – you’re the best kind of correct, etc.
But those those flute emojis are clearly not rosé
The sad thing is, they could represent Cook’s sparkling wine.
I like to think it’s Gruet.
Fair enough.
I think they’re being ? in cheek. And yes, those are champagne.
Can’t they just use a guy in a dress emoji?
In the It’s Hard To Find Good Help department, the local water company hired an outfit to run a new water main into the pump house that happens to be in our neighborhood. They in turn, subcontracted to a landscape company to repair whatever damage they did. They ran the excavator down the edge of my lawn, so it had to be dug out and new sod laid. And they broke a sprinkler line.
The crew showed up on Wednesday for about an hour and got a quarter of it done. They never came back. I ran into the pipeline project manager who was inspecting the project and told him what was going on. Lo and behold, they showed up today and finished all the sod. Yeah, they never repaired the broken water line and they don’t answer the phone. I’m just going to take care of it myself and be done with it.
Send the pipeline project the bill for your material at least.
+ $60 an hour for labor.
The recipe threw me off. I thought how the hell can a plate hold all that and two cups of beer? Then I read the “directions”. I think MS is playing a joke on us gringos. Shaking beer in a shaker sounds messy. As in change your shirt messy.
Racist Jokes
A black guy at the library asked me where the colored printer was.
I said, “Sir, this is 2019! You can use anything you want!”
What do you call a black man in space?
An astronaut, you fucking racist!
30 Offensive Jokes in under 4 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALX-L4Isgig&list=PLlfIk93EDPedraNRtwpqV08McPvksTCRZ&index=5&t=0s
Did I hear this one here?
“How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?”
“Zero”.
Still love it.
Ok I laughed hard, good job HM
What do you call Elizabeth Warren running for President in space?
White noise.
Why do white people drive with the windows closed?
Because they think the smell is on the outside!
I’m drinking a Session sour, wonderful beer,
Dogfish Head Sea quench,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fM1aWxmDDVyb1sG28
“You Are Now More Likely To Know A Prostitute Than A Primetime CNN Viewer”
And?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/05/04/youre-more-likely-to-know-a-prostitute-than-a-primetime-cnn-viewers-n2545846
Who are also waiting at a boarding gate.
Yeah, I was wondering if that includes airports and waiting rooms.
I need to know how many evans are involved here.
760 000 viewers watching about an hour a day… about 2.8 Evans per day.
That’s a lot of evans!
“You Are Now More Likely To Know A Prostitute Than A Primetime CNN Viewer”
You repeat yourself, Sir.
That’s insulting to prostitutes.
You are correct. At least they are honest
Ok my last post was eaten by squirrels so,
Dogfish Head Sea quench Session ale,
A session sour, wonderful mix of lime
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fM1aWxmDDVyb1sG28
I like this one a lot.
The next one will knock your socks off,
Incredibly sour, will post it soon
Sea Quench is really good, I’m looking forward to trying the Slighty Mighty if we ever get a Spring or Summer here.
Free Comic Book Day was (mostly) a success, they were out of a graphic novel I was going to pick up for the younger one. So now I have to order it online for him. Free comics, pictures of them in the Millennium Falcon, one of them getting hugged by Godzilla, candy store shopping, and then a giant slice of pizza with their parents and sister.
Good on ya, Uncle, glad you had fun!
Yep, only downside was stopping at the liquor store, and they didn’t have the Rittenhouse Rye that I wanted to try. So I picked up a new one to try instead.
I fail to see the downside,
OT, my pc is done, it’s not worth saving, ah well,
They didn’t have the item I wanted! It’s a sign of market failure! I had to try something unknown instead of something that’s had a lot of really good reviews and recommendations.
On the bright side, I did remember to finally stop by the video rental store that’s going out of business (shocking, I know) by my house. So my nephews will be getting two PS4 games (Prey and Divinity Original Sin) that cost me less then $15 (both are rated mature, so I’ll hand them over to the parents with the run down as to why they’re rated that way).
*pours out 2 fingers of Rittenhouse Rye*
I’ll have some for ya, buddy.
I had fun today. Made a little thread with a bunch of pics.
https://twitter.com/FishLikesFlicks/status/1124771200654282753
Not sure if you saw it, but it’s a bit of a big deal at the local shop.
Heard about a few midnight opening specials. I don’t think either of the stores here do quite enough business (or the right kind of customers – esp during exam week) for something like that.
This store isn’t usually busy, but they’ve been doing this huge event for at least 10 years now. This is their busiest time of the year, and they partner with the local businesses to bring in more customers as well. I’ve got all of the lithographs they’ve released since they started. After chatting with the artist last year, it came up that I’m one of the few that has the entire original run of prints. All of them are framed and on the wall in my basement bar.
“Furious Trump asks why the ‘radical left wing media’ such as the ‘New York Times and CNN’ are allowed on Facebook and Twitter after a slew of bans on users including James Woods”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6992475/Trump-asks-radical-left-wing-media-allowed-Facebook-Twitter.html
There’s a reason FB also banned Farrakhan.
Because he’s alt-right?
I’m sure it was just a misunderstanding and they’ll quietly restore his account tomorrow.
FB banned Farrakhan because they’re so even handed on this
censorship shitprotecting innocents from the hate. And it was his turn to be token negro of the day.He was banned for the same reason Harvey Weinstein was disgraced — he’s not relevant anymore. Omar/Sarsour/Tlalib are now the leaders of respectable antisemitism.
James Woods was included in that? It’s a sad day in America.
I want some Columbian
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/miss-universe-crown-goes-to-colombia
Sweet. This means we all get to snort blow of her tits, right?
*gets up to go make coffee*
Never heard it called that before.
Neph, if you didn’t go back and watch that video after work: here it is on a weekend.
Watched it. I never was a big Homestar Runner fan though. Wyrmwood does make some really slick (and expensive) board game accessories.
Black, Jewish Fag Nazis.
https://mobile.twitter.com/uberfeminist/status/1124477482541801472
I see there were so many far-leftists to put herself to the left of that she ran out of room and had to wrap them around.
Parody, me thinks.
Yeah, looks that way
Hardywood’s got a new Peach Ginger Berliner Weisse. Only 3.4% but so smooth. Perfect for chugging when chilled and great flavor. Sure hope it’s available all summer. Definitely right for this shitty weather.
https://twitter.com/FishLikesFlicks/status/1124774175187656704
“new Peach Ginger Berliner Weisse”
Hipster juice sighting…
Hey…it tastes good. Hardywood knows their stuff. Of course, I love the Richmond Lager in stubby bottles. It’s up there with DB Vienna Lager, Yuenling and Long Board for a go-to filler. Cool, refreshing, not too strong.
Coney eats my hole in small bites.
Agile? Is that you?
Autocorrect doesn’t like me insulting the former deep throater, Comey.
Getting in the spirit of Children’s Day?
Better than eating coneys. Yuck.
You don’t like rabbit?
“Shocking video of children in Philadelphia Muslim Society: ‘We will chop off their heads’ for Allah
Disturbing footage of Muslim kids saying they would sacrifice themselves and kill for the “army of Allah” surfaced from an Islamic center in Philadelphia.
The Muslim American Society (MAS) Islamic Center in Philadelphia posted the video to its Facebook page celebrating “Ummah Day” in which young children wearing Palestinian scarves sang and read poetry about killing for Allah and the mosque in Jerusalem.
In the video, translated by MEMRI, kids can be heard singing: “The land of the Prophet Muhammad’s Night Journey is calling us. Our Palestine must return to us.”
“We will defend the land of divine guidance with our bodies, and we will sacrifice our souls without hesitation,” a second girl says. “We will chop off their heads, and we will liberate the sorrowful and exalted Al-Aqsa Mosque. We will lead the army of Allah fulfilling His promise, and we will subject them to eternal torture.””
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-philadelphia-muslim-society-children
So you are saying they’re less civilized than Eagle’s fans?
So you are saying they’re less civilized than Eagle’s fans?
Were they eating horse poop in celebration? Then, no.
The kids are alt-right?
Be funny if Faux just got punk’d by MEMRI.
“Disturbing footage of Muslim kids saying they would sacrifice themselves and kill for the “army of Allah” surfaced from an Islamic center in Philadelphia.”
What, some people said they would do something?
/ esteemed congress critter, Ilhan Omar
So guys, is this story too local?
comes garnished with a tampon applicator
Hard-pass.
1) I generally assume garnishes are edible.
2) It could be worse, it could be a tampon
It could even be worse.
It could be a used tampon.
I was working at a bar and found one in a drink left in the women’s bathroom.
WTF?
I think I am going with smell when presented with that.
Oh, NYT, don’t ever change:
F.B.I. Sent Cloaked Investigator To Question Trump Aide in 2016
‘Cloaked Investigator’.
TW: Twitchy, but some great ‘cloaked investigator’ comments.
Spy.
Spy.
Spy.
Christian = Easter Worshipper
Spy = Cloaked Investigator
…
Minitrue is on the job.
Everything else… well that stuff too = RUSSIA!!!
IT WAS AUTHORIZED!!!! That makes it totally okay.
Rulez were observed, procedures were followed. Good shoot!
“Spy” is such an unwieldy word. “Cloaked investigator” just rolls off the tongue. Plus that’s what most people would naturally call somebody who was sp… er, investigating something in a cloaked manner, right?
I’m confused. Was the person wearing some sort of cape, or was he using secret alien cloaking technology?
So you are saying it was Batman?
Maybe his sidekick, the boy wonder.
The Investigator was a Romulan.
They don’t care that the deep state is spying on their own reporters. Why would they be outraged if it spied on Trump.
Here it is, an extreme sour……Zangria? Ok,
Paradox brewing Mehybrid Marionberry Zangria
Mixed fermentation foeder aged sour ale
Brewed with Marion blackberries and Malbec grape juice,
Awesome, a puckerfest
https://photos.app.goo.gl/S3fZJCyEJgikGG4R8
Looks interesting.
The berry isn’t overwhelming, and like a good sour, it warms up nicely,
Cheers!
Anyone got any action on the Derby? Ive got money on Improbable and War of Will.
None here. But good luck you you. I did put some money on the Blue Jackets, Browns, and Indians when I was in Vegas.
No comment on this thing I’m drinking?
Looks interesting, but they don’t distribute in my neck of the woods. I hope you enjoy it, I’m currently working through several lagers, a homebrew saison, and some bourbon.
Wow, I finally found a beer you havent had, I deserve an award or something, you are the master around here IMO,
Cheers!
Thanks. Lost it, but it was just 50 bucks left over from winning super bowl bet.
I used to be good friends with a jockey, Racehorse Roche. He was a character. His first race was at age 16 when an owner asked him to fill in for a jockey that couldn’t race. “Look, I just need you to stay on the horse and not finish first l, second or third. Can you do that?” “Absolutely sir. He finished fourth. “That was fantastic son. Do you think you could’ve. Eat the first three horses?”
“Fer sure I coulda beat them all right. It was the horses behind me I’m not so sure about.”
Fuck, I miss John.
Escuse the spelling. On a phone and several deep already.
I imagine jockeys would be a good group to go drinking with. I threw a total of $50 on the pro sports bets, expecting all of them to lose. If one of them wins it all, it’ll make me whole from all of the time at the tables in Vegas, which would put me up for once. I was entertained that as it was in mid-April, the Browns have better odds to win the Super Bowl then the Indians do to win the World Series. The Blue Jackets (when I could actually find a casino offering Stanley Cup odds) were only 8:1.
Handicapping the NHL must be a huge pain in the ass
(Yes, of course the vig helps).
Yes, my buddy was a great drinking companion. Believe it or not he actually died on a barstool in Ireland laughing his ass off. All of a sudden he stopped laughing and keeled over. Massive heart attack at 58.
Over/under on how many teeth are lost?
The Sharks don’t have many left to give.
I think they’re still gun shy after last year when several casinos almost went out of business due to the odds they put up for the Golden Knights pre-season.
Tried to but missed post. How’d you do?
I can’t believe this thread is still going. Went down to Citron, a local pub/restaurant. Great service, nice atmosphere, pretty decent food. Expensive as fuck, ouch! Oh well, we don’t eat out that much, maybe one/two times a month.
I predict a STEVE SMITH sighting around 5 pdt, 7 cdt
STEVE SMITH NO GO OUT DINE, STEVE SMITH GO OUT RAPE!
FFS. The irrigation line is that thin walled stuff. And getting to it involved digging through road bed, because it’s along the street. And the hole was full of water and all the ground around it was a swamp. So I dug out enough that I could crimp it and wrap it with duct tape. That will hold it until Monday, and it only affects three sprinklers. So I fire up that station only to discover that the increase in pressure revealed yet another break about ten feet away. That was my “fuck it” moment. I’ll dig it up and crimp it tomorrow. I just finished my first beer.
“I just finished my first beer.”
I’m still trying to drank away the vicious hangover inflicted upon me by shit Mexican beer. Not working. Lawd, Heineken, Stella, please save me!
Not a fan of Mexican beer. Still, better than Italian beer.
Any local craft beer going on?
Like stouts and ale, etc.?
International BIF would be fun!
Nothing I’ve found that would be worth the trip. You can’t even brew for personal use here.
Bummer
Ha hah! Nagano prefecture suck! Fukushima prefecture rule!
Hitachino Nest makes some good beers, but they distribute here. Right now, the beer culture is coming from the US out to the rest of the world.
Schedule 80, shittiest pipe you can buy,
Now you know why,
Sorry you gotta dick with it……
It really isn’t that big of a deal. It’s just annoying that the landscape company can’t do it’s job right even the second time. It will just make my annoyed phone call on Monday that more satisfying.
Legit question. I’m making the burgers on the grill for our group tonight. Just salt/pepper and straight on the grill is fine for me. Got any tips?
Just make sure there is a fire of some sort under the grill.
Wisdom gleaned from experience?
And after the fire is burning, don’t spray lighter fluid or throw gasoline on it?
I actually saw someone do that, accidentally. Something on the grill caught on fire, some food, and he thought he was grabbing a spray bottle of water to put it out, but instead he grabbed some sort of spray on charcoal starter and I just heard this ‘whooosh!’ and then a big ball of fire and the fucker was running around cursing with his shirt on fire. I larfed, but I’m a real bastard, so…
Ha, I had a friend do that, right in front of me, too. It was a big dome smoker and he thought the fire had gone entirely out (it really seemed like it had, too). We’re both standing over it looking in, and he starts spraying starter in. This huge fucking fireball goes straight up inches from my face, and we get hit with a blast of heat. Luckily neither of us were burned and we started laughing like crazy while his Dad was yelling at us from inside the house.
Add the salt on side B right before you flip the burgers, 135 degrees and the enzymes begin to break down, enabling the salt to penetrate the meat,
Good advice, but…I don’t have a thermostat. *Sobs*
Depending on the quality of the burger, you might want to toss on a little garlic powder and onion powder.
When you flip them, it will be 135 on side B
Enjoy!
I’ll _highly_ recommend getting an instant-read themometer – you don’t have to get a Thermapen (though they’re awesome), but their $30 ThermoPop is great, per Wirecutter, who’ve I’ve generally found reliable.
Both are well worth it. I’ve got both of them in my homebrewing arsenal.
I just saw their new instant-read / IR combo. That’s awesome.
I also have one of their excellent probe thermometers, for roasts and such.
I don’t use it for burgers but ditto. It’s indispensable for everything else. Not overcooking everything has been a huge win for me.
I should add I use a cheaper OXO digital and it hasn’t let me down yet.
But don’t waste your time on non-digital, holy crap what a FAIL that was.
I salt and pepper both sides, then let them sit a while.
If it’s sticking don’t flip it.
And only flip it once. Cheese after the flip and don’t overcook it.
Kenji says flip away, with some empirical testing, as he do.
Skillet, versus covered grill. If he was using a skillet in an oven, I would give it more credence.
I used to work a broiler in a steak house, so it’s a bit more complicated than that. If you are making rare burgers, you are cooking them at higher heat, so you can flip them sooner, then flip them back. So you get brown the outside and very little cooked meat on the inside. Which is what the customer wants. If it’s medium-rare (almost no no one ever says “medium”) they want more of a gradient, so flip once. If they want well, then you are cooking at lower heat, so it depends on how steamy your grill is. If it’s busy, and there is a lot of steam from adjacent meat, then one flip will work. If the air is dry, you will need to an extra flip to keep it from burning. People want brown, not encrusted with hard black carbon.
Is it really safe to eat them that rare?
Says someone who has never had a cannibal sandwich.
Absolutely – unless you’re using less-than-fresh beef you’re fine.
^^This^^ The beef in my freezer is 90/10 and anything more than medium is overdone. Medium rare is the perfect doneness. I would never do that with ground beef out of the case at the grocery store. And absolutely not with pre-made patties, or meat in a tube.
I like a little Worcester sauce sprinkled on the patties while they’re resting before going on the grill. Soy sauce and sugar would substitute.
Oh, the MIRFs will sneak some soy sauce on their burgers I’m sure. My problem is getting the burgers not to stick to the grill. It’s kind of old.
MIRF; I chuckle sensibly every time I see that.
If they’re sticking, the grate’s either not oiled enough or you’re not waiting long enough before attempting to flip.
For oiling the grate:
– first, scrape the grate with your brush or whatever you use – knock off any chunks of old junk (easiest when the grill is hot)
– pour some vegetable oil (or any oil with a high smoke-point – something that can deal with heat) in a little bowl
– make a little wad of paper towels or an old kitchen towel
– grab the wad with some tongs
– dip in oil, rub it on the grate
– repeat 2-3 times – the grate should be glistening
I’ll always recommend The Food Lab for a great source of info.
Kitchen Bouquet, if you like crispy/slightly charred burgers. I use it on most red meats.
Once the juice starts showing on the top press the fuck out of ’em before flipping, repeat at least twice on each side.
Really? I’ve heard conflicting advice on pressing them.
I don’t do that. I want the juice inside, not dripping onto the fire.
This.
I do smash them when they hit the surface (I don’t have a grill, so… pan). Supposedly it helps get a better crust & it seems to work.
If you press them, it’s only for initial contact, not after they started cooking. (so once per side if you flip while the top is uncooked)
That makes sense. You don’t lose the juice that way.
Also, from a video about how burgers cook, you’re supposed to make a ‘volcano’ shape to get a good symmetrical patty, haven’t tried that one yet.
No, do not do that. been drinking all day thought the sarcasm was obvious. sorry if I caused any mishaps.
Is this /sarc too? *Mixes Hamburger Helper into burger meat*
An old annoyance has reemerged; when I hit “reply” the entire page refreshes first. Anyone know if this is a WordPress thing or an Eyepiece thing? I remember it happening a while back, and I think changing from Monocle to Eyepiece fixed it.
I think it started again about the time that the WordPress weirdness happened a week or so ago.
FFS. Gilmored. I blame WordPress AND Eyepiece.
Granddad’s method for grilling meat:
Throw meat on grille
Wait for juice drops to appear on the top surface
Flip meat
Wait for juice drops to appear the the top surface.
Serve.
You can judge wellness by the amount of juice drops (don’t know what else to call it). Few drops is rare, the more that come up, the more well-done.
I always called it “Roscoe’s Rule”
Heh whatever works
Check the thermostat.
Shit prolly ain’t even clam broth neither.
Dang, crazy times at the Derby. First horse DQ’d., 65-1 shot ends up being the winner.
Now put on the GD hockey game.
Maximum Security got DQ’d? What for?
Interfered with other horses – wandered out from the rail over a few lanes, impeding at least one and maybe two other horses.
Interference. Kind of bullshit, although it did go out of its lane. It actually screwed my horse more than the winner.
That one horse (other jockey in pink silks too) definitely hand to rein it in, so I see the complaint.
That was my horse. So it goes. My brother was happy, he had 10 bucks on the 65-1 shot.
I once put $5 on an 80-1 shot. Which won. I didn’t bet anymore that day.
I once spent my rent money on pull tabs while out drinking with the guys. I haven’t put more than $10 in one night into those things since.
Ugh. My story sounds a lot more fun than yours.
The only bad thing was I’d met a NY guy at the Fronton (betting through live TV simulcast) who started talking loudly about me winning at 80-1. A couple sketchy guys were kind of following me for a while.
Note: NY guy wasn’t in cahoots, he was just indiscreet.
Any money that I put into gambling is money that is earmarked in the budget for entertainment. If I win anything, it gets fed right back into the entertainment budget. I also have great fun chatting at the tables about being the least superstitious gambler there. I expect to lose, I just hope to get back to even in free drinks and comps.
Yeah, that was long ago in a much younger and stupider time. I’m more the way you described now. I never bet anything I can’t afford to lose.
I only gamble when I get free-plays from the local casino. They don’t give them out as often as they used…
I’ve only been to the local casino a couple of times, for weddings and bachelor parties. In Vegas, I’ll sit at the tables for hours, but I won’t do that locally. It may have something to do with the fact that the casino here can’t provide free alcohol.
Are you referring to the one downtown? Man, there were some… characters in there when I went on a Tuesday (?) night.
Last time I was at the local casino it was free alcohol. When I lived in Vegas I never gambled, I was also under 21…
I don’t have that thing gamblers rely on called ‘luck’. So it doesn’t appeal to me.
Rhywun, that would be correct. The downtown one. It’s changed names (and owners) at least three times since it opened. I’ve contemplated going there for several poker tournaments, but haven’t pulled the trigger.
Yeah, I don’t gamble either. I was with my boss at the Cleveland casino – mostly just to humor him – and blew ten bucks in five minutes and was like, OK now what?
“I once put $5 on an 80-1 shot. ”
So, did Nate Silver pay up?
Zing!
I’m surprised it’s never happened before. I also didn’t know they were supposed to stay in their lanes. Bad horse!
He is a real ass.
“Man spills gravy on laptop, arrested when tech support workers find child porn”
https://nypost.com/2019/05/03/man-spills-gravy-on-laptop-arrested-when-tech-support-workers-find-child-porn/
“gravy”
Define “gravy” and “child porn” for that matter..
Apropos
Damn, Fidelity is clearly aiming at Gen-X with the music in their commercials
Gen X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ea1ZsEWso
I’ve noticed a huge uptick in the number of commercials with shitty over-processed rap music. *yells at cloud*
I’m GenX and I have no idea what that garbage is
Generation X sucked!
I never saw that movie, but it look like there is a crappy quality version on YouTube.
I think there is. Max Headroom is in it…that’s about it. Shitty TV Movie of the week trying to capitalize on the X-Men cartoon Fox had. I recorded it on VHS, don’t have that copy anymore.
Pop quiz:
A white schizophrenic homeless man, a blind rabbi, a one-armed Al-Qaeda operative and Barack Obama walk into a Starbucks.
A) Who’s the most privileged?
B) Who’s the least privileged?
C) Who smokes crack in the bathroom?
D) Who fucks the hot blonde barista with the big tits and nipple rings?
D) Who fucks the hot blonde barista with the big tits and nipple rings?
Is the answer ‘Q’?
Hopefully.
Hitler, always Hitler
A) rabbi
B) Al-Qaeda operative
C) Barry
D) White guy always gets the chick
What did I win?
A, don’t care
B, don’t care
C, don’t care
D, I’ll take the barista chick, from the description.
Professor Plum with the rope in the kitchen.
A – Obama
B – Al-Qaeda operative
C – Homeless dude
D – I’ve never seen such a woman in a Starbucks, so, everyone fucks her in their dreams.
Fair result in the derby. That would be an easy call on a Wednesday claiming race.
I have no knowledge of the rules of horse racing. However it seemed like the announcers were in denial of the inevitable DQ the whole time.
I am expanding my horizons and drinking sake; part of my monthly wine club, since they wine-guy is a huge sake fan.
So far, not bad…
Suitably warmed, I hope. Cold sake’s kinda characterless…
Karakuchi (Dry) served cold in a Masu.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/アルコム-一合枡【ヒノキ】-1個/dp/B00930O7QQ
No, slightly chilled; there’s plenty going on, IMO.
I’m under the impression that “warmed sake” is meant for
cheapinexpensive sake, but I’m hardly any sort of sake aficionado.You’re not entirely wrong. True most of the time, but there are high quality sakes designed to be served warm.
Ugh, should say, “You’re mostly right”.
When you look at the science, sake has way more flavinoids than wine. The result means that the flavor profile of sake is dramatically more complex than wine.
The only time I had sake it tasted like warm vodka.
How about a high class Ginza sushi restaurant and lots of sake and some pretty girls in yukata?
This voice actress Ai Kayano’s channel that celebrates her love of sake. The name is a play on her name and the verb to drink. She’s absolutely adorable! Although sadly young enough to be my daughter. I often watch her channel for practice.
Sorry no subtitles…
https://youtu.be/FUvm8HLW6_A
B part of anyone cares
https://youtu.be/Jm3TVG0AtWA
Is she for sale? That’s how other countries work, right?
I’d certainly buy!
She also has a lovely manner of speaking. Not too formal, but still polite while being friendly.
I’d buy
all threethat for a dollar!Her reaction on first sip is adorbs.
Fuck you!
Monumental, mountainous mammaries mollify your melancholy misery.
https://thechive.com/2019/05/04/the-first-cleavage-saturday-of-may-is-glorious-31-photos/
Bonus gratuitous beaver shot
https://youtu.be/iOEgtJBjMlU
THOSE BASTARDS!
I was sitting back, resting on my laurels, listening to you AdBlock users whine about FireFox disabling your extension. Cause I use uBlock origin. Been solid all day.
Guess what?
Weird…I don’t think any of my FF extensions have been turned off/disabled. Saw a note in the news earlier, but nothing after that.
Tall cans appeared?
This works, modulo MacOS/actual profile name):
Shut down Firefox
Press [Windows Key]+[R] → Type in %APPDATA% > click OK
(C:\Users\***USERNAMEGOESHERE***\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\eknvp9aw.default)
Open extensions.json with Notepad++
Replace all instances of “appDisabled”:true with “appDisabled”:false
Replace all instances of “signedState”:-1 to “signedState”:2
Save and start browser
Disable and re-enable all extensions in about:addons
Damn I have AdBlock for my Samsung internet on my mobile phone. Just noticed it has been disabled.
Someone hit that motherfuckin theme music?
I switched to Chrome today.
This pretty much wrecked my wife’s day:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/05/04/rachel-held-evans-progressive-christian-author-who-challenged-evangelicals-dies/
Guy Fawkes vs Che Guevara.
Solid! They could have been far harsher to Che – no mention of all the executions…
So next weekend I’m doing my redacted BBQ, but now that I’ve stopped smoking and started vaping, I’m not sure how the cooking will work.
Ha I used to measure time in cigarettes too.
You were the teenage hooker in Taxi Driver?
Jody Foster. Would.
Depends on the exact kind of cig. Standard stuff takes 5 minutes. 100s or those hippy indian cigs take closer to ten.
I opened the peach-honey mead I picked up in Georgia, took several sips, and poured it down the drain. It was vile. Sweeter than the kosher rose I had during Pesach (and it tasted like Grenadine with the viscosity of water). In recompense, I went to my beer jobber and found a bottle that I couldn’t resist. BaklaBot – “Imperial Golden Stout Brewed with Honey, Lemon Peel, Coconut, Vanilla Bean, and Natural Pistachio Flavor” from Chicago’s Pipeworks Brewing. It is very, very yummy. Incredibly well balanced, with no single flavor shining through.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28178/283736/
Sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy the mead you picked up. From the description, it sounds like a poorly made one.
It was SOOOOO sweet! Just totally overwhelming; like drinking simple syrup. I really wanted to like it.
perhaps it’s time for a mead-it-forward.
The problem there is distribution and meadery locations. But if you want to run one, I’ll throw my support in.
The problem there is distribution and meadery locations.
Yup, I’ve had some good commercial meads. But I’ve also had lots of really terrible meads.
The local bottle shop had a mead tasting about a year ago. I was shocked at just how bad about half of the products were.
That’s why I made sure to ferment my mead all the way out. It’s as dry as a popcorn fart. I’ll be bottling it tomorrow.
I have never made anything totally dry. Some kinds of mead are good semi-dry (about 1% sugar by weight at the end), but most of my are finished at semi-sweet.
I went that direction because I like dry champagne. The last time I racked, the sample I had was pretty darned good. I was actually surprised at how long the finish was. I’m jazzed to see how it is with bubbles.
I like dry champagne.
And I don’t. I can drink big, bold dry red wines all night (and have many times), but I just don’t enjoy champagne.
Mead tends to have a very long finish. It will also have more body and produce bigger legs than a wine at the same alcohol level.
I hope you enjoy it man.
Thanks, Neph! I like branching out into new things, especially if I can eat and drink them. And this is such a small investment, there’s not a lot of risk from my perspective.
I picked up some mead in Quebec several years back. It tasted like they watered down a little honey, then bottled the result. I dumped it.
Kinda hot tbh
Kinda equals I want the whole video, without redactions, or TRUMP SHOULD BE IMPEACHED!!11
TSA chick went instantly hands off which, honestly, kinda makes it even hotter.
The “oh, but we shouldn’t!?” scenario…
Can I get back in line again?
If I were as scrupulous as the lot of you, I would direct the best adult films ever.
ur, unscrupulous…
ur, unscrupulous…
Actually, either way works.
Finally, someone realizes my brilliance! Big Cum Dump 75 would be a masterpiece if I were in charge.
She seems fun.
She seems like she paid for her ticket entirely in one dollar bills.
You’re thinking of this one
She’ll put an eye out!
I’ll take Women Humping Things for 1,000 Alex…
I fucking hate the TSA.
An old annoyance has reemerged; when I hit “reply” the entire page refreshes first. Anyone know if this is a WordPress thing or an Eyepiece thing? I remember it happening a while back, and I think changing from Monocle to Eyepiece fixed it.
I think it started again about the time that the WordPress weirdness happened a week or so ago.
It’s like Alzheimers and dejavu, and also feeling like you’ve seen something before…
Deleting the cache did it for me.
And now, a word from the hottest man in Canada:
“Lmao at establishment conservatives who think they won’t be labeled the new “dangerous” / “extremist” voices when those to the right of them are all banned. Good luck with that one guys ??
This actually goes for dissident leftists as well. There have been some seriously great conversations happening about censorship – and I’m thankful for that. I just wish more in the mainstream understood they aren’t so far removed / safe from it.”
https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/1124301135404195840
I thought Shatner was the hottest man in Canada?!
NTTIAWWT
I thought is was Justin Bieber? Oh wait, you said man…
Her Borderless documentary looks like it will be interesting. If shes allowed to show it anywhere.
I watched her “Farmlands” documentary. It wasn’t bad. There were a few places where I think she could have done a better job, but it was OK.
OK. I’m ready for some Lauren Southern/Brittany Pettibone lesbian pr0n. Anyone object to that?
It’s the only way to be sure.
Wooooo!