Bartmanhomer's Ultimate Random Banter Thread #219

[DataNinja]

Wouldn't pouring that over fries make them soggy and sticky to hold? How would that make sense?

With a fork. I... can't imagine eating poutine with hands. It would burn you, I presume.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

With a fork. I... can't imagine eating poutine with hands. It would burn you, I presume.

Using forks to each fries definitely doesn't sound like an American thing. When I picture "Freedom Fries", I picture them next to a triple decker hamburger and a strawed cup with an internal volume about double the size of my stomach. Cutlery doesn't fit into that picture.

Grey Wolf

[Peelee]

OK, is this another instance of "American and British use the same word for completely different food"? Gravy is a brownish liquid obtained from cooking meat. Wouldn't pouring that over fries make them soggy and sticky to hold? How would that make sense?

The Canadians created one of the greatest dishes of our time. Truly, we are in their debt.

ETA: As to what should be "Freedom Fries", I'm thinking cheese, bacon, chives and excessive amounts of salt over potatoes deep fried in reused oil. Great to look at, probably remove one year of life expectancy per serving.

Grey Wolf

That sounds delightful. Instead, they were just normal fries in the senate cafeteria, IIRC.

Using forks to each fries definitely doesn't sound like an American thing. When I picture "Freedom Fries", I picture them next to a triple decker hamburger and a strawed cup with an internal volume about double the size of my stomach. Cutlery doesn't fit into that picture.

Grey Wolf

That is exactly as it should be. Except for poutine, you get cutlery for that. What are we, barbarians?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

The Canadians created one of the greatest dishes of our time. Truly, we are in their debt.

And thus you intend to repay them by appropriating the National Québécois dish and renaming it.

...

OK, fair enough, that does sound like something the USA would do.



Grey Wolf

[Peelee]

And thus you intend to repay them by appropriating the National Québécois dish and renaming it.

...

OK, fair enough, that does sound like something the USA would do.



Grey Wolf

I believe you mean Canada, my good wolf.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

I believe you mean Canada, my good wolf.

Nah, I keep my punching upwards. Mind you, its likely that if I looked into it, punching Canada would still be upwards from where I stand, but I'd have to look into it. I know that the US is definitely a valid target for my jokes, though.

Grey Wolf

[Peelee]

Nah, I keep my punching upwards. Mind you, its likely that if I looked into it, punching Canada would still be upwards from where I stand, but I'd have to look into it. I know that the US is definitely a valid target for my jokes, though.

Grey Wolf

I recommend checking out this excellent documentary.

[DataNinja]

Nah, I keep my punching upwards. Mind you, its likely that if I looked into it, punching Canada would still be upwards from where I stand, but I'd have to look into it. I know that the US is definitely a valid target for my jokes, though.

Grey Wolf

Eh, if it's pronounced Pou-teen, then it's Canadian. If it's Pou-tin, then it's Quebecois.
(I did learn recently that it is supposed to be pronounced the latter way... but, whoops, the former's just so ubiquitous 'round here that the right way sounds wrong.)

Darn. Now I want poutine again. And the food truck with it isn't around until the weekend...

[Grey_Wolf_c]

I recommend checking out this excellent documentary.

Sorry, but Moore in on my "Not even once" list.

Grey Wolf

[jwhouk]

I do indeed. Probably why I'm nearly 200. And the laziness doesn't help.

If the scarf is offering, yes. I'm out once the bow tie shows up, though.

What about the blonde lady with the hoodie and blue longcoat?

[jwhouk]

Gravy and cheese curds sounds like a good idea. If anyone made that, they should be our greatest friends.

Nah, that just sounds like it'd be a big mess. ;)

[Rockphed]

OK, is this another instance of "American and British use the same word for completely different food"? Gravy is a brownish liquid obtained from cooking meat. Wouldn't pouring that over fries make them soggy and sticky to hold? How would that make sense?

Grey Wolf

Depends on how hot the gravy is and how thick the roux used to make it was. I have had tasty gravy that was pretty solid even at high temperatures. It is the gelatin and the gluten in the flour that make it semi-solid.

And while I could go for your Freedom Fries, cut up hotdogs mixed in with fried potatoes is not actually horrible. It would probably be better with higher quality hotdogs though.

I think our friends to the north would like a word with you.

I often went south to reach the land of poutine and Timbits.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

And while I could go for your Freedom Fries, cut up hotdogs mixed in with fried potatoes is not actually horrible. It would probably be better with higher quality hotdogs though.

Wait, I though that "high quality hotdogs" was generally called "sausage". What's the old discworld joke? "[American Hot dogs ] are formally classed as “cheese” and only escaped, through being the wrong color, being defined as “tile grout.”" (yes, I know that's AM chocolate. I vaguely remember there being a similar one for sausage - probably CMOT's - but can't find it)

Also, I have a hard time picturing how even small chunks of hotdog would stick to the fries, even with copious amount of cheese as binding agent.

Grey Wolf

[halfeye]

Also, I have a hard time picturing how even small chunks of hotdog would stick to the fries, even with copious amount of cheese as binding agent.

Grey Wolf

Isn't that pizza?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Isn't that pizza?

Pizza has the advantage of the contiguous bread base.

I suppose we could abandon the julienne fries for chips, but then I feel like a bit of the American-ness of the dish would be lost.

(As usual, probably putting more serious thought into this than the original comment warranted)

Grey Wolf

[Peelee]

Eh, if it's pronounced Pou-teen, then it's Canadian. If it's Pou-tin, then it's Quebecois.

Or Russian

Darn. Now I want poutine again. And the food truck with it isn't around until the weekend...

Fortunately for me, there's a restaurant not two minutes away that does a great poutine.

Sorry, but Moore in on my "Not even once" list.

Grey Wolf

For reals, that is radically different from his other works; it's more a John Candy movie that anything. It's the only non-documentary, mainstream feature film Moore's ever done. And it's hilarious.

Wait, I though that "high quality hotdogs" was generally called "sausage". What's the old discworld joke? "[American Hot dogs ] are formally classed as “cheese” and only escaped, through being the wrong color, being defined as “tile grout.”" (yes, I know that's AM chocolate. I vaguely remember there being a similar one for sausage - probably CMOT's - but can't find it)

Hebrew National or Kirkland (I imagine Costco uses their own brand for their hot dogs) are the way to go. Nathan's will do in a pinch. If I worked in walking distance of the Costco, I'd go there for lunch every day.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Hebrew National or Kirkland (I imagine Costco uses their own brand for their hot dogs) are the way to go. Nathan's will do in a pinch. If I worked in walking distance of the Costco, I'd go there for lunch every day.

See, I feed my cub Bratwursts, although I'm vaguely amused by a recommendation of Hebrew sausages. I'm guessing they aren't pork?

Grey Wolf

[Peelee]

See, I feed my cub Bratwursts, although I'm vaguely amused by a recommendation of Hebrew sausages. I'm guessing they aren't pork?

Grey Wolf

Hebrew National, Costco hotdogs, and Nathan's are all-beef, yes. Costco and Sam's Club's food court offer a hot dog (again, I assume Kirkland for Costco, whil Sam's uses Nathan's) combo for a buck fifty. It's a quarter pound, all-beef hot dog and a fountain drink. Costco used to have polish sausage as well as the same deal, but nixed it a bit ago.

I really, really love Costco.

ETA: They've had that deal since 1985. Haven't changed the price yet. I'll take them axing the polish to keep the price, much as I miss it.

Extra ETA: Apparently CostCo uses Kirkland Signature hot dogs with no by-products, corn syrup, phosphates, fillers, or artificial colors or flavors.

[WarKitty]

There is no location associated to your account, so by your friends to the north, you might mean anything from polar bears to the entire freaking world. However, I'm choosing to think you live in Mongolia, and you are threatening to send me to the GULAG.

Grey Wolf

No, just threatening you with canadian geese. Or maybe just canadians.

[Peelee]

No, just threatening you with canadian geese.

I hear tell that's a war crime.

[Mith]

Conversation about Feathery Spawns of Satan

I'll let you in on a Canadian secret: Our Thanksgiving celebration is earlier in the year because it marks the end of the time where we gather up all our anger and aggression and channel it into Canadian Geese and then send them out into the world.

The secondary ritual is a winter war-game we call Hoc'Kae. And in the summer it's LaCrosse.

[Rockphed]

Wait, I though that "high quality hotdogs" was generally called "sausage". What's the old discworld joke? "[American Hot dogs ] are formally classed as “cheese” and only escaped, through being the wrong color, being defined as “tile grout.”" (yes, I know that's AM chocolate. I vaguely remember there being a similar one for sausage - probably CMOT's - but can't find it)

Also, I have a hard time picturing how even small chunks of hotdog would stick to the fries, even with copious amount of cheese as binding agent.

Grey Wolf

See, I feed my cub Bratwursts, although I'm vaguely amused by a recommendation of Hebrew sausages. I'm guessing they aren't pork?

Grey Wolf

Hebrew National or Kirkland (I imagine Costco uses their own brand for their hot dogs) are the way to go. Nathan's will do in a pinch. If I worked in walking distance of the Costco, I'd go there for lunch every day.

The local Kroger affiliate has a deal where I can buy a pound of hotdogs for a dollar, but they are chicken mixed with pork. I have heard that the Hebrew National hot dogs are really good, but I haven't ever been flush enough to buy them. Normally when I want a higher quality thing in a bun I go for a sausage, normally bratwurst.

I prepare my fried potatoes and hotdogs by cubing the potatoes at a quarter inch and throwing them, with a little oil or butter in my cast iron skillet. Once they start to brown I cube the hotdog and throw it in. When things are getting crispy, I throw in a chopped tomato for 30 seconds and shut off the heat. Then I throw a slice of american cheese on top and move to a plate. As I said, I think it would be better with better hotdogs.

Sorry, but Moore in on my "Not even once" list.

Grey Wolf

For reals, that is radically different from his other works; it's more a John Candy movie that anything. It's the only non-documentary, mainstream feature film Moore's ever done. And it's hilarious.

I once watched one of his films in an economics class. It was good at making its point and even providing evidence, but it seems nobody ever stopped to say "anecdote is not the singular of data". Anecdotes inform the interpretation of data, they do not replace the need to acquire data. At the end of it I think I had a half page list of things that somebody should have asked if they wanted to actually convince people disinclined to agree with them.

Also, I vaguely remember Moore's voice as being incredibly annoying.

[Kyrell1978]

ETA: As to what should be "Freedom Fries", I'm thinking cheese, bacon, chives and excessive amounts of salt over potatoes deep fried in reused oil. Great to look at, probably remove one year of life expectancy per serving.

Grey Wolf

All of that, but you have to just drench it in Ranch Dressing also.

[Peelee]

The local Kroger affiliate has a deal where I can buy a pound of hotdogs for a dollar, but they are chicken mixed with pork. I have heard that the Hebrew National hot dogs are really good, but I haven't ever been flush enough to buy them. Normally when I want a higher quality thing in a bun I go for a sausage, normally bratwurst.

If you got a friend with a Costco membership, I wholly recommend Kirkland* (or, if you don't, Hebrew National. They're still my favorite, with Kirkland right behind). They're significantly better than other hot dogs, especially the quarter pounders. I very seriously debated asking my worplace for a transfer to a different location back in the mid to late aughts solely so I could hit up Costco for lunch as often as I wanted.

As for Michael Moore, again, all I can say (or at least, all I'm willing to say) is that Canadian Bacon is a radical departure from his normal style of filmmaking, and is pretty awesome. He does have a small, maybe five second cameo in the movie, but he cast himself very well in that cameo.

*Frankly, I recommend Kirkland brand anything. I cannot stress enough how much I love Costco; there's a whole bunch that's great about them, and the fact that their store brand is absolutely phenomenal definitely plays a part. I'd buy a damn Kirkland brand car if they made it. That episode of Modern Family nailed it.

[jwhouk]

I'll let you in on a Canadian secret: Our Thanksgiving celebration is earlier in the year because it marks the end of the time where we gather up all our anger and aggression and channel it into Canadian Geese and then send them out into the world.

The secondary ritual is a winter war-game we call Hoc'Kae. And in the summer it's LaCrosse.

What's truly tragic is that the winter ritual seems to have reached a point where the beloved clan of the Leafs of Maple are unable to secure Lord Stanley's silver chalice because of an alleged curse placed on their former founder, Sir Harrold of Ballard.

[Peelee]

What's truly tragic is that the winter ritual seems to have reached a point where the beloved clan of the Leafs of Maple are unable to secure Lord Stanley's silver chalice because of an alleged curse placed on their former founder, Sir Harrold of Ballard.

Oh, I love sports curses. Do tell! Also, the Stanley Cup is clearly the best trophy in all of sports.

[Rockphed]

What's truly tragic is that the winter ritual seems to have reached a point where the beloved clan of the Leafs of Maple are unable to secure Lord Stanley's silver chalice because of an alleged curse placed on their former founder, Sir Harrold of Ballard.

Oh, I love sports curses. Do tell! Also, the Stanley Cup is clearly the best trophy in all of sports.

Wait, the Mapleleafs have a curse? This is a story that must be told. First, we need proper lighting!

*Dims lights*

*Starts fire in center of room*

*Hands jwhouk a flashlight*

Now you may begin to relate the story of the Curse of the sweet tree leaf!

[Grey_Wolf_c]

the Curse of the sweet tree leaf!

"My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to. The Adem call me Maedre. Which, depending on how it's spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Sweet Tree Leaf.

[...]

You may have heard of me.”
~Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Sorry, couldn't resist. I seem to be in a quoty mood today
Grey Wolf

[Insane Jeenyus]

ETA: As to what should be "Freedom Fries", I'm thinking cheese, bacon, chives and excessive amounts of salt over potatoes deep fried in reused oil. Great to look at, probably remove one year of life expectancy per serving.

Grey Wolf

personally I envision chili, cheese, bacon, cheese, chives and cheese is what freedom fries should be.

[Bartmanhomer]

I feel like that popularity and fame is meaningless now.