I imagine if RoTN's wife sees this headline she'll sigh with relief. Hot sauce, tampon shortages lead growing list of out-of-stock items
She’s already stocked up on tampons and since Covid, sadly, I haven’t really had the same tolerance for hot sauce I used to
Defector posted a blog about cacio e pepe the other day, which inspired me to make it. I'm a big fan of cracked black pepper and hard Italian cheese and this is pretty much distilled essence of that. Fucking great. I'm sitting here stuffed with cheese and pasta and dousing the residual black pepper taste in my mouth with a local IPA. After making it a few times, I'd probably alter some of that recipe - cook the pasta in a large skillet with just enough water to cover it, that way you get super starchy water. Don't let all the water cook off before you add the cheese. Skip the olive oil entirely. I settled on both more pepper and more cheese than is in there. But for a 3-ingredient recipe, holy shit is it good.
Yum. There’s a bon appetit recipe for pasta with white beans, greens, and sausage that also uses the starchy pasta water to help bring together the sauce and it’s one of my favorite comfort foods. Pasta water, who knew??
I made the most amazing lobster pasta I've ever had tonight. 6 lobster tails, peeled and chunked and then sous vided in butter and garlic and pepper and a bit of red chili pepper... and then egg noodles cooked in some milk, heavy cream, cheese, and some pepper... with the perfectly cooked lobster chunks added at the end. All washed down with a bottle of killer black pepper shiraz. I'm going to drop into a coma any time now. See you next week.
Funny, I had that video bookmarked but hadn't gotten around to watching it yet. He uses the skillet method and cooking off the water as well, I see. I'll have to dig into his channel a bit more.
He's an inspiration, to say the least. Watch the series where he tries to learn how to make fried rice. It'll tell you all you need to know about him.
Man... what a great weekend so far. Best part, is that it's Sunday, and I have the next 2 days off. Back to work on Wednesday. A fishing kayak I ordered a year ago finally shows up on Tuesday (the Old Town Sportsman Autopilot 136), so I get to install the new roof racks on the truck for it, and prep the Tin Can for the next fishing trip. My new fish finder stuff also showed up so I get to outfit the kayak with some cool electronics. This is the fishing kayak... it's fucking awesome.
Oh my God... I started sous viding some pork early this morning... a big shoulder. I then spent about an hour slow finishing it on the grill, using some killer Japanese sauce that I have no idea what it is, other than fucking tasty. The meat came out just falling apart tender, with the most amazing flavour from the sauce that caramelized and crisped up. All I know is the sauce is brown. I shall die a happy man tonight.
What's the deal with kayaks? My brother and I used some 7-ish years ago and if we even thought about taking our mind off the task at hand and bam!! Into the water. Is our balance that bad?
Depends entirely on the kayak. There are skinny racing kayaks that will go fast and track well and tip over if your balls shift to one side. There are big fat ones that are a bitch to paddle but you can basically jump up and down in. And everything in between - fishing kayaks are pretty stable, obviously, because if you so much as hooked a perch in a racing kayak you'd find yourself swimming after it. On the other hand, you might just be completely uncoordinated. I'm not sure I've ever accidentally tipped a kayak without doing something stupid.
If you tip a "sit in" kayak a little, you can rush water into it and swamp it pretty quickly. So, a lot of beginners think they need a "sit on" kayak. But, your center of gravity can get high quickly if you stand or sit up tall, and that makes them easier to tip.
So you know those rear hatches on larger SUVs that can automatically close by pressing a button inside. turns out, if you’re standing under one and someone — let’s say, my wife in this instance — were to press that close button without knowing your location, it’ll close with enough force to knock you down and give you a nice headache. not going to a hospital for this one since I’m in the middle of bumfuck, Appalachia, but I’m confident in calling it a pretty nice little concussion. hopefully she can apologize with a blowie or something
How big is the ring? From what I'm told, that makes a difference. (for the record, my wife wears a silicone ring, and I've **almost** kicked her face to get her off my dick a few times) Orgasms will tell you if you have a concussion; are you bleeding from the nose? otherwise, you're fine.