I am all alone at the office, and while I think it would be OK to lock up and go find some lunch and stretch my legs (I didn't even realize it was almost 2 and I've been here since 8!!!), I don't want to abandon ship.
I have snacks here, so I guess I'll be OK.....
Should I be on ILX???
― Jesse, Monday, 20 August 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago)
John, what was that bar that you, horseshoe, and I went to after CLUBBIN' that one time?
Clark Street Ale House
― jaymc, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago)
THX
― dan m, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago)
YR WLCM
― jaymc, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago)
I am going to the store formerly known as Marshall Field's on State Street after work today to pick up some new pants for my sis' wedding (and maybe a present for the couple although I think I am just going to give them $$$). Anyone feel like grabbing a beer at OTs or elsewhere?
― dan m, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:26 (seventeen years ago)
Can't, we really really need to get groceries as we have no food at home.
― n/a, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:30 (seventeen years ago)
I'm saving my Old Timers energy for Friday!
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:34 (seventeen years ago)
Hey what happened to Laurel?
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:43 (seventeen years ago)
Isn't she on a trip or something?
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:48 (seventeen years ago)
Ooooh. Just wondering. Jaymc's YR WLCM post reminded me of her for some reason.
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:49 (seventeen years ago)
I'm actually free on a Monday for the first time in a while, but I'm not really in the drinkin' mood. (Had a lot of wine last night.)
xpost I think she was in Seattle? But she hadn't been posting on the Chicago thread for a while before that...
― jaymc, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:50 (seventeen years ago)
Oh no.
Uh oh.
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:50 (seventeen years ago)
Oh what?
― KitCat, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:53 (seventeen years ago)
Hey oh
― dan m, Monday, 20 August 2007 19:55 (seventeen years ago)
I want this to be the next brass band hit.
jaymc r u ok?
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago)
I'm fine. I was just reacting to...
reminded me of her for some reason.
― jaymc, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago)
Why is that "oh no"
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago)
Never mind.
― jaymc, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago)
So.
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.edinformatics.com/culinaryarts/food_encyclopedia/Beef_cuts.png
― dan m, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago)
Tell me about what brings you here.
I read Dara Moskewitz's steak essays this morning. Good stuff.
Oh! I had my first taste of foie gras on Saturday.
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago)
ew.
― sweet tater, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:20 (seventeen years ago)
Dara describes it as "meat-butter" and that seems pretty accurate.
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago)
double ew.
― sweet tater, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago)
foie gras is incredibly fantastic, amazing, and also fantastic.
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago)
We had awesome foods yesterday: big ol' steaks, big big ol' baked potatoes, which I scooped out and mixed with bacon and cheese... you know, that potato bacon thing. Next time I'll cook the potatoes slower, though.
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:26 (seventeen years ago)
You made all that?
― KitCat, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago)
For you and Julia?
― KitCat, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:30 (seventeen years ago)
foie gras is in the "veal" category of cruel tactics for food.
― sweet tater, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:30 (seventeen years ago)
let's no go there again
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago)
steak and potato is low on labor, high on quality of ingredients -- my kinda cooking
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:33 (seventeen years ago)
I just can't picture you eating anything besides takeout! (or s.t. her roomie makes, ha ha)
― KitCat, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago)
we eat takeout too often, it's true.
I also made Boca burgers... fried in bacon grease. Makes 'em so much better. :)
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago)
ha ha YoU WOULD!
― KitCat, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago)
i'm not trying to stir shit up but i do think that there are ethical lines crossed when it comes to food within the realm of eating meat. i'm not pointing my finger at anyone here it just seems like "in this day and age" there has to be a better way to get yer foie gras off. if you know what i mean.
― sweet tater, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago)
you're not stirring anything up. it's just that we've been through this 10 times on 10 other threads.
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago)
how do you cook your steak, kenan? is that a grill thing or a stovetop thing or . . . ? I just realized that I have no idea how one would even go about cooking steak.
― sweet tater, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago)
A grill would be premium, but in a plain skillet works, too. Medium-high heat, about 5-10 minutes on each side. Oooh... I should get an iron skillet. That would be better than steel and teflon.
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:40 (seventeen years ago)
Haha, I have totally done this.
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:44 (seventeen years ago)
Kelsey, I had that dinner with my stepmom and it did seem vaguely weird that she doesn't eat pork, because of keeping kosher, but is cool with foie gras.
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:45 (seventeen years ago)
Foie gras = a whole new kind of yum. I thought I had tried it before, but indeed I had not--only pates. "Meat butter" is totally OTM. Fucking delish in taste and texture.
― Jesse, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:47 (seventeen years ago)
Foie gras is from the goose which is "clean."
That is odd, Jordan. I'm puzzled by the eating habits of others. I'm sure my own would puzzle some as well.
Too bad we're not still in Chicago, Kenan. We have three cast iron skillets & really only use one regularly. It's pretty much the ideal Kelsey cooking situation. I love being able to turn the burner on & not worry about having things start smoking like crazy. I suspect I do not really know how to cook with a non-iron skillet anymore.
― sweet tater, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:50 (seventeen years ago)
they're not expensive, are they? If they are, they shouldn't be. Simplest cookware there is.
― kenan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:51 (seventeen years ago)
I have 3 of varying sizes and I <3 them the mostest. Wish I had a good 12-inch nonstick pan, though.
― dan m, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago)
I know it's technically kosher, but it still seems odd, given that kosher laws are basically about treating animals mercifully etc. (in addition to the "cleanliness" stuff).
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago)
I have good non-stick stuff, but I really need a big ol' cast-iron.
One of the things I'm most looking forward to about my impending move is cooking with a gas stove again!
― Jordan, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:53 (seventeen years ago)