The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.

[Kuroimaken]

I tend to ignore die rolls I use to actually make decisions. So probably not the best way to go about it.

[Raineh Daze]

I tend to ignore die rolls I use to actually make decisions. So probably not the best way to go about it.

Ignoring the die roll tells you what you've already decided but didn't want to say. I do it too much.

[bhu]

I wonder if cooking shows are like cooking shows in America. 

Decent american cooking shows aren't like that, especially PBS.  I'd recommend America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, Barbecue University, Jacques Pepin, Primal Grill, Lidia Bastianich or Ming Tsai.  All of the decent people on the Food Network fled for PBS.

[bhu]

I'm pretty much deciding what my career will be in a couple of days.

Most entry level jobs are shit.  FInd one that doesn't inspire you to kill yourself or your coworkers, and train for something better in the meantime.

[dman11235]

Alton Brown.  Mario Batali.

[brujon]

Well, this topic has been awfully chatty since i've left for my date...

Which, speaking of which, to keep you guys posted, was a smashing success.

Won't go into details, but she seems like an Unicorn. (Unicorn being anything that's just too good to be true. Too many qualities not enough defects to balance it out)

And we all know there isn't such things as unicorns. So i might be dealing with crazy. Crazy is never good. Well, sometimes it's good, but almost never is.

Yes, i'm intentionally being pessimistic. I just got out of crazy... Not excited to jump into crazy again. So far, not too many signs of crazy, but...

Yeah, i'm excited. Can't let that go out of hand. Can't fall for a girl after a successful first date, need to actually wait it out and see how it goes.

I'll keep you guys posted.

BUT. XBOX HUEG SUCCESS - I'm not about to just ignore that. SO

HOORAY

[ketaro]

Sigh, its annoying how most of the popular cooking shows in the US are just competitions more about winning a prize than helping people or making good food.

[SolEiji]

Sigh, its annoying how most of the popular cooking shows in the US are just competitions more about winning a prize than helping people or making good food.

+1.

Also on another show from the same time, they had one food dish which was so fantastically over-complex that I can't imagine anyone outside of a restaurant setting would ever make it.  At one point I half expected him to start describing that you need meat from the rare Russian Mountain Cow, and proceed to show him finding, trapping, and butchering thing for step 2772b in his attempt to make.... what was ultimately chicken, rice, and some kind of cornbread and hummus/salsa sandwich.

[wotmaniac]

Sigh, its annoying how most of the popular cooking shows in the US are just competitions more about winning a prize than helping people or making good food.

I find that Everyday Italian makes for some good "alone time".
I'm also a sucker for Mexican Made Easy.

For the non-pervert, I really like Good Eats -- I've always found Alton Brown to be quite entertaining (though, I think he's wasted on the competition shows).

[Amechra]

Well, this topic has been awfully chatty since i've left for my date...

Which, speaking of which, to keep you guys posted, was a smashing success.

Won't go into details, but she seems like an Unicorn. (Unicorn being anything that's just too good to be true. Too many qualities not enough defects to balance it out)

And we all know there isn't such things as unicorns. So i might be dealing with crazy. Crazy is never good. Well, sometimes it's good, but almost never is.

Yes, i'm intentionally being pessimistic. I just got out of crazy... Not excited to jump into crazy again. So far, not too many signs of crazy, but...

Yeah, i'm excited. Can't let that go out of hand. Can't fall for a girl after a successful first date, need to actually wait it out and see how it goes.

I'll keep you guys posted.

BUT. XBOX HUEG SUCCESS - I'm not about to just ignore that. SO

HOORAY

Congratulations. Remember, sometimes something too good to be true actually is that good. Stupid flawed world.

On the cooking subject: I suggest learning pasta. Pasta is easy. Pasta involves water, some sauce, and whatever shit you throw in as a sauce.

Sure, it isn't impressive, but it is better than nothing (says the man who was taught to sauté mushrooms at age 10, and who's a damn fine cook.)

On a side note: Does anyone know if there is a term for people uncomfortable with being one person? Anyone?

Or am I just really weird? I sometimes feel like developing split personalities so it won't be so lonely in my head.

[ketaro]

Sigh, its annoying how most of the popular cooking shows in the US are just competitions more about winning a prize than helping people or making good food.

I find that Everyday Italian makes for some good "alone time".
I'm also a sucker for Mexican Made Easy.

For the non-pervert, I really like Good Eats -- I've always found Alton Brown to be quite entertaining (though, I think he's wasted on the competition shows).

Alton Brown IS amazing~
It really puts me off tho that he hosts Cutthroat Kitchen...I mean, they make him act almost like a douche and that's so against how he is.

[dman11235]

Sigh, its annoying how most of the popular cooking shows in the US are just competitions more about winning a prize than helping people or making good food.

I find that Everyday Italian makes for some good "alone time".
I'm also a sucker for Mexican Made Easy.

For the non-pervert, I really like Good Eats -- I've always found Alton Brown to be quite entertaining (though, I think he's wasted on the competition shows).

I direct you to my previous statement about Alton Brown and Mario Batali.

Also, I like Chopped and Iron Chef.  Those are /good/ competition cooking shows.  You can actually learn things from those.  You're given a restricting supply, so it means you have to be creative.

[wotmaniac]

I direct you to my previous statement about Alton Brown and Mario Batali.

Oops - I must have skimmed past that.   

[ketaro]

Also, I like Chopped and Iron Chef.  Those are /good/ competition cooking shows.  You can actually learn things from those.  You're given a restricting supply, so it means you have to be creative.

Heh, I love Iron Chef but I'm not a fan of Iron Chef America.
Go figure 
The original was so much more interesting.
The American version is so bland and boring to me for some reason.

[Kuroimaken]

Time to close up one more thread, so...

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Wait, you mean I can't open this thread ... even though my kitty avatar's Tail is stuck in the can ??

[SorO_Lost]

I guess you missed out this time.