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My friend the chef

#1 Post by peacock2121 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:45 pm

is hired to do this dinner party for some hill-topper. They want fish as one of the choices and they want the fish from Hawaii that is lowest in Mercury (I forget what it is). They are concerned about the mercury in the fish. It is considerably more expensive, but they want it.

My friend finds it and has it as part of the menu.

He does the party.

Placed around the room are these little candle holder type containers. They are filled with cigarettes. The party is blue with cigarette smoke.

They ate their low mercury fish.

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#2 Post by WheresFanny » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:49 pm

peacock2121 wrote:is hired to do this dinner party for some hill-topper. They want fish as one of the choices and they want the fish from Hawaii that is lowest in Mercury (I forget what it is). They are concerned about the mercury in the fish. It is considerably more expensive, but they want it.

My friend finds it and has it as part of the menu.

He does the party.

Placed around the room are these little candle holder type containers. They are filled with cigarettes. The party is blue with cigarette smoke.

They ate their low mercury fish.

the end
Was Jeremy Piven there?
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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:51 pm

WheresFanny wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:is hired to do this dinner party for some hill-topper. They want fish as one of the choices and they want the fish from Hawaii that is lowest in Mercury (I forget what it is). They are concerned about the mercury in the fish. It is considerably more expensive, but they want it.

My friend finds it and has it as part of the menu.

He does the party.

Placed around the room are these little candle holder type containers. They are filled with cigarettes. The party is blue with cigarette smoke.

They ate their low mercury fish.

the end
Was Jeremy Piven there?
No - the only guest that is well known was Gordon Elliot.

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#4 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:52 pm

peacock2121 wrote:is hired to do this dinner party for some hill-topper. They want fish as one of the choices and they want the fish from Hawaii that is lowest in Mercury (I forget what it is). They are concerned about the mercury in the fish. It is considerably more expensive, but they want it.

My friend finds it and has it as part of the menu.

He does the party.

Placed around the room are these little candle holder type containers. They are filled with cigarettes. The party is blue with cigarette smoke.

They ate their low mercury fish.

the end
Classic!!
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#5 Post by Tocqueville3 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:00 pm

peacock2121 wrote:is hired to do this dinner party for some hill-topper. They want fish as one of the choices and they want the fish from Hawaii that is lowest in Mercury (I forget what it is). They are concerned about the mercury in the fish. It is considerably more expensive, but they want it.

My friend finds it and has it as part of the menu.

He does the party.

Placed around the room are these little candle holder type containers. They are filled with cigarettes. The party is blue with cigarette smoke.

They ate their low mercury fish.

the end
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#6 Post by christie1111 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:01 pm

Was he at all nervous cooking for Gordon Elliot?

The guy makes superstars out of chefs.
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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:39 pm

christie1111 wrote:Was he at all nervous cooking for Gordon Elliot?

The guy makes superstars out of chefs.
Michael is the most unflappable guy I know. No one makes him nervous - he says it's just food.

I was nervous and made all sorts of excuses about why we shouldn't have them over for dinner - the dumbest reasons you ever want to hear.

One afternoon, they showed up around 4:30ish. We had nothing happening, so we did a little porch sitting. I had pot roast in the crock pot - enough to feed an army. Sting asked them to stay for dinner. I bucked it up. He had thirds.

If he eats my pot roast made using cream of mushroom soup and wine, I will feed him anything.

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#8 Post by kayrharris » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:17 pm

If we're allowed opinions in this thread, you can't go wrong with a good roast cooked all day in a crock
pot with mushroom soup and red wine. I had beef tips with mushrooms on Sunday...cooked in a similar
fashion - except I used fresh mushrooms and onions. My kids invited their friends for dinner at the last
minute. They all raved about the food ("this meat is amazing" is an exact quote from one of the guys)
and then they wanted my recipe. It's very hard to tell them I don't really have a recipe, but I did
the best I could.
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#9 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:19 pm

The thread makes we want a pot roast and a cigarette.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#10 Post by peacock2121 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:44 pm

kayrharris wrote:If we're allowed opinions in this thread, you can't go wrong with a good roast cooked all day in a crock
pot with mushroom soup and red wine. I had beef tips with mushrooms on Sunday...cooked in a similar
fashion - except I used fresh mushrooms and onions. My kids invited their friends for dinner at the last
minute. They all raved about the food ("this meat is amazing" is an exact quote from one of the guys)
and then they wanted my recipe. It's very hard to tell them I don't really have a recipe, but I did
the best I could.
If you are allowed to have opinions!

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If you are allowed!

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#11 Post by peacock2121 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:44 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:The thread makes we want a pot roast and a cigarette.
skip the cigarette

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#12 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:50 pm

peacock2121 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:The thread makes we want a pot roast and a cigarette.
skip the cigarette
Can I have a pot cigarette?

Then I'll have the pot roast no matter how it's cooked.
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#13 Post by gotribego26 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:16 pm

peacock2121 wrote: If you are allowed to have opinions!
Just don't waste our time with the humble ones.

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#14 Post by gotribego26 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:17 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:The thread makes we want a pot roast and a cigarette.
I probably had eaten pot roast in 20 years - last year I decided to make one - we have them about once a week now.

I'll skip the cigarette - give me a Black and Tan instead.

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#15 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:05 pm

gotribego26 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:The thread makes we want a pot roast and a cigarette.
I probably had eaten pot roast in 20 years - last year I decided to make one - we have them about once a week now.

I'll skip the cigarette - give me a Black and Tan instead.
Before starting to work out of town, I made a pot roast at least once a month.
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#16 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:59 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:The thread makes we want a pot roast and a cigarette.
skip the cigarette
Can I have a pot cigarette?

Then I'll have the pot roast no matter how it's cooked.
That would be illegal, now wouldn't it?

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#17 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:59 am

gotribego26 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:The thread makes we want a pot roast and a cigarette.
I probably had eaten pot roast in 20 years - last year I decided to make one - we have them about once a week now.

I'll skip the cigarette - give me a Black and Tan instead.
That happened to me with pulled pork.

Now we have that 2 times a month.

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#18 Post by tanstaafl2 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:44 pm

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In fact sometimes it seems to be the opposite.
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