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[LT12Gauge]

8 minutes ago, Krolista said:

Hunh interesting, might have to try that sometime. Thanks!

Meat might end up being a bit pricey, but shouldn't be too bad.

Yes, the price of meat isn't going down, is it? Nevertheless, follow this recipe to the letter and it doesn't matter if it's a 4 pound or a 9 pound roast (larger just be ready to ventilate a bit to avoid setting off smoke alarms, but don't worry it is doing what it's supposed to - can confirm from personal exp many times now)

Note - you have to have a modern type oven with a good seal (in other words, not an old cast iron type of oven)

Additional note: pay attention to the bit about leaving roast out for half a day to get to room temp before cooking. NEVER cook fridge-cold beef, always get it to room temp for tenderness.

Extra note: get that oven good and hot at 500 degrees - preheat then give it another 10 minutes so the oven walls really absorb and hence retain that heat over the cook time and subsequent two hours while the oven is off. 

Extra extra note: if you followed the recipe to the letter, trust it. It's hard, you may have your doubts but don't peek, don't worry. 

[Wandering_Mania]

1 hour ago, LT12Gauge said:

Probably not bothering to learn to cook for yourself. 

Highly doubtful. But more along the lines of something one would see in history documentaries about what the Japanese troops did during WWII.

[LT12Gauge]

32 minutes ago, Krolista said:

Heat like 4 cans of chili (I like the Hormel chunky chili, it's cheap, nourishing, and doesn't have too much weird stuff in it) in a large skillit or frying pan (bigger is better) on medium or medium low heat.

You had to go there, eh? Canned chili, really? PLEASE tell me you know how to make a good chili! They can revoke your man card if you can't make a decent chili, dontcha know? ?

A few years ago, I was on course in Colorado (they have a sweet facility about 45 minutes south of Pueblo for hazmat training - get to play with a whole full scale smashed up 80-car train, on fire no less :) and there was a restaurant that seduced me to the ways of a green chili. It was served with a fresh, warm pretzel and wash it down with a cold glass of beer -- woooWEE! This style chili left them all in the dust! So I reverse engineered it to the best of my ability when I got back to Toronto and came pretty damn close. 

The trouble is, here it can be tough to find Anaheim chili peppers or Poblano Peppers not in a can, same as tomatillos.  I subbed long green peppers (mild hot) I grow myself for the Anaheims and really simmered down pork tenderloin (then later in another batch, ground pork/beef in a 3:1 ratio which was alos very good) instead of pork shoulder but otherwise generally stuck to this little gem of a recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/218772/mile-high-green-chili/

 

Note to beginners in the kitchen: this recipe is a lot of work. It's not difficult but the prep time stated in the recipe is BS unless you're an experienced chef. It's worth it though, IMO, just be aware to set aside the better part of a morning to prep it all up and the remainder of the day to simmer in the deliciousness. 

Edited December 1, 2022 by LT12Gauge

[Krolista]

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2 hours ago, LT12Gauge said:

You had to go there, eh? Canned chili, really? PLEASE tell me you know how to make a good chili! They can revoke your man card if you can't make a decent chili, dontcha know? ?

A few years ago, I was on course in Colorado (they have a sweet facility about 45 minutes south of Pueblo for hazmat training - get to play with a whole full scale smashed up 80-car train, on fire no less :) and there was a restaurant that seduced me to the ways of a green chili. It was served with a fresh, warm pretzel and wash it down with a cold glass of beer -- woooWEE! This style chili left them all in the dust! So I reverse engineered it to the best of my ability when I got back to Toronto and came pretty damn close. 

The trouble is, here it can be tough to find Anaheim chili peppers or Poblano Peppers not in a can, same as tomatillos.  I subbed long green peppers (mild hot) I grow myself for the Anaheims and really simmered down pork tenderloin (then later in another batch, ground pork/beef in a 3:1 ratio which was alos very good) instead of pork shoulder but otherwise generally stuck to this little gem of a recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/218772/mile-high-green-chili/

 

Note to beginners in the kitchen: this recipe is a lot of work. It's not difficult but the prep time stated in the recipe is BS unless you're an experienced chef. It's worth it though, IMO, just be aware to set aside the better part of a morning to prep it all up and the remainder of the day to simmer in the deliciousness. 

 

Cheech/ON

Man card?

Maaaaaan, we don't need no steenking man card!

Cheech/OFF

 

And that's why I use the canned chili, makes the meal quick to make and the four cans cost about $9.

 

Edited December 1, 2022 by Krolista

[LT12Gauge]

36 minutes ago, Krolista said:

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Cheech/ON

Man card?

Maaaaaan, we don't need no steenking man card!

Cheech/OFF

 

And that's why I use the canned chili, makes the meal quick to make and the four cans cost about $9.

 

Macho Man/ON

Oooooh yeeeaaahh!

I can dig it! As long as it has a Slim Jim on the siiide, yeah!

Macho Man/OFF

[Wandering_Mania]

1 hour ago, LT12Gauge said:

Macho Man/ON

Oooooh yeeeaaahh!

I can dig it! As long as it has a Slim Jim on the siiide, yeah!

Macho Man/OFF

Warf Son of Mogue/On

It is better to die on one's feet in battle. Than on one's knees as a coward.

Warf Son of Mogue/Off

Now that's what I call a man. Cooking is irrelevant.

[Krolista]

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12 minutes ago, Wandering_Mania said:

Warf Son of Mogue/On

It is better to die on one's feet in battle. Than on one's knees as a coward.

Warf Son of Mogue/Off

Now that's what I call a man. Cooking is irrelevant.

 

 

Today is a good day to die!

 

Qapla'!

 

Frickin' space vikings....

 

Edited December 1, 2022 by Krolista

[LT12Gauge]

1 hour ago, Wandering_Mania said:

Warf Son of Mogue/On

It is better to die on one's feet in battle. Than on one's knees as a coward.

Warf Son of Mogue/Off

Now that's what I call a man. Cooking is irrelevant.

Says the guy with an R Lee Ermey quotation who obviously doesn't pack the gear to serv in the beloved Corps. Says the guy who literally waits 45 minutes for french fries he's not able to make for himself. Buddy, good thing you have the US of A to coddle you. Can't cook but play survival video games, yep: that checks out. You wouldn't last 5 minutes in Canada and this cuntry is full of pussies, too. Enjoy your fantasy world. I'm off to enjoy the four course I prepared and then enjoy a woman.

[Wandering_Mania]

56 minutes ago, LT12Gauge said:

Says the guy with an R Lee Ermey quotation who obviously doesn't pack the gear to serv in the beloved Corps. Says the guy who literally waits 45 minutes for french fries he's not able to make for himself. Buddy, good thing you have the US of A to coddle you. Can't cook but play survival video games, yep: that checks out. You wouldn't last 5 minutes in Canada and this cuntry is full of pussies, too. Enjoy your fantasy world. I'm off to enjoy the four course I prepared and then enjoy a woman.

Well you can blame all of that on genetics, not character. Because if I had any actual choice, I would have joined right after High School. But to my dismay, because of being diagnosed with 'Manic Depression', 'Bipolar' as it's know known, at age 11; I was required to take medicine on a regular basis (which was a disqualifier), not to mention the mental illness itself (which was also another disqualifier).

 

So you can go ahead and place blinded blame on people you know nothing about. Or you can learn from the mistake you just made. It's your choice. I hope you make the correct one, and cease being a jackass.

[beefers]

On 11/24/2022 at 1:20 PM, Wandering_Mania said:

To answer your first question: No. I'm just extremely patient.

As for the second question: Apparently I did.

And the third: Not really. As I didn't even realize it had been 45 minutes, until I started my car again. As the clock turns off when I shut the engine off. And I wasn't about to sit there wasting fuel.

you're not "extremely patient", you're just dull as dishwater with nothing else to do and waiting 45 minutes for drive-thru proves it.  And what kind of "real man" can't cook for himself?  Didn't they teach you how to survive in tough-guy army training?  Looks like you wouldn't make it if they didn't feed you.

[Wandering_Mania]

25 minutes ago, beefers said:

 Didn't they teach you how to survive in tough-guy army training?

Because of my patients, I'm going to choose to ignore all the 'mud slinging'.  But to answer the quoted question I have another one for you:

Did you read the post right above yours?

And I quote myself:

22 hours ago, Wandering_Mania said:

Because if I had any actual choice, I would have joined right after High School. But to my dismay, because of being diagnosed with 'Manic Depression', 'Bipolar' as it's now known, at age 11; I was required to take medicine on a regular basis (which was a disqualifier), not to mention the mental illness itself (which was also another disqualifier).

 

Having a certain skill don't make anyone more or less anything. It only means that they lack that skill. Weather it be cooking, computer programing, playing a sport, or whatever. It's not the skill that makes the man, it's the man that makes the man.

[beefers]

On 12/2/2022 at 2:41 PM, Wandering_Mania said:

Having a certain skill don't make anyone more or less anything. It only means that they lack that skill. Weather it be cooking, computer programing, playing a sport, or whatever. It's not the skill that makes the man, it's the man that makes the man.

no, not being able to feed yourself makes you dead.

[Wandering_Mania]

55 minutes ago, beefers said:

no, not being able to feed yourself makes you dead.

Hence why I go to the drive through.

Now are you finally done trolling?

[beefers]

On 12/5/2022 at 12:43 PM, Wandering_Mania said:

Hence why I go to the drive through.

Now are you finally done trolling?

All I did was respond to your posts with my genuine opinions, if that's trolling, I don't know what to tell you.  I never type anything I wouldn't say right to your face and I'm not interested in antagonizing people for kicks.  Just giving my 2 cents.  I thought that's what boards were for.

[Wandering_Mania]

On 12/2/2022 at 3:09 PM, beefers said:

you're not "extremely patient", you're just dull as dishwater with nothing else to do and waiting 45 minutes for drive-thru proves it.  And what kind of "real man" can't cook for himself?  Didn't they teach you how to survive in tough-guy army training?  Looks like you wouldn't make it if they didn't feed you.

And I'm sure you would say that to someone's face after ignoring what they said just before that...

So let's not devolve this any farther; Okay?

[Mr. Otaku]

On 12/1/2022 at 4:01 PM, Wandering_Mania said:

because of being diagnosed with 'Manic Depression', 'Bipolar' as it's know known, at age 11

 

Oh that explains a lot, no wonder i felt kinda sad reading your posts. Depression is no joke especially from such a young age, not many people can fight it out and overcome it. Least you're still breathing so that's gotta count for something.

[beefers]

On 12/6/2022 at 12:27 PM, Wandering_Mania said:

And I'm sure you would say that to someone's face after ignoring what they said just before that...

So let's not devolve this any farther; Okay?

If you don't want this to 'devolve' any further, why do you keep slinging mud?

[beefers]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Otaku said:

 

Oh that explains a lot, no wonder i felt kinda sad reading your posts. Depression is no joke especially from such a young age, not many people can fight it out and overcome it. Least you're still breathing so that's gotta count for something.

there's no such thing as "fighting" depression, you manage it best you can and use medication to help.  If you fight depression, you will lose 100% of the time.

[beefers]

On 12/1/2022 at 2:56 PM, LT12Gauge said:

Says the guy with an R Lee Ermey quotation who obviously doesn't pack the gear to serv in the beloved Corps. Says the guy who literally waits 45 minutes for french fries he's not able to make for himself. Buddy, good thing you have the US of A to coddle you. Can't cook but play survival video games, yep: that checks out. You wouldn't last 5 minutes in Canada and this cuntry is full of pussies, too. Enjoy your fantasy world. I'm off to enjoy the four course I prepared and then enjoy a woman.

As a Canadian I take great offense to saying this country is full of pussies, which it is not.  Canadians are some of the toughest, heartiest people on the planet, especially those that live outside the cities.  Go tell a farmer he is a pussy and tell us how it goes.

[Mr. Otaku]

8 minutes ago, beefers said:

there's no such thing as "fighting" depression, you manage it best you can and use medication to help.  If you fight depression, you will lose 100% of the time.

 

I don't disagree, i just meant that very few people are lucky enough to manage it to the point that it doesn't get in the way too much.

[Wandering_Mania]

19 minutes ago, Mr. Otaku said:

Oh that explains a lot, no wonder i felt kinda sad reading your posts. Depression is no joke especially from such a young age, not many people can fight it out and overcome it. Least you're still breathing so that's gotta count for something.

And it's one of the many reasons a lot of others can't stand to be around me. Just the way I speak, which is the same way I type, makes people somewhat sad, depressed, or sometimes just angry.

It's like the scene in the movie 'As Good as It Gets(1997)' when Carol Connelly says to Melvin Udall:

"I don't think I want to know you anymore Melvin. All you do is make me feel bad about myself."

 

And is one reason I like that movie so much as well. I can really relate with Melvin. I just wish I could find my 'Carol Connelly' like he did.

[beefers]

19 minutes ago, Mr. Otaku said:

 

I don't disagree, i just meant that very few people are lucky enough to manage it to the point that it doesn't get in the way too much.

there's a lot of stigma and misunderstand about depression and what it actually is.  Before it nearly killed me, I thought it was mental weakness or a character defect that one had to "bootstrap" one's way out of, as was part of my religious indoctrination as a child.  With education and medication, I now live a fairly normal life though much of that includes not leaving the house much as a way of controlling my environment.  My condition has been re-diagnosed as dysthymia (classified as a 'less-severe, long lasting depression' as depression itself should not last more than two years) as well as generalized social anxiety and OCD.  I'm also autistic (Aspergers) on top of all that so I'm really not built to fit into the world.

[Mr. Otaku]

7 minutes ago, Wandering_Mania said:

And it's one of the many reasons a lot of others can't stand to be around me. Just the way I speak, which is the same way I type, makes people somewhat sad, depressed, or sometimes just angry.

 

Yeah i'm not surprised. You can still turn things around though cause i don't believe anyone should just accept that as is, people aren't meant to be depressed like that. Medication, therapy, a good social network, good hygiene and good diet, exercising, good fashion, proper sleep schedule, trying to keep an open mind, interesting hobbies that push you out of the comfort zone, the whole "fake it till you make it" stuff, you can do quite a lot to gain control over most of your life.

 

Like the other guy said depression never truly goes away but you can at least push it into a minuscule state and keep it that way if you try.

[Mr. Otaku]

1 minute ago, beefers said:

there's a lot of stigma and misunderstand about depression and what it actually is.  Before it nearly killed me, I thought it was mental weakness or a character defect that one had to "bootstrap" one's way out of, as was part of my religious indoctrination as a child.  With education and medication, I now live a fairly normal life though much of that includes not leaving the house much as a way of controlling my environment.  My condition has been re-diagnosed as dysthymia (classified as a 'less-severe, long lasting depression' as depression itself should not last more than two years) as well as generalized social anxiety and OCD.  I'm also autistic (Aspergers) on top of all that so I'm really not built to fit into the world.

 

I fully understand bro, but i still think the idea that "i'm not meant to fit in" is misguided and destructive. You shouldn't accept things just like that, you gotta try to turn things around and do your best so you can at least push most of the negatives out of your system. And it'll be hard as fuck to pull of so easier said than done but if you don't try nothing will get better so why not try? That's what i say at least. Life doesn't last forever and there is no restart.

[Wandering_Mania]

2 hours ago, beefers said:

there's a lot of stigma and misunderstand about depression and what it actually is.

Very true for any 'mental illness'. Most of the time we are designated as 'born criminals', simply because of the amount of news stories that blame mental illness for whatever crime was committed.

 

2 hours ago, Mr. Otaku said:

Yeah i'm not surprised. You can still turn things around though cause i don't believe anyone should just accept that as is, people aren't meant to be depressed like that. Medication, therapy, a good social network, good hygiene and good diet, exercising, good fashion, proper sleep schedule, trying to keep an open mind, interesting hobbies that push you out of the comfort zone, the whole "fake it till you make it" stuff, you can do quite a lot to gain control over most of your life.

Well... I had medication shoved down my thought up until my early 20s by my parents. After that I started to outright refuse any of it. The reason is simply because I don't trust any of those pills anymore. Not after one of them had me outright projectile vomiting; And another one that more recently had a civil lawsuit attached to it because of a side effect, that was basically the 'main effect' of gender transition drugs. And then a 3rd that just made me gain weight that I still can't get rid of. Because I have a very high metabolism normally, and that pill just kicked it to the curb. As soon as I was off it, I dropped a bunch of weight, and I didn't do a single thing to cause it; But some remained.

 

So yeah... I don't trust pills, the entire 'medical establishment', or really anything or anyone associated with it. Started with a diagnoses of Bipolar, ended with a case of trauma. Kinda typical with the 'Legal drug dealers' these days.