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Give them a shot, they're only 43% more difficult than regular mashed potatoes. The article I found them in was a "deathmatch" of post-pub food (think Jim's Steakout) up against pierogi. Later, they tried using the patatas as filling for the pierogi, which might be my next trick. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/24/pierogi_patatas/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/14/paprika_potato_pierogi/ The other articles in the deathmatch series bring up some really interesting and relatively unknown dishes from the other side of the pond. I'm rather interested in the Haggis Pakora, too. http://www.theregister.co.uk/Tag/deathmatch

I followed up the paella Saturday by making some Patatas Revolconas (mashed potatoes with smoked paprika and garlic) and Spicy Pork Meatballs Sunday. I have enough leftovers for the week now. This was the first time for the patatas. I went with half dulce paprika (sweet smoked) and half picante (spicy smoked). Probably a little too much spicy unless you really dig that.

Paella Night 3: Valencia Drift is tomorrow. And it's almost time to pick up friends from the train station and see my fiancée a bit later.

So is Ehrhoff playing for the billboards or the other team? It's not a technical problem, that's for sure. Heh, "zwei on eine!"

Bah, garbage time! ;)

It's a great beer for vacation drinking, since it's good but lower in alcohol that most good beers.

Paella Night 3: Valencia Drift. (previous: 2 Fast 2 Furiously Delicious). What's odd is I don't really like the movies. I bought a paella pan a couple years ago and it turns out I really enjoy making it. Plus, it's an excuse to have a few beers and grill for a few hours. And it's delicious. Chicken, shrimp, scallops, and maybe mussels.

It's been around for quite awhile (created 2003, according to whois). And yes, it's awesome.

Yes, Buffalonians. The geek in me loves that the people from Candor, NY (near Binghamton) are Candorians.

Put him in touch with Soupy.

It's fundamental.

Which door are you nailing them to?

Well, that's a pretty eerie parallel. I wonder it Mitt will recycle "Read my lips".

Curses! You caught me. I clicked on the thread without looking.

I think we're really gonna have to break up the lockout threads so the front page has more than those same 3-4 threads with new posts. But on the plus side, no one is posting in the Fantasy Hockey thread so I don't have to remember to ignore it. :)

That being said: http://www.amazon.com/GE-15154-Random-7-Day-Digital/dp/B0035GAXA8/ref=pd_sim_hi_2 I set one up for my girlfriend awhile back. There's a window (15 minutes either way, I think) of on/off, so it's not 7:15PM every night. I wonder if people with Aspergers or severe OCD are vicitims of more home break-ins due to turning the light on and off the exact same time every day. </joke>

For some reason I haven't tried the Chesterfield, I'll have to. In any case, the primary reason I don't drink Yuenling is it's almost all bottom-fermenting yeast based and I prefer the taste of top-fermenting (ales). Plus, if I have more than three lagers over the course of an evening (no matter if that's in 2 hours or 5), I wake up a vicious headache the next day. Sam Adams Boston Lager does the same thing, I think I see a pattern there. I just saw the other day that Yuenling is now the largest American-owned brewery, just passing Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams). Although that apparently happened in January, I'm just behind.

It's *smooth*. I wonder if you can easily do it remotely, now that would be nice. Both when I'm not at home so it looks like someone is there, and to get that poltergiest feel by changing the lights when someone else is in the house.

FWIW, that's generally how I hear it too. But, a friend was in the 82nd Airborne and he said that many in his unit weren't fond of GWB. So much so that they didn't show up to see him speak at some point. I'd guess it was just a small pocket of people, or perhaps they never particularly like the 'brass' just some brass more or less than others. I don't suppose there's actual statistics on military voters, are there?

For a second there, I wasn't sure if you meant 2001 or 2012. :)

http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/celebrate-spocktoberfest-year.html Happy Spocktoberfest.

Yeah, noted up-thread. It just amuses me that the current-Republicans still claim him. BTW, the MVP of this thread for me has been TrueBluePhD. Thanks for the insights, it's fantastic to hear from someone that actually knows how this stuff works.

Speaking of Lincoln, this quote has been bouncing around the intertubes lately: http://dig.lib.niu.e...n1-lincoln.html That doesn't sound all that current-Republican to me.

Is this the zombie one or something else?