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Re: The Economics of Charity: A Nonprofit’s Bottom Line

baylen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:13:34 -0000

Very interesting, nicely sourced, and very well-written! And I'm not just being charitable in my compliments.

Re: The Little Market That Could (T-Shirts Available)

baylen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:56:52 -0000

Crispy has influence.

That might be taking it too far.

But awesome work on the sloganeering. They'd better back it up with a free sandwich or ten.

Re: The Big Move, and More School

baylen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:45:12 -0000

Thanks for the pointer. Might hit Hope if I head down to Austin or Dallas at some point.

ColombiaMex grocery in Fayetteville has outstanding tortas. And the Wal-Mart on 6th/MLK is like Disneyworld for me--I can't stop going back, and I marvel each time I see it. And Ozark Coop has about the best veggie aisle I've ever seen.

Re: I Have Not Been Paid for This Endorsement. Yet.

baylen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:13:34 -0000

Very cool. Yet am getting ready to grill with the borax, nitrate, and lime.

Re: Michelle Obama’s WH Farm

baylen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:37:39 -0000

It takes a village to raise WH veggies. Literally.

Re: The road to café standards

baylen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:21:18 -0000

I don't see why these rules should just apply to children.

Kidding. Egad.

Re: Notes from My ASFS/AFHVS Conference Presentation: Arsenic and Trans Fats

baylen — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:18:53 -0000

Rachel--thanks.

Jon--thanks, too. Also, I have your copy of Starship Troopers. Will drop it in your ALR box this week or next. Thanks.

Re: Ask the Readers: What the Shell?

baylen — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:03:50 -0000

Shells, too. Makes it, um, crispy on the outside. Or crunchy, at least.

I never get to the de-veining if they're prepped how I prefer because the vein's under the shell. I figure whatever's in the vein can't be any worse than, say, what's in a clam's belly. Or tomalley.

Re: Ask the Readers: What the Shell?

baylen — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:19:44 -0000

"The legs and tails have to go, obviously..."

Au contraire! I eat both.

Re: So This Goat Walks Into a Carl’s Jr.

baylen — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:23:00 -0000

Probably going next door to Buck's. Ba-dum-bum.

Thank you. I'll be here all week.

Re: Bottled Watergate?

baylen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:42:04 -0000

Maybe he's like the kids in Slumdog and he's rebottling empties and filling them with tap water.

Re: I Like Herb

baylen — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:21:12 -0000

YDRC. IMO, cilantro does have a soapy taste (99 44/100 % pure). But I got over it years ago and love the stuff.

Re: Forrest Gump-Like Beaker at Ben’s Chili Bowl

baylen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:17:00 -0000

Jody,

It's good and unique, but nothing spectacular. It's more a drunken destination or cultural pilgrimage site than culinary wonderland.

Re: You say “tomato,” I say “foreign and evil!”

baylen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:05:40 -0000

Yep. That about takes the cake.

Re: Free the Roquefort! Free Trade!

baylen — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:46:03 -0000

Re: Free the Roquefort! Free Trade!

baylen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:07:14 -0000

...and mail it to us.

Re: Spam fingers are as good as they sound

baylen — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:07:22 -0000

These were really effing good.

Re: Breakfast à la carte

baylen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:41:39 -0000

It's not the celebration. It's the act of drinking with the libertarians @ Cato.

Re: Do Lean Times Call for Expired British Canned Goods?

baylen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:01:13 -0000

It would be more romantic if we could, say, go spend the weekend at the Mandarin Oriental.

Re: Respect for Crust

baylen — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:23:59 -0000

I think the "peas" requirement is pretty common. My Better Homes cookbook (ca. 1965) says the same. I've always taken it to mean cutting the shortening into the flour (I tend to use softened butter rather than lard) until it's about the size of small peas/large BBs.

Re: Oh Deer

baylen — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:14:02 -0000

Well, they might if the gov't forced them to do so. I can picture PETA, for example, lobbying against lead in food for the express purpose of banning donations of hunted meat.

Again, I don't really know what I'm talking about when it comes to hunting. But I think I'd generally be happier to eat food that didn't contain lead than that did.

Re: This Week in Bacon

baylen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58:00 -0000

If what you describe is all Oliver was doing, I wouldn't be opposed. But he's trying "fight for British pork farmers who are being hit by cheap imports," and he says pork raised elsewhere is done so under "illegal" conditions. This always precedes protectionist legislation--whether it be banning country X imports altogether or forcing country X to bring its standards up to those in Britain. Either way, that's bad for consumers.

Re: Oh Deer

baylen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:35:49 -0000

I don't know ammo to save my life, but the fantastic Field & Stream (I'm a subscriber) covered the issue of lead bullets in food recently. There's apparently something to the whole non-lead bullets thing.

Re: Crispy video: Pig in a box

baylen — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:47:24 -0000

Omigodthatsfuckingbrilliant!

Re: Help us choose our wedding menu

baylen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:17:31 -0000

Cubanitos, so long as it's a family recipe. (Perhaps modified by my previously suggested ingredient.) And then just more pork.