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Brisketexan

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  1. All beef is expensive right now anyway. But yeah, the price explosion of former "trash cuts/poor folks cuts" is insane. Beef short ribs, oxtails? Those were tough cuts, suitable for a long braise, sold for CHEEP. Now? We've "elevated" southern cuisine and soul food and such, and now oxtails are a fucking expensive cut. Short ribs are expensive. FFS, short ribs are one of those things I used to make at home when we were a young and poor married couple. My wife loved 'em, and they were like $3 a pound, among the cheaper cuts around. Now, I still make them, I just have no illusion that it's a money-saving move. I have similar rants about the rise of the $8 taco, the $25 burger, etc. etc. etc. Taking all of the poor/working class foods, making them hip and cool, and as a result, quadrupling the price. The last refuge is cheap cuts of pork and chicken. You can still get a deal on pork neck bones and chicken backs and such.
  2. So, old trial lawyer story/tip. Every trial lawyer worth his salt has had to deal with this sort of person at least once (usually more than once): the idiot judge who simply agrees with the position of the last person who spoke. When you are arguing a case in front of such a judge, and you realize that what you say doesn't matter, the evidence you present doesn't matter.....only the timing matters....it changes your whole strategy. You could lay out the most lay-down, open-and-shut case in history, and the judge nods along, says "I think that's right," then turns to the other lawyer and says "any response?" The other lawyer doesn't have to say more than "well that's not right, that's not what the law says." No citation to any actual law, or evidence, but the judge nods and says "I think that's right." You then realize that you're in trouble.....and what you need to do is find a way to say "nuh uh, I win." And then hope the court runs out of time to hear anything else. You realize that no matter what the law and facts are, you are dealing with a malleable moron, who has the memory and attention span of a lobotomized, previously brain-damaged gnat. And we elected that guy president. There's a strategy for dealing with him. It's just such a fucking dumb one.
  3. It's hard to even FIND outside skirt steak in stores these days. Inside skirt? Sure. But outside skirt (which is thinner, cooks faster at high heat, and is the more traditional cut)? I can find it at....Central Market. That's it. And it's $25 a pound. Still, that's less than half the price these fucking insane restaurants are selling it at. Looks like around 1/3 the price, actually.
  4. That....is fucking INSANE. Man, I remember my old man ranting around 1980, about how those motherfucking sonsabitches at Chilis had ruined everything. "I used to be able to buy fajitas at the store for .29 a pound, then those assholes at Chilis told all the gringos about 'em, and now they're $5 a pound! For fajitas! A trash cut!" 29 cents a pound in the early 70s. Now, at restaurants for $70-80. I got nuthin', man. It's insane.
  5. This. Went a coupla months ago with the wife. Had a FANTASTIC fajita dinner with some queso and a coupla drinks. It was really, really good. Set us back $100. Whatever, fine, I can afford it....but that's just wrong. For 1 lb of beef fajitas.....it's $65 fucking dollars. That's $20-25 more than any other comparable place.
  6. I'm thinking we can lock this thread for 2025.
  7. That who we are. A country that kidnaps us citizen children and holds them hostage as leverage. In short, we’re terrorists.
  8. I can have that thing’s software looking like this within 24 hours:
  9. I didn’t take a pic, but last night, I made a shortcut chicken sauce picquant, and holy shit it was great. Our Randall’s, for some reason, recently decided to add a whole shelf section of various Cajun goodies. So I decided to try a jar of this: Had some leftover roast chicken. Also had some fresh breast that I diced and browned. Sautéed trinity and garlic. Added sauce and simmered. Served over rice, topped with fresh green onion and parsley. Gotdamn. I ate way more than I should have, and it tasted like an all-day recipe…that I made in 30 mins. A shortcut that I highly recommend. I love to cook, but I usually work late, so don’t have time to cook anything that takes longer than 30 mins. This will make my rotation.
  10. Yep. And there's a difference between some "that's just wrong" shit and this shit they are saying. Context matters as well. If someone on Surly says "man, Hitler jokes are a gas," that's FIRMLY in the "that's just wrong" arena, but NOBODY could reasonably take it as an endorsement/approval in any way, shape, or form, of the evils of naziism. These fuckers....as they actively support the exact sort of tactics, information manipulation, lies, etc. used by the nazis and other fascist regimes, as WELL as the context of the posts themselves....well, they aren't fucking jokes.
  11. Huh. You seem to not be aware of the “he’s a good Christian man” defense. It’s an absolute defense, immunizing one against all consequences of all horrific actions.
  12. Because. They. AGREE WITH THEM. Republicans are racist pieces of shit. All of them. Anyone who remains in that party is. AND THEY’RE PROUD OF IT.
  13. Maybe he needs a drink.
  14. Hooray. I’m ecstatic.
  15. The jankiest spike on your place only scored 13 points less than Texas has.
  16. Do we even want to win?
  17. FIF how shitty this really is.
  18. Seriously….if there’s one thing nobody should want, it’s MORE of this awful game.
  19. We should drop football as a sport.
  20. If Charlie strong and Tom Herman had a defective baby…it would be our coaching.
  21. Niblet is our entire game plan. Great.
  22. Arch is ass. This team is ass. Ass is ass. Assetty ass-ass mcasserson.
  23. The whole team is ass.
  24. Why do I keep watching this fucking team? Obviously, I hate myself.
  25. Oh, and when we left our house today, our long-time handyman was there working (some deferred maintenance we’re catching up on). We’ve known him and been close with him for years; he got married (by my wife) on our back deck. He’s Mexican, with legal status. But many of his friends and colleagues are at risk. As we gathered our stuff, he asked if we were going to protest. My wife said “absolutely.” Long pause, then “thank you.” As we marched, I said “man, a paleta cart would be next level here, for multiple reasons.” Well, lo and behold, when we got to auditorium shores…. Finally, on the walk back, car driving along the 1st street bridge beside us. Guy hollers out the window at all of us walking by - “I’m from Canada, and you all are great!” Different folks, from our whole continent. We aren’t going away.
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