I just baked Slim Jim pieces into crescent rolls. It was good, although I think tiny pieces of Slim Jim baked into the inside would have been better.

Where the fuck are the pictures.

I forgot to take pics, I was hungry.

Our appetizer trays from Saturday's gathering.
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I'd puke on the little corn and green beans.

So the local Miata club went to a fairly well known asian restaurant called E Noodle Co. They made us a 5 course meal, and it was pretty freaken awesome. (And all for $16 a person!) I got a couple pictures, not all 5 though, sorry. What I didnt photograph was 1, 4 and 5. 1st was a spicy coconut and chicken soup. 2nd was a seared tuna, photograph #1. 3rd was a spicy shrimp and a crazy sticky/sweet rice photograph #2. 4th was a seared beef and udon noodle. And finally 5th was a scoop of ice cream with a deep fried banana.

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Then last night I made a stuffed spinach stuffed tilapia with a cheese sauce over rice.
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And for lunch today I made a sautéed soy chicken and udon noodle with some baked wonton wrappers.
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I did have a cheese stick too... i guess when family doesnt want to go out for lunch you get stuck with Thomas.

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Is that some sort of canned meat product?

jesus christ, times must be hard

Full English, 'Merican style

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no haggis and the beans are all wrong

Nor is there any blood/black pudding. Shit's nasty.

no, it's delicious

I think korean food fits the "eating like a king" moniker the best. I love the fact food comes in like 2 dozen mini dishes, with well displayed main course which is always some sort of bbq.

Got a new wok for Christmas, time to test it out with some Chinese dishes! First: Mongolian Beef
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my dads b-day was yesterday and i had college class, so i made him lunch/dinner today.
Grilled Portobello Mushroom, filet mignon, and rice.
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Not mine, no affiliation, just thought I'd share:

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that looks delicious but I must criticize the method of bacon wrapping. you end up with the top and bottom center of the puck covered in 2x the amount of bacon. I prefer to have the same quantity of bacon equally distributed in each bite. I friggin HATE the "x-bacon" on restaurant burgers.

I think my arteries clogged up just by looking at that thing.

I've been in Maryland since the 3rd and I've eaten at Chipotle every day but once. ---- YES!

you are so :brain:

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Just made pigs in a mofoing blanket.

Too much pig, not enough blanket.

I know ya'lls be hatin'. Cheap wine and roast beef spread on crackers. Ballin'. In all honesty, the wine isn't bad for $7, and the spread is pretty goddamn tasty.

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I love underwood Chicken spread. I accidentally bought ham spread the other day...

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Roasted Pumpkin pizza. wild boar bolognese, caramelized onions, goat cheese, prosciutto.

------- delicious.

it occurred to me that i hadn't been in this thread in awhile. figured i should.

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Lunch today:

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Asparagus, artichoke and mushroom salad, lamb chops, some kind of fish with fruit salsa, crab legs, bacon-wrapped salmon, prosciutto, and banana cake drizzled in caramel.

Joe wins. Please pick up your crown at the US Consolate

Consulate*

Happy birthday.

I have utterly no idea where the nearest consulate office is.

Sadly, the city of Bremerhaven is a ѕhithole. Papenburg was a really neat little town, but this place is just a dive. On the plus side, probably 75% of the ship's systems are up and running, and we've already got 1,500 crew living aboard, so it's not really necessary to go ashore all that often.

The only real problem I've had is that while I brought two bottles of Johnny Walker Black with me from the US, port security prevented me from carrying them onboard. So I left them in the car, went to the local supermarket and found a bottle of some random health drink that looks exactly like scotch (it's called Bionade, and it tastes like carbonated aѕѕholes), dumped it out, rinsed the bottle, and am using it to bring the scotch onboard 0,5l at a time. (I know, first world problem. What? I can't bring my illegally imported, undeclared 12 year scotch onboard? What do you mean I'm limited to just the paltry variety of free German beers that you have in the poolside bar and the selection of overpriced cocktails at the terminal lounge? €3,50 for a rum & cola that's only 50% rum? Bloody Germans...)

Dinner tonight was good, but I didn't get a picture. Tomato bisque, polenta with honey, ratatouille, glazed trout, fresh buffalo mozzarella, seared pepper-steak and a slice of deliriously good walnut cheesecake.


Breakfast, by comparison, has been a relatively pedestrian experience. Just the usual french toast with raspberry compote, Canadian bacon, bratwurst, smoked salmon with capers, and eggs. After a week or so of the same thing, you tend to get bored with it. (I know, first world problem. The gourmet food on this brand new, state-of-the-art mega cruise ship is so repetitive.)


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What really surprised me the first day was the orange juice. Even though it gets reconstituted and squirted out of a machine, it actually tastes very good. Thick, pulpy, and without the acrid aftertaste that usually accompanies pasteurized OJ, concentrated or not. The OJ on the last ship wasn't this good.

Of course, it wasn't nearly as horrid as the dreck that KLM airlines tries to pass off as orange juice. The Dutch are good at many things, but OJ is not one of them. I don't know if this innadequacy is limited merely to citrus or if it extends to all fruit juices, but I'm not going to bother finding out. They do know how to select a perfectly adequate wine (we had copious amounts of a 2009 Shiraz on the last flight, which was quite tasty and complemented the beef burgundy rather well) but that's apparently the limit. (I know, first world problem. What the hell kind of orange juice is this that you're trying to serve me while I enjoy this lovely omelette, sitting in a leather recliner, watching a movie and hurtling through the sky 6 miles above the earth at mach 0.85?)



The sad part is that I've only been here a week, and yet we've made really amazing progress. The studios are essentially finished, and I'll be starting testing and configuration tomorrow, so there's probably only about 3 days' work left. (The last time it took a full month. I learned a lot of lessons and was much more prepared this time.) So the dilemna is whether to fly home this weekend and return to crappy TV dinners and beer I have to pay for, or find some reason to delay and wind up having to cross the Atlantic when she sets sail on the 16th, which would mean I'd be "stuck" aboard until she arrives in a location which we're still not allowed to disclose on Feb 29.

Decisions, decisions... :rolleyes:


(On the plus side, I did meet a nice Chilean girl who'd just come aboard yesterday and was having trouble adapting the power connector on her laptop to the ship's systems. Turns out that the plugs they use in Chile are identical to Italian CEI 23-16/VII plugs, which are in turn identical to a standard Europlug, except with a ground pin in the middle. So you just snip off the ground pin and it plugs right into a standard CEE 7/4 "Schuko" socket.)

Joe, if you have time to spare, come to Arnhem and I'll buy you a beer.

I'm not sure that I will have time, unfortunately. It looks as I will be flying home on Saturday, and the closest I'll likely come is Schiphol.

Schiphol is <20 minutes from my other home. What time do you leave?

Hell Oscar, I wish I would have known that. I was just in Nijmegen today.

No way. What you doing there? I'm here all week though.

Visiting Radboud University. Unfortunately, I'm in Den Bosch right now. I'm heading back to the US Saturday and not headed back that way unfortunately.

Just went and got lunch.

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I have a hot friend there if you need to bang? Let me know next time you're in my neck of the woods, we should meat.

Probably should of taken a picture... but I just ate a 9months expired annie chun's noodle bowl... I don't feel so hot

I just have a brief layover on my way from Bremen to the states, unfortunately.

Now that I know you're nearby, I'll make plans to spend some time out there on the next trip.

Cool. Let me know when you get around my neck of the woods again and we'll work something out.

MT.net, better for m4m casual encounters than CL.

My birthday dinner:
We started with an amazing cheese plate with a pear jam, which I didn't get a picture of. And then these followed, with descriptions copied from their menu.
ROASTED BONE MARROW RAVIGOTE & FLEUR DE SEL
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GRATIN d' ESCARGOTS HAM, MUSHROOMS, GARLIC, SHALLOT, FINES HERBES & GRUYERE CROUTON
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LYONNAISE ONION TARTE CHEVRE, MELTED ONION & LEEK, POACHED EGG & SAUTÉED KALE
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WHOLE ROASTED TROUT WARM LENTIL SALAD & BROWNED BUTTER VINAIGRETTE
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If anyone's ever in Portland, I highly suggest you make reservations and visit.
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And yes, we brought home the bones for our dog, who's name is Jack. He's been chewing on one all night.

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What is roast beef spread. Is it like spam and/or corned beef in a can?

Nothing personal, but it really grinds my gears when I see someone taking photos of their food with the flash on. I can understand the occasional photo of the couple or group, but I often grow annoyed when the ambiance is turned from decent French restaurant to trashy nightclub, complete with strobes. If I'm shelling out at least a c-note for dinner, I would prefer to not feel like I'm in a TGI Friday's -- especially while I'm sipping a glass of Domaine de la Grange des Pères.

If it's dark enough to warrant using a flash, you probably should be more considerate of other patrons.

Lol, I had the same thought and was very conscious of the flash. We were alone in a corner by the entrance and if it had affected others i wouldn't have taken the pictures. I'm the last person to ruin the atmosphere.

Post 466 was queer as ---- imo.

I was going to ignore you, but I feel I may as well address your concerns for my heterosexuality.

I understand that you don't have anything in your life to look forward to, but don't think for a second that you could "attack" me by calling me a queer. I'm not queer, in fact, I'm curious as to how much tail you've been able to net while splitting your time between lighting your eyelashes on fire and really just being a low-class, immature piece of ---- in general.

You are nothing and you won't ever be anything unless you change the way you live your so-called life. You could start by looking at others who've accomplished something and try to emulate them. You'll probably fail miserably at that, but at least you tried.

:party:

+1

Words can not describe the amazingness of these cheese fries and ranch.
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It also goes well with chicken/bacon/mushrooms/cheese, lobster tail, salad w/ spicy ranch, and pumpernickel bread.

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God bless per diem rates.

While Outbacks cheese fries are fairly awesome, they don't hold a candle to the ones posted above. As for the lobster tail, every time I have tried it there it is overcooked and rubbery. The McDonalds graduates don't know how to cook delicate food. :crx:

Needs moar pants

is that the pic you used in your m4m casual encounters post on CL?

"34 y/o bicurious salesman in town. about to order a ppv porno and j/o if any bros want to come over for a quick blow-and-go. I've got food and some beers if you want to chill. start with some light kissing and move to some heavy petting.......... u kno the drill!

come 2 cum........."

It's almost like you've written those before..

finallllllllllllllllly.

Just an impromptu butter sauteed chicken breast linguine with heavy cream and champagne:

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I used coarse ground white pepper, cayenne pepper flakes, oregano, sumac and a bit of salt.
Oh, and a metric ton of garlic.

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The result was very satisfactory..

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And, I used a bit of capers to top it off..

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Meanwhile, someone watched over me like a a hawk:

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Dude, that looks amazing. Can you share the recipe?

4am snack:
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Oh ---- yeah! Shrimp flied lice.

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Good ----!

I really need to reseason my wok. For some reason it has started to chip and flake off. It held fine for a long time, but now just started to give up.