They're nicer to Pacific Northwest than I would be--I'd probably use some term like "no-barbecue wasteland."
Ditto the Northeast.
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Oct 19, 2007 12:27:36 pm PDT #7600 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Kathy A - Oct 19, 2007 12:33:31 pm PDT #7601 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The surprising thing is that Chicago, known for its hog-butchering past and fantastic steaks, has really lousy barbeque. There are only a few halfway decent BBQ restaurants (Honey 1, a few of the South Side places, and Carsons and Robinson's chains).
We do have some really good competitions here, though--my dad and his team won the 1988 Inc. Ribfest, which is a very big deal here, and they also did very well at the Naperville Ribfest several years running. They sold the business back in the mid-90s, but Dad still makes occasional batches of his sauce. Sweet and tomato-ey, but with a nice zing when it hits the back of your throat. I have a mason jar full in my cabinet, waiting for some chicken.
amych - Oct 19, 2007 12:35:13 pm PDT #7602 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeah, I think they had a map and therefore discovered a compulsion to fill in all the regions with something. And "grilling sauce" is just wrong for anything in this part of the south -- if it's grilled, it's not barbecue.
beth b - Oct 19, 2007 12:47:06 pm PDT #7603 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I just counted the grains of rice in a tablespoon of rice - it was aborio - I am going to guess that 1 teaspoon is about 100 grains of rice.
so 2400 grains is about a cup of rice
Hayden - Oct 19, 2007 1:05:52 pm PDT #7604 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Political stuff. Phil Nugent's been on fire this week with his posts about the attacks on Al Gore and about David Brooks being overkind to Rep. Deborah Pryce: [link] Go and read.
Steph L. - Oct 19, 2007 1:34:56 pm PDT #7605 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
f you're not changing airlines, I would think you could make a 30-minute transfer in Cinti. The terminal is relatively compact. If one of your flights is on the small regional jets, you might have to take a bus out to the outer terminal, and that would slow you down, but if it's all big Delta planes I think it would work.
Thanks flea! It's SFO-CIN then CIN-BOS so all big planes.
What flea said. The Delta terminal is self-contained, and as long as you don't have to switch to a small regional jet, there are only 2 concourses in the terminal, and it's not huge.
megan walker - Oct 19, 2007 1:38:31 pm PDT #7606 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Thanks Tep!
I made these plans so long ago because of the miles, and if I had to switch them now--ugh.
Sheryl - Oct 19, 2007 2:05:40 pm PDT #7607 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Burrell!
juliana - Oct 19, 2007 2:22:38 pm PDT #7608 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I note that Alaska is not on that BBQ map, and therefore call shenanigans. Due to oil and military postings, we get a lot of Southerners up there (poor things), and some have stayed to open up BBQ joints. They tend to be either Texas or KC-style.
Also, Susan, I think there's a BBQ joint near downtown called... Steel Pig? At least, it was there in 2004, and mighty tasty.
Ginger - Oct 19, 2007 2:28:59 pm PDT #7609 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Happy Birthday, Burrell!
They're nicer to Pacific Northwest than I would be--I'd probably use some term like "no-barbecue wasteland."
Ditto the Northeast.
Yeah, my first thought was "There is no barbecue in most of those places." Ultimately, it's not about the sauce. It's about how the meat is cooked. With what I think of as real barbecue, the sauce is on the side.