Trooper York: Purchase of the day

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Purchase of the day

Today's purchase was Sicilian olives and potato croquettes for Palm Sunday.

32 comments:

Titus said...: Both the rare clumber and I had diarrhea today. Isn't that odd?

Fortunately there was still snow on the ground which made it easy to scoop waterly poop.

The rare clumber will pinch anywhere-totally on the sidewalk with no grass-he's so urban.

Next...

My parents new Cavalier King Charles is currently in heat and wants out all the time in order to bark at other dogs so they will come over and lick her pussy and fuck her.

She is a pedigree show dog and will be being bred with another one through artifical insemination.

How do they get the male dog's junk?

The splew is fliying from Canada.; March 23, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Titus said...: Marquette game is great!

I get really horny during March Madness.; March 23, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Titus said...: It would be funny if there were Splew Storms and people would be walking around the streets with chiz dripping from their faces.; March 23, 2013 at 10:17 PM
chickelit said...: You're not writing good copy, Titus.

I want to chirbit something but you keep disappointing. :(; March 24, 2013 at 1:24 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Titus: I did a March Madness post you might like...; March 24, 2013 at 11:09 AM
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...: Those are fine looking olives.

I like making latkes with celery root and parsnips grated in. And shallots. They are great with smoked salmon and sour cream.; March 24, 2013 at 11:10 AM
windbag said...: Our purchase of the day was an evening at the casino in Cherokee. Dinner was an overpriced buffet that sucked. I was surprised there weren't any mountain oysters on the line. Gaming is 99.9% electronic slot-type machines. A couple of craps tables and roulette. All in all, an okay way to spend an evening. Not something I'd be likely to do again. I can't believe people go over there every weekend. Tell me Vegas is better than that.; March 24, 2013 at 11:46 AM
ndspinelli said...: windbag, Vegas is exponentially better. Are you a craps player?; March 24, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Titus said...: When men get boner pills do the pills give them boner and make them blow a load?

If it doesn't make them blow a load what good are the fucking pills?

The main purpose of a boner is to eventually blow.; March 24, 2013 at 12:57 PM
windbag said...: Are you a craps player?

I've been accused of spreading it. Does that count?

I'm more partial to the jai alai fronton or a dog track than a casino. That's the first time I've been to any casino. Underwhelmed, for sure. If I ever returned to one, I'd prefer a live game that offers (at the pretense of) a chance at winning. An electronic slot machine hardly seems reliable except to collect your money. Betting on a marble's destination or a roll of the dice seems a bit more sporting. Betting on jai alai or a dog seems even more fun.; March 24, 2013 at 1:24 PM
windbag said...: s/b "at least the pretense"; March 24, 2013 at 1:25 PM
ndspinelli said...: windbag, Ct. got jai lai back in the 70's and I fell in lover w/ it. However, it waned and there aare no more frontons there I believe.

I'm going toe to toe w/ the EBL on the pope/pasta thread from yesterday.; March 24, 2013 at 2:05 PM
windbag said...: I've been to the fronton in CT. About 20 years ago, probably. Next time I'm in Florida, I'll try to make it to one of them. I can get my brother-in-law to accompany me, as long as there's beer involved.; March 24, 2013 at 2:21 PM
chickelit said...: I'm going toe to toe w/ the EBL on the pope/pasta thread from yesterday.

I'm staying the requisite 12 inches from the requisite kind of charcoal fire in the requisite type of oven from that one.

The arguments will cease when they realize they're not arguing about food but rather language.; March 24, 2013 at 3:03 PM
chickelit said...: Titus said...
It would be funny if there were Splew Storms and people would be walking around the streets with chiz dripping from their faces.

Titus has what the those of the hebraic persuasion call chizputz; March 24, 2013 at 3:06 PM
Chip S. said...: People can't be expected to know everything about everything, but they can be expected to know how to do a basic internet search. Of course, if they think they already know everything, they don't see a need to do that.

noodles vs. pasta

I dunno if that source is right, but at least it's a basis for a discussion.

Now, when my dago friends talk about the "gravy" they put on their pasta, do they just mean "sauce"?; March 24, 2013 at 3:26 PM
ndspinelli said...: "gravy" is in my experience a term used primarily by Jersey dagos and yes they mean a basic tomato sauce.; March 24, 2013 at 3:35 PM
Chip S. said...: I think that source I linked to is unreliable in at least one way--noodles can't be a subset of pasta if there are more restrictions on pasta ingredients than on noodles.

Rice noodles, for ex., wouldn't qualify as pasta. There are also noodles made from mung bean starch, according to google.; March 24, 2013 at 3:36 PM
ndspinelli said...: ChipS, Thanks for the research. Being lectured to by "that woman" about Eyetalian food is what that pissing match was about. Her info was some fucking restaurant in Brooklyn and the dictionary. Comments must be down, I've not been over there for awhile. If she's engaging me she is looking for hits.

Speaking of Jersey, someone there won 338 million in Powerball last night.; March 24, 2013 at 3:45 PM
chickelit said...: Pasta is much lighter and, under Italian law, can only be made with durum wheat.

Ah, just like the old Reinheitsgebot which reminds us that much of what we call beer is not Bier.; March 24, 2013 at 3:46 PM
windbag said...: My dago sources tell me that gravy contains meat, but sauce doesn't.; March 24, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Chip S. said...: Just got back from a trip to the grocery. In honor of this thread I'm having spaghetti and meatballs tonight, w/ a cheap Sangiovese and a pseudo-Caesar salad.

Plus, S3 of Justified just came out on netflix, and it's at the top of my queue.

Livin' the TY lifestyle!; March 24, 2013 at 5:06 PM
ricpic said...: Are olives and potato croquettes specific to Palm Sunday in a symbolic sense or are they just good eats?

For example: there are several dishes that are served at Pesach (Passover) that refer to the Yids escape from Egypt. The one all kids love is spelled chorosis (but pronounced either cherosis or cheraysis) and consists of apples, walnuts, grapes or raisins plus some wine to give it zing and cinnamon all mixed together and ground up into a kind of crunchy paste. It's supposed to symbolise the mortar that those bastard Egyptians wouldn't allow the Jewish slaves to use to fit the bricks together. I still have the calluses on my hands har har. Anyway kids just love it, scarf it down alone or on matzo (pronounced matza). There's also a hard boiled egg served in oversalted water which is supposed to symbolize the bitter taste of slavery, but how excited can a kid get about a salty hard boiled egg?

Anyhow, to get back to the original question, are there symbolic foods served at the Palm Sunday dinner? On Easter I'm pretty sure there are several.; March 24, 2013 at 5:22 PM
Titus said...: Raymond Noodle Restaurants have become all the rage here.

There was a fascinating story on This American Life (I know commie) about disability payouts. It was unfuckingbelievable. When they appeal to the courts there isn't a lawyer representing the government. Kids are on disability all over the place (especially in the South, natch). All the fucking lawyers and there is this group called PSG or something like that that wins like 75% of the appeals. The states don't give a shit because the feds pay for it. It became huge after Clinton signed the welfare to work law. They all went from welfare to disability.

I saw a seagull pick out a used rubber from the beach today and starting eating it-did I hasten his early death because I did nothing?

Did Mamam die?; March 24, 2013 at 5:40 PM
Titus said...: spinelli, you did investigations for insurance companies correct?

Does anyone do investigations on these takers?; March 24, 2013 at 5:42 PM
MamaM said...: Did Mamam die?

Not yet but one day closer. Thankfully I have bowling for buzzards to keep me limber.

"While most sports are not for elderly people, it is possible to practice bowling very well at advanced ages.Apart from the physical benefits, it also has psychosocial benefits, strengthening friendships or creating new ones in groups."; March 25, 2013 at 12:32 AM
ndspinelli said...: Titus, It's govt. money, it grows on trees and so it's free!! No investigation needed.; March 25, 2013 at 12:06 PM
ndspinelli said...: ricpic, There's no traditional Palm Sunday meal that I'm aware. However, they have fresh, green palms for church here in San Diego. Not those dried brown ones distributed everywhere else.; March 25, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Titus said...: Bowling as a sport has really died in Wisconsin.

When my parents were in their 40's the Waun-A-Bowl in my hometown of Waunakee was packed every night for leagues. Couples night, women's night, men's night, day leagues. Now they have one couples and one men's night.

Sad and their cheesesteaks and fries are so amazing.; March 25, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Titus said...: gravy never contains meat-geez.

My friends in Revere which is basically the same as The Jersey shore know their gravy.

Mass and Jersey has very similar inhabitants-did you flyover fucks know that?

Mass has a very interesting dynamic too-the arty farty cultured Harvard and a million other college types and the underbelly towny gangster type-see Gardner Museum Heist.; March 25, 2013 at 10:29 PM
Titus said...: FYI-the cheesesteaks in Wisconsin are completely different from the East Coast.

In Wisconsin they are a larger version of the hamburger but still flat and round, with a cheese slice and hamburger bun.

How are they cheesesteaks in Paw Paw Mamam? Or is it Saginaw?; March 25, 2013 at 10:33 PM
MamaM said...: No cheese steaks in this neck of the woods, Titus. We're still skewering muskrats and weasels and roasting them over hot coals.; March 26, 2013 at 12:19 AM

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