Musings on Cheese
Speckled Trout (1:21:57 PM): you ever have goat cheese?
Dick Dastardly (1:22:49 PM): yes
Dick Dastardly (1:22:56 PM): why
Dick Dastardly (1:23:00 PM): that was random
Speckled Trout (1:24:37 PM): just got it in a salad, not sure if im feelin it, this other kid at work was talkin it up like it was the new blue cheese or something
Dick Dastardly (1:24:51 PM): its similar to blue cheese
Dick Dastardly (1:24:52 PM): or feta
Speckled Trout (1:25:33 PM): nah, its creamier, subtler taste...a distant third to blue and feta, while feta is a distant second to blue
Dick Dastardly (1:26:14 PM): blue cheese can be overpowering though
Dick Dastardly (1:26:21 PM): whereas goat cheese is a compliment
Dick Dastardly (1:26:25 PM): provides texture
Dick Dastardly (1:26:35 PM): as opposed to bold flavor
Speckled Trout (1:28:37 PM): i think the texture of goat cheese completely detracts from my meal
Speckled Trout (1:28:53 PM): its too mushy and clumpy
Dick Dastardly (1:29:42 PM): it needs to be proportioned properly
Dick Dastardly (1:29:52 PM): there is definitely such a thing as too much goat cheese
Dick Dastardly (1:30:01 PM): kind of like frumunda cheese
Speckled Trout (1:30:08 PM): blue cheese, on the other hand, comes in palatable little crumbles and the right amount complements a salad, hamburger, wrap, whatever perfectly...i could eat blue cheese on its own
Speckled Trout (1:30:48 PM): but i guess you could have too much blue cheese, like,i couldnt sit down and eat a block of blue cheese i guess
Dick Dastardly (1:30:58 PM): thats pretty vile stuff
Dick Dastardly (1:31:04 PM): its a gross thing to have a lot of
Dick Dastardly (1:31:09 PM): any of those chesses, really
Dick Dastardly (1:31:14 PM): hell, any cheese
Speckled Trout (1:31:42 PM): its not possible for me to disagree more strongly
Dick Dastardly (1:31:30 PM): you think you could sit down and have 24 kraft american singles without feeling sick?
Dick Dastardly (1:31:55 PM): what about the 48 pack ?
Dick Dastardly (1:32:00 PM): of kraft american singles
Dick Dastardly (1:32:08 PM): you think you could eat them all and not feel sick ?
Dick Dastardly (1:32:12 PM): thats a lot of cheese man
Speckled Trout (1:32:17 PM): not kraft singles, but i could easily - EASILY - sit down and eat an 8 oz bag of mozzarella, pepper jack, cheddar, colby jack...
Speckled Trout (1:32:32 PM): kraft singles are kinda gross, i never eat american cheese
Dick Dastardly (1:32:34 PM): 8 oz ? thats not even close to a block
Speckled Trout (1:33:08 PM): whatever, thats what size the bags come in
Speckled Trout (1:33:26 PM): ill take a 12er or a pint down, bring it
Dick Dastardly (1:32:58 PM): yeah, ill give you mozzarella
Dick Dastardly (1:33:00 PM): i could eat that
Dick Dastardly (1:33:07 PM): but not blue cheese, feta, or goat cheese
Speckled Trout (1:33:47 PM): yeah, an 8 oz bag of blue, feta, or goat would be tough
Dick Dastardly (1:33:43 PM): so what are the terms of this challenge
Speckled Trout (1:34:19 PM): i dont know, next friday ill eat a bag of cheese for lunch in your presence
Dick Dastardly (1:34:04 PM): loser has to pull a bruce willis in the beginning of die hard with a vengeance
Dick Dastardly (1:34:17 PM): but in your hood
Speckled Trout (1:34:46 PM): i dont know what that means
Dick Dastardly (1:22:49 PM): yes
Dick Dastardly (1:22:56 PM): why
Dick Dastardly (1:23:00 PM): that was random
Speckled Trout (1:24:37 PM): just got it in a salad, not sure if im feelin it, this other kid at work was talkin it up like it was the new blue cheese or something
Dick Dastardly (1:24:51 PM): its similar to blue cheese
Dick Dastardly (1:24:52 PM): or feta
Speckled Trout (1:25:33 PM): nah, its creamier, subtler taste...a distant third to blue and feta, while feta is a distant second to blue
Dick Dastardly (1:26:14 PM): blue cheese can be overpowering though
Dick Dastardly (1:26:21 PM): whereas goat cheese is a compliment
Dick Dastardly (1:26:25 PM): provides texture
Dick Dastardly (1:26:35 PM): as opposed to bold flavor
Speckled Trout (1:28:37 PM): i think the texture of goat cheese completely detracts from my meal
Speckled Trout (1:28:53 PM): its too mushy and clumpy
Dick Dastardly (1:29:42 PM): it needs to be proportioned properly
Dick Dastardly (1:29:52 PM): there is definitely such a thing as too much goat cheese
Dick Dastardly (1:30:01 PM): kind of like frumunda cheese
Speckled Trout (1:30:08 PM): blue cheese, on the other hand, comes in palatable little crumbles and the right amount complements a salad, hamburger, wrap, whatever perfectly...i could eat blue cheese on its own
Speckled Trout (1:30:48 PM): but i guess you could have too much blue cheese, like,i couldnt sit down and eat a block of blue cheese i guess
Dick Dastardly (1:30:58 PM): thats pretty vile stuff
Dick Dastardly (1:31:04 PM): its a gross thing to have a lot of
Dick Dastardly (1:31:09 PM): any of those chesses, really
Dick Dastardly (1:31:14 PM): hell, any cheese
Speckled Trout (1:31:42 PM): its not possible for me to disagree more strongly
Dick Dastardly (1:31:30 PM): you think you could sit down and have 24 kraft american singles without feeling sick?
Dick Dastardly (1:31:55 PM): what about the 48 pack ?
Dick Dastardly (1:32:00 PM): of kraft american singles
Dick Dastardly (1:32:08 PM): you think you could eat them all and not feel sick ?
Dick Dastardly (1:32:12 PM): thats a lot of cheese man
Speckled Trout (1:32:17 PM): not kraft singles, but i could easily - EASILY - sit down and eat an 8 oz bag of mozzarella, pepper jack, cheddar, colby jack...
Speckled Trout (1:32:32 PM): kraft singles are kinda gross, i never eat american cheese
Dick Dastardly (1:32:34 PM): 8 oz ? thats not even close to a block
Speckled Trout (1:33:08 PM): whatever, thats what size the bags come in
Speckled Trout (1:33:26 PM): ill take a 12er or a pint down, bring it
Dick Dastardly (1:32:58 PM): yeah, ill give you mozzarella
Dick Dastardly (1:33:00 PM): i could eat that
Dick Dastardly (1:33:07 PM): but not blue cheese, feta, or goat cheese
Speckled Trout (1:33:47 PM): yeah, an 8 oz bag of blue, feta, or goat would be tough
Dick Dastardly (1:33:43 PM): so what are the terms of this challenge
Speckled Trout (1:34:19 PM): i dont know, next friday ill eat a bag of cheese for lunch in your presence
Dick Dastardly (1:34:04 PM): loser has to pull a bruce willis in the beginning of die hard with a vengeance
Dick Dastardly (1:34:17 PM): but in your hood
Speckled Trout (1:34:46 PM): i dont know what that means
posted by Speckled Trout at
2:01 PM
17 Comments:
coincidentally enough i had a side salad featuring goat cheese this afternoon for lunch to compliment my sausage parm hero
the salad was described as mixed greens, cranberries, walnuts, goat cheese, with a sherry vinagrette. while it sounds delicious, it was actually terrible. the cranberry taste severely overpowered everything, the walnuts were far too big for a side salad, and the goat cheese, although i couldn't make out the tast due to the cranberries, looked vile.
i like the terms of the bet dick. but if you wanna play hard, carry out the terms in my, or better yet, trout's neighborhood.
"it was all a dream/used to read word-up magazine/salt n peppa and heavy d up in my limosine"
i could go for a sausage parm hero right now. so unhealthy. so delicious.
idk if american idol rants are acceptable for the typeset, but id like to go a lil bit.
this is the first season i've watched the show, and i've been legitimately entertained. the guys are fun to watch, and i'd pay to go see the beat box guy perform.
the girls, not so much tho. i only tuned in to see antonella, who altho i was rooting for her, it was painful to watch how inferior she was to the other girls vocally, capped off by simon's comment, "i just wish you were a better singer" to which her facial response was classic. i just found out last night that she used to date a guy in my buddy's frat. he said "she's nice, but nothing special."
i'm sure one of the crappy ones is going to win, so i'll be tuning out soon since her, head, and beatbox were my 3 favorites.
not a solid post, i know, but it was very cathartic for me. and when you're living at home 3.5 days a week and have to wake up to your mom accusing you of downloading viruses on her laptop due to shady internet navigating and then have to mop up the living room floor where i shined my shoes last night, well...just let me have this one fellas
can't say i still have much interest in american idol, but i will have to go ahead and disagree with you. the dudes are fucking terrible, as in every last one of them. if it were solely based on talent, its a two person race between the fat chick with the thunderous voice and the girl who looks and sounds all old (melinda maybe?). but i think stephanie actually has a shot cuz she's sorta hot and happens to be a pretty good singer, historically a good combo to possess for Idol girls.
also, i dont really think theres that much shame in watching american idol; it doesn't really need to be classified as a guilty pleasure, or anything. viewed as a contest, it's tremendously entertaining and compelling and all that, but that's all it really needs to be seen as. the "stars" this show produces are mostly wack (with the exception of clarkson, but we've already been over this). as other people have pointed out, i think it's worth considering that if you had a lineup of the best bands in the world play from 8-10 on fox two nights a week, that show wouldnt be able to hold AI's jockstrap ratings-wise. so the contest aspect and seeing if people can hold up under the pressure is what drives the show, for me at least.
what i dont get is how these people go on to sell a shitload of albums. consider the success of winners like clarkson, carrie underwood, and even taylor hicks as well as the success of also-rans clay aiken, that daughtry guy, jennifer hudson, katharine mcphee, etc.
i guess the combination of people relishing the competition as well as legitimately appreciating the music is what makes this show one of the all-time juggernauts.
anyway, legend and slothra favorite, sundance head, got the boot last night, apparently, along with barba. there was a whole lot of attention for barba for obvious reasons, but she's not even close to as hot as, say, carrie underwood or kelly pickler. needed to be said.
Ok, legend. I will let you have that. I actually watched American Idol one night either last week or two weeks ago. I heard nobody that sounded like they could be a pop star. That one dude looks just like Justin Timberlake (you know JT$?), but he can't sing. The hot chicks also are the worst female singers. Again, I haven't seen it for a week or two, so some crappy singers have been eliminated by now. Is it possible that the talent pool has dwindled or that America can only produce a certain number of "idols" in a short period? It looks like thousands of people audition for this thing. If the show wasn't so damn highly rated, it would make sense to make it every 4 years, or every other year, for the purposes of finding the best candidate to become a star. Then people who are destined to do nothing in the business - like Taylor Hicks - won't win it all. Unfortunately, I won't be giving it another shot this season. You know why? IT'S MARCH MADNESS! STOP WATCHING AMERICAN IDOL AND START WATCHING CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS. OR THE NBA. OR SPRING TRAINING.
or go the with my approach, watch everything.
i think dick makes a valid point. i've also thought the talent pool has to have been drastically dwindled by now. other people also must be noticing this, including past contestants. why wouldnt the good ones from the past, like tamyra or whatever from season 1, come back and just clean up against these clowns?
also, i think it would be fucking awesome if some fading stars went incognito on the show for the purpose of rejuvenating their careers. imagine if whitney houston went on this show or even britney, heavily disguised. i mean, it would take a huge sacrifice of their pride, but do they really have any left?
trout- you're out of your mind. i love blondes and even i'll admit that barba blows away the carrie/kelly combo. my list looks like:
barba - 10
underwood - 9.5
pickler (pre weight gain) - 9
pickler (post weight gain) - 7
good use of the "replace all" function with that AIM cut and paste, trout. everyone would've thought that dialog was between Charlton Heston and Frank Thomas...would've been all confusing.
i think you mean kirk douglas...unless you are trying to throw the typeset off by making them think my screenname is MosesIsTheShit67.
Legend, I don't think anyone can make fun of you after the epic cheese discussion up there...
I haven't watched Idol this season, but you are crazy if you think Barba is hotter than Carrie Underwood. Carrie's a bit too skinny for me, but her face is much prettier. Barba looks like she may be pretty naughty tho, so if that's what you were going for, I understand.
Back to basketball-> Someone was touting UCLA in a previous post and I was curious what Type Slow thinks about them now after they've lost 2 in a row. They were a consensus 1-seed going into their conference tourny. They'll probably still be a 1 or 2 seed, but does dropping those 2 games make you like them less? Or does it not matter and they should enjoy their extra days of rest before the real tournament starts next week?
still a 1 seed, and still the front runner. washington is a good team and cal is underrated. i see this as a wake-up call, which i always like heading into crunch time. they'll play 2 crummy teams to get their confidence back, then drive to the title
see i'm down with the new, slimmed down underwood. and if that perpetuates and/or increases eating disorders among teenage girls, well i guess we'll know type slow is on the map.
i talked to joe lunardi earlier this morning, he seems to think ucla is still a 1. i agree. they'll be in the elite 8 i think, without seeing their bracket.
UCLA has as much as any team in the country. A couple of losses might be just what they need to fly under the radar. I wish I knew more about these teams. Gonna be picking from the seat of my pants this go-around (which of course is just as good as knowing a lot about the field of 65).
By the way, I'm liking Oakland for the play-in game.
Ok, I lied. I have no idea if they are even in the tournament. I think the 65th team is pretty stupid. Nobody cares about that game at all. Yes, it gives national attention to college who otherwise wouldn't be noteworthy. But really, they are playing for the right to get demolished by Ohio State. That must be an exciting experience. Kind of reminds me of the time "Herbie Kegstands" lost a playoff IM basketball game, but were allowed to advance because the other team had an illegal player. Then, we lost to a team of D-III ballers in the quarters. That, too, was an exciting experience.
the herbie kegstands were really only collectively (triple adverb usage) good at one thing, and basketball wasnt it. nobody - NOBODY - smelled more like last night's party than the kegstands. im surprised people could guard us sometimes the way we reeked of booze. except for franklin, but i was always surprised when someone bothered to guard him anyway. we gotta get a team together here; consider this a call to arms.
by the way, what is the point of the play-in game?
Actually Lunardi is projecting Delaware State University to get the honor of playing Ohio St.
I kind of have to root for Del. State on this one. In high school we all knew that if all else failed with our safety schools, we were still safe with getting a minority scholarship to Del. State.
Also, its the 10 year anniversary of Biggie death today
new week/new post needed. i'll even start it for you, it can be called 'bracketology', start with how the east and west brackets are insanely loaded whereas the midwest and south ones are pathetic, then segway into how tonight is the most important episode of 'the hills' marking whether it will have the legs for a third season. if those don't work, well i had sundried tomatoes in my pasta for lunch...discuss amongst yourselves.
8 oz is absolutely the standard size for a block of cheese. Check our crisper right now to confirm. Sigh. Have you learned nothing, Dastardly??
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