[ale] [TOTALLY OT] Comfort foods

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Sep 13 10:47:55 EDT 2010


On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Dennis Ruzeski <denniruz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bangers and mash is good. I make a polish dish called potato kluski
> with left over mashed potatoes-- It used a dough like gnocchi but
> they're just dropped into boiling stock like a dumpling and then fried
> in bacon fat and butter.
> IMHO, mixing such a fine gin with tonic is a sin.


heh, heh. My G&T is _WAY_ more gin than tonic (3:1). Some places wave the
gin bottle over the glass, I wave the tonic bottle. Just enough tonic to
supply some fizz.


> It belongs chilled
> in a martini glass. If you feel the need to add vermouth, I find it
> sufficient to just set the open bottle next to the martini glass while
> you're pouring. An olive is nice, but a cocktail onion is my preferred
> garnish.
>
> Now I'm ready to work.
>
> -Dennis
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > splintering reality from a different posting and spawning a new thread
> that
> > could only be marginally justified here by including a "while working on
> a
> > Linux system" phrase
> >
> > What is your comfort food (while working on a Linux system)?
> >
> > 1. Nekot wafers and Mountain Dew (really - while working on Linux stuff)
> > 2. Corned beef, mashed potatoes with gravy and cabbage with more gravy
> >     (and a solid 2-shot Bombay Saphire gin and tonic with half a medium
> lime
> > juiced into it: yum!)
> > 3. Leftover mashed potatoes with gravy (we make smashed potatoes by the
> 5lb
> > bag!)
> > 4. Sausages with mashed potatoes and gravy (do you see a pattern here?)
> > 5. Fish and chips and a nice pint of pale ale
> > 6. Chili and cornbread
> >
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