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17 hours ago, DonRocks said:

Huh, I guess the Tadiq with stew on top is by design; I thought it was a kitchen mistake. Maybe this is how Persians eat it, I don't know - the crunch seems like it would be the primary raison d'être. 

Maybe just an off night/dish? I've had it many times, and in the ~20 minutes between when they plate it, it comes to me, and I eat it, the stew is not enough to stop the tadiq from still being crunchy to the last bite.

9 hours ago, Marty L. said:

BTW, 2 Amys is closed for a couple of days due to a "technical issue" (per Instagram).

Now upgraded to a minimum of weeks. Burst pipe overnight flooded the place out.

Yeah, the lactation/nursing/OB fields have long known about the Nestle connection in third world countries. It's been going on for like 30 years.

I've been to the Rockville location now 4 times in the last couple of months. This is my favorite fast casual place around, easily.

Regular combo platter with lettuce, tomato, onions, peppers, and olives. Lots of white sauce, a little bit of BBQ sauce, one stripe of hot sauce.

Steve Ditko, artist of my childhood imagination.

His tweet makes no sense - someone who is in poverty should be encouraged to nurse (FREE), rather than spend money they don't have on formula.

And the resolution doesn't say that formula shouldn't be available, just that the government should devote resources to educating expectant mothers that nursing is superior in most cases. Which destroys the other half of his argument.

My ex is a lactation consultant, and the entire profession is aghast. This one is a no-brainer to support.

1 hour ago, DonRocks said:

If there's anything cost-prohibitive that people are hesitant to bring, I'll be glad to reimburse you - if anyone has an idea that isn't being pursued because of the money, please write me. In fact, if anyone wants to prepare, for example, a whole, barbecued lamb, I'll be glad to pay for it.

NotQuickDraw and agm are the ones that have historically brought the Caja China and done whole animal BBQ, but they're not available on our date this year.

It's easy to get around the heat thing for cold dishes - just put the bowl of whatever in a larger bowl with a layer of ice in between. There's usually plenty of ice around for refilling if needed. And proteins rarely last long enough to worry.

Here's the standings after this morning's games:

1. Real Madrid 9
2. Barcelona 9
3. Tottenham 8
4. Manchester United 6
5. Atletico Madrid 5

Spurs need some help to stay level in the first round. I don't think it will come from Kane today - England really wants to lose the game if at all possible. But they have 3 on Belgium and 4 on England, so who knows.

2 hours ago, lovehockey said:

Last I heard the leading scorer in the WC is own goal.

Only 7 so far!

Germany earned their loss. They never looked dangerous in the attacking third.

* Spurs are now the leading scoring team at the WC with 8: Kane (5, England), Son (2, Korea), Eriksen (1, Denmark)

* Yes, I know this isn't a stat that's tracked. Just some fannish pride.

3 minutes ago, astrid said:

Alrighty!  Tomato tasting will be happening.

Awesome! Assuming my CSA delivers some tomatoes that week, I will bring some as well, along with some fun salts to taste on the tomatoes.

Anyone have some good olive oils to bring?

My bracket is perfect through C, but will fall with D. I have Argentina 1 and Croatia 2, which can't happen, but we'll see if we get those two reversed.

3 hours ago, weezy said:

A thought crossed my mind over the weekend.  Since folks are coming from all over the area, does anyone want to do a Peruvian chicken comparison?  anyone who wants to participate can pick up a bird or two from their local favorite and then we can do a side-by-side to see how they stack up against each other.

That could be fun, and I wouldn't mind stopping at La Limena and/or Crisp & Juicy.

However, to me, this style of chicken degrades rapidly once it goes into the takeout container, and we'd be tasting probably an hour or longer after they're bought, so it would hardly be a definitive comparo.

On 6/20/2018 at 1:35 PM, Tweaked said:

In Group A, Russia and Uruguay have advanced to the second round.  All that is left to be decided is which team will top the group when they play against each other on June 25.  A win or a tie and the hosts will win the group.  Egypt and Saudi Arabia will face each other in their final group match, both have been eliminated.

In Group B, we bid farewell to Morocco.  Still lots to play for between Portugal (4 points), Spain (4 points), and Iran (3 points).

Portugal v. Iran & Spain v. Morocco 2 pm June 25.

Group B is crazy - right now Spain is in first place in the group over Portugal because of LESS YELLOW CARDS. If they have identical results on the 25th, that will be the tiebreaker. Insane.

I once saw Living Colour at the Birchmere. You could tell on their faces that they couldn't figure out why the audience was so sedate. I told them at the meet&greet after that it was a "seated show", and all of a sudden lightbulbs went off.

KN is right - they should be embarrassed to serve that food, and CHARGE FOR TAP WATER. 

Anyone want to join my bracket game?

https://bracket2018.mlssoccer.com/#league/standings/3937?code=P5VLZDRH

After a number of visits where the spicy were just kinda spicy, my last two visits to the Rockville location they are again SPICY.

4 hours ago, DonRocks said:

It was ol_ironstomach who brought, opened, and cooked the egg - a perfect sunnyside up.

(Plus me. It took two of us 15 minutes to hack open that freaking egg.)

4 minutes ago, DonRocks said:

Are you talking about Red Stag?! I went to a dinner with Fred Noe when he was introducing that stuff "to get women to drink Bourbon" (his words), and I thought it was the nastiest thing I've ever tasted. I guess it sells well, so to each his/her own, but eeeeeeeee-YUCK!

Nope. Astrid makes their own blend of cherries soaked in whisky, and it is fabulous.

6 minutes ago, astrid said:

I will be there with +1, cherry whisky, and sundry.

Oh, hell yes on the cherry whisky!

I am definitely in, +3.

We will bring some kind of baked goods (my wife's specialty), and some kind of protein/green veggie dish, which will completely depend on what shows up in my CSA bag that week.

I also have the "traveling box of DR picnic supplies", which includes pens, nametags, several reusable tablecloths, plus plenty of napkins, silverware, plastic/paper cups. I will do a complete inventory closer to the date to see if we need any paper goods at all to be supplemented. Would also like someone to take ownership of the box after this picnic, as we are doing a big cleanup project in my garage in anticipation of selling the house in a year or so.

55 minutes ago, DonRocks said:

Gang,

I spent $350 to reserve this pavilion because, well, because I was happy to, and if even 10 families go, that will be worth it for me. But I've always been pessimistic about this event, because the social, "get-together" aspect of our website was supplanted by Facebook many years ago (betcha didn't know it was Facebook that killed it, didja? But it was - nothing I could do about it. PS - where is the seed money and/or corporation who would want to lease this forum on their own website? I'm not going to keep killing myself forever when I could be traveling the world.)

So I'm going to ask to get the ball rolling in the next week or so; otherwise, I'm going to donate the pavilion site to a charity who might be looking for such a thing, and is hard-up for funds. I'd *much* rather make some families here happy, but I don't want this resource to go to waste.

We're still 6 weeks out. People may not have populated the spreadsheet linked above, but it seems to me that at least 9 people have indicated in this topic that they are coming, and I know of a few others that haven't signed off in the topic that are planning on coming.

On 6/9/2018 at 2:20 PM, DonRocks said:

Some "Chinese" restaurants just hack it with a cleaver 

2 hours ago, saf said:

I often find this situation in Caribbean and Indian places too. So frustrating. Meat on the bone is fine. Hacked up random bits of meat and bone are just annoying.

There's skill with a cleaver, and then there's indifference. A skilled cook can quickly hack chicken using a cleaver into edible pieces. 

12 hours ago, Pool Boy said:

The only thing that can keep a restaurant in a location for a long time is if they own the property, right?

Why it warms my heart that Tom Power had the foresight to buy the two properties that Corduroy and Baby Wale reside in.

13 hours ago, Ericandblueboy said:

That’s the saddest statement I’ve ever read on this site.  I hate chicken with no bones in.

So, there's 3 ways to serve chicken with bones in:

1. Whole pieces of chicken in the traditional butchering (wing, breast, etc.) - not seen often in East Asian restaurants
2. Chopped by a cook that knows what they're doing (a good Chinese restaurant)
3. Chopped by a cook that doesn't care, where you get splinters of bones everywhere and some pieces that are inedible because you can't get to the meat

I haven't had the dish in question at Big Wang before, but if it's 3. rather than 2., I can understand the sentiment.