Greetings from Dale Force One

[mutepointe]

Waddabuncha suckups. Anyone need any tissues?

[Nanohedron]

I agree. The noses only get browner and browner. Tsk.

And frankly, the two new mods are some of the best humans I have encountered.

Speaking of browning, this creepily makes it sound as if you found us quite edible. Like some over-wrought serving of Suprêmes de Modérateur au Guignolet with Mongolian carrots on the side at Chez Panisse, or something. Well, you have to catch me first. But a tip just in case: at my tough stringy age you'd be best off stewing me nice and slow-like. And I have a preference for thyme and the simple unpretention of Crimini mushrooms, if it matters to you.

[dwest]

And I have a preference for thyme and the simple unpretention of Crimini mushrooms, if it matters to you.

I like Portobellos better. Cepes are best for long cooking.

[Nanohedron]

Cepes are best for long cooking.

Sigh. Sure, if you insist on throwing everything in together all at once like the dog's lunch. A little attention to timing wouldn't kill you, would it? If I like going "rustic", I don't mean as if a chimpanzee ran the kitchen - but it's not like I'm asking you to hover over the pot wringing your hands, either.

[cowtime]

Dale you have assembled here, on this board, the source of all knowledge. Thank you.

[dwest]

Cepes are best for long cooking.

Sigh. Sure, if you insist on throwing everything in together all at once like the dog's lunch. A little attention to timing wouldn't kill you, would it? If I like going "rustic", I don't mean as if a chimpanzee ran the kitchen - but it's not like I'm asking you to hover over the pot wringing your hands, either.

Nothing wrong with letting flavors blend, I use a big pressure cooker, just throw the stuff in, set the timer, come back when it's done. No hovering required, Ed Gein could have learned a thing or two from me. The dogs had Chicken Cordon Blue tonight baked in the oven. Real Wisconsin Canadian Bacon with Wisconsin Swiss Cheese.

[mutepointe]

There is a lot of irony in Real Wisconsin Canadian Bacon.

[Nanohedron]

Nothing wrong with letting flavors blend, I use a big pressure cooker, just throw the stuff in, set the timer, come back when it's done.

Has anybody told you lately what an utter barbarian you are?

[Jerry Freeman]

Hi, Dale.

It's great to hear from you, and glad you're OK.

I'm another whose life would be utterly different if Chiff&Fipple hadn't been here.

Best wishes,
Jerry

[talasiga]

Waddabuncha suckups. Anyone need any tissues?

what about blotting paper?

[missy]

Dale - no matter what the topic, I always enjoy (maybe not agree with) reading your posts.

And I hope it's ok to feel you and several others on this board are "friends" even if we've not met IRL.

Do what you gotta do, but remember to stop in once in a while. And also remember, if you are ever passing through Cincinnati, you have a place to stay.

[fearfaoin]

And I hope it's ok to feel you ...

Not sure how his wife would feel about that...

[missy]

haha

[MTGuru]

Do what you gotta do, but remember to stop

Another good piece of advice.

[The Weekenders]

Notwithstanding the "To Serve Man" references, I spent an evening with MT down in San Diego and he really is a great guy. My correspondence with Nano has been all cyber but he's a prince. I ain't suckin' up, because I don't really have anything to gain. I am prejudiced toward people who I perceive to grasp the overall paradoxes of life and bear it with judgement, humor and goodwill. I wish I was as nice as either of 'em.