The totally off-topic thread

[whatmeworry]

I really have loved our stay in Sendai so I decided to apply for a job-

So would patrons be twisting your...

 

[Pushka]

Port didn't play their game for the first half and they were lucky Fremantle couldn't kick to save themselves.

Port playing their real game is wonderful to watch. Given the heroes of the game are kids around 20, they have a lot of years left.

I am not a Port supporter at all but I've come to enjoy their game style. So much better than the formulaic and boring Crows. And Power's pre match warm up at home is brilliant.

If Port come to play next Saturday it will be a brilliant game. As opposed to Friday night.

 

[Shelf]

... And Power's pre match warm up at home is brilliant.

Never Tear Up Our Tarps - Port Adelaide FC (INXS parody) - YouTube

 

[drron]

So would patrons be twisting your...

You didn't work for the TSA in Miami did you?

 

[Pushka]

Not fair Shelf. I reckon more Adelaide fans go to Power games than reverse. Those tarps are long gone.

 

[medhead]

Never Tear Up Our Tarps - Port Adelaide FC (INXS parody) - YouTube

That would have been effective if it actually had music, guess whoever made it didn't want to pay the royalties.

Also would have been good if the full stand, that is supposed to be from years ago, wasn't Adelaide oval that they've only been playing at in 2014. The meaning of the words is completely lost when they don't match the pictures.

 

[Pushka]

Hells Bells. Medhead and I agree. Over Power of all things and I've been a crows supporter (but am sick of their culture and game style).

 

[medhead]

Hells Bells. Medhead and I agree. Over Power of all things and I've been a crows supporter (but am sick of their culture and game style).

Well I'm a Fitzroy supporter if that helps. But Port is my fatherland according to SWMBO, at least that is the reason she refuses letting is move to the the state of my birth. Damn paternal grandfather who ran away from Port Adelaide to Queensland and changed his name.

As for afl. It'd be so much better with the maul and less forward passes.

 

[Major]

I can see why this guy reached the top of his profession

SEAL Commencement Address

 

[Cossie]

I can see why this guy reached the top of his profession

SEAL Commencement Address

This is one ex-seal who really has my admiration, it would have taken a lot intestinal fortitude, even balls to have done what they did.

Kristin Beck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Cossie]

I love "my" ABC and in my opinion we are truely lucky to have such a highly respected public broadcaster, but I get a tad annoyed when they make stupid mistakes....

Wonder how long it will take to fix. Fixed quickly, probably even before I finished composing this post, glad my 8(?) cents is being put to good use.

Queensland woman reclaims Vanuatu citizenship on behalf of 'blackbirded' great-grandparents - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A Queensland woman has become one of the first Australians to claim duel Vanuatu citizenship on behalf of her ancestors, who had been victims of Australia's colonial labour trade."

My spell check is showing that "labour" is spelt wrong, ho hum.

Whilst on the media,

Brisbane Sunday Mail today with an "EXCLUSIVE" on Amrra and the burka brigade, don't know what's exclusive about, been in the news for about a week.

CourierMail.com.au Digital Print Edition"

 

[coolumbla]

not to break into the port/kangaroos/hawks thing but the mangoplah goannas have just got all 3 teams in the grand final ( and 2 netball teams!)
junior delinquent is in the ressies and hopefully will get a run on game in the GF!
( currently seems to be super sub)

 

[anat0l]

Anyone have experience in making Hollandaise, e.g. for Eggs Benedict?

There seems to be quite a few recipes out there and different styles. One simple recipe I found simply says cubed butter, lemon juice and egg yolks - beat the yolks and lemon juice until volume doubles then set on double-boiler and gradually add cubed butter.

Other recipes I've read call for reduced vinegar (sometimes infused with tarragon) and skimmed melted butter, but otherwise similar technique.

Recommendations or tips, anyone?

 

[JessicaTam]

Anyone have experience in making Hollandaise, e.g. for Eggs Benedict?

There seems to be quite a few recipes out there and different styles. One simple recipe I found simply says cubed butter, lemon juice and egg yolks - beat the yolks and lemon juice until volume doubles then set on double-boiler and gradually add cubed butter.

Other recipes I've read call for reduced vinegar (sometimes infused with tarragon) and skimmed melted butter, but otherwise similar technique.

Recommendations or tips, anyone?

My recipe is similar. Egg yolks in a blender/food processor until glossy. Then SLOWLY pour in melted butter in a thin stream. I think the vinegar is added at the end with salt and pepper to taste.

 

[medhead]

Anyone have experience in making Hollandaise, e.g. for Eggs Benedict?

There seems to be quite a few recipes out there and different styles. One simple recipe I found simply says cubed butter, lemon juice and egg yolks - beat the yolks and lemon juice until volume doubles then set on double-boiler and gradually add cubed butter.

Other recipes I've read call for reduced vinegar (sometimes infused with tarragon) and skimmed melted butter, but otherwise similar technique.

Recommendations or tips, anyone?

SWMBO says bernaise is the same but with tarragon. She says it is just butter egg yoke and an acid, more likely lemon juice.

 

[JessicaTam]

My recipe is similar. Egg yolks in a blender/food processor until glossy. Then SLOWLY pour in melted butter in a thin stream. I think the [-]vinegar[/-] lemon juice is added at the end with salt and pepper to taste.

SWMBO says bernaise is the same but with tarragon. She says it is just butter egg yoke and an acid, more likely lemon juice.

Thanks for the reminder. lemon juice, not vinegar.

 

[medhead]

Thanks for the reminder. lemon juice, not vinegar.

Both are acids and should work. Just she thinks lemon juice for hollandaise and vinegar and tarragon for bernaise.

 

[JessicaTam]

Both are acids and should work. Just she thinks lemon juice for hollandaise and vinegar and tarragon for bernaise.

Now I am getting hungry.

 

[whatmeworry]

This one is for the Golfers.

Two golfers had to jump for their lives from their golf buggy to escape an oncoming train at Royal Park.
The Parkville men, aged 29 and 34, were crossing the rail lines from one side of the Royal Park Golf Course to the other when the motorised cart's wheels got stuck in the tracks at 10.37am on Saturday, Victoria Police said.

Golf buggy crushed by train as golfers jump for their lives

 

[amaroo]

This one is for the Golfers.

Talking about golf - I hear Greg Norman has almost severed his left hand with a chainsaw .... nasty!

Greg Norman hurt in chainsaw accident