@RiotDemon, escape reality? for some of us, it is reality. If you knew how messy my family was and how dangerous stepping on the floor barefoot could be… The floor is lava IS my reality. Lego, sewing needles, vicious kittens, never know what you might step on.
@curtise@mehcuda67@RiotDemon
There is a German/Swiss restaurant in Dahlonega GA that serves raclette (you have to pre-order it). That’s the only place other then in the alps that I have ever found it…
They also do a pretty fine fondue.
@chienfou I have seen the true full raclette with the half wheel and the heating lamp setup in Quebec as well… And I have had home raclette here in Toronto and in France and Switzerland with pre-sliced squares of raclette cheese that we melted in little trays in a special raclette cooker like this:
I keep on thinking about getting one of these home raclette sets, but then I realise I’d probably eat it too often, and it’s a better idea for it to be a rare treat.
I do buy traditional fondue cheese which I make in a regular pot on my portable element that I put on my dining table - and sometimes I pretend it’s raclette cheese and eat it on cured meats and potatoes with cornichons
I’m suddenly quite hungry… Not sure why!
@curtise
the first time I had it (early 70’s) was in Sallanches France. My aunt had a huge block of raclette cheese with a set of IR lamps on a metal frame to melt the cheese. The last few times I had it was in the individual serving style. The main thing is the specific cheese they use. Not always easy to come by…
It’s not bad. It’s reminiscent of those japanese shows but it repeats rooms. I fastforward the pointless intro to get to see how they work as a team. Don’t need the huge intro/credits. I agree it’s good mindless fun
Girlfriend and I watched the first episode and I had to say no more. The announcer was obnoxious and they clearly told the contestants to be as dramatic as possible. Didn’t want to waste any more time on that crap.
@TuffGong yeah I watched the first two episodes yesterday and I don’t see me watching any more unless I’m at least 3 beers in. The announcer is just annoying as fuck. The show is a fun premise though
My wife and I got into Ultimate Beastmaster today instead. It’s like an international American Ninja Warrior mega obstacle course competition.
We tried hot lava and don’t know if we’ll go back to it. It was OK, but as little as I watch TV I feel it’s wasted if I watch something that’s just ok. (Note that this conflicts with watching two episodes of Ultimate Beastmaster. Not sorry.)
@unksol oh I get that, I just enjoyed my bad tv time going “damn, how’d that little guy do that?” more than I enjoyed yelling “push it with the staff instead of trying to use it like a baseball bat, ya dummy!”
Speaking of bad escape rooms I heard something about some kind of celebrity escape room show. I bet that one would make me yell “ya dummy!” a lot too but I ought to find it and check it out next lazy day.
They told Rutledge nothing could be as bad as American Top Gear. He said hold my PBR…
@jakedxray How have they managed to make every American version of Top Gear so bad?
@blaineg yep. because Top Gear relies on Jeremy, Richard and James to be good. They american one tried too hard
If you need to watch something mindless to help you escape reality, watch this cheesy shit.
@RiotDemon, escape reality? for some of us, it is reality. If you knew how messy my family was and how dangerous stepping on the floor barefoot could be… The floor is lava IS my reality. Lego, sewing needles, vicious kittens, never know what you might step on.
Yesss. I’ve been watching that off and on all week. It’s magic.
@Thumperchick it’s something, that’s for sure.
This sounds like a Sunday at grandmas with my cousins as a kid!
Beats watching the gd news!
Binged them all in the past 24 hours. Stupidly entertaining.
Play at home!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/382560/Hot_Lava/
I wanted to watch this, it looks so cheesy and fun.
@riskybryzness
/giphy super cheese
@RiotDemon Raclette is AMAZING!!
@curtise @RiotDemon Oh, yes it is! Oops, I just heard two arteries harden.
@curtise @mehcuda67 @RiotDemon
There is a German/Swiss restaurant in Dahlonega GA that serves raclette (you have to pre-order it). That’s the only place other then in the alps that I have ever found it…
They also do a pretty fine fondue.
@chienfou I have seen the true full raclette with the half wheel and the heating lamp setup in Quebec as well… And I have had home raclette here in Toronto and in France and Switzerland with pre-sliced squares of raclette cheese that we melted in little trays in a special raclette cooker like this:
I keep on thinking about getting one of these home raclette sets, but then I realise I’d probably eat it too often, and it’s a better idea for it to be a rare treat.
I do buy traditional fondue cheese which I make in a regular pot on my portable element that I put on my dining table - and sometimes I pretend it’s raclette cheese and eat it on cured meats and potatoes with cornichons
I’m suddenly quite hungry… Not sure why!
@curtise
the first time I had it (early 70’s) was in Sallanches France. My aunt had a huge block of raclette cheese with a set of IR lamps on a metal frame to melt the cheese. The last few times I had it was in the individual serving style. The main thing is the specific cheese they use. Not always easy to come by…
It’s not bad. It’s reminiscent of those japanese shows but it repeats rooms. I fastforward the pointless intro to get to see how they work as a team. Don’t need the huge intro/credits. I agree it’s good mindless fun
@unksol using your reasoning, that is why I think Wipeout is so much better. I heard TBS is bringing it back!
@njfan @unksol hopefully they’ll bring wipeout to Netflix or Hulu.
@njfan @RiotDemon idk what that is/haven’t had cable for almost a decade. Just not available. So if they don’t put it on streaming well…
@RiotDemon @unksol you’re welcome! It used to be on ABC.
Girlfriend and I watched the first episode and I had to say no more. The announcer was obnoxious and they clearly told the contestants to be as dramatic as possible. Didn’t want to waste any more time on that crap.
@TuffGong lol, this is accurate. I’m still watching but I gloss over the introductions. I just don’t care.
@RiotDemon @TuffGong that’s why I fast forward ever episode/team intro
@TuffGong yeah I watched the first two episodes yesterday and I don’t see me watching any more unless I’m at least 3 beers in. The announcer is just annoying as fuck. The show is a fun premise though
We watched it in rotation with our other Cheesy Dinnertime Shows of Summer:
Holey Moley
Ultimate Tag and
Titan Games
We watched the first episode. I won’t be watching any more voluntarily. Just not a fan.
My wife and I got into Ultimate Beastmaster today instead. It’s like an international American Ninja Warrior mega obstacle course competition.
We tried hot lava and don’t know if we’ll go back to it. It was OK, but as little as I watch TV I feel it’s wasted if I watch something that’s just ok. (Note that this conflicts with watching two episodes of Ultimate Beastmaster. Not sorry.)
@djslack it’s basically awful tv watching people do a bad escape room. Yes it’s bad. Just the right amount of bad. Not proud I admitted that
@unksol oh I get that, I just enjoyed my bad tv time going “damn, how’d that little guy do that?” more than I enjoyed yelling “push it with the staff instead of trying to use it like a baseball bat, ya dummy!”
Speaking of bad escape rooms I heard something about some kind of celebrity escape room show. I bet that one would make me yell “ya dummy!” a lot too but I ought to find it and check it out next lazy day.
@djslack it was a one night special for charity. I actually enjoyed that one, it was a little cheesy but not bad at all
One of a few shows I can watch with the kids. It’s clean fun.
@StrangerDanger I noticed you didn’t say good.
/giphy good clean fun
