@f00l fried scorpion was the weirdest identifiable food. i also ate other stuff on sticks. if it looked good, i’d just point at it. i’m not really sure what they all were, but they were fucking delicious!
@RedOak oh, i don’t doubt that at all. gotta sucker in the tourists. but, i did see some locals buying crazy stuff as well. but i also ate from a lot of street carts that weren’t part of tourist markets. and the food was awesome. i think one of the tastiest things i had was some sort of diced meat (i think beef… definitely some kind of liver) with onions and spices served in a steamed bun.
also, @Trillian - this is the night market on Wangfujing in Beijing that you mentioned in my other China thread. thanks for the recommendation!
@Trillian i didn’t. i’m not fond of tofu in the first place (it’s a texture thing), so i’m thinking tofu that stinks to high hell would probably put me over the edge.
so, i originally posted 7 gifs. i actually sent the link to one of the gifs to someone at work. they came back with “is that a nipple?”. so, uhhh… sorry about the nipple gif even though it’s definitely @brhfl’s fault. (and thanks to @thumperchick or whoever caught that)
@baqui63
Yeah i saw tgat image, and thought about posting it here. But right next to that one were lots of other images…
And i just wanted to close that tab.
I can be pretty tolerant of “civilized” adult stuff (esp if it’s not gross and not TMI). But next time i’ll try to resist looking at stuff i know i don’t wanna see.
@jbartus Don’t forget, a cost-effective roaster; I have been using a popcorn popper. Don’t get me wrong, it does a good job, but it’s a tad fiddly and has to be done outside.
@meh Yes, you want one of those… even if not on the cheap.
I have the capresso at home and it is awesome, only needing cleaning perhaps once a month if that.
At work, I have a crap burr grinder I got refurb’d from woot (not sure brand). It is a pita… have to use a specially constructed (from a plastic knife) thing to scrape the excess coffee out of the chute at least once a week to stop it from clogging up.
on another note, funnily enough, i just noticed that i prepared my coffee today in 1. a cuisine art blade grinder from a years ago bag of crap, 2. put grinds in my hamilton beach dual brew coffee pot from meh, and 3. brewed it into my meh purchased 12oz contigo mug. #discountedshitlifeyo
@meh did you do it early enough that you needed a Meh. LEd lamp or such? Meh.be a GoCam to video the event? Some bluetooth light/speaker/toaster gadget to get you on the way to the office?
Fuck you and your fucking coffee.
And fucking welcome back!
What weird stuff did you eat?
@f00l fried scorpion was the weirdest identifiable food. i also ate other stuff on sticks. if it looked good, i’d just point at it. i’m not really sure what they all were, but they were fucking delicious!
@carl669 my daughter lives there. she claims some of the food is made for tourists and locals don’t eat it.
@RedOak oh, i don’t doubt that at all. gotta sucker in the tourists. but, i did see some locals buying crazy stuff as well. but i also ate from a lot of street carts that weren’t part of tourist markets. and the food was awesome. i think one of the tastiest things i had was some sort of diced meat (i think beef… definitely some kind of liver) with onions and spices served in a steamed bun.
also, @Trillian - this is the night market on Wangfujing in Beijing that you mentioned in my other China thread. thanks for the recommendation!
@carl669 I’m glad you were able to make it to Wangfujing . Did you try the stinky tofu?
@Trillian i didn’t. i’m not fond of tofu in the first place (it’s a texture thing), so i’m thinking tofu that stinks to high hell would probably put me over the edge.
so, i originally posted 7 gifs. i actually sent the link to one of the gifs to someone at work. they came back with “is that a nipple?”. so, uhhh… sorry about the nipple gif even though it’s definitely @brhfl’s fault. (and thanks to @thumperchick or whoever caught that)
@carl669 Uh, I don’t get it, what’s wrong with a nipple?
@Barney
What’s wrong with that particular nipple is a severe lack of PURPLE.
@f00l i’d google purple nipple, but i’m at work and afraid of what might come up.
@carl669 You are right, some of that is not safe for work
@carl669 I’m not at work and I’m not gonna go there.
@carl669
@Barney
@Kidsandliz
You were all wise not look for images of the phrase “purple nipple”. I was curious, and now wish i hadn’t"t been.
@f00l Wow, good things two days in a roll. First I learn how to take and post pictures and now I’m wise. I wonder what tomorrow holds for me?
@Barney but it’s purple…
@f00l @carl669 @barney so what happens if I do
/image purple nipple
(Now THAT wasn’t that bad, was it?)
@baqui63
Yeah i saw tgat image, and thought about posting it here. But right next to that one were lots of other images…
And i just wanted to close that tab.
I can be pretty tolerant of “civilized” adult stuff (esp if it’s not gross and not TMI). But next time i’ll try to resist looking at stuff i know i don’t wanna see.
this is seattle, @carl669. you could do better.
@meh sure. i could try harder, but i don’t.
@carl669 pffffft you put more effort into these gifs.
All this means is that Meh needs to sell burr coffee grinders so that @carl669 can buy one to keep at his desk.
@jbartus i would really love a capresso infinity on the cheap.
@jbartus Don’t forget, a cost-effective roaster; I have been using a popcorn popper. Don’t get me wrong, it does a good job, but it’s a tad fiddly and has to be done outside.
@jbartus i’m in for 3, even if it is a 2-fer tuesday!
@meh My thrift store Baratza Virtuoso was $6 + tax. I’ll keep you in mind if I ever run across another one.
@meh Yes, you want one of those… even if not on the cheap.
I have the capresso at home and it is awesome, only needing cleaning perhaps once a month if that.
At work, I have a crap burr grinder I got refurb’d from woot (not sure brand). It is a pita… have to use a specially constructed (from a plastic knife) thing to scrape the excess coffee out of the chute at least once a week to stop it from clogging up.
on another note, funnily enough, i just noticed that i prepared my coffee today in 1. a cuisine art blade grinder from a years ago bag of crap, 2. put grinds in my hamilton beach dual brew coffee pot from meh, and 3. brewed it into my meh purchased 12oz contigo mug. #discountedshitlifeyo
@meh did you do it early enough that you needed a Meh. LEd lamp or such? Meh.be a GoCam to video the event? Some bluetooth light/speaker/toaster gadget to get you on the way to the office?
@Yoda_Daenerys lol i do need to find my bluetooth pig speaker.
@carl669 Isn’t there anybody you could blame? (especially at the end of the month)
@mfladd i was too decaffeinated to remember who it was. but, damn you @brhfl!
@carl669 P.S. Am I wrong or does that KINDA look like your son when he was young?
@mfladd aside from the white skin, that does actually look like him. especially the hair.
who cloned my child into a white boy?!?!?
@carl669 haha…The hair is what I was thinking. I tend not to see skin
@carl669 What? we can be cool.
@mfladd or not.
@carl669 hahahaha…That is a guilty pleasure still on my play list. And now you have to listen to it.
@mfladd not if i don’t click the play button.
/giphy in your face
@mfladd my wife is very into goats and babies (kids of all kinds?). I sent her this. She didn’t approve.
@Pantheist I apologize? Tell her I am sorry.
@mfladd she’s singing elvis, so i think you’re good
Hey, fucking @carl669!
Are you still fucking sorry about your fucking coffee???
The fucking internet wants to know!
@f00l i got my fucking coffee! and am in much fucking better mood!
@carl669 @f00l It’s too late for fucking coffee! I’m ready for a beer
@compunaut fuck fucking beer, I’m drinking fucking bourbon.
@jbartus Hmmm, that’s not really in my repertoire. I go from beer to recipe drinks
@compunaut here ya go.
@compunaut I provided a recipe! I even gave measurements!
Oh bless your heart.