I have a bit of an update on that front. I learned recently that cooking beans is a delicate science, and that the reason my pintos were so good was that I cooked them separately from everything else that went into them for the final dish. So, I now soak my red beans over night (or I cheat and quick soak them by boiling them for 10 minutes and then covering them on the stove top while I'm at work), rinse them when I get home, and then begin to boil them. I then brown my sausage in a separate cast iron pan, remove when done, and fry my veggies in that pan with a healthy dose of that spice mix. I'll use a little stock or water to remove the fond from the bottom of the pan and scrape the veggies into a bowl. When the beans are smashish in texture I'll dump the sausage and veggies in to finish everything together (I'll also throw in a bay leaf and some hot sauce at this point (and some more spice mix...)). I reduce the sauce to a thick paste, and by that point the beans should be creamy in texture. What I think is happening is that the salt and vinegar present in the spicing firms the beans and makes for a much longer cooking time. YMMV
I don't bother draining and rinsing soaked beans anymore. I sometimes don't even soak, and when I do, it's usually for just a few hours (or the quick method you mention).
I drain and rinse when I feel fancy. Otherwise, yeah, the fast soak is pretty alright.
Overheard just now: "I went to the Ben Folds concert. It really sucked. Just some guy and his piano."
LOL.
I went to his concert a couple weeks back. There _were_ two sucks about it.
One. My wife got faint / nearly fainted. We were fairly close to the stage (not bad for old people) and having fun. Then a couple tall people butted in front of us. She's 5'2". She then had trouble seeing, got surrounded by tall people in a tight space, and started going down. We had to leave our good spots for her to recover. She felt terrible about it.
Two. Guy in the front of the crowd recording video of about 80% of the concert on his phone. People he didn't know around him having to watch the concert through his upheld phone. I understand taking some photos and recording video for a minute or so here or there. But just constant upheld arms with a large phone in people's sight-lines. So incredibly rude.
Still, it didn't suck.
Actually, the guy I overheard also specifically complained about tall people budging in front of him constantly. He also complained about First Ave not letting people in the doors with tickets because they didn't have photo IDs.
Maybe they should restrict people over a certain height. Like c'mon.
Obviously not. But as an above average height person (just 6'), I do have some politeness when I go into concert situations.
The best thing to happen to this baseball postseason was the Indians trading for Andrew Miller. It gave Francona a reliever he trusted more than anyone against both RH and LH batters. Otherwise, we would be having a parade of mid-inning pitching changes and these games would be going on forever.
Last night I heard things on the Cubs' radio broadcast that I've never heard before: sponsorships for color commentary. The mention before the first pitch that the lights at The Prog were on (for a night game...) had a corporate sponsor. Pat Hughes' descriptions of the uniforms both teams were wearing was followed by a corporate sponsor. Basically, any time Hughes began a description of something that painted an actual picture for listeners, it was followed up with an ad.
Soon, with streaming over the internet those ads will be targeted to you.
Anyone here a deer hunter? I think AMR is. Anyway, I've been thinking about trying it for the meat.
Yes. Yes.
I'll drop you an email in the next day or so.
... huh ... whadidImiss...
Nothing really, just thought I'd try my hand at hunting. I am sort of slowly going rural in my life.
trying it for the meat....😉
Squire Mags.
Psht, try Ard RÃ MagUidhir
Haven't hunted deer since I came out to H'istan. I would always go for the does or young bucks for tender meat. But I still get cuts/steaks from the H'nos.
Chops seared with garlic are fab. But backstrap with Venison Bourguignon recipe is to die for. #pearlonions
yessireebob. Our party looks maybe overfull this year.
Wait a couple years for superannuation to retire a few of them. Course its those same guys that own the land we hunt on...
Have we covered Levine as possible GM? That seems like it might pair well with Falvey.
Levine, 45 next month, has been in his current role with the Rangers since the 2005 season. His responsibilities in Texas include assisting GM Jon Daniels with player acquisition, roster composition, contract negotiations and statistical/financial analysis. He also oversees the team’s international scouting operations. The veteran baseball executive has also served as the senior director of baseball operations with the Rockies. He’ll bring to the Twins an executive with a long background in player development but also one who is quite familiar with more modern trends in statistical analysis.
Getting two executives from separate, successful franchises is encouraging. He also brings that veterany presence.
One theory: I'm sure most of us agree this is an encouraging development, however the insistence on Molitor remaining is kind of strange, especially if your team needs as strong an overhaul as the Twins do. Perhaps the reason for this is Molitor has to/has agreed to surrender, submit, and fully drink the Flavor-Aid of the new brain-trust 's direction...? If this is the case, I could at least picture him being open to suggestion and better at adapting than, say, his predecessor.
While I wasn't impressed with Molly last year, I can see wanting to see how he'll adapt to a new office.
If Molitor is willing to open his mind to new approaches the way Clint Hurdle did, that would be wonderful. He was long regarded as one of the most intelligent players during his playing years; it would be a small tragedy if that intelligence was ossified and confined to the way the game was played in the Eighties & Nineties.
He did do more with shifting defenses than anyone before him. His use of analytics might have just been limited by how much was available to him.
I've also wondered too if Molitor might be a case where he was actually too good of a player to be able to coach well. That argument was used for Ted Williams and I don't know if it actually holds any weight whatsoever. But I can see the argument. For example, Molitor was a superb base stealer and so he may be more optimistic about his players' abilities to steal than he should be which can lead to a lot of outs on the base paths.
I have the feeling--and that's all it is, really--that Molitor will be open to new approaches if they're explained to him in an intelligent way. When the people above him still considered WHIP and OPS to be advanced metrics, there wasn't much incentive to change. I would also hope that the fact that they set an all-time Twins record for losing might help him open his mind a little bit, just on the theory that he doesn't have much to lose.
I feel like we've seen two very different Molitors. Year 1, I like what we saw. It seemed like he was trying new things, players were learning a lot, etc. Year 2, with the losing... it kind of felt like he folded and just went with the "industry standard". I'm optimistic with new leadership he'll be more Year 1 Moli and less year 2.
I felt like he started the year optimistic and ready to continue with what had proven to be a good gameplan the year before, only to get punched in the mouth with that absurd losing streak. I feel like he never properly recovered from it, and like you say, he just sort of went into "batten down the hatches" mode and fell back on safe, prevalent managing.
I agree. I'm optimistic that he'll make an improvement in year 3.
Optimistic that the team will revert to the mean in year 3.
FTFY
I think I'm gonna give meat's red beans & rice a try in the very near future.
good call, Mags.
but will you be cooking them in Ireland?
No, the kitchen
I have a bit of an update on that front. I learned recently that cooking beans is a delicate science, and that the reason my pintos were so good was that I cooked them separately from everything else that went into them for the final dish. So, I now soak my red beans over night (or I cheat and quick soak them by boiling them for 10 minutes and then covering them on the stove top while I'm at work), rinse them when I get home, and then begin to boil them. I then brown my sausage in a separate cast iron pan, remove when done, and fry my veggies in that pan with a healthy dose of that spice mix. I'll use a little stock or water to remove the fond from the bottom of the pan and scrape the veggies into a bowl. When the beans are smashish in texture I'll dump the sausage and veggies in to finish everything together (I'll also throw in a bay leaf and some hot sauce at this point (and some more spice mix...)). I reduce the sauce to a thick paste, and by that point the beans should be creamy in texture. What I think is happening is that the salt and vinegar present in the spicing firms the beans and makes for a much longer cooking time. YMMV
I don't bother draining and rinsing soaked beans anymore. I sometimes don't even soak, and when I do, it's usually for just a few hours (or the quick method you mention).
I drain and rinse when I feel fancy. Otherwise, yeah, the fast soak is pretty alright.
Overheard just now: "I went to the Ben Folds concert. It really sucked. Just some guy and his piano."
LOL.
I went to his concert a couple weeks back. There _were_ two sucks about it.
One. My wife got faint / nearly fainted. We were fairly close to the stage (not bad for old people) and having fun. Then a couple tall people butted in front of us. She's 5'2". She then had trouble seeing, got surrounded by tall people in a tight space, and started going down. We had to leave our good spots for her to recover. She felt terrible about it.
Two. Guy in the front of the crowd recording video of about 80% of the concert on his phone. People he didn't know around him having to watch the concert through his upheld phone. I understand taking some photos and recording video for a minute or so here or there. But just constant upheld arms with a large phone in people's sight-lines. So incredibly rude.
Still, it didn't suck.
Actually, the guy I overheard also specifically complained about tall people budging in front of him constantly. He also complained about First Ave not letting people in the doors with tickets because they didn't have photo IDs.
Maybe they should restrict people over a certain height. Like c'mon.
Obviously not. But as an above average height person (just 6'), I do have some politeness when I go into concert situations.
The best thing to happen to this baseball postseason was the Indians trading for Andrew Miller. It gave Francona a reliever he trusted more than anyone against both RH and LH batters. Otherwise, we would be having a parade of mid-inning pitching changes and these games would be going on forever.
Last night I heard things on the Cubs' radio broadcast that I've never heard before: sponsorships for color commentary. The mention before the first pitch that the lights at The Prog were on (for a night game...) had a corporate sponsor. Pat Hughes' descriptions of the uniforms both teams were wearing was followed by a corporate sponsor. Basically, any time Hughes began a description of something that painted an actual picture for listeners, it was followed up with an ad.
Soon, with streaming over the internet those ads will be targeted to you.
Anyone here a deer hunter? I think AMR is. Anyway, I've been thinking about trying it for the meat.
Yes. Yes.
I'll drop you an email in the next day or so.
... huh ... whadidImiss...
Nothing really, just thought I'd try my hand at hunting. I am sort of slowly going rural in my life.
trying it for the meat....😉
Squire Mags.
Psht, try Ard RÃ MagUidhir
Haven't hunted deer since I came out to H'istan. I would always go for the does or young bucks for tender meat. But I still get cuts/steaks from the H'nos.
Chops seared with garlic are fab. But backstrap with Venison Bourguignon recipe is to die for. #pearlonions
yessireebob. Our party looks maybe overfull this year.
Wait a couple years for superannuation to retire a few of them. Course its those same guys that own the land we hunt on...
Have we covered Levine as possible GM? That seems like it might pair well with Falvey.
From MLBTR,
Getting two executives from separate, successful franchises is encouraging. He also brings that veterany presence.
One theory: I'm sure most of us agree this is an encouraging development, however the insistence on Molitor remaining is kind of strange, especially if your team needs as strong an overhaul as the Twins do. Perhaps the reason for this is Molitor has to/has agreed to surrender, submit, and fully drink the Flavor-Aid of the new brain-trust 's direction...? If this is the case, I could at least picture him being open to suggestion and better at adapting than, say, his predecessor.
While I wasn't impressed with Molly last year, I can see wanting to see how he'll adapt to a new office.
If Molitor is willing to open his mind to new approaches the way Clint Hurdle did, that would be wonderful. He was long regarded as one of the most intelligent players during his playing years; it would be a small tragedy if that intelligence was ossified and confined to the way the game was played in the Eighties & Nineties.
He did do more with shifting defenses than anyone before him. His use of analytics might have just been limited by how much was available to him.
I've also wondered too if Molitor might be a case where he was actually too good of a player to be able to coach well. That argument was used for Ted Williams and I don't know if it actually holds any weight whatsoever. But I can see the argument. For example, Molitor was a superb base stealer and so he may be more optimistic about his players' abilities to steal than he should be which can lead to a lot of outs on the base paths.
I have the feeling--and that's all it is, really--that Molitor will be open to new approaches if they're explained to him in an intelligent way. When the people above him still considered WHIP and OPS to be advanced metrics, there wasn't much incentive to change. I would also hope that the fact that they set an all-time Twins record for losing might help him open his mind a little bit, just on the theory that he doesn't have much to lose.
I feel like we've seen two very different Molitors. Year 1, I like what we saw. It seemed like he was trying new things, players were learning a lot, etc. Year 2, with the losing... it kind of felt like he folded and just went with the "industry standard". I'm optimistic with new leadership he'll be more Year 1 Moli and less year 2.
I felt like he started the year optimistic and ready to continue with what had proven to be a good gameplan the year before, only to get punched in the mouth with that absurd losing streak. I feel like he never properly recovered from it, and like you say, he just sort of went into "batten down the hatches" mode and fell back on safe, prevalent managing.
I agree. I'm optimistic that he'll make an improvement in year 3.
Optimistic that the team will revert to the mean in year 3.
FTFY