So...what is the Twins' record when scoring 14 or more runs?
.500 (1-1)
Both games against the Tigers
The losing team hit a grand slam in both of those games.
The intelligent logician would therefore posit that hitting a GS is not a good strategy, but then again starting Happ isn't either.
Grand Slams — the supreme rally-killer.
I once went to a game that featured 3 grand slams, one by the losing team and two by the winning team, both of which occurred in the same inning, and it still had to end in a walk off home run.
Twins 3-2 when scoring more than 10 runs in a game.
1. -e Verde
2. Cincinnati (4-way with beans, please)
3. Hawaiian
4. Tamale Pie
5. Chili Mac
6. Black Bean
7. Con Carne/Tejas Rojo
8. Dog/Burger
9. Frito Pie
10. Yes, please!
DNF: White, Turkey
With the exception of verde, chiles are another list.
We make a smoked turkey and mango chili at the joint that has black beans in it. We garnish with chipotle sour cream and smoked cheddar. Only available on Saturday and Sunday days. The mango provides some natural sweetness to balance out the smoke and heat. It is the most delicious food I inhale each and every week.
That sounds pretty dang good. I love sweet heat, and mango’s an excellent choice to pair with chili. A Tejano buddy of mine from Laredo introduced me to Vero Mango while we were deployed; his mom or abuela sent him some in a care package.
My beef with turkey chili is mainly hat it ranks fairly far down my list of preferred proteins, but smoking it would go a long way to bridging some of that deficit.
I have eclectic tastes. Sometimes its a hankering for a Texas Red-style beef stew; sometimes its an old Midwestern home-style, tomato-heavy, ground beef-and-beans; and sometimes its pork or chicken chile verde (usually segueing into chilaquiles).
Contra hj, I am a huge fan of soups and stews.
Hard (hard) pass on your #2. Cincinnati chili is gruesome. Spaghetti noodles and cinnamon? Just say no.
There used to be a purveyor of that slop on the West Bank in Minneapolis when I was in college called It’s Chili Time. Ate there once. Once too many times, as it were. Not surprisingly, it wasn’t open long.
Do love me a good chili verde, though.
Greek, Lebanese, & North African cuisine certainly altered my perception of cinnamon as an ingredient in savory dishes. I’ll never forget my first bites of pastitsio, kibbeh, or b’stilla. I’m pretty sure those led me to loving Cincinnati chili.
I’m a fan of cinnamon in savory dishes, chili included. The ingredient I’ve started adding to chili (and pasta sauce, and really most savory things) is fish sauce. That extra salt and umami really adds to the chili flavors.
A touch of cinnamon in tomato sauce is very Greek. I love it.
The Mrs is allergic, unfortunately, so I have had to remove cinnamon from my repertoire.
Ouch, that allergy seems quite unfair to her (and you, by extension).
One of the best lasagna I've ever had (Wolfgang Puck's in Orlando) has cinnamon in the recipe.
Hard for me to dislike this song more, but here we are.
here's my hot take chill opinion: not a chili fan.
Interesting. Is it something specific to chili, or does it extend to related dishes (booyah, gulyás, gumbo, pörkölt, puerco pibil, ropa vieja, tagine, various curries & daals), or even stews more generally?
First of all, not a big soup/stew fan. I have no idea why, but it's just never something I have a hankering for. I know and have had some great ones too. Second, all well documented, also not a bean fan. Put those together = not too much chili intake. Those are just my weird preferences though, so I can totally understand why it's highly revered for others.
Beans definitely provoke strong opinions. (Dan Szymborski’s disdain for beans in chili is one of my favorite running FanGraphs jokes.) I wondered if it was a flavor profile thing, but it sounds more like a format thing. I wonder — does Cincinnati chili paint as chili in your mind, or more of a pasta sauce?
never had cincy, so can't say. no problem with the flavor as i don't mind beanless chili, but i don't really see that as more than a relish.
(fun fact: not a pasta guy either!)
Not Hungry Joe
Twins in town this weekend, and I don't have much interest in going. Maybe if I'm invited by someone. The weather shouldn't be too ridiculous (rain possible Saturday), but I'm just not motivated. I will enjoy some banter in social media should outcomes demand it, though.
Yeah, I had considered hitting up a game when they came to Chicago. Glad I didn't make the first series, wasn't going to bother by the second.
This signing isn't big news, another minor league defenseman, but this is an A+ hockey name.
News!
The #mnwild has signed defenseman Kevin Czuczman to a one-year, two-way contract ($750,000/$200,000).
We had chili dogs last night. Grilled the dogs to put a little char on the skin, then mustard, raw onions and chili. Hy-Vee kettle chips on the side and Grain Belt Premium to wash. We used Mrs. Twayn's regular chili with beans, but sometimes I'll make up a Coney sauce with just ground beef, onions, ketchup, mustard, and seasonings, and I'll worry the meat quite a lot while it browns to get the texture as fine as possible.
Grain Belt Premium is a perfect chili dog pairing. Sounds like a mighty fine meal.
I don’t often get fast food cravings, but occasionally I’ll have an unquenchable hankering for a Wienerschnitzel chili cheese dog. (I’m sure I don’t want to know the source of that meat.) The hankering hit me recently, so I got chili dog side car to my pizza burger when I stopped at the root beer stand in my hometown on a recent trip out to visit my grandmother.
I, too, get an occasional craving for Weinerschnitzel chili cheese dogs. Considering how things went after the last time I gave in to those cravings, I expect you were better off hitting up the local root beer stand than you would be with the real thing.
Haha, I’m not the only one with an intermittent Wienerscnitzel craving, after all! I suspect you’re right about the after-effects differential. As the man sang, all things must pass…
I never really got into Wienerschnitzel, but I do get cravings on occasion. Costco dog. Or there is a dawg shop in town (Sonoran!) If I could find a place that made a proper Chicago dog....
When I worked in DC, I was very partial to half-smokes. Mmmm.
I will never understand the love for Chicago dogs.
So...what is the Twins' record when scoring 14 or more runs?
.500 (1-1)
Both games against the Tigers
The losing team hit a grand slam in both of those games.
The intelligent logician would therefore posit that hitting a GS is not a good strategy, but then again starting Happ isn't either.
Grand Slams — the supreme rally-killer.
I once went to a game that featured 3 grand slams, one by the losing team and two by the winning team, both of which occurred in the same inning, and it still had to end in a walk off home run.
Twins 3-2 when scoring more than 10 runs in a game.
The rest of the AL is 61-1.
Chilis, ranked by personal preference:
1. -e Verde
2. Cincinnati (4-way with beans, please)
3. Hawaiian
4. Tamale Pie
5. Chili Mac
6. Black Bean
7. Con Carne/Tejas Rojo
8. Dog/Burger
9. Frito Pie
10. Yes, please!
DNF: White, Turkey
With the exception of verde, chiles are another list.
We make a smoked turkey and mango chili at the joint that has black beans in it. We garnish with chipotle sour cream and smoked cheddar. Only available on Saturday and Sunday days. The mango provides some natural sweetness to balance out the smoke and heat. It is the most delicious food I inhale each and every week.
That sounds pretty dang good. I love sweet heat, and mango’s an excellent choice to pair with chili. A Tejano buddy of mine from Laredo introduced me to Vero Mango while we were deployed; his mom or abuela sent him some in a care package.
My beef with turkey chili is mainly hat it ranks fairly far down my list of preferred proteins, but smoking it would go a long way to bridging some of that deficit.
I have eclectic tastes. Sometimes its a hankering for a Texas Red-style beef stew; sometimes its an old Midwestern home-style, tomato-heavy, ground beef-and-beans; and sometimes its pork or chicken chile verde (usually segueing into chilaquiles).
Contra hj, I am a huge fan of soups and stews.
Hard (hard) pass on your #2. Cincinnati chili is gruesome. Spaghetti noodles and cinnamon? Just say no.
There used to be a purveyor of that slop on the West Bank in Minneapolis when I was in college called It’s Chili Time. Ate there once. Once too many times, as it were. Not surprisingly, it wasn’t open long.
Do love me a good chili verde, though.
Greek, Lebanese, & North African cuisine certainly altered my perception of cinnamon as an ingredient in savory dishes. I’ll never forget my first bites of pastitsio, kibbeh, or b’stilla. I’m pretty sure those led me to loving Cincinnati chili.
I’m a fan of cinnamon in savory dishes, chili included. The ingredient I’ve started adding to chili (and pasta sauce, and really most savory things) is fish sauce. That extra salt and umami really adds to the chili flavors.
A touch of cinnamon in tomato sauce is very Greek. I love it.
The Mrs is allergic, unfortunately, so I have had to remove cinnamon from my repertoire.
Ouch, that allergy seems quite unfair to her (and you, by extension).
One of the best lasagna I've ever had (Wolfgang Puck's in Orlando) has cinnamon in the recipe.
Hard for me to dislike this song more, but here we are.
here's my
hot takechill opinion: not a chili fan.Interesting. Is it something specific to chili, or does it extend to related dishes (booyah, gulyás, gumbo, pörkölt, puerco pibil, ropa vieja, tagine, various curries & daals), or even stews more generally?
First of all, not a big soup/stew fan. I have no idea why, but it's just never something I have a hankering for. I know and have had some great ones too. Second, all well documented, also not a bean fan. Put those together = not too much chili intake. Those are just my weird preferences though, so I can totally understand why it's highly revered for others.
Beans definitely provoke strong opinions. (Dan Szymborski’s disdain for beans in chili is one of my favorite running FanGraphs jokes.) I wondered if it was a flavor profile thing, but it sounds more like a format thing. I wonder — does Cincinnati chili paint as chili in your mind, or more of a pasta sauce?
never had cincy, so can't say. no problem with the flavor as i don't mind beanless chili, but i don't really see that as more than a relish.
(fun fact: not a pasta guy either!)
Not Hungry Joe
Twins in town this weekend, and I don't have much interest in going. Maybe if I'm invited by someone. The weather shouldn't be too ridiculous (rain possible Saturday), but I'm just not motivated. I will enjoy some banter in social media should outcomes demand it, though.
Yeah, I had considered hitting up a game when they came to Chicago. Glad I didn't make the first series, wasn't going to bother by the second.
This signing isn't big news, another minor league defenseman, but this is an A+ hockey name.
Here's an NHL defenseman. The third pairing is not generating any offense at all as it stands (which is fine).
We had chili dogs last night. Grilled the dogs to put a little char on the skin, then mustard, raw onions and chili. Hy-Vee kettle chips on the side and Grain Belt Premium to wash. We used Mrs. Twayn's regular chili with beans, but sometimes I'll make up a Coney sauce with just ground beef, onions, ketchup, mustard, and seasonings, and I'll worry the meat quite a lot while it browns to get the texture as fine as possible.
Grain Belt Premium is a perfect chili dog pairing. Sounds like a mighty fine meal.
I don’t often get fast food cravings, but occasionally I’ll have an unquenchable hankering for a Wienerschnitzel chili cheese dog. (I’m sure I don’t want to know the source of that meat.) The hankering hit me recently, so I got chili dog side car to my pizza burger when I stopped at the root beer stand in my hometown on a recent trip out to visit my grandmother.
I, too, get an occasional craving for Weinerschnitzel chili cheese dogs. Considering how things went after the last time I gave in to those cravings, I expect you were better off hitting up the local root beer stand than you would be with the real thing.
Haha, I’m not the only one with an intermittent Wienerscnitzel craving, after all! I suspect you’re right about the after-effects differential. As the man sang, all things must pass…
I never really got into Wienerschnitzel, but I do get cravings on occasion. Costco dog. Or there is a dawg shop in town (Sonoran!) If I could find a place that made a proper Chicago dog....
When I worked in DC, I was very partial to half-smokes. Mmmm.
I will never understand the love for Chicago dogs.
You are full of hot food takes today.
Ooooh, Sonoran. Yes, please.
https://youtu.be/6ZlLQLFq_H4
I like this.
Nooooooooo. Not again!
On the grill tonight: wild rice burgers with bacon, green chili and cheddar. Big salad and sweet potato
friesbakes.More on the move,
All this chili talk and not once were cinnamon rolls mentioned.
Does no one eat them together?