18 thoughts on “March 8, 2025: Heat Wave”

  1. I remember drinking beer on a particularly warm March day back in college that came right on the heels of a blizzard which left a huge snowdrift in front of the fraternity house porch. This was how we came to invent drift diving. Points awarded for distance, hang time and style.

    1. Probably brings his name back to the forefront for MVP (this year seems like yeah hes great but Shai/Brunson/Dalton Knecht deserves it)

  3. Took the kids to Chatterbox tonight. Only other time I've gone was like 2006 or so...a pre-game stop before the Twins game. I think Stick, Free, and E-6 were there, but my memory is hazy.

    Anyway, my god every entree was hot garbage. I'm someone who will eat bad food due to sunk cost fallacy, but not tonight.

    1. If that's the place I think it is, that's where I had my first legal drink. I knew plenty of people that destroyed themselves during their Power Hour, but I just had a couple o' pints with my then girlfriend.

      (The official 21st birthday was a different story...)

    2. I met up with some people there circa 2008 or 09? Either right before or right after I lived in Dublin. I parked at the Park & Ride down by MOA and rode the blue line up, and Algonad gave me a ride back to my car.

  5. Yesterday was an interesting day. I judge a hot dish contest in town that was a fundraiser for our local historical society. 8 hot dishes enter, one hot dish wins.
    I would say 4 of them I would never try again. The winner was a Pad Thai Chicken hot dish. Last night a good friend hosted myself and some mutual buddies to a 7 course meal at his house. Smoked Salmon, Pheasant, Venison, Blueberry Soup, grass fed beef tenderloin, a French cheese course and finished with Rhubarb crisp. I am a bit sluggish today.

      1. It was good. The cool thing is the rhubarb and blueberries came from his garden, and he harvested the salmon, venison and pheasant. The beef came from the family farm in North Dakota.

      2. How strange. I just emailed a friend days back about where to get rhubarb plants - I'd like to grow some in Scandia for making fika.

        He : Gerten's in Invergrove Heights (off 494 and hwy 52) says they have some plants in stock, but since they grow most of their own plants, when they're out they are out. Jung Seeds (jungseed.com) near Madison sells it mail order. We've had good results with their seeds in the past.

        I love the tart taste of rhubarb/red currants/cranberries alongside some blueberries/marionberries/blackberries.

    2. I was fortunate enough to be a judge at Hogs for The Cause for several years. I love smoked foods but every year there were entries that nearly put me off easting bbq altogether. Tho, to be fair, every year there were also entries that I still dream about - I'm looking at you blueberry glazed pork belly.

      1. Yes, those BBQ competitions can be awesome, and they can be meh. The worst one I did had a bunch of hockey dads enter. A lot of them were friends of mine. It was a blind tasting and once we announced the winners, some of my friends spent the next 2 weeks whining to me about the judging. Also... blueberry glazed pork belly just hit my radar!

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