FlaSoxxJim

So, I'm heading out in two days on the annual family Thanksgiving camping trip, which is pretty much my favorite 4 days of the year. We're heading up to Ocala National Forest, a favorite destination, and we even have a cold blast that will get us into the high 30s in the evenings. . . Perfect campfire weather. Mrs. Flaxx and I are armed with our usual assortment of god beer and newly arrived Beaujolais Nouveau wine, and I'm also finishing up a crockpot of hot buttered rum base that will really hit the spot on cold nights around the fire. If anyone here is looking for THE killer hot seasonal drink this winter, I highly recommend this insanely easy hot buttered rum recipe that I've come back to for the last three years now. Hot buttered Rum recipe, based on the recipe found at http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/51/C...d_Rum1039.shtml 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 pinch salt 3 sticks cinnamon (I use 5 short Mexican canella sticks) 6 whole cloves (I use 10) 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 cups rum (no need to break the bank — Mount Gay Eclipse or El Dorado 5-year works great here). heavy cream -- whipped, for topping ground nutmeg -- for topping Put all ingredients, except rum and cream, and nutmeg into crockpot. Add 2 quarts hot water. Stir well. Cover pot and cook on LOW for 3 hours (original recipe calls for 5 hours, but I think all the spice flavors are thoroughly extracted well before that). Add rum; stir to blend. Serve from pot in warm mugs with a scoop of whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg. DO NOT let the utter simplicity of this recipe fool you. I've tried at least a dozen hot buttered rum recipes in the last couple of years, and this is easily the best of the bunch. Make this to serve up at your next holiday party and you will be revered as a DRINK GOD. No joke.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 10:42 PM) !!! what the EFF is PAL? Would I be getting a hard copy? PAL is the broadcast standard utilized throughout much of the world, and is 100% incompatible with NTSC, the broadcast standard used in the states. It's also incompatible with a third standard, SECAM, that is used here and there. Add the Region 1, 2, 3. . . DVD stuff on top of that and it becomes a total clusterf**k trying to get international commercial video titles to play nice on standard domestic hardware.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 05:59 PM) Couldn't bear to let this fact go untold, so Jim added "At" to turn this from a Z sentence to an A sentence. I've been ratted out!

At Zorba's, the Greek joint I worked at in college, made killer jizz sauce, so most definitely yum.

White jizz-looing stuff on yer' gyro is called Tzatziki Sauce.

Pita bread is good stuff.

K, then I have to ask if you're sure "she" was a she.

I think some meat in your diet will fix you right up.

Gastric distress, Sqwert?

Call it a hunch, but between His umbrage at my calling Greek a dead language and his knowledge of Zaharoplasteao, I'm guessing Pants is of Greek heritage, yes?

There's no accounting for (lack of) taste.

Now that sounds like a plan!

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 12:18 PM) Heaven is Gulden's mustard over a Kosher frank nestled in a poppyseed bun with golden grilled onions while seated in Section 103, Row 3, seat 10. It's a thing of beauty. Know that's just what the doctor ordered, for sure.

giardiniera peppers on a big wet roll piled up with Vienna beef is what I need now to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

Duh. . . that's what you leave the ketchup off.

QUOTE (Felix @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) Woo Zappa! That's one weaksauce discography, however Ni is just sticking with the singles. . . and when you've got No Commercial Potential like Frank that's going to be a horribly foreshortened list. But, yes. . . YEA FRANK!!!

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 10:15 AM) Axe. Gibson SG. Marshall amps. I'll give you $50 for it.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 04:02 AM) Why people give a s*** what other people put on their hot dog has always befuddled me. If someone's not forcing you to eat it, why do you care? Because there are community standards to uphold, that's why we ridicule the Ketchup Doggers.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 12:05 AM) terrible idea, ketchup on a hot dog Unless you're seven years old.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 11:42 PM) Real men use ketchup on a hot dog. Shut it! And Pants, Rosen makes the Mary Ann buns, so I think we're talking about the same product.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 09:59 PM) Sadly, no, I haven't picked up a horn in years. I hope to pick it back up again later, maybe when my kid(s) start learning an instrument. That's where I am now. My daughter just started playing trumpet this year, so I cleaned and oiled my old trumpet for her to use and then dug out an ancient cornet that I've had since I was about 12 and cleaned it up to start brushing up on myself in anticipation of playing with the kid.

Perfect - and don't forget the sport peppers and the Mary Ann poppyseed bun!

A Doctor, a Rabbi, and a Statistician go duck hunting together. The three of them are sitting behind the duck blind when a beautiful prize duck flies out into the clearing in front of them. The Doctor stands up, aims and fires and misses two feet in front of the duck. Then the Rabbi jumps up, aims and fires and misses two feet behind the duck. Finally, the Statistician jumps up and

Nuclear green relish and yellow mustard must go on a Chicago dog — NO exceptions.