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The Juggler

Welcome back.
It's tough sledding in the amt with some people. I hate that I ventured over there during the election, now all the threads are always at the top of my "participated discussions" so its always tempting to dive back in to argue with those dopes.

Wobbie

better to argue with hotakes and the fixer (and me)

speaking of which, did I ever comment on the turd your mancrush hamels laid in the playoffs? he's basically jonathan sanchez

F Me In The Brain

The Juggler said:

Welcome back.
It's tough sledding in the amt with some people. I hate that I ventured over there during the election, now all the threads are always at the top of my "participated discussions" so its always tempting to dive back in to argue with those dopes.

A few at the top of my list every day as well.
Had an epic night @ Zama last night. Had drinks (many) at Del Friscos with a group and felt like Sushi when they all went home. Walked down...ended up going way over the top. Embarrassed at how much I spent on dinner and drinks for myself...and I am a person who somewhat regularly drops a few hundred on meals and drinks. Sushi can get out of control, quickly.
Sitting in Del Frisco's at the bar is pretty sweet. Love that building.
Should have stayed and eaten bacon instead of the sake/sushi fest. Would feel better today, as would my wallet.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

Welcome back.
It's tough sledding in the amt with some people. I hate that I ventured over there during the election, now all the threads are always at the top of my "participated discussions" so its always tempting to dive back in to argue with those dopes.

Buncha dopes is right. No reason to go back there at this point, haha.

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

The Juggler said:

Welcome back.
It's tough sledding in the amt with some people. I hate that I ventured over there during the election, now all the threads are always at the top of my "participated discussions" so its always tempting to dive back in to argue with those dopes.

A few at the top of my list every day as well.
Had an epic night @ Zama last night. Had drinks (many) at Del Friscos with a group and felt like Sushi when they all went home. Walked down...ended up going way over the top. Embarrassed at how much I spent on dinner and drinks for myself...and I am a person who somewhat regularly drops a few hundred on meals and drinks. Sushi can get out of control, quickly.
Sitting in Del Frisco's at the bar is pretty sweet. Love that building.
Should have stayed and eaten bacon instead of the sake/sushi fest. Would feel better today, as would my wallet.

You love Zama, man. It's good stuff though.

The wife and I are both off tomorrow. Trying to figure out what we want to do this evening as we speak...

F Me In The Brain

Zama loves me. (He even went downstairs and cut me a few pieces of Kama Toro. ($18 per piece))
Tell your wife you want to start doing Theme Nights

This week it is From One Scene to Another

Go to Ocean Prime
Martini
App -- Deviled Eggs & bunch of raw Oysters
Martini
French Onion Soup
Beer
Bone-In Filet / Side o Corn
Beer
Order dessert for your wife
(Baked Alaska)

Stagger out and proceed directly to your favorite dive bar. From one scene to another.

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

Zama loves me. (He even went downstairs and cut me a few pieces of Kama Toro. ($18 per piece))
Tell your wife you want to start doing Theme Nights

This week it is From One Scene to Another

Go to Ocean Prime
Martini
App -- Deviled Eggs & bunch of raw Oysters
Martini
French Onion Soup
Beer
Bone-In Filet / Side o Corn
Beer
Order dessert for your wife
(Baked Alaska)

Stagger out and proceed directly to your favorite dive bar. From one scene to another.

Ha, not a bad idea and sounds good. Dude, not that LaBan's word is gospel, it's often way too stuck up for me, but I have avoided Ocean Prime like the plague since this...

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20131215_Ocean_Prime__Center_City_chain_is_tough_to_swallow.html

Jearlpam0925

Steakhouses are places where people can display the girth of their dick....I mean wallet. On a semi-related note, I cook a better steak.

F Me In The Brain

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Zama loves me. (He even went downstairs and cut me a few pieces of Kama Toro. ($18 per piece))
Tell your wife you want to start doing Theme Nights

This week it is From One Scene to Another

Go to Ocean Prime
Martini
App -- Deviled Eggs & bunch of raw Oysters
Martini
French Onion Soup
Beer
Bone-In Filet / Side o Corn
Beer
Order dessert for your wife
(Baked Alaska)

Stagger out and proceed directly to your favorite dive bar. From one scene to another.

Ha, not a bad idea and sounds good. Dude, not that LaBan's word is gospel, it's often way too stuck up for me, but I have avoided Ocean Prime like the plague since this...

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20131215_Ocean_Prime__Center_City_chain_is_tough_to_swallow.html

I enjoyed it when I ate there. I laughed at the article, though, and can understand dodging it. You can do the same routine at Del Frisco's or Barclay Prime.

Cliffy6745

Jearlpam0925 said:

Steakhouses are places where people can display the girth of their dick....I mean wallet. On a semi-related note, I cook a better steak.

HA. I do enjoy a steakhouse from time to time, especially Barclay Prime, but if I am paying I rarely head the steakhouse route and go to a place where the cooking is different and better than what I can do at home. Rather spend that kind of money on places like Laurel, Serpico, Vernick, Zahav, etc. where it's not something I have the ability to mildly replicate. Rather have a tasting menu at any of those spots over a steakhouse any day of the week. Steakhouses are good for celebrations, sales reps, etc.

Get yourself a sous vide machine, got to Cappuccio's in the Italian Market and grab yourself a couple bone in dry aged rib eyes, season it, pop it in the sous vide for an hour or so at rare-medium rare, fire up the grill as hot as it can get, throw those fuckers on for a minute to char the outside and you have yourself a steak every bit as good, if not better than almost any steakhouse.

Speaking of the Italian Market. Friggen D'Angelos is closing. Real kick in the nuts

F Me In The Brain

Jearlpam0925 said:

Steakhouses are places where people can display the girth of their dick....I mean wallet. On a semi-related note, I cook a better steak.

I cannot get a better steak then Grade A steakhouses (neither can you if we talk places like Peter Luger's or Wolfgang's in NY) and since I like my steak pretty much raw, people don't mess up the cooking. "As rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen" has not failed me in years.
B-level places you may be able to get the same quality cut of meet and I can understand wanting to cook it just how you like it and saving some dough. I enjoy the act of going to a nice steakhouse and living large.

I also think I can make a martini exactly how I like it better than they will make me. (Normally....had a stirred martini last week in CA that blew my mind.) I still like to drink a few before my steak.

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Zama loves me. (He even went downstairs and cut me a few pieces of Kama Toro. ($18 per piece))
Tell your wife you want to start doing Theme Nights

This week it is From One Scene to Another

Go to Ocean Prime
Martini
App -- Deviled Eggs & bunch of raw Oysters
Martini
French Onion Soup
Beer
Bone-In Filet / Side o Corn
Beer
Order dessert for your wife
(Baked Alaska)

Stagger out and proceed directly to your favorite dive bar. From one scene to another.

Ha, not a bad idea and sounds good. Dude, not that LaBan's word is gospel, it's often way too stuck up for me, but I have avoided Ocean Prime like the plague since this...

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20131215_Ocean_Prime__Center_City_chain_is_tough_to_swallow.html

I enjoyed it when I ate there. I laughed at the article, though, and can understand dodging it. You can do the same routine at Del Frisco's or Barclay Prime.

I have heard good things about it, that just sits in the back of my mind. Barclay prime is the tits.

Jearlpam0925

Cliffy6745 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Steakhouses are places where people can display the girth of their dick....I mean wallet. On a semi-related note, I cook a better steak.

HA. I do enjoy a steakhouse from time to time, especially Barclay Prime, but if I am paying I rarely head the steakhouse route and go to a place where the cooking is different and better than what I can do at home. Rather spend that kind of money on places like Laurel, Serpico, Vernick, Zahav, etc. where it's not something I have the ability to mildly replicate. Rather have a tasting menu at any of those spots over a steakhouse any day of the week. Steakhouses are good for celebrations, sales reps, etc.

Get yourself a sous vide machine, got to Cappuccio's in the Italian Market and grab yourself a couple bone in dry aged rib eyes, season it, pop it in the sous vide for an hour or so at rare-medium rare, fire up the grill as hot as it can get, throw those fuckers on for a minute to char the outside and you have yourself a steak every bit as good, if not better than almost any steakhouse.

Speaking of the Italian Market. Friggen D'Angelos is closing. Real kick in the nuts

I'm sure it's great, but there's a con-outweighs-the-pros to me on it. Like you said, I'll get a ribeye, crank the oven up to 500, then throw on the grill for 30 seconds. Done.

I've looked in the sous vide machine, and I dunno...I like the idea, but I can't get the idea of a leeching plastic bag into my meat becoming a problem out of my head.

Went to ITV the other night; good shit.

I saw about D'Angelo's, sucks - just when you were singing me their praises. Speaking of which, turkey I got from Esposito's, which was then fried, was more than worth it.

F Me In The Brain said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Steakhouses are places where people can display the girth of their dick....I mean wallet. On a semi-related note, I cook a better steak.

I cannot get a better steak then Grade A steakhouses (neither can you if we talk places like Peter Luger's or Wolfgang's in NY) and since I like my steak pretty much raw, people don't mess up the cooking. "As rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen" has not failed me in years.
B-level places you may be able to get the same quality cut of meet and I can understand wanting to cook it just how you like it and saving some dough. I enjoy the act of going to a nice steakhouse and living large.

I also think I can make a martini exactly how I like it better than they will make me. (Normally....had a stirred martini last week in CA that blew my mind.) I still like to drink a few before my steak.

But do you like it when they call you Big Poppa?

Jearlpam0925

Also thank god the Trump thread closed - it's finally waning to the bottom of my "participated" page.

Cliffy6745

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Steakhouses are places where people can display the girth of their dick....I mean wallet. On a semi-related note, I cook a better steak.

HA. I do enjoy a steakhouse from time to time, especially Barclay Prime, but if I am paying I rarely head the steakhouse route and go to a place where the cooking is different and better than what I can do at home. Rather spend that kind of money on places like Laurel, Serpico, Vernick, Zahav, etc. where it's not something I have the ability to mildly replicate. Rather have a tasting menu at any of those spots over a steakhouse any day of the week. Steakhouses are good for celebrations, sales reps, etc.

Get yourself a sous vide machine, got to Cappuccio's in the Italian Market and grab yourself a couple bone in dry aged rib eyes, season it, pop it in the sous vide for an hour or so at rare-medium rare, fire up the grill as hot as it can get, throw those fuckers on for a minute to char the outside and you have yourself a steak every bit as good, if not better than almost any steakhouse.

Speaking of the Italian Market. Friggen D'Angelos is closing. Real kick in the nuts

I'm sure it's great, but there's a con-outweighs-the-pros to me on it. Like you said, I'll get a ribeye, crank the oven up to 500, then throw on the grill for 30 seconds. Done.

I've looked in the sous vide machine, and I dunno...I like the idea, but I can't get the idea of a leeching plastic bag into my meat becoming a problem out of my head.

Went to ITV the other night; good shit.

I saw about D'Angelo's, sucks - just when you were singing me their praises. Speaking of which, turkey I got from Esposito's, which was then fried, was more than worth it.

F Me In The Brain said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Steakhouses are places where people can display the girth of their dick....I mean wallet. On a semi-related note, I cook a better steak.

I cannot get a better steak then Grade A steakhouses (neither can you if we talk places like Peter Luger's or Wolfgang's in NY) and since I like my steak pretty much raw, people don't mess up the cooking. "As rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen" has not failed me in years.
B-level places you may be able to get the same quality cut of meet and I can understand wanting to cook it just how you like it and saving some dough. I enjoy the act of going to a nice steakhouse and living large.

I also think I can make a martini exactly how I like it better than they will make me. (Normally....had a stirred martini last week in CA that blew my mind.) I still like to drink a few before my steak.

But do you like it when they call you Big Poppa?

Sous vide is awesome. Absolutely perfectly cooked all the way through. Not like you're eating plastic. I finally got a vaccum sealer and it's awesome. Pretty sure it's not the plastic that's gonna kill me.

We're actually thinking about ITV tonight.

Yessir. Good call. I ended up with a turducken from there, not for thanksgiving but for a tailgate on saturday and it was awesome too.

F Me In The Brain

Of course I like it when they call me Big Poppa!

The Juggler

Jearlpam0925 said:

Also thank god the Trump thread closed - it's finally waning to the bottom of my "participated" page.

Nice i just noticed.

Have you seen the final post in there....I think it was pjsoul? It's like Kat or Sea tied it up with a pretty little bow. Perfect way to close that god awful thread...

Jearlpam0925

The Juggler said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Also thank god the Trump thread closed - it's finally waning to the bottom of my "participated" page.

Nice i just noticed.

Have you seen the final post in there....I think it was pjsoul? It's like Kat or Sea tied it up with a pretty little bow. Perfect way to close that god awful thread...

Don't think you can stop dumb commentary though - it comes now in the form of the "President Elect Tump" thread. People like blood sausage, too. People are morons. Groundhog Day will never get old.

Alls I know is no more AMT in my future. I don't need that shit taking up my "participated" page and ruining good talk like a guy's scrote getting ripped open, how steaks are better enjoyed at home, or talking about Philly joints to eat at.

Onto more pressing matters - do I do the South Philly Christmas Lights bike ride or run? AND, anybody been to Breckenridge CO....and/or are avid skiers? Haven't skied in probably 20 years and I look forward to dislocating both of my shoulders.

F Me In The Brain

Agree completely.
Yes to bike ride
No to skiing. Grew up in VT and have been to ski resorts all over out west. I drink at the bar and wait for my friends. Have not been to Breckenridge, though. Not sure I know anyone who has been. Brother in law just went to Vail with his family and said it was fun. Pretty sure he was likely to come back with a sprained hog...but that is because his wife (My SIL-In-Law? What do you call your wife's brother's wife?) is so ridiculously hot.

Jearlpam0925

Was gonna go up to VT instead. But we said, fuck it, onto CO we go. But, yeah, most of us are just sitting at the lodge and drinking. But I figured, fuck it, might as well go full douche with some goggles on my head. I think I'm more pumped for the dispensary/distillery/brewery directly behind the place we're staying.

Yeah, sister-in-law, even though all that shit's bullshit. But, yeah, your in-law's spouse is your in-law.....I guess, or something.

Sprained hog. That's some funny shit right there. Also, it would totally not be weird to share pictures of said SIL.