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2013-05-16 11:05:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Ah, turning on the Accessibility option seems to address some of the issues with the new layout.  Much better.

2013-05-15 12:43:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Some Wednesday morning Food Porn.  Nothing too spectacular or complicated ... just beans and rice.  Red beans, slow cooked with the trotter of a wild hog I've had in the freezer.  Since it wasn't smoked or cured, I salted and peppered it before it went in.  The broth still wasn't quite right, so I added a couple of tablespoons of molasses.  Magic!

2013-05-09 13:53:13 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Thursday ... and lazy food this week on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

Still good though ...

2013-05-07 18:52:54 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The ragged remnants of a once-great library ...

2013-05-02 18:16:25 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Another week, another Thursday, another recipe on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

I call this Soup, (De)Constructed.  Because it amuses me.  But also because "deconstructed" food is apparently a thing now ...

Value added picture below ...

2013-04-25 15:22:44 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

So, time for more food on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ ...

Quiche this week.  With salad.  And value-added picture.

2013-04-25 13:42:38 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Ok, now what?

2013-04-24 12:09:17 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+Lynda Brooks +Lorree True   

Hi Lynda,  Lorree's got a box of 70's vintage books on offset printing.  Is that something your print shop might need?

2013-04-22 18:32:27 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

The things one finds when digging through old archived files ...

SCSI Chain Blues
words by Jeff Berry

I plugged in a device,
the chain was too long.
It wouldn't reboot,
so I wrote down this song.

I've got the
excessive length,
device not found,
SCSI chain blues.

If I chain them one way,
the machine comes up fine.
I swap two devices,
which isn't a crime ...

The machine doesn't boot now,
it hangs and it whirs,
I keep power-cycling,
I sit and I curse.

I've got the
SCSI magic,
bus-conflict
SCSI chain blues.

[Bridge]
The errors I got don't make any sense to me.
They aren't repeatable which is an offense to me.
I like to think that I'm not dense, not me.
The boot sequence is stuck,
I've run out of... more »

2013-04-11 14:04:36 (18 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Ah, Thursday ...

I make lunch in my office.  Using a steamer.  I guess I'm just a rebel.

You can too.  If you have an office. And a steamer.  Or can get them.

http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

2013-04-10 23:48:14 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

McKenzie Finger Lakes Rye, courtesy of +Michael Broggy

Pretty darn tasty.

Bananas optional.

2013-04-04 14:55:31 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

This week on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ - it's Cassoulet!  As an added bonus, there are notes on how I do it at Pennsic ...


Value-added picture below ...

2013-03-30 20:43:18 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The left nipple is the the "F* You, 'Beyond Thunderdome' " nipple.

So, yes, "Mad Max" (which is the best) and "Road Warrior" (which is alright) marathon tonight.

Just sayin'.

2013-03-28 11:44:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

For the last week of Lent, Doctors Without Borders was the winner of the Alsmgiving poll.  Thanks to all who voted.

2013-03-27 13:23:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Not my usual musical style  - but worth checking out.

http://hiphopandpolitics.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/new-hip-hop-song-feat-ashel-sticman-of-dead-prez-smashes-the-food-industry/

2013-03-22 12:24:39 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

My band, the One Eyed Bishops, has a gig in Mt. Holly, NJ on Apr. 6 to prepare for our UK tour in July ...

http://www.panix.com/~nexus/bass.html

2013-03-21 16:39:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

It's Thursday, so a new recipe on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ ~ this week it's BBQ Tofu, with some lentils added for crunch.  Pretty darn good, if I so myself.

Value added picture below.

2013-03-20 17:12:16 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

So, I couldn't resist buying this when I saw it in the store.  It's Jack Daniels, 70% Rye, unaged.  They use a bit of Rye in the usual JD, but this is the straight stuff.  

It's 80 proof and clear - we're talking white lightning clear.  Which simply points out that the color in whiskey shows up during aging. 

The nose is astonishing.  It smells like rye bread.  The rye is apparent in a way that it isn't in any other rye I've experiences.  Fascinating.

Of course, it's nearly undrinkable.  The taste is rye and alcohol.  There is nothing subtle about it, it's harsh and nasty.  Which simply points out that aging whiskey is a Very Good Thing.

That said, I've been experimenting with it as the base for some cocktails, looking for something to mellow the alcohol bite and take some of the edge out, without destroying thereally quit... more »

2013-03-20 14:55:37 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

This week, my alms go to the ASPCA ~ http://www.aspca.org/ ~ there's one more poll this Lent, so go and vote for who will get alms next week: http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

2013-03-19 13:25:31 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Just some unapologetic food porn.  I got ahold of some beef back ribs, hit 'em with the dry rub, and did 'em low-and-slow.  Needed a hair more dry rub, otherwise they were just fine indeed ...

2013-03-18 17:05:56 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Something that's not a recipe on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ - just an essay.  That's a picture of a bookshelf no longer full of books.  It hurts me.

2013-03-15 14:02:47 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Perhaps I am even crankier than usual today, but ...

does anyone else find annoying Google's assertion that, in order for my friends to wish me a happy birthday, it is necessary for me to tell Google what my birthday is?

2013-03-14 14:38:07 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Another Thursday ....

http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

Carrot and Ginger Soup.  Sort of.  Carrot and Lentil Soup with Ginger is more accurate.  Value Added Picture below ...

2013-03-13 14:58:20 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

This week's Lenten alms go to Greyhound Friends ~ http://www.greyhound.org/  

Next week's poll is up at http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

2013-03-08 12:05:03 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

We've all had that moment.  I hope.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2400

2013-03-07 21:25:04 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Later than usual due to the technical glitch of not having the camera with me this morning, but still on Thursday ... so more recipes on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

Lenten Approved Burritos!  Now with twice the tofu!  Assuming, of course, that you used half the amount of tofu previously.

Value added picture below ...

2013-03-06 14:34:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

This week's Lenten Alms went to Doctors Without Borders, http://www.msf.org/   - the poll for next week is up ...

2013-03-06 13:23:28 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

This makes me happy.

2013-02-28 19:00:37 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Another week, another recipe on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/  

A mild lentil curry, this time out.  

Value-added picture below ...

2013-02-27 13:14:35 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

This week's Lenten alms go to the American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/

If you'd like to help me decide who gets next week's alms, the poll (and explanation of why an atheist pays attention to Lent) is up at: http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

2013-02-25 22:34:58 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I am usually fairly indifferent about the glass in which my cocktail is placed.

A Vesper, however, does seem to require an actual martini glass.

2013-02-25 13:23:57 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

The WhistlePig Rye meets with my approval.

That is all.

2013-02-21 15:23:22 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

It's Thursday and it's Lent, so it's Lenten appropriate recipe on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/  ...

This is, quite possibly, the best cornbread I've ever made.

Value-added picture below.

2013-02-20 17:56:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

The second week of Lent begins ... and the results are in!  This week's alms go to Planned Parenthood.

The poll, and the rationale behind it, for next week's almsgiving is up at: http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

2013-02-14 14:46:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

It's the first Thursday of Lent, and almost by accident the recipe this week on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ is Medievally Lenten appropriate.   Hot Curry with potatoes, cabbage and shrimp ...

Value-added picture below.

2013-02-13 13:12:50 (23 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Well, it's Lent.  For the last few years, we've been doing two things for Lent, neither of which have anything to do with religion, since I'm basically an atheist.  But I'm a medieval culinary historian, and Lent had an enormous impact on the way folks ate in the Latin west, so ... chez moi, we do two things:

1) keep a Medieval(ish) Lenten fast as an exercise in Medieval foodways

2) use it as an excuse to get our charitable giving organized. 

#2 includes a poll so people can help me decide to whom I should give alms this year ...

data on both things is here - http://www.aspiringluddite.com/survey.shtml including the poll. 

2013-02-07 13:40:08 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

It's Thursday ...

this week on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ it's Cormarye.  Well, nearly ... it's more like a Cormarye inspired braised pork dish.   Still pretty darn good, though.

Here's a slightly out-of-focus Value Added Picture.

2013-02-06 13:28:39 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

For those of us that like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing we like - looking at you, +Robert Earlson  and +Robert Peterson 

Stay with it until the vocals start.

ROCK SUGAR - "Don't Stop The Sandman"

They got albums of this stuff.

2013-01-31 15:25:27 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Ah, Thursday, how I have missed thee ... here's another recipe from  http://www.aspiringluddite.com/   - Fish Pie!  Another British classic, horribly mutated in my Manhattan kitchen.

Damn tasty, though ...

Value-added picture below.

2013-01-24 21:58:36 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Damn, damn and damn.     Tragedy has a show in NYC and I'll be in Canada.  Why, why does fate torment me so?

http://www.letsmaketragedyhappen.com/

2013-01-24 16:23:39 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

It's Thursday!  Nothing complicated this week on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ , but if you don't like beets and horseradish, you can just move right along ...

Below, your value-added picture is a bowl of beets!

2013-01-18 16:06:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

So this is the lineup of the festival with which we are closing out our UK trip.     Lorree made the video, but I didn't;-)

Kozfest 2013 Ad

2013-01-17 15:57:55 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

This week, it's Bubble and Squeak - or at least, my take on it - over at http://www.aspiringluddite.com/   - although I couldn't resist using confit.

Value-added picture below.

2013-01-10 17:23:24 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Another Thursday and another recipe on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/

Squash and Sweet Potato Soup - isn't it lovely?

2013-01-07 14:50:55 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

For any of you planning on being the UK in July, we've got four gigs lined up - two festivals, a pub gig and a live radio broadcast.  Lorree has joined us on bongos full-time (well, as full-time as we get, at least) and she, Mike and I are touring as a trio.  The video is from last year's festival gig with the same lineup ... MIKE BURRO

More details here ... http://www.panix.com/~nexus/bass.html

2013-01-03 14:50:20 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

This week on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/ it's Poutine!  Well, sort of.  Perhaps a little too much Spam for a traditional Poutine, but who wants to save half a can of Spam?

Value added picture below ...

2012-12-27 12:27:55 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

This week on http://www.aspiringluddite.com/, Bread Pudding!  With a bit of vanilla-rum sauce on the side.

Value added picture below featuring a Mystery Hand!  Very Exciting!  You can tell by the exclamation points!

2012-12-27 12:14:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Appropriate in so many cases ... a webcomic, safe for work and all that ...

2012-12-24 20:21:48 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Charcuterie platter chez nous today.  Home cured prosciutto style wild hog, home cured saucisson sec a l'ail, home cured olives, home made bread topped with home made fresh dill cheese, and roasted beets (alas not homegrown, from the CSA) topped with home made feta-style cheese.

For cocktails, a Negroni and a Vesper, each garnished with a bit of lemon (or lemon peel) from my aunt's garden.  The Vesper features gin from Greenhook Ginsmiths.

Bon appetit and Happy Holidays!

2012-12-24 00:27:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

So ... Prisoner marathon complete.

Damn, I love that show.