Does anyone else see a pattern here?

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**Shadow Captain Edithae**

daedalus wrote:
For extra interesting correlation, overlay that with the map of people who refer to soda generically as "coke", and then overlay that with the map of average IQ by state.

So...Coke makes you stupid? I must tell my brother that, he guzzles it by the gallon.

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sebster wrote:

jasper76 wrote:
Sounds like an opportunity for an entrepeneur in Australia.

No good can come of people trying to sell the food of a region they weren't brought up in.

Over here we get pretty good Indian, Thai and Vietnamese food, because we've had a lot of Indian, Thai and Vietnamese migrants. And South African food come to think of it, but that just might be a Perth thing.

But when it comes to stuff like Mexican... my god it's terrible, because there are very few Mexican migrants to Australia, and so there's no local culture for people to grow up in experiencing that food. I mean, I knew our Mexican food wasn't good, but I had no idea how bad it was until I ate Mexican in the US - I always thought Mexican was heavy, meat in a doughy bread with spicy sauce and stupid amounts of cheese, first bit in to Mexican in America and I realised how fresh the food is supposed to taste.

Same goes for fried chicken. I always thought it was just an oily, seasoned batter on top of dark chicken, then I had actual fried chicken in a proper place in the US. That made me realise that it's actually just that KFC sucks.

So uh, yeah, having people here just start making soul food would just mean Australia would get a really poor impression of soul food.

For me, its Pulled Pork. My god, is it good when done by a skilled chef to a proper restaurant quality recipe.

I tried a couple BBQ pulled pork sandwiches and bruschettas on a holiday visit to Washington DC a couple years ago...WOW.

I'm utterly addicted now to BBQ pulled pork meals, Ive probably had at least one a month using Pulled Pork ready meals from Tesco, with the sauce swapped out for Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce.

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nels1031 wrote:
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

Yes.

Spoiler:

Poor cat!

Did he died?

No. Supposedly the rest of the Pride came to the rescue and chewed up the carcass to loosen the anus enough so the cub could wriggle out. (I can't keep a straight face after writing that).

An alternative interpretation could be that the other Lions were like "hahaha, silly cub. You can stay there while we eat" and the rescue of the cub was completely coincidental.

**Jihadin**

Back in the days Baby Ray was my go to. Today I make my own.

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

Jihadin wrote:
Back in the days Baby Ray was my go to. Today I make my own.

Care to share your recipe? Or is it a trade marked family secret?

**Palindrome**

Bullockist wrote:

I watch a fair amount of cooking shows and always seem to see brits add dairy to fish.

For fish pie certainly, for everything else not so much. Although white wine and cream sauce is perfectly acceptable.

**rryannn**

All 10 people in WY have a job?

**Jihadin**

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Jihadin wrote:
Back in the days Baby Ray was my go to. Today I make my own.

Care to share your recipe? Or is it a trade marked family secret?

I like thick and sweet but with some kick to it.

Base is plain thick BBQ sauce of Hunt variety
minced onion
minced garlic
a wee bit of minced Thai chili pepper
Natural pure honey to even thickening it more (limited amount, helps make the sauce cling to meat)
At times a sliver of mince ginger

In a pan on LOW simmer. Add ingredients till your liking.
Can use corn starch in place of honey to

That's on chicken and at times pork

Steak and/or beef ribs

Soak for at least two hours

Kalbi style

Like two huge bottle of teriyaki
splash of sesame oil
minced onion
minced garlic

30 minute prior to grill
cup of Coke

I have so many recipes to fit whatever taste I may have

these two are my top fav

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

Jihadin wrote:
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Jihadin wrote:
Back in the days Baby Ray was my go to. Today I make my own.

Care to share your recipe? Or is it a trade marked family secret?

I like thick and sweet but with some kick to it.

Base is plain thick BBQ sauce of Hunt variety
minced onion
minced garlic
a wee bit of minced Thai chili pepper
Natural pure honey to even thickening it more (limited amount, helps make the sauce cling to meat)
At times a sliver of mince ginger

In a pan on LOW simmer. Add ingredients till your liking.
Can use corn starch in place of honey to

That's on chicken and at times pork

Steak and/or beef ribs

Soak for at least two hours

Kalbi style

Like two huge bottle of teriyaki
splash of sesame oil
minced onion
minced garlic

30 minute prior to grill
cup of Coke

I have so many recipes to fit whatever taste I may have
these two are my top fav

Much obliged.

**AlmightyWalrus**

Ahtman wrote:

There is no money in, or coming from, helping the poor so getting much done about it is slow going at best.

There's a metric gakton of money in helping the poor, it's just that the question is bound to a cliff by its own bootstraps.

44Ronin wrote:
TheCustomLime wrote:
Yup. The wealth distribution became much more lopsided in the past few decades. I blame corporate America for it.

All the people complaining about poverty, are not poor, they just don't know how to live within their means.

And the award for most outlandish claim goes to...

**Seaward**

AlmightyWalrus wrote:
44Ronin wrote:
TheCustomLime wrote:
Yup. The wealth distribution became much more lopsided in the past few decades. I blame corporate America for it.

All the people complaining about poverty, are not poor, they just don't know how to live within their means.

And the award for most outlandish claim goes to...

He was doing some high concept satire. Even Bill Ayers calls Ronin a leftist radical.

**Dreadclaw69**

sebster wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
Its also important to have an open border to keep wages down.

I've explained before, and now I'm going to explain again, that immigration doesn't drive wages down.

Ummm....

sebster wrote:
daedalus wrote:
Yeah, I think the H1-B program does far more damage than someone sneaking for that migrant farmer job.

Well, actually I think the opposite of that

Illegal labour, given the much reduced bargaining power does actually get paid a lot less, and that in turn weakens the position of other low skilled labour.

Whereas legal immigrant labour, well they're competing the same as any local labour (I would think the impact of visa limitations would be pretty marginal).

Maybe it is a cultural thing, but when people in the US talk about open borders they mean that we have a heavy flow of illegal immigrants

**sebster**

Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Maybe it is a cultural thing, but when people in the US talk about open borders they mean that we have a heavy flow of illegal immigrants

Ah, fair enough then.

Over here open border means a legally open border - ie minimal restrictions on people moving in to the country, including for work and permanent settlement.

**Dreadclaw69**

Yeah, I thought there cultural elements at play. Here an open border means just that, little to no control over who enters the country.

**kronk**

Is thread about cats, Southern Cooking (notice the caps, you heathens!), or poor people?

**Kilkrazy**

Poor people in the south eat cats?

**kronk**

Kilkrazy wrote:
Poor people in the south eat cats?

No. Too gamey. I won't fall for that again.

Dachshund has just the right marbling and evilness to make a good fajita!

**Iron_Captain**

kronk wrote:
Is thread about cats, Southern Cooking (notice the caps, you heathens!), or poor people?

Kilkrazy wrote:
Poor people in the south eat cats?

Cat people are poor at Southern Cooking?

**Tibbsy**

Southern cats cook poor people?

**gorgon**

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
daedalus wrote:
For extra interesting correlation, overlay that with the map of people who refer to soda generically as "coke", and then overlay that with the map of average IQ by state.

So...Coke makes you stupid? I must tell my brother that, he guzzles it by the gallon.

It makes you poor, stupid, and Republican, if you want to crank the causation failure up to 11.

We can probably throw the "have a nickname as one's full first name" thing on top of the pile too. Jimmy, Joe, Billy, etc.

**Frazzled**

Kilkrazy wrote:
Poor people in the south eat cats?

Only if they go to Taco Bell. Now with more cat!

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kronk wrote:
Kilkrazy wrote:
Poor people in the south eat cats?

No. Too gamey. I won't fall for that again.

Dachshund has just the right marbling and evilness to make a good fajita!

TBone the Ghost Wienie is displeased.

**Jihadin**

If your going to eat a cat. Go for the hind legs first

**Kilkrazy**

I went to Taco Bell once..

Actually to be totally honest I went twice. The first time was their shop in Uxbridge. It was awful.

The second time was in JFK airport in New York. I thought the famous reputation of the USA for quality and customer service would transform the experience compared to the English version. Actually it was far worse.

**kronk**

Taco Bell is not actually Mexican Food. I'm honestly not sure what the feth it is...

I only eat it to "get things moving" on occasion. Getting older sucks some times!

**Jihadin**

That's After Midnight Drunk hungry Food

**Shadow Captain Edithae**

Kilkrazy wrote:
I went to Taco Bell once..

Actually to be totally honest I went twice. The first time was their shop in Uxbridge. It was awful.

The second time was in JFK airport in New York. I thought the famous reputation of the USA for quality and customer service would transform the experience compared to the English version. Actually it was far worse.

I once went to an American McDonald's (either New York or Washington DC, I forget which).

NEVER AGAIN.

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Is it common practice in America for fast food outlets to dilute their soft drinks with 90%+ water?

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On the same trip I did however visit the best ice cream parlor in my life - Mr G's in Gettysburg - so the trip wasn't all that bad.

**Crazy_Carnifex**

Kilkrazy wrote:
Poor people in the south eat cats?

Cats in the south eat poor people?

**Jihadin**

Whoever last laugh eats well

**Frazzled**

Crazy_Carnifex wrote:
Kilkrazy wrote:
Poor people in the south eat cats?

Cats in the south eat poor people?

No thats gators. Cats eat people in the West.

**Easy E**

Why do we listen to Southern Politicians about Economic issues again?

**Frazzled**

Because our economy is better than yours.

I see lots of Cali and Yankee plates here now. How many there?

**Easy E**

I don't see many Southern plates here, mostly because we have an efficient DMV system that gets you the new plates in a timely manner.

Trust me, we have plenty of Southerners here.