We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:59:07 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place... Time to add a new caveat, because from email it's not clear to some folks (mind you, if you don't read this it won't matter...) Being an open post, people (collectively, the Denizens) other than I post in the H&I. They sign their work (most of the time) - keep that in mind when you want... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:49:35 -0600 And the comments on the 3rd work just fine for me, JTG. Perhaps you've not paid your double-secret comment-posting fees? Otherwise known as the Compost Fee? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71630 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71630 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:44:12 -0600 loin de chèvre at the Farmer's Market (or Glazer/Brazer Bros.), but the same item in Pakistan -- free-range, naturally -- required considerable marination to render its texture more like lamb and less like critter-flavored bubble gum. And *yes* -- refrigeration is a *good* thing...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71629 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71629 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:09:00 -0600 "There", dammit. Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71628 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71628 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:42:19 -0600 This is a response to Cricket's comment, on the 3rd. (What, we don't even get three days before you close 'em?) That's the weird Glazer (Blazer?) brothers' grocery store, right? Their is no real farmers' market in DeKalb, as I recall. There's one (an official State of GA one) near the airport, I think. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71627 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71627 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:37:41 -0600 Those are much larger than ours then. Ours tend to be more hand sized. Though smaller and larger can be found. With the head I assume? It's highly unlikely I'll ever cook another prawn that way. But thanks for letting me know why. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71626 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71626 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:41:34 -0600 Trias -- Southeast Asian fishermen cook prawns on a BBQ grill. And prawns *ain't shrimp -- I've seen some longer than my forearm, including hand. BTW, cook 'em *with* shell and legs and de-vein 'em when you peel 'em. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71624 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71624 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:53:39 -0600 I've heard of someone having a case of the beer $#its, but this is the first time I've heard of the deer $#its... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71623 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71623 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:18:11 -0600 Poor kid has 10 seconds of fame not attributed to his kill but the method of the killing. I wonder if he likes curry. Judging a BBQ? How unusual. The best judges are your mates once they are so sloshed they can't tell your carbonated chop probably best used to fuel the fire, isn't quite Haute. BBQS are a masculine icon here. A merging of the elements of fire, beer, metal, meat and the outdoors. It's one of the few times men eagerly cook. Perfectionism implicit in judging is a bit of a faux pas. Still a steak done right is worth it's weight in gold and you never want to let my cousin cook the chicken. Noooo 1 minute isn't enough. My doctor said so. Actually that old 'chuck a shrimp on the barbie' supposed aussie slang is so odd I wish i knew where it came from. We call shrimp prawns for one thing. Shrimp are those awful little American things you hide in a salad. I've only seen prawns on a BBQ once. My dear sweet ex sister in law insisted on prawns on the bbq for her engagement. It was clear quite rapidly why we never do it they stunk to high heaven, probably because they were unshelled. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71621 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71621 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:50:32 -0600 BuuuuuuuuuuuuuRRRPPPPPPPPP!!! Yay! You got the minigun!!! (Pssssst! That explains why he wants us all there, gang -- reloading / relinking ten thousand rounds of 7.62 is a team effort. BTW, I've got dibs on the Tracer Quality Control Inspector task) ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71618 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71618 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:25:02 -0600 I was drafted to be a judge at a regional chili cook-off once, at Red River down in New Mexico... they made you cleanse your palate with crusty French bread and ice cold beer between each hot, meaty, well-spiced bowl. And then they thanked me profusely for helping them out- as I staggered away... I shoot you not ;) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71612 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_5_apri.html#comment-71612 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:48:41 -0600