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12 October 2005

Aaaaahhhhh Well, I got home from work, rubbed the lamb roast (and how I wish that were a euphamism), shoved it in the oven, put the potatoes on, got the asparagus ready to steam and then fixed myself a very large gin and tonic. I love coming home.

post by: gaspode at: 20:38 | 34 comments

Some appropriate music.

I left work, and inexplicably obeyed a craving and went to White Castle, where I had 2 bacon cheeseburgers, 2 jalapeno cheeseburgers, 2 fish, 2 chicken and a bag of fries. Then I got sick to my stomach and ran into a bar to empty myself out, bougt a sixer at the corner store, dragged myself home got out of my wet clothes and ito pajama pants and a fresh t-sgirt and flannel. So coming home is nice here.

posted by jonmc 12 October | 20:44

Ozzy - awesome. I have never had white castle. I don't think I care to now.

posted by gaspode 12 October | 20:46

It's tasty. I think my nausea was due to other factors, and I as I've mentioned, my parents' first date was at the White castle on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside. So, murderburgers are responsible for the fine specimen of American Manhood you see before you.

posted by jonmc 12 October | 20:48

gaspode, have you seen Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle? It's a dumb movie, but still funny, even just for a coked-up Neil Patrick Harris.

Murderburgers?

It's only early afternoon here, but my toddler and I just baked a bunch of cookies. I don't bake as often as I'd like, but the laptop is just...so...tempting...

posted by tracicle 12 October | 20:54

Murderburgers?

Also known as slyders and bellybombers.

posted by jonmc 12 October | 21:01

It's 11am so I've only had coffee so far today.

I could go a lamb roast and a cheeseburger though. Yum.

posted by nomis 12 October | 21:05

and a fine specimen you are there jon, with the stones and all.

tracicle, no I haven't seen it, but it's on my "to watch" list.

posted by gaspode 12 October | 21:06

I'm at work, watching the rush hour traffic slog by through the rain. My dinner break is coming up; since I forgot to bring anything, I guess I'll be calling the Thai place around the corner once I post this. I dig their pad see ieuw (sp?), but I've had it so often I'm getting tired of it.

posted by bmarkey 12 October | 21:14

I just got home from the radiology lab and I'm about to celebrate the good news I received with a wee dram o' the water of life.

posted by cali 12 October | 21:20

did it have the little jukeboxes in the booths?
i may have been there.
i like white castles and those onion chips and harold & kumar

posted by ethylene 12 October | 21:24

Nope, no jukebox, just me and a couple of junkies avoiding the rain. It was down by Penn Station in Manhattan. The ones in the Bronx and Queens are more traditional.

posted by jonmc 12 October | 21:26

I've been away since Friday last. Got home this afternoon.

There's nothing like pulling into the driveway and finding that the house hasn't burned down, opening the door and learning that the cats are still alive.

Yes, coming home is sweet indeed.

posted by mudpuppie 12 October | 21:57

I left work, gave a coworker a ride home, went to the beer store (Shiner 96 and Aventinus--oh, and some elk jerky, because I'm a sucker for things I've never eaten before), pulled in the driveway, popped open a beer and queued up a bunch of Mingus Big Band. No complaints here.

posted by box 12 October | 22:58

I came home and did yoga for the first time. Wow.

posted by brainwidth 12 October | 23:26

I came home, worked a little, went to the library (quiet, people tucked in corners, admonishing me for laughing) and checked out a book that I need (to me, it smells like childhood and long rainy nights reading ghost stories in bed). Then I worked some more, watched Lost, and will eventually pop open a beer, even if it is getting late and I've no one to drink it with. It seems like a perfect night for rain, but not in LA.

posted by muddgirl 13 October | 01:29

New red poatoes? I love new red potatos and asparagus. Not to mention lamb.

Crisp crunch of asparagus, stiff crumble of new potatos, succulent yielding of lamb, yes, yes, yes.

Oh god, my mouth is....

posted by orthogonality 13 October | 02:13

I had 2 bacon cheeseburgers, 2 jalapeno cheeseburgers, 2 fish, 2 chicken and a bag of fries.

one wonders why you're having kidney stone trouble, health nut that you are.
;)

posted by matteo 13 October | 04:29

and gaspode, "rubbing the lamb roast" sounds terribly dirty to me

posted by matteo 13 October | 04:31

Jon, you must have the metabolism of a hummingbird. (Not even sure if that exactly makes sense, but y'all see what I'm getting at.)

How you can eat like that and stay so skinny is a mystery.

posted by taz 13 October | 05:34

I've not had pimples since adolescence, but I think Jon's meal would surely change that. (ohhhh my) heh.. I guess you've been told that there's no correlation between the type of kidney stones you grew and your diet, right?

Unable to enjoy lamb, here .... UNLESS i can sit down and remove every trace of lambfat (using tweezers when necessary) before it's cooked. Could I just have a small bowl of mint jelly, please?

It's lovely to vicariously enjoy your satisfactions, though.

Coming home can be so damfine.

posted by reflecked 13 October | 06:02

New red poatoes?

yup. It was goooooood. And tonight I'm gonna use the left over lamb and put it in pitas with yoghurt mint sauce. mmmmm.

posted by gaspode 13 October | 07:40

Jon, you must have the metabolism of a hummingbird. (Not even sure if that exactly makes sense, but y'all see what I'm getting at.)

White castle burgers are very small, taz, like half the size of McD's burgers. 8 isn't that much.

posted by jonmc 13 October | 09:29

Taz,
Lemme tell you a story, one time I met jon at the bar and he
said "Just finishing up my lunch." His lunch was a small bag of mixed candies from Willy Wonka (Nerds and so on). I said to him "You are the unhealthiest motherfucker I know." I said this while drinking beer, with the smoke of the last marlboro still buzzing around me. I was not wrong.

Jonmc is superhuman, his stones are the product of experiences and dietary habits that would have put a lesser person in the grave. Superhuman I tell you.

White Castle (white casket) is the best!

posted by Divine_Wino 13 October | 11:41

That reminds me. We must drink at our bar tonight. Someone may take our barstools soon.

posted by jonmc 13 October | 11:53

That would be such bullshit, I just got the ass groove perfect.

posted by Divine_Wino 13 October | 12:01

and if the rain in NYC keeps up we may need to use the cusions as floatation devices.

posted by jonmc 13 October | 12:03

Hey, I wanna meet youse one of these times but I can't tonight. I gather you go there (is it Manitobas?) often. I'm in the 'hood four or five nights out of seven. Maybe we can arrange it.

posted by Hugh Janus 13 October | 12:34

we go to Antarctica (on the corner of Hudson & Spring, next to the Korean deli). We're usually there by 5 after 5, since we both work nearby. Any NYMECHA's are welcome to show up if they want.

posted by jonmc 13 October | 12:39

Cool, tell me next time and I'll try to make it. But I don't know if I can get there before, say, 6. I hope you stay that long.

(I think I'll call it "Antarctica's," though, for no particular reason).

posted by Hugh Janus 13 October | 12:54

Esss-kih-moe!

Hey Gaspode:

Lamb is so good. Do you use a ridiculous of garlic? I do.

posted by Divine_Wino 13 October | 13:31

I never knew that "ridiculous" was the collective term for garlics. It makes so much sense! Learn something new every day...

posted by mudpuppie 13 October | 13:42

I like my lamb with a fancy-schmancy of sage.

posted by Hugh Janus 13 October | 13:47

I also tend to use a peter-paul-and-mary of Rosemary and Thyme. With the baked apples usually a Keith Richards of brown sugar.

Mudpuppie:

This nomenclature came about when I was cooking with a french friend of mine and I asked him how much garlic to add to the roast and he just looked at me and said "ridiculous, just put so much that it is ridiculous, like if the police caught us with this much garlic we would have to go to jail."

posted by Divine_Wino 13 October | 13:56

I do indeed use a ridiculous of garlic. Garlic and rosemary all the way. Mmmmm.

And if work wasn't looking shittily like going till 7ish tonight, then I'd totally be at Antarctica('s). Next time for reals.

posted by gaspode 13 October | 14:18

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