This is clearly the only viable solution.

This is false. The Wire is incredibly popular in the hood. It is the sole exception to the rule…it's appreciated in a totally different way by fry cooks than it is by critics, but they sure do like it.

Sookie's character is so far removed from the reality and the spirit of any way I've ever seen anyone ever behave in a real professional kitchen that pretty much every work-related scene involving her is the worst for me. I try to take it with a grain of salt since so much of the show is unrealistic, and since I may…

It doesn't count if you're a barista. People in the real world don't mention their "artistic thing" when discussing what they do for a living, nor do they discuss or worry about what consistitutes "the cultural conversation" or read blogs about Lena Dunham. If you're not a barista, I challenge you to go into the back…

Maybe you should spend a day working a blue collar job or in the service industry or anythign else that would force you to interact with normal human beings and attempt to engage in said "cultural conversation" with them. You would quickly learn that 99% of the population doesn't know who Lena Dunham is, nevermind…

Connecticut has funny laws. If a place like Luke's wanted to serve alcohol there would be lots of fees and restrictions and it would probably be more trouble than it's worth if he doesn't stay open late. At a diner you can't even serve drinks to people who aren't ordering food here. Not that the show seems overly…

Early twenties, in a medium security prison. My jailhouse D&D session was cancelled and Buffy was a rerun so I gave it a whirl.

1) Rinse 40 lb of donkey bones
2) Prepare 5lb of mirepoix
3) Roast both in oven for at 400 for 50 minutes
4) Pull mirepoix from oven
5) Pull bones from oven, coat with tomato paste, return to oven for 15-20 minutes
6) Combine mirepoix and bones in large stock pot, cover with cold water
7) Cook at a bare simmer for 6-8…

Better than Boullion is what's called a "base" in the business…it's what good chefs use in emergencies when they run out of stock and what lazy chefs use all the time when they don't feel like simmering bones. It is the least objectionable of all stock substitutes, but despite its appearance, is not really much like…

oops, this should have been one level lower in the thread, sorry.

Better than Boullion is what's called a "base" in the business…it's what good chefs use in emergencies when they run out of stock and what lazy chefs use all the time when they don't feel like simmering bones. It is the least objectionable of all stock substitutes, but despite its appearance, is not really much like…

Roux with chicken fat is the best way to thicken chicken soup if you want intensely chicken-y flavor without bouillion, but it's kind of gross to just leave the fat in the stock. It will just feel oily in your mouth. Collagen adds some body, but it's only a little noticable when soup is hot. I've worked in several…

This is legit. I've worked in a several restaurants where soy goes into the Bolognese, which I first heard from Jacques Pepin actually.

Uber-fan is a stretch. I really like Uncle Tupelo and one Son Volt album, and can take or leave the rest of it. I find 95% of Wilco's music intolerable despite having been talked into trying to like it repeatedly by friends…it just feels like Steely Dan or some shit my dad listened to filtered through the most boring…

YHF is the Infinite Jest of music. Despite being completely devoid of substance or even mildly interesting, it has been elevated to the status of classic. I know tastes of subjective, but the debate is so strange to me….if I made separate playlists of songs I actually want to listen to by these two guys, Tweedy would…

Farrar did all the heavy lifting in Uncle Tupelo, and Son Volt reflects that.

These tuition fees are totally a luxury expense, nothing normal people in American have to deal with. But yes, it is possible to spend tens of thousands of dollars for a single semester of high school in America. The real schools in Connecticut attract a ton of international students, so I'm guessing that maybe we…

I work in the same business as Lorelai in the same geographic area…I've never broken $50,000/year even as management, and in much larger places than a little inn. I'm going to guess she spent a lot of years making much less as an hourly employee before becoming the manager and didn't have time to save $80,000 for high…

A similar school which actually exists in Connecticut charges $20,000+ a year for non-boarding students, $40,000+ for residential students. Ain't no planning for that shit unless you're rich.

There are also real places like Chilton though, and they are really nice and different…I can buy parents feeling the need to send their kids to private schools to hedge their bets with admission to an Ivy League school.