Is that possible?

2009 was arguably worse than 1998 in one key respect. While many fans will not admit this, losing the championship game in ‘98 was a blessing in disguise, because Denver would have annihilated us in the Superbowl. The Vikings were losing the war of attrition to injurIes at that point, and Denver was a monster that…

1998 destroyed my extreme optimism one and for all. (And I am old enough to remember watching at least one of their Superbowl losses.) I gave up watching football for fifteen years until they hired Zimmer.

Figures that would be Kenji. While he does not cover duck in The Food Lab, he does spend a lot of time talking about ways to make chicken skin as crispy as possible.

Wrong sub blog!

But that is the whole point. Trying something outside of Peterson’s comfort zone caused huge problems, and they adjusted as a result. We need to stop worrying if something works for Peterson, and the best way to do that is to get rid of Peterson.

Give credit to the Chinese cook who came up with it millennia ago.

No, that would indeed ruin it. The whole point of separating the skin is to get it away from moisture. Putting moisture back in kind of defeats the purpose!

New column! “Will it make crispy skin?"

That would be the best thing that could happen to the Vikings. One of our biggest issues is how we have had the offense built around that one player. We have made questionable trades/picks built around that player. We have depressing play calling because of that one player. No gain, after one yard, after hit for a…

Get ultra, ultra crispy skin by forcing air between the skin & flesh to separate it. Break out the hand pump. More work, but amazing results. . .

Two words:

Yes. And no. There is no dogmatic answer to the “sugar or no sugar” question with tomato sauces. It all depends on the tomatoes that you use. If they are well-balanced, then do not add sugar. If they are too acidic, then yes, you need to add sugar.

The first three words of your post rendered the rest of it unnecessary.

Oh yeah, they were actually proud of giving Diana Muldaur the shaft. To me, that was kind of indicative of how the writing on the show had deteriorated at that point. I mean, it is kind of a cute joke, I suppose, but it is also a wee bit childish for a serious drama.

This was me when it first aired:

Oh, it was shocking alright, but more in a “You’ve got to be @&$)+/! kidding me” way than in a “Omigod, Henry Blake is dead” way.

Damn your eyes for dredging up those memories. Watching that back in the day was such a kick in the teeth. Not because they killed off Muldaur’s character, who was pretty much universally despised by fans of the show. Rather, it was because it was such a breathtakingly arbitrary way to write an actor out of a show.…

Oyaki don — a lovely, age-old Japanese dish consisting of chicken cooked with eggs, and translates as “parent & child.”

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