I cut them into quarters (or eighths, depending on the size of the beet) before I cook them to still get some of the caramelization, plus having an edge to the skin makes it even easier to get the skin off when cooked.

The benefit of cooking it first is that you don’t use a knife or a peeler; the friction from a paper towel is enough to pull the skin off the beet.

It is kinda like when recipes say to cook, then peel potatoes. It makes it easier to peel. However you lose caramelization and flavor if you do that.

all of the recipes using roasted beets on Serious Eats do the same thing (roast, then peel.)  I’d wager they lose less moisture that way? and possibly a lot less beet juice all over everything. 

I understand. I have two remaining, personal-sized, wooden cutting boards that are now, conservatively, about 60 years old. They belonged to my parents. They’re essentially for “Abendbrot” which is more or less a German version of charcuterie. You generally use them as an alternative to a plate but they’re definitely…

“But you should still tip based on the cost of the gold steaks.”

Besides, beef ribs will have much more eye-appeal! Pork is just too grey and when cooked with grey beans....

so this isn’t a direct answer to your question, but my family is from NOLA so i grew up on red beans and rice. you can easily swap out ham hocks - which we mostly use - for smoked turkey necks.

Full disclosure for any legal authorities reading this roundtable (ya nerds): I love all of my colleagues and I’m very sure my desire to kill them all will eventually dissipate with time.

Is a hot dog a sammich?

I mean...violence is not the answer, but I understand. I don’t condone it, but I get it.

“He was doing great, until he got his ass beat.” LOL

Yeah, I been plenty drunk in my life and somehow never stabbed anyone - must be doing it wrong.

0.1 was 8 hours after the event. He was likely over 0.2 at the time of the stabbing closer to alcohol coma than texting the ex. Not sure there is a “stabbing” level of drunk, but it was certainly high at the time. 

2019 has lasted DECADES.

Didn’t manage to set things on fire with the bacon-wrapped dates but did panic with the smoke alarm and the smoke coming off the pan and threw the whole thing in the freezer. Where the hot pan promptly melted and stuck to three or four plastic bags of frozen veg.

Holy crap, that happened to my wife once. Same bacon wrapped stuffed dates, but it was at my Aunt’s house and it was Christmas. It was freezing out and I remember we had to open all the windows and set up a fan for like an hour to get the greasy bacon smoke out of the house.