I love wings with ranch.
And by ranch, I mean bleu cheese
And by ranch, I mean bleu cheese
Asian flavors, then, or just straight up Buffalo w/o a cooling chaser?
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You guys are nuts. Blue/bleu whatever cheese tastes exactly like what it is. I've had a mouthful of rancid milk before by accident, and I've had a mouthful of blue cheese on purpose, and I sure cannot tell the difference.[DOUBLEPOST=1517454931,1517454825][/DOUBLEPOST]
Mostly wings for me fall into that category of "lots of work with little payoff" foods. I'd rather just not. But if I do, I just eat them. I use the ranch for the celery sticks.
I too have had both. And they taste nothing alike to me.
Find me a chicken nugget with skin as crispy as a well-cooked chicken wing.
They remind me of sunflower seeds - too much work for too little reward.
I suspect they're really just a cheap conveyer for sauce and, if cooked correctly, chicken skin.
Though spent 8 formative years in Georgia, and remember good chicken skin, it's something I don't enjoy as an adult unless it's fried really crispy, and even then I avoid the more fatty parts.
But I'll give up cilantro and chicken wings and take the bleu cheese, so I suppose it all works out.
In all seriousness, Buffalo is the only place where I can get wings that are crispy. Almost everywhere else I have wings, they are basically chicken tenders with bones. I still enjoy them, but I can get why some can't tell the difference.
Chicken wings are like crab legs. Once you get good at it, it's not really any work at all.
I'm not *nuts* for chicken wings, but I do like them. After all this wing talk, I had to have wings tonight. I got them from the local BBQ place (everyone else had brisket). They were smoked in the smoker so the meat was falling off the bone, but quick-fried before saucing so that the skin was nice and crispy. They had a nice smokey flavor I've never had in a wing, and were quite good.
Their bleu cheese sucked, though. It tasted like ranch with hunks of cheese in it.
I'm not *nuts* for chicken wings, but I do like them. After all this wing talk, I had to have wings tonight. I got them from the local BBQ place (everyone else had brisket). They were smoked in the smoker so the meat was falling off the bone, but quick-fried before saucing so that the skin was nice and crispy. They had a nice smokey flavor I've never had in a wing, and were quite good.
Their bleu cheese sucked, though. It tasted like ranch with hunks of cheese in it.
Sounds like reading subbed anime.
You ever tried Korean fried chicken? If you like crispy skin you need to get on that.
SUPERVISOR: Hey there's this team member of yours who didn't hand in this case on time, could you talk to her please?
ME: Sure. Hey team member, why didn't you hand in this case on time?
TEAM MEMBER: I wasn't given enough time. Could you tell the supervisor I didn't have enough time please?
ME: Sure. Hey supervisor, the team member says she wasn't given enough time.
SUPERVISOR: Yes she was! She was given two days to do this case, which should've only taken one! Could you tell her this please?
ME: Sure. Hey team member, the supervisor says you were given two days when this case should've only taken one. I happen to agree that this case was a one-day case.
TEAM MEMBER: Yes, but in those two days I was also given other cases to do, it's not like I could devote all my time to this case. Out of the two days I had, I only had about half a day to really work on this case. Can you let the supervisor know this a problem please?
ME: Sure. Hey supervisor, the team member says she was busy with other stuff too. Also I'm not a telephone so I'm going to book a conference room so we can all sit down and talk this over.
ME: Sure. Hey team member, why didn't you hand in this case on time?
TEAM MEMBER: I wasn't given enough time. Could you tell the supervisor I didn't have enough time please?
ME: Sure. Hey supervisor, the team member says she wasn't given enough time.
SUPERVISOR: Yes she was! She was given two days to do this case, which should've only taken one! Could you tell her this please?
ME: Sure. Hey team member, the supervisor says you were given two days when this case should've only taken one. I happen to agree that this case was a one-day case.
TEAM MEMBER: Yes, but in those two days I was also given other cases to do, it's not like I could devote all my time to this case. Out of the two days I had, I only had about half a day to really work on this case. Can you let the supervisor know this a problem please?
ME: Sure. Hey supervisor, the team member says she was busy with other stuff too. Also I'm not a telephone so I'm going to book a conference room so we can all sit down and talk this over.
Still a better translation than what I usually have to deal with.
Y'know what gets me most about this whole situation though? I agree with my supervisor. I looked through my team member's caseload and I think it was fairly reasonable. She'd have to work quickly and efficiently, yes, but that's expected of us editors. It's why we're the best-paid people in our company, apart from possibly the CEO.
However, I'm finding it hard to be managerial and telling my team member, "I think the deadline was reasonable given your workload. I need you to meet deadlines, otherwise the delivery of the whole case to the client may be in jeopardy." I find it difficult because while I have ostensibly been the head of this department for nearly two years now, I don't feel like a manager. I don't feel like I have the ability or knowledge or inclination to actually lead these people. I can guide them, sure. I can give them tips and advice and help. But I still feel like I'm on an equal footing with them, just with more experience. So when I tell people what to do, I generally frame it as a suggestion, or as us trying to find a suitable solution where everyone can be happy. Unfortunately this means that they often take these suggestions as suggestions, and don't follow them very closely.
You guys ever watch the Spartacus prequel series? It's not bad, got some exciting fight scenes and there are lots of boob shots. Anyway, in the series there's this guy, Oenomaus, who was originally a veteran gladiator but was later promoted to doctore, or the trainer of gladiators. He had trouble adjusting to his new position at first because he was thrust into it, without his agreement or input. His master just basically said, one day, "Ok you're doctore now." He still gave it his best shot, but went through quite a few teething pains until he finally settled into the role. The turning point was when he ordered another gladiator to start training in a different fighting style, and the other gladiator petulantly refused. Oenomaus simply lashed the gladiator once with his whip, then said in his most authoritative voice, "You will do as commanded, absent complaint, or see flesh stripped from bone." That was such a badass moment I have his line engraved in my memory. I wish I could find a clip for you guys, Peter Mensah is great in that scene.
That's how I feel now. I feel like I need that moment where I can say to a member of my department, "You will finish your cases on time, absent complaint, or see flesh stripped from bone."
You know, you could always have that made into a banner for your office.
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I am VERY sure I inherited my family's arthritis, and feel my hands are going to disintegrate some day. I feel I could adapt if I could get robot hands, or hook hands, but its still a weird thought.
Blue cheese is so nasty. I feel your pain. A certain husband of mine thinks that it's hilarious to tell me that his wing dip is ranch and offer me his carrot sticks when we're out when it's really puke-cheese.
When I started my new migraine meds, they warned me that some of the side effects would be severe and immediate. One of the possible side effects they warned me of was altered taste buds. I had never heard of that before. The morning after my first dose, I got up and took a sip of Diet Coke (breakfast of champions lol) and spit it out. It tasted rancid! And since then, so many things do. Every meat except shellfish (shrimp and scallops are the only ones I've tried) and bacon (awesome, but makes no sense) tastes likes it's gone bad. Even being in the room when most meat is cooked makes me gag. There are other things too, but they're random and I can't predict them until I'm eating them.
So, long story short...a lot of things taste like blue cheese to me. Super gross. And embarrassing. I spit out food at a restaurant in front of my parents
Good news on the Diet Coke front though. Fountain pop is ok. Maybe because it's been super watered down? It doesn't make me want to puke. I get hassled a lot because I drink it sometimes, but I'll likely never be able to drink alcohol again, I try to eat clean, I gave up caffeine on my own years ago and I'm on scary toxic medication that's literally poisoning me, so the occasional Diet Coke won't kill me any faster.
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I went out for a few hours today and there was broken hair all over my shirt from my hair touching my jacket and/or the wind. This is crazy!
So before when I was frustrated that my pixie cut was taking forever to grow in? No, it was all grown in. I had huge roots to prove it. The back of my head and the one side that I sleep on were breaking off from traction against my pillow and the couch or wherever. The left side of my hair was 2-3 inches longer than the right. I'm too upset to discuss the back. Trust me, it's destroyed. My hairdresser isn't sure that this can be fixed and thinks I need to look into a wig.
FML.
No brushing, no hair dryer, no bleach or serious hair dye, no hair spray, no styling of any kind. I have to wear a silk scarf over my head when I'm home now because my hair will break when it rubs up against furniture, pillows or even my clothes. Pud likes to sleep next to my head and she said that can cause damage without the scarf too.
I went out for a few hours today and there was broken hair all over my shirt from my hair touching my jacket and/or the wind. This is crazy!
So before when I was frustrated that my pixie cut was taking forever to grow in? No, it was all grown in. I had huge roots to prove it. The back of my head and the one side that I sleep on were breaking off from traction against my pillow and the couch or wherever. The left side of my hair was 2-3 inches longer than the right. I'm too upset to discuss the back. Trust me, it's destroyed. My hairdresser isn't sure that this can be fixed and thinks I need to look into a wig.
FML.
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