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  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    are anchovies and sardines different?

  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    Kamiro wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    I love sardines. Especially when they have that little crunch of their tiny bones

    Unexpected

    how so?

    Bone crunching sardines is not something most Americans at least enjoy

    I had you pegged as a salmon/tuna/swordfish sort of consumer.

    I underestimate you at my peril, clearly.

    I hate things that make it annoying to eat something.

    So, small salmon bones in a fillet are super annoying because they're too big to just eat but too small to scrape the flesh off the bone easily so you gotta pick them out one by one.

    Sardines where I can just eat them whole and just get a little crunch: perfect

    Sometimes, depending on the preparation of shrimp and if the shell has been fried crispy enough, i'll just eat them with the shell.

    When I get served whole fish in a restaurant it's fine because I just sorta scrape with a fork and it comes right off the bone and I don't have to worry about stabbing myself with a bone.

    I agree with all of this except the shrimp shells, which is madness.

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    are anchovies and sardines different?

    Taste different.

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  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    are anchovies and sardines different?

    Yes

  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    edited February 2021
    Anchovies are slim and like 3-4”. Sardines are round and more like 8”

    Edit: this is true of northern pacific species. It may not reflect globally

    VishNub on
  • surfpossumsurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
    Red light, can't stop, so I spin the wheel
    My world goes black before I
    Feel an angel steal me from the
    Greedy jaws of death and chance
    And pull me in with steady hands
    They've given me a second chance
    The artist in the ambulance
    I was gonna post the bit about so much blood from the BNL song here but apparently my brain's never registered the second half of it and now they've reached in and twisted my heart around.
    Driving home to be with you
    The highway's dividing, the city's in view
    As usual, I'm almost on time
    You're the last thing that's on my mind
    I wish I could tell you the way that I feel
    But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
    No commotion, no screaming brakes
    Most of it's over before I awake
    From the ceiling, my coffee cup drips
    While out my window, the horizon does flips
    The worst part was hitting the ground
    Not the feeling so much as the sound
    Can't help but wonder if all this is real
    'Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
    Rubberneck traffic and passersby
    A slow motion Walter, the fire engine guy
    Stand around with their mouths open wide
    I heard some idiot ask if someone's inside
    With the 'Jaws of Life' they tried and they tried
    Nobody here can know how I feel
    'Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
    I guess it's over now
    'Cause I've never seen so much
    Never seen so much, never seen so much
    Never seen so much
    I guess it's over now
    'Cause I've never seen so much
    Never seen so much, never seen so much blood
    In all the confusion, there's something serene
    I'm just a posthumous part of the scene
    Now I'm floating above looking in
    As the radio blares and wheels spin
    I can see my face slump with a grin
    And you
    You're the last thing on my mind
    You're the last thing on my mind
    You're the last thing on my mind
    You're the last thing on my mind
    Suddenly things become unsound
    Stumbling on the shaky ground
    Given arrows to shoot tornadoes down
    Shoot them down to the ground
    Saw a falling leaf, good luck, jump to grab
    Much to our surprise, a butterfly
    And it sunk in this induration
    Induration in our lives
    Inside ourselves, a hidden sun, that burns and burns
    But never does any harm to anyone
    Shivering madly in the dark
    Like an animal abandoned in the car park
    And she held me, and then she showed me the
    Beauty of the human heart
    Inside ourselves, a hidden sun, that burns and burns
    But never does any harm to anyone
    A hidden sun, that burns and burns
    But never does any harm to anyone

  • AbdyAbdy Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    I mean, it would be weird if they decided not to have her wear fur for ethical reasons when the entire concept behind her character is that she is meant to demonize fur-wearing

    Though at the same time it's almost a foregone conclusion that thousands of people will see Emma Stone kill it in a fur coat and then murder like a million minks in cold blood as the incredibly simple Disney morality here flies entirely over their heads

    A million is low.

    Did you hear about Denmark? Minks in farms got a COVID mutation that a handful of employees got. They eradicated all minks in Denmark as a response. I don’t remember the number but let’s say 20 million, it was many millions. Farmers standing for entire days just killing minks. Burning hundreds if not thousands of metric tons of mink corpses in a pile on a military airfield.

    Because like 5 people caught mink recycled corona.

    Shines a light on how utterly stupid that business is and that it should cease to exist.

    that... was entirely the government ordering them to

    (then, later, realizing whoops, that was illegal, so now it wasn't an order just a suggestion)

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  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    I love sardines. Especially when they have that little crunch of their tiny bones

    Unexpected

    how so?

    Bone crunching sardines is not something most Americans at least enjoy

    I had you pegged as a salmon/tuna/swordfish sort of consumer.

    I underestimate you at my peril, clearly.

    I hate things that make it annoying to eat something.

    So, small salmon bones in a fillet are super annoying because they're too big to just eat but too small to scrape the flesh off the bone easily so you gotta pick them out one by one.

    Sardines where I can just eat them whole and just get a little crunch: perfect

    Sometimes, depending on the preparation of shrimp and if the shell has been fried crispy enough, i'll just eat them with the shell.

    When I get served whole fish in a restaurant it's fine because I just sorta scrape with a fork and it comes right off the bone and I don't have to worry about stabbing myself with a bone.

    I agree with all of this except the shrimp shells, which is madness.

    oh wait

    no

    i meant shrimp tails. I don't think shrimp shells can get to the desired brittleness/texture. but tails, yes

  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    oh wait I've been eating anchovies, not sardines

  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    Kamiro wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    Kamiro wrote: »
    I love sardines. Especially when they have that little crunch of their tiny bones

    Unexpected

    how so?

    Bone crunching sardines is not something most Americans at least enjoy

    I had you pegged as a salmon/tuna/swordfish sort of consumer.

    I underestimate you at my peril, clearly.

    I hate things that make it annoying to eat something.

    So, small salmon bones in a fillet are super annoying because they're too big to just eat but too small to scrape the flesh off the bone easily so you gotta pick them out one by one.

    Sardines where I can just eat them whole and just get a little crunch: perfect

    Sometimes, depending on the preparation of shrimp and if the shell has been fried crispy enough, i'll just eat them with the shell.

    When I get served whole fish in a restaurant it's fine because I just sorta scrape with a fork and it comes right off the bone and I don't have to worry about stabbing myself with a bone.

    I agree with all of this except the shrimp shells, which is madness.

    oh wait

    no

    i meant shrimp tails. I don't think shrimp shells can get to the desired brittleness/texture. but tails, yes

    Still madness

  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    anchovies, i think, are also way saltier?

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    I mean, it would be weird if they decided not to have her wear fur for ethical reasons when the entire concept behind her character is that she is meant to demonize fur-wearing

    Though at the same time it's almost a foregone conclusion that thousands of people will see Emma Stone kill it in a fur coat and then murder like a million minks in cold blood as the incredibly simple Disney morality here flies entirely over their heads

    A million is low.

    Did you hear about Denmark? Minks in farms got a COVID mutation that a handful of employees got. They eradicated all minks in Denmark as a response. I don’t remember the number but let’s say 20 million, it was many millions. Farmers standing for entire days just killing minks. Burning hundreds if not thousands of metric tons of mink corpses in a pile on a military airfield.

    Because like 5 people caught mink recycled corona.

    Shines a light on how utterly stupid that business is and that it should cease to exist.

    Stoatal annihilation

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    are anchovies and sardines different?

    They are, but you can treat them similarly for many cookery purposes

    Also a large anchovy can be a similar size to a small sardine

  • VishNubVishNub Registered User regular
    I just pound shots of fish sauce

  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    oh no, my elderly neighbor salted my front sidewalk and part of our sidewalk.

    now, if it snows tomorrow, I need to double make sure I shovel his walkway

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    I was at paintball camp in high school (A weeklong summer paintball thing, it was pretty fun) and there was an obstacle course/scavenger hunt thing we had to do. You had to run to different stations and complete a task and the first team to complete all the tasks won.

    One station had different things you had to eat, including a paintball (basically just vegetable oil and food coloring) which was gross but I didn't have to do that. I had to eat a salted sardine from a can and it was absolutely awful garbage and I think I threw up.

    My team did win paintball camp at the end, so it was all worth it. (It wasn't worth it I haven't played paintball in like a decade, shit is expensive)

  • AbdyAbdy Registered User regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    or modern version

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    I am sad now that I didn't buy any, because it would hit just spot as supper now. I've got the good bread and everything, but really only eggs to put on it.

    What do you need? Dark rye or other black bread, hardboiled eggs, Dijon mustard...

    I don't want to boil an egg

    it's not that I'm opposed to eating eggs outside of breakfast times, I'm just opposed to preparing them this late. It brings me joy in the morning but this late it's just a very "didn't go shopping" kind of desperation feeling

    well, what else is appropriate for toppings is more of what I'm curious of

    here's the recipe for slice of bread with boiled egg and caviar
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    (I only googled for an image of a plain slice of bread with eggs on it, instead of the overdone bullshit food photography stuff, but I find it very hilarious that someone's job involved writing this as a recipe

    ingredients:
    1 egg
    1 slice of bread
    caviar

    1. Boil the egg. Slice it.
    2. Put caviar on the slice of bread.
    3. Put slices of egg on the slice of bread.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited February 2021
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
    Red light, can't stop, so I spin the wheel
    My world goes black before I
    Feel an angel steal me from the
    Greedy jaws of death and chance
    And pull me in with steady hands
    They've given me a second chance
    The artist in the ambulance
    I was gonna post the bit about so much blood from the BNL song here but apparently my brain's never registered the second half of it and now they've reached in and twisted my heart around.
    Driving home to be with you
    The highway's dividing, the city's in view
    As usual, I'm almost on time
    You're the last thing that's on my mind
    I wish I could tell you the way that I feel
    But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
    No commotion, no screaming brakes
    Most of it's over before I awake
    From the ceiling, my coffee cup drips
    While out my window, the horizon does flips
    The worst part was hitting the ground
    Not the feeling so much as the sound
    Can't help but wonder if all this is real
    'Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
    Rubberneck traffic and passersby
    A slow motion Walter, the fire engine guy
    Stand around with their mouths open wide
    I heard some idiot ask if someone's inside
    With the 'Jaws of Life' they tried and they tried
    Nobody here can know how I feel
    'Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
    I guess it's over now
    'Cause I've never seen so much
    Never seen so much, never seen so much
    Never seen so much
    I guess it's over now
    'Cause I've never seen so much
    Never seen so much, never seen so much blood
    In all the confusion, there's something serene
    I'm just a posthumous part of the scene
    Now I'm floating above looking in
    As the radio blares and wheels spin
    I can see my face slump with a grin
    And you
    You're the last thing on my mind
    You're the last thing on my mind
    You're the last thing on my mind
    You're the last thing on my mind


    Suddenly things become unsound
    Stumbling on the shaky ground
    Given arrows to shoot tornadoes down
    Shoot them down to the ground
    Saw a falling leaf, good luck, jump to grab
    Much to our surprise, a butterfly
    And it sunk in this induration
    Induration in our lives
    Inside ourselves, a hidden sun, that burns and burns
    But never does any harm to anyone
    Shivering madly in the dark
    Like an animal abandoned in the car park
    And she held me, and then she showed me the
    Beauty of the human heart
    Inside ourselves, a hidden sun, that burns and burns
    But never does any harm to anyone
    A hidden sun, that burns and burns
    But never does any harm to anyone

    The part beginning with "Suddenly things become unsound" is a different song, hidden at the end of the album. It's called Hidden Sun and is very good.

    Also my friend and I argued for a long time about the line "You're the last thing on my mind" and if that was a cynical "you're the furthest thing from my mind" sort of thing or if it's literally the last thing on his mind as he dies.

    SniperGuy on
  • AlazullAlazull Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.Registered User regular
    So the owner of the restaurant came by again today to give me my things and talk further about my dismissal. Apparently not only is it because of reasons related to COVID, but because I was, "really difficult to work with this last year."

    We hashed it out a bit and clarified that should any work be available before I find a new job I'll be re-hired, it's just that there's no clear indication of when that might be. However, the conversation around that last tidbit kind of has me thinking I should look for work elsewhere in general. It's true I might not have been the brightest light all the time, but it's also true that I never was rude to anyone or attempted to bring anyone down.

    Not saying that I'm completely without fault, but at the same time I think it shows that in spite of years of working for this company and everything I've done for it that at the end of the day I guess I just wasn't nice enough to attempt to keep on instead of being cut loose into one of the worst job markets in history.

    User name Alazull on Steam, PSN, Nintenders, Epic, etc.
  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular


    the joke that starts at 1:02 is probably the most vicious roast joke i've ever heard and i think of it often

  • AbdyAbdy Registered User regular
    but like, cheese, ham, salami, some jam if I wasn't bored with that, something from a tube, like caviar, as we are so fond of tubes, er.... yeah.

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    I mean, it would be weird if they decided not to have her wear fur for ethical reasons when the entire concept behind her character is that she is meant to demonize fur-wearing

    Though at the same time it's almost a foregone conclusion that thousands of people will see Emma Stone kill it in a fur coat and then murder like a million minks in cold blood as the incredibly simple Disney morality here flies entirely over their heads

    A million is low.

    Did you hear about Denmark? Minks in farms got a COVID mutation that a handful of employees got. They eradicated all minks in Denmark as a response. I don’t remember the number but let’s say 20 million, it was many millions. Farmers standing for entire days just killing minks. Burning hundreds if not thousands of metric tons of mink corpses in a pile on a military airfield.

    Because like 5 people caught mink recycled corona.

    Shines a light on how utterly stupid that business is and that it should cease to exist.

    that... was entirely the government ordering them to

    (then, later, realizing whoops, that was illegal, so now it wasn't an order just a suggestion)

    I know it was, it’s just if you ever find yourself needing genocide an entire species you’ve got a really silly industry going.

    PSN: Honkalot
  • Paul GiamattiPaul Giamatti nah nahRegistered User regular
    We don't toast that bread? @Abdhyius

  • AbdyAbdy Registered User regular
    are anchovies and sardines different?

    both yes and maybe

    yes, sardines are entirely different species

    maybe, because I don't think anchovies often get subjected to the magic that makes vaguely sardine-ish fish become "sardines" once in a can

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »


    the joke that starts at 1:02 is probably the most vicious roast joke i've ever heard and i think of it often

    Holy shit

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  • AbdyAbdy Registered User regular
    joshgotro wrote: »
    We don't toast that bread? @Abdhyius

    no we just eat the bread

    bread usually doesn't need toasting

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    VishNub wrote: »
    I just pound shots of fish sauce

    Add vodka for a Fishy Mary

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    VishNub wrote: »
    I just pound shots of fish sauce

    Add vodka for a Fishy Mary

    Mermaid shots

  • AbdyAbdy Registered User regular
    edited February 2021
    Honk wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    I mean, it would be weird if they decided not to have her wear fur for ethical reasons when the entire concept behind her character is that she is meant to demonize fur-wearing

    Though at the same time it's almost a foregone conclusion that thousands of people will see Emma Stone kill it in a fur coat and then murder like a million minks in cold blood as the incredibly simple Disney morality here flies entirely over their heads

    A million is low.

    Did you hear about Denmark? Minks in farms got a COVID mutation that a handful of employees got. They eradicated all minks in Denmark as a response. I don’t remember the number but let’s say 20 million, it was many millions. Farmers standing for entire days just killing minks. Burning hundreds if not thousands of metric tons of mink corpses in a pile on a military airfield.

    Because like 5 people caught mink recycled corona.

    Shines a light on how utterly stupid that business is and that it should cease to exist.

    that... was entirely the government ordering them to

    (then, later, realizing whoops, that was illegal, so now it wasn't an order just a suggestion)

    I know it was, it’s just if you ever find yourself needing genocide an entire species you’ve got a really silly industry going.

    that goes for literally every animal we keep for food production.

    I'm not seeing this as much of an argument against the mink fur industry tbh

    and there are arguments, it's not that (we've banned the fur industry entirely, shutting down within 2025)

    Abdy on
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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    VishNub wrote: »
    I just pound shots of fish sauce

    Add vodka for a Fishy Mary

    Mermaid shots

    A Cheeky Neptune

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    Alazull wrote: »
    So the owner of the restaurant came by again today to give me my things and talk further about my dismissal. Apparently not only is it because of reasons related to COVID, but because I was, "really difficult to work with this last year."

    We hashed it out a bit and clarified that should any work be available before I find a new job I'll be re-hired, it's just that there's no clear indication of when that might be. However, the conversation around that last tidbit kind of has me thinking I should look for work elsewhere in general. It's true I might not have been the brightest light all the time, but it's also true that I never was rude to anyone or attempted to bring anyone down.

    Not saying that I'm completely without fault, but at the same time I think it shows that in spite of years of working for this company and everything I've done for it that at the end of the day I guess I just wasn't nice enough to attempt to keep on instead of being cut loose into one of the worst job markets in history.

    oof, never a great feeling man I'm sorry

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    sardines are like fish bacon

    anchovies are like tiny fish

    both are good but i could snack on sardines. anchovies would be a bit too fishy for me to eat by themselves

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    sardines are like fish bacon

    anchovies are like tiny fish

    both are good but i could snack on sardines. anchovies would be a bit too fishy for me to eat by themselves

    Jars of anchovies never last because I just eat them directly.

    I can resist cans though.

    Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
  • AbdyAbdy Registered User regular
    the main difference is that sardines are fish, while anchovies are a a wet spice

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    sardines are like fish bacon

    anchovies are like tiny fish

    both are good but i could snack on sardines. anchovies would be a bit too fishy for me to eat by themselves

    Jars of anchovies never last because I just eat them directly.

    I can resist cans though.

    canned vs jarred might make a difference

    i think i've only ever had either out of a tin

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    You can get anchovies that are just in oil like sardines, instead of like, salted and cured

    Here they're always really expensive though. And usually some kind of fancy looking Spanish brand

  • aiouaaioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    I like anchovies in salad.

    Mmmmm salty

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    i bet having anchovies somewhere other than central virginia might make a difference too

    we're seafood culture adjacent but not quite there

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    I used to eat cans of sardines at work

    Before you throw me out an airlock, they provided the cans, so it's really their fault!

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Were making beef stew tonight for the first time

    Im v excited I fkin love stew

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