OT - What are you doing right now?

tarheelmatt

Okay, Okay.. It wasn't Coach K, but it was @JohnInCarolina .  Pretty close, right?  

bgebrent

tarheelmatt said:

Okay, Okay.. It wasn't Coach K, but it was @JohnInCarolina .  Pretty close, right?  

I'd MUCH rather share lunch with JIC!  Way better!

JohnInCarolina

Yeah @tarheelmatt and I got together to advance our evil plans for the Butt Blast in April.  Matt confessed that he's had a man-crush on Coach K since he was in the womb.  

tarheelmatt

bgebrent

tarheelmatt said:

Matt, that's so terribly insensitive

tarheelmatt

bgebrent said:

tarheelmatt said:

Matt, that's so terribly insensitive

Lol... John got me with his Coach K jab... I was in a corner and had to do something!  

DoubleEgger

tarheelmatt said:

I just had lunch with Coach K!  

Did he steal your Sunkist? 

tarheelmatt

DoubleEgger said:

tarheelmatt said:

I just had lunch with Coach K!  

Did he steal your Sunkist? 

No, but I'd like to find the mutha that did swipe it!  

Jeepster47

My butcher is looking at bring in pork from a local farm.  Birkshire hogs that have been pasture raised with no growth chemicals.  After he told me about how they were raised, Green Acres came to mind.  He knows I like monster chops (1.5 inches thick), so he gave me one from his test animal to cook up and report back what we think.  Oh damn, there goes some more of my money if he starts carrying them ... noticeably better than the standard fare.

Here's what it looked like just before going under the knife.

 

Tbent

@Jeepster47 Do tell said butcher's name!

Ozzie_Isaac

Tbent said:

@Jeepster47 Do tell said butcher's name!

Walmart?

Jeepster47

@Ozzie_Isaac ... yep, Walmart ... East Peoria ... the grave shift butcher ... got to catch him after a few drinks and before a lot of drinks ... about 3:30 am seems about right.

@Tbent ... it's the Lindy's Downtown Market ... I think Jim is more into this exercise than Bob, but either one gets a sparkle in their eye when talking about it.

nolaegghead

Cooking some salmon via sous vide, then searing.  Can't win 1.5 billion on an empty stomach!

YEMTrey

Ozzie_Isaac said:

YEMTrey said:

Researching the innerwebs for a new home theater receiver.

www.avsforum.com

They have great information and they answer questions almost as fast as here.

Decided on the Denon AVR-S910W and it'll be here on Friday.  More than enough HDMI connections, wifi enabled, etc.  I get to spend Saturday re-hooking everything up and playing around.  Can't wait!

Ozzie_Isaac

@YEMTrey excellent choice!  Denon makes great equipment.  I run an older Denon-1713.  My next will also be a Denon.

bgebrent

nolaegghead said:

Cooking some salmon via sous vide, then searing.  Can't win 1.5 billion on an empty stomach!

Brother Nola, with a tender protein like salmon, what's the benefit of SV with reverse sear?  I'm a Neanderthal and cook my salmon raised direct.  Having asked my question, after we win the PB, move #1 is buy Porsche/VW.  Timing would be good my friend

nolaegghead

@bgebrent  Salmon is a very fatty fish.  As such, it is very forgiving towards overcooking, which is something I see often posted.

Also, the fish flesh is tapered, so the thin section near the tail will be cooked more than the thick frontal section.  Enter sous vide.

All that said, I coated salmon (on sale at Rousses @ $3.99/lb) with olive oil, salt and pepper.  Bagged it, threw it in the sous vide bath for 40 minutes at 123F.  Pulled it out, had some hash browns on the griddle (blackstone muthafkas) and seared it for less than a minute a side.

Served with capers, fresh lemon, and some emulsified sauce....you don't know what you're missing unless you have some.

nolaegghead

PS - buy a Porsche regardless.  You can get Boxters cheap.  Buy the S.

YEMTrey

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@YEMTrey excellent choice!  Denon makes great equipment.  I run an older Denon-1713.  My next will also be a Denon.

Thanks!  I'm replacing a very old yamaha rx-v730.  That thing was a tank. No complaints out of it at all. However, it's very outdated and has no hdmi, etc.
  
I'm like a kid on christmas eve.  Can't wait to hook it up and get playing with it.

I'm afraid this will start the spending crunch as I will want to replace my rear surround speakers and upgrade certain pieces, and possibly move to a 7.2 setup.

The one thing I will definitely have to do is look into the Oppo players or something equivalent.  I have a Sony SACD player hooked up to my Yamaha and none of the new receivers offer analog inputs.  I love my SACD collection and the sound it provides so this is a must to keep in the setup.  Time to start that research.........

theyolksonyou

Waiting on a plane....again

@sea2ski one thing I learned. 

I I thought the speed limit in ATL were just a suggestion. Between PHL and AC they are a running joke!

Botch

YEMTrey said:
Thanks!  I'm replacing a very old yamaha rx-v730.  That thing was a tank. No complaints out of it at all. However, it's very outdated and has no hdmi, etc.

The one thing I will definitely have to do is look into the Oppo players or something equivalent.  I have a Sony SACD player hooked up to my Yamaha and none of the new receivers offer analog inputs.  I love my SACD collection and the sound it provides so this is a must to keep in the setup.  Time to start that research.........

Proud owner of the Yamaha RX-V765, it does have all the HDMI, etc.
I'm also the proud owner of the Oppo -103, and former owner of the Oppo -83.  I can highly recommend both the company and their hardware.  
 
My SACD, DVD-A, and Bluray Surround collection is much more important to me than OLEDs, HD TVs, 3D, etc.  Let us know what you end up with!   

nolaegghead

northGAcock

northGAcock said:

YEMTrey said:

@northGAcock , can you feel it?!  I know I can!

https://youtu.be/wqThPtbKOOw

I can feel it brother Trey.....

Just ran across this and gave it another listen. Needed the pick me up going into my last two conference calls this afternoon. I can still feel it!

tarheelmatt

nolaegghead said:

See data/word travels fast! Lol! @JohnInCarolina ordered one for his ipad. 

Botch

Did either of you sing with this group?
 

 
(that just showed up on my farcebook, I can't believe the timing!)  

TigerTony

Botch said:

Did either of you sing with this group?
 

 
(that just showed up on my farcebook, I can't believe the timing!)  

LOL!!! That's hilarious, A quartet and they only have three. LOL!!!

DuckDogDr

Cooking chili 

bgebrent

Listening to The **** Handler Quartet.

johnnyp

Drinking

bgebrent

nolaegghead said:

@bgebrent  Salmon is a very fatty fish.  As such, it is very forgiving towards overcooking, which is something I see often posted.

Also, the fish flesh is tapered, so the thin section near the tail will be cooked more than the thick frontal section.  Enter sous vide.

All that said, I coated salmon (on sale at Rousses @ $3.99/lb) with olive oil, salt and pepper.  Bagged it, threw it in the sous vide bath for 40 minutes at 123F.  Pulled it out, had some hash browns on the griddle (blackstone muthafkas) and seared it for less than a minute a side.

Served with capers, fresh lemon, and some emulsified sauce....you don't know what you're missing unless you have some.

That makes perfect sense, thank you!