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  1. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Which brand? Cheap Lodge or something fancy like Stargazer? Familiar with cast iron cooking or new to it? It can be a tricky. My new, cheap Lodge pan took months to be serviceable. Antique Griswold machined smooth is a dream that even after stripping was great after one seasoning. I'm still...
  2. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I have fond memories of my mom making cornbread in just such a way in a cast iron pan on a red hot wood stove in the winter. Was always crusty and extra light/fluffy. Good stuff. Sometimes being poor wasn't so bad.
  3. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    Used to get the Pizza Hut boxes, but their pizza hasn't been good for years locally. Domino's is good here, though. Been doing the $3 tip deal on 3 topping large carryout for $7.99. Ends up $5.50 total. Just have to use the tip each week, but a large pizza a week for $5.50 is one of the few...
  4. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    Shut down where I am. Never went there, so, oops. Lived on Quiznos in the army. By the time the delivery guy got to base the chicken ranch sando I would get was the perfect combo of hot and melty with sauce just soaking into the bread without it being soggy. And their guys were always willing...
  5. popsicledeath

    Game Pass for Xbox and PC

    I'm lucky I guess, as I got passed the EULA. Game is a bit janky and a ton of balance issues. Have only really enjoyed Pathfinder, but it's very OP. Other classes seem overly gimp. UI breaks a lot. Pretty mediocre game, but easy enough to play listening to podcasts and some synergies are...
  6. popsicledeath

    Game Pass for Xbox and PC

    Inflation even hitting fake money rewards. Thanks Obiden. I'd never really paid attention to rewards being redeemable for gift cards at real stores like Walmart and Target, just always used rewards for MS bucks for games and accessories. Makes it less fun now that my "free" gaming budget could...
  7. popsicledeath

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Think the issue is preorder version transitioning to current launch version with the "you don't own this" problems. Are some general bugs in game, but ordering the launch version should avoid whatever weirdness goes on between pre-order and launch versions on MS accounts. Just wish I could...
  8. popsicledeath

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Xbox. See my other reply that we cross posted. Something seems broken with Xbox digital preorders or something.
  9. popsicledeath

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Something just very broken with digital deluxe pre-order on xbox. Can play, but wants to sell me DLC character packs. In the store it says I don't own the game or any add-ons. Maybe that's why all progress was wiped from last night. My girlfriend had forgotten about the game, but had been...
  10. popsicledeath

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Looks like some others complaining of no progress saved. So hope that's fixed or there was a better way to confirm saves. Achievements and how save files are handled in Lego games has been a long time complaint. They're either unable or unwilling to address it. Some gamer couples who care about...
  11. popsicledeath

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Biggest annoyance so far is the same lazy shit as in other Lego games where the save is on my profile, so it seems player two doesn't get achievements. Don't care personally, but girlfriend thinks it's annoying she doesn't and likes to have them pop. Went to start a new game so we can play...
  12. popsicledeath

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    She's not much of a gamer, so it has to be "easy" games. She's a big fan of Jurassic Park so the Lego game of that was peak gaming for us. Lego Indiana Jones was good, but older and a bit janky. Same as the older Star Wars enough we stopped playing them to wait for this one. Nintendo Cart...
  13. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    This is true and unfortunate. Grew up in CA mostly. Visited family in the South in summer. Both Carl's Jr and Hardee's used to be better on their own. Hardee's was generally better and more southern style fast food. Carl's Jr was amazing in CA but sucked the further you got out of the state and...
  14. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    Can still load up on free sauces through app orders? Wonder how long they last in the fridge.
  15. popsicledeath

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Not random people. Women and kids mostly. Wives and children spending their own hard earned money, I'm sure!
  16. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I wouldn't say outdoor frying is inherently more safe. Probably less safe the way many do it hah. I wouldn't personally fry outside with kids, pets or a wife without some kind of built in unit or something. No way I'd fry with a single burner and open pot like I do in the kitchen now. Currently...
  17. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Commercial fryers benefit volume and sperate fry oil more than anything. If building a kitchen, probably better to have a home use fryer but maybe with dedicated spot to support it over a huge, high volume unit unless doing high volume frying. My plan is a spot for frying and/or an indoor gas...
  18. popsicledeath

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Damn, I was hoping they did rewrites of the story when people said it was all new content! These Lego games are of the few I can enjoy with my girlfriend, so am hype. Which means black friday discounts I'll probably get around to picking it up.
  19. popsicledeath

    College Basketball 2022 Tournament

    Only caught the end of that game, but it was ugly. Foul trouble, hard falls, sloppy, stoppages, reviews. Overall was like every worst aspect of of the sport these days compressed. Second half of Creighton v Kansas has been pretty good. Overall, though, I just don't know if I like basketball...
  20. popsicledeath

    College Basketball 2022 Tournament

    Thought I'd watch a few basketball games... TNT app sucks so bad. Shutters and stutters and freezes. Couple minutes left in a game and goes to a screen asking if I'm still watching. Click yes, starts to cycle, never loads. Back out, back in, loading with sound but no picture. Back out, back in...
  21. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    Sadly that's a good price if you want 12 of them. When my girlfriend's grandpa wants the Mexican food we take him 3. Shits like $2.39 each. $10 for his tacos and a Baja Blaster. But he loves the Mexican food so we enable him.
  22. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    Help, help, I'm being echo chambered!!!
  23. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    Is that for 12? Or the 8 pictured? Either way, hard shelled tacos are disgusting. Yeah, I said it!
  24. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Fancy mofos. I just use my induction single burner. Then I can customize the size of the pot to the job. Cleanup is easy because it's just wipe down, filter oil, clean pot. Keeps oil temps high enough have to modify some recipes and times that expect the oil to drop a lot, but that's a benefit.
  25. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    Pandemic retardation killed a lot of places, but Taco Bell seemed unable to cope. Other places got slower and some quality issues at times, but Taco Bell combined every issue. Their menu got gutted multiple times. And got slow. And started not going through ingredients fast enough or throwing...
  26. popsicledeath

    The Last Kingdom

    Not in the first new episode. So not yet, at least. Just some of the usual women are as strong as men in battle trope. She's very scorned though, so I'm a bit nervous they'll turn her into a harpy.
  27. popsicledeath

    The Last Kingdom

    Whaaaaat? Strong badass woman just in time for lady history month. She's badass and her motives as a single mother are very relatable.
  28. popsicledeath

    The Last Kingdom

    Love the show, but forgot who half the characters are. Might just watch from the beginning and skip most of the witch episodes.
  29. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Wagyu isn't technically the same in America as Japan, but there is still an expectation and for most cuts I've seen in person it holds true. Didn't see the sirloin in person, just in an ad for $2 more per pound than regular ($6 vs $4). Seemed too cheap and wondered if wagyu would even be...
  30. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I've seen some amazingly marbled wagyu steaks at the grocery store, but now also seeing wagyu sirloin. Would wagyu sirloin improve what is usually a low fat/marbling steak to make it worth it or just be pointless because there isn't enough fat/marbling to improve. Not really buying any with an...
  31. popsicledeath

    1883

    Yeah, that's why her narration about some people being doomed and you just have to let them die was sociopathic. They were doomed because they killed deputies, however corrupt, and would be hunted. Really, seems intentional to send the wagons as a decoy. And it worked since nobody pursued the...
  32. popsicledeath

    1883

    Why would they have ever talked about more episodes if that was the story we was going to tell all along? Was he just writing cold every episode, not sure how many it would take? My guess, he knows the wheels came off and wants to cut his losses and move on. Which is fine and probably smart...
  33. popsicledeath

    1883

    Pacing issues. Show is slow and lingering on so many overwrought scenes talking philosophy with Indians or the girl suffering, but then also just wraps up the entire premise of the show in a few quick scenes. But she clarified it was okay because you gotta know when people are doomed and tell...
  34. popsicledeath

    1883

    Episode was only okay because the last couple were so bad. Really fucked this show by going too overwrought with the chick stuff. Undermined the end, and no way it holds up well for a rewatch. Thomas and the Gypsy were more interesting. Captain Shea's emotional arc and closure was more...
  35. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Wanted some massaman curry but didn't have coconut milk or potatoes. So did a brown gravy with beef broth and added it to massaman curry instead of the coconut milk. Let it cook down quite a bit. Didn't have potatoes due to making mashed potatoes, so just served over the mashed potatoes. Was a...
  36. popsicledeath

    1883

    I'm just glad she stopped the Indians from killing everyone because she was the best warrior. Another Indian was not only smart enough to learn English, but also articulate enough to explain all that about warrior girl and implications of her injury and the need for medical aide... buuuuuut not...
  37. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Maybe they exclusively used cast iron pans in a Chinese restaurant!
  38. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Flippy carbon steel woking is a different style than mixing/tossing with spatula in a cast iron wok. Both work, but neither are replaced by using a cast iron pan. Even a giant cast iron pan just isn't the same tool as a cast iron wok, even though the approach would need to be the same since...
  39. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Funny, and people probably over use and over value woks, but my giant ass cast iron wok provides more surface area and doesn't get overcrowded, so I can actually stir fry. A lot of stir frying I see people doing in regular pans is actually just sauteeing. I've done stir fry in my 12inch All...
  40. popsicledeath

    1883

    Complains about "Long posts from people who have nothing interesting to say." Replies with a long, uninteresting post. Can't explain that. Nobody is keeping anyone from discussing any fucking thing they want with the show. Fuuuck, stop being a limp dicked, chick-man. That's when threads turn...