tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post4445609675208978058..comments2023-09-15T02:40:58.916-07:00Comments on Move Along. Nothing To See Here.: Why Is Science So Lame?Flintharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-12159755666613606982009-12-21T00:01:06.017-08:002009-12-21T00:01:06.017-08:00Dirk you are going to be in soooo much trouble whe...Dirk you are going to be in soooo much trouble when that comes out at the dinner table. Made me laugh though!!<br /><br />Yes self disassembling chickens is a must I am always paranoid about being punctured severly when i do spatchcock for the barbie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-32195111789797785252009-12-20T23:56:51.619-08:002009-12-20T23:56:51.619-08:00Damian: you're quite right. You and I both mak...Damian: you're quite right. You and I both make better pizza than the Hutt... and I say that in complete confidence, having never even stood downwind from your pizza. <br /><br />What you need to understand about Jennicki is that in some ways, she's incurably USAnian. For us, pizza is hot, crisp-crusted, lightly loaded with tasty ingredients, sauced with a spicy combination of tomato and garlic and basil, sprinkled with just enough mozzarella to give the pepperoni modesty... it's cooked fast, served hot, and it's tasty as hell without being desperately unhealthy.<br /><br />This is not Jennicki's definition of "pizza". If you want to understand her definition of "pizza", you need to wander down to the local Pizza Hutt and subject yourself to the goriest, greasiest, most stale-cheesed pre-processed and packaged monstrosity on their menu. <br /><br />There's no point in argument. After all: the Chinese eat things like bear paws, and make drinks out of snake's blood. The Japanese will mince the muscle on a live lobster and serve it still twitching on the plate. And in the USA, they have stuff from places like Pizza the Hutt.<br /><br />Bart... I dunno about those 'gelatinous bones'. There's definitely teeth in those little furry bastards. <br /><br />And Doc Yobbo? I can't understand why your friend wasn't immediately promoted to head of R&D. Frankenchickens with four legs? Totally excellent!Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-41566020651895152032009-12-20T21:23:52.350-08:002009-12-20T21:23:52.350-08:00Isn't a chicken without processing issues a gu...Isn't a chicken without processing issues a guinea pig? Easy pelt removal, easy gut, and gelatinous bones that are all soft enough to dissolve after frying?<br /><br />I believe Nasa did the numbers, and Guinea pigs were space meat, but pet owners flipped out and Nasa quietly removed the doco.<br /><br />Those South Americans know where it's at in that regard.Ysambarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360071758069381121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-77059178274247322242009-12-20T18:59:22.076-08:002009-12-20T18:59:22.076-08:00It's OK Flinty, I'll alert the border auth...It's OK Flinty, I'll alert the border authorities, she ain't getting into the country.<br /><br />Developmental biologist lecturer of my acquaintance (he was on my thesis committee, now steering Big Scary Lab in Singapore) figured out how to make the Colonel a bag more money by manipulating the developing limb buds on chick embryos. Basically you invert their position early in development and you get two limbs growing from the same limb bud (cos the early patterning events which set up the limb development field are already sorted by then). A chicken with FOUR drumsticks. He thought this was untrammelled win. However the PR peeps from Kan't F**king Cook were less keen and told him not to contact them again.Dr Yobbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032085614743539793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-86623673894637233522009-12-20T17:43:32.436-08:002009-12-20T17:43:32.436-08:00Jenn, they have Pizza Hut even in the wild mountai...Jenn, they have Pizza Hut even in the wild mountain hills of Tasmania. I bet Dirk makes better pizza though. I certainly do.Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537136518971140642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-23684091389096517122009-12-20T16:34:18.384-08:002009-12-20T16:34:18.384-08:00When I visit you Flinty I'm bringing your poor...When I visit you Flinty I'm bringing your poor deprived kids Pizza Hut. Greasy, commercialized pizza with processed cheese.<br /><br />Later I'll make Rice Krispy Treats with Kool-Aid. Every kid needs a rice krispy treat with kool-aid.Jennickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586652218686179027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-13253618267396263792009-12-20T15:29:19.934-08:002009-12-20T15:29:19.934-08:00I fear somethings are beyond science Flinty. The c...I fear somethings are beyond science Flinty. The conroy cure that is, the chicken is totally doablebeesohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876219112305527188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-12013872607977911372009-12-20T14:12:52.504-08:002009-12-20T14:12:52.504-08:00Been a long time since I would "help" my...Been a long time since I would "help" my grandfather kill and clean a rooster for Sunday lunch, help mostly involving standing around and not getting in the way. This would be behind the machine shed and involve a bucket of boiled water, a tree stump and an axe. <br /><br />Not sure I could these days. I'd be fine with the plucking and gutting, just not so keen on the bit involving turning the lights out. Spent too much time with my wife, who habitually instantly makes friends with any animal she comes across, and with years of this it rubs off on you. Of course, in the moment it's purely technical and you don't need to look the other way, as your mind looks the other way for you if you need it to. I don't think I go along with the whole new-agey thanking the animal for giving its life and all that, not when it clearly doesn't want to. It's a pretty straightforward matter of determination and technology. <br /><br />Something that comes across in various accounts of ship-board life in the age of sail, is that they had to keep rotating the job of tending the ship's animals. Most of which were simply food before the age of the deep freezer, and a sailor left with that duty for too long would get too close to kill them later.Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537136518971140642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-48053492695369145012009-12-20T14:02:10.584-08:002009-12-20T14:02:10.584-08:00Yeah. About that fat beardy bastard. You know how ...Yeah. About that fat beardy bastard. You know how I feel about some bearded guy who flies around the world sneaking into peoples' houses and leaving shit behind him? I totally do NOT see 'Christian Icon' there. I see 'probably Terrorist', and if the bastard rocks up anywhere around my house, I'm shooting first and alerting the authorities later.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-84684213374924865442009-12-20T12:38:41.218-08:002009-12-20T12:38:41.218-08:00You mean they're NOT born, all pale and feathe...You mean they're NOT born, all pale and featherless and wrapped in plastic? Next you'll be telling me there's no Santa!Mayhemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743732421663633743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-70347437877515109562009-12-20T12:01:11.135-08:002009-12-20T12:01:11.135-08:00Zombie chickens. Awesome.Zombie chickens. Awesome.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636731785192188490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-92144682168417546772009-12-20T06:30:08.078-08:002009-12-20T06:30:08.078-08:00Gold. I remember'harvesting' some chicken...Gold. I remember'harvesting' some chickens when I was kid in Oregon. All the drudgery after the chop was by far the worst part of the day.Jyggdrasilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103800860401813367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-67268571985073382502009-12-20T05:56:47.065-08:002009-12-20T05:56:47.065-08:00Yeah, I'd fund science research like that in a...Yeah, I'd fund science research like that in a heartbeat!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574314121763385074noreply@blogger.com