Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

I'm aleready starving and it's not even lunch yet.

I've been on this Chinese kick lately. I miss the choices of Chinese I had when I was living in Springfield, MO. I have been making a Chinese dish once a week if time permits, and last night I made cashew chicken. My wife has been taking pictures and sending it to her friends to give them shit about me cooking....Now they all want to come over and want me to cook for them.



Believe it or not, cashew chicken was created in Springfield, MO by David Leong, owner of Leong's Tea House. The recipe has been copied thousands of times, and is available at over 70 Chinese joints in Springfield. I used to eat at Leong's joint one or twice a week. I love the stuff.

Once you go Asian, you'll never go caucasian.



~Brian



Once you go Asian, you'll never go Caucasian.

[Krandall]

that looks awesome. I make a mean chicken fried rice!

[Flynbyu]

that looks awesome. I make a mean chicken fried rice!

I love that too. I steam brown rice, then fry it up with peanut oil, egg, and a little soy sauce.

Cashew chicken:

You will need:
2 chicken breasts or 2 chicken thighs (I used one large one for single servings)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
5 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
3 eggs, beaten (two for tow servings)
2 cups peanut oil for frying
2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground white pepper or black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped green onion for topping

1. Cut the chicken breasts into 1 inch pieces. In a shallow dish or bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and 1 tablespoon of the cornstarch. In another dish or bowl beat the eggs. Dip chicken pieces into flour mixture, then eggs, then flour mixture again. Heat peanut oil in a large skillet and deep fry coated chicken in hot oil for 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

2. Meanwhile (while frying chicken), heat broth to boiling in a medium saucepan. Add oyster sauce, sugar, soy sauce and white pepper. Mix remaining 4 tablespoons cornstarch with a small amount of cold water in a cup. Stir cornstarch mixture slowly into broth mixture to thicken, then cook for another 5 minutes over medium-low heat.

Optional: Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Heat cashew nuts and chopped green onions in preheated oven for about 5 minutes. Pour sauce over fried chicken and top with cashews and green onion. Serve with soy sauce to taste over a bed of fried rice, if desired.

~Brian

[Peelz]

cease and desist with the gayness. pleeze and thankz. 

Had chinese wednesday, Kodak execs in town

[Flynbyu]

Gayness?

Mmmm. Ba-Cock.



~Brian

[Krandall]

It's okay to be jealous peels.

[Peelz]

It's okay to be jealous peels.

 

[Flynbyu]

It's not like it was a recipe for flavored vodka.






Just kidding Randy.




~Brian

[Peelz]

not kidding really.

[Krandall]

I hate you all..

[Flynbyu]

I still haven't tried that/ My wife has forgot about it I guess. Looks like a lot of work.

~Brian

[Peelz]

I hate you all..

 we tease because we love

[P.I.M.P.]

I'm aleready starving and it's not even lunch yet.

I've been on this Chinese kick lately. I miss the choices of Chinese I had when I was living in Springfield, MO. I have been raping a Chinese dish once a week if time permits, and last night I made cashew chicken. My wife has been taking pictures and sending it to her friends to give them shit about my cocking....Now they all want to come over and want me to cock them.



Believe it or not, cashew chicken was created in Springfield, MO by David Leong, owner of Leong's Tea House. The recipe has been copied thousands of times, and is available at over 70 Chinese joints in Springfield. I used to eat Long's joint one or twice a week. I love the stuff.

Once you go Asian, you'll never go caucasian.



~Brian

Sorry looked kind of funny to me


Once you go Asian, you'll never go Caucasian.

[Krandall]

I hate you all..

 we tease because we love

I hate... well... be cause I hate. 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Mar 14 1794

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

Mar 14 1883

Karl Marx dies of bronchitis in London.

Mar 14 1889

German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"

Mar 14 1932

George Eastman, the founder of Kodak Corporation, kills himself after a long illness. His suicide note states "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?"

Mar 14 1945

"I am going to jump into my grave laughing because the knowledge that I have the deaths of millions of people on my conscience is a source of extraordinary satisfaction to me." Adolf Eichmann.

Mar 14 1964

A jury in Dallas, Texas find Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy.

Mar 14 1967

The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.


Mar 14 1967 

Nine German executives of the manufacturer of thalidomide, Grunethal, are charged with breaking their country's drug laws. Thalidomide, a sedative, caused over 12,000 babies in late 1950's Europe to be born with flippers instead of limbs.

Mar 14 1968

Nerve gas leaks from the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, near Skull Valley Utah. The gas killed 1600 sheep on the Goshute indian reservation and made hundreds more sick. Dugway is a test center for chemical and biological agents.

Mar 14 1997

A tank illegally stored at the federal government's Hanford nuclear facility in Washington state explodes, causing the release of 30,000 gallons of plutonium into the environment. The government tried to cover up the incident, going so far as having the Department of Energy deny the release of any contamination.

Birthdays today...
1638 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
1681 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (d. 1767)
1790 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
1801 - Kristjan Jaak Peterson, first Estonian poet (d. 1822)
1804 - Johann Strauß, Sr., Austrian composer (d. 1849)
1807 - Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876)
1813 - Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1892)
1822 - Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
1823 - Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)
1835 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)
1844 - King Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
1851 - John Sebastian Little, American politician and congressman (d. 1916)
1853 - Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
1854 - Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1915)
1854 - Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (d. 1920)
1854 - John Lane, British publisher (d. 1925)
1854 - Thomas R. Marshall, 28th Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1925)
1862 - Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (d. 1961)
1863 - Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (d. 1900)
1866 - Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist (d. 1942)
1869 - Algernon Blackwood, British writer (d. 1951)
1879 - Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1880 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1945)
1882 - Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (d. 1969)
1885 - Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
1886 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (d. 1964)
1887 - Sylvia Beach, American publisher (d. 1962)
1887 - Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (d. 1962)
1888 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (d. 1970)
1894 - Osa Johnson, American explorer (d. 1953)
1898 - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
1899 - K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
1903 - Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (d. 1979)
1903 - Adolph Gottlieb American painter (d. 1974)
1904 - Doris Eaton Travis, American actress, Ziegfeld girl
1905 - Raymond Aron, French philosopher (d. 1983)
1908 - Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (Douglas Aircraft) (d. 1991)
1908 - Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French phenomenological philosopher (d. 1961)
1912 - Les Brown, American bandleader (d. 2001)
1912 - Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
1912 - Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
1914 - Lee Elhardt Hays, American folksinger (d. 1981)
1914 - Bill Owen, British actor (d. 1999)
1914 - Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1915 - Alexander Brott, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005)
1916 - Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1918 - Dennis Patrick, American actor (d. 2002)
1920 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
1921 - S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A
1922 - Les Baxter, American musician and composer (d. 1996)
1923 - Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)
1925 - William Clay Ford, Sr., American owner of the Detroit Lions
1925 - Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (d. 2004)
1928 - Frank Borman, American astronaut and CEO
1931 - Phil Phillips, American singer and songwriter
1932 - Naina Yeltsina, Russia's first First Lady
1933 - Sir Michael Caine, British actor
1933 - René Felber, former member of the Swiss Federal Council
1933 - Quincy Jones, American musician and composer
1934 - Eugene Cernan, American astronaut
1934 - Paul Rader, the 15th General of The Salvation Army
1936 - Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
1939 - Raymond J. Barry, American actor
1939 - Bertrand Blier, French film director and screenwriter
1939 - Stavros Xarhakos, Greek composer
1939 - Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
1941 - Wolfgang Petersen, German director
1942 - Rita Tushingham, British actress
1944 - Bobby Smith, English professional footballer and manager
1944 - Vaclav Nedomansky, Czech hockey player
1943 - Anita Morris, American actress (d. 1994)
1945 - Jasper Carrott, British comedian
1945 - Michael Martin Murphey, American country music singer
1945 - Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist (Chicago)
1946 - Steve Kanaly, American actor
1947 - Pam Ayres, British poet
1947 - William J. Jefferson, American politician
1948 - Tom Coburn, American politician, junior senator from Oklahoma
1948 - Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
1949 - Michael Stedman, British World War I Historian and Author
1950 - Rick Dees, American disc jockey
1951 - Jerry Greenfield, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
1956 - Jonathan Bowen, British computer scientist
1956 - Colin Ayre, British football player
1957 - Andrew Robinson, British author
1957 - Tad Williams, American author
1958 - Albert II, Prince of Monaco
1959 - Tamara Tunie, American actress
1959 - Brian Whitfield, former South African cricketer
1960 - Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1961 - Greg Anderson, American NHRA driver
1961 - Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress
1961 - Hiro Matsushita, Japanese racing driver
1963 - Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
1965 - James Kevin Brown, American baseball player
1965 - Catherine Dent, American actress
1965 - Aamir Khan, Indian actor
1965 - Kiana Tom, American fitness guru and model
1965 - Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter
1966 - Elise Neal, American actress
1968 - Megan Follows, Canadian actress
1969 - Larry Johnson, American basketball player
1969 - Des Coleman, English actor and presenter
1970 - Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, Russian athlete
1970 - Meredith Salenger, American actress
1974 - Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Stephen Harper, British/English footballer
1975 - Johan Paulik, Slovak porn star
1975 - Wendy Rice, American actress
1975 - Rico Yan, Filipino actor (d. 2002)
1976 - Merlin Santana, American actor (d. 2002)
1976 - Daniel Gillies, Canadian born New Zealand actor
1977 - Aki Hoshino, Japanese model
1978 - Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
1978 - Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (d. 2001)
1979 - Nicolas Anelka, French footballer
1979 - Chris Klein, American actor
1979 - Love, Angolan footballer
1979 - Sead Ramović, German-born Bosnian footballer
1979 - Anthony Carelli, Italian-American professional wrestler
1980 - Aaron Brown, British/English footballer
1980 - Matteo Grassotto, Italian racing driver
1980 - Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1980 - Mercedes McNab, Canadian-born actress
1981 - Bobby Jenks, American baseball player
1981 - Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist
1982 - Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
1982 - François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
1982 - Kate Maberly, British actor, Singer Songwriter
1983 - Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
1983 - Taylor Hanson, American musician, member of Hanson
1984 - Liesel Matthews, American former child actress
1985 - Eva Angelina, American porn star
1985 - Idaira, Spanish singer
1985 - Brianna Love, American porn Star
1986 - Jamie Bell, British actor
1986 - Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 - Andy Taylor, British/English footballer
1989 - Colby O'Donis, American musician

Famous deaths...
752 - Pope Zachary
968 - Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (b. c. 895)
1457 - Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
1471 - Sir Thomas Malory, English author (b. 1405)
1647 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
1648 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1584)
1680 - René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
1682 - Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael, Dutch painter (b. 1628)
1696 - Jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)
1698 - Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)
1748 - George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
1757 - John Byng, British admiral (executed) (b. 1704)
1791 - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German writer (b. 1724)
1805 - Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)
1811 - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
1823 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
1883 - Karl Marx, German philosopher and political theorist (b. 1818)
1884 - Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
1932 - George Eastman, American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
1933 - Balto, husky dog who brought back the antitoxin in 1925
1946 - Werner von Blomberg, field marshal (b. 1878)
1949 - John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
1957 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
1973 - Howard Aiken, American engineer (b. 1900)
1973 - Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
1973 - Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
1975 - Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
1976 - Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
1977 - Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)
1980 - Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
1983 - Maurice Ronet, French film actor (b. 1927)
1989 - Edward Abbey, American author and environmental activist (b. 1927)
1991 - Howard Ashman, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950)
1991 - Doc Pomus, American composer (b. 1925)
1991 - Margery Sharp, children's author (b. 1905)
1992 - Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
1995 - William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1997 - Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (b. 1907)
1999 - Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)
2002 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2002 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2003 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
2006 - Ann Calvello, Roller Derby Queen (b. 1929)
2006 - Lennart Meri, former president of Estonia (b. 1929)
2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
2007 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
2008 - Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920)

Holidays and observances...
Sikhism - Nanakshahi New Year, first day of month of Chet
Albania - Summer Day
Andorra - Constitution Day
Japan and Korea - White Day, similar to Valentine's Day (men give gifts to women).
Roman Empire - Equirria, horse races in honor of Mars were held.
Estonia - Estonian language day, based on birth of Kristjan Jaak Peterson
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Heroes' Day

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian