Hucklebug Episode 186: Episode One Eighty-Sux! Apologies for the sound quality, we will try to get it fixed before next week’s show. RIP Dorothy Kamenshek (the real life Dottie Hinson), shout-outs, movies (Bet: Pineapple Express, Big Fan; Stennie: Revolution OS, Trumbo), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs and you-rules, What Does or Does Not Belong in Different Kinds of Food.
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Otis Redding, Lee Rocker, and Frank Sinatra. Station ID break by Shawn Galbraith (aka Plang Tang Hackensaw).
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I agree with stennie…BET RULES!
I see Stennie has perfected the art of recording through whirling fan blades.
As for food:
-The best hot dogs have natural skin casings that snap when you bite them. They also have a good meat sauce and not chili because chili has beans in it. Shame on you for eating beans on your hot dog.
-A pizza to me is lots of cheese and some pepperoni.
-My favorite sammich is a double decker club with lots of bacon and mayo
Stennie should come down south for a BBQ sandwich. Almost every street corner has what she described. My favorite BBQ joint cooks in old converted 55 gallon drums behind the shacky restaurant. For BBQ the rule is: the fancier the building, the worse the BBQ, so look for the junky places.
Welcome to the no-overtime club stennie. I never got paid for it either. And yes, you heard right, they do expect you to work for free. If you didn’t where I worked they eventually found a reason to lay you off. We thought slavery was eliminated after the civil war too. Someone should tell the corporations because it’s money in the bank to them. Of course, we’re free…free to go somehere else where they don’t pay OT and get dumped again.
Enjoyed the podcast.
Back when I would eat hot dogs, I’d only take ketchup and relish. Yellow mustard just sucks.
Hamburger: ketchup, cheese, lettuce, tomatos, pickles. Again, that’s back when I did eat these things.
I’m with Duke: a double decker club RULES. My favorite place for lunch nearby makes them nice and big, and with a huge pile of fries to go with it. It’s far, far too much for lunch, but it sure is tasty.
Pizza: cheese, pepperoni, green peppers is all I need. No shrooms, no fishies, no sausage. Of course some sort of red tomato sauce if you’re going for the standard serving.
Salad: I guess depending on what you’re ordering, anything goes.
Chocolate: I dunno. I’m not big on chocolate, but I like a Reese’s pb cup and a Mr. Goodbar.
I thought Pineapple Express was kinda funny. It’s fun to see Daniel Desario and Ken Miller hanging out again, and getting baked.
I’m still alive, Sten. Nobody doesn’t like free speech!
(What we *do* with our free speech may piss some folks off, but fuck ‘em!)
Here are the offending comics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepete/4625632148/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepete/4625028025/sizes/o/
I promise you won’t get killed by reading them.
Congrats to Mr. Middlebrow Esq.!
I’d like to see this Linux movie—sounds cool. The Linux people out there that I know remind me of libertarians. They seem to mean well, but they’re kinda dickish. I use Easy Peasy (a tweaked Ubuntu/Linux for netbooks) on my netbook only *some*times, because the Linux drivers for my soundcard are flaky as hell. 🙁 As a result, I dual boot into WinVista.
Added “Revolution OS” to the Netflix Instant Watch queue.
I *HATE* bosses like yours, Bet. That is a sucky lowlight… 🙁 Too many bosses expect their employees to do more than they are trained to do. Lame…
And it sounds like Stennie’s HR person is just as lame.
I miss Skooby’s fries, Sten…
The only thing that belongs in chocolate: BACON.
Yay! A can of puke!
Okay, Betster, who shows up to make that level of a transaction without an appointment? Those customers were idiots. You did good by making them wait. I will say that my experience with The Company You Work For and their software does suck. It takes forever for it to do anything and they can’t navigate it easily.
Stennie—who makes the call on authorizing OT? It’s not the HR lady. The boss makes the call on authorizing OT. HR just pays it out. Time for a chat with your boss.
Hmm—on a pizza, I’m open to new experiences—white pizza, grilled vegetables, etc. The pineapple just didn’t work.
On a hot dog, if it’s not tasty without junk on it, it’s not worth eating. I prefer them plain. I used to do ketchup as a kid, because I was afraid of mustard. But now, if i have one, it’s plain. I would be peeved to ask for a hot dog and get chili and other stuff on it. That’s my call, not theirs.
On a hamburger—the question I was going for was “mustard or ketchup”? There are parts of the country where they routinely put mustard on a hamburger. I was given one once when I was a little kid, and I cried and cried. Nowadays, I’ll do cheese, lettuce and tomato (instead of the ketchup). At the gourmet burger place, I’ll let them add caramelized onions. I’m not totally averse to ketchup, but it’s not quite my thing. Fries are like hot dogs—if they don’t taste good plain, they’re not great fries. I will SOMETIMES do the ketchup-and-mayonnaise thing, but rarely.
My weird thing on salads is dressing. Don’t really like it, especially when it’s dripping in it. If I’m out, I have to have my dressing on the side and then I usually ignore it, unless the salad came with a cherry tomato, and then I’ll dip those in it.
On chocolate, I’m not too bad, but all of these new weird “cayenne, tea, and mango” chocolates gross me out. I do like dark chocolate with orange rind.
Sandwich—is easy. A BLT on white toast, with mayo. Lettuce must be iceberg. Lots of things that I don’t normally like on their own, but all together, they’re perfection.
I’m baaaaaack! Trying desperately to catch up! Sorry gang! I’ve listened to 5 eps in the last 48 hrs. I’m on a mission…from Gad!
Bet-I hated Pineapple Express too. Only Seth Rogen film I’ve liked so far was Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Although I’m hoping to like Fan Boys.
Stennie-Fuck OT. More time for Stennie! Why was she deciding to “just pay it” all this time and then suddenly she decides to stop? I never would have done when I did payroll. Bogus.
Hotdog: Ketchup only. And just enough that you get some with each bite, but not enough that it goes shooting out the ends. And I only eat hotdogs at baseball games.
Burger: MUST have cheese on it at the very least. I’m scarred from my mom’s dry hockey puck burgers as a kid. (Sorry, Mom.) Lettuce (which as a wee child I ordered “salad” on my burger), ketchup, mayo, grilled onions, tomato, pickles, salt & pepper.
Sandwich: French dip from Bandera’s in LA. With the shoestring fries. As you know I’m from Pittsburgh, home of the famous Primanti Bros sandwich served with the fries, cole slaw and tomato on the sandwich. You will get the evil eye if you ask for those on the side.
Salad: Hmm. I like most any salad. Growing up only used italian dressing. Then went thru a phase of no dressing. Just recently jumped on the ranch band wagon. I like a good candied nut and crumbly cheese on a salad. I’m with Bet, gotta have croutons.
Pizza: Cheese with garlic and mushrooms. I usually make my own anymore with a flat sheet of whole wheat lavish bread folded in half. Ooo, brush on some nice olive oil and sprinkle some garlic powder and spices, toast, then add the sauce/cheese/toppings, toast again. Heaven and healthy!
Chocolate: All time favorites…M&Ms; and Whoppers. Love Nonpareils too. Love dark chocolate, but recently tried a small package from Trader Joe’s and said, “Okay, that’s a little too dark.”
All time favorite snack: Buttered popcorn with tons of salt. And melted butter at home, NOT movie theater butter. That oil makes my stomach hurt. Nicely melted butter over the stove, drizzled just so, then salt away. Wow. I might just go make some right now!
I once again find myself talking to my stereo as I listen to you lovely ladies banter back and forth as if you’re here in my living room.
Wow. Just heard of a RIP that meant I had to go take a drink, as I thought the person was already dead. RIP—Art Linkletter.
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS? Nah, except for James Franco.
Pineapple on pizza? Eh, in small doses. Pizza is a communal foodstuff, and compromise is king. And besides anchovies, I’m generally game. I won’t pull out the hometown deep-dish option either, since it’s never my first choice. We are loyal to our pizza joints here though, and the one we order from is a complete hole-in-the-wall.
However, when it comes to hot dogs, I prefer Chicago-style (http://www.viennabeef.com/culture/chicagostyle.asp). Walk into any hot dog stand here, and this is how it comes:
1. Vienna dog
2. Yellow Mustard
3. Bright “Neon” Green Relish
4. Fresh Chopped Onions
5. Tomato Wedges
6. A Pickle Spear or Slice
7. Two Sport Peppers
8. A Dash of Celery Salt
Sometimes I skip the peppers, but you never, never, NEVER have ketchup. It’s a meal and a half, and it’s brilliant.
Burger: Again, game for most. I prefer grilled onions over raw, tomato over ketchup, and as many dill pickles as will fit on the bun. Mustard is okay, and sometimes a light spread of real mayo – no fuckin’ Miracle Whip. Most cheeses are welcome, except the melted stilton burger I had in London. BLECCH.
Sandwich: When I can get it, and I’m having a who-cares-about-my-health day, a good hot pastrami on rye with mustard makes me a happy man.
Salad: I avoid grape or cherry tomatoes like the plague. They never taste right. Thumbs up: Edamame, garbanzo beans, purple cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, sunflower seeds, croutons. Thumbs down: iceberg lettuce, raisins.
Chocolate: No bad chocolate, except baker’s chocolate. Anyone else ever make that mistake?
REVOLUTION OS sounds really fascinatzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Oh and fries with malt vinegar are magnificent.
Damn, I’m hungry.
Here I am, bringing up the rear, as usual…
Hot dogs – I like to keep it simple: ‘kraut and brown or Pommerey mustard, especially good if the dog is actually a brat. I also like a nice Coney Island, basically a chili dog w/ onions, though that’s limited to baseball games.
Hamburger – sharp cheddar cheese, two slices of tomato, thinly sliced fresh red onion, and a healthy dollop of thousand island (equal parts ketchup, mayo, and sweet pickle relish).
Pizza – Thin, hand-tossed crust with Italian sausage, mushrooms (cooked please; what’s the point of raw mushrooms on a pizza?), onion and roasted red pepper. And easy on the cheese.
Sandwich – I love a good Reuben, but the bread has to be rye, and it has to be grilled (brushed with butter and cooked on a griddle), not just toasted.
Also, since coming to the South, I’ve come to adore pulled pork BBQ with coleslaw on a bun with just the right amount of Bone Suckin’ Sauce. Hush puppies on the side.
Here’s a category you might consider adding to this discussion: Coffee. Or, more precisely, what does NOT belong in coffee. The answer is easy: anything other than cream and/or sugar is just WRONG. Nothing sets me off on a Lewis Black-esque rant like flavored fucking coffee. It probably goes back to a cup of hazelnut coffee that gave me a headache so bad I was praying for death. It’s just so cloying and overpowering. What’s wrong with coffee that tastes like coffee? The funny thing is, I’m ok with coffee-flavored anything—ice cream, chocolate, cookies, cakes—hell, I even had an elk tenderloin in an espresso sauce once. But do not go fucking with my cuppa Joe. John?