Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 12341022)

Why have you not had dinner by now?!:confused: You must be starved!:eek:

Originally Posted by COpltASgldPHX

I believe the "P.C." term is "little people." :D

Spare rib or short rib? I've had the short rib. Is the spare rib something new?

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12340733)

The recipe is for a pecan and oat crusted tofu entrée, with a salad of oats, lentils, and chopped vegetables. The problem is that the recipe lists about 20 ingredients under the heading "Tofu Marinade." After that is another heading, with several more ingredients, for "Tofu Crust." The directions start off with "Combine all ingredients for tofu marinade." What it doesn't tell you is that only the first 3 or 4 of the long list under the tofu marinade heading are for the marinade; the rest are for the salad, a completely different dish. It was only when I got down to the oats and lentils, which I knew were to be cooked for the salad, not part of the marinade, that I really questioned this. At that point I had a bowl full of things that shouldn't have gone together, which we had to toss. After starting over, we then realized there were ingredients in the list that were never mentioned in the recipe itself (we had to guess where things like ginger went since there was never any instruction on what to do with it), and curiously, the ingredients list was missing tofu, which was the main course of the dish. Anyway, it turned out fine. It was a lot of work in the end, but the taste was very good, and we would make it again, with some modification to the recipe. Unfortunately the recipes on that show's website don't allow for comments to be made, unlike most recipe websites on the web.

Originally Posted by Steve GadFly (Post 12340982)

Actually, this was a ticket offered to me so I didn't even think about Teh Box....a thousand apologies! I'll be there with Ms. GadFly and a couple friends and we'll be having dinner before the show in the vegetarian place across the street (is that the restaurant you meant Xyzzy?).

Right now, Ms. GadFly knows we're going to a show but she has no idea who we're seeing and I'm going to do my best to keep it a secret until the last possible moment. She's completely in love with Colbert and is going to go nuts when she finds out it's him.

Originally Posted by CO 1E (Post 12341321)

I think DL has a worse group of F passengers than CO and NW. We haven't even finished boarding yet and the guy next to me already has his bare feet up on the bulkhead. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12340995)

[SIZE=1]I am suprised at the general lack of 4f jokes...

Originally Posted by COpltASgldPHX (Post 12341354)

Have you been on US lately? :rolleyes: :eek: :confused: :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by xyzzy

I think the crowd here is a bit young to recognize that. I know that I'm a bit older than the average and I didn't even pick it up until you mentioned it. (I was going to link to this 4f instead but that would have been :rolleyes: )

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12341357)

I know that I'm a bit older than the average and I didn't even pick it up until you mentioned it.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12341346)

...Strangely, Fonzi's leather jacket is not there.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12341360)

I've got about 18 segments lined up ORD-GEG. Please tell me I'm not going to regret it.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12341346)

Yes -- it's not vegetarian, but it certainly is picky eater friendly. It's called the Eurasian Eatery. It's an excellent place.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12341346)

I've not watched much (if any) of Colbert's stuff, but I am familiar with him in general. His picture is in the Smithsonian at the entrance to the exhibit where things like Kermit The Frog, the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz and Archie & Edith's chairs from All In The Family are. Strangely, Fonzi's leather jacket is not there.

Originally Posted by Steve GadFly

I'm pretty sure that's the place! It's pretty small but if you eat there, you can park in the private lot behind it and you won't have to put up with the :rolleyes: trying to find parking near the Basie just before show time.

My DVR is set to record comedy central every Monday - Thursday starting at 11:00 and has been for years. There's a great reason that Jon stewart has won 2 peabody and 12 emmy awards....and I'm not even sure how many Colbert has won.

Combined, they probably offer some of the most honest and unabridged versions of the news out there. The Daily Show truly shows the absurdity of the 24 hour cable news networks while The Colbert Report is relentless in satarizing the "Keith Olbermans" and "Sean Hannitys" of the world. I'd highly recommend trying them out for a week or two....I'm sure you'll be hooked.

Take a peek at their wikipedia pages (especially Colbert's) to see some of the cultural impact they've had.