http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Thu, 19 Jun 2003 05:17:36 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/18/155645.php#comment-11403 i dunno, as long as you ain't gonna try drinking from the can afterwards, what's so bad?.... after all, we have beef and beer pies here in britain, which done well, taste exquisite. This is surely just a way of doing beer-cooked chicken. Many chicken recipes involve cooking it in wine, and though this does seem an odd way of doing it, maybe it doesn't work so well (at all) to cook the chicken in beer the same way you'd cook it in wine. ]]> 11403@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 Jun 2003 05:17:36 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/18/155645.php#comment-11398 I saw the older Wal-Mart post and was about to comment on it, but this one is about as fresh as sudsy roaster, so here goes. Since I keep late hours naturally, and avoid crowds religiously, I have always been a midnight shopper. I like 24-hour groceries, coffeeshops, diners, and mega-stores. At Wal-Mart, in the late hours, it's easier to look at the workers because they outnumber the customers. I've had conversations with some of them, and observed more, and let me tell you, the depth of worker misery is as deep set in these folks as it was in the days of Upton Sinclair. You can feel the oppression, and it makes my shopping experience too much of a downer. For most items nowadays, I shop at Target. The people are friendlier, the stores are cleaner, and yes, it's worth a couple of cents on most items. I avoid Wal-Mart because it makes me sick. ]]> 11398@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 Jun 2003 04:47:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/18/155645.php#comment-11386 I should add that I'm somewhat of an amateur gourmand, so the idea of sticking a can of beer up a chicken's butt offends me on more that the obvious three or four levels. :) I'm actually not sure which offended me more: The very existence of beer-can-in-the-butt chicken, the existence of an accessory to aid the apparently alcohol-impaired in managing to accomplish what seems like it should be a simple task, the identification by Wal-Mart management of their target demographic near the checkout lanes, or my sudden feeling of being out of place (or fear of possibly being in place and not recognizing it) in the type of store that sells a simple five-dollar piece of twisted wire to help people shove beer into the butts of chickens. And oh, probably two or three other possibilities as well. :) ]]> 11386@blogcritics.org Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:08:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/18/155645.php#comment-11379 But why the hatin'. We need some xplainin' :) Sounds extremely gross. This doesn't come across as finger lickin' good. I suppose we would have thought of it sooner if fish had bigger asses: Not beer-battered fish but beer-buggered bass. Tasty. ]]> 11379@blogcritics.org Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:02:35 EDT