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TV ClubHouse: ARCHIVES: Big Brother USA 2003 General Discussions Part 1: Dumber and Dumberer: Archive through August 31, 2003

Weinermr

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh that's right! The line tonight will be terrible. Yes, better to go tomorrow, and let me know how it was! I love Pink's.

Bonzacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Let's see, Ric... I can hop on the 101 and exit at Highland and it's maybe only 33 miles... or, I can make my waistline happy and simply dream about a Benito's chorizo & egg burrito!

I'm sure I'm going to wake up and want a spicy Sunday breakfast! Have two for me tonight...

Cangaroo

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jalapenos....yummmmmmmm...cangaroo is on her way to the fridge again....

jalapeno fritatta is sounding really good come breakfast time.

Ric_Munoz

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, Weiner, Pink's is phenomenal, despite the crowds. It's been ages since I've been there (I think Nixon was still in office my last time there). No, wait--I was there a few years ago; it was a couple of nights before the Super Bowl played in Pasdena b/w Dallas and Buffalo, if I'm not mistaken. I remember a huge black limousine driving up and two of the star Cowboys (Russell Maryland and Tony Casillas) were instantly escorted to the front of the line. I nearly fainted..I am SUCH a football fairy! Mssrs. Maryland & Casillas ate several massive dogs and no one DARED complain about their cutting the line. The dogs helped, of course, as the 'Boys crushed the Bills on game day!

Ric_Munoz

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, Bonz, don't risk your life on the 101 on Labor Day weekend! I'll wave some of the wafting aroma your way from my booth at Benito's. I rented "The Big Lebowski" the other night--you can clearly see the Benito's on Highland & Santa Monica in one of the first scenes of the movie!

Cangaroo

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Aw c'mon peoples. You're killing me...I'm thinking breakfast burritos and it's only past midnight. If I eat breakfast now, then I'll have to have brunch, then lunch, then high tea, then dinner and it will be a totally fattening sort of day.

Bonzacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Ric, I appreciate that so much -- all of the aroma and none of the calories, plus no holiday traffic. You enjoy for both of us and I'll pay close attention to the early scenes of "The Big Lebowski"! Sweet dreams to all...

Kappy

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 12:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
. . . Wiping drool off of my face in order to get back to original topic . . .

Like R151, I'm trying to give these folks the benefit of the doubt when it comes to their thinking capabilities. When I'm on vacation for an extended period of time, it's as if my mind shuts off. The less I have to think about, then the less I think, period, lol! These people have no stimuli in that house at all - No books, no puzzles, no nothing. Knowing how quickly my brain can convert to mush when I'm on vacation, I'm assuming the same is happening to these folks.

Costacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 08:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
A quick clarification: there are two types of chorizo; Mexican and Spanish. Mexican chorizo is removed from the casing and crumbled (looks like greasy hamburger when it's cooked). Spanish chorizo is sliced and sauteed (as when it's included in paella) and looks more like sausage.

Mexican chorizo is made with fresh pork. Spanish chorizo is made with smoked pork.

And, depending on where you get your Mexican chorizo, it *may* contain parts of the pig that you don't wanna know about.

And another totally off-topic piece of trivia for y'all. Here in San Diego, breakfast burritos are the norm. Made with larger flour tortillas. However, in parts of Texas (such as Austin) they make breakfast TACOS instead. Using small, taco-sized flour tortillas (although you can request corn).

Seamonkey

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 08:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorite Ali-ism came from the same discussions of the POV clues.. when she was rattling about the Vietnam Wall in DC she said that "you aren't allowed to talk"..

All I could think was that Ali went with a school group and they told ALI she couldn't utter a word, since she is so loud, and that would be so jarring at that venue.

My experience there was that most people just naturally lower their voices and don't talk much.

Oh another one, which was kind of cute.. Jee asked Robert if they "make" apples in California. (I don't fault this, sometimes people speaking English as a second language come up with rather charming mistakes.. my Turkish brother-in-law used to call a broom a "sweep").. but Robert said NO.. I kept thinking, well there is Apple Valley :)

What555456

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yep, we "make" apples in CA. I used to take my kids out to "pick-your-own" orchards every year. It was always great fun.

Bonzacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Costa, all I have to say is did you have to mention the bestest breakfast in the whole wide world, the Tex Mex Breakfast Taco?!?!?!? Nothin' like 'em, and that's where I'm from. Must go back twice a year for my fix, and you make me want to go *today*! ;-)

Costacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I gave up on trying to get a breakfast burrito in Austin (they just don't have large tortillas available). So I'd order a breakfast taco on CORN tortillas instead. I think they are much yummier this way. And I always end up making 'em at home (warmed corn tortilla, scrambled egg topped with cheddar cheese, salsa, and I add avocado cause, after all, I'm from California!)

Cangaroo

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh GEEZ, I go to bed thinking Mexican breakfast then I get up and ya'll are STILL talking it...I'm leaving...going out for something spicy. Ya'll are bad bad BAD for a person who is trying to lose weight.

PS: I apologize, ya'll aren't bad, I'm just easily influenced. DANGIT.

Costacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Canga! Try a bellini! <wink>

Bonzacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm sorry to keep talking about food in this thread but Costa, I gave up trying to get anything close to Tex Mex in California and I just hold out for those small, thick, handmade San Antonio flour tortillas! Your recipe sounds great, though, and ya know - corn tortillas are a bit healthier for you. Um... like fat & carb grams matter when eating Mexican food, but every little bit helps.....

I'm going to eat now......

Cangaroo

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm wondering how bellinis will mix in my tummy with jalapenos on my fritatta I have going here...I don't want my tummy to rebel (too much)

Kmjm

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay! Costa is back with the bellinis.

To get back to the original topic, Ali was playing in the ball room and pulled out one with "sweetbreads" on it. She read it out, and then said, "What the F is that?"

What555456

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, since we have been talking about Mexican food, I am going to say it is "pan dulce."

But then, I suspect BB really meant what they truly are. I have always found them to be delicious, if prepared properly. But maybe that is just because I'm gay.

Diacritical

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BOnzacat -- I live in NYC, but come from San Antonio. Two trips a year back are a minimum, and the first breakfast will always be one fajita and egg taco and one chorizo and egg breakfast taco - preferably from Taco Cabana. No one here knows how to make a proper fajita, let alone a breakfast taco.

As for Ali -- she is being made to look more dumb than she is by some of the editing. Robert and Jee are both slightly challenged, but the remaining women are all of average or above average intelligence. None of them though are very curious or have a well rounded and ready cultural wit. I am fairly sure the producers do not want such people because their target audience is not attracted to that sort of atmosphere. They seem to want youth, skin and ignorance.

Bonzacat

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I can keep this thread on topic (sort of) by saying that I bet if there had been a ball labeled "mole", most would have said, "what?"

And Dia -- OMG! Yes, Taco C is always on our list for at least two late night or early morning visits. I am still totally hooked on Teka Molina's bean rolls so that's another must-have. I even ship tamales to CA, for anyplace else in the country makes them huge and all cornmeal. When I serve TX tamales here people are amazed at the difference. I would imagine you are not finding skinny tamales in NYC!

Cangaroo

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 10:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
:( You mean the topic wasn't food after all?

Well, Allison didn't know what Gouda was and she obviously didn't know what Brie was either because she pronounced it Brye (as in rye). I think the girl has not ventured far from her neighborhood culture much. I'm thinking once she left for college the people she seeked out were those most like her too. Some of us, once we left home, took the opportunity to check out everything as un-like us as possible, while others stayed close to what they knew.

Jazzzy

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 11:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
mmmmmm I can't wait to try some chorizo- it'll be a spicy mexican version. I'd be eating it now, if there was a restaurant nearby. guess I 'll have to wait a few days.

now, whats masa ? and pan dulce ?

Bellinis $ Jalapenos Fritatta, sounds delightful!

Btw, hot peppers are thought to increase metabolism, so they help you lose weight, so enjoy !

Seamonkey

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
She pronounced Gouda GOWDA the first try :) and yes the BRYE .. but she did taste the Brie and declared it yummy so perhaps there is a small ray of hope for her.

Yeah.. I remember my freshman year at Berkeley.. the first Sunday (the day we didn't get dinner at the dorm, one of my new friends introduced me to Mexican food that was hothothot.. learned to love those great beef tacos.. and on alternate Sunday's we'd go to a place called Sy's where I instantly loved cheesecake.. and we tended to try all sorts of stuff..

A group of us used to go to different churches, etc each Sunday (or other day as appropriate).

I know we hit some protestant churches, Christian Science, Vedanta (where I found that Sri Ramakrishna was a virgin birth like Jesus :) ), catholic, Hillel on Friday night. I don't remember if we got to check out the Buddhists.. one of our floormates was Buddhist but don't remember if she attended.. her parents were adamant that she must marry a fellow Japanese Buddhist, so she wasn't even bothering to meet guys.

But, yeah, Berkeley was this place where you wanted to just scoop up everything available.. tons of foreign films with subtitles in tiny theatres, food, drink, exciting bookstores.

Coming from a waspy area of orange county (and this was back when it was a pretty pale county), it was way cool to have black and jewish and buddhist floormates.

Simply wonderful to be 17 and out there in the world.

Cangaroo

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 11:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
masa is the corn meal that corn tortillas are made of...in the SW we buy it in bags like flour (it's actually on the same aisle next to it). Pan dulce is sweet breads...some mean it as the organs (thymus, etc.) as in french cuisine...others mean it literally, like their version of donuts. As in sopapillas (deep fried bread, so it has air pockets in them)--you bite off a corner and then fill it with honey...yum.