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 | If you're watching NBC, you're probably familiar with the first Kingfish coach - Degas on 5/19/13 at 3:01 pm Pierre McGuire
[img]http://sinhlredlight.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/pierre-mcguire.jpg[/img]
He's the guy between the two benches.
[link=(http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=56426)]Stats[/link]
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Food and Drink Board
 | Restaurants fear tough drunk-driving law will be buzzkill for light drinkers - Degas on 5/18/13 at 1:22 pm [link=(http://www.nbcnews.com/business/restaurants-fear-tough-drunk-driving-law-will-be-buzzkill-light-1C9942370)]LINK[/link]
I honestly don't think this is going to deter those people who enjoy just one or two drinks at dinner, worrying about whether they're .046 or .056.
Contrary to the arti...
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Music Board
 | Space Oddity actual vid from space - Degas on 5/13/13 at 11:12 am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo&list=WL973DD434CE2304A6
I found this video very intriguing. Sorry if it's been shared already, but I think it's worthy of a look....
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Food and Drink Board
 | Let's talk Curry N Kabab - Degas on 5/6/13 at 7:30 pm Everything I've had there has been outstanding and the prices are very reasonable, so I'm just curious if anyone has left there underwhelmed or disappointed.
Another thread asked what our current favorite eateries in BR are, and this was easily #1 for me right now. No, I don't work there...yes, ...
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Food and Drink Board
 | Resting a chicken (or turkey) breast side down - Degas on 5/4/13 at 2:29 pm I came across this in a recipe and it made me ponder the pros and cons.
I can see how the juices from the dark meat would sort of self baste the white meat as it rests...hmmm...I've never done this....
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Music Board
 | What's the word for those plastic pieces we used to put into a 45 single - Degas on 4/29/13 at 6:30 pm ...so that it would fit on a 33 1/3 vinyl spindle?
I'm drawing a blank and won't be able to sleep tonight if I don't find out.
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Food and Drink Board
 | Festival International Food - Degas on 4/27/13 at 1:14 pm I'm staying in Lafayette this weekend for Festival and had a blast Friday night. I'm headed back tonight and I'll need to pay more attention as to whom the various vendors are because I had some good grub last night, which included an Italian cucumber and tomato salad, fried gator, shrimp poboy, shr...
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Food and Drink Board
 | An outlandish and unique ingredient for a crawfish boil - Degas on 4/20/13 at 11:10 am I'm headed to a boil this weekend with instructions to add to the boil in sort of a pot luck manner, and most of the usual ingredients are covered. Garlic, corn, mushrooms, sausage, asparagus are already on their way. I'm looking for something different for my contribution that would be a hit. For i...
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Food and Drink Board
 | For those who are familliar with Island Creek oysters (or not)... - Degas on 4/16/13 at 2:44 pm I may get flamed for mentioning this in an LA food board, but [link=(http://islandcreekoysters.com/ico/)]Island Creek[/link] oysters are some of the best I've ever had. Very plump and deliciously salty.
Also a tribute to those in MA. :usa:
Has anyone else tried these? Opinions?...
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Food and Drink Board
 | Cheap and easy crock pot pork roast with pics - Degas on 4/15/13 at 5:59 pm This couldn't be much simpler. Take some peeled and halved onions into a hot cast iron skillet with a touch of oil. Get some color on those, then drop in the carrots. Transfer to crock pot.
[img]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/8945/phonepics023.jpg[/img]
Next, season and brown the pork on a...
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Food and Drink Board
 | Maximizing the resourses for head cheese - Degas on 4/12/13 at 3:10 pm Ta daaaaa!
Presenting a two headed pig...
[img]http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130412-two-headed-pig-hmed-1220p.photoblog600.jpg[/img]
[link=(http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/12/17721486-two-headed-pig-born-in-china?lite)]LINK (pun intended)[/link]
I wonde...
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Food and Drink Board
 | Regular vs fume free oven cleaner - Degas on 4/11/13 at 12:10 pm For the same price, I'm not sure why anyone would opt to choose fumes, unless it cleans better. Which to go with and why?...
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Food and Drink Board
 | A decent burger in Lafayette - Degas on 4/8/13 at 6:33 pm First, I'd like to apologize in advance for starting one of those best burger threads, however, I have done a search and have taken advice from some here and have tried various places, and I'm still searching for a burger that I can really enjoy.
Thumbs down on the now defunct Southside, which wa...
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Food and Drink Board
 | Is this Jim Beam still good? - Degas on 4/4/13 at 2:28 am I had reason to use a stadium blanket which comes in a case so that you can use it as a seat cushion with the blanket in it. Anyway, I'm taking out the blanket and wrapped inside it is an opened 750ml bottle of my buddy Jim Beam.
There's a couple of issues however. One is that it's a plastic bot...
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O-T Lounge
 | Love the LSU shirt, possibly NSFW - Degas on 3/22/13 at 11:22 am [img]http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2013/3/21/94dde552-a249-4462-bd9e-2db017465358.jpg[/img]
ETA: NSFW by request...
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O-T Lounge
 | Word of the day: Kapooya - Degas on 3/22/13 at 11:09 am http://www.break.com/index/kapooya-2426293...
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Food and Drink Board
 | Sabra hummus appreciation thread - Degas on 3/17/13 at 1:56 pm I usually opt for the pine nut Sabra, and find myself spreading it on chicken sandwiches now just like I would mustard or mayo. Obviously excellent with toasted pita bread as well.
[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yW9-KbWuxtA/TFJRjw7PGyI/AAAAAAAABeg/YeK-tgS0dOY/s1600/sabra-hummus_300.jpg[/img]
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Food and Drink Board
 | Happy Steak and BJ Day - Degas on 3/14/13 at 8:39 am What's on the menu tonight?...
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 | A question for you chicken smokers / BBQers... - Degas on 3/12/13 at 11:30 pm When you make a whole chicken, would you suggest to leave those two clumps of fat just inside the rear cavity, or do you recommend taking them out. I usually rip them out, but I'm wondering if there's any basting that happens, although with the breast up, there really isn't much meat to baste. Do th...
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Food and Drink Board
 | Curry N Kabab - Degas on 3/10/13 at 9:14 pm Holy cow, the food out of this kitchen is amazing.
What a gem!
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 | Where is turtle soup available in BR? - Degas on 3/10/13 at 1:32 pm ...and the best?...
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 | Dempsey's Chicken Fried Steak (w/pic...NSFW if hungry) - Degas on 3/6/13 at 7:35 pm [img]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3933/photo2pln.jpg[/img]
Kudos to the posters here who've mentioned this dish. Because of you, I opted to try it for my lunch, and I wasn't disappointed.
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Food and Drink Board
 | Olive Garden promises cheaper food, more options - Degas on 2/28/13 at 12:44 pm C'mon Baton Rouge...support your local Olive Garden!
[link=(http://www.nbcnews.com/business/olive-garden-promises-cheaper-food-more-options-1C8595202)]struggled with declining sales[/link]
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Food and Drink Board
 | Nationwide study casts a wide net over seafood fraud - Degas on 2/21/13 at 10:20 am [quote]The most frequent outlet for mislabeling was sushi restaurants. Out of 118 sushi venues visited, 95% sold fish that varied from their menu identification[/quote][link=(Nationwide study casts a wide net over seafood fraud)]LINK[/link]
I knew that Tai (red snapper) is regularly substituted, ...
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Food and Drink Board
 | I ate at Applebee's for the first time in my life today - Degas on 2/17/13 at 12:20 am There's a reason I've never chose to eat there. I'm not into those sort of mega chain places, and someone in my group chose to meet there for lunch. I went in with very low expectations, but they didn't even meet those.
I scoured the menu looking for something that would be hard to mess up and g...
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More Sports Board
 | Mascot Breaks Free and Flees Arena - Vid - Degas on 2/10/13 at 12:25 pm :lol:
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/sports/2013/02/09/vo-ca-runaway-condor.bakersfield-condors
Thank goodness it wasn't a tiger....
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Food and Drink Board
 | How tricky are scotch eggs to make? Tips? - Degas on 2/7/13 at 2:02 pm Admittedly, I've never made a scotch egg in my life, and it's on my recipe bucket list.
Any tips or tricks that I should know about? The recipes seem fairly simple....
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 | Predictions as to when the PuttaDaForkDown thread gets unpinned - Degas on 1/31/13 at 3:00 pm Whatcha got?...
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 | The Most Common Cooking Mistakes - Degas on 1/27/13 at 12:42 pm [link=(http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/techniques/cooking-questions-tips-00400000064986/page54.html)]LINK[/link]
I thought it would be good to share since we've all been guilty of one or more of these mistakes, mine as recently as last night, which is why I found the page in my research j...
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Fantasy Sports Board
 | Yahoo fantasy really sucks - Degas on 1/19/13 at 4:45 pm As some remember, a few weeks back, yahoo fantasy football crashed on a Sunday.
Today, on this opening day of NHL, no stats are being reported in the roster, matchup, or Stat Tracker, making for another in enjoyable experience.
Yahoo sucks. :doublebird:...
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