The Frying Pan - 2015-09-03 (page 1 of 2)

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12:00 AM

@Cerberus Oh, various forms of harrassment and stuff. Being a non-resident alien in the US isn't easy.

You get bullied and pushed around a lot.

@FaheemMitha Hmm why not?

It is possible.

@FaheemMitha By whom? What do they do?

@Cerberus What, being in India? Because it's a nasty hellhole populated by criminals and lunatics. You must have missed the memo.

@Cerberus By employers. Who else?

@FaheemMitha Surely you exaggerate. There are many good things about it.

@Cerberus If you say so.

But why not emigrate, then?

@FaheemMitha Oh. Well, there's the red flag again. Don't talk to me about American labour conditions.

12:06 AM

@Cerberus Um, I used to live outside India. As to why I don't any longer, that's complicated.

I'm sure...

@Cerberus Ok, I won't. Have you ever lived in the US?

No.

I would die.

@Cerberus Why would you die?

Because of everything about it.

12:12 AM

@Cerberus Not a US fan then?

Ever been to India?

No, and no.

I like old things.

Aesthetically.

@Cerberus Ok. Well, I just sent off my email. Time to go back to sleep, probably.

@Cerberus So I gathered. Is that relevant?

Socially, I tend more towards modernism, though slightly more progressive than reactionary.

@FaheemMitha To whom!

@FaheemMitha I don't know?

You should go to sleep too.

Bye, everyone.

Nah, then I would wake up after 3 hours.

Sleep well!

2 hours later…

2:04 AM

o/

Hello.

Have you ever used Chat Roulette?

Imagine you run into...this:

Real Life First Person Shooter (Chatroulette version)

haha I've seen that

2:19 AM

You have!

I do wonder whether the "random" chat roulette people are real.

They are, but they're just one data point in many million

How do you know, and how do you mean?

> Reynolds says it was just a fun project that they did in a weekend, with "one practice run, with a member of our team on a Skype call... to check that the system was working, and then straight into finding strangers on the internet." They ended up doing about 50 runs, with the few players who completed the whole "level" taking about 20 minutes.

Apparently the producer says they are real people.

I am inclined to believe him.

5 hours later…

7:08 AM

@ElendilTheTall Knock Knock!

2 hours later…

8:48 AM

Hi @Jolenealaska.

9:08 AM

Hi @FaheemMitha

I'm working on another gumbo for 50.

@Jolenealaska Sounds busy. And hopefully profitable.

Is the IMM awol?

9:45 AM

I have been very out of touch... so, I dunno.

1 hour later…

11:10 AM

@Jolenealaska ok

2 hours later…

12:51 PM

@Jolenealaska whats in your Gumbo?

I'm writing the recipe as I go, but I am measuring everything very carefully so I can duplicate it next time.

so far... Chocolate brown roux, shrimp (sous vide to just pasteurized), reindeer sausage (very popular in AK), seasoned chicken thighs...

Frontier brand Cajun seasoning,

Roasted red peppers

Cajun "trinity" (onions, green pepper, celery)

okra

White rice (packaged separately) with minced green onion...

oh the rice isnt in the gumbo itself?

Gumbo file powder packaged in those little baggies drug dealers use...

file powder?

NO! It's very important to keep the rice separate.

file!

thespicehouse.com/spices/…

1:03 PM

@Jolenealaska perhaps this is true from the preparation stand point but i've only been a comsumer so i wouldnt know

I have been perfecting my gumbo recipe for decades :)

oh i see

I've never had better gumbo than my own.

haha ok if i find myself in Alaska, im making a trip to your place and trying some of your world class gumbo

(Yes I totally just invited myself to your house :D)

As soon as I'm settled I'll post pictures :-)

1:07 PM

Also you have a sous vide machine? I assume diy project? Cause a normal sous vide machine is pretty expensive

Every day I am more acutely aware that this place is just perfect for me :-)

@Jolenealaska :( I want more than just pictures

@Jolenealaska Im really glad to hear you like the move

yes, I asked for and received a sous vide set up last Christmas.

@Jolenealaska thats terrific.

A Sous vide machine is a project in the near future for me

By sous videing the shrimp, at 122F for 1.5 hours, I pasteurize it without cooking it.

1:09 PM

most likely going to use a large rice cooker as the conduit. What type of device is your sous vide machine hijacking?

@Jolenealaska never had "raw" shrimp before

not sure i would actually enjoy the texture

I am selling them in 1 quart containers, special orders welcome, to all the VFW's and American Legions in the area. Frozen, bring to a boil, that "cooks" the shrimp without overcooking it.

@Jolenealaska ohh i see

it's all put together with being frozen and reheated in mind.

@Jolenealaska is that why the rice is separate or is it normally separate regardless of freezing prep

most people mix the rice in, but that's lazy. Gumbo is best experienced in layers.

1:12 PM

@Jolenealaska so its almost served like a curry with gumbo on top of the rice?

Yes

ah i see

so its the same sort of thing with stir fry

or a dollop of rice on top

my roommates always cook the rice directly into the stirfry and it always makes me cringe

I am using nothing but premium ingredients all available at Sam's Club or Costco.

1:13 PM

"Thats not how its suppose to work!! AHHHH"

@Jolenealaska i love costco :)

My labels will include nutritional information and ingredients.

@Jolenealaska thats quite a lot of work

I can get away with cooking at home because I'm only selling it to private clubs.

Yes, but it's also money.

@Jolenealaska would it be insensitive of me to ask how much you are charging per quart or is that something you havent decided yet

I will be able to add up the ingredients for this gumbo after this batch.

1:16 PM

Also are you designing the labels yourself or do you have someone doing that for you?

I'm looking for a 50% markup.

I'm doing it

@Jolenealaska ah i see, so its still in the "figuring out" stage right now

Do you have good branding?

it may be old technology, but I'm a whiz with desktop publishing.

Yes, I am a member and former officer of both the American Legion and the VFW.

@Jolenealaska is there a mascot to represent your gumbo?

1:17 PM

Since I'm only selling to them, I will play up that in the labeling.

@Jolenealaska good idea

no, just me.

I hope you fortune in your gumbo endeavor

but from it sounds of it, i want to reserve a quart myself

Make yourself fortune in your Gumbo venture

I think it will be just perfect for me, a little extra pocket money for something I can do at home in my own time.

1:19 PM

@Jolenealaska for sure.

I am breaking it down into very reasonable batches of labor, all frozen until I put together.

@Jolenealaska what kind of container will the gumbo be in?

the chinese soup takeout quarts?

Then I mix it, package it, label it and deliver it frozen in quart containers.

amazon.com/Reditainer-Storage-Containers-32-Ounce-24-Pack/dp/…

ah i see

looks exactly like the chinese soup quarts

but it looks kinda expensive

I de-fat every step of the way, and I am a huge food nerd, so creating nutritional labels will be kind of fun.

the first test batch went over like gangbusters at the party at the American Legion on my birthday.

1:24 PM

if you go to your nearest chinese food shop, you might be able to source cheaper containers

Oh I'm definitely into sourcing

im pretty source my dad buys those containers about a fraction of that price

honestly, the best deal is probably to be found at Costco or Sam's Club.

I just bought those up as an example, I'm sure the Costco version will be just fine.

yea

I'm also looking into getting a chest freezer.

1:25 PM

having your storage container cost almost a whole dollar seem like alot

@Jolenealaska to store dead bodies? damn i guess im not visiting you after all

@Jay there is even a perfect place to put it.

the chest freezer? or dead bodies?

Either one I suppose!

theres a talltale in china in which there is a tea shop in a mountainside that sells meat buns

and they source the meat from random customers once in a while when they run out of meat

Probably from their pets

1:29 PM

@Cerberus hi cerbie. remember how i told you about a mutual friend who was also gay

turns out he already has a boyfriend ><

The state of Alaska delivers roadkill moose to people on a waiting list.

I invited him to go to a cabin with me and my friends and he asked if he could bring his boyfriend haha

naturally i said yes because im a dumbface and need to know how to say no

@Jolenealaska haha nice, are you on that list

looking into it now..

@Jay Ugh, that sucks.

But it happens.

@Cerberus oh well. im going to the beach on saturday.

i think hes coming too

but i dont think he knew i was interested in him so it'll be all good

1:32 PM

alaskafood.org/wp-content/uploads/materials/…

Since the VFW and Legions are charitable organizations, I can probably finagle a way to get away with it.

Moose or bear gumbo would sell like hot cakes

@Jay Or even if he did, it is an honest mistake, nothing to be ashamed of.

@Jolenealaska thats awesome.

@Cerberus not to be ashame of but itll still be slightly awkward haha. but yea its of the past.

@Cerberus Are you still dating that university guy/how long have you been with him?

from the way you said it, it sounds like its been a while

it has been a while :-)

I'm impressed

The longest relationship i've been in was just shy of 6 months lol

How did that go?

1:40 PM

He was a nice guy but he was too "vanilla"

I was legally married for 20 years, but only with him for eight.

I felt really bad for breaking things off because we had already planned on going to a weekend camping trip

@Jolenealaska so you were separated for 12 years after marriage?

@Jolenealaska How did that work?

It was great actually.

Anytime anybody asked me if I was married, I could answer in any way that suited me at the moment.

haha

1:42 PM

My marital status now is much less open to interpretation.

I actually went to court and got the divorce at the urging of a man I thought I loved at the time.

I realize now that I dodged a bullet.

@Jolenealaska good reflexes

Holy crap... a guy just walked past my cubicle and the whole area is permeating with his cologne. ><

THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!

Rule number one from now on, any man that shares my space must have a triple digit IQ.

Other than that, I'll stick to dogs which is another entrepreneurial project.

@Jolenealaska wow... your standards are kinda low if thats all you require haha

I am taking full advantage of this huge "pet friendly" complex.

My last relationship (other than the over 10 year affair) was with a guy who made a pretty good life for himself being lazy and not very bright.

@Jolenealaska what did he do for a living

1:48 PM

Collected disability for a heart condition

oh i see

I haven't spoken to him for at least a couple of years, I assume that he works under the table to supplement his income.

He's generally pretty handy.

He's also pretty handsome.

I'll look to see if I have a picture.

@Jolenealaska why, is he pretty handsome?

oh oops

you said he is

@Jolenealaska handy in what way ;)

Not at that at all, unfortunately.

The heart condition led to an impotence that he didn't handle very well.

ah yes, one thing many men cant reconcile with

1:53 PM

I think now that he actually married the woman who he left for me

Theirs was a very platonic relationship, I think that suited him better than a relationship with me.

I'm a bit randy by nature.

@Jolenealaska haha

there are a lot of thing you can do without going below that waist

that's what I tried to tell him.

At first, the relationship was very sexually exciting.

So much so, that our first few tumbles were pretty rewarding for both of us.

new relationships generally are :P

even if the sex isn't THAT good, its still exciting

Yes, and ours was very exciting in the beginning, but good luck finding a relationship where the sex is as exciting the 50th time as the 1st.

@Jolenealaska haha yea

roleplaying!!!

1:59 PM

once the honeymoon stage was over, he couldn't maintain an erection. That really screwed him up. He found it very humiliating.

"But doctor, why do you need to check me there? I only have a sprained ankle"

So he went back to the woman who doesn't seem to want to be touched.

It's all pretty understandable, actually.

I did find picture but it's a really bad one.

@Jolenealaska try a finger up his butt. its really good for erections haha

haha this chatroom has taken on a very risque tone

yes, I'm quite familiar with various techniques :-)

I am trying to write a little bit of erotica in the book. I find it very difficult.

I get distracted by my own thoughts.

I have a few calls I need to make to eastern and central time, so now is a pretty good time to get it done. CYA!

okie dokie

ttyl

2:05 PM

@Jolenealaska Isn't that how erotica works?

2:17 PM

@AnubianNoob so tell me more about your life

What do you want to know?

@AnubianNoob anything, everything. random things

Well school's started for all of my friends back in Seattle

I'm trying to start an aeronautics club with a couple of other people

what about you?

I'm still in Detroit for another two weeks

2:22 PM

ah ok

Leaving on the 13th

Fall quarter begins on the 21st for me

so that means we probably wont see you during out regular hours anymore

I have 2 classes

On the Pursuit of Happiness psych/polysci from 10:30 to 12:20 and Calc 3 from 1:30 to 2:20

arent you in high school?

I'm taking all college courses

2:24 PM

oh i see

But it's easier than IB (the program I was in) haha

do you find it tough not having classmates your own age. or better

@Jay I would feel awkward too, but in reality there is no reason to. If you behave normally and get over it, he will be 100% fine with it, even if he knows.

It's just a compliment.

And yes I'm still with the same man, a year and a few months.

@Cerberus nice nice. thats quite a while

@Jolenealaska How were all your parties? And your Internet?

I know!

Before that, the longest was a few months.

2:27 PM

is this the longest relationship youve been in?

Yes, by far.

ooh ok

I'm normally single, which suits me fine.

well im glad things are going well for you on that front

omg who starred that finger up the butt comment.

that wasnt suppose to be starred ><

XD

not me

2:30 PM

><

Nor I.

jojo perhaps?

Quite possibly.

Or an unknown stranger.

Who's reading the transcript.

Probably jolene

actually there was 2 people who popped in but didnt say anything

2:31 PM

haha

also all my lunch buddies are out of office today :/

eating lunch by yourself is lame

i guess ill just eat at my desk today

I eat breakfast and lunch at my desk :P

I'll eat anything, anywhere.

@Cerberus thats a very broad statement that can be misconstrued very easily

I just love food.

2:33 PM

@Cerberus haha yea

my friend asked me what kind of preference i have for food

and i told him i dont discriminate

@Cerberus Do you love bad food?

@Jay Do you discriminate against bad food?

@AnubianNoob poorly prepared food is not the fault of the food itself

i have never disliked any properly prepared food as it was intended to be prepared

...

@Jay I wonder if that includes fried cockroaches, locusts, grasshoppers, snails, and dogs.

@FaheemMitha well i have never tried any of those. so i wouldnt be able to tell you

I wouldnt be opposed to trying it if it was properly prepared

well i have had snail before. not sure why thats in that list

snail is a pretty "common" food

2:42 PM

@AnubianNoob Well, sometimes. As in hamburgers or crisps.

But then again, im someone who enjoys century egg with soy sauce and rice porridge...

@Cerberus hmm i kinda want a burger for lunch now

Snails are much like seafood: I don't particularly enjoy the rubbery texture.

@Cerberus oh i love that texture

I hates it!

You may have it.

@Cerberus lets go to dinner together and ill eat all your snails

2:43 PM

Good.

haha

naturally your boyfriend can come and ill find some guy and itll be a double date

(I'm just trying to find more reasons to have extra food on my plate)

man im so unproductive this morning compared to yesterday

I'm super productive right now because I don't have anything to do!

nah I'm just working with the backend guy aka pressing the button each time he deploys

2:59 PM

@AnubianNoob oh yea? i'd like to meet this "backend" guy

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