The Bridge

Jason Berkan

3:00 PM

I'm not certain it is even possible to get a pizza with "Canadian bacon" on it in Canada. Pizzas come with real bacon.

Frank

@StrixVaria Might as well just call it back bacon or something.

Origami Robot

Whatever those count as, that's the best.

Chippies

@StrixVaria if the pig says 'sorry' before it dies, they label it as Canadian Bacon

8

StrixVaria

Easy/soft is a runny yolk, medium is like a gooey yolk that doesn't run, and hard is that awful chalky yolk garbage.

Frank

> Canadian bacon, an American name for two different pork products: back bacon and a smoked ham

Chippies

3:00 PM

smoked ham is nice

Unionhawk

Oh so it can be ham if it wants to be.

Chippies

smoked everything is nice

Frank

Canadian bacon is also smoked ham? 'Murica, you're so strange.

Unionhawk

@Frank NO U

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden I would also very much like to know that. cc @StrixVaria

StrixVaria

3:01 PM

Anyway the Canadian bacon you'd get at Dennys or IHOP (the kinds in the picture @Frank linked) is gross.

Frank

@StrixVaria That was bacon strips.

Origami Robot

I get fried eggs over medium too

Unionhawk

@Frank No it wasn't.

StrixVaria

@Frank Underneath the real bacon was a slice of garbage Canadian bacon.

Jason Berkan

@Frank He's talking about the ham under the bacon.

Unionhawk

3:02 PM

It has sausage, bacon, and Canadian bacon

So it was, but it wasn't.

and yes I'm going to keep calling it Canadian bacon, SUE ME

Origami Robot

Country ham

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best ham

Unionhawk

Also TIL what I think of as canadian bacon 100% is ham

and I've been lied to my whole life

about everything

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Would eat this over Canadian bacon.

Would eat real bacon over either.

Origami Robot

OK guys, crispy or floppy bacon? FIGHT!

Powerlord

> Comcast is a wolf in wolf's clothing; it's that bad.

Origami Robot

3:04 PM

CRISPY!

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot CRISPY IS THIS EVEN A QUESTION

Unionhawk

Somewhere in between

Matt Эллен

crispy, if it's done right.

Unionhawk

Also, yes, if and only if it's done right

Powerlord

That quote (from this article) made me laugh.

Origami Robot

3:04 PM

@StrixVaria INORITE

Matt Эллен

none of that stuff that's been fried to cardboard

Unionhawk

(I've had too much terribad crispy bacon that it affects my decision here)

(shudder camp food shudder)

Powerlord

Incidentally, why is it that Oracle releases a new Java version the DAY after I install Java 8 on all my machines?

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria Also, sidemeat is better than bacon.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot For Thanksgiving, my wife covered the turkey in bacon. I was expecting it to be awesome, but it wasn't, because one side was super crispy and the other side wasn't. :(

Origami Robot

3:05 PM

:(

StrixVaria

@JasonBerkan Even if you took the bacon off, the bacon flavor probably leaked into the turkey...

But yeah I've found that, as novel as wrapping something in bacon sounds, it almost never comes out as tasty as you envisioned it.

Origami Robot

Man, now I wanna make jerky.

Jason Berkan

@StrixVaria It did. It's just that the bacon looked unbelievable awesome, but the side that was touching the turkey was soft.

Grace Note

@MattЭллен Esto

Unionhawk

I mean, I imagine if it did crisp on both sides, you'd have ended up with a dry as hell turkey

Grace Note

3:07 PM

@OrigamiRobot Didn't this cause an incident?

Origami Robot

Next topic: I cut up all my pancakes before adding syrup. Discuss.

@GraceNote It did.

Unionhawk

@GraceNote Isn't The Bridge just one ongoing incident?

Grace Note

@Unionhawk Yes, but only some incidents actually reach my ears from my external... contacts...

@OrigamiRobot Chocolate syrup

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot If I have a stack of pancakes, I pour syrup on top, then only eat the top pancake by ripping it apart with my fork, then repeat. My wife pours syrup on top, then cuts through the entire stack of pancakes and eats all the layers at once like some kind of layer cake.

Grace Note

I'm usually not too fond of eating pancakes though.

Unionhawk

3:09 PM

Waffles > Pancakes

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria I cut up the stack, then jumble up all the pieces, then add more syrup than should be legally allowed.

@Unionhawk Incorrect, as usual.

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk This is the truth.

As far as syrupy breakfast foods go, waffles > french toast > pancakes.

Origami Robot

Ugh

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot This makes a false assertion that people can conceive there being such a thing as "too much syrup"

Origami Robot

Pancakes are the best food.

Jason Berkan

3:11 PM

@GraceNote I have to limit my children, or they would empty the entire bottle on a single pancake.

Grace Note

Pancakes are the impossible food though.

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk hmmm waffles

Origami Robot

@GraceNote People who use the "waffles hold syrup better" argument seem to think this way.

Arperum

You americans are weird

3

Grace Note

@JasonBerkan Don't you guys have like a strategic syrup reserve.

Arperum

3:11 PM

And now I want pancakes or waffles :(

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I like the crispiness of waffles better.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum Me to! I'm solving it by going home

Jason Berkan

Oct 3 at 16:20, by Jason Berkan

We all have a maple tree tapped in our back yard.

Matt Эллен

Chippies

pancakes in Latvia are very different from pancakes in Canada

Grace Note

3:12 PM

The only reason I don't enjoy eating pancakes is because they're an impossible food. They're delicious, just... impossible.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria You are a monster. Fluffy pancakes allt he way!

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden couple more minutes, and then it's going to my parents time.

StrixVaria

@MattЭллен Both sides of this picture look like they're made of plastic and are not appetizing at all.

Rapitor

@MattЭллен waffles obviously

Matt Эллен

@StrixVaria you make a good point

Rapitor

3:12 PM

also o/

Origami Robot

I am not allowed to make my own pancakes. I will eat them until I throw up.

Chippies

Arperum

@MattЭллен That barely looks like pancakes. These are way too thivk.

Chippies

best pancakes

Arperum

@Chippies YES. THE AWESOME.

Jason Berkan

3:13 PM

@Chippies German pancakes, as my wife calls them.

Matt Эллен

@Arperum looks like scotch pancakes to me

Chippies

@Arperum american/canadian pancakes

Jason Berkan

We eat those as well.

Origami Robot

That looks like paper.

Arperum

2 mins ago, by Arperum

You americans are weird

Unionhawk

3:13 PM

@OrigamiRobot It secretly is.

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot a paper that tastes like AWESOME

Rapitor

those look like crepes without filling

Origami Robot

Or a tortilla

Unionhawk

13 secs ago, by Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot It secretly is.

Origami Robot

Why do you call tortillas pancakes?

StrixVaria

3:13 PM

@Arperum They're about the right thickness for pancakes around here, I'd say.

Chippies

and you can pour syrup or jam on it and roll them up

StrixVaria

You need to make your pancakes big and fluffy to hold the maximum amount of syrup.

Arperum

@Chippies Yes. all the awesome.

StrixVaria

Thin pancakes just do not transport syrup to your mouth well enough.

Chippies

@StrixVaria roll them up

Rapitor

3:14 PM

If you are gonna have pancakes, they have to be thick

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria WHen I eat pancakes, it's like a soup with pancakes bits in it.

Arperum

Or make them from non-default stuff and then even cheese is appropriate and tasty.

Chippies

thin pancakes = more syrup, less pancake

Origami Robot

@Rapitor drool

Arperum

@Rapitor That looks terrible.

Origami Robot

3:15 PM

@Chippies Less syrup gets to your mouth.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot That's awesome, in an odd sort of way.

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot ROLL IT UP! It's like a tube of syrup

Origami Robot

Not enough syrup

StrixVaria

@JasonBerkan As a Canadian, you are obliged to think this.

Matt Эллен

if you light it, it's like smoking a syrup cigar

Origami Robot

3:15 PM

Next topic: Hot or cold syrup?

Unionhawk

HOT

Origami Robot

HOT

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Hot is this even a question?

Matt Эллен

sadly, they don't light

Chippies

meat / cheese pancakes!

Matt Эллен

3:16 PM

@OrigamiRobot icecream

StrixVaria

When we started living together, my wife put the syrup in the fridge. I had to put my foot down to stop that nonsense.

Origami Robot

11 mins ago, by Origami Robot

@StrixVaria INORITE

Arperum

SO if any of you ever end up this side of the pond, and decide to come over to my place, I'll make real pancakes. You lot provide proper syrup.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria Gross.

@Arperum Do you mean that paper up there?

Unionhawk

I'm pretty sure syrup is refrigerate after opening, and has microwavable capabilities...

StrixVaria

3:17 PM

@Unionhawk Nah, at least the super-processed American syrup is fine to leave out.

Rapitor

Belgian waffles are best though. fill each hole with glorious syrup

Unionhawk

TIL.

I've been lied to my whole life.

StrixVaria

It says it on the label.

Rapitor

@Unionhawk only pure maple syrup is refrigerate.

Unionhawk

I COULD HAVE BEEN EXPEDITING MY SYRUP HEATING

Origami Robot

3:18 PM

Matt Эллен

"Please leave out. This will never go off, and having it cold is a sin"

Origami Robot

This kind even has a little microwave that cahnges with temperature.

Rapitor

I've never had microwaved syrup... seemed pointless

Origami Robot

@Rapitor Not enough syrup.

Arperum

@Rapitor If you stay two days, I'll get to waffles too.

StrixVaria

3:18 PM

Also how do all of you pronounce "syrup"?

Rapitor

@StrixVaria see-rup

Unionhawk

Depends on my mood

Origami Robot

First syllable is like "sir"

StrixVaria

First syllable is like "sear"

Unionhawk

(so, both, inconsistently)

Origami Robot

3:19 PM

@StrixVaria That's the northern way.

StrixVaria

I am north of you.

Origami Robot

I wasn't being argumentative.

Matt Эллен

/sɪrəp/

Origami Robot

It was more "yea that makes sense for you"

StrixVaria

@MattЭллен You're going to make me go look up an IPA chart again.

Matt Эллен

3:21 PM

one day I will make an IPA to my voice translator :D

Origami Robot

I'm pretty sure my family is the one group that pronounces pecan like we do.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Goddammit I live in Belgium, we invented things like waffles and fries. I think I know when a pancake is well made or not.

Origami Robot

PEE-con

Frank

sear-up

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I don't say this word consistently, because different people I knew growing up said it differently. I've mostly settled on "PEE-can", though.

Although a lot of people around here say "pih-KAHN".

Rapitor

3:23 PM

@StrixVaria I use it interchangeably

Origami Robot

Everyone else either says PEE-can or pih-CON

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot real maple syrup or no syrup at all

Unionhawk

@MBraedley Real maple syrup is expensive in large quantities in America (I can only assume you get it by the liter in a bag for real cheap in canada)

Origami Robot

@MBraedley While I will make no claims to the "real" part, I'm pretty sure "original" means "maple"

StrixVaria

Real maple syrup is ridiculously expensive in America.

Rapitor

3:24 PM

@Unionhawk I've only seen either tiny bottles same price as much larger "fake" syrup. or bulk jugs that cost a shit ton

MBraedley

@Unionhawk I didn't say it was cheap here, either

Frank

@Unionhawk I sent some over to a buddy of mine in Japan a few years ago. TIL: Japanese people absolutely love maple syrup.

StrixVaria

For the same volume as our super-processed fake Syrup, it costs like 5-8x as much.

Possibly more, actually.

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot Unless it says "Maple" on the jug, it probably isn't real maple syrup.

Unionhawk

Well then why are you complaining? The man wants illegal amounts of syrup, and accomplishing that with real stuff would cost like a million dollars.

MBraedley

3:25 PM

Although it may be maple flavoured.

Rapitor

@Unionhawk he'd die of diabeetus

Origami Robot

@MBraedley That's what I said!

Frank

Great, now I want maple syrup.

THANKS, BRIDGE!

Origami Robot

Also, when I actually say syrup, it comes out more like "surp" with my accent

Matt Эллен

you're welcome!

Rapitor

3:28 PM

35$ for 32 oz

Koviko

A jug of syrup just made me hungry.

Rapitor

@Koviko scroll up some more

Unionhawk

QUICK EVERYONE PING @Koviko WITH PICTURES OF FOOD

Koviko

@Rapitor Uh oh. That doesn't sound like a good idea

@Unionhawk wtf no ._.

Matt Эллен

£1.10/100ml in the UK

£11 per litre

I have no idea what that is in American units

badp

3:30 PM

@GraceNote 4

@Rapitor wat

Origami Robot

Americans use liters

SOMETIMES

badp

Frank

@Rapitor That seems...off. WAAAAAAY too cheap.

Unionhawk

@MattЭллен wolframalpha.com/input/?i=11+GBP%2FL+to+USD%2Fgallon

Rapitor

@OrigamiRobot only in medicinal, I believe

Jason Berkan

3:32 PM

$18 CDN/L here: finemapleproducts.com/en

Origami Robot

@Rapitor 2-liter soda

Matt Эллен

@Unionhawk impressive!

Unionhawk

@Rapitor And pop/soda/coke

Rapitor

@OrigamiRobot and that... (soda is medicine)

Unionhawk

@Rapitor Mhmm

Frank

3:32 PM

@JasonBerkan I found one that was $19/L.

Yeah, so it's certainly not cheap by any stretch.

Still so good, though.

Unionhawk

@MattЭллен If you have a dimensional analysis problem of any sort, plop it into wolframalpha, and it'll just do.

Origami Robot

I never want real maple syrup

Frank

With the price dropping to $13.25/L if you buy a 4L jug.

Origami Robot

I don't know if I can handle the revelation

Jason Berkan

@Frank Plus shipping from Quebec to me would likely cost more than Quebec to the NE US.

Origami Robot

3:34 PM

@Frank I want to blissfully enjoy what I have.

Frank

@OrigamiRobot What? You don't want to try the source of the processed delicousness?

Rapitor

@Frank He's right though. After having pure maple syrup, I can't enjoy fake anymore

Frank

@Rapitor It just means your standards have increased.

Origami Robot

I will try real maple syrup on my death bed.

@Frank That can be a bad thing.

Jason Berkan

It will cost me my citizenship, but I actually like fake syrup over maple syrup.

Frank

3:36 PM

@JasonBerkan Yep, you're no longer allowed to be Canadian.

Rapitor

@Frank My standards aren't aware how expensive that shit is.

Unionhawk

@JasonBerkan cc @Wipqozn

Origami Robot

@JasonBerkan Do you need a hug?

Unionhawk

next purchase: probably an actual mouse pad

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot sniff No. I'll be OK.

Frank

3:37 PM

@Rapitor As in everything, you get what you pay for.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan This is acceptable.

Unionhawk

I think that means you can keep your citizenship if @Wipqozn says it's okay.

Frank

@Wipqozn And now you're not allowed to be Canadian, either.

Jason Berkan

I assumed he meant it was acceptable for me to give up my citizenship as penance for my wrong syrup loving.

Unionhawk

Oh, well

Wipqozn

3:39 PM

@JasonBerkan Nah, you're allowed to be wrong about some things and still be Canadian.

Frank

@Wipqozn Except when it comes to maple syrup.

That's a deal breaker.

Jason Berkan

To be honest, maple trees (actually all trees) are pretty rare on the prairies.

Matt Эллен

So Canadians are allowed to support American hockey teams?

Unionhawk

I'm pretty sure I'm never allowed to be a Canadian given how hard I failed playing floor hockey

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Nah, Canadians don't play floor hockey. There's no need to. There's always ice to play on, since it's winter in canada 13 months of the year.

Unionhawk

3:43 PM

@Wipqozn I don't think you can comprehend how much failure would occur if I tried to play ice hockey.

Frank

@Unionhawk I would pay to watch this happen.

Unionhawk

You might as well just hire a hitman or something because that's how that would end.

Wipqozn

I, too, would let @Frank pay to let me watch this happen.

Rapitor

@Unionhawk if you can't skate, be a goalie. you do good for falling down

Unionhawk

not going to forget my circuit board for this lab >_>

SaintWacko

3:53 PM

Yay, more people using ShareX!

Also, I had to stay up til 3AM last night for work stuff :(

Rapitor

let's talk more food.

instant noodles (ramen/yakisoba/etc)

go

SaintWacko

I ate almost nothing but instant noodle cups in high school

I haven't touched them since

StrixVaria

They're so bad.

SaintWacko

I burnt myself out on them

Jason Berkan

@SaintWacko 975% of your daily recommended intake of salt.

Rapitor

3:55 PM

@SaintWacko basically me in college. still eat em a lot though. just the more expensive "better quality" variants

StrixVaria

My wife still eats them but I can't stand them.

Frank

@JasonBerkan To be fair, the recommended daily dose is actually the absolute minimum to sustain human life.

Rapitor

today's lunch

costs 1 whole dollar

Jason Berkan

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