spoonitnow AMA (and 10,000th post stuff)

[Lukie]

Spoon, how do you feel about the direction of your thread?

Would you rather, right now, punch me in the face or have a beer and talk about poker, jerky, rednecks, etc.?

[Lukie]

One more thing, if the point is that just about any female can get a man and the reverse isn't necessarily true, that I agree with. That's really only a small part of what I'm saying though.

I just think that all things considered like social stigmas, pms, child bearing, physical safety, etc. etc. women in general just have more to worry about and more that could go wrong you could say. Men, in many cases, have things easier in a lot of those regards. Honestly I don't even think any of that is debatable. I can see how a frustrated guy could think certain disadvantages could override those things. Whatever, this is just one guy's opinion, and not at all meant to be a battle of the sexes.

Anyway that's probably all I will post about that. It is Spoon's AMA thread after all.

[d0zer]

dunno i think almost every woman is attractive to someone.

True, but generally the kind of guys susceptible to gold diggers are shallow, and no uggos or fatties allowed. The idea that women are better off because they can gold dig is more and more true at the hottest end of the spectrum, and less and less as we descend into uggo territory.

Objective beauty standards do exist to some extent. Luckily for the sub-5s, it's possible to fall in love with less attractive people. Pretty sure the brain tricks you into thinking people are hotter after enough time if you really like other things about them.

And the analog for men doesn't really exist. I mean I suppose if you are in the top 5%ile of male attractiveness you might get some similar benefits as a man, but its certainly lessened due to our culture.

I think there is an analogy for men, it's just more complicated than physical attractiveness because women's standards are more multi-faceted than our simpleton male standards.

Being attractive benefits both genders quite a bit, I'm not sure the many unattractive women have it easier than the unattractive man.

Besides, rich housewives MUST have it tough. Why else would they need wine & benzos to get through the day?

[kiwiMark]

cos they were bringing one thing and one thing only to the table and hubby got bored of it so now their existence has no value. bring on the validating poolboys.

[Chelle]

Lukie - imho, you're dead on.

I don't wanna' add much to it, just cause I don't wanna be helping in derailing the thread too much. But, yeah - the victim is trialed harshly, because so many dumb ass bitches have lied to cover their ass or to get some sort of self-gain.

[Lukie]

well this is the women and jerky thread, and I probably need to boost my man cred back up by talking more about jerky.

I made another batch starting yesterday. This time I just had a lot of food, and lots of parties and social events came together and had a couple packs of thin sliced pork chops that were going to go in the freezer, but instead figured I would try some pork jerky instead to avoid wasting anything. first world problems.

I started with 8 pork chops, roughly 2lb (~1kg) total. There wasn't any uniform thickness but some were pretty damn thin, especially after being handled on my cutting board to trim off fat/connective tissue. My cuts were thinner where the meat was thicker. It makes sense to me anyway

marinade 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup red devil hot sauce, couple dashes liquid smoke, garlic powder, and a tablespoon or so of brown sugar. I wanted to compare this to the other beef jerky I made without the sugar, see below.

I let that marinade overnight and then some, and put the meat directly on the oven rack again and this time set it to 200 with the door slightly cracked open for a couple hours first, as I was a little more paranoid using pork instead of beef. After that I set it to warm for a few more hours and have been picking at the smaller pieces. It really turned out well and this time does not have an overwhelming salty taste, despite marinating for significantly longer

For those that want pics just imagine a few dozen fairly small pieces of jerky. It pretty much looks like that. Maybe ever-so-slightly lighter than usual due to using pork instead of beef, but not much.

Also I am noticing that despite the amount of hot sauce used, the end product really isn't hot at all. That is fine because it still tastes really good, but I will probably start using less but adding something a little more concentrated like ground cayenne pepper or maybe a couple habaneros to the marinade.

[daviddem]

well this is the women and jerky thread, and I probably need to boost my man cred back up by talking more about jerky.

I made another batch starting yesterday. This time I just had a lot of food, and lots of parties and social events came together and had a couple packs of thin sliced pork chops that were going to go in the freezer, but instead figured I would try some pork jerky instead to avoid wasting anything. first world problems.

I started with 8 pork chops, roughly 2lb (~1kg) total. There wasn't any uniform thickness but some were pretty damn thin, especially after being handled on my cutting board to trim off fat/connective tissue. My cuts were thinner where the meat was thicker. It makes sense to me anyway

marinade 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup red devil hot sauce, couple dashes liquid smoke, garlic powder, and a tablespoon or so of brown sugar. I wanted to compare this to the other beef jerky I made without the sugar, see below.

I let that marinade overnight and then some, and put the meat directly on the oven rack again and this time set it to 200 with the door slightly cracked open for a couple hours first, as I was a little more paranoid using pork instead of beef. After that I set it to warm for a few more hours and have been picking at the smaller pieces. It really turned out well and this time does not have an overwhelming salty taste, despite marinating for significantly longer

For those that want pics just imagine a few dozen fairly small pieces of jerky. It pretty much looks like that. Maybe ever-so-slightly lighter than usual due to using pork instead of beef, but not much.

Also I am noticing that despite the amount of hot sauce used, the end product really isn't hot at all. That is fine because it still tastes really good, but I will probably start using less but adding something a little more concentrated like ground cayenne pepper or maybe a couple habaneros to the marinade.

Want hot? try: Dave's Insanity Sauce

My daily fix for hot sauce in the Philippines is Mama Sita's hot pepper sauce, made with "Labuyo" peppers (local bird's eye chili). This is hotter than Habanero Tabasco, and tastes far better.

[spoonitnow]

I'm glad to hear that the brown sugar helped with the saltiness.

As a random aside, my girlfriend always hogs my jerky, so I usually cut up about half a pound worth into smaller pieces (about 1 inch by 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch) just for her because it's easier to snack on.

Another variation you might want to try if you're planning on eating it within a week or so is to dry it out a little more than you normally would, though not to the point that it's rock-hard, and then let it sit for about two days in a plastic bag at room temperature. The small amount of moisture left in it starts to sweat, and it really brings out the flavor in a major way.

[DoubleJ]

Want hot? try: Dave's Insanity Sauce

O dear DD, u rilly let urself down there.



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[Lukie]

When I was in middle school I brought dave's insanity sauce to lunch and to a wrestling meeting. Looking back on it, seeing as how that was before I hit my growth spurt, I am seriously surprised I didn't get my ass kicked for that one.

[Renton]

Yeah I mean why don't you just plug your asshole with that insanity bottle you fucking fruit loop.

[Fix]

many yrs u been playing poker?
amount of $ you've made in poker lifetime?

your ratio of poker content post related to miscellaneous on this poker forum?

[spoonitnow]

many yrs u been playing poker?
amount of $ you've made in poker lifetime?

your ratio of poker content post related to miscellaneous on this poker forum?

I haven't played any meaningful amount of poker in a few years. I probably played in some serious context for about four years, and I'm up about 220k lifetime give or take.

My ratio of poker to other is about 2:1 or 3:2.

[a500lbgorilla]

What's the last thing that made you cry?

[spoonitnow]

What's the last thing that made you cry?

When my grand-dad died.

[Circuits]

What do you drive?

What about yourself are you most proud of?

[rong]

Spoon, I have a question for you. Where can I go if I want to discuss poker strategy in real time with other poker players? Also, I don't want to have to download anything.

[spoonitnow]

Spoon, I have a question for you. Where can I go if I want to discuss poker strategy in real time with other poker players? Also, I don't want to have to download anything.

lol... See the FTR Chat Room. You just follow the instructions in this thread and you'll be there in like 30 seconds tops. I'm in there most of the time in the morning/afternoon/evening Eastern time.

A number of guys from FTR made it through the stakes while hanging out in the FTR Chat Room (also known as IRC). Micro2Macro comes to mind as a good example, though there are others. There's a lot of what effectively boils down to free coaching there for new and intermediate, and that's why.

What do you drive?

What about yourself are you most proud of?

I drive a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, dark green. I want to get a small car soon that gets good gas mileage, though. On a related note, my first car was a 1987 Ford Thunderbird (the V6) for $1,100 cash that I drove for like three years. It got slightly better gas mileage than what I'm driving now, though it was less reliable.

I'm the most proud of my self-reliance, and that probably comes primarily from being a redneck.