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By Blaidd Drwg It was a good week for pitchers in the strikeout department: On Wednesday, Doug Fister set an AL record when he recorded 9 consecutive strikeouts. He broke the record of 8, which had been done by several pitchers, most recently by Blake Stein (!) in 2001. He didn’t quite make it to […] By Blaidd Drwg The NL has 4 of its 5 playoff spots finalized, with only the 2nd wild card still remaining. Even then, the Cardinals have a 3 game lead over the Dodgers with 6 games remaining, making it unlikely that the Dodgers will catch the Redbirds. The AL is a different story – no […] By Iron Chef Leftovers Since I now need to harvest all of my tomatoes before the cool nights cause them to split (not to mention the basil, tarragon and Vietnamese coriander), dinner pretty much every night in the Iron Chef household is going to consist of something tomatoish. A nice, quick and easy recipe is […] By Blaidd Drwg The NFL ref situation is now beyond ridiculous. Everyone knows about the botched calls at the end of the Seahawks-Packers game that resulted in a Seahawks win. Well, the NFL decided to release a statement about the game, and, in the biggest copout ever, Roger Goodell said this: While the ball is […] by A.J. Coltrane I thought it would be fun to try combining instant mashed potato into a bread, inspired by this Onion-Potato Focaccia. The catch was, I had two hours from the initial mixing until the bread needed to be out of the oven. Two hours isn’t remotely enough time to naturally develop flavors in […] By Iron Chef Leftovers Ommegang is a Belgian style brewery nestled in the hills of Cooperstown, NY. They make some pretty fantastic beers, my favorite being Three Philosophers. On this occasion, we cracked a bottle of Seduction, which the Ommegang website describes as: …is lovingly brewed with six dark malts. Chocolatier Callebut provides the chocolate, […] by A.J. Coltrane Bread experts will often recommend an autolyse step when making breads and pizza. Typically this involves combining the flour and water, and perhaps some of the yeast, then letting the flour hydrate for about 20 minutes. Quoting thefreshloaf(dot)com: How do you use the autolyse technique? Simply combine the flour and water from […] By Bliadd Drwg Earlier in September, the Red Sox came limping into Seattle, for a pillow fight series against the Mariners. Things have been so bad for the Red Sox this season; they actually had a worse record than the Mariners on September 3rd, the first game of the season. Normally the Red Sox are […] By Iron Chef Leftovers Ok, so this post is not really about baseball; I tend to leave that to my friends AJ Coltrane and Blaidd Drwg. It must be nice to be Harvard. The school has no culinary program, but it does sponsor a lecture series on Science and Cooking. For those of us not […] by A.J. Coltrane Ok, I know I’m hung up on this “Russell Wilson Is Too Short Thing”, but: Wilson has been called a test study in a league that hinges on centimeters and is steadfast on black-and-white metrics. A wide receiver is supposed to run the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds, an offensive […] |
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