I'm in the midst of making beef stock for the French onion soup I'll be serving as a first course tomorrow. I roasted some oxtails, beef shanks and sundry other meat/bones along with some veggies for a while and transferred all of that to a stock pot where it has been simmering over low heat for the past couple hours. It smells heavenly. I'll start making cookies in a little bit. What do you have going on?

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I'm with two prostitutes and a guy who can suck his own cock. I get no respect! Ehhh

https://youtu.be/J6w8YhlHRRU

Chicken cacciatore tomorrow. Not real Christmasy, but damn, it is good. Plus, my kids actually eat it and it is not that hard to prepare. Just have to find some Italian or French bread somewhere tomorrow.

Usually my sister makes roast beef, but that is obviously not happening this year.

No ham or turkey?

The Jewels French bread is really underrated in my opinion. The are open on Christmas.

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Mulli is Howard Stern in his prime compared to Haugh.

Thread isn’t official until there are oyster shucking pictures.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Nothing special, similar to Thanksgiving. If it stops raining like hell down here but stays in the high 50s I may put some stuff on the grill, maybe some shrimp.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Making Skirt steak tacos tonight for me and the wife.

Mom is making Lasagna tomorrow.

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We're doing home made pizza tonight with gift opening, then tomorrow is burgers on the grill, since eldest son will be off to his better half's family.

Two roast chickens, mashed taters and Brussels sprouts

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I'm sorry your poor, or how you learned to quit worrying and save a year's worth of salary by treating holidays like a Tuesday.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

My skills are limited. It's taken me a long time to master chicken cacciatore, and I had my mom's recipe and had her walk me through it. Would like to try roast beef, though. Or something Spiral makes.


Good stuff, definitely. Looks like I'll be going there! I am not made of money, but I will tip the cashier and bagger on Christmas.

I'm sorry you don't get to have any of my delicious roast chicken.

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I just picked up my oysters. I wanted to patronize a mom-and-pop to try to help during the pandemic so I drove over to Wellfleet/The Fish Guy on Elston Avenue. When I got there I saw there was a line down the block. This asshole was only letting one person in the shop at a time. Yeah buddy, I'm really gonna stand on the sidewalk for twenty minutes in 15 degree weather for the privilege of buying your overpriced shellfish. Go fuck yourself. I hope you go out of business.

JORR's updated COVID business shitlist:

1) The Pony Shop
2) Moody's Pub
3) The Fish Guy

I went to Seafood City where a nice Filipina lady bagged up my oysters and I had a pleasant conversation with a little Italian broad who was shopping for her Seven Fishes. I was in and out in ten minutes.

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Why is Moody's on your shitlist? Is it the rats? I like their beer garden in the summer.

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It's kind of funny that Moody's seems to have a winter clientele and a summer clientele. I've always been a winter guy.

Anyway, my wife and I went there not long ago and they had it set up so you entered through one door and then exited through the beer garden. Okay, fine. It wasn't really cold out so the beer garden was pretty crowded. It was still chilly enough that I didn't want to sit outside so we got a booth just a couple steps from the door where we came in. We were paying the check and a party of 8 or 10 came out of the beer garden and through the restaurant and exited through the "entrance". I'm not a Karen, but I noticed. If I owned a place that's how I'd handle things- put in just enough protocols to satisfy the authorities and my twitchier customers but don't make a big deal about enforcing them. After I paid the check I started to head out the "entrance" where the large party left and which was literally two steps from my table when the old guy behind the bar- I assume the owner- started freaking out and scolding me. Well, I don't pay to be scolded by restauranteurs. Fuck that place. I hope he goes out of business too. Merry Christmas.

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His mind is not for rent to any God or government.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

You are a special man, JORR. Merry Christmas!

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I'll keep these in mind.

Yes, Seafood City has some good Filipina pussy.

Did u get the digits of the hot Italiana?

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Bacon and eggs. Then a pizza later. It's been a really shitty week.

I have no special feeling for this holiday season. I'll be glad when it's ovah.

Bah humbug!

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I'm usually at my Aunt's at this time on Christmas Eve. Not this year so I'm getting a pizza tonight. Going to my Mom's tomorrow for lunch and she's making some stuffed chicken breast thing. Then I am making ribs for dinner. My first time making ribs in the oven so any suggestions would be welcomed.

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You can use the broiler at the end if you want to put some bark on them.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I've read about that. I've never used the broiler in my life but will tomorrow.

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Second year without home-made pierogi and my wife didn't even get any cannibal meat for sandwiches. I guess all the traditions are dying thanks to covid.

Christmas isn’t until the 7th you heathens.

Merry Christmas.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Christmas service is on NOW on wgn. At holy name cathedral.

Tune in now.

Best medicine.

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The cookies turned out great, and the beef stock seems fantastic. I just made some dough for the pancetta-leek tartlets I'm serving as an hors d'oeuvres. The onions are cooking down in the oven for the soup. I need to take them out soon and start caramelizing them. It's gonna be a long night.

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Solid Ween song.

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I deglazed like a motherfucker and the onion soup is dark, sweet, and earthy. It's going to be delicious once I assemble the croutons, cheese and broil the top. I'll put the beef roast in the oven shortly and then begin work on the pancetta-leek tartlets and the mushroom-leeek-gruyere potato gratin in earnest. Munching on some cookies now.

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