Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Fri Aug 04, 06 11:19 am EST
Flexichick wrote:
You know those guys were stoned and saying "let's throw it in the deep-fryer and see if it's tasty" and that's how all of those Mars bars, etc. got on the menu
I think that they just visited the MN State Fair - home of all things fried on a stick!
I think that I'm going to have to go to Chip Shop for lunch...
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Fri Aug 04, 06 12:11 pm EST
WhyFi wrote:
I think that they just visited the MN State Fair - home of all things fried on a stick!
Wow, a Min State Fair reference all the way out in Brooklyn! You better be careful, Brookfetish might just fall in love with you if he hears you're dropping MN references!
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Fri Aug 04, 06 11:11 pm EST
kosherdave wrote:
Wow, a Min State Fair reference all the way out in Brooklyn! You better be careful, Brookfetish might just fall in love with you if he hears you're dropping MN references!
Heh heh - he already knows that I'm from MN> I've actually been running in to a LOT of people with ties to MN - From MN, or lived in MN, their parents were from MN, they went to school in MN, etc. etc. More and more, MN seems like a behind-the-scenes powerhouse - lots of influential people and companies call the place home.
But I digress...
Didn't get to Chip Shop today. Work emergency.
BrookFetish Gentrified Chicken Customer
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 857 Location: Underhill
Sat Aug 05, 06 8:43 am EST
WhyFi wrote:
kosherdave wrote:
Wow, a Min State Fair reference all the way out in Brooklyn! You better be careful, Brookfetish might just fall in love with you if he hears you're dropping MN references!
Heh heh - he already knows that I'm from MN> I've actually been running in to a LOT of people with ties to MN - From MN, or lived in MN, their parents were from MN, they went to school in MN, etc. etc. More and more, MN seems like a behind-the-scenes powerhouse - lots of influential people and companies call the place home.
But I digress...
Didn't get to Chip Shop today. Work emergency.
But, WhyFi - we're the most important, right?
I'm down for deepfried anything - especially if it's on a stick.
I have to say, that I'm going to shed a tear or two when the MN State Fair opens for the year, and I'll be sitting here not able to go. _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Sat Aug 05, 06 10:11 am EST
BrookFetish wrote:
But, WhyFi - we're the most important, right?
Yeah, probably.
BrookFetish wrote:
I'm down for deepfried anything - especially if it's on a stick.
I have to say, that I'm going to shed a tear or two when the MN State Fair opens for the year, and I'll be sitting here not able to go.
Me too... I haven't been for about 4 years - I was hoping to make it this year, but it'll be tough with the store newly opened.
BrookFetish Gentrified Chicken Customer
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 857 Location: Underhill
Sat Aug 05, 06 10:23 pm EST
WhyFi wrote:
BrookFetish wrote:
But, WhyFi - we're the most important, right?
Yeah, probably.
BrookFetish wrote:
I'm down for deepfried anything - especially if it's on a stick.
I have to say, that I'm going to shed a tear or two when the MN State Fair opens for the year, and I'll be sitting here not able to go.
Me too... I haven't been for about 4 years - I was hoping to make it this year, but it'll be tough with the store newly opened.
store? what store? _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Wow, a Min State Fair reference all the way out in Brooklyn! You better be careful, Brookfetish might just fall in love with you if he hears you're dropping MN references!
Heh heh - he already knows that I'm from MN> I've actually been running in to a LOT of people with ties to MN - From MN, or lived in MN, their parents were from MN, they went to school in MN, etc. etc. More and more, MN seems like a behind-the-scenes powerhouse - lots of influential people and companies call the place home.
But I digress...
Didn't get to Chip Shop today. Work emergency.
I went to college in Minnesota.
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Sun Aug 06, 06 12:07 pm EST
kosherdave wrote:
I went to college in Minnesota.
Idea for a new thread -
Yo! Minnesota is the place to be (from)!
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Sun Aug 06, 06 3:57 pm EST
Brooklyn actutely lacks Gedney pickles, Summit, cheese curds, $12 cases of Huber Bock, vietnamese farmers selling thai basil bunches for $1, Isles cinnamon rolls, canoe put-ins, snow emergency parking, food-coops with non-working memberhip, xc ski trails, punk kids on double-high bikes, abundant Ethiopian food, wild rice soup, Radio K, Surdyk's, loons/mergansers/grebes, and swimming lakes.
(I'm OK without seed art, real mosquitoes, and Katherine Lanpher.)
Go gophs.
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Sun Aug 06, 06 5:25 pm EST
CHE wrote:
Brooklyn actutely lacks Gedney pickles, Summit, cheese curds, $12 cases of Huber Bock, vietnamese farmers selling thai basil bunches for $1, Isles cinnamon rolls, canoe put-ins, snow emergency parking, food-coops with non-working memberhip, xc ski trails, punk kids on double-high bikes, abundant Ethiopian food, wild rice soup, Radio K, Surdyk's, loons/mergansers/grebes, and swimming lakes.
(I'm OK without seed art, real mosquitoes, and Katherine Lanpher.)
Go gophs.
I'm just gonna sit here and drool for a bit...
Fucking cheese curds, man... mmm.
I could also go for a good ol' walleye sandwich.
Anybody up for a field trip later this month?
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Sun Aug 06, 06 8:16 pm EST
WhyFi wrote:
Anybody up for a field trip later this month?
We could always go to Great Lakes and pretend. Actually, I wonder if there IS anyplace to find some actual cheese curds here. You bring the cattle smell, I'll import some cheese curds.
Alas, though, we will never have Dairy Princess Butter Sculptures. (If that doesn't sound familiar to anyone, see this, this, and this. [Flickr links.] Yep. Butter.)
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Sun Aug 06, 06 9:09 pm EST
CHE wrote:
WhyFi wrote:
Anybody up for a field trip later this month?
We could always go to Great Lakes and pretend. Actually, I wonder if there IS anyplace to find some actual cheese curds here. You bring the cattle smell, I'll import some cheese curds.
How IS that place? I've gone by a few times during the day, but rarely find myself in the area in the evening...
No, I really don't think that we're going to find cheese curds... I did a local google search, and there was a bar in MH that had them on special for a University of Wisconsin football game, but nothing else...
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Sun Aug 06, 06 9:14 pm EST
How is Great Lakes? Eh.
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Sun Aug 06, 06 9:36 pm EST
Flexichick wrote:
How is Great Lakes? Eh.
Weekends, can be irritating, but weeknights, it approaches perfection, I think. Its goodness depends a lot on music taste, I suspect, but if that jibes, it's hard to think of anyplace better... ? Loud, dark, pleasingly lit, $4 pints, extremely friendly.
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Sun Aug 06, 06 9:42 pm EST
curious as to how old you are, che........I hang out with people of all ages, but at 39 I sometimes feel like it's full of early-20somethings
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Sun Aug 06, 06 9:46 pm EST
CHE wrote:
Flexichick wrote:
How is Great Lakes? Eh.
Weekends, can be irritating, but weeknights, it approaches perfection, I think. Its goodness depends a lot on music taste, I suspect, but if that jibes, it's hard to think of anyplace better... ? Loud, dark, pleasingly lit, $4 pints, extremely friendly.
I'll have to check it out! Maybe when friends from MN come over! How much would that piss'em off?! Get the hell out of MN for a week, only to be dragged to... well, an upper midwest-themed bar!
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Sun Aug 06, 06 10:08 pm EST
Old enough, alas, that even thinking about mac and cheese means I have to add a mile to my run. (32) But on a Wednesday—say—the patrons aren't all so much younger, I don't think. For one thing it's just a blessing GL doesn't have a TV, and there are a lot of seats at the bar, and it doesn't seem weird to see people writing there by the candles, even. Probably there are great alternatives I haven't found yet (yeah?), but most places I've seen or walked past so far, at 11 PM on a Wednesday would just be 3 drunks and a TV, or very nice but serving only wine at a premium, or alternately hopping with blitzed youngsters, and 5 TVs, and Justin Timberlake. Alternatives?
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Sun Aug 06, 06 10:31 pm EST
<---confesses that she thinks JT is a little hottie and wonders if guys were that hot when she was 25. But I digress......
Maybe I need to try GL again on a weeknight. I think all of my attempts have been on a weekend.
I learn a lot on this board some days
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Sun Aug 06, 06 10:54 pm EST
@ CHE -
So, I was thinking about it, and I forgot that my cousin's family (by marriage, but I've been friends with him for 16 years or so...) lives directly across the street from the main fair entrance. They park cars and rent out sidewalk space to vendors every year - I KNOW that mini donuts and pronto pups can be had steps from their front door... I'll drop him a line tomorrow and see if he has any ideas on scoring some curds.
quijibo Crooklyn Ninja
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: taintalicious!
Sun Aug 06, 06 11:23 pm EST
WhyFi wrote:
kosherdave wrote:
Wow, a Min State Fair reference all the way out in Brooklyn! You better be careful, Brookfetish might just fall in love with you if he hears you're dropping MN references!
Heh heh - he already knows that I'm from MN> I've actually been running in to a LOT of people with ties to MN - From MN, or lived in MN, their parents were from MN, they went to school in MN, etc. etc. More and more, MN seems like a behind-the-scenes powerhouse - lots of influential people and companies call the place home.
But I digress...
Didn't get to Chip Shop today. Work emergency.
minnesotans are all over the place in popular culture
i read a review, and disproportionately the creative are minnesotans
there's been a big migration of minnesotans to crooklyn
i'm sure they'll make a film about it
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Mon Aug 07, 06 12:03 am EST
@WhyFi- Great!
Following up on cheese curds for those not following the Mommies page, or whatever that was...
CHE wrote:
Flexichick wrote:
So, are these evil heart-stoppers able to be found ANYWHERE in BKLN?
Well, WhyFi's googling on the Yo! thread says no, so far—but I wonder: if I ordered a case from Minnesota, if a couple pints and a little cash could convince the ChipShop guys to fire them up, and all the Minnesotans, temporary-Minnesotans, wannabe-Minnesotans, people who say they're from Minnesota to cover up that they're from Wisconsin, and all the remaining sad, sad, unexposed masses from the curdless-states could indulge en masse. Mmmm.
I've seen cases for sale in MN co-ops, and googling "cheese curds bulk" seems to turn up a number of sellers who might be willing to ship a case if I ask nicely. So if it's a hassle getting your cousin to buy one 'off the truck' or whatnot, I bet there are alternatives. However, some insider advice about who the real-deal suppliers are would be invaluable!
BrookFetish Gentrified Chicken Customer
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 857 Location: Underhill
Mon Aug 07, 06 11:01 am EST
CHE wrote:
Brooklyn actutely lacks Gedney pickles, Summit, cheese curds, $12 cases of Huber Bock, vietnamese farmers selling thai basil bunches for $1, Isles cinnamon rolls, canoe put-ins, snow emergency parking, food-coops with non-working memberhip, xc ski trails, punk kids on double-high bikes, abundant Ethiopian food, wild rice soup, Radio K, Surdyk's, loons/mergansers/grebes, and swimming lakes.
(I'm OK without seed art, real mosquitoes, and Katherine Lanpher.)
Go gophs.
Surdyk's - what a wonderful place.
Cheese curds can be purchased in bulk, but I believe it's usually a Wisconsin source.
Other MN things Brooklyn doesn't have, but could use:
-Grain Belt Premium
-casserole
-2 for 1 happy hour
-grass _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
trixieNYC Regular
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 196
Mon Aug 07, 06 11:04 am EST
BrookFetish wrote:
Other MN things Brooklyn doesn't have, but could use:
-grass
um, what is Prospect Park
BrookFetish Gentrified Chicken Customer
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 857 Location: Underhill
Mon Aug 07, 06 11:07 am EST
trixieNYC wrote:
BrookFetish wrote:
Other MN things Brooklyn doesn't have, but could use:
-grass
um, what is Prospect Park
One "little" patch. _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Mon Aug 07, 06 11:08 am EST
trixieNYC wrote:
BrookFetish wrote:
Other MN things Brooklyn doesn't have, but could use:
-grass
um, what is Prospect Park
and if you mean the other kind, we have THAT, too
Livetotravel Rent Stabilized
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1630 Location: A block from the Park
"Now, the important thing here is that I'm from New York, which indicates that I pretty much hate everyone and everything. This proved to be a problem when I went to school in Chicago and encountered a bizarre breed of people who come from a state called Minnesota. Now until I learned more about the Midwest I regarded Minnesota as a forgotten state lost somewhere up by Mount Rushmore and the Northwest Territory. This presumption was later confirmed upon a visit to the "Land of A Thousand Lakes." The people are much like Canadians - slow, often blind to sarcasm (and therefore confused), overly gullible, and just too freakin' nice. Not to mention the damn accents: "I'll go up to my rum now and dif I hear anyding else on da ruff, den I'll letchya know. Okie dokie?" So what am I getting at here? Minnesotans tend not to hate anything, and I just find that unhealthy and a little disturbing. I don't hate Minnesota or Minnesotans, I hate that they don't hate anything. Most of them don't even honk their car horns! That's just wrong." _________________ But that's impossible.
So what am I getting at here? Minnesotans tend not to hate anything, and I just find that unhealthy and a little disturbing. I don't hate Minnesota or Minnesotans, I hate that they don't hate anything. Most of them don't even honk their car horns! That's just wrong."
darling, I'm suuuuuuuuuure they hate "them"* gays.
With a state Legislature that came close to passing a constitutional ban on marriage equality and with Minnesota federal, statewide and legislative candidates on opposing sides of GLBT equality, this year's elections up and down the ticket are particularly important.
* before anyone gets their panties in a bind, I'm a big 'ol fag incase you didn't already know that
BrookFetish Gentrified Chicken Customer
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 857 Location: Underhill
"Now, the important thing here is that I'm from New York, which indicates that I pretty much hate everyone and everything. This proved to be a problem when I went to school in Chicago and encountered a bizarre breed of people who come from a state called Minnesota. Now until I learned more about the Midwest I regarded Minnesota as a forgotten state lost somewhere up by Mount Rushmore and the Northwest Territory. This presumption was later confirmed upon a visit to the "Land of A Thousand Lakes." The people are much like Canadians - slow, often blind to sarcasm (and therefore confused), overly gullible, and just too freakin' nice. Not to mention the damn accents: "I'll go up to my rum now and dif I hear anyding else on da ruff, den I'll letchya know. Okie dokie?" So what am I getting at here? Minnesotans tend not to hate anything, and I just find that unhealthy and a little disturbing. I don't hate Minnesota or Minnesotans, I hate that they don't hate anything. Most of them don't even honk their car horns! That's just wrong."
This person has never been to Minnesota. _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
Livetotravel Rent Stabilized
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1630 Location: A block from the Park
Mon Aug 07, 06 11:28 am EST
ah, yes, right you are, Minnesota is also home to this little anti-choice requirement...
"A woman must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage her from having an abortion and then wait 24 hours before the procedure is provided." _________________ But that's impossible.
So what am I getting at here? Minnesotans tend not to hate anything, and I just find that unhealthy and a little disturbing. I don't hate Minnesota or Minnesotans, I hate that they don't hate anything. Most of them don't even honk their car horns! That's just wrong."
darling, I'm suuuuuuuuuure they hate "them"* gays.
With a state Legislature that came close to passing a constitutional ban on marriage equality and with Minnesota federal, statewide and legislative candidates on opposing sides of GLBT equality, this year's elections up and down the ticket are particularly important.
* before anyone gets their panties in a bind, I'm a big 'ol fag incase you didn't already know that
New York has also banned gay marriage. _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Mon Aug 07, 06 12:01 pm EST
Livetotravel wrote:
"I regarded Minnesota as a forgotten state lost somewhere up by Mount Rushmore and the Northwest Territory.
Hahaha, very close to MT Rushmore, just like my old apartment in Bensonhurst was close to the city
Livetotravel wrote:
I don't hate Minnesota or Minnesotans, I hate that they don't hate anything.
hahahahah this is soooo true. You should meet Brookfetish's "roommate." You could practically punch her and she would not hate you. She's as Minnesota Nice as they come.
BrookFetish Gentrified Chicken Customer
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 857 Location: Underhill
Mon Aug 07, 06 12:09 pm EST
Livetotravel: have you ever BEEN to Minnesota? _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
Parkslopedope Newbie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 38
Mon Aug 07, 06 12:19 pm EST
Can we please talk about all the crime in Park Slope? Aren't we all being mugged left and right? Doesn't anyone have a horror story to tell? Or maybe a report on how great it is to live in the friendly small town atmosphere of Waldron, Arkansas? Listen up potential newcomers! For those of you currently living outside of Brooklyn who are considering moving here, did you know that in Waldron, you can enjoy the natural beauty of Lake Ouachita, seasonal hunting activities, and river float trips? Come spend some time in Waldron, Arkansas! You will be glad you did!
So what am I getting at here? Minnesotans tend not to hate anything, and I just find that unhealthy and a little disturbing. I don't hate Minnesota or Minnesotans, I hate that they don't hate anything. Most of them don't even honk their car horns! That's just wrong."
darling, I'm suuuuuuuuuure they hate "them"* gays.
With a state Legislature that came close to passing a constitutional ban on marriage equality and with Minnesota federal, statewide and legislative candidates on opposing sides of GLBT equality, this year's elections up and down the ticket are particularly important.
* before anyone gets their panties in a bind, I'm a big 'ol fag incase you didn't already know that
New York has also banned gay marriage.
not just yet they haven't, still fighting in the works behind closed doors.
Livetotravel Rent Stabilized
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1630 Location: A block from the Park
Mon Aug 07, 06 12:28 pm EST
BrookFetish - firstly, notice I sited another source for that hilarious MN rant. And secondly, I have spent lots of time in Minneapolis, which along with NYC and SF I consider to be among the only livable cities in the US.
But step a few feet outside of there and I was amazed at how red-necky MN can be. And I know so are towns not that far form NYC, like in the Catskills. _________________ But that's impossible.
ah, yes, right you are, Minnesota is also home to this little anti-choice requirement...
"A woman must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage her from having an abortion and then wait 24 hours before the procedure is provided."
Although, MN was the birth place for what is accepted as "second-wave feminism" and was also the first state to rule in favor of a gay couple in a case on hospital rights.
MN, dispite being way off in the middle of nowhere, is very progressive, liberally speaking. A lot of states might learn a thing or two from them Minneapolisers. ;-)
But you're right, outside of the more populated areas, people become very red-state, very quickly...
BrookFetish Gentrified Chicken Customer
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 857 Location: Underhill
Mon Aug 07, 06 12:46 pm EST
Livetotravel wrote:
But step a few feet outside of there and I was amazed at how red-necky MN can be. And I know so are towns not that far form NYC, like in the Catskills.
Yeah, I think that is with most any city - or at least any city I've lived in. Perhaps not as much difference in parts of the south. _________________ ===
Doing just fine, thank you.
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Mon Aug 07, 06 3:04 pm EST
trixieNYC wrote:
darling, I'm suuuuuuuuuure they hate "them"* gays.
(The city/country spectrum has already been covered, and outstate MN can be like outstate anywhere (though overall more progressive)...)
But Brooklyn has no edge on Minneapolis, anyway, in terms of being gay-friendly, Trixie. I suspect if we acknowledge Brooklyn as the whole borough in comparison with Mpls, it's probably the other way around.
trixieNYC Regular
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 196
Mon Aug 07, 06 3:31 pm EST
CHE wrote:
But Brooklyn has no edge on Minneapolis, anyway, in terms of being gay-friendly, Trixie. I suspect if we acknowledge Brooklyn as the whole borough in comparison with Mpls, it's probably the other way around.
and I said this when? (and not that I'm agreeing/disagree)
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Mon Aug 07, 06 4:53 pm EST
trixieNYC wrote:
and I said this when?
Oh! well, if not, good. It would be nice if I've misinterpreted.
It read to me as if you were adding to the list of ways Minnesota might not be, in comparison with Bkln, the utopia several of us were teasing that it is. And it sounded to me, even through the wink/sarcasm/hyperbole, that you were adding the thought that Minnesotans hate gays. Right? Or at least, I thought, the point that—since I doubt you wanted to suggest that they all do—MN might be a less gay-friendly place than here. Right? Or something along those lines? If that's not what you meant, great!
trixieNYC Regular
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 196
Mon Aug 07, 06 5:01 pm EST
CHE wrote:
trixieNYC wrote:
and I said this when?
Oh! well, if not, good. It would be nice if I've misinterpreted.
It read to me as if you were adding to the list of ways Minnesota might not be, in comparison with Bkln, the utopia several of us were teasing that it is. And it sounded to me, even through the wink/sarcasm/hyperbole, that you were adding the thought that Minnesotans hate gays. Right? Or at least, I thought, the point that—since I doubt you wanted to suggest that they all do—MN might be a less gay-friendly place than here. Right? Or something along those lines? If that's not what you meant, great!
nopers, my point was the contrary....or at least not as detailed as you read into it.....
Livetotarvel said: I hate that they don't hate anything.
so, I, like a good neighbor I had to throw my 2 cents in.
capice?
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Mon Aug 07, 06 5:05 pm EST
trixieNYC wrote:
[capice?
Sure, cool. -- and if I still don't follow what exactly you did mean then, that's OK... I just didn't want to let what sounded like a big misconception go by. Cool. Sorry to waste boardspace on it.
trixieNYC Regular
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 196
Mon Aug 07, 06 5:13 pm EST
my, y'all are more PMS than I am today I think.
I merely pointed out one thing that I personally knew off the top of my noggin that "they" hate. while this may not stand true for all MN'ians you obviously read deeper into it than I intended. If I had "factual data" that stated "MN'ians hate lard bread" I'd have said "Nuh uh, they hate lard bread"
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