# I GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE-A Festivus Eve MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 22, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897 "2014-12-22T09:40:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897/301 "2014-12-29T02:33:01Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Try it with a squeeze of lemon, lime or tangerine. That’s one of my go to drinks here at home. That might be a good idea. Maybe I can even try adding orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897/302 "2014-12-29T02:58:38Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Drank a straight club soda today. > > Club Soda is also the name of a concert venue in Montreal. > [@missred](#): > > Try it with a squeeze of lemon, lime or tangerine. That’s one of my go to drinks here at home. > [@EmilyG](#): > > That might be a good idea. Maybe I can even try adding orange juice. also try actual seltzer instead of club soda. Seltzer doesn’t have any salts; Club soda has Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Chloride, and Potassium Sulfate ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897/303 "2014-12-29T03:07:33Z")
> [@missred](#): > > **Mooom** , pork shoulder should be among the first things you do in your smoker. 🙂 I also recently discovered that Aldi carries uncured bacon that a friend of mine does a nice job with in his. > > It’s time to clean up from supper. I did sesame pork and snow peas over basmati rice. It was just right. That sounds really good. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897/304 "2014-12-29T04:55:11Z")
Chicken was gooooooood: extra moist and tender white meat with crispy skin. I rule. 😃 Takes a while to roast so I fried up some sausage/tater/onion hash while waiting, and the leftovers from both shall be tomorrow’s lunch, along with some pesto pasta and that fanciest of desserts, Jell-O. My friend stopped by, my neighbor popped in, I got a few more rows knitted in front of “Mad Men” and played a rousing game of “Kill The String” with Nikki, so now I’m off to wash my hair so I don’t have to take the time in the morning and it’s off to dreamland for me. Good night, y’all! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897/305 "2014-12-29T04:59:26Z")
> [@missred](#): > > **Mooom** , pork shoulder should be among the first things you do in your smoker. 🙂 I also recently discovered that Aldi carries uncured bacon that a friend of mine does a nice job with in his. > > It’s time to clean up from supper. I did sesame pork and snow peas over basmati rice. It was just right. Wait, wait. I missed this before, and I have questions: If it’s uncured, that implies that it is still smoked. Does that mean it is double smoked after your friend is done with it? Does your friend home-cure? Is the meat whole or sliced? Are you saying Aldi carries pork belly, or am I completely misunderstanding something? I reallyreeeeeallllllly want to try slow-roasting a pork belly at home; I’ve heard so much and it sounds so amazing, but they don’t carry it at my regular grocery haunts. There is an Aldi not far away, though, but I’ve never seen pork belly or anything similar beyond pre-packed regular streaky bacon. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897/306 "2014-12-29T10:53:04Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Electric smokers are ----- OK. \ Its just that us ridgerunners can’t really enjoy cooking without open fire and hours of fiddling around with it all. I’m a busy woman - I have, um, retired things to do. I can’t be futzing around with fire for hours and hours! 😛 Just had to get that in before the next MMP is born. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897/307 "2014-12-29T11:22:42Z")
[New MMP’s up.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18010546#post18010546) Slackers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-lot-of-problems-with-you-people-a-festivus-eve-mmp/707897.md?page=15)