# I Have Seen the Future (warning: very much blah-blah-blah) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232 "2004-09-13T11:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/21 "2004-09-13T20:09:38Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Fondoooeee recipes are all well and good, but what am I going to do with these pork chops I’m defrosting? I’m havin pokey chops tonite, too, but I’ll probably just broil them with a little salt and pepper and maybe some Coriander. After all that pasta this weekend, I need to have a more lo-cal dinner. Have you ever tried a little A-1 as a basting sauce? ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/22 "2004-09-13T21:09:06Z")
Ya know **Tupug** , in my entire life I’ve never had even the weensiest taste of A-1. My family was more of a Worcestershire sauce kind of folk. About a year ago I bought a little bottle of A-1 but I haven’t opened it yet. Seems to me this is a good opportunity to fill in a gaping hole in my prepared-sauce knowledge. At lunch today, my friends and I were talking about taking baths. Everybody 'cept me said you should dry off in the shower because bath mats are not for soaking up the drips. Fine then, what _are_ they for? Huh? Huh?! Tabasco brand popcorn is yummy, speaking of sauces. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/23 "2004-09-13T21:28:11Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Tabasco brand popcorn is yummy, speaking of sauces. Oooooo!! Have you tried the Tabasco green Jalapeno sauce. It’s positively addictive! \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/24 "2004-09-13T21:43:15Z")
Oh, I just love fairy tales. Now tell the one about how the political parties have _our_ best interests at heart, I never get tired of that one. Well i _do_ actually, but the rest of the public doesn’t, so I’ve learned to keep quiet about it. I don’t like having my car keyed. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/25 "2004-09-13T21:55:50Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Wow, what a coincidence! > > I just bought my first fondue pot – yeah, I know I should have bought one a while ago – YESTERDAY! And I have been looking for scrumptious chocolate fondue to serve my benevolent alien guests. Last night we experimented with the following: > > **Cheese Fondue Dip for Hungry Aliens** > 1/2 pound fresh farmer’s cheese > 1/2 cup white wine > flour > pinch of salt and nutmeg > > Dredge the grated cheese in the flour. Heat the wine in the microwave, and add the cheese. Return to microwave and check every 30 seconds, stirring each time, until smooth and creamy. Add salt and nutmeg. > > My alien guests loved it, although they had trouble manipulating the little fondue spears with their tentacles. WHAT THE…? Fondue in a _microwave?_ So what did you do with the pot…wear it as a hat? Fondue 12oz Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese, grated 4oz gruyere cheese, grated clove garlic, peeled, halved 1-1/2 cups dry white wine (if it’s not dry enough, add a TBSP of lemon juice) flour salt white pepper nutmeg 1/4 cup cognac Dredge cheese in flour. Rub inside of fondue pot with garlic and discard (the garlic, stupid). Add wine to pot. Heat until bubbles start to form on bottom of pot. Add cheese a handful at a time, stirring constantly until melted and smooth. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add blast of cognac. Turn on the lava lamp and enjoy. ::damned amateurs…grumble:: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/26 "2004-09-13T21:59:52Z")
And no cats for dipping. Squirrels, maybe. I recommend apple chunks or vegetables, if you really must. But crusty bites of French bread are best. Dip in cheese, then in a dish full of poppy or toasted sesame seeds. Mmmmmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/27 "2004-09-13T22:14:21Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Also, I’ve read all my books, the house is clean and I’m bored. Who wants to go to the movies? I’ll buy the tickets if you buy the sodas. I’ll go! What are we seeing? Something good, please, and for grown-ups. I’ve spent all summer taking the kids to see kid-type movies and I’m sick of it. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/28 "2004-09-13T23:18:02Z")
I bet **Chefguy’s** fondue recipe would be extra good with a few toadstools thrown good. Or we could use the toadstools to dip in the fondue. I gotta do something with all these toadstools. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/29 "2004-09-13T23:27:39Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I bet **Chefguy’s** fondue recipe would be extra good with a few toadstools thrown good. Or we could use the toadstools to dip in the fondue. I gotta do something with all these toadstools. 😃 Or it could be good with a few toadstools thrown _in_. Though they could be considered to be thrown good if you stood a few feet from the fondue pot and lobbed right in the pot. 3 points for each toadstool that gets in. -swampbear(combining cooking and improvement of yer bball skills together) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/30 "2004-09-13T23:41:12Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Or it could be good with a few toadstools thrown _in_. Though they could be considered to be thrown good if you stood a few feet from the fondue pot and lobbed right in the pot. 3 points for each toadstool that gets in. > -swampbear(combining cooking and improvement of yer bball skills together) mushroommushroommushroommushroommushroom\*\*…TOADSTOOL!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/31 "2004-09-14T00:57:34Z")
I don’t have anything of value to add, but my Monday isn’t complete if I don’t post in **Rue** ’s thread. I will jot down the fondue recipes, tho - and I may even go buy a fondue pot! No, I don’t have one. I think I may have had one some eons ago, but no longer. In other news, the underlayment is down in the new kitchen, and we got a call today from a computer telling us to call about getting our cabinets delivered, so YAY! Won’t you all be glad when my remodeling is done and I can talk about something other than my kitchen? I’m so sorry I’m so boring. ☹ _waiting to see if anyone rushes in to assure me I’m not boring…_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/32 "2004-09-14T02:59:34Z")
You are not boring. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/33 "2004-09-14T03:00:06Z")
You are not boring. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/34 "2004-09-14T04:21:06Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Or it could be good with a few toadstools thrown _in_. Though they could be considered to be thrown good if you stood a few feet from the fondue pot and lobbed right in the pot. 3 points for each toadstool that gets in. > -swampbear(combining cooking and improvement of yer bball skills together) NOOOOOOOO! Far be it from me to introduce grammar into the MMP, but some things I won’t take, not even from a Southerner. “They could be considered to be thrown **well** (or better yet, well thrown) if you stood a few feet from the fondue pot and lobbed them right in the pot.” It could also be a good throw if they landed in the pot. But it is not, and nothing ever will be “thrown good.” Also, no one ever, ever played good, unless they were Glinda in _The Wizard of Oz_. You know I love ya, **swampy** darlin’–love ya good. 😉 I thank you for all the good thoughts–please keep them up! Mom is doing okay, but we have one more test, a PET scan, to go through. That will tell us if there is cancer anyplace besides her lung. Hopefully, there won’t be, and Mom will just have surgery to remove part or all of the icky lung. I haven’t quite eaten my weight in chocolate (in one sitting at least), so I’m coping with the anxiety fairly well. Okay, I’m a bit touchy–I yelled for 15 miles (to myself, alone in my car) at a driver that changed lanes without signalling (it was a most damning tirade, if I do say so myself) and I’m crying at any commercial that has kids and/or old people, but really, I’m fine. Oops, got to go, it’s been thirty minutes since I last had chocolate. And **FCM** is not boring. Ever. Well, maybe if she’s using a drill. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/35 "2004-09-14T06:22:50Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > Mom is doing okay, but we have one more test, a PET scan, to go through. Would that be a _CAT_ scan, or just _Lab_ work? 😉 Take it easy on the chocolate, you need to pace yourself if you want to turn in a world-class effort. Tell Mom we’re all still pulling for her. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/36 "2004-09-14T11:49:46Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > Would that be a _CAT_ scan, or just _Lab_ work? 😉 > > . Don’t go acting all superior. They’re checking her for polyethylene terephthalate. That stuff can be real dangerous. - Shibb, proud member of the SDMB, home of some of the world’s nerdiest jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/37 "2004-09-14T13:11:01Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Don’t go acting all superior. They’re checking her for polyethylene terephthalate. That stuff can be real dangerous. > > - Shibb, proud member of the SDMB, home of some of the world’s nerdiest jokes. Okay, shibb, I’ll bite…why would they be checking **kalley’s** mom for [beverage containers?](http://www.dow.com/pet/) More good puggy vibes for mom, **kalley**! The human body is a wonderful machine and pretty darn good at repairing itself. Have a bit of semisweet chocolate for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/38 "2004-09-14T13:35:29Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > Okay, shibb, I’ll bite…why would they be checking **kalley’s** mom for [beverage containers?](http://www.dow.com/pet/) Well, technically PET is just the stuff they use to make the containers, but either way it can be good to have it in your lungs. All those years we thought that smoking was bad for you, it turns out we also should have layed off the bottle!\* \*Also used to store dishwashing liquids and anything else you want to be able to see through but have lightweight and strong packaging. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/39 "2004-09-14T13:37:08Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > I’ll bite… Have a bit of semisweet chocolate for me. 🙂 Also, I was at Einstein’s Bagels this morning, and they had a very decadent looking coffeecake that seemed to be adorned with semisweet chocolate chips. I was good and stuck with the bagel and coffee but it was very tempting! ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232/40 "2004-09-14T14:07:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > WHAT THE…? Fondue in a _microwave?_ So what did you do with the pot…wear it as a hat? Didn’t you know that fondue pot hats are the epitome of fashion in _Alien Vogue_ magazine this season? I couldn’t let my otherworldly guests eat out of one of their hats! That would be gauche! Fondue is made in the microwave when you have only one piddly tea candle to warm it up with. Silly! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-warning-very-much-blah-blah-blah/264232.md?page=3)