# Lefties Playing the Race/Islamophobia Card **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464 "2017-02-22T13:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/121 "2017-02-23T19:21:29Z")
Lazy Guacamole: Combine jar(s) of your favorite salsa with diced, chopped, or chopped and mashed ripe avacodo. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/122 "2017-02-23T20:19:54Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > she’s liable to tell you to [pith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus#Fruit) off. I’ll lend him my pith helmet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/123 "2017-02-23T20:26:03Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’ll lend him my pith helmet. No no, that’s what you need for protective gear in, er, disporting yourself with the **current** First Family, not the previous one. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/124 "2017-02-23T20:29:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Jesus, you stupid fuckin rightwing neanderthal, you think you’re so MAVERICKY coming in here with your trolly troll opinions. Don’t you realize that any chocolate chip cookie recipe can be turned into a coffee-lover’s delight, simply by adding about a quarter cup of Turkish-ground coffee (unbrewed, just the grounds) to the flour before adding the wet ingredients? Alternately, you can add the coffee with the butter, as you blend it with the sugars. I haven’t really experimented closely to see which one works better. Be aware though that these cookies pack a goddamn PUNCH: you eat too many, you’re gonna be bouncing off the walls. So do you have to take out 1/4 cup of flour and replace with the grounds or do you just add the grounds? Dumbass. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/125 "2017-02-23T20:47:43Z")
I reckon you’d have to reduce the flour or else your cookies would come out like [del]my grandmother’s[/del] hockey pucks, you low-down betacuck snowflake. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/126 "2017-02-23T21:21:16Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Lazy Guacamole: > > Combine jar(s) of your favorite salsa with diced, chopped, or chopped and mashed ripe avacodo. It actually is amazing how often you can get away with that, and people still think it’s awesome. Fun trick to spice it up though, just a dab of sour cream. For some reason that gets rid of the canned salsa taste. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/127 "2017-02-23T21:36:35Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > It actually is amazing how often you can get away with that, and people still think it’s awesome. > > Fun trick to spice it up though, just a dab of sour cream. For some reason that gets rid of the canned salsa taste. When I was in college, my roommate made something she called “guacamole” with avocados, sour cream, bacon, and a squeeze of lime to round it out. It was actually pretty darned good, whatever it was. As for proportions, just use your judgement. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/128 "2017-02-23T21:49:03Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > You can use one of [these](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00151WA06/ref=asc_df_B00151WA064854427/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B00151WA06&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167123558869&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13717353744253761412&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015634&hvtargid=pla-124851786795). My daughter just gave me one of those. I’ve been using a garlic press for over fifty years. Not the same one, but successive incarnations. She told me to try the microplane and I’d never look back and she was right. I can’t believe I’ve wasted most of my life using that crude tool. Where was I when the microplane was invented? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/129 "2017-02-23T21:58:50Z")
I haven’t tried the grater thing, but why does the garlic press get so much hate? ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/130 "2017-02-23T22:25:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I haven’t tried the grater thing, but why does the garlic press get so much hate? Because the press is nothing but fake juice. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/131 "2017-02-23T22:30:21Z")
Yes. Make America Grate Again. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/132 "2017-02-23T22:31:28Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > Because the press is nothing but fake juice. I think you need to go stand in the corner for a while. No talking. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/133 "2017-02-23T22:34:01Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Jefferson got kicked out of the Dortmunder novels for being unable to hold up his end of a barroom argument. I don’t have a recipe, but I just wanted to say that this is my favourite insult of the year so far and is unlikely to be dethroned any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/134 "2017-02-23T22:39:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > SCOTCH AND SODA > > Add the Scotch to a highball or rocks glass filled with ice. > Top with soda and stir briefly. Quoth a Scottish ex-boss of mine: “You show me on the bottle where it says ‘dilute to taste’”. 😃 That said, peaty whiskey can really benefit from a small splash of water. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/135 "2017-02-24T01:14:05Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Jefferson got kicked out of the Dortmunder novels for being unable to hold up his end of a barroom argument. Good reference! You are also Left Hand of Dortness. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/136 "2017-02-24T01:22:50Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I haven’t tried the grater thing, but why does the garlic press get so much hate? All punning aside…it takes about 30 seconds to mince a garlic clove or two, and the results are far superior. You goddam special snowflake, with your precious liberal “garlic press.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/137 "2017-02-24T06:25:47Z")
Just smash your garlic. Help to relieve your stresses. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/138 "2017-02-24T08:01:10Z")
I’m not much of a cook, but I just learned how to make ice water! This is exciting. I’m working on iced coffee next. ---
**Author:** ![Jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jefferson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/139 "2017-02-24T09:01:48Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > Someone in one of the other 87 zillion threads on this same exact topic suggested turning troll threads into a recipe swap, and I volunteered to do hors d’oeurves for a cousin’s baby shower next month, so maybe I can get some ideas. > > I’m already planning to do these: > > Cream Cheese Truffles > > 2 8 oz packages cream cheese, room temp. > 2 cups grated sharp cheddar > 1/4 cup grated Parmesan > finely minced red bell pepper (optional) > 1/8 tsp garlic powder > 1/8 tsp black pepper > > Combine these and chill mixture at least 2 hours. Roll into 1 inch balls with buttered hands. Roll balls in toppings (I have used sesame seeds, more Parm, minced parsley, bacon bits, crushed pretzels) and chill until serving time. I like to stick a pretzel stick into each one to make a handle. Left-wing trolls, eh. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464/140 "2017-02-24T14:11:10Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I’m not much of a cook, but I just learned how to make ice water! This is exciting. > > I’m working on iced coffee next. I can help you out with that one. 1: Pour cup of coffee 2: Leave on counter for a few hours 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-playing-the-race-islamophobia-card/780464.md?page=8)