Only a mod can post to a closed thread. When two mods simul-closed this thread specifically mentioning:
I think its pretty fucked up that Skip uses his mod powers to get in a cheap low blow in his own pitting.
Very cowardly of you, Skip. Get off your power trip and listen to the Mod above you. The thread was closed because VCO3 could no longer defend himself. The next time you feel like pumping up your ego a bit, take the mod hat off first.
Waaaaahhhhhh! I have no fucking sense of humor! Let me start a Pit thread pointing that fact out so that other humorless weenies can join me in my outrage! My nipples hurt! Somebody hold me.
I disagree, I think it was funny, and very apt.
Or, what Zabali said.
Count me in the ‘I thought it was funny’ camp.
We’re taking sides, right?
I’m going to give this thread all the respect it deserves.
Vindaloo Soup
Ingredients:
* 1 pound dry yellow split peas
* 2-3 quarts water
* 2 tablespoons Vindaloo seasoning
* 2 tablespoons water (aside from the above 2-3 quarts)
* 2 bay leaves
* 1 small pinch saffron (optional)
* 2 medium onions, minced
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1/4 cup rice vinegar
* 5 medium to large potatoes
* 1 pound smoked sausage (Polska kielbasa is best)
* 1-2 teaspoons sugar
* 2-3 teaspoons salt
* 1 teaspoon black pepper
You can make your own Vindaloo spice, or buy commercial. The best method is to use something like Penzey’s Vindaloo spice, as it is not very hot at all, and you can heat it up to whatever taste you are aiming for.
Instructions: Wash the peas. Place in a soup pot, cover with the 2-3 quarts of water, and simmer. Add the bay leaves and saffron. Mix the Vindaloo seasoning with the 2 tablespoons of water, and let stand. Mince the onions.
Heat the oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. When hot, add onions, cooking and stirring until they start to brown. Add the Vindaloo paste to the pan and cook for another minute. Then, add the entire onion/Vindaloo mix to the pot of peas. Pour the rice vinegar into the skillet, to soak up the remaining flavour, and add this to the pot.
Simmer the pot for one hour, stirring regularly to keep the peas from sticking.
Peel and cut the potatoes into bite-sized chunks, and chop the sausage into small bite-sized pieces as well. After the hour of simmering has passed, add the potatoes and sausage to the pot, along with the sugar and salt.
Cook one more hour, or until the peas dissolve to form a thick soup. Add pepper, stir, and serve.
Buy commercial Vindaloo spice, you say? I’d rather puke!
But…but…it’s really good!
Wait. . . what?. . . I thought we weren’t supposed to rate Pit threads anymore. 
Oh, well in that case, forget I said anything.
What’s vindaloo spice?
She was the 6th Spice Girl, the one who they called “the hot one.” She thought she could do better on her own, and now runs the till at a Waitrose’s in Exeter. Still, it’s a better career than some of the other girls have now…
damning by faint praise,I must say.
Are you saying you think Indian girls are hot? :dubious:
Damn right. I know Indian girls are hot. In fact, I had this huge crush on one Indian girl in High School. I was really hoping she would have come to my last High School reunion, but no such luck. Just a lot of fat old minivan-driving people with “issues” showed up instead. WTF?
Thanks for the recipe, Una - I think I’m going to try this, actually.
Also - I’ve gotta say, even though it was funny, Skipmagic probably shouldn’t have made that last post. That sort of post is speaking as a board member, really, not a moderator - and board members weren’t supposed to post to that thread any more.
No big deal - but I’d be worried if mods started doing that sort of thing regularly. (Not, I hasten to add, that I think they will. Our mods are a fairly solid bunch.)
Roses are red
Vinda is loo
Soup’s on for supper!
Seconds for you?
You see, I read Skip’s post as an attempt to actually lighten the mood, not get in a dig at anyone or at anyone’s expense. I thought it was funny without being mean. I know Skip (shoot, I was over at his house last night viewing his great Halloween display, in fact) and he wouldn’t have been kicking someone as they were leaving.
That’s why this thread needed a recipe. Otherwise, it would have been so absolutely without value that it would have collapsed into a singularity with no point at all. Vindaloo Soup saved this thread. You might even say I’m a heroine, of a sort, like Dorothea Dix, or, um, Eartha Kitt.
What do you expect from a guy who is soooo twee?
Nah, it wasn’t a poke at VCO3. I was having fun with both the title of the thread, and having a mod calling two other mods “shitty”. It probably wasn’t the most successful joke, but it wasn’t aimed at our recently suspended pal.
If I wanted to take a swipe at him, I’d have worked this article in there somewhere.