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Devil Duck was kind enough to give me two sample vials of his Nuclear Scurvy sauce at FFS '08, and I finally got around to trying it. He's made a winner, and I'm not just saying that because he's a good guy. It starts with a nice, brief jalepeno kick and lime flavor, and rides out to a nice...

So, I went to install the software for my digital camera last night so I could get my FFS pics up, and all of the sudden, a ton of drives on my computer are missing! They just disappeared. Several of the drives were for my card reader, but more importantly are were my portable HD and my second...

As some of you know, I teach organic chemistry at Virginia Tech. My exams are known for their difficulty, which I tell them day one, and most of them also learn from talking to my former students. But I'm kind of like Bob Knight in a way, many of them come back and tell me they appriciate (in...

I would like to reflect on my 500th post. Damn...lost the acceptance speach... uh... SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!! *pounds podium, raises fist in triumph*

AN IDEA! One of my favorite party foods is vegetables and crusty bread with a cheese fondue. I was thinking throwing in a few habs or scotch bonnet peppers would make a REALLY good fondue. I want to try it myself, but I don't have the resources to pull it off (enough friends willing to eat...

Jerk cooking that is! (get your mind out of the gutter people!) I've been working on making an an authentic jerk chicken, as well as using some commercial brands so I know what I should buy when I'm feeling particularly lazy. I'll post findings and pictures at a later date. My goal, should I...

Enjoy the holidays everyone, I'm heading to Pennsylvania to visit family and friends, and more importantly to play poker. If my mom's neighbors have not secured their wireless router by now, I can use their router to keep up with the boards, otherwise you won't hear from me for a while. Marco...

This is the easy method: 1 16 oz. bag of cole slaw Habaneros, sliced thinnly and deseed (5 if making for non-chile heads, I used 30) Now there are two slaw dressings I know of, creamy and sweet & sour (my favorite). I don't have a recipe for the creamy stuff that I like more than stuff I can...

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote "The Hokie Pokey" died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his...

I couldn't find a video of it to link to, but has anyone seen the new Taco Bell commercial where the guy goes to some fictitious competitor and gets a "Double Hellraiser with cheese"; which then spontaniously combusts because it's too hot (then TB talks about their new burrito with the right...

This is my basic chili recipe. The name comes from a chemistry department get together from when I was an undergraduate. 2 lbs of ground beef, browned and fat drained 4 medium onions, chopped 2 15oz cans chili beans (with sauce) 1 15 oz can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 15 oz can...

I mentioned my spreadsheet in another thread, and some people expressed some interest in it. I won't post it in its entirety, but I figured I would show how I set it up incase anyone was interested in setting up their own. Maker Sauce Type Type (2) Heat Flavor The nice thing is I can make it...

This is how I feel everytime I order hot food at a restaurant (except Mr. D's) :lol:

I had my computer on when during a power outage, and ever since then it takes 20 minutes for my computer to turn on. I tried doing a quick restore - no help. Anyone have any ideas? I'm starting to think it might be a motherboard problem.

because I can't. In Virginia, they don't believe in Labor Day. I'll be in the lab doing research and teaching. To further illustrate my point, when the school (Virginia Tech) decided they needed to give a day off in the Fall semester because they wanted to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a...

Michael Jackson - The Beer Hunter, not the singer - died today. http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/08/31/beer.hunter.ap/index.html Admittedly, I'm not much of a beer drinker; but his reviews and articles have helped me pick out microbrews that I've come to enjoy.

It's good to be back. First of all I'm going to apologize and state that I don't think I'm going to try to catch up on everything I've missed thread wise. My week at the conference in NC was fun...if you are a chemist. I couldn't find that hot sauce store in the Crabtree mall in Raleigh. The...

I saw this and realized how good most of us have it just because this isn't an occupational hazard. http://http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/04/methane.deaths.ap/index.html I'm not making fun of these people...just makes me realize that while I have a job that can be hazardous (I'll tell you about...

I was having lunch with a friend yesterday who noticed I was eating around the red and yellow bell pepper slices, and he thought it was really odd that I love hot chili peppers, but don't really care for bell peppers since they are related. Anybody else in the same crowd as me, or am I just...

I'm going to try to find someone to compete in this with me sometime: Hot Sauce Pong!