Riddle Me This, Jishman

The Good: With 1 out, A-Rod walks to get on base.
The Better: A-Rod steals second base with no throw, that was how good of a jump he got.
The Bad: He gets caught in a run down in between 2nd and 3rd, in an effort to steal 3rd base.
The Ugly: He’s 1 for 4, 1 K, and 1 BB. His last hit came in the 3rd inning.

He is making more in this game than Melky Cabrera is making this whole year. I don’t care that he’s ridiculously talented or that he hits home runs and is more productive than any other player on the team. Not. Clutch. At. All.

This in from our roving reporter on the Yid baseball beat, Avi McHates-You:

Baseball is no longer Israel’s pass time.

“There will be no league in 2008,” Haim Katz, president of the Israel Association of Baseball, told the Post on Thursday.

And a grateful nation rejoiced. Now, yet again, America, Japan and about 37 South American countries can continue to have a oligopoly on 5 hour snore fests.

Speaking of which, does anyone find it odd that there have been more ridiculously long extra inning games this year than in recent memory?

1.) Diet Coke to stop killing people - no, seriously, they’re getting rid of Sodium Benzoate, which, according to this article, damages your DNA and causes hyperactivity in children. Plus, it also tastes like sh#$, so a grateful nation rejoices.

2.) National Hamburger Day was May 28th. How did I miss this?!?!? Well, in case you were curious about the history of this “gift from the gods,” here’s an article from the New York Times and a book on it.

3.) Speaking of a grateful nation, foie gras is now allowed on menus again back in Chicago. Seriously, chefs around the nation are ecstatic about it. Michael Symon, the newest Iron Chef and host of Dinner: Impossible and Chris Consentino sound off on the matter.

4.) While we’re on the subject of food, this article would have you believe there are only 8 annoying kinds of Starbucks customers. Personally, I suggest there are more. Here would be my additions:
Soccer Moms who take their kids in even though they are screaming bloody murder
Pop stars who insist on going first
Indecisive person who has, like, AN HOUR to decide because of the line and still can’t make up the F#Q@#%ING mind
And everyone’s favorite, guy who talks on his cell phone while ordering so the maggot behind the counter can’t figure out what jacka$$ here has ordered.

5.) And one more thing…I love when football players talk about themselves in the third person:

“They’ll work it out,” Spicer said. “As far as Paul Spicer, Paul Spicer is worried about one thing and that’s football.”

Here are some links. These should keep you busy for a while.
Have a good weekend!

If you have ever been to Grand Central Station in New York City, you will love this prank (click here for video)!

For those of us who have participated in one of my many “Meat Fests,” this one’s for you.

The word for May 21 is meatatarian

A person who eats meat virtually to the exclusion of vegetables. The meatatarian often claims to be conserving veggies for those who would actually eat them, and keeps the veggies out of the waste stream, helping the environment, or keeping produce costs down.

Waiter: “What can I get you?”
Mary: “A cheeseburger delux, hold the lettuce, tomato, coleslaw, and pickle.”
Waiter: “So you just want the burger and fries.”
Mary: “Yep, I’m a meatatarian.”

Really? Was this necessary? And they were on the Today show? Really?!

The New York Times had an article today on beer in New York City (soon to be the Jishman’s new hometown). In the article they talked about a website where you can type in a favorite beer type and find bars that serve it. This is a great site:

Beer Menus

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Last week, I was right… and finally, we are rid of Jason.

After last night, I have made up my mind: David Cook and Syesha Mercado deserve to be your final two!

But, I am almost willing to bet that: David Cook and David Archuletta are in the final two because, for some reason, people like the Gomer Pyle meets Opie Taylor with a dash of Howdie Doodie persona he presents…. not me, based on talent, he’s gone as far as he should go…

As I pack to leave DC for good, I look at stories like this to keep me entertained while I load boxes (oil here, spices there). Well, don’t worry, Gordon, with gas prices rising, its entirely possible we won’t see strawberries from Kenya anymore.

So, having finally finished my last exam and turned in my last paper, I now call upon all in the blog community to call me MASTER JISH (or Master J, for short). That’s right, I have finally finished my MBA, and am now taking the plunge into the job market. So, I think its time for a new nickname. Kosher T was so “last year,” now, its all about the new me. The Master in me. And look at us,
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Last week, I was wrong again…. but was I really?

I cannot understand for the life of me how Jason Castro is still on this show…. he destroyed a Bob Marley classic last night and then in the process of ruining a Bob Dylan classic, he forgot the lyrics.

Really, it’s time for him to go:

going home this week:

Jason C.

So, for those of you who have never tried Za’atar, you are truly missing out (unless of course, you are allergic to Sesame…at which point, you know, my bad). It is one of the Middle East’s gifts to the cooking world. Take about 52 different kinds of oregano, cumin, sesame seeds and a few other spices later, and boom(tm)! You have a great spice combination that works great as the only one you’d ever need. Seriously, you can combine it with oil and make a paste. You can add it to curry paste, add some rice and create a great biryani. You can sprinkle it over vegetables. Hell, you can just mix it with lemon juice, oil and some vinegar and use it as a salad dressing. But the latter three, as Alton Brown would say “are for another show.” No, for us, we’re going to focus just on one of the easiest recipes - yes, even easier than put 7 things in a blender, mix and serve. All this requires is a chicken cut up in 1/8ths, 1/10ths or even just quartered and a few other ingredients. Let’s get started, shall we?
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Definition: Advice, encouragement delivered via text… frequently related to dating and boss hating. Pronounced like tech support.

Example: Hey, thanks for all the text support last night! I have a coffee date with her today.

Editor’s Note: Hasn’t technology gone a little bit too far, when in the course of using the phone, someone couldn’t have just picked it up, dialed it and asked for the same advice?? We need to return to smoke signals.

Now, for some of you, Peanuts = Death (a new shirt to be put out on CafePress, by JT’s Original T-shirt company, part of the “JT’s Original” conglomerate). And for you, I apologize because this week’s recipe is great, easy to make, and packed with peanut-ty goodness.

Here are the ingredients:
1/2 cup crunchy or smooth peanut butter (it doesn’t really matter - if you use smooth, you can use a handful of shelled peanuts for texture)
1/4 cup soy sauce
3-4 oz of coconut milk (try it, its awesome!)
1/3 cup warm water
2 tablespoons chopped peeled fresh ginger
2 medium garlic cloves
2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
3 tablespoons Asian sesame oil
3 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons dried hot red pepper flakes (to taste - start with 1 teaspoon if you don’t like too much spice)

Put all of these ingredients into a blender and blend to combine. Taste and modify. Its just that simple, and I used this on chicken, whole wheat noodles, for dipping red pepper spears, with a spoon - it just didn’t matter. Now, normally, I’d be concerned that it would clump together in the refrigerator, but once I added the coconut milk, it didn’t. It stayed smooth for almost 2 weeks with no ill effects. Now, I know what you’re going to say….2 weeks! How did you not die from that!?! Trust me, it worked and it was awesome.

Possible changes:
Use cashews instead of peanuts
Use peanut oil instead of sesame oil
Use no peanuts, sesame or peanut oil and just more coconut, water, and cashews
Use rice wine vinegar instead of red wine vinegar

I tried some of these. Cashews work especially well with the coconut milk, but not so well with the rice wine vinegar.

Protein pairing suggestions:
Tofu,
Salmon,
Tilapia,
Chicken,
Beef

Vegetable pairing suggestions:
Pepper spears,
Carrots,
Edammame,
Daikon Radish,
common Asian vegetables (bok choy, asparagus, broccoli, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, et al)