Long Live R2, the little fryer that could
Sure we abused the little bastard, but he held up like a trooper - that is until recently. On Friday his drain spout busted off causing it to start leaking, slowly. We had to toss a sheet pan underneath, hell we weren't sure we were going to be able to nurse him through the weekend. He made it through, and is going to a special place, I already suggested we should get him bronzed.
So imagine my surprise when I rolled into work yesterday that; sitting in R2's place was a beautiful brand new, sliver and black basket fryer. If this were a cartoon, the lights would've opened up from heaven and shown a light on the fryer while a chorus sang out. We can down fry croquettes without having to flip them half way through cooking. I didn't think about it last night, but I'll snap some photos tonight so you can see Vader in all his badassery.
Sometimes it just the little things that make me happy.
Pandora is sooo, like yesterday and stuff
I'm sorry to report that as far as listening to music in the kitchen, Pandora is no longer endorsed. I found out about Slacker Radio from one of my new favorite daily reads: Life Hacker. There is also one called Groove Shark, but it doesn't have a iPod/iPhone app available yet so that was an automatic fail.
So I started with Slacker, and let me tell you - my dormant radio geek has been re-awakened. What I love about Slacker (and Pandora lacked) is being able to fine tune the station pass using the thumbs up/down option that Pandora provides.
You can also set the station to play your favorites, more less or set it to auto and let Slacker do the rest. I've been fine tuning a couple stations for about a week, and there's a lot you can do.
All hail Slacker Radio!
Quote of the week
Chef: I really wrecked the bathroom...
Me: .....?
Chef: I may or may not have put too much hot sauce on my breakfast today.
Slacker Stations
Here's a few station we've been listening to in the kitchen.
- James Brown
- Prince
- Tool
- Rage Against the Machine
- N2Deep (mainly me at the end of the night...)
