The Longest Yard (American Football Discussion Thread)

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The madman finally did it in a game!

https://x.com/NFL/status/1824906994739786161

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@degrassi.knoll did you see Will Levis recently partnered with Hellman's Mayonnaise to release his own custom cologne?  Commercial seems like an SNL sketch but nah it's real

And oh yeah, it's sold out

https://willlevisnumber8.com/products/will-levis-n08

I gotta buy this if I can as a joke gift for a number of people

I've avoided it this long and you're not gonna get me to click that link


Of all the condiments smdh

My scent would be honey mustard

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PS I cannot pronounce Levis without trying to say Levi's first.

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Did you ever try the 'Dangerwich'? 

https://x.com/lukesawhook/status/1644761139610279938

They got trolled so hard for it, they took it out of the offerings relatively quickly.

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I've avoided it this long and you're not gonna get me to click that link

Of all the condiments smdh

My scent would be honey mustard

Don't be a coward - watch the video! 

My family routinely makes fun of me because of how many condiments I use. If I'm having chicken tenders for example, it's rather normal for me to have six condiments or so on my plate - barbecue sauce, ranch, honey mustard, chipotle mayo, sweet and sour sauce and buffalo sauce.

So I gotta respect a guy like Levis who leans into his condiment love. Chipotle mayo might be my favorite. Very versatile. Great with hot dogs, burgers, fries (both regular and sweet potato), onion rings, fried pickles and chicken tenders (basically anything that's fried really, except I wouldn't use it with fried shrimp, which I prefer with both cocktail sauce and tartar sauce).

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Mahomes and Wilson, birds of a feather indeed.

How often are you munching tendies homie? And do you condiment directly onto the plate or do you use ramekins?

Disturbing lack of hot sauce tbh

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Mahomes and Wilson, birds of a feather indeed.

How often are you munching tendies homie? And do you condiment directly onto the plate or do you use ramekins?

Disturbing lack of hot sauce tbh

Eh, once every 2 weeks or so because they're pretty easy to make. I don't eat frozen food, so I make 'em myself. Some olive oil in an electric skillet to crisp 'em up nice and golden. And for me, it's condiments directly on the plate, no ramekins.

I love hot sauce, but not on chicken tenders for whatever reason. Love it on my burgers and tacos though. I like spice in general - my uncle kinda got me into spicy foods (well him, plus learning in college how much I liked the sensation of the 'burn' of a good bourbon), because growing up, my Mom never made anything spicier than the 'hot mustard' you could find at McDonald's. Him and I would do these 'hot food' challenges together. Some of the more notable ones I remember were the Toe of Satan challenge, the Paqui 'One chip' challenge, and the Death Nut challenge (this one was the absolute worst one I've done - it was so bad, that after completing the challenge, I actually threw up, my body straight up rejected that shit and I basically shat molten lava for the next two days - when you get to that level of heat, it's like Satan himself has started a bonfire in your brain, you can't think of anything but the enduring heat and pain, you start to realize you're drooling but you can't even feel the drool, you start to physically move and contort as some kind of bodily defense mechanism to your impending regret, time slows down, and then the tunnel vision... - check out some Youtube videos of people doing the challenge on Youtube if you're into schadenfreude).

I love spices and condiments in general though - when it comes to food, I'm big on texture, and I'm big on variety of flavors. I'm the guy who thinks the more toppings on a pizza, the better. 

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I like spice, but not torturous heat - miss me with those masochistic challenges lol. I really appreciate and enjoy the flavors of a hot Thai curry, for example. Certain hot sauces can elevate a dish, or make it inedible. It's all about balance.

Electric skillet, huh? What's the benefit of that?

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I like spice, but not torturous heat - miss me with those masochistic challenges lol. I really appreciate and enjoy the flavors of a hot Thai curry, for example. Certain hot sauces can elevate a dish, or make it inedible. It's all about balance.

Electric skillet, huh? What's the benefit of that?

I completely agree in terms of balance. It's about elevating the dish - but if it gets to the point where the heat completely drowns out the other flavors, then there's not much point to it in my eyes. For example, I make this delicious steak stirfry that I routinely top with a decent amount of red pepper flakes. Recently got some smoked ghost chili flakes from Trader Joe's and without much thought, put the same amount of them on my stirfry as I do red pepper flakes. Big mistake, as they were quite a lot hotter - and I couldn't taste much else.

The big benefit to electric skillets is providing a consistent and even heat, which you don't really get with a regular skillet on a stovetop. Most of them are also larger than your standard skillets which allows you to cook more food in them (which also means you could could more easily cook a double or triple batch and have leftovers for the week).

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I completely agree in terms of balance. It's about elevating the dish - but if it gets to the point where the heat completely drowns out the other flavors, then there's not much point to it in my eyes. For example, I make this delicious steak stirfry that I routinely top with a decent amount of red pepper flakes. Recently got some smoked ghost chili flakes from Trader Joe's and without much thought, put the same amount of them on my stirfry as I do red pepper flakes. Big mistake, as they were quite a lot hotter - and I couldn't taste much else.

The big benefit to electric skillets is providing a consistent and even heat, which you don't really get with a regular skillet on a stovetop. Most of them are also larger than your standard skillets which allows you to cook more food in them (which also means you could could more easily cook a double or triple batch and have leftovers for the week).

Hm. I'll stick to my cast iron and gas range I think.

You know what I use the fuck out of though? My air fryer. I've never made wings so often in my entire life lol

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Hm. I'll stick to my cast iron and gas range I think.

You know what I use the fuck out of though? My air fryer. I've never made wings so often in my entire life lol

It's funny you mention that, I got an air fryer for the first time a couple years ago and now I can't imagine life without it! It makes for delicious and crispy wings, chicken drumsticks, and fries! Much better than what you'd get out of an oven. Also great for reheating leftovers.

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It's funny you mention that, I got an air fryer for the first time a couple years ago and now I can't imagine life without it! It makes for delicious and crispy wings, chicken drumsticks, and fries! Much better than what you'd get out of an oven. Also great for reheating leftovers.

I use it every single day! All the roasted veg my little heart could desire. I want to upgrade to a fancy digital one and use it to dehydrate fruit and maybe even make jerky???

Speaking of wings though, would I be right in guessing you're a drum guy?

[SGR]

Speaking of wings though, would I be right in guessing you're a drum guy?

You'd be wrong, Im more of a wing guy than a drum guy 

Again, for me, it comes down to flavor, or specifically flavor to meat ratio - with wings you have a much more equal flavor to meat ratio, whereas with drums, you have a ratio that weighs heavily towards the meat instead of the flavor. This isn't always a bad thing, but it depends on the meat - and chicken, among other meats, is a fairly bland meat indeed. I don't know anyone who simply cooks a plain chicken breast as they might do for a steak - if I did know those people, I'd assume they were psychopaths. 

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^ I was being cheeky, flats superiority gang for sure lol


I am obsessed with Dobbs' alien looking ass