Fighting Talker

From an old SHOOT Magazine interview via the Guardian:

Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Favourite food?
Oven-roasted meat.
Miscellaneous dislikes?
Injustice.

A local KC brewery is brewing a Wizard-specific beer. How great is that?

We are partnering with Weston Brewing Company to tryout a new Wizards-specific beer that is brewed in a traditional cask-conditioned method. Beer will be free until the first 10 gallons are gone, then more will be available for $2 a pint.

How is it possible that DC United hasn’t done this before? I am already buzzing with ideas for DC-themed beers.

• Luciano Emilio Triple IPA, because his mad hops deserves some serious hoppiness
• Pink Cow Ale, because nothing washes down the taste of another schlacking like a bit of bitter
• Chris Albright Cranberry Ale, because it sits for a while but instead of getting better, it’s just flat and horrible when you eventually try some
• Dema Kovalenko’s Caffeinated Beer because it’s full of energy but not very pleasant

You could go on and on

For everyone who’s ever done a college roadtrip, especially one to a football game, this sounds like an especially good idea.

Organization because Roy, head of the group’s travel committee, in fact the only member of it, has laminated the details of every stop on their tour of Switzerland in case anyone gets lost when a little worse for wear.

My old Fauquier Citizen boss Lou Emerson wouldn’t have liked this story idea.

Studying the Intersection of Politics and Pantry

How is this newsworthy?

Larry Finkel at MarketResearch .com used information on 25,000 people assembled by Simmons Market Research to develop a voter preference index based on store-bought cookies and restaurants.

Among his findings: Democratic women, a demographic group likely to support Hillary Clinton, have an affinity for fruit-filled cookies. Mr. Obama’s supporters intensely dislike vanilla wafers. And if McCain supporters had a favorite cookie, it would likely be one like Chips Ahoy.

I like fruit-filled cookies, vanilla wafers, and Chips Ahoy. I guess that makes me a centrist… or just fat.

A McCain voter might reach for a SoBe energy drink, a Clinton supporter an Odwalla Super Protein drink, and for an Obama supporter, an Izze sparkling juice.

How about telling us about policies? Is that so hard? This stuff is only interesting to campaign journalists and no one else.

Did you know that Anheuser Busch makes a non-alcoholic, green apple flavored beer for the Middle East?

The evidence after the jump. (more…)

So there’s even more good news in the Nats food department as the SportsBog confirms that Five Guys will be at Nationals Park, though not necessarily on opening day. Even though (like Ken Beatrice) I don’t eat that stuff anymore, Five Guys in a ballpark is a match made in heaven. They’re even bringing all their toppings.

“That was a debate,” Beresford said of the decision to import all those toppings to a ballpark setting. “We decided, of course, it wouldn’t be a Five Guys burger if we didn’t.”

(Beresford and Gaines already run three Five Guys stores, with the Chinatown location their flagship.)

Subject to change, hamburgers will be $7, cheeseburgers and bacon burgers $8, and bacon cheeseburger $9, including sales tax. Regular dogs will $5.50, cheese dogs and bacon dogs will be $6.50, and bacon cheese dogs $7. No “little” burgers at the Park, though.

And Steinberg, if you want a proper DC Sports “quest,” go chase Beatrice down, wherever he is.

Someone has brought one to the office.

It lurks like normal, delicious baked goods, tempting you with its yummy-looking frosting and otherwise innocent exterior.

Others walk by eating it, seemingly unable to understand the horror that they are ingesting.

What is this fifth column of pastry? (more…)

A Colbert-esque Tip of the Hat is due to the Nats who announced that they will allow outside food into Nationals Park. That is a very kind gesture and one that I wish more stadiums would adopt.  Nothing goes better with Nationals pitching than a Vietnamese Banh Mi as seen right. It’s something spicy to go with all the mediocrity.

Ezra Klein is right here in defending DC pizza against constant attacks of ex-pat New Yorkers shrilly decrying our pizzas. DC has great pizza if you know where to look and are willing to wait a bit. Is it different than New York pie? Sure, but our best pizza (Two Amy’s and Paradiso) fit into the established belief that Washingtonians flock to authentic food rather than fusion’esque stuff. We want our pizza approved by the Italian government as the true Neapolitan item. (Which it is.) This is pizza Tyler Cowen could list on his ethnic food list, which is how I feel Washingtonians truly want it.

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Yet another person jumping on the Surge bandwagon!

That stuff was all I drank during high school. Subsequently, I am amazed I haven’t grown extra digits and still have sexual function. But man, did that stuff taste good.