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I think it's fair to say that Charles Oakley is one of the more terrifying and intimidating men on the planet. That's why it's probably a no brainer that a penne-penised Food Network producer would probably have a tough time turning down a cooking show featuring him. But the New York Post reported a couple weeks ago that, yes, "Cafe Oak", executive produced and starring Charles Oakley as the host, is not some sort of Mad TV skit gone awry, and is actually making the rounds of some networks in search of a home.
The dearly missed J.E. Skeets actually stumbled across Oak's recipe for beef short ribs, cooked them up, and ingested them like meat-fisted fiend he is. His verdict? "85 out of 10."
Charles Oakley's beef short ribs in a cinnamon wine sauce [Ball Don't Lie]
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now THIS is how you make a waffle at 4am....(breaks stuff)
well, tonight looks to suck again
Five pitch inning from Wakefield- nice!
this just in: obama wins north carolina, indiana too early to call, and hillary clinton is still worse than satan.
@Johnny LaRue: I can see that - including adding the eggs to the waffle iron. Shell and all. /sqwunch
@thefuseproject: this one is gonna angry up the blood.
I don't even know who Freddy Dolsi is but he was warming up already - which is amazing since I wasn't even aware he existed.
Holy carp. My mom just called, a pair of infield box seats for Tigers/Red Sox tomorrow night. Sorry kids, my plan to answer your questions tomorrow night via email just got trumped.
@SuperFrankieLampard:
Lovely to see Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos working a treat in Indiana, right now. Tocqueville would be proud.
/hangs self in shame
When are they airing the Tyrone-Hillsabitch stew episode?
Will it include a recipe for schweaty (basket) balls?
Ooh! Or a throw down between Charles Oakley and Hell's Kitchen guy? That'd be amusing.
@Yostal: holy carp indeed.
evening all.
what's the rumpus?
Nightmare fuel:
Oakley rawdawggin' Paula Deen!
/nightmare fuel
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at:As a Brewer fan I will join you in angst..
Oak can show Emeril what 'Bam!' really means.
OH. MAN.
Realization. This is High School Musical coming to life!
You can bet there's nothing but net
when I am on the court and in the zone.
But I've got a confession,
my own secret obsession,
and it's something I need to share.
Open up, dig way down deep!
If Troy can tell his secret, I can tell mine. I bake.
AND ZEKE... ZEKE IS BAKING!
/apocalypse in 3...2...
@Le Kangourou de Kataroo is anti-legwarmers and proud of it: Alfonso Soriano just might be the greatest Domnican-born Hiroshima Carp, ever.
@Matt_T: Jeff McInnis's face?
@Fat-Fat: Tigers and Brewers sucking...it's the past 20 years all over again!
I liked the Skeet recipe better except without all the food.
@Le Kangourou de Kataroo is anti-legwarmers and proud of it: Yeah! My money's on Gordon Ramsay.
@Slothrop: hello, friend!
and....i'm back!
Oak's "Taking It To The Hole" Breakfast Sausages
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at:At least you've been to the playoffs mumblemumblegrumble
I could see Oakley and Anthony Bourdain getting into a fistfight over how to prepare a good ceviche.
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: My first thought was, "Wait, no, they were good franchises a while back- wait, that was over 20 years ago!?"
God, I'm old.
@The Joy of Cesc: obama can still make up a lot of ground, but i doubt he can win the state at this point. thanks a lot, rush, for keeping politics down in the mud.
@longefellowes:
and right back atcha.
@Fat-Fat: if we switched Gagne and Jones, would anyone notice?
I miss Skeets. Good morning, Sweet Ribs.
and YOOOUK!
@The Joy of Cesc:
While Oak is a force of nature, I'll take the crazy drunken chef from Jersey. That guy can butcher a pig in his sleep.
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: On the bright side the 1.2M feed I'm finally getting is pretty damn good.
Anyone on tonight who lives in the Baltimore/DC metroplex...or whatever it's called?
I heard Nowitzki also plans a cooking show called "Mein Kumquats".
/ahem
@Slothrop:Specifically, which crazy drunken chef? Most people from Jersey fit at least the first two categories..
@SA: well, yeah, we got that going for us.
If Nate would just grow the full freaking beard back....
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at:How about euthanasia in both cases?
@thefuseproject: I live in said area
@longefellowes:
Bourdain. His "Nasty Bits" is a great book about what goes on in the back of the house.
I know Clare has worked front of the house--who else?
@Fat-Fat: very nice
/Borat
@Fat-Fat: Gagnebaro?
@Slothrop:
I've eaten in a restaurant. Does that count?
@Slothrop: I've worked up front and in the back while in college...I know all the horrible things that occur
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: So, my BFF (that's what the kids call it these days, right?) and I are supposed to go hiking in a couple of days (whatever the state park is that contains Camp David) and he's getting all whiny about the weather...it's a six hour drive for me to get there- is it REALLY supposed to be that bad Thursday/Friday/Saturday?
I'm about to ring him up and call him a whiny bitch...
@UkraineNotWeak:
only if you tip 20%.
how are you? I'll be in your neck of the woods tomorrow. Going to visit family in Columbus, stopping in Gwinnett tomorrow for god-daughter's birthday.
@Slothrop: I was temporarily a bartender and ran the canteen at my country club while I lifeguarded... does that count?
Eeeek! The YES announcers just said that "Jeter's in a catcher-pitcher relationship". Wowee!
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: 8 Jacques?
@Slothrop: If by "worked" you mean labored for free in my brother in-laws restaurant so that I could eat anything I wanted and guzzle soda, then, yes.
He runs a tight ship though, no real back room shenanigans at The Appleseed on Lake Todd in scenic in Bradford, NH (he owes me for that one!)
@thefuseproject: looks like thunderstorms on Thurs/Fri at least - I haven't seen anything but weather.com though
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at:
More people should work in restaurants. It definitely makes you generally more polite and tougher. Or crazy.
I might have to try Oak's short ribs recipe. That sounds damn tasty. Although I'd be dead if I drank 18 beers.
@Slothrop: I worked as a sommelier's assistant (read: bitch) for about a year and a half, for my first taste of a working environment populated exclusively by sociopaths.
@Fat-Fat: we ditched that Jones already...one more remains...
@Slothrop: or irrationally angry towards old people
/casino restaurant
@Le Kangourou de Kataroo is anti-legwarmers and proud of it:
hmm, that's a close one. Magic 8 Ball says, "Ask again later."
Charles Oakley listens to post-hardcore punk rock whilst grilling a delicious selection of fine meats. I'd watch that.
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: That's all I've seen too, so I suggested we move it by 24 hours to Fri/Sat, and then he launched into the whole, "maybe we should just go on a day hike..." Don't get me wrong- we've been best friends for over 20 years- but that's a lot of driving to go on a day hike.
Methinks the missus is applying pressure...
@Slothrop: Close enough. I managed a candy store, and also (later) managed a TCBY. I also did time in a grocery store, and in a department store. So, pretty much, I've been shit on by all kinds and castes of people. And yes, everyone should have to work in the service industry. Because you're right, it does have the side effect of making you more polite, understanding and courteous. I was already insane.
@thefuseproject: Lake Todd? Creative bunch up there. Of course Wisconsin has like 50 Pine lakes so who am I kidding.
@The Joy of Cesc:
oooh, god. sommeliers are the worst of the worst.
@thefuseproject: six hours one way for one day is way to damn much.
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at:I am stupid for not getting the closer relations...but hey...AI is on!
@Fat-Fat: One of many tourist traps in the ol' home state. I grew up on the shores of "the big trap," Lake Winnepesaukee.