Tennis Warehouse-Mid Atlantic Chapter

[tennischemist]

ooh maybe i will make pork chops for dinner

any advice?

[hollywood9826]

4 (3/4 inch) thick bone-in pork chops
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon J.O or Old Bay
1/2 tablespoon white wine
vegetable oil
vegetable oil for frying
More Old Bay

1.Make a couple cuts on the edges of the cop so they dont curl so much.
2.Plastic bag, add the soy sauce, garlic, sugar, white wine, and Old Bay. Rub it in let it sit in fridge for a while, flip the bag and rub every so often. Maybe let it frige 1-2 hours to soak up the juice.
3.Heat Skillet fill with Oil like 1/2 inch you want it pretty deep. You want the top to stick out al ilttle to get it crispy sprinkle J.O/Old Bay on both sides of the chops while frying.

I pretty much stole that from a Taiwanese Chop recipe that asked for some Chinese 5 spice powder and cornstarch or Sweet potato powder. of course I use J.O or Old Bay. And more Old Bay instead of sprinkling with Corn starch and since ive never seen sweet potato powder i have no idea what that would be like.

[downs_chris]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

stringing machine comes today

pretty excited

what machine did you get?

[tennischemist]

Originally Posted by hollywood9826

4 (3/4 inch) thick bone-in pork chops
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon J.O or Old Bay
1/2 tablespoon white wine
vegetable oil
vegetable oil for frying
More Old Bay

1.Make a couple cuts on the edges of the cop so they dont curl so much.
2.Plastic bag, add the soy sauce, garlic, sugar, white wine, and Old Bay. Rub it in let it sit in fridge for a while, flip the bag and rub every so often. Maybe let it frige 1-2 hours to soak up the juice.
3.Heat Skillet fill with Oil like 1/2 inch you want it pretty deep. You want the top to stick out al ilttle to get it crispy sprinkle J.O/Old Bay on both sides of the chops while frying.

I pretty much stole that from a Taiwanese Chop recipe that asked for some Chinese 5 spice powder and cornstarch or Sweet potato powder. of course I use J.O or Old Bay. And more Old Bay instead of sprinkling with Corn starch and since ive never seen sweet potato powder i have no idea what that would be like.

that sounds good

might try it with honey instead of sugar, rice vinegar instead of white wine (don't have any white wine) and coconut oil instead of vegetable oil.. i couldn't tell you the last time i bought vegetable oil

maybe add some thai chiles and ginger to it

[tennischemist]

Originally Posted by downs_chris

what machine did you get?

Gamma X-2

it's arrived at my house

i don't know how i'm still at my office, i'm so excited. i just went to our gym to work out instead of going to lunch.

[tennischemist]

also at the gym i did a full 3 sets of calf raises for the first time since my grade 2 calf strain about a month ago

my rehab is nearly complete!!

[sapient007]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

that sounds good

might try it with honey instead of sugar, rice vinegar instead of white wine (don't have any white wine) and coconut oil instead of vegetable oil.. i couldn't tell you the last time i bought vegetable oil

maybe add some thai chiles and ginger to it

asian card = check

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

Gamma X-2

it's arrived at my house

i don't know how i'm still at my office, i'm so excited. i just went to our gym to work out instead of going to lunch.

Give yourself a few hours for your first string job if you have not strung before.

[downs_chris]

Originally Posted by sapient007

asian card = check

tennischemist = asian?

[tennischemist]

Originally Posted by sapient007

asian card = check

if anyone looked at my fridge/cupboard they would assume 100% that I was south/southeast asian

i have chicken thighs, pork bellies, thai chiles, basil, lemongrass, ginger root, shallots, scallions, coriander blah blah blah in the fridge

then coconut oil, ghee, white pepper, like 4 types of curry powder, cayenne, fish sauce, a few different sesame oils, shredded coconut, about 3 cases of coconut milk in my cupboard

and i'm about as white as can be

[tennischemist]

Originally Posted by mikeler

Give yourself a few hours for your first string job if you have not strung before.

i used to string racquets for myself and some teammates back in high school (about 6 years ago), about 7 or 8 a week w/ a 6 point dropweight machine

this is a 2 point dropweight but i can't imagine that makes that much of a difference

i don't remember the knots AT ALL and i'm a little worried about flexing my racquets but i don't really every string above 55 lbs so hopefully that won't be an issue.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

i used to string racquets for myself and some teammates back in high school (about 6 years ago), about 7 or 8 a week w/ a 6 point dropweight machine

this is a 2 point dropweight but i can't imagine that makes that much of a difference

i don't remember the knots AT ALL and i'm a little worried about flexing my racquets but i don't really every string above 55 lbs so hopefully that won't be an issue.

I learned from the YULitle videos on YouTube. They have everything you need to know. Irvin and Drakulie have some pretty good vids too.

[tennischemist]

cool i might youtube them on my phone during what will be the longest D6 ride of all time because i'm excited to get home and practice this

it's really a pleasure going west at rush hour when your bus route goes north on 13th street, then west on K from 13th and 19th, and then north on 20th (or 21st) through dupont

so bad

it's so nice to get back up through georgetown into the "suburbs"

[Eightmarky]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

HAH this is amazing as I am a Georgetown grad and a couple of the dudes on the tennis team were major d-bags

Georgetown grad here too and I had the same experience with one of the guys on the tennis team. This was in the 90's though.

[Angle Queen]

Originally Posted by auzzieizm

Good luck with the Fideua! I love making and eating that one!

Ok, I know this is from a few days ago...but the results fell in the OMG category and are definitely post-worthy.

And...here's your sign:



That other culture's food far surpass anything "American." The depth of flavor from a relatively simple preparation was phenomenal. And, of course, the folks at Cook's Illustrated hit a homerun. Kids ate it, sis cleaned her plate and darn near demanded the leftovers.

Will be put in The Rotation here at home and made on a regular basis.

Dinner tonight, though, a somewhat uninspiring tilapia...probably to be turned into fish tacos.

On the tennis front, haven't hit a ball in over two weeks. It's killin' me.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

cool i might youtube them on my phone during what will be the longest D6 ride of all time because i'm excited to get home and practice this

it's really a pleasure going west at rush hour when your bus route goes north on 13th street, then west on K from 13th and 19th, and then north on 20th (or 21st) through dupont

so bad

it's so nice to get back up through georgetown into the "suburbs"

At least you have internet in the bus. The Metro you are out of luck.

[tennischemist]

yeah i notice that, in the metro my phone always reads out full signal/data coverage but nothing data-intensive ever actually works

[JRstriker12]

Originally Posted by mikeler

At least you have internet in the bus. The Metro you are out of luck.

True that! On the metro you are out luck period...

Seat? Nope.
Get to work on time? Nope.
Go one day without a breakdown or delay? Nope
Air Conditioner working? Maybe

Totally SOL!

[tennischemist]

so what should i string with

i have an old pro staff 6.1 classic that i don't really use, gonna practice w/ the crappiest of the giveaway strings that gamma includes

then i have two 4D 200 Tours and a reel of Sheep Micro 17 (my string of choice because i am a string plebe) showing up tomorrow

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

so what should i string with

i have an old pro staff 6.1 classic that i don't really use, gonna practice w/ the crappiest of the giveaway strings that gamma includes

then i have two 4D 200 Tours and a reel of Sheep Micro 17 (my string of choice because i am a string plebe) showing up tomorrow

Use the crappy Gamma strings. If you break 'em, no big deal. The Gamma synthetic gut (non Wear Guard) is actually my favorite solid core string. The only thing the Wearguard version does is wear out your wallet from restringing!