I learned the history of "Tater Tots" today (after midnight, counts) with @juliewebgirl.
TL;DR - Invented in the Pacific Northwest by a company called Ore-Ida, a concatenation of "Oregon" and "Idaho", in Ontario, Or. The owners were figuring out what to do with potato slivers from other parts of their process. Adding flour and seasonings and frying them, the Tot was born. Tah-Dah!
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tater_tots
Ore-Ida Themselves: https://www.oreida.com/product/00013120085666
@spacehobo @juliewebgirl Yup.
Julie clued me in on Taco Time's history as well (they're actually a restaurant, not Taco Bell).
@spacehobo @juliewebgirl Ignoring the really good Taco Trucks around, I've banaged to find some really good places (White Center has much good Mexican), but I've only lived here a decade.
I'm surprised that it took that long for good Mex to move up the coast, especially with Seattle being a Foodie Town and ethnic foodie at that, as long as I've lived close to the Pacific Ocean.
@spacehobo @juliewebgirl Catching up here.
Snouthouses. Huge in the 50s, and across the Grand American Midwest (throws up a little in mouth).
They're called "Snout Houses" because the garage looks like a pig's snout. There are lots of designs, duplexes, multi story uinits, but I found one like Space Hobo is describing. Lack of front door, the architect should be shot.
This one is in Seattle, 1,900SqFt, $420,000 (because, Seattle), 8mi south of downtown, built in 2016.
Goddamned Travesty.
@elfin @spacehobo @juliewebgirl
double width front door
SUVs feel right at home
servants to the rear
@w0dz @elfin @spacehobo
jokers to the left of me
jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in suburbia hell
@juliewebgirl @w0dz @spacehobo Clowns to the left.
@spacehobo @juliewebgirl @w0dz
*Blink Blink* You're not talking about Elton?
Ok...Raises Hand, I consider lateseventies and early, Early 80s "Disco".
Please don't make me call my 68 year old mother on this or we'll be up all damned night (all of us...ALL OF US!) 'arguing' Genisis, and Elton and the finer points of Pink Floyd vs Simon and Garfunkle (and on and on &c.).
No. Bad.
1979...Disco.
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/PV45rpm/billboard_top_40_songs_1979/
Saturday night fever.. Need I say more?
Even Elton tried disco 🤦
1980...New wave and accompanying straight leg jeans. Think Billy Joel:
"Next phase, new wave,
dance craze, anyways,
it's still rock 'n' roll to me"
Now .. early 70's... https://rateyourmusic.com/list/PV45rpm/billboard-top-40-songs-1972-1/
It has a definite vibe. I think I'm going to compile an early 70's playlist.
Simon & Garfunkel were 60's. Period.
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@elfin @juliewebgirl @w0dz Yeah, disco was late 1970s and very earliest 1980s. But "The Seventies" is a mood, not a number on the calendar. And I say it's from Watergate to Reagan actually being able to destroy the US after he got shot.
Watergate and Dark Side of the Moon were about the same time, and DSOTM was a definite departure from 1960s rock and defined the genre from then on. People laugh when they hear what was called "Rock and Roll" before then, these days. Sort of like how people will laugh and say "What? Talking Heads isn't *punk*!!!" despite the history.
Didn't last long did it? (The not talking about Elton part) 🤣
@elfin @spacehobo Ok first off, I've never seen anything like this before. Ugly af.
ALTHOUGH... I don't care what other people think looks good...
AND... Having grown up in a house that was on a nice chunk of property yet was still kinda close to the road, the closest wall being a big picture window of the living room...
I very much like the privacy of the front here.
Granted, I can't stretch my arms out between the 2 houses and there is no privacy in the back yard.
@juliewebgirl @spacehobo It Super Fails the Halloween Test.
UNLESS, some silly dork besides to invest their entire front lawn into a Halloween extravaganza for the kids. it doesn't happen very often but it's kind of funny when it does.
@spacehobo @juliewebgirl "Extra Salt" is Good.
@elfin @juliewebgirl https://youtu.be/PmGyACG5K0E?t=56
EXTRA SUGAR!
EXTRA SALT!
EXTRA OIL AND MSG!!!!
@elfin @spacehobo
Except when someone *ahem* (not me) didn't have proper measuring spoons so somebody else *ahem* (me) decided to wing it on the aus ju mix and we both woke up with what I can only assume was some level of edema. I've NEVER ... and I've ground salt straight into my mouth befo... Oh wait... It was pink sea salt. Ahaaaaa...
Mystery solved.
@spacehobo @juliewebgirl Well, if you spell "water" like "tea" I'd say we each easily plow 2+ liters per day.
I've had the low-salt. It's not bad. Unsure about using it for sauces. I'd have to play with that for a while before being confident with it as an ingredient.
@spacehobo @elfin
This is how I explained #Ballard to @elfin when he moved here.
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