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On 2/10/2024 at 1:01 PM, snakeyez said:

Try to find original dust sleeves and is there any way to even tell if they're original?

There were only 6 styles, 1 pretty rare. They are detailed here:

https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/601-ultimate-100-cib-nes-collectors-guide/

and some pictures of the textures toward the bottom of that page. 

I haven't seen aftermarket sleeves but I would think you can tell the difference. 

On 2/10/2024 at 12:35 PM, Hammerfestus said:

Huh never heard of it.  Was never a Deftones guy.  That Wikipedia still leaves me with question, what the hell is witch house lol

Wait 'til you hear about egg punk!

17 hours ago, PII said:

 

Nice! Did the breading solidify?

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I was reminded of all this lag talk by this blog post

https://www.sm128c.com/play-nintendo-switch-computer-monitor-0231

"it is actually an incredible experience to play Nintendo Switch on a monitor at my desktop PC setup...

So far I've primarily been playing Mario Strikers: Battle League since it was a new release, it was outstanding on a monitor, there's next to no latency which significantly improves gameplay.

I just have a low-to-mid end Samsung 24" monitor - not even a gaming monitor, but the Switch output on the display was very sharp, and the frame rate is superb compared to playing on a TV. The visuals were a much smoother experience."

On 1/22/2024 at 10:29 AM, TDIRunner said:

Everything in my game room that doesn't output 4K runs through this receiver which combines everything into a single 1080p HDMI signal out to my TV.  That includes 28 video game consoles, VCR, DVD, and laserdisc along with all of my audio (CD, vinyl, cassette, MP3). 

Do you have a bunch of RCA switches going on there? I'd like to do this. I once had a setup where all sound on TV or computer went through the stereo speakers, it was cool.

30 minutes ago, Richardhead said:

The store I work at has this song on the rotation. I sing along every time It comes up!

I would die. Might be worse than the jingle in Menard's.

3 hours ago, PII said:

 I gave up frying pretty quick and always bake, but the mayo thing sounds like it would work really good for frying...

Here's the first such recipe I read

https://www.theseasonedmom.com/cornflake-chicken/

I was just looking for how to do a corn flake coating and found that. It goes by baking. lmk if you try frying with a mayo-based coat! I would keep testing except I really can't eat this stuff very often  

 Mayo doesn't become solid when it cooks like egg does. 

Edgy content. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3D1ETiMAGr/?igsh=MTEweHdodmh0ZGc1dg==

Well, I couldn't make it to the store today, so instead of this month's meat loaf, I had another go at fried chicken. I wanted to try a few things. @BlackVega sorry for too many pictures and words but I'm experimenting and documenting, man. Also, where've you been? Haven't seen you in here in a while dude!

I tried 3 different things.

Mainly I wanted to crunch up the cereal smaller. After dumping it out I found that squeezing and mashing the bag wasn't very effective. I started crumbling between my fingers, which was slow. Then I realized a mortar & pestle would be great for this, and got most of it to a fine powder.

I had been doing some reading and heard about using mayonnaise to stick the coating. That seemed interesting. Ultimately, i wanted to try 3 different things:
 - Corn flakes coating (I used Special K) with mayonnaise, baked
 - Egg / flour / breadcrumb coating, deep fried. (normal style fried chicken)

I forgot what the 3rd thing was so I just recombined my options and went with
- Egg / corn flakes + breadcrumb coating, baked
It's a good thing I forgot.

The mayo is tasty and unusual for fried chicken (which is funny because it's eggs and oil), but it makes a terrible coating that comes right off on any surface, like a baking sheet or a prep board. I did not expect this, but it's no surprise. Who the hell came up with this?

The traditional version was hell in a home kitchen. I could not get the oil temperature to stay consistent at all. It was constantly fluctuating and I wasted a lot of time trying to keep it steady. The slightest adjustment on the stove burner would send it too far in the other direction, no matter how careful I was.

I applied all coatings two or three times. The third version was the best! Both egg-based coatings worked way better than I expected. The deep fry was quite overdone and I would not do this again without a dedicated fryer with digital temp control. (I used to have one that I got at the thrift store, but it conked out on me after the third use. I was learning how to make good crispy fries from scratch at the time. If I still had it I would have done some fries for this thread.)

Somehow, all of the recipes I read in researching this were far too long on the time. I went shorter than recommended, and when I checked the internal temp they were all well over the proper 165°. Amazingly, the meat (breast!) was not dried out. Only other issue was I would definitely brine the meat if I do this again. The best coating tasted good but all of them needed some salt in the flesh.

I actually took I took way less pics than I thought. I could swear I took more in process. One I really planned to show was the seasoning I used in the coatings - 7 herbs & spices, just like Colonel Sanders! Salt (does that count?), pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, oregano, green onion. And I had 4 dredge stations set up - egg, flour, bread crumbs, cereal.

But here's what I got.

Deep frying at home. In researching I learned that shortening is the oldschool southern way, and that coconut oil adds flavor. Since the latter is (relatively) healthy and I have both on hand, I went half and half. I also read that fried chicken was invented in either west Africa or Scotland, which is funny because that is quite the disparate pair of regions. My other takeaway is the whole corn flakes thing is way less amazing than the talk about it says it is. Not a big deal at all, not super different, and not worth the effort.

Before and after cooking. Left to right and top to bottom are in the same order - fried in oil, baked mayo coating, baked egg coating.

On 1/30/2024 at 2:54 PM, TDIRunner said:

I don't have those types of shelves, but I've considered it.  My plan for the empty space behind the games was to store video game related stuff that I didn't care to have on display.  That way the space isn't wasted.  

Gotta agree here. A deep shelf that you just lose depth with spacers = wasted space. I'm on a narrow (even more than usual) city lot so I try to make efficient use of everything.

8 hours ago, Hammerfestus said:

I’ve got some shitty Walmart shelves that are the perfect depth and they’re adjustable unfortunately there’s a fixed shelf right in the middle of it so you always end up with this short little row in the middle.

Needed for stability, once you get much more than 6 feet tall. I build my own so I can easily go up to the ceiling and I always use that.

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20 minutes ago, PII said:

 I'm not a super-supremo-grill-lord or anything so maybe I misunderstood what you were getting at..

Haha, neither am I. I've never actually owned or wanted one of any kind, myself. But this is what I meant.

2 hours ago, PII said:

I don't have a flip top either, but maybe we'll see if I can pull something off...

I was referring to the garden variety grill that you mentioned, you don't have one of those? Sorry, I am confused.

17 minutes ago, RH said:

I assume these were still released in Japan (cause why not, and I'm do lazy to verify) but I guess they weren't big hits over there.

Nope, StarTropics was one of the few specifically not released in Japan. Maybe that's why the execs forgot about it, haha

1 hour ago, scaryice said:

Next week's question: When it comes to 2, what game comes to mind?

Kinda lame. Although we do get to see the raw popularity of some of these games. I'm guessing Dragon Quest 2 followed by Mega Man 2.

I agree that's a goofy topic. Maybe they're not very creative this week. But I will say, when it comes to "2", I definitely think of my favorite NES games. (I know this is a Famicom poll but I have to go by what I know). Zelda II,  Mega Man 2, and SMB2 the actual SMB series game, are all in my top ranks for the Famicom era. 

5 hours ago, Jeevan said:

Leftovers for days!!!!!!

Some leftovers are ok. This dish in particular doesn't really work with my dietary goals even if I stretch that to "leftovers for weeks" or had anyone to share with. It's a big thick slab of processed meat. But I am going do it anyway. I just need to figure out the baking time/temp and measurements with smaller portions. I already know how to prep, portion, and freeze, and I have some other thoughts too. You know I hate waste. But I will at min get some good sandwiches and/or breakfast fry out of this. 
 

5 hours ago, PII said:

 I don't have a smoker so I was wondering if that can be simulated with a garden variety grill?

You can definitely smoke stuff with a fliptop barbecue grill. I know a facebook group "Sausage Debauchery" would be very helpful. Plenty of people there have custom, homemade setups, and would also be happy with their physics and technique experience to advise on doing it on the cheap and adaptable to simple gear like a walkabout grill, as that's how many started.

Great cartoon run 'n' gun with some minigames thrown in. I waffled 7 or 8, went 8 because I like it a lot. 

I've never liked meatloaf. Every time I've had it it was pretty dry. But I've been reading / researching recipes, and I'm going to try to do it better. The other challenge is making it for one person. I'll need to do some division and adapting. 

Hope to give it a shot this weekend. 

These aren't necessarily my favorites on the list, but the ones I think most stand out as symbolic of their movies.

Don't You Forget About Me
Eye of the Tiger
Ghostbusters

Honorable mentions to Danger Zone and Purple Rain.

3 hours ago, wongojack said:

I bought this one for $4.99 here:  Blackmagic Intensity Pro S-Video Breakout Cable S-Video To Dual RCA Cable NEW | eBay

Gotta say, I never actually checked the price on that other one