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Yeah, I had my doubts but it worked just as well as egg in that regard, maybe even a bit better. I baked 'em at 425˚. Whenever I get around to trying the mayo-method again I'll try it at 450˚ for comparison.

@Link Well, I didn't think I'd get to this right away, but I got in the mood to take some time making and eating chicken strips tonight so I went ahead and tried the "Mayo-Method." It took a little longer to do than simply using egg, but I'm not sorry I made the effort. I remember noticing that beer-battered fish has this incredible texture between the breading and the fish where each of those two things are melding into one, and I got a somewhat similar sort of effect albeit to a lesser extent by using the mayo in place of egg. also the Breadcrumbs were a little more as though it had been deep-fried due to the oil in the mayo. All in all pretty darn delicious. I used a combo of Panko, Cornflake and Graham Cracker Crumbs. And I whipped up a bowl of "Comeback Sauce" for dipping. I think I like the idea of people coming back to the older cooking club threads at any future point whenever it is that they've got something that fits to show off...

Yeah, I do remember that. I was going to mention in my previous post that a third loop started. I just remember the talk being that it was 2 loops rather than 3, but I guess now I know..

Oh, you're right. I'm remembering now the mayo coating I used on my first grilled cheese produced a lot of oil in the pan.. not sure why I was thinking that would work with frying, but I'll probably try that recipe and bake it...

@Link I'm pretty casual about this, just using whatever I happen to have on hand as far as bread crumbs/coating goes. I gave up frying pretty quick and always bake, but the mayo thing sounds like it would work really good for frying...

I played Gun.Smoke twice in row just recently and the ending was exactly the same the second time. Is there some additional qualification to get a different ending, like beating it twice without dying?........

Lolol, looks like the two I posted had a lovechild

The one on the left is more or less what I thought you were referring to when you said "flip-top." The one on the right is like the kettle grill that I have with a lift-off lid. I'm not a super-supremo-grill-lord or anything so maybe I misunderstood what you were getting at..

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

Oddly enough, one of the ones I was looking at is wrapped in either bacon or pancetta and another one I was looking at was a smoked variety. I don't have a smoker so I was wondering if that can be simulated with a garden variety grill?

Nice goin ! I've been meaning to get into these pool games for a while now. One of these years.... Also, will hafta keep my eyes peeled for a "Break Time: World Pool Tour" or "Break Time: World Pool Championship" Prototype..

You've just gotta ask yourself one thing:

I've never made one before but I've got a few recipes that look really good. Just gotta figure out which one to go for...

It's sounds like they tried too hard to simulate the actual experience of playing someone else in a bar. The worst is when you're playing doubles and the other two guys take forever every single time, like one guy has to get out his slide-ruler and the other guy has to throw his graphing calculator on the table and then they have to confer and compare notes on their respective geometries/trigonometries, then perform a bit of Calculus together, then more conferring and finally after you've drank the better part of your beer waiting for them, finally, one of 'em decides to actually propel the Cueball...

Yeah, you really gotta get every move down = another memorization game most people don't care much for, but I find it too unique not to enjoy...

I gave this one a go a couple of years ago and got relatively close to the end using warps, but IIRC the last warp I intended to take just wasn't where it was supposed to be. Either that or I didn't do something correctly, I have no idea really, but I ended up on tough level that did me in and haven't tried again since..

Nice job! I was planning to do this one again... eventually. If I felt more competitive at "Beat The NES" I would probably take a note like: never beat Castelian for the points. Always let someone else destroy their overall resolve by going after it instead. Pretty much everything you've said about it is dead on but for some reason I'm still convinced that I really like this game.. I even have it CIB for Atari 7800...

That's the first description of Snow Crash, I've read that actually makes me kind of want to read it.

I never said it was bunk, lol. If you're suggesting that he may have photoshopped his own image over a background (or added a fake background behind his own image, [what's the difference, really?]) for his own ends, his own benefit, that would mean that the original publisher somehow got ahold of it and decided to use it even though it's not accurate. And my final point would still stand. And why would he select an image of himself looking like he just got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, so to speak?

I've always detested that when I finish the "2nd mission" with 9 lives the game dials that back to 5 lives to start the "3rd mission." Still, challenging as NES Smash TV is it pales in comparison to the difficulty of its Arcade brother. That one has got to be one of the all time quarter munchers.

Jeez, for a guy who doesn't care much for shooters whupping Smash TV on the first go is pretty impressive. Nice going!

I'm not claiming the whole story is bunk but the picture of that guy is pasted in over the background. The image of him is flat and clearly not a 3 dimensional person who is physically present in the room. Look at the edges of the person, particularly along the shirt. His image is too sharply delineated from the background. Once you know what it looks like it will always jump right out at you. Furthermore that room is gloriously well lit. With very nearly nothing like a shadow to be found there is light shining down over almost every visible inch including a massive glare on the table and yet, the guy is poorly lit by comparison. Conclusion: He isn't actually in that room (If it didn't have that guy pasted in it would look like a very professional shot for a real estate magazine or something.) If I had to take an educated guess, I'd say that whoever produced the photo wanted people to see this guy in a really nice looking home with an absolutely KILLER view. Was that part of the remodel too? Kinda makes the original publisher a lier doesn't it?

Yeah, Metroid is weak. Stanley is the best MetroidVania on the NES!

I almost made it past the level with the giant mechanical camels (I forget what they're really called) the other night. You are right though, it is a lot of fun once you know what to do, just takes a little getting used to but then the fast pace is fun, really does feel you're controlling a Jedi.. I'll play the whole thing, one of these years...

Interesting. Seems like this really ought to have happened sooner, but then I don't think I ever really played this port as a kid. I grew up playing this on the Commodore 64 and of course, in the Arcade. The C64 port was way better than this NES port. You could really efficiently level buildings by climbing to the top and then steadily punching down/toward while climbing down + in the NES port once you've punched a given area down/toward you can no longer punch that area with a direct left or right punch whereas on the C64 port you could which made it possible to switch up those two ways of punching as you climbed down the building for maximum destruction as well as max potential for finding out what's behind windows. And then of course it also had all three characters including Ralph who is missing from the NES port..