[Nuke]

now that i think of it i use a non stick electric griddle (in good condition) that i found in a dumpster. i cannot afford cast iron.

[Klaustrophobia]

want to buy a new plasma TV, but apparently all the manufacturers decided to remove more than half the inputs from their new models.  unless you pay an extra $800 for the next model up, which as far as i can tell is otherwise identical.  2 HDMI and one component just doesn't cut it.

[z64555]

now that i think of it i use a non stick electric griddle (in good condition) that i found in a dumpster. i cannot afford cast iron.

Huh, they must really stick you for the heavier items up in Alaska, don't they? Here, cast iron skillets cost about the same as those Teflon lined ones.

[SypheDMar]

I sometimes cut up whatever meat I have (tried both ground meat and meatless/veggie ground meat), place it on top of a taco wrap, add whatever toppings and spices on top, add in condiments, and then nuke it. Simple taco to go with all the food I want and none of the mess. I'm sure you can do this for bacon too, right?

[z64555]

Yeah, but bacon tends to have a lot more grease in it than hamburger, so you may have to nuke it while wrapped in a layer or two of paper towels or end up with a soggy tortilla.

[SypheDMar]

That's a good point. Perhaps separating the two and putting them on top of another as a finished product may work as well. Or just nuke the bacon for you bacon lovers. Hopefully, we enough information to get the folks who can't cook bacon or ran out of oil to have a viable option without resorting to IHOP or the other breakfast restaurants out there.


EDIT: By the way, I volunteered to help with cleaning up the Nationwide Marathon in Columbus today with my organization E-Sports Initiative.
http://www.columbusmarathon.com/

[Klaustrophobia]

i cooked bacon in the microwave just the other night.  just slap a paper towel on either side of it.  faster and less (no) mess, but it's not nearly as good.

[FireSpawn]

Those moments in life when you want nothing more than to douse someone in salt water, hook them up to a car battery and watch them dance.
****, I hate my life sometimes.

[Mongoose]

I need to stop reading anything even remotely politically-related, lest I act on the urges to strangle a decent chunk of my fellow countrymen.

[Aardwolf]

Probably not going to end up using OpenCL after all Maybe some sort of OpenGL hackery instead?

[Nuke]

now that i think of it i use a non stick electric griddle (in good condition) that i found in a dumpster. i cannot afford cast iron.

Huh, they must really stick you for the heavier items up in Alaska, don't they? Here, cast iron skillets cost about the same as those Teflon lined ones.

the shipping here is horrible, especially through shipping companies. cost me $30 bucks to get a mobo (micro atx, reduced size), cpu, ram and a wifi card. usps if cheaper (and usually faster). the only thing worse than putting up with the shipping rates is buying it locally.

Yeah, but bacon tends to have a lot more grease in it than hamburger, so you may have to nuke it while wrapped in a layer or two of paper towels or end up with a soggy tortilla.

microwave ovens are anathema to me. to only be used for thawing out buns and heating water.

[Bob-san]

now that i think of it i use a non stick electric griddle (in good condition) that i found in a dumpster. i cannot afford cast iron.

If you can afford new cookwear, you can afford cast iron. Go to a yardsale and you have good odds of finding decent cast iron. You'll need to char the old seasoning (upside down in a firepit), smooth it (scrape with a spatula or steel wool), reseason it (coat it with bacon drippings), and then bake it (high heat for 1+ hour). After that, never clean the cast iron. I usually leave my own cast iron dirty until I'm ready to use it next. At that point, I'll heat it and then scrape the bottom with a metal spatula, pouring off the old oil and whatever I scratched off. Then cook with it.

Bacon grease, especially, is useful when kept for later. My pan usually has a coalesced layer of it, for the next morning. Heat it for a few minutes and throw the fresh bacon in. It'll bubble and pop a lot more, but the bacon cooks quickly and evenly.

[Nuke]

i cant afford new cookware, i spend all my monies on computer parts. you know, priorities.

lol, yard sales, nobody here has yard sales, its never dry enough outside.

also my bacon comes out fine. dumpster griddle is awesome. i dont get why people throw away perfectly good ****.

[Mongoose]

My mom never seems to have any trouble with cooking bacon in a normal non-stick skillet.  I don't exactly have the hands-on experience myself, though.

[Dark Hunter]

That lovely feeling when you think a homework is due tomorrow and you need to get it done tonight, but then you double-check and you have another day to do it.

That takes a whole lot of pressure off of me.

[deathfun]

I ate a cookie today that had bacon fat previously dripping on it

I slightly regret having ate that cookie, but I couldn't just throw it out and most certainly couldn't give it to a guest

[Ravenholme]

I ate a cookie today that had bacon fat previously dripping on it

I slightly regret having ate that cookie, but I couldn't just throw it out and most certainly couldn't give it to a guest

That sounds vaguely horrifying :S

[z64555]

now that i think of it i use a non stick electric griddle (in good condition) that i found in a dumpster. i cannot afford cast iron.

If you can afford new cookwear, you can afford cast iron. Go to a yardsale and you have good odds of finding decent cast iron. You'll need to char the old seasoning (upside down in a firepit), smooth it (scrape with a spatula or steel wool), reseason it (coat it with bacon drippings), and then bake it (high heat for 1+ hour). After that, never clean the cast iron. I usually leave my own cast iron dirty until I'm ready to use it next. At that point, I'll heat it and then scrape the bottom with a metal spatula, pouring off the old oil and whatever I scratched off. Then cook with it.

Bacon grease, especially, is useful when kept for later. My pan usually has a coalesced layer of it, for the next morning. Heat it for a few minutes and throw the fresh bacon in. It'll bubble and pop a lot more, but the bacon cooks quickly and evenly.

Which reminds me, bacon grease is also useful for cooking eggs... that is if you don't mind having burnt bacon bits in your eggs.

Figured out today how to "properly" fry an egg, tried this time to put enough oil in to actually float the egg as it's cooking, so I don't have to try scraping it out with a spatula. It does tend to sizzle and pop though. I'll see how well it turns out in a few minutes.

[edit] turned out pretty well, even though I left it on a minute too long and the edges got crispy, but no biggie

Probably not going to end up using OpenCL after all Maybe some sort of OpenGL hackery instead?

You know, one of these days I'm just going to give in and a demand the source code from you so I can look through it myself. 

[MP-Ryan]

I need to stop reading anything even remotely politically-related, lest I act on the urges to strangle a decent chunk of my fellow countrymen.

A variety of games can be cathartic =)

[FireSpawn]

So, A couple of cats just decided to get jiggy in front of my house (the side that my bedroom window faces). I respond with a swift precision strike with a penny I had to hand.

That'll learn them mangy bastards!