February 26, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:So IronChef Blogger, in which I, in the guise of IronChef Libertarian, took on IronChef Liberal Spencer Ackerman, took place last night. Julian Sanchez, who (along with Dave Weigel and Kerry Howley) kindly lent a house for me to cook in, called it "ridiculous", an assessment as unkind as it was true. Ezra Klein reports "about 6,000 calories of saturated fat slowing down my circulatory system"--did I mention the secret ingredient was cheese? The pictures (also courtesy of the amazing Dave Weigel) are here; luckily, I look craptacular in almost all of them. In my defense, of course, I made five dishes in 90 minutes. You try doing that and having good hair.
Who won? For that, you will have to wait for the Bloggingheads.tv video, to which I will post a link as soon as there is one. But I can tell you who took all the battle scars: the libertarians. First my sous-blogger Will Wilkinson was attacked by a dog, requiring a quick trip to the laundry room with some stain remover and a basket full of medical supplies; up to about two minutes to go time he was wandering around the kitchen with no pants and a slightly pained expression. Then I managed to stab myself no less than five times (the blades on my new food processor sure are sharp! And funnily enough, my knives, too.) Finally, during the cleanup phase, I got a piece of glass in my heel, requiring Julian to perform emergency surgery with a pair of tweezers and a big bottle of rubbing alchohol. Spencer, meanwhile, looked fresh as a spring daisy, which just goes to show that might does not always make right.
If my libertarian readers have ever wondered who's out there on the front lines in Washington, fighting for your beliefs, you now have an answer. The question for me and Will is, who provides our emergent, spontaneous disability pension?
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The problem - as evidenced in the first photo - is that you are hanging out with government-destroying terrorists masquerading as patriots.
At least, that's what 24 has taught me about Bluetooth headset users.
yeah, you're lucky jack didn't show up and start shooting people in the leg.
Where is the parmesan? WHERE IS THE PARMESAN!!!
And what the hell kind of jacket is Julian wearing? Do The Killers need a new lead singer? Is he working on branding the lounge thing?
Is it true that there was no Paleocon Iron Chef because of objections to innovations like iron?
I was done up as our Blogging Chef equivalent of Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef so I could introduce the contestants. Though I did, in fact, already own a crushed velvet purple jacket...
Craptacular?
you fuss needlessly Jane.
Karthik.
I've got to second Karthik's sentiments, Jane. If that's "craptacular", I'm sure we'd all love to see you looking so-so.
Pish tush, you look fine, and who cares about that anyway?
Where are the pictures of the FOOD? And the recipes? Can I at least get a mouth-watering, ver detailed description?
This sounds like a total blast, and may induce me to final watch a blogging heads podcast.
Julian already owned a crushed velvet jacket. Why does this not surprise me?
Ah how I long for the days when political enemies considered their points important enough to stab and slice each other to death at Five Points, rather than let a food processor do their dirty work for them.
Or perhaps not. But it still is a bit of consorting that I fail to understand. Then again, maybe a decade of internet politics has jaded me.
courtesy of the amazing Dave Weigel
And you wonder why some of your readers accuse you of turning liberal.
Here's hoping that by indirectly linking to a photo of the fetching Ms. Howley, you can maybe bleed off a few of your creepier stalkers.
Aw, this sounds like fun! Wish I coulda been there. I cook a mean farinata. I just invented a new salad. Can I play? Can I play?
And you wonder why some of your readers accuse you of turning liberal.
I think she was referring to my amazing willingness to drive from downtown DC to Maryland in a snowstorm to pick her up w/ several boxes of cooking gear, not my amazing Republican-unfriendly politics.
I must say, Mr. Dobalina. You really make me sick with your fradulent behavior. You're going to make me flip, and then an army couldn't save you.
How could you cook with your hair hanging around your face? That would have driven me to distraction. Plus, isn't it a bit unsanitary?
It reminds me of watching any episode of CSI in which the female characters process crime scenes with their perfectly styled hair hanging loose, seemingly oblivious to any contamination it may cause.
Cooking is what (young) liberal/libertarians must think passes for manual labor.
Way to suck all the fun out of the room Judson. Cooking is really a dying art. Jane's occasional posts about cooking is one of the reasons I got active baking again. Now it's fresh bread every week. Scones on Tuesday etc. Jane has really inspired me. BTW Jane I am still waiting on the post on the must have kitchen appliance/kitchen layout.
Judson,
I agree completely! Why if they were proper young conservatives they'd know manual labor by all the tireless work they'd be doing propping up the outmoded social structure against the relentless onslaught of mdernity! Uphill! Both ways! In the snow! Turn that noise down! In my day, we listened to real music from catgut and bone, not these modern electrical squeals! And get off my lawn, you liberaltarian hooligans!
Seriously, dude, does fun spontaneously evaporate when you appear or do you have to make a conscious effort?
Now that I've seen you, I want to marry you. Are you available? (I wanted to marry you before I saw you, but now I'm sure)
So much for bleeding off the creepier stalkers.
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