17. August, 2003 - End of the home stand
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Last night, the Jackhammers made the most of opportunities in 8-3 win over the Saints. It was actually a pretty good game, and I still thought the Saints were in it until the end. Even though they lost, they were looking more lively in the field, and I felt a little encouraged. I’m really hoping they’ll come together today to get a win (for Jody, who’s starting), but after talking to folks the past two nights, it sounds like George is trying to get things in order for the playoffs, and some of his work is paying off in people looking a little more sharp in the field.
- It was the main PeTA night of the season, and one of the guys brought Iguana and Rabbit. They ended up on The Spooky Grill.
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Iguana isn’t all that good. It’s tough, and if you don’t eat it hot, it doesn’t taste that good, but we had another kingdom represented on the grills.
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But the gang was having fun, and we took up a pretty good swath of parking spots. My spam sushi went a lot more quickly than I expected, and in spite of some problems rolling sushi for the first time, I think I did okay. A few of the rolls were loose, but the flavors were right (I used raw cucumber and kosher dills for the veggies) and people seemed to enjoy it. I got a little grief from Yoshi (who makes much better sushi than I do) for using pre-packaged wasabi, but other than that and the loose rolls, it was a success, as it was gone before 6pm.
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After the game, we had some folks stopping by, but with another game today, the late night crowd wasn’t all that big. I made some spam-kebabs (spam and Geisha tropical fruit salad alternated on the skewers) and Pete cooked up some spicy italian sausage. I also had pretty full selection of Nagaraya Cracker Nuts (including Adobo, Garlic and Hot & Spicy) for people to snack on, and between that and the leftover ham and turkey from earlier, it was a pretty good feed.
- There was also Pocky (set the encoding to ISO 2022-JP if it doesn’t look right) for dessert (I just had the Strawberry and Chocolate flavors), which was a big hit with a few people, and as the night wore on, more and more folks seemed to fall under the spell of this tasty treat. Mmm. Pocky-rific!
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Sun, 17 Aug 2003 01:36:46.
