The Pizzle
May 31, 2016 5:09 PM Subscribe
This guy is great! Nobody has ever made me want to eat cat litter before. I have to imagine "while kernel corn" means "We buy ears of corn deemed unfit for human consumption and run the whole thing through a shredder" so I'm impressed it turns out so well.
I get that he's using the "your mom" running gag ironically, but that doesn't make it any less tired. Overall the whole thing could use a bit less self-depreciation, although some is warranted as he is eating the worst possible foods.
I also suspect lots of people otherwise bereft of alcohol are going to try his Scopejito. That Vanilla Extract cocktail though, I'd think there were other alcohol-based extracts that would work better.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:52 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
I get that he's using the "your mom" running gag ironically, but that doesn't make it any less tired. Overall the whole thing could use a bit less self-depreciation, although some is warranted as he is eating the worst possible foods.
I also suspect lots of people otherwise bereft of alcohol are going to try his Scopejito. That Vanilla Extract cocktail though, I'd think there were other alcohol-based extracts that would work better.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:52 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
Oh, I thought it was a different Dennis Lee.
Marguerite,
Go wash your feet.
The Board of Health
Is down the street.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:12 PM on May 31, 2016 [7 favorites]
Marguerite,
Go wash your feet.
The Board of Health
Is down the street.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:12 PM on May 31, 2016 [7 favorites]
I assumed this was going to be Dennis Lee of children's poetry fame and was momentarily confused. Alligator pie might be unusual, but it's not garbage!
posted by sevenyearlurk at 6:14 PM on May 31, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by sevenyearlurk at 6:14 PM on May 31, 2016 [4 favorites]
Some of these recipes and articles would be really, really interesting if he spent way less time trying as hard as he can to force the humour down the reader's throat.
What's he's doing is so interesting on it's own but then he makes it almost entirely unbearable, however he says
"If you are doing anything to Spaghettios, nothing in life matters" in his recipe for spaghettios alla carabonara which made me laugh.
posted by Neronomius at 6:45 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
What's he's doing is so interesting on it's own but then he makes it almost entirely unbearable, however he says
"If you are doing anything to Spaghettios, nothing in life matters" in his recipe for spaghettios alla carabonara which made me laugh.
posted by Neronomius at 6:45 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
Fun watching my local Chicago food idiot, Dannis Ree (his preferred pronunciation of his own Korean name, at least for internet purposes) intersect with the cold PC scalpel of Metafilter. You have to let Dannis/Dennis grow on you over time, and it certainly helps to have a personal connection with the guy. Short story: It's an act. He's a decent guy. He actually is a pretty good cook, and he also regularly writes actual, serious food reporting articles for real publications that are insightful and have absolutely no references to your mom. And he's a joy to tweet with. Give Dannis Ree a chance, wont' you?
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 6:54 PM on May 31, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 6:54 PM on May 31, 2016 [5 favorites]
I concur that the "your mom" jokes are probably fun for no one but Dennis/Dannis.
However, if you're unemployed and having the year he's having and his only entertainment is eating kitty litter to entertain the rest of us, I cannot blame him for the other self-deprecating stuff.
Besides, it's a hoot to read.
posted by jenfullmoon at 6:54 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
However, if you're unemployed and having the year he's having and his only entertainment is eating kitty litter to entertain the rest of us, I cannot blame him for the other self-deprecating stuff.
Besides, it's a hoot to read.
posted by jenfullmoon at 6:54 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
The "your mom" jokes take on a life of their own in his twitter feed, and I think are intended only to keep that going. Taken individually, each "your mom" joke is odious, but taken as a whole, the series of "your mom" jokes are a sort of Dannis Ree fan shibboleth. Ignore them and enjoy the other parts of his posts.
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 6:57 PM on May 31, 2016
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 6:57 PM on May 31, 2016
Ignore them and enjoy the other parts of his posts.
posted by Room 641-A at 7:02 PM on May 31, 2016 [3 favorites]
Clam juice sounds revolting, but let’s be serious. I get plenty of clam juice on tap every night from your mother. Don’t tell me you didn’t see that coming. All over your mother’s face.No, thank you.
posted by Room 641-A at 7:02 PM on May 31, 2016 [3 favorites]
I learned that my favorite alcoholic drink to inhale is a Clamato bloody mary, which are words I do not think I’d ever say.
Nor should you have because that's a goddamn CAESAR, Dennis.
*HRUMPH*
posted by ZaphodB at 7:30 PM on May 31, 2016 [6 favorites]
Nor should you have because that's a goddamn CAESAR, Dennis.
*HRUMPH*
posted by ZaphodB at 7:30 PM on May 31, 2016 [6 favorites]
I like reading about stupid food experiments (see also: "Steve, Don't Eat It!", which is better) so this is fun, thanks.
posted by turbid dahlia at 7:50 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by turbid dahlia at 7:50 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
(The "your mom" stuff is a bit prison loaf-y, however.)
posted by turbid dahlia at 7:54 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by turbid dahlia at 7:54 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
This is obviously not as wonderful as spiders, but it's quite a wonderful blog and I did tell Dennis about the horrifying phallus-like Rollie Eggmaster. So basically I'm saying this blog is totally endorsed by me and "your mom" jokes are to Dennis as spiders are to me.
posted by melissam at 8:10 PM on May 31, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by melissam at 8:10 PM on May 31, 2016 [2 favorites]
Big smooch to all the Canadians breathlessly rushing in to comment about how our Dennis Lee doesn't eat garbage. He lives about 5 houses away from me. Drove by me this afternoon!
posted by chococat at 8:14 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by chococat at 8:14 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
intersect with the cold PC scalpel of Metafilter
It's weird, I saw a flurry of tweets about this in passing and went into Responsible Adult mode and came to check it out to make sure there wasn't a giant tire fire spinning up or something, and...there's a dozen comments in here with a mix of folks liking it, sorta liking it, sympathizing, and feeling like the mom joke schtick isn't really doing it for them? "Ugh, your mom jokes?" isn't really what either the folks who hew toward what I guess you'd call aggressive PC nor the folks who rail against the oppressiveness of same are usually thinking about; feels like a weird critical tack to take on people not falling in love with a zero-context presentation of someone's fairly idiosyncratic humor style, even if as already-a-fan you'd rather they were just getting on board 100% from the word go.
Humor's weird, different strokes for different folks, etc, but one of the great joys of dropping something oddball on the front page with no context is also one of the big drawbacks: you're gonna get immediate reactions from folks who don't have the benefit of already being on board or, with such terse framing, even a little bit of sense of what they're getting into based on some sort of quick summary of what they're about to dive into.
By which I mean your mom.
posted by cortex at 8:17 PM on May 31, 2016 [12 favorites]
It's weird, I saw a flurry of tweets about this in passing and went into Responsible Adult mode and came to check it out to make sure there wasn't a giant tire fire spinning up or something, and...there's a dozen comments in here with a mix of folks liking it, sorta liking it, sympathizing, and feeling like the mom joke schtick isn't really doing it for them? "Ugh, your mom jokes?" isn't really what either the folks who hew toward what I guess you'd call aggressive PC nor the folks who rail against the oppressiveness of same are usually thinking about; feels like a weird critical tack to take on people not falling in love with a zero-context presentation of someone's fairly idiosyncratic humor style, even if as already-a-fan you'd rather they were just getting on board 100% from the word go.
Humor's weird, different strokes for different folks, etc, but one of the great joys of dropping something oddball on the front page with no context is also one of the big drawbacks: you're gonna get immediate reactions from folks who don't have the benefit of already being on board or, with such terse framing, even a little bit of sense of what they're getting into based on some sort of quick summary of what they're about to dive into.
By which I mean your mom.
posted by cortex at 8:17 PM on May 31, 2016 [12 favorites]
Some of us Canadians are also slightly upset about remarks that might disparage clam-juice.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:43 PM on May 31, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:43 PM on May 31, 2016 [2 favorites]
I'm not. What fucking rocket surgeon thought that was a good idea? Whoever it is, they go on The List with Celine Dion and Kevin Leary.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 8:46 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 8:46 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's basically an excuse for adding a huge dose of sodium, a bit of selenium and iron, and an umami note to your morning cocktail, which really does wonders for your hangover.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:03 PM on May 31, 2016
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:03 PM on May 31, 2016
Who gets up in the morning? Mid afternoon at best.
posted by axiom at 9:09 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by axiom at 9:09 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]
Bits of it were quite interesting. I liked his Balut egg salad sandwich, for instance. But the faux misogyny got old fast, like your mom.
Have you called her recently? She misses you.
posted by Joe in Australia at 9:26 PM on May 31, 2016 [3 favorites]
Have you called her recently? She misses you.
posted by Joe in Australia at 9:26 PM on May 31, 2016 [3 favorites]
(Dennis also makes occasional appearances on the ABV Chicago podcast, as his roommate Craig is one of the co-hosts.)
Since I live in Saint Louis and have never understood the city's love of toasted ravioli, I fully appreciate Dennis' experiment for toasted ravioli-filled-ravioli-filled-ravioli, as there's plenty of t-rav disparagement that makes my day. Additionally, for "science," Dennis performed that experiment with the Halloween Whopper. You know, THAT experiment.
posted by stannate at 7:04 AM on June 1, 2016
Since I live in Saint Louis and have never understood the city's love of toasted ravioli, I fully appreciate Dennis' experiment for toasted ravioli-filled-ravioli-filled-ravioli, as there's plenty of t-rav disparagement that makes my day. Additionally, for "science," Dennis performed that experiment with the Halloween Whopper. You know, THAT experiment.
posted by stannate at 7:04 AM on June 1, 2016
This blog should go in the Internet Hall of Fame, right next to Steve, Don't Eat It!, and The Gallery of Regrettable Food.
posted by ArgentCorvid at 7:24 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ArgentCorvid at 7:24 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
“This is the best thing I have ever seen,” I said, cackling to myself. “This is an egg shitting device.”
Blame my inner fourteen-year-old, but I laughed at the whole thing until I wept. However I never want to eat again, which Steve, Don't Eat It! didn't do even with the corn tumours, so I guess I karmically break even
posted by monster truck weekend at 7:59 AM on June 1, 2016
Blame my inner fourteen-year-old, but I laughed at the whole thing until I wept. However I never want to eat again, which Steve, Don't Eat It! didn't do even with the corn tumours, so I guess I karmically break even
posted by monster truck weekend at 7:59 AM on June 1, 2016
I'm pretty impressed by his matryoshka ravioli. He actually made the pasta from scratch, nice.
And the penguin is good. Who's a good penguin you are yes you are
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:53 AM on June 1, 2016
And the penguin is good. Who's a good penguin you are yes you are
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:53 AM on June 1, 2016
What an appropriate antidote to all the prettified recipe blogs out there with perfect photos of perfect food on perfect flatware that nobody in their wildest dreams has the time, energy, or cashflow to replicate.
posted by blucevalo at 9:53 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by blucevalo at 9:53 AM on June 1, 2016
For my fellow Canadians, Dennis Lee reading Garbage Delight at the CBC in 1977.
posted by bibliotropic at 10:10 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by bibliotropic at 10:10 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
ravioli-filled-ravioli-filled-ravioli
Isn't that just a cheese-deficient lasagna?
posted by porpoise at 4:53 PM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Isn't that just a cheese-deficient lasagna?
posted by porpoise at 4:53 PM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
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