The unimportant news thread

[Pohjolas Daughter]

And in that case you would be sure the egg is really an egg, the bacon is really bacon, and the bun is really made from grain products, unlike at MacDonalds.

Eek!  I use real (normally organic, etc.) eggs, real ham or bacon and real English muffins.  What does MacDonalds use? 

PD

[Spotted Horses]

What does MacDonalds use? 

Who knows really?

Chicken McNuggets have been found to come in four distinct shapes, suggesting they are synthesized in some sort of reactor.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Who knows really?

Chicken McNuggets have been found to come in four distinct shapes, suggesting they are synthesized in some sort of reactor.

"Reactor"?     Some sort of form mold me thinks.   I remember (years ago) learning that they couldn't call their shakes "milk shakes" because there wasn't enough milk in them--recall hearing that there was also a kind of "digestible plastic" in them.   

PD

[North Star]

Gotcha!  I did discover, not that long ago, that one can buy rounds of ham/Canadian bacon(?) that are perfect for making at home Egg McMuffins.  The hardest part is getting the fried egg to be the right size so that it doesn't hang over the edge.  There's probably some sort of ring form that I could use in a pan.  In any event, topped with some melted cheese:   yum!

PD

One of these babies should do the job, depending on the size of your buns of course.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

One of these babies should do the job, depending on the size of your buns of course.

Thanks!

PD

[André]

Gotcha!  I did discover, not that long ago, that one can buy rounds of ham/Canadian bacon(?) that are perfect for making at home Egg McMuffins.  The hardest part is getting the fried egg to be the right size so that it doesn't hang over the edge.  There's probably some sort of ring form that I could use in a pan.  In any event, topped with some melted cheese:   yum!

PD

That's the only kind I know. Are there others ?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

That's the only kind I know. Are there others ?

I suspect that what I purchased at the time was rather just ham slices cut into circles.

And I did also find these (which might work better for me as I would not normally be feeding breakfast to a half-dozen people. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z51X66W/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07Z51X66W&SubscriptionId=&linkCode=as2&tag=bestprodtagk70045-20&th=1

PD

[Karl Henning]

That's the only kind I know. Are there others ?

Here in the states, Canadian bacon is also known as Taylor ham, I think.

[André]

Here in the states, Canadian bacon is also known as Taylor ham, I think.

More confusion. 

I found this article about the so-called canadian bacon :
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/canadian-bacon_n_56e305b4e4b0860f99d8e162



I've never bought or eaten it. When I read 'canadian bacon' in the posts above I assumed it was what I know simply as bacon.

In Canada canadian bacon loses its nationality. It is called back bacon and is not served very frequently - quite hard to find here actually. What we Canadians call bacon (pure and simple) is the same product found in the USA !

[Karl Henning]

More confusion. 

I found this article about the so-called canadian bacon :
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/canadian-bacon_n_56e305b4e4b0860f99d8e162



I've never bought or eaten it. When I read 'canadian bacon' in the posts above I assumed it was what I know simply as bacon.

In Canada canadian bacon loses its nationality. It is called back bacon and is not served very frequently - quite hard to find here actually. What we Canadians call bacon (pure and simple) is the same product found in the USA !

Merci. I've at times wondered if the term "Canadian Bacon" might be problematic.

[MusicTurner]

An artist is loaned $84,000 to reproduce two earlier artworks originally made by himself and instead....well, you can read the article for yourself if interested.   

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/jens-haaning-kunsten-museum-modern-art/index.html

PD

The money should have been paid back yesterday at the latest, and following statements by the artist - that he won't be paying - the museum has now asked lawyers to deal with it, in a rather low-key manner not involving the police at first. They don't seem to be too keen on the attention nowadays, whereas the artist, who has already had some international success with his conceptual ~art events, appears to sting to it, and to insist on for example budgets and expenses that surely aren't particularly modest.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The money should have been paid back yesterday at the latest, and following statements by the artist - that he won't be paying - the museum has now asked lawyers to deal with it, in a rather low-key manner not involving the police at first. They don't seem to be too keen on the attention nowadays, whereas the artist, who has already had some international success with his conceptual ~art events, appears to sting to it, and to insist on for example budgets and expenses that surely aren't particularly modest.

Thank you for the update MT.  Wonder how this will end?  From what I recall, that would have been way, way, too much money for that museum to have afforded...though I think that what they had offered to pay him was very little too, but he agreed to it.

PD

[LKB]

This is nothing but simple thievery. I hope the " artist " is jailed and forced to make restitution.

[LKB]

I just sent this to the former Scumbag-in- Chief:

" Just a simple reminder, sir, that you are the embodiment of everything that all true Americans should strive to avoid.  While many in the GOP ( Greedy, Obsequious Pussies ) continue their pathetic currying in hopes that your treasonous behavior will in some corrosive way benefit their political fortunes, I applaud the Party of Lincoln in their successful endeavor to help prevent your re-election. For you are, in fact, the the utter enemy of all who would preserve American democracy, and while l can't speak to your " political acumen ", I am in complete agreement with Mr. Tillerson's famous assessment of your intellectual capacity. May all your political endeavors continually fail, and your influence wane into oblivion.

Sincerely,

David Cavissi "

Sure, easy pickings and all that, and not the classiest behavior. But I'm tired after working 2300-0700, energy is low etc. So l took the easy route, and l won't apologize since I'm sure he'll never be exposed to it in any case.

G'night!

[T. D.]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/magazine/ai-technology-poker.html

Good poker players have always known that they need to maintain a balance between bluffing and playing it straight. Now they can do so perfectly.

[Karl Henning]

Google deceived consumers about how it profits from their location data, attorneys general allege in lawsuits

[T. D.]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/bob-dylan-sells-recorded-music-catalog-to-sony-music-entertainment.html

Sony Music Entertainment has acquired the entire recorded music catalog of Bob Dylan, the company announced Monday.

"Columbia Records and Rob Stringer have been nothing but good to me for many, many years and a whole lot of records," Dylan said in a statement. "I'm glad that all my recordings can stay where they belong."

The deal includes all of the famed singer's previous albums dating back to 1962 as well as the rights to multiple future releases. The deal closed in July 2021 and is estimated to be worth between $150 million and $200 million, according to Variety.

[MusicTurner]

Due to his wealth & overall work list, got interested in Dylan's lifestyle; there are photos from a Harlem home he sold recently, and actually it's rather disappointingly bland and conservative, with traits of the ~moderately palatial:

https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/a9084132/bob-dylan-house/

[Karl Henning]

MFA to return stolen 17th-century painting to heirs of Jewish collector

By Malcolm Gay Globe Staff, Updated January 24, 2022, 3:23 p.m.

The Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to return a 17th century Dutch painting to the heirs of a Jewish collector, resolving longstanding concerns over the artwork's spotty ownership history.

The agreement restores ownership of the looted painting to the heirs of Ferenc Chorin, a Hungarian industrialist who placed the artwork in a bank vault before fleeing Hungary during World War II.

Chorin's heirs intend to auction the painting this April in New York at Christie's Old Masters sale, where it is expected to fetch between $500,000 and $700,000. The painting, titled "View of Beverwijk" (1646) by Salomon van Ruysdael, depicts a rural scene on the outskirts of Beverwijk, north of Haarlem in the Netherlands. It went on public view over the weekend.

"I am so pleased that we were able to quickly come to a resolution, leading to the return of the painting to its rightful owners," said MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum. "As a museum, we will continue to do our part to determine the rightful ownership of objects we hold in trust."

The agreement, which comes amid mounting pressure on museums to return stolen objects, is one of numerous claims the MFA has resolved in recent years. In 2017, the museum paid to retain a group of porcelain figurines sold amid Nazi persecution in 1937, and in 2014 it repatriated a group of looted Nigerian artifacts.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Due to his wealth & overall work list, got interested in Dylan's lifestyle; there are photos from a Harlem home he sold recently, and actually it's rather disappointingly bland and conservative, with traits of the ~moderately palatial:

https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/a9084132/bob-dylan-house/

I wonder how much of that was staging?  And dang, no photos of his stereo setup/music room?!

PD