Surly's Soap Box

I'm kind of going through a Limbaughesqe stack of stuff that slid off the ole radar screen the last few weeks: Unfinished posts, unanswered questions, that sort of thing.

First off:
Surly Dave: Mocha-momma wants your professional opinion:

My better half was reading a Martha Stewart Living Magazine and came upon an ad for new Lays Sensations kettle cooked potato chips. In the ad they quote some chef as saying "The perfect pairing with your favorite wine." Mocha-momma wonders if this is going to become a standard along the lines of---beer & pretzels, milk & cookies---wine & chips?

Personally, I don't like the texture of kettle cooked chips. I think it's like chewing flaky chips of concrete, with a little flavor to them.

The key here is "some chef". A lot of chefs are essentially media whores. Any chance to get their name and face out into the public: They are all wanna be rock stars, the types who would show up to American Idol try outs. If Lays came along and offered Wolfgang Puck or Bobby Flay enough money, they'd promote it nude.

I personally wouldn't do wine with chips because alcohol is a solvent and would work on the fat that the chips were cooked in, so the fat would be your primary taste sensation. That and the salt.

But if your guests insists, or are just clueless, I would look no further than boxed wine. Remember, you can't judge a wine by it's box.

And if Old Dutch where to give me a call, why yes, I am available for endorsements.

Bert Perry asked me a while back in the comments section, "What kind of signs do you build?" All types: Architectural, Monuments, Awnings, Channel Letters...The sky is the limit.

Let's see...Here's a post on Universalist Heresy that never quite made all the way, but maybe I'll revive it later. Ya, I'll post that later. Something on Jane Fonda, New Orleans...I heck, I think I'll just dump them.

I guess I'll just answer some questions after all.