Comments on: Gung Hay Fat Choy! http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:11:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-349275 FDB Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:12:03 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-349275 Anthony: <blockquote>Just being proxy for Robert Bollard’s sister-in-law FDB - haven’t descended into random culinary didacticism</blockquote> Ah yes. I missed that. Carry on. <blockquote>Just thinking about the stuffing ingredients though. The Chinese and Japanese make stuffed chicken wings too and adjust their ingredients accordingly - it’d be nice to mess around and maybe do a sage, butter and lemon one or maybe the chicken kiev is due for an update.</blockquote> Best thing about skin-heavy dark meat (oooer) cuts is the capacity to stand up to a robust stuffing (OOOOOEEEERRRR!). Sage, lemon, butter AND garlic sounds like a good update on the Kiev. I'd be hard pressed to keep saffron out of it at the moment - a good mate gave me about 100g of it in a nifty box, and I'm going nuts. p.s. admin-meisters - I seem to be routinely spaminated since yesterday. Was it something I said? Are-you-being-served dark meat innuendo, perhaps? Anthony:

Just being proxy for Robert Bollard’s sister-in-law FDB – haven’t descended into random culinary didacticism

Ah yes. I missed that. Carry on.

Just thinking about the stuffing ingredients though. The Chinese and Japanese make stuffed chicken wings too and adjust their ingredients accordingly – it’d be nice to mess around and maybe do a sage, butter and lemon one or maybe the chicken kiev is due for an update.

Best thing about skin-heavy dark meat (oooer) cuts is the capacity to stand up to a robust stuffing (OOOOOEEEERRRR!). Sage, lemon, butter AND garlic sounds like a good update on the Kiev. I’d be hard pressed to keep saffron out of it at the moment – a good mate gave me about 100g of it in a nifty box, and I’m going nuts.

p.s. admin-meisters – I seem to be routinely spaminated since yesterday. Was it something I said? Are-you-being-served dark meat innuendo, perhaps?

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-349264 Mark Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:28:24 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-349264 Both! We did try google ads at one stage, but the amount of money they brought in was so inconsequential it wasn't worth having them. Both! We did try google ads at one stage, but the amount of money they brought in was so inconsequential it wasn’t worth having them.

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348805 David Jackmanson Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:19:40 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348805 Non-profit or non-ad? There is certainly an argument for a political site being totally ad-freee. Non-profit or non-ad? There is certainly an argument for a political site being totally ad-freee.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348797 Kim Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:55:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348797 We're a non-profit, David. We’re a non-profit, David.

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348725 David Jackmanson Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:17:04 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348725 Google Ads and Amazon affiliate links at the moment...and then see what opportunities become available by selling ads directly to businesses. We've been forbidden from using pay-per-post or similar schemes, which is a smart decision I think. You have to be picky about ads. I don't think people resent them if they are not too obtrusive. My general strategy is "while you're here, you might find this interesting", and then move back to the content. But people hate seeing friendly articles in return for an ad. If I try and pretend something is interesting when I think it isn't, I'll fail. BTW I've found <a href="http://www.problogger.net" rel="nofollow">Problogger</a> very good for advice if anyone else is interested in trying to make money blogging. I actually started reading it just for ideas on how to make Let's Take Over more readable, without any plans for ads, but the job ad for Brisbane Is Home turned up on the job boards there. Mark, you should think about reviewing more books that you can link to on Amazon, I think. I guess it's not too off topic to be talking about plans for making money at Chinese New Year... Google Ads and Amazon affiliate links at the moment…and then see what opportunities become available by selling ads directly to businesses.

We’ve been forbidden from using pay-per-post or similar schemes, which is a smart decision I think.

You have to be picky about ads. I don’t think people resent them if they are not too obtrusive. My general strategy is “while you’re here, you might find this interesting”, and then move back to the content.

But people hate seeing friendly articles in return for an ad. If I try and pretend something is interesting when I think it isn’t, I’ll fail.

BTW I’ve found Problogger very good for advice if anyone else is interested in trying to make money blogging. I actually started reading it just for ideas on how to make Let’s Take Over more readable, without any plans for ads, but the job ad for Brisbane Is Home turned up on the job boards there.

Mark, you should think about reviewing more books that you can link to on Amazon, I think.

I guess it’s not too off topic to be talking about plans for making money at Chinese New Year…

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348707 Kim Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:31:58 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348707 So how does it work, David? Is the revenue driven by advertising? So how does it work, David? Is the revenue driven by advertising?

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348706 David Jackmanson Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:30:54 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348706 Thanks a lot Mark! I'm lucky I've got such a booming city to be blogging about...Brisbane's going off right now. I'm also lucky that the world of business is changing. I had to submit 3 sample articles to apply, and two of them were on Let's Take Over. That means I put forward a business application using articles from a site that calls for 'kicking out the bosses and running the world ourselves' above the fold on every page. This is not, I understand, a tactic recommended in most guidebooks on business, but it was dealt with in a simple email exchange - as long as I don't use it to push my political agenda (which would be silly on a mainstream site anyway), it's all good. Thanks a lot Mark!

I’m lucky I’ve got such a booming city to be blogging about…Brisbane’s going off right now.

I’m also lucky that the world of business is changing. I had to submit 3 sample articles to apply, and two of them were on Let’s Take Over.

That means I put forward a business application using articles from a site that calls for ‘kicking out the bosses and running the world ourselves’ above the fold on every page.

This is not, I understand, a tactic recommended in most guidebooks on business, but it was dealt with in a simple email exchange – as long as I don’t use it to push my political agenda (which would be silly on a mainstream site anyway), it’s all good.

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348676 Mark Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:27:35 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348676 Yes, very nice post indeed, David. Congrats on the new site - good stuff. :) Yes, very nice post indeed, David.

Congrats on the new site – good stuff. :)

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348661 Kim Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:12:57 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348661 No probs at all, David! Nice work! :) No probs at all, David! Nice work! :)

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348657 David Jackmanson Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:08:26 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348657 Kim only just saw the update with the link to my article. Thanks very much for that :) Kim only just saw the update with the link to my article.

Thanks very much for that :)

]]> By: anthony http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348629 anthony Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:37:56 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348629 Just being proxy for Robert Bollard's sister-in-law FDB - haven't descended into random culinary didacticism yet. Just thinking about the stuffing ingredients though. The Chinese and Japanese make stuffed chicken wings too and adjust their ingredients accordingly - it'd be nice to mess around and maybe do a sage, butter and lemon one or maybe the chicken kiev is due for an update. Just being proxy for Robert Bollard’s sister-in-law FDB – haven’t descended into random culinary didacticism

yet.

Just thinking about the stuffing ingredients though. The Chinese and Japanese make stuffed chicken wings too and adjust their ingredients accordingly – it’d be nice to mess around and maybe do a sage, butter and lemon one or maybe the chicken kiev is due for an update.

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348624 FDB Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:21:17 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348624 Anthony - how did you get on to chicken wings? I mean, great instructions, but did I miss summat? My Saturday night in Chinatown sucked fat choy I'm afraid. Got royally shunned at my regular joint with some out-of-towners. Slow service, with dishes coming out about 10 minutes apart. Had to ask 3 times for bowls and chopsticks after food started arriving. $14 for a quarter of a roast duck (normally you get 1/2) chilli squid was maybe 1/3 squid and 2/3 capsicum, pork belly was mostly those bits of shitty white cartilage. Meanwhile, the non-<em>gwai-lo</em> were fawned over. Hmm... Anthony – how did you get on to chicken wings? I mean, great instructions, but did I miss summat?

My Saturday night in Chinatown sucked fat choy I’m afraid. Got royally shunned at my regular joint with some out-of-towners. Slow service, with dishes coming out about 10 minutes apart. Had to ask 3 times for bowls and chopsticks after food started arriving. $14 for a quarter of a roast duck (normally you get 1/2) chilli squid was maybe 1/3 squid and 2/3 capsicum, pork belly was mostly those bits of shitty white cartilage.

Meanwhile, the non-gwai-lo were fawned over. Hmm…

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348608 David Jackmanson Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:44:53 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348608 Oh dear...that job drove me mad...600 calls in a 6 1/2 hour shift...and people can be <i>really</i> ignorant when they call directory assistance! Oh dear…that job drove me mad…600 calls in a 6 1/2 hour shift…and people can be really ignorant when they call directory assistance!

]]> By: Kirsty http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348595 Kirsty Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:43:00 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348595 David, yep, that's the one and the very same section by the sound of it. David, yep, that’s the one and the very same section by the sound of it.

]]> By: anthony http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348591 anthony Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:43:39 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348591 For the stuffed chicken wings you need to remove two bones and leaves a sock of skin attached to the final wing tip. First remove the single bone that attaches to body. Just work the meat and sking back carefully with a knife (a curved ' beak' paring knife works well for this - victorinox make one for $6). Remove at the joint - you may need to cut around the joint. Now gently work back the meat and skin around the next set of double bones by scraping with the knife. Peel it the meat and skin back until you can get at the next set of joints and remove the bones by carefully twisting and cutting. Use the meat for a stuffing which is inserted back into the skin like a sausage and cooked with the wing tip. For the stuffed chicken wings you need to remove two bones and leaves a sock of skin attached to the final wing tip.
First remove the single bone that attaches to body. Just work the meat and sking back carefully with a knife (a curved ‘ beak’ paring knife works well for this – victorinox make one for $6). Remove at the joint – you may need to cut around the joint.
Now gently work back the meat and skin around the next set of double bones by scraping with the knife. Peel it the meat and skin back until you can get at the next set of joints and remove the bones by carefully twisting and cutting.
Use the meat for a stuffing which is inserted back into the skin like a sausage and cooked with the wing tip.

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348568 David Jackmanson Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:55:04 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348568 At last...<a href="http://www.brisbaneishome.com/chinese-new-year-in-brisbanes-chinatown-fortitude-valley-photos-and-videos-for-you/" rel="nofollow">my article is finished. 50 photos and two videos (of mine - two other vids as well) - please enjoy.</a> Kirsty, did your call centre front onto the Chinatown Mall? I used to work at Stellar (paging and directory assistance) which is in the building that contains the car park. At last…my article is finished. 50 photos and two videos (of mine – two other vids as well) – please enjoy.

Kirsty, did your call centre front onto the Chinatown Mall? I used to work at Stellar (paging and directory assistance) which is in the building that contains the car park.

]]> By: Kirsty/Galaxy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348562 Kirsty/Galaxy Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:26:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348562 Thanks for the link, Kim. I used to work in a call centre in the valley and once a year over a couple of days we had to explain to callers that, no we weren't <a href="http://www.tomcho.com/?page_id=58" rel="nofollow"><em>under attack by ninjas</em></a>, but that it was the firecrackers going off for Chinese New Year to frighten away the evil spirits. And still those phones kept ringing. Thanks for the link, Kim. I used to work in a call centre in the valley and once a year over a couple of days we had to explain to callers that, no we weren’t under attack by ninjas, but that it was the firecrackers going off for Chinese New Year to frighten away the evil spirits. And still those phones kept ringing.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348500 Nabakov Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:19 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348500 Yes, while I like to think of myself as a sober (hah!) technocrat, I miss fireworks too. I think it's an important rite of passage for any red blooded male to mess around with cheap explosives in their teens and preteens. And <a href="http://nidahas.com/2006/02/04/how-to-make-a-bamboo-cannon/" rel="nofollow">bamboo cannons</a> too. Get 'em warmed up properly so the final chamber is hot and fuming and you can rip off a dozen bangs in even less minutes. For added impact, go Kai Viti style and wedge an overipe avocado in the front end. Like a big splattery spud gun. Yes, while I like to think of myself as a sober (hah!) technocrat, I miss fireworks too. I think it’s an important rite of passage for any red blooded male to mess around with cheap explosives in their teens and preteens.

And bamboo cannons too. Get ‘em warmed up properly so the final chamber is hot and fuming and you can rip off a dozen bangs in even less minutes. For added impact, go Kai Viti style and wedge an overipe avocado in the front end. Like a big splattery spud gun.

]]> By: Andrew Landeryou http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348485 Andrew Landeryou Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:14:47 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348485 I salute your wisdom, which could only have been caused through the steady consumption of fourex over many years. Joyous Year of Pig celebrations to all, particularly members of the SL. I salute your wisdom, which could only have been caused through the steady consumption of fourex over many years.

Joyous Year of Pig celebrations to all, particularly members of the SL.

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/comment-page-1/#comment-348482 Mark Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:08:03 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/02/19/gung-hay-fat-choy/#comment-348482 Sure, but I've deleted both. These sorts of stoushes are unedifying. Though I suppose they might fall under the on topic heading of fireworks. But please keep political and personal arguments away from threads like this one. Sure, but I’ve deleted both. These sorts of stoushes are unedifying. Though I suppose they might fall under the on topic heading of fireworks. But please keep political and personal arguments away from threads like this one.

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