The Off Topic Topic

[Oexmelin]

If the meat is not in sandwich or burger form we don't mix cheese and meat particularly often do we?

No. But the sheer prevalence of sandwiches and burger in American fare invalidates its rarity in other types of meals.

[Grey Fox]

Cheese with meat in sandwiches is there to fix the bread; not the meat.

[Valmy]

If the meat is not in sandwich or burger form we don't mix cheese and meat particularly often do we?

No. But the sheer prevalence of sandwiches and burger in American fare invalidates its rarity in other types of meals.

Only if you only eat at sandwich or fast food joints. Even then you can always get the chicken nuggets.

[Zanza]

If the meat is not in sandwich or burger form we don't mix cheese and meat particularly often do we?

Tex-Mex cuisine mixes (shredded) cheese and meat quite often.

[Eddie Teach]

Yeah and you can put cheese on hot dogs too.

[Oexmelin]

Only if you only eat at sandwich or fast food joints.

Or BBQ joints, or steakhouses, or casual restaurants, or formal-yet-trendy restaurants, or...

Don't get me wrong: I love sandwiches. But they really are a solid, gigantic core of American cuisine.

(And while my time in the US has led me to discover truly amazing American cheeses, none of them are ever used in those sandwiches).

[Valmy]

Only if you only eat at sandwich or fast food joints.

Or BBQ joints, or steakhouses, or casual restaurants, or formal-yet-trendy restaurants, or...

Don't get me wrong: I love sandwiches. But they really are a solid, gigantic core of American cuisine.

(And while my time in the US has led me to discover truly amazing American cheeses, none of them are ever used in those sandwiches).

And the most famous American sandwiches are those New York Deli sandwiches and those do not mix meat and cheese since God hates it when Jews do that.

[HVC]

America's most famous sandwich is the taco

[The Larch]

America's most famous sandwich is the taco

If you consider it a sandwich, it'd be the hamburger.  Or the hot dog. 

[Eddie Teach]

Pb&J is pretty famous too.

[Valmy]

America's most famous sandwich is the taco

If you consider it a sandwich, it'd be the hamburger.  Or the hot dog. 

I meant famous for being good, not for just being everywhere

[Syt]

Someone managed to create a vinyl record that functions as DOS boot disk:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/11/23/running-dos-off-a-vinyl-record-is-wildly-impractical-but-deeply-hip/

[celedhring]

Someone managed to create a vinyl record that functions as DOS boot disk:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/11/23/running-dos-off-a-vinyl-record-is-wildly-impractical-but-deeply-hip/

Our younger readers might not know of the DOS boot disk, a tool which was invaluable for fixing a busted PC. If your system wouldn't boot, plugging in one of these USB flash drives (wittily shaped like the 'save file' icon, because they could save your files) with their own wee self-contained OS would at least give access to basic tools for diagnosis and recovery.

[Maximus]

Need quick advice.

How much do I tip an Uber Eats guy?  Bill including $5 delivery fee is $42.

A good rule of thumb is $1/mile. More if traffic is heavy or other adverse circumstances.

[crazy canuck]

Moving up the rankings for Folding@home

now 18,562 of 2,771,099 people allowing researchers to use my CPU and graphics card in the background.