Posts from — December 2008

Happy Christmas, Geniuses!

This week I changed the format completely with a shocking twist.

Please don’t tell Roy and Terry.
Maybe they won’t even realize that I taped-over the Larry David interview.

Thanks again to our sponsor, The Bionic Genius Hat Company.

Re-posted from SLASHFOOD

Sure, many folks go to an Alice B. Toklas place when creative brownie making is mentioned, but for a goody two-shoes like me (with a cop pal as my afternoon’s company to boot!), there’s much swoony satisfaction in a recipe that highlights some of my favorite legal vices. I’m hardly the first to alight at bacon brownies, but I decided to borrow a step from the bourbon balls I’m often rolling up ’round this time of year for holiday party purposes. A double-soak — once pre and once mid-toasting of a half cup of pecans in bourbon, and a swap-in of the nut-infused bourbon for the traditional vanilla brings a slightly tipsy edge to a deeply fudgy brownie. A grind of fresh black pepper (inspired by a Chanterelle Staff Meals brownie recipe, which credited the technique to Maida Heatter) strums the palate to life; a subtle note of smoked salt lets the bolder bacon sing.

Had there not been half a foot of snow atop my grill cover, I’d have seen what came of an attempt to tobacco-smoke the pecans and chocolate, but for now, these are more than sufficiently wicked.

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Episode 0000044 things and what-not:

This week, The Geniuses return for a rapidly-failing attempt at anything resembling comedy!

Features include:

• Can you really call these features?
• What does a genius eat for lunch?
  
• Break for our sponsor: The Bionic Genius Hat Company
• Airing of the Grievances
• ‘The Interviews’ and why they suck
  
• The Universe’s Fastest-Growing Quiz Sensation: Seinfeld Girlfriend, or Go-Go?
• Excessive Blurting
• Random “This Year in Death” recap from the Dead People Server
• No Festivus Miracles were found on wikipedia either
• Twisted Sister Recorded a Christmas song, “O come All You faithful”

That’s about it.

Apologies and kind thanks to our sponsor, The Bionic Genius Hat Company.

PSST!
Roy wanted to know what Dinosaurs had to do with Christmas.
A kind listener sent us this:

The Christosaur

I was just cleaning-out the AV closet and wound this old filmstrip.

We aired it in November, 2005. enjoy!

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Stay tuned for feats of strength.