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Recipes for Noxious Trolls!

by: Asinus Asinum Fricat

Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 14:40:59 PM PDT


here is nothing more annoying than trolls, and as trolls go, they need to be properly fed as they do possess not only numbskulls but highly developed digestive systems (though some might argue that it is usually the retentive kind). Having spent the best part of yesterday under an usually hot sun, I became feverish and "cooked up" the following recipes, which you can steal and post appropriately, whenever needed. Sarah P., please note.

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Asinus Asinum Fricat :: Recipes for Noxious Trolls!
Moose Spread Palinesque:

1 dressed moose, 100 pounds of cooked potatoes, 10 kilos of cheap margarine, 5 liters of spicy Barbecue sauce, a large fork and plenty elbow oil.

Place the moose whole into a large pit, cover with hot stones and wait for a day or two while playing the ukulele. When cooked, flake it finely with a fork.  Beat the mashed potato into the flaked moose until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Then beat in the margarine and barbecue sauce. Use as sandwich fillers. If you're not hungry procure yourself a few party balloons and fill them up with the mixture, add some grease and throw at will at WAPO shills at their annual barbecue.

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Moose Broth Supreme:

1 moose, freshly killed from an Alaskan flying craft, cut and quartered; 20 kilos of carrots, 20 kilos of turnips, 20 kilos of brown onions, 40 liters of pure alcohol, 40 liters of still water, a shitload of salt & pepper to disguise the taste.

In a very, very large cast-iron pot throw in all the liquids and the unpeeled vegetables then the moose bits and cook till tender. Add salt & pepper, and make sure you're wearing pants that can glow in the dark! Serve in desert boots, add sweet paprika if desired. A good tune to go with that dish is "When I'm calling you, Rosemary, Rosemary..."

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Chili Moose de Luxe:

This is a superior dish for corrupt hardened politicians and a sure winner at Hannity's summer bash: 100 kilos of moose mince (that can be done using a contraption similar to the one seen in the background of Ms Palin's Thanksgiving interview), 50 kilos cooked and refried kidney beans; 25 kilos fresh chilies, the hotter the better; 40 liters of tomato paste; 10 kilos of yellow moose fat; 1 single yellow onion and a very sturdy wooden spoon.

In a big stainless steel vat throw the moose fat, then the onion - watch it sink into  the fat while you down a large glass of chilled Tequila - then the moose mince and cook furiously for 20 minutes. Add the tomato paste, the beans, the (whole) chilies and a little water so it doesn't stick too much and cook for a further 2 hours. Serve on giant toasts while watching a re-run of a moose hunt on Focked News (don't forget to save a portion for Rupert!)

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Alaskan Moose Smoothie :

1 moose, dressed up in usual manner sans hair, 500 liters of plain vanilla ice-cream, 20 liters of Beano (optional).

This most healthy recipe can be done on the hoof, so to speak, using a rather strong blender. If a blender that can break moose bones can't be found use the local incinerator by placing the whole moose into a gurney for about 15 seconds. Take out immediately and place into a large cement vat. Look for about 10 wingnuts to smash the moose into pieces and blend in the vanilla ice-cream and the Beano (optional) to smooth it out. This is quite soothing and packs a punch!

For those who don't care about recipes use this equally effective repellent:

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And there's my favorite from when I was a kid (4.00 / 4)
Q: "Do you know how to make a moose float?"

A: "Well you get a bunch of root beer, some vanilla ice cream, a couple scoops of moose . . . "

This reminds me of the early days of Crazy magazine, Marvel's attempt to enter the MAD-dominated satire magazine market. They had a series called "The History Of Moosekind;" about all I remember from it was a picture of a Roman gladiatorial scene with a prominent banner emblazoned S.P.Q.M. (presumably standing for Senatus Populusque Moosus).

I have succumbed to the Twitter craze. @Omir55


We had fun tonight on the Big Orange. (4.00 / 4)
Lotsa new weird recipes. It's good not to be too serious sometimes.

Sic Transit Gloria Locavore!



[ Parent ]
Don't dis the Moose (4.00 / 2)
My SO, Harold is a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose. They're kind of like the Elks and the Eagles organizations. They do a lot of charity work and run an outfit called Moose Heart which helps poor, abused, disadvantaged, etc. kids.

Also, contrary to popular beliefe, no one in Alaska is allowed to hunt moose from aircraft. There is some hunting of wolves and bear allowed from aircraft, but those are special hunts, not the norm.

Alaska 2009-2010 hunting regs. 16.6 MB PDF. A quick read of this explains why lots of people don't hunt. In some ways Alaska's regs make hunting easier, in other ways they make it more confusing. Oregon's regs are similarly odd, and complex. At least Alaska allows subsistance hunting.

Regarding locavores as elitists - explain to me how supporting local business is elitist....


Kinda interesting to see Moose/Moose hunting (4.00 / 2)
as the butt of troll issues, seeing as many who hunt do so for food etc. And quite frankly, it's beats the heck out of factory farmed meats. And the Palins do eat what they hunt. Oh well . . . too bad it lacked humor also . . .  

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