GDT: Le Butthurts de Montreal at YOUR CAROLINA HURRICANES

[cptjeff]

That's an injury to an NHLer? Gimme a break. I've hit the boards harder than that playing pickup.

 

[Chrispy]

That's an injury to an NHLer? Gimme a break. I've hit the boards harder than that playing pickup.

Is wounded pride an upper or lower body injury?

 

[Stickpucker]

Bud Light, though I don't particularly like the beer and I f***ing loathe the company

Kind of interesting b/c don't most cola providers either do regional flavors or at least taste different based on what chemicals are in the water supply?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

That's an injury to an NHLer? Gimme a break. I've hit the boards harder than that playing pickup.

Depends on how the shoulder hit. Also, that's slow mo (although I'm sure it's the same as real time in your pickup games.)

He could be a big wuss, but that could also be a real injury.

 

[DaveG]

Kind of interesting b/c don't most cola providers either do regional flavors or at least taste different based on what chemicals are in the water supply?

you know I'm not sure about the multi-nationals, though I know that Coke and Pepsi definitely have a different taste in other countries, I've always looked at that more as a HFCS vs Sugar thing. Definitely would be interesting to see if say Japanese Coke vs Mexican Coke vs US/Canada Coke have major differences beyond that.

 

[DaveG]

Depends on how the shoulder hit. Also, that's slow mo (although I'm sure it's the same as real time in your pickup games.)

He could be a big wuss, but that could also be a real injury.

yep, if the shoulder hit the boards wrong that can do some damage even if it doesn't look like that serious a hit. And that definitely did not look like a serious hit.

 

[cptjeff]

yep, if the shoulder hit the boards wrong that can do some damage even if it doesn't look like that serious a hit. And that definitely did not look like a serious hit.

Lemme guess, he's one of those guys who wears those Sher-wood shoulder "pads" to look tough?

Hit wrong and it can do damage, but you're supposed to be pretty well padded to make hitting wrong enough to do damage a really freak occurrence.

 

[hockeynjune]

Jesus ok you win, the grease and flour food of the south is the best ever.

Nah , You are right. The flavors are more distinct You don’t need to fry it orcover it in gravy, sauce etc to make it a signature dish. I love my southern food but …

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Lemme guess, he's one of those guys who wears those Sher-wood shoulder "pads" to look tough?

Hit wrong and it can do damage, but you're supposed to be pretty well padded to make hitting wrong enough to do damage a really freak occurrence.

Well, one of my teammates didn't even wear shoulder pads until he got run into the goalpost a couple of seasons back. Now he wears the lightest pads he can find, and he's not the only guy who does that.

Yes, an NHLer should have great pads, but sometimes you just hit wrong.

 

[MustardStew]

Rhubarb.

touche!

 

[Tryamw]

Is wounded pride an upper or lower body injury?

Yes

 

[tarheelhockey]

Mythos, Ghassans (2nd generation at this point), and Acropolis are all owned and run by actual greek people. Zaytoon is run by Palestinians. Maybe you're conflating "authentic" and "premium"? Because if you have a gyro/kabob in europe, most of them are pretty average street food. Because this great "authentic" food you're glorifying is the culinary equivalent of a hot dog stand in its home region.

For whatever reason, a bunch of Greeks moved to Charlotte post-WWII and dominated the city’s restaurants. Growing up there, all the good working-class restaurants were run by families whose names ended in -as, -is, -os.

So, it was perfectly normal to sit down at a greasy-spoon, meat-and-3 Southern diner and see fresh made baklava on the menu. The apotheosis of that culture is Showmars, where you can get a burger in a pita. That never struck me as odd until I moved away and realized those things don’t go together elsewhere… it’s a unique Greek/Southern hybrid subculture. I’m pretty sure the rest of the world is unaware that it exists.

Eight of Charlotte's Ten Oldest Restaurants Have a Greek Connection - The Pappas Post

In our quest to maintain that #GreeksAreEverywhere hashtag and share totally meaningless (but stoking our pride) information… Here’s one for our readers.

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I was delighted to find out that there’s a Showmars in Raleigh now.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I was delighted to find out that there’s a Showmars in Raleigh now.

We were excited to try it, and it flat out sucked. The chicken was rubbery and borderline inedible. Maybe we just got them on a bad night, but it was so bad that we haven't even considered going back.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

We were excited to try it, and it flat out sucked. The chicken was rubbery and borderline inedible. Maybe we just got them on a bad night, but it was so bad that we haven't even considered going back.

It was likely a bad night. I've been three or four times to both the Wake Forest and Brier Creek location and it's always been good. To me, a Showmars lunch is either a Santorini pita or a Flounder sandwich, a Greek salad, and a baklava cheesecake.

 

[Deon Thompson]

Cooked the correct way, collards with fatback is some mighty fine eatin' which I would put up against any fancy smanchy northern veggie every day of the week.

I went to a Southern black/Mexican wedding couple years back. Chorizo based collards were on the table. Holy Christ.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Oh I see we're done with the relentless string of "Unsolved Mysteries" GDTs, eh? What precipitated that? Actually, what the hell was what started it? So confusing

 

[Derailed75]

Oh I see we're done with the relentless string of "Unsolved Mysteries" GDTs, eh? What precipitated that? Actually, what the hell was what started it? So confusing

How you can be confused by anything on HF26 mystifys me!

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Oh I see we're done with the relentless string of "Unsolved Mysteries" GDTs, eh? What precipitated that? Actually, what the hell was what started it? So confusing

We lost, so someone else started a new string of GDTs. That's the way it's always been around here. If the Canes win, the person who started the GDT keeps going. if the Canes lose, someone else takes a turn.

 

[Negan4Coach]

We lost, so someone else started a new string of GDTs. That's the way it's always been around here. If the Canes win, the person who started the GDT keeps going. if the Canes lose, someone else takes a turn.

Yeah, I knew that part, just didn't get the "unsolved mysteries" theme

 

[A Star is Burns]

Yeah, I knew that part, just didn't get the "unsolved mysteries" theme

I think it was just something fun rather than the boring threads we often get. Of course, your fun mileage may vary.

 

[tarheelhockey]

It was likely a bad night. I've been three or four times to both the Wake Forest and Brier Creek location and it's always been good. To me, a Showmars lunch is either a Santorini pita or a Flounder sandwich, a Greek salad, and a baklava cheesecake.

Their wheelhouse is burgers and lamb. Understandable to try the chicken but also not surprising that it wasn’t anything to eat twice.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Their wheelhouse is burgers and lamb. Understandable to try the chicken but also not surprising that it wasn’t anything to eat twice.

I would add flounder to the list, as well, but yes.

 

[LakeLivin]

The theme for tonights GDT has to incorporate "That PNC football arena or whatever", doesn't it? @cptjeff

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Their wheelhouse is burgers and lamb. Understandable to try the chicken but also not surprising that it wasn’t anything to eat twice.

I will consider.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I would add flounder to the list, as well, but yes.

I don’t quite understand why, but a lot of these old Greek restaurants have good fried fish. I’ve never tried it at Showmars but the logic checks out. Will need to remember that next time.