Oh no!
Yesterday, James Lileks published his last column for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. I know this because Iowahawk tweeted it. (The two men congratulate each other for being funny in the thread).
This is confusing, though, because the internet tells me Lileks’ column stopped in 2007 after a round of budget cuts at the paper and I can’t seem to find the rest of the story.
Whatever. I used to read him a lot, but I admit I lost track of him over the years. Happy to say, his website is still there. He’s actually kept it somewhat updated, including his blog the Bleat and the Institute of Official Cheer.
I could (and probably will) wile away the afternoon with the Gallery of Regrettable Food (updated for 2024!). I’m quite sure my grandma made some of those dishes.
Posted: August 13th, 2024 under personal.
Comments: 7
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Comment from S. Weasel
Time: August 13, 2024, 3:42 pm
My grandma put peas and carrots in Jell-o molds.
Hoo, boy – I looked it up to see if it’s “while away” or “wile away” and fell down another rabbit hole. Take my word for it, either is acceptable.
Comment from Uncle Al
Time: August 13, 2024, 9:41 pm
Hah! Peas and carrots in Jell-o molds would be rated G today. My own mother used to make a tomato aspic in a diabolically designed Bundt form and the result looked like a giant bleeding flaming you-know-what.
It was tasty, though!
You might put on “Suite From The Threepenny Opera” to accompany that regrettable food.
(OK, OK, some will know but some will not that the above is a composition by Kurt Weill.)
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: August 13, 2024, 10:03 pm
I wanted to like James Lileks, tried to like him, but I just couldn’t. Maybe I’ve got a dead pixel in my brain, but I dislike poking fun at how we dressed, or decorated the house, or what Mom cooked up in the kitchen decades ago.
Comment from Uncle Al
Time: August 13, 2024, 10:12 pm
@Deborah HH — I’ve just come to the same conclusion. For a bit, I was entertained but there was an off taste to the entertainment. Then I came upon this and just had to stop.
This is Mostaccioli. So the caption says. I did not know that Mostaccioli was Italian for “polished dog penis segments.”
I guess the best way to put it is that I find James Lileks to be nasty and clever.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: August 14, 2024, 1:00 am
Don’t the Scots make a dish called
Cockalileks soup?
Sorry, I’m kinda punchy after discovering I should have used a torque wrench to reinstall the toilet in our master bath.
Turns out 30 year old porcelain is not at all forgiving.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: August 14, 2024, 10:01 am
Cock-a-leekie. Sometimes cockaliki. Chicken and leeks.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: August 14, 2024, 10:40 am
I’m afraid nasty and clever is kind of my thing. My parents were both very funny, in a mean way. It’s funny – when both your parents are the same on something, you grow up thinking it’s universal.
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