Episode 189 – The Nickel Empire
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Charles Bukowski, American poet, wrote this:
while the rents go up elsewhere
this is where the poor people come to live
the people on AFDC and relief
the large families with bad jobs
the strange lonely men on old age pensions waiting to die.
here among the massage parlors
the pawn shops
the liquor stores
caught in the smog and the squalor
even the dogs look inept
don’t bark or chase cats,
and the cats walk up and down the streets
and never catch a bird
but the birds are there
but you can’t see them
you only hear them
sometimes in the night at 3:30 a.m.
after the last streetwalker has made her last score.
the rents go up here too
but compared to most others we are living for free
because nobody wants to live with the
likes of us.
none of us have new cars
most of us walk
and we don’t care who wins the election.
but we have wife-beaters here too
just like the others
and child-beaters
just like the others
and sex freaks and TV sets just like the others
and we’ll die just like the others
only a little earlier
and we’ll eat just like the others
only cheaper stuff
and lie just like the others
only with a little less imagination.
and even though our streetwalkers don’t look as good as your wives
I think our cats and our birds and dogs are better
and don’t forget the low rent.
Charles Bukowski
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Chocolate Covered Bacon
First cook the bacon. The easiest way is to bake it on foil on a cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes at 400 degrees. Watch it carefully because you want it crisp but not brittle.
The chocolate should be couverture chocolate supplied in bulk bags of discs, dark or white chocolate, from Amazon or your other preferred supplier. Melt it in a double boiler, or for your trial run microwave it at 50% power in 30-second intervals stirring between each interval until it’s melted. Any moisture at all will make the chocolate seize up instead of melting, and any fat on the bacon will keep the chocolate from adhering, so use paper towels to keep it dry. Then dip the bacon in chocolate or use a brush to coat it with the chocolate.
To finish, line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and put the coated bacon strips on top, then if you like, you can decorate the strips with optional toppings like pistachios or shredded coconut, or you can sprinkle on crushed Oreos, crushed graham crackers or nonpareils, or maybe a drizzle of white chocolate. Put the sheet in the fridge for 15 minutes to set, and it’s ready to serve.
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Visiting Coney Island?
Check out coneyisland.com
You’ll see the Sideshows by the Seashore Theater,
the Coney Island Museum and the Freak Bar and Gift Shop
Melville may have been referring to
this Dreamland entrance:
But it was probably this one:
My video of other attractions on Coney Island in 1918
Yes, it really was this crowded
Link to Sideshows by the Seashore
Oh no! Don’t do “mixed bathing” or any of this evil stuff!
Television? Movies? DANCING, oh no!
Better stay away from Coney Island to stay holy.
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