Cooking Omelettes with Ron Jeremy

[bookem_dan-o]

http://www.imcooked.com/view_video.php?viewkey=20cd0fe646d38bc2145c

Oh thank GOD this isn't an egg-white omelette...

[kenkwan]

I refuse to click on that link.

[Sarah]

Your loss, fella.  It's really quite cute.  Mr. Jeremy's pride in his one-handed egg cracking, tidy whisking, and omelette flipping is charming, and all in all he's sort of self-deprecating and likable, especially once he gets a few silly little obligatory double entendres out of the way and starts working in earnest on his creation.  Not my idea of an omelette--more of a frittata in my book--but it probably tasted good.  In the end, I enjoyed this much more than the video of Paul McCartney making mashed potatoes that Jason posted a million or so years ago.

[kenkwan]

Allright, so I did go and watch it. I would also agree that it isn't really an omelette, but is probably fairly tasty. I think my favorite of these cooking videos is the one with Christopher Walken.

[Sarah]

Just watched the Walken video.  Nice to see him acting like a normal person instead of the parody of himself one usually encounters.  Got to say the chicken looked horrible, though, and with that amount of salt any gravy made from the drippings would be inedible, it seems to me.  But he seemed more interested in the pears in any case, so no matter, I guess.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

No one is going to believe me but I swear to God that this is true.  I am not particularly religious, either, but I'm willing to stake whatever credibility I have on this: I had Christmas dinner with Ron Jeremy as a kid in 1980 or 81.  He dated my stepdad's twin sister.  Some years later, I was with a bunch of other 15-year-old boys, huddled in a living room after school, watching some grainy VHS porn videos that a kid had stolen from his dad, and who comes on screen but the hedgehog himself.  Of course everyone is talking about him, for all the reasons why every teenager finds Ron Jeremy novel (chubby, hairy, ugly, BUT ALSO A PORN STAR! etc etc).  My first thought is, "I know that guy.  He's a family friend or something."  But of course I wasn't about to say that, for fear of that small utterance following me through the rest of high school.

About three or four years ago, my mom told my now-grown siblings and me that my Aunt had dated him.  Before that I thought he just vaguely looked like some hippie friend of my parents.

I had a weird fucking childhood.

[buffcoat]

A friend of mine found himself next to Ron Jeremy at a poker tournament in Tampa.  During a break Ron asked my friend what he did; he manages a credit card division for a bank.  Ron was politely interested.  At the end of his description, my friend turns and asks, "And what do you do?"  He said he was able to hold a serious look for about 5 seconds before they both started laughing.

[Gilly]

No one is going to believe me but I swear to God that this is true.  I am not particularly religious, either, but I'm willing to stake whatever credibility I have on this: I had Christmas dinner with Ron Jeremy as a kid in 1980 or 81.  He dated my stepdad's twin sister.  Some years later, I was with a bunch of other 15-year-old boys, huddled in a living room after school, watching some grainy VHS porn videos that a kid had stolen from his dad, and who comes on screen but the hedgehog himself.  Of course everyone is talking about him, for all the reasons why every teenager finds Ron Jeremy novel (chubby, hairy, ugly, BUT ALSO A PORN STAR! etc etc).  My first thought is, "I know that guy.  He's a family friend or something."  But of course I wasn't about to say that, for fear of that small utterance following me through the rest of high school.

About three or four years ago, my mom told my now-grown siblings and me that my Aunt had dated him.  Before that I thought he just vaguely looked like some hippie friend of my parents.

I had a weird fucking childhood.

So did you ever ask your aunt why they broke up? Bad in bed?

[Tim K in DC]

This post needs some Laurie.

[Laurie]

I would have something to say if this were a thread about James Deen, because I think he's cute and I like his curly hair. But it's not, so I've abstained so far.

[jane]

I had Christmas dinner with Ron Jeremy as a kid in 1980 or 81.  He dated my stepdad's twin sister. 

Your aunt dated Ron Jeremy in 1980/'81?  Wasn't he a "full blown" porn star by then?

/rimshot and bow

[Sarah]

Did she like his eggs?

[Josh]

gwoss!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

My poor aunt.  She's born again now and living in Florida and goes in and out of episodes of craziness (sorry to bring everyone down).  She is a little bit like Jean Teasdale from the Onion, but with a little more self-awareness and a sense of humor.  None of us have the guts to ask her about Uncle Ron, as we've taken to calling him.  It is sort of a runner at family gatherings, though.

But yes, he was a full-blown (zing goes to Jane) porn star by then.  My mom has a story about my aunt bringing a magazine with a photo of him in full glory to a vacation house at the Jersey Shore and passing it around a table full of relatives.  My grandmother obliviously grabbed it while gabbing about something else, not realizing what was in her hands, then looked down, abruptly shut the magazine, and passed it on.  I actually remember this incident, though no one would tell me what had just happened.

[Tim K in DC]

I would have something to say if this were a thread about James Deen, because I think he's cute and I like his curly hair. But it's not, so I've abstained so far.

He's a talented guy, but Tommy Pistol can act circles around him.