What do you do if your favourite Singapore jerky joint goes on Dragons Den, wins and then becomes way less cool?

Damn, will the persecution of culinary hipsters never end? Oh the humanity.

(You had me until you included the word "cool" in the thread heading)

On the odd chance you haven't already been convinced I am a heartless bastard...

What's the problem? Has the recipe changed? Are these newly cheerful staff indentured servants? Has the gruff woman been detained without cause? Are your investments totally tied into A4 paper and you are facing financial ruin because of their shift to more commercial signage? Is there some big mean dog that is threatening you on the only possible route to the new location?

Bagkitty's well considered advice on maintaining awesome coolness:

1) Go the university radio station DJ route and declare that Singapore jerky is "so last week" and have nothing more to do with it.

2) Go totally retro and replace the jerky with Spork on a toothpick. Bad taste retro is always awesome.

Or, to mangle the single best line from my latest guilty pleasure (The Avengers movie) "PUNY [S]GOD[/S] PROBLEM"

Careful there Boom Boom, the U.S. department of Homeland Security may view you as a threat. Being "full of nitrates" you would be an explosives hazard, and your chosen handle does nothing to calm their paranoia.

As something to emulate, and as entertainment I agree.

On the other hand, as something from which to learn some cold, hard lessons that most of us don't want to look at, it is a great resource.

It's not something I have ever watched regularly, but I did happen to cath the episode in which Brett Wilson, the guy fron Saskatchewan who isn't there anymore, told a contestant that she should not take any of their money, and continue to do what she was doing.

Sorry man, but business, like household finances,  runs on money. If I could ignore that fact I would have an extra $3,000 I earned in pocket, rather than having to pay it out for financing. And I am not in the position of hitting a wall because I don't have the cash to do something.

That's why people wind up on television doing the monkey dance.

Catchfire wrote:

Hee. Mr. Tea, you are lecturing the wrong person on craft beer! I actually make beer that rivals 90% of Canadian microbreweries. You are, I think, mistaking Creemore Springs for Sleeman's Cream Ale/Silver Springs Lager (which also earns my ire for purchasing Unibroue a few years ago before being in turn purchased by Sapporo), both of which are "fizzy, watery, yellow swill."

Before Molson purchased Creemore Springs, it was a delicious deep amber Vienna-style lager with a healthy maltly backbone and crisp German noble hops. It's still one of the better Canadian microbrews, but it's lost some character since the takeover.

Actually, I'm quite familiar with Creemore Springs. A friend has a ski chalet up there and we used to actually stop at the brewery on the way and pick up a case (or several). Both before and after the Molson acquisition it was never a BAD beer and far superior to the typical Canadian/Blue/Bud swill (and I still tend to order it at many pubs where it's the closest available to craft beers), but I think there are many craft beers which are far, far superior. Of course, I tend to gravitate towards India Pale Ales (true ones, not weak imitations like Alexander Keith's) that are incredibly hoppy, so Creemore doesn't really fit my tastes.

Man, I'd be curious to try the stuff you make. I've got a home-brewing kit but it's not the greatest quality and my results at home haven't been great. I have, however, gone to a "brew your own beer" place where you can use the professional grade equipment and I've made some really nice stuff that I think beats most Canadian IPAs but still doesn't come close to the American stuff...which because of the stupid LCBO monopoly in Ontario, I can't get here.

Yes, I've looked at some high quality home brew kits but they tend to be very expensive as well as massive. I've got a cheap kit and it's just not cutting it.

The good BC brewery I can think of Tree Brewing Co. in Kelowna which makes an American-style double IPA called "Hop Head", which is quite good. Granville Island was a local brewery that also recently gote purchased by Molson.

I live in Toronto where there are a fair number of decent craft breweries (as well as many in the surrounding areas) and a few good pubs withnice selections of good craft beers. We're moving in the right direction but still way behind the States. 

Haha, this thread is awesome.

Just noticed this. I don't know if the most challenging example is a food joint, but rather a certain brand of underwear which is VERY comfortable, and to make it worse, isn't made out of cotton or hydrocarbons.

(darn those capitalists who know how to push the socially conscious buttons)

Is it less bad if it wasn't invested in by Dr. Evil?

Or if I got them as a present?

What is it made of?

At least (most) men don't have to deal with the tragedy of discontinued bras.