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Food and Drink / Re: Asteroid belt menus
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on October 28, 2024, 11:49:42 AM »
I wonder how they would be able to replicate the flavors of citrus in space, like dehydrated lemon juice powder?  Finding water might be a task, but I'd expect it would be a minimal requirement to support life, just an issue of adjusting the taste of water that would be recycled a zillion times.  Maybe if they shoot Jeremy Clarkson up there, he can start working on it in advance of human colonization so we'd be able to have a decent cup of coffee and some nice lemon curd on cream scones once we arrive.
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Food and Drink / Re: What are you eating / What did you eat.
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on October 28, 2024, 11:46:22 AM »
Lemon yogurt muffin.  Good.  I prefer to add nuts.  My husband requested poppy seeds instead.  It's nice, like a light lemon cake.  I froze half of them.
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General Discussion / Re: Whats on your summer vacation calendar?
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on October 28, 2024, 11:44:10 AM »
I have a friend who lives in Chadlington and, believe me, if there was a way to put Clarkson in a capsule and launch him into space, there would be plenty of neighbors contributing to it.

Before his arrival, it was a sweet little Cotswold town with a post office, a bakery, a butcher and a small general shop.  And that was enough. 
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Food and Drink / Re: What are you eating / What did you eat.
« Last post by 8ullfrog on October 27, 2024, 11:28:41 PM »
So the ziti I got the other day was cheese only.

I was going to try out the meat version, but it turns out it was double the price per ounce compared to the large version.

So I bought a family size Ziti. Needless to say, leftovers.

One very simple unimpressive leftover mix was Ziti + shredded cheese + Mexi-pep hot sauce.

I liked it better than the straight up ziti. It was spicy, it was vital, I think noodles are going to be the master plan for fall.

Still nuke-a-meals, I have to replace the stove vent fan, it fell off the spindle. From the time I did have with the electric stove, it honestly did a hell of a job, I got more Maillard reaction out of the meat than I did on the shitty apartment stove.

I'm honestly sad to be sidelined. I initally thought everything off the electric stove would be watery and gross. Boy was I wrong.
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General Discussion / Re: Reader's Nook
« Last post by 8ullfrog on October 27, 2024, 10:59:20 PM »
One funny thing, I've been wondering for years why my book collection stopped working. I used to use microsoft reader which mostly ignored format differences, but microsoft axed it well before 10, so my book library was essentially in heiroglyphs.

The day before we got internet I noticed that a local store had an open wifi connection, and to my shame, I used their wifi to download calibre.

To mask the download I looked up a bunch of tools I have no intention of buying, and honestly, yikes. Lot of one stars. I thought Harbor Freight had the bad rep as hazard fraught, but I won't be buying my driver bits from local hardware megastore.

Also, I spend way too much time at local hardware megastore. Their prices are not competitive, but I'm SOL on a lot of this. For instance, to dispose of green garbage in our area, you have to buy disposal bags from local hardware megastore.

Also my dog got back there today and I'm not happy about it. I'd honestly be happier if he'd run into the store than the parking lot.

Also, I read Bruce Campbell's If Chins could Kill.

Fantastic book that clearly illustrates it's not an act, it's a PERFORMANCE.

Sadly, it's an older title, I'd love a similar warts and all analysis of his time on Burn Notice.

I rate the book... Groovy.
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General Discussion / Re: Reader's Nook
« Last post by goldshirt*9 on October 27, 2024, 04:46:46 PM »
On the 11th book from R.E.Feist trying to read in date wrote. Read the Riftwar and Empire (make a great TV series ) to death but decided to give them all a chance
Finding them gripping TBH and not too taxing

Still plodding along
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General Discussion / Re: Whats on your summer vacation calendar?
« Last post by goldshirt*9 on October 27, 2024, 04:46:22 PM »
Last weekend we visited Moreton -on -the marsh in the Cotswolds, wife wanted to visit Diddly Squat farm
(Jeremy Clarkson place) OMG it was chaos, I drove in and did a U turn and came away. Was so busy and I appreciate why the locals are iffed off as the area around the entrance is an absolute mess with cars parking everywhere.

Already looking forward to next year, Possibly Galicia in June and if I can get time off from work.
Riding the Camino, later on for my 60th birthday  🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️.
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General Discussion / Re: Local News
« Last post by goldshirt*9 on October 27, 2024, 04:41:23 PM »
Family / work associates going down with the Cold, Flu, Covid ?  not nice at all. :-[
Myself I seem to have the sniffles and a fuzzy head. Thankfully no "man flu"  ;D
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Food and Drink / Re: What are you eating / What did you eat.
« Last post by 8ullfrog on October 26, 2024, 10:53:47 AM »
The Ziti was weirdly fantastic for a nuke-a-meal.
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Food and Drink / Re: What are you eating / What did you eat.
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on October 26, 2024, 08:55:10 AM »
Do you mean that the fixture separated from the wall or was it the plumbing connections?  New houses (even used new houses) always end up requiring more repairs that one originally expects.  At least it's less crime ridden, right?

Glad the ziti was good.

Maple walnut muffins.  For breakfast.  Lovely.  I added dates and walnuts to them.
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