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That's a shame. I lost my father a couple of years ago to the same cause, and in the same fashion. After the diagnosis he spent no small mental effort tracing his way back to the earliest symptoms, and kicking himself for not having it looked at then. The oncologist told him pretty bluntly not to do that, saying "By the time there's a symptom you might have noticed, it's already too late. The only thing that would have changed is we'd have all felt obligated to take our shot at treating it and slowing the cancer down, and your last couple of years would have been a lot more miserable."

Yup, same here. And gardening stuff going out on the shelves.

FWIW, I remember seeing a recipe for a marmalade-ish jam made with oranges and spaghetti squash...I think it was from one of Clifford Wright's books, and was Sicilian, but I couldn't swear to it.

In the video the big boule seems to take up no more than half the available height of the oven, so there should be room for a good-sized loaf to reach full height. It looks to be good for about three standard loaves in width, too, so it's probably big enough for most purposes. The cast-iron pan the boule was baked on looked to be 10-12" square, and there was a fair bit of room left at either side, so yeah...at least 1/4 sheet by the "eyeball test." As long as it's fully functional without the app, and not ridiculously expensive, they might be onto something.

At my last rental the oven was in Celsius, and I needed to print out an equivalency table and tape it up beside the range. After a year or so I got used to it, but it definitely required thought (unless I was working from an overseas recipe, in which case it was pretty simple).

After following this thread I bought OXO openers for myself and my mom, who has Parkinson's. Both are working well, thus far.

I hear you. I wish I had a dollar for every time I've had to go back into the store for the one thing I'd specifically intended to buy when I walked in...

There've been a few widely reported studies over the past decade in which physicists have looked closely at the behavior of spaghetti. It's not as trivial an exercise as it sounds, because the research has broader applications. Here's the most recent example.

Very few of the "real" burgers fare well under those circumstances...

It looks big enough to be practical for more users than the CSO is/was.

There's also the cost of installing three gas lines instead of one (or 240v outlets, if electric). Speaking only from my own experience, if the ovens are on and burning gas all day are they're also in use all day. The ovens that weren't needed didn't get fired up. As to the relative efficiency of heating one large space vs multiple smaller spaces, that's beyond my ken and I haven't felt inspired to research it. It's possible that some restaurants may find it convenient to go the route you're suggesting, especially smaller boutique-y places or those who are served by a central commissary and only need to do "final assembly" before service. I rather doubt it will become the norm, simply because restaurants are quintessentially the home of high-volume food production. When you generate large volumes of food, large appliances make sense. (..and also, to be fair, because inertia of the "this is the way we do things" variety is a strong factor)

Is "commissary" the word you were looking for?

It's not a 4-litre bag as such. The outer bag is just packaging and contains 3 smaller bags, which are what you actually use. They fall between a US quart and half-gallon in volume so it's a handy household size.

Supposedly it uses/generates less plastic than the rigid jugs. I generally buy mine in old-fashioned cartons, which also go into the blue-bag recycling here.

You're correct, I mistakenly conflated them with the broader low/no carb ethos. It's grains and legumes specifically that the paleo crew object to. I shall have to de-gloat the title of the thread... (I'll leave my original post stand, because when I say something stupid I own up to it)

Perhaps your crew fall into the "...but it's RAW!" camp. I see that a lot, where I live.

Not that many people really believe the pseudoscientific rationale for the Paleo diet anyway, but a recent study provided further proof of its silliness. Here's the original paper, which is paywalled for most of us, and an explanatory article which is not. For those who follow/advocate for low-carb and no-carb diets, please understand that I'm not suggesting they don't work (within the usual limitations of any such effort). But the silly evolutionary argument advanced by the originators of the Paleo diet is purely bunk, with no valid scientific basis.

My elderly Willow critter is indifferent to cod and tuna, but will eat salmon until she explodes. She's also fond of the occasional little nibble of crab, lobster or shrimp, when the humans are eating same and feel like sharing.

As observed above, very handy in foodservice. In Edmonton I sometimes oversaw production of (ie, did not make myself...) 400+ egg salad sandwiches in a day, plus more for other purposes. Doing that with shell eggs is just not cost-effective due to labor, wastage, use of limited cooking spaces and suchlike. You want to make sure you're rotating your stock and dating the buckets when they're opened, but we definitely had sufficient volume that their age never became an issue.

We had fish tacos last night, as planned. GF enjoyed a lobster the night before, because Sobeys had them on for $10.99/lb (still more than I'd like to pay, but the market is up these days). I opted for pea soup instead, because I wasn't in a crustacean sort of mood. Also, just as a general thing, to my taste pea soup>lobster in almost all circumstances.

I've noticed this past couple of years that the supermarkets are turning 'em out for all of the holidays. That may be just a regional thing, I don't know, but it's consistent with the trend of pushing turkey and ham at every holiday as well.

Same with dollar stores here. Retail never sleeps... (..and God help you if you need mittens during actual winter, because they'll be setting out the swimsuits and beach toys next...)

Similar scenario here, where we're taking a pair of lively grandkids (girl 4, boy 1 1/2) so the parents can have a date night. Our celebratory meal, after they're in bed, will be fish tacos as GF will be keto-ing again starting tomorrow. Our previous plan was to see Rise of Skywalker today.

Those were the moments I used to really resent when troubleshooting computers.