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  1. 35 minutes ago, sand castle213 said:

    I've found that most people prefer to have it neat but after multiple tries of ordering it neat at the bar just to sound cool I'm convinced that I'm not that guy. throw some rock on there for me.. no shame in my game !!! 

     

    Drink it the way you like it. I think it is kind of funny that some people who are aghast at putting ice in whisky are more than happy to add a bit of water to "open it up"

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  2. 9 hours ago, AlaMoi said:

    indeed, I've found non-US airlines tend to do better - especially on trans-continental flights.

    but . . . not always.  my fav was BA - PHL to FRA.  once (same time frame) I got stuck taking Lufthansa - what a disaster . . .

     

    Lufthansa economy from Singapore to Frankfurt was spectacularly bad. First meal was a wad of stuck together tepid ravioli. Breakfast was a barely thawed breakfast burrito. 

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  3. My Ikea one turns on the fan after a while, but I don't find it too loud. It was a good price here. It seems to do less cycling of the power than my previous one did. My main complaint is that it has a safety interlock when you first plug it in and I have to hit random buttons for random amounts of time until it releases. Maybe someday I'll figure out the magic combination. 

  4. 6 hours ago, btbyrd said:

    Here are a couple products I always have in the pantry. The first are Ramon Pena spicy mussels in olive oil with garlic and chilli pepper (silver line, 16/20 count). Nothing in the tin but beautiful mussels and mildly spicy oil (previously infused with chilli and garlic which have since been removed). Despite being billed as spicy, they are quite tame. The slight heat and (very) light garlic flavor are a delicious alternative to the classic mussels in escabeche. These are the perfect snacking mussel with a beer and some potato chips. You can find these online from several vendors (and on Amazon). I got these from Caputo's Market for $7.99. RP's mussels are the best I've ever had.

     

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    Huîtres fumées were a lunch staple when I was doing geology in northern Canada. Usually eaten by stabbing with your sheath knife along with a sandwich of some sort. Quite inexpensive when the company was paying to fly them in.

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  5. 23 hours ago, liuzhou said:

     

    er, China had these centuries before America was colonised. As early as 1100 BCE.

     

    Here's a picture of Budhha preparing lunch.

     

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    This sent me down a rabbit hole wondering about the composition of early Chinese bronze, since I know that the first Greek bronze used arsenic instead of tin. Seems like it would not be optimal for cooking pots, although if I recall correctly the main problem was poisoning the metallurgists. 

     

    Turns out that recent research suggests the two "ingredients" cited in texts were probably a mixture of copper and lead, and a mixture of copper, lead, and tin. So maybe not the best for cooking vessels, either.

  6. 12 hours ago, AlaMoi said:

    if you find one with feet, it's a very early model 

     

     

     

    I don't think this is true at all. It is common to find ones with feet in camping stores. I have seen them in both the US and Australia.

     

    btw, I was being flippant with my earlier comment as to if cooking in a Dutch oven was roasting or baking. I see people using them for both and for braising.

     

    I was on a very cold geology field trip in uni where one of the other students rummaged in the supplied for a huge can of peaches and the pancake mix to bake up a Dutch oven cobbler over the coals of our fire. Yes, he was a boy scout. 

     

    eta: I have also seen aluminium ones for people who want to travel light. Horse packing maybe.

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  7. 7 hours ago, chromedome said:

    I know, I know... but "morbidly funny" is appropriate in October.

    https://www.theonion.com/green-giant-introduces-new-frozen-death-cap-mushrooms-f-1850907505

     

    Too soon, here. We recently had a number of deaths and a severe illness in my state where a woman served mushrooms. She and her children didn't get sick and she claimed she got the mushrooms from an Asian grocery, although there have been no other reported incidences. Investigations are continuing.

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  8. 4 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

    Today it is pretty much the same, at least the same oven technique. But if you go back into history, into the old cookbooks of the 17th and 18th century, the meat was pretty much roasted on a spit before Hearth or a campfire. Things that were baked were baked in a brick oven. These were things such as pastries, puddings, and breads. A lot of the old recipes for ham called for it to be baked in the oven so maybe that's the reason that him is baked and beef is roasted.

     

    Fair enough, but does a pot roast have to be done over coals?

  9. 3 hours ago, Smithy said:

     

    I know you've gotten some helpful advice already, but if you're interested in maybe making an upgrade to your kitchen equipment I'd recommend something like this Oxo set of graduated angled measuring cups (eG-friendly Amazon.com link). i have the smallest, which comes to 1/4 cup and measures in tablespoons and ounces on 1 side, and ml on the other side. I also have this conical 2-cup measuring beaker (eG-friendly Amazon.com link) which measures in ml, tsp, T, oz and cups. It gets at least as much use as the angled measuring cup; maybe more.

     

    I use a small oxo angled measuring cup sometimes but it is far from the most accurate way to do it. Basically impossible to account for the meniscus - for that you need to hold the measuring line up to eye level.

     

    I have a measuring cup that does the reverse - it has graduations for grams of various things like sugar and flour. It is spectacularly useless.

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  10. 3 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

    I can commiserate with you about the outrgeous ahipping charges to Canada - I can get very pouty about it sometimes. I am pretty much wholly metric now but I do convert the price per kilo for meat to pounds in my head Not sure why other than the fact that it is sometimes advertised that way.

     

    Converting to pounds sterling? 😁

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  11. I didn't know about the Willow Pattern. Thanks.

     

    The way Chinese porcelain moved around the world along with its stories and how it inspired spin-offs like the Delft and Staffordshire tin-glazed earthenware is fascinating to me. I'm not a huge fan of the really busy, multi-colour stuff but the skill is certainly impressive. Then again, to my mind, Chinese pottery peaked in the Song Dynasty, which inspired my username.

     

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  12. I'm pretty disappointed in most savory biscuits here. Rice crackers are ok as are some of the Shapes varieties in modest dosages but my favourite for putting stuff on and eating are Vita Wheats, especially the cracked pepper variety. For North American crackers, I was glad to get to eat Triscuits on my last trip.

     

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  13. On 10/8/2023 at 1:29 AM, KennethT said:

    My curry leaf tree is sprouting a new tree! I'm debating whether to prune it....

     

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    Here's the whole garden (minus the 6 kencur plants which are in a different area):

     

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    The curry leaf tree is doing really well - so bushy now.

     

    My tree is getting really sparse (an apprentice knocked the top off with his ladder a few years ago so I'm letting the suckers grow up below. The whole thing is looking a bit sad right now because it has been under cover for frost protection but I hope it will perk up.

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  14. 7 hours ago, Deephaven said:

    Murgh makhani & brussel sprouts.  Some grocery store "naan" as I threw out my shoulder and couldn't lift the mixer nor did I feel like rolling any out.

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    That naan looks dubious. How is it? Aldi in Australia actually has some pretty good frozen roti that is our go-to, since I can never get my act together to make it.

  15. I just learned another drink order in Singapore, termed yuanyang by the SG people posting on line, which is a mixture of kopi and teh, so coffee, tea, condensed milk and sugar. I'm sceptical but I'd try it. It apparently originated in Hong Kong (according to Wikipedia - yeah, I know, it's the best information I could find), who have an entry for Yuenyeung, 鴛鴦.

     

    The person online was complaining that it cost 10-20 cents more.

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  16. Looks like kayaking paradise. Will you have a chance to get out on the water? Do people fish for themselves/pleasure there or is it all commercial? The food looks wonderful. How was the mellon-looking eggplant?

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  17. On 9/25/2023 at 9:32 PM, gfweb said:

    Parm with salad.  I had a plantain that was about to go south, so I made maduros for the salad.  Odd but not bad at all.20230924_182604.thumb.jpg.dc6d896d424a0fc8424cb4570e86b9ba.jpg

     

    So you melt the cheese on the schnitzel then pull it out and put the sauce on top? That should help it stay crisp but is far from traditional where I live.

  18. Raised a Last Word to Murray Stenson, Seattle bartender extraordinaire who rediscovered and popularised the drink and who recently passed away. Being served drinks by him at Zig Zag Cafe was an amazing experience. Such a kind man. 

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  19. I don't understand the expensive part since I make mine in the french press when I do.

     

    I usually just get an iced latte from my friends. My partner will often get a nice (as in not iced) coffee to take home and put in the fridge for later - have them make an iced in a large keep-cup but don't add the ice. She likes vanilla syrup, which is an abomination, but it works for her.

     

    Our alternate cafe does up cans of cold brew and long-blacks which are pretty good.

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