My Great Grandmother had one of those in the 70's! It was really cool, and ancient. It’s long gone though.

(Actually, all beer has yeast in it.  “Beer Bread” is leavened by the yeast in beer.  So I would suggest if that really is your problem you probably shouldn’t try it.)

More than one US politician has as well, which usually results in incoherent screams of “antisemitism!”

Sigh.  Yeah, I blame my parents and grandparents.  Diabetes runs in both sides of the family, although I think I’m the youngest to be diagnosed.

I dunno. I just know it’s the origin of the term “pound cake.” I’ve never had the courage to try it, although Isaac’s Haircut’s version (above) might be interesting to try.

It’s such a versatile recipe. I used it to make a blueberry upside down cake once for a potluck once, and suddenly I had groupies.

I work in a scrap metal yard (driving in and out, actually) and at least five or six semi-trailer loads of nothing but appliances comes in and gets dumped in the pile going to the shredder every day. Refrigerators and washers and dryers and stoves and microwaves. Everything you can imagine. These things are half…

I have a new neighbor directly below me who moved in last night. My previous neighbor there had lived there for 16 years. He was a great neighbor, although as a person he was a bit annoying. He was super quiet, which is good since this place has a thin floor. The most noise he ever made was once in a while he’d crank…

Have you ever tried making a real pound cake? A pound of butter, a pound of flour, a pound of eggs, and a pound of sugar? (Plus salt and baking powder) I’ve never tried it, but it differs so much from my pound cake recipe that I’m dubious it would be edible. (That’s a lot of eggs!)

It’s worse than you think. Mostly with the grocery store stuff stay away from anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup in it, which isn’t difficult these days. I like Oroweat Italian for sandwiches, but anything made with white flour has a bad glycemic index.  And potatoes.  And white rice. And I loathe whole wheat…

Except for a couple of barking dog issues, I’ve never had this problem. My current neighborhood is very quiet. I live in a 4-plex (two upstairs and two downstairs. I’m upstairs.) and my upstairs neighbor likes to play loud video games late at night. However, his downstairs neighbor complained to the property…

Indeed. What’s funny is his house doesn’t even have any windows that face the other house, and her bedroom is on the opposite corner, diagonally.

You know, that actually inspires a good idea. Hook it up to a hose with a switch that only goes off it the mailbox is removed. Like a firehose.  With a high pressure nozzle. 

I hate you very much because you didn’t share. Not that I should be eating white bread anyway. My A1C last week sucked, even though I’ve been trying really hard to avoid those high glycemic index foods.

Interesting.  Clearly an advertisement for soundproofed windows, but good points all around.

My friend lives in a lower middle class suburban neighborhood where the houses are crammed pretty close together but still have pretty big back yards. He recently got rid of some old, irritating neighbors on one side and a new family moved in. The new family has a tendency to make a lot of noise, throwing parties for…

Build it into a mailbox.  Bell towards the street.

Or better yet, a finger.  🖕

I’ve long since given up on Israel as a country we need to be defending or assisting in any way. Israel today is little different from South Africa under apartheid. They aren’t our friends, nor allies, nor good citizens of Earth.

Is it just me, or would the world be a lot better if we just canceled “awards” like these?  It’s not like people are incapable of deciding for themselves which actors and movies they like.