Typical. They got rid of the indian but kept the land...

About 25 years ago I worked in local (non-chain) coffee shop. They (we?) took pride in roasting our own coffee, buying fresh cream, making our own whipped cream, etc. My manager and I walked in one day to see an employee using the whip cream bottle - the kind where you insert a nitrous charger in the top when making…

Damnit Clare! I’ve been stuck at home for six weeks and you’re just now posting this? What happened to looking out for the little guy? We’re never going to get this time back... :-(

I had a similar conversation with a friend one time and offered to show him the how delicious those bits of fond could be. Unfortunately, Denny’s wouldn’t let me in the kitchen and kicked me out of the restaurant. :(

I love doing this. There’s a batch of raspberry-basil simple syrup in the fridge, which is an excellent addition to lemonade. It goes well with gin, vodka, etc.

NyQuil can be an excellent substitute for water when preparing Jello for your kids. They’ll stay quiet even after they’re done eating!

At some point after all this craziness dies down I’m going to have to arrange some coffee (or bringing over a six pack) after work one day just to see the amazing collection of iron oxide cars in your possession!

I could maybe deal with eight days if they were spread out over a year or so, but eight consecutive days is painful. I pretty much did go keto at that point (long before I had ever heard what “keto” actually is). I think it’s been at least 15 years since I’ve voluntarily had matzah (besides matzah balls, naturally!).

Sorry Allison, but I’ve got Aimee’s back with this one. I hate matzah these days, and I agree it’s because I had to eat it for so many years before choosing whether or not to continue keeping Passover to the same level my parents did. I remember when in college the dining halls in the dorms would put out boxes of…

Why stop with just one delicious Middle-Eastern favorite? Your suggestion for a good pesto seems to be a great opportunity to bust out some za’atar and try out something new...

It took me a about a second to realize that this was a model

Perfect timing. I headed out yesterday for the first time in a week and found I had a flat tire. Rim leak? Small nail? Something else? Who knows... I pumped it up with my compressor and it seems okay, but now I’ll plan on going through the garage to get my mail rather that my front door just so I can eyeball my car.

I believe it. I spend five weeks touring the Middle East back in the summer of ‘96 (fun times - right after Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated) and I remember the “don’t-give-a-shit” attitude of the drivers there. Our tour bus was winding through some narrow road (Jerusalem? Tel Aviv? Tiberias?) and we couldn’t make a…

I tried to order light bulbs, and apparently those weren’t considered essential - the expected delivery date was late April (the fixture in my kitchen doesn’t take a normal A12 bulb and the fluorescent bulb decided that now was a good time to go out after more than 13 years of operation).

Coffee, dark chocolate, and Luxardo liqueur... your thoughts? (Do I really need to ask?)

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Timely. I did my regular shopping yesterday (because hoarders can go to hell!) and it turns out that I snagged the *last* bag of dried navy beans at the store. I just wanted a pot of bean soup, not to stock up for the apocalypse!

It’s not a roundabout, it’s a neighborhood traffic circle. There is no deflection on entry, and it’s posted as requiring a driver to STOP before entering (modern roundabouts have YIELD signs upon entry so improve traffic flow when there is no conflicting traffic).

Thanks. I had looked (and read the labels!) in the spice aisle, and I’ll check the ethnic food section of my store before I head online.

Thank you! Here’s a link to a pound (!) of the stuff that Claire recommends: https://www.amazon.com/Ajinomoto-MSG-Plastic-Bag-Ounce/dp/B00886HO02/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Ajinomoto&qid=1580386603&sr=8-1 if anyone else is looking...