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rfenst Offline
#451 Posted: Mon, Sep 3 2018, 8:04 AM EST
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Good morning.
jespear Offline
#452 Posted: Mon, Sep 3 2018, 9:13 AM EST
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Potato Salad made last night.
Taste test this morning . . . needs salt !
SmokeMonkey Offline
#453 Posted: Mon, Sep 3 2018, 9:49 AM EST
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jespear wrote:
Potato Salad made last night.
Taste test this morning . . . needs salt !


Some potato salad would be good right now...
deadeyedick Offline
#454 Posted: Mon, Sep 3 2018, 10:47 AM EST
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Up at 4;30, black coffee, four mile walk, cigar and paper on the patio and twenty mile exercise for the hot rod.

Now back to packing up. Have I mentioned how much moving sucks?
8trackdisco Offline
#455 Posted: Mon, Sep 3 2018, 7:59 PM EST
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That's it. The streak ends today at five. No smokes or adult beverages tomorrow.
DrafterX Offline
#456 Posted: Mon, Sep 3 2018, 8:09 PM EST
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I took tomorrow off since my weekend was disrupted... Thought I'd stay up late drinking beers tonight but after the shrimp boil with friends I'm feeling beat.. I'm gonna try tho... Beer
opelmanta1900 Offline
#457 Posted: Mon, Sep 3 2018, 8:32 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
That's it. The streak ends today at five. No smokes or adult beverages tomorrow.

#soberseptember?
danmdevries Offline
#458 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:46 AM EST
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Found another big yellow jacket nest on the side of the house, under one of my ramps.

3 cans of raid and they were still all swarming.

Waited till midnight, dragged the ramp out in the yard, doused in lighter fluid and lit em up. Went back to the hole in the ground and did the same.

Hopefully that takes care of em
SmokeMonkey Offline
#459 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 6:08 AM EST
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Good morning, y’all
jespear Offline
#460 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 6:19 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Found another big yellow jacket nest on the side of the house, under one of my ramps.
Nasty critters.

3 cans of raid and they were still all swarming.
Wasp and Hornet spray, with the 20' trajectory always did the trick for me.

Waited till midnight, dragged the ramp out in the yard, doused in lighter fluid and lit em up. Went back to the hole in the ground and did the same.
BURN, baby, BURN !

Hopefully that takes care of em
8trackdisco Offline
#461 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 6:19 AM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
#soberseptember?


Let's not get crazy.
rfenst Offline
#462 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 7:27 AM EST
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Good morning. Welcome to a short week!
DrafterX Offline
#463 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 7:40 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
DrafterX Offline
#464 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 7:41 AM EST
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2 day work week starts tomorrow... Laugh
dstieger Offline
#465 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 9:54 AM EST
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3 day workweek for me...but it was a good weekend...plenty of fishing and great start to college football...especially Big 10....Nits oughta know ya can't sleep on App State -- Wolverine loss is always something to celebrate....weather cancellation in Lincoln in September??? MD with a win over a ranked team....Buckeyes might be scarier than I'd feaed...and Badgers win, even if it was a bit sloppy
DrafterX Offline
#466 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 9:58 AM EST
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Yep.. love this time of year... All the 'unknows' so to speak... Mellow
DrafterX Offline
#467 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 10:01 AM EST
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I hadn't watched or listened to da news all weekend.. looks like a storm coming.. Think
danmdevries Offline
#468 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 10:42 AM EST
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Yellow jackets are still swarming. Found another nest.

I'm not messing with them during daylight hours. Wait till midnight again.
MACS Offline
#469 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 11:45 AM EST
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I need a nap... and it's only 9:45am.
bgz Offline
#470 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 12:33 PM EST
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Had my second attempt at making my own pizza last night, it was awesome. Pepperoni, spicy Italian sausage and black olives with a ton of cheese, mozzarella, parmesan, and a blend of various others.

It was friggin good. I estimated it to be about 500 calories per slice, pure awesomeness.
dstieger Offline
#471 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 12:46 PM EST
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Homemade crust and/or sauce?

I've done it before completely from scratch and with assorted doughs and sauces....never found one combination really worth the work.

Or maybe I'm just lazy - but 17 bucks and 20 min round trip drive for a better pie than I ever kicked out
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#472 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 12:53 PM EST
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Long drive back from Tahoe yesterday. Made the mistake of taking the scenic highway to stop by emerald Bay... Apparently everyone else in the world did too... Didn't bother stopping there, but that route committed us to a 2 lane highway for the entire trip through the mountains. Added about 2 hours because of the stop and go traffic the entire way....

Yuck.

And the new hospice dog seems to have gotten sick overnight... So the woman is taking her in to the vet today.
dstieger Offline
#473 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 12:58 PM EST
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Two whole hours???? You used to live out here....extra two hours here is a daily 'thing'
jespear Offline
#474 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:09 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Yellow jackets are still swarming. Found another nest.

I'm not messing with them during daylight hours. Wait till midnight again.


Call Billy the Exterminator. HE'LL take care of them nasty wasps.
bgz Offline
#475 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:14 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
Homemade crust and/or sauce?

I've done it before completely from scratch and with assorted doughs and sauces....never found one combination really worth the work.

Or maybe I'm just lazy - but 17 bucks and 20 min round trip drive for a better pie than I ever kicked out


Nah, I found some seasoned dough at Trader Joe's and they have some pretty good marinara right next to the dough. So I just use that with a light layer of butter on the pizza pan. Bought a couple nice pans from Bed Bath & Beyond.

I would consider making my own sauce, but as cheap and tasty as the pre-made dough is, not worth the effort.

Edit:

I like mine better than any pizza place. They all suffer from the same criticism, not enough cheese even if you order it with extra.

Edit #2:

Also used thinly sliced Boar's Head pepperoni and made a 2x layer over the initial layer of cheese that included the blend of cheeses, then another layer of mozzarella on top of the layer of pepperoni to hold down the rest of the toppings.
victor809 Offline
#476 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:23 PM EST
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Dsteig... 2 hrs on top of what I expected to be a 5 hr drive... 7hrs total for a 220 mile drive
opelmanta1900 Offline
#477 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:25 PM EST
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Sounds good b... not sure it qualifies as "making your own pizza" though... jarred sauce I'd overlook, but if you're not making your own dough, aren't you really just assembling a meal as opposed to making pizza?
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#478 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:27 PM EST
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...so the vet thinks the dog vomiting is "probably cancer"... Well duh... That didn't take a rocket surgeon... Poor girl has a mammary tumor the size and shape of a testicle dangling between her legs.

So now she goes to a specialist...
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#479 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:28 PM EST
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Dunno Opel...
If I spread some mustard on some bread... Add a bit of ham and cheese and horseradish... I say I made a sandwich. I could even put it in the toaster oven and make a fancy sandwich....
bgz Offline
#480 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:30 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Sounds good b... not sure it qualifies as "making your own pizza" though... jarred sauce I'd overlook, but if you're not making your own dough, aren't you really just assembling a meal as opposed to making pizza?


I don't care if it qualifies to you as making my own pie, I rolled the dough, put all the sh*t on it and baked it, as far as I'm concerned, I "made my own pizza". :P
RMAN4443 Offline
#481 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:35 PM EST
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either way, it's gotta beat frozen pizza.....doesn't matter which brand you get, every frozsen pizza I've ever had SUCKED...with a capital UCKED!!!! d'oh!
dstieger Offline
#482 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:42 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Dsteig... 2 hrs on top of what I expected to be a 5 hr drive... 7hrs total for a 220 mile drive

Chit, 2 weeks ago today, my 11 mile commute home was 2 hours longer than it should have been...ya just gotta put on some music, light a cigar and roll with it
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#483 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:50 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Dunno Opel...
If I spread some mustard on some bread... Add a bit of ham and cheese and horseradish... I say I made a sandwich. I could even put it in the toaster oven and make a fancy sandwich....


Right... because if you went to a deli and they did that, that'd be what you'd expect... that's what making a sandwich entails ...

But if you went to a pizza place and they sprayed cheese in a can over the top of boboli and finished it with some diced slim Jim before tossing it in the microwave for 45 on high, you wouldn't consider that "making you a pizza"...
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#484 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:56 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Right... because if you went to a deli and they did that, that'd be what you'd expect... that's what making a sandwich entails ...

But if you went to a pizza place and they sprayed cheese in a can over the top of boboli and finished it with some diced slim Jim before tossing it in the microwave for 45 on high, you wouldn't consider that "making you a pizza"...


Yes!!!
RMAN4443 Offline
#485 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 1:58 PM EST
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bgz wrote:
Nah, I found some seasoned dough at Trader Joe's and they have some pretty good marinara right next to the dough. So I just use that with a light layer of butter on the pizza pan. Bought a couple BED pans from Bed Bath & Beyond.

I would consider making my own sauce, but as cheap and tasty as the pre-made dough is, not worth the effort.

Edit:

I like mine better than any pizza place. They all suffer from the same criticism, not enough cheese even if you order it with extra.

Edit #2:

Also used thinly sliced Boar's Head pepperoni and made a 2x layer over the initial layer of cheese that included the blend of cheeses, then another layer of mozzarella on top of the layer of pepperoni to hold down the rest of the toppings.

I don't know opel....Looks like Bean used quality ingredients and lots of them....I didn't see anything about spraycan cheese or slim jims...
If I made all that effort I'd say I made homemade pizza too...Applause




not so sure about cooking them in bedpans.....Think
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#486 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 2:04 PM EST
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Upon deeper thought, i guess there are differing levels of "making pizza"... i typically consider making your own dough the hallmark of true "from scratch" pizza... but to truly make from scratch, you'd have to milk your own cows and make your own cheese, make your own sauce, make your own sausage or pepperoni, on top of making your own dough... i doubt anyone really does all that...

I guess what I'm saying is, if you have a pizza, you didn't build that pizza... somebody else made that happen...
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#487 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 2:09 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Upon deeper thought, i guess there are differing levels of "making pizza"... i typically consider making your own dough the hallmark of true "from scratch" pizza... but to truly make from scratch, you'd have to milk your own cows and make your own cheese, make your own sauce, make your own sausage or pepperoni, on top of making your own dough... i doubt anyone really does all that...

I guess what I'm saying is, if you have a pizza, you didn't build that pizza... somebody else made that happen...

and don't forget about growing your own wheat and milling the flour....Anxious
bgz Offline
#488 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 2:10 PM EST
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Just because I outsourced the tedious sh*t, doesn't mean I didn't build the pizza.
dstieger Offline
#489 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 2:12 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Upon deeper thought, i guess there are differing levels of "making pizza"... i typically consider making your own dough the hallmark of true "from scratch" pizza... but to truly make from scratch, you'd have to milk your own cows and make your own cheese, make your own sauce, make your own sausage or pepperoni, on top of making your own dough... i doubt anyone really does all that...

I guess what I'm saying is, if you have a pizza, you didn't build that pizza... somebody else made that happen...

x's gonna be so proud
dstieger Offline
#490 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 2:20 PM EST
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bgz wrote:
So I just use that with a light layer of butter on the pizza pan. Bought a couple nice pans from Bed Bath & Beyond.


I may need to get a pan. Used to have a couple heavy aluminum perforated pans that worked extremely well. Been using a stone for last many years and I don't think its quite as good. I always sprinkle pan/stone with cornmeal, but I read recently to mix some cornmeal into the dough -- welcome change....of flavor and texture
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#491 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 2:35 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
I may need to get a pan. Used to have a couple heavy aluminum perforated pans that worked extremely well. Been using a stone for last many years and I don't think its quite as good. I always sprinkle pan/stone with cornmeal, but I read recently to mix some cornmeal into the dough -- welcome change....of flavor and texture


Ya, I thought about getting a stone, went with a couple of the heavy perforated copper plated ones they had instead.

I thought they did a great job, I don't regret the choice.

If I ever make my own dough, I'll try to remember the cornmeal.
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#492 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 2:59 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Long drive back from Tahoe yesterday. Made the mistake of taking the scenic highway to stop by emerald Bay... Apparently everyone else in the world did too... Didn't bother stopping there, but that route committed us to a 2 lane highway for the entire trip through the mountains. Added about 2 hours because of the stop and go traffic the entire way....

Yuck.


I got caught in the same traffic jam just a month ago.
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#493 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 3:46 PM EST
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yah...traffic around Lake Tahoe on week-ends in the summer is really bad.
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#494 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 3:53 PM EST
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The idea of adding cornmeal works great IMO. The best pizza I ever had was a small family place that made it that way.
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#495 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 3:59 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Yellow jackets are still swarming. Found another nest.

I'm not messing with them during daylight hours. Wait till midnight again.


I found one in my yard.

What are you doing to get rid of them?

Hello everyone! Herfing
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#496 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 4:03 PM EST
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Poisening the environment and burning down the neighborhood it seems.🤣
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#497 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 4:09 PM EST
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Get a cat... They eat wasps... Mellow
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#498 Posted: Tue, Sep 4 2018, 4:14 PM EST
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Nachos with leftover carnitas pork..Verde sauce... BigGrin
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Think
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