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  1. The only drip machine I ever owned with a grinder was a Cuisinart and it never worked right.  I replaced it with a regular drip machine by Cuisinart, which lasted 24 years.

     

    Now for espresso, I have a Gaggia Brera automatic with a built-in grinder.  It's been a workhorse (as long as you don't use dark, oily beans) and I'm on year 14 with it.  It's easy to use and makes good coffee.

  2. 6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    To me, Panera has always been a "I want something decent to eat at this generic middle american airport, but don't have time to sit down at any of the sit-down places here" place.  My wife, on the other hand, has actually asked to go there, on purpose, while we're running errands on the weekend or somesuch.  But even she was relating that in recent months -- after private equity has inserted itself in Panera's operations -- Panera has gone way downhill.  

    I've never had a meal there that I actually "enjoyed."  Their best is always "fine."

    I'd agree with "fine", but it always was overpriced.

  3. 3 hours ago, Deej said:

    I'm serious about Arby's. King of the fast food Reuben sandwich. Well, possibly the only fast food Reuben sandwich, but anyway. 

    Plus, Horsey sauce. 

    McAlisters has entered the chat, and it has a drive through, along with giant spuds filled with pot roast.

  4. 3 hours ago, Da Fino said:

    Is Beck's Prime too pricey to be considered? 

    Remind me.  Does it have a drive through?

     

    Also, I might throw in for Einstein Bros. Bagels for a year if pressed.  Nothing they have is great, but the coffee is okay, as are the breakfast options, sandwiches, soups, and desserts.

     

    Alternative answer might be Rudy's.

  5. First time bread, first time really baking. 
     
    I thought baguettes were some french dark arts. Turns out, the process was 98% identical to making pizza which i’d just recently learned. 
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    Or you may be a wizard. Nice work!
  6. On 11/15/2025 at 3:27 PM, Iceman said:

    AND put the invitation somewhere special.

    So I went to visit her on Sunday and as I'm walking by the front desk, I see what appears to be the invitation I sent her sitting on the desk like an announcement.  For a second, I'm thinking, "Did she invite the whole place to our house for Thanksgiving?"  I'm imagining the bus showing up with a random assortment of olds.  As I get closer, I realize it's a flyer for the facility's holiday gathering.  They just happened to use the same, generic, "fall festival" form from MS Word I did.  It's a good thing, I can't have any randoms breaking a hip at our house.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Fudbelty said:

    Guess I’ll answer my own question. I’d honestly take Chic Fila. With all the breakfast options, sauces, and sides I think I could make it semi interesting. CFA itself isn’t even in my top restaurants but I could do the variety.

    You gonna get hangry on Sundays.

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  8. 4 hours ago, TOR said:
    BUMP because I bought a bread machine and a stand-up mixer.   
    I need to know how to make better bread.  I am progressing with the BM loaves, those are pretty easy.  What am I doing with the stand-up when it is cool enough to turn on the oven?  I have some 9" loaf pans.  4k altitude, if that matters.  King Arthur bread flour.  
    My machine bread is coming out OK, although it falls at the end like a cake.  Realized putting in the yeast last was foolish, started putting it in first with the water and sugar.  Got better loaves, 275gm flour.  But I want to move up a class and start actually BAKING, not pushing a button.  

    This is the recipe for the country white bread from the Salt Lick cookbook.  It's the only recipe I've tried from that book (it was a gift).
     
    1 Tablespoon instant yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water.  Put that in your stand mixer with the dough hook and let it sit for 5 minutes.
     
    Add 2 cups of water and two cups of bread flower and mix.  As it comes together, add two more cups of flour and 1 Tablespoon of salt.  Add up to two more cups of flour (recipe calls for 5.5--6 cups).
     
    Kneed with the dough hook on speed 2 (always speed 2).  After a few minutes, slowly add a cut up stick of softened butter.  The dough will be pretty sticky at this point, but as it continues to kneed, at a spoonful of flour at a time until pulls away from the sides of the bowl.  Let it kneed for about 8 minutes.  After it's done, turn it out onto a floured surface and form into a ball.  Spray a large bowl with cooking spray and put the ball into the bowl.  Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rise for an hour.
     
    When it's done rising, gently punch the air out of the dough and divide into two pieces.  On a floured surface, roll the dough out into roughly a 9x12 rectangle.  Fold into thirds and pinch the seems to seal.  Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray and put your folded dough into the loaf pan.  Repeat with the other half portion of dough.  Let the loaves rise in the pan for 45 minutes.  Preheat oven to 375 and bake for 35 to 45 minutes.  When done, remove from the pan and let cool on a rack. 
     
    I made a couple of loaves yesterday and will use one for my Thanksgiving dressing.



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  9. 2 hours ago, Iceman said:

    @dcbc

    I'm glad your mom accepted it, AND put the invitation somewhere special.

    Never take any day for granted, especially at this point in the game.  It matters, and I liked reading about your "finding a way."

     

    Thanks, man.  It's tough, but she still has some good days.   Also, we're having a big crew, nearly all of whom got AirB&Bs or hotels.  When this goes off the rails, it's going to be a calamity.  But I'm optimistic.  Brother in law is coming over early on Thanksgiving morning to help me drink bloody Marys and tend the fire on the offset.

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  10. Inspired by the guitar thread, which never shall be merged, I started watching a 1962 Bluesbreaker demo, which led me to ask for no related reason, is Matchless still around.  And I saw this demo on their cite.  And while there's no way I'm paying $3000+ dollars for no new Matchless, I haven't had a demo make me want an amp so much since the demo I watched for the Magic 5e3 I now own.

     

     

  11. 10 minutes ago, G650 said:

     

    Is there another way to play an amp?

     

     

    I actually paid 220 bucks from my '66 AB165 in the early aughts. Its amazing how much they are now.

    As the owner of a Tweed Twin from the Custom Shop as well as a Harvard and Deluxe, I'm gonna tell you there are amps you can crank and amps you can't.  That Bassman isn't exactly an Amp you can't crank.  So I'm gonna make a ruling right here.  Crank it!

     

    Yeah, that 1x12 Harvard clone was my last purchase.  It hit just the right spot.  And while not the $100 Bassman 100, I felt like it was priced pretty reasonably.

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  12. 2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    AT age 13...MANY years ago....when they were 2 for .99, we'd ride our bikes around all day.  And I'd have $2 and change in my pocket, so we could stop at JITB and get 4 tacos for fuel.  Then get back on our bikes and ride miles in the Houston summer heat.  There is no creature as resilient and immortal as a 13 yr old boy.

    I remember those Houston summers on a BMX and later a 10 Speed.  At age 12, my only geographical limit was whatever my endurance (2x) was.

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