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  1. I subbed a couple of strawberries last night for other available options, and it really did. But I'm not off booze this month.
  2. If you can overcome the resultant sweet tooth syndrome.
  3. If you begin with the assumption that he is an asset/puppet of a antagonistic, foreign power, it all makes more sense.
  4. I took a hard look at that one after you posted it (for those times when I want a consistent grind). Then I realized I already have 3 pepper grinders.
  5. Well, in my case, a little drawer for your ground pepper and positive reflection on times long gone. My smug sense of superiority predates and transcends my spice grinding.
  6. On that blade grinder, is there a minimum amount to get it to blade height, or does the sheer momentum fling the peppercorns into the pulverization zone? Also, that mill I use is largely based on strong, positive associations from growing up with something similar. As I mentioned above, part of what I like about it is a mixed grind, which I realize isn't the consistency most people want. I think it's great though.
  7. When it comes to fresh-ground pepper, and a recipe calls for a teaspoon, it all depends on how coarse or fine the grind is versus what the recipe intended, as written. Same for salt (a teaspoon of table salt vs. sea salt vs. coarse kosher salt just isn't the same). I usually eyeball salt and pepper additions and go by taste. That said, I have this old OXO grinder from a set and it has a rubber cap on it with teaspoon and tablespoon measurements outlined on the inside of the cap. So you grind it a bit, peel off the cap and check. It's interesting, but it's more of a pain than anything and its easier for me to grind onto a plate and eyeball it or pull the drawer on the coffee mill pictured above and use a measuring spoon. On that mill though, I know that a half crank is pretty close to a teaspoon of coarse ground pepper. So there's that.
  8. I've got a couple of Chef's Choice sharpeners with the diamond discs. You can run serrated knives through the honing/polishing discs on those.
  9. I have a requested two-song outro. I've quizzed my wife twice on it during our marriage. So now I have a friend in charge of this with another in reserve.You have to have someone in charge of the playlist for sure.
  10. Yeah. No excuse except that we wanted to eat before 10 and I didn't have extra time or energy to make them.
  11. Fajitas, possibly the best I've made/had and a really solid Spanish rice.
  12. Cross posted from the spice chat in the Stews and Gumbo thread. We had one of these when I was growing up. It's a manual-crank, burr coffee grinder. My dad used it to grind pepper at the table. About 15 years ago, I picked up this Zassenhaus grinder to use solely for black pepper grinding because, despite having traditional pepper grinders, nothing does it quite like this coffee grinder. The grind is like a combination of course and fine, and that slight inconsistency just hits differently.
  13. I have a couple of traditional-looking pepper grinders, but none of them do it like the Zassenhaus manual coffee mill. The grind (even though adjustable) is like a combination of course and fine, and that slight inconsistency just hits differently.
  14. That was my mom's Luby's go-to entree. I'll eat a lot of things, but I just can't do it.
  15. I've always followed the advice of don't spend too much on a bread knife. These Dexter Russel knives are absolute workhorses. https://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Russell-Basics-P94804B-Scalloped-Polypropylene/dp/B004NG9HOW/ref=asc_df_B004NG9HOW?mcid=ec0c4adc6a9f36008ff9a338c3975bdd&hvocijid=2604827628864185596-B004NG9HOW-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2604827628864185596&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027088&hvtargid=pla-2281435177178&psc=1 Or if you need a wooden handle, Victorinox. I doubt it's $45 better at cutting bread than the D/R, but it's a nice looking knife. https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-4-Inch-Bread-Rosewood-Handle/dp/B0019WXBIQ/ref=sr_1_11?crid=2HXZOKZI2J4XM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IBbMVZcQ0yksSefZlHk7oTE2Euh0vaGApMGHp71OKAOSpHjl9FydXDf38blNwIFEXruL03nST2nBZvRZMX9ax2dKnvaag0qT_QL6qa-DCnpohkqkUJe1jeBB0IyWW3iQLSapkzYNmDRbE1Lm2okJx1FPDw2W58jiX7aQHeQ1BjEMru0FT9dc-OvwMZyM8uXc0093ikX-2xwikAOHLaIL2Kj4u5TUOP0SvjDV-0kBe_MnIT-NPvfRs63328-HNAnXwokjTzVO6t3xEHMu_cux5LoWcvJK5wo5zryOhrdE6I8JL2lqeY8jrOoFOIJE1lRNT1jgGL1G1ccUyADYTtY_OMntrprWehzI6dJd1uuQj7nV2ChW4Gr-89XT6e7bblQrWOOS6UPDtsMBSPhgjjybie_hgfGr0lil_W03Kyt4-pIdATCPySFfjP4--IWvuWig.zBQV1wrPFOgblUq2O0K1dKgZhMC1ch-ra_J6igEXnwE&dib_tag=se&keywords=victorinox%2Bbread%2Bknife&qid=1737726695&sprefix=victorinox%2Bbread%2Bknife%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-11&th=1
  16. I've got a Pullman loaf pan from them. It's solid.
  17. It's all designed to keep people looking the other way while Trump and his ilk pilfer the coffers of the US government. That's the real hidden, monetary cost.
  18. Y'all. He's just skipping to the lou
  19. User name seems like the appropriate response.
  20. I mean, it's a few minutes of manual labor to correct something his wife fucked up. Glad I did it. The pan I bought for $40 six years ago now costs $86. So it was kind of worth it for me. They don't come with the instructions of not to blast them with direct heat on electric and induction. So it's a pretty common problem that's usually easy to resolve in short order (less time than reseasoning a pan). They're great pans for pretty much anything non-acidic and good replacements for nonstick pans that are far easier to toss around than cast iron. The M/B and De Buyer pans of the current design with the slightly upward-bowed bases may be fine for her abusive desires. Edit. Reach out to Merten. They may replace it for warping. Worth a shot. Read a review on Amazon that said the same. Hadn't heard of this brand before in the C/S game, but seems like they'll hook you up.
  21. They could've just bought a Bassman.
  22. I rescued, for posterity's sake, an at least 15 year old, Sam's club sized container of Italian Seasoning from my mother's spice cabinet when we cleaned out her house. I need to throw it away. I may do so tonight. [CSB]My dad loved black pepper. My mom didn't make anything spicy. So he was constantly tapping that McCormick's Black Pepper tin over his food or using this hand-crank burr coffee grinder with pepper corns in it and shaking them out of the little drawer. My mom did use a crap-ton of Morton's Nature Seasons on everything (that stuff is, in fact, the bomb). And while it's good, everything tastes sort of the same. I appreciate the fact that she taught me to cook and to love to cook. But I've leveled up in many ways, including in the spice department. My current problem is that my spice cabinet is over-stuffed, and I need to buy better quality spices too. I did buy a hand-crank burr coffee grinder which I use for fresh ground pepper. So there's that.[/CSB]
  23. Let her keep the warped pan. You buy another one. Or buy her a lodge C/S pan and fix the good one. By the way, what brand and size did she warp? P.S. De Buyer has their 11" c/s pan on sale for $80, which is a few bucks cheaper than the nominally 12" M/B. Of course, with De Buyer mineral B, you have to deal with that coated handle (the Pro has a stainless handle, but is much more expensive). Not a big deal except for when you want to season it in the oven. I just wrapped my pan's handle loosely in foil, and it was fine through a couple of cycles. But it's still dumb. Both of my De Buyers are omelette pans (9.5 and 11"). My M/B are 11 7/8" and 10.5". I had an 8" M/B I wanted to use for an omelette pan, but 8" pans are near useless in my experience.
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