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Victor Hong

That is how we secure crew members into their pipe berths, on long-distance races.

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Jorge Henriquez wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2020, 8:21 pm
Yeah, just initiated a sourdough starter.

Starter started?

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Brandon R wrote: ↑
March 27th, 2020, 9:32 am
That looks delicious, Jay. I imagine I'd have to get a skin-on pork should from a butcher, as I don't recall ever seeing one in a supermarket. How do you "attack" it when it's done? Slice, pull...?

Scissors.

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Brian Tuite wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 6:16 pm

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 6:06 pm
Big enough to cook that aforementioned high horse. With room left over, to cook a side dish of noodles.
Very frugal of you.

It was free. I went dumpster diving at Santa Anita.

Victor Hong

Big enough to cook that aforementioned high horse. With room left over, to cook a side dish of noodles.

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Going to dust off that bread machine. Same here. Mixing bowl, wooden spoon, flour, yeast, and water. Didn't take you long to get up on that high horse, did it Victor? Of course, I then baked the dough in my regular oven. No point in wasting money to buy a bread machine. Especially in these hard tim...

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Made dough as such for aforementioned pizza.

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Brandon R wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 8:44 am

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 6:45 am

Nola Palomar wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 4:35 am
Going to dust off that bread machine.
Same here. Mixing bowl, wooden spoon, flour, yeast, and water.
Didn't take you long to get up on that high horse, did it Victor?

Same modest equipment and ingredients, for the past thirty years.

Horse? Where? We can sell as meat soon.

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Nola Palomar wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 4:35 am
Going to dust off that bread machine.

Same here. Mixing bowl, wooden spoon, flour, yeast, and water.

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My baby eats whatever I throw into her bowl. Any quarrel means no dinner.

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Gabe Berk wrote: ↑
March 24th, 2020, 11:33 am
Wine event? Can't even leave my house barely...Must be in Antarctica?

Too warm this summer.

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Commerce Corner, or (Non-)Travel and Restaurant section?

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Wait to see.

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https://www.consumeraffairs.com/travel/priceline.html?#sort=recent&filter=none The latest posts indicate that Priceline is making substantial profits, as service providers unilaterally cancel plane, car, and hotel reservations, but Priceline keeps the fully pre-paid amounts, even if travelers had sp...

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Jorge Henriquez wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2020, 8:26 am
Can’t find yeast locally. Sucks.

Leave out a slurry of flour and water, for three days, replenishing the water as necessary.

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Where do you put the spit bucket?

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mattcitrang wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2020, 12:54 pm
I received a FEDEX shipment today. The driver went to hand me his handheld to sign. I told wait I want to get gloves. he said never mind and singed himself COVID19 and asked me if that was ok and left the shipment on the step.

19 only? Proof that online wine shipments are to under-aged buyers.

Victor Hong

How about if wineries and customers hold off on non-essential goods, for time being?

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• Grease a shallow, non-stick pan lightly with butter or oil. • Grease both sides of either an aluminum foil or parchment paper disc, fitted to at least the pan rim. • Spread a thin layer of raw pizza dough onto the foil or paper disc. Brush the top lightly with oil. • Place face upward, disc downw...

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Risotto with little smoked bay scallops from the freezer (Simple yet Died and went to heaven good) Pizza in a cast iron pan (similar to victor above, but here’s a linky... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JESaD6tqXiQ ) Because my much simpler approach does not bake the pizza in the oven, it works fi...

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Any recipe for real (safe) 'merican lamb?

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Steps.

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• Grease a shallow, non-stick pan lightly with butter or oil. • Grease both sides of either an aluminum foil or parchment paper disc, fitted to at least the pan rim. • Spread a thin layer of raw pizza dough onto the foil or paper disc. Brush the top lightly with oil. • Place face upward, disc downwa...

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Pizza for lunch.

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I love to make eggplant stew, bean soup, stovetop thin pizza, and omelet.

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The sad part is that people will avoid them.

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A video offline is an oxymoron.......being online.

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Bean casseroles, via online delivery? I wonder if they can throw in a few rolls of toilet paper, as pairing.

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If I understand the implications correctly, all PA citizens will be prohibited from buying wine and spirits meanwhile, even if from out of state. I don't know diddly squat about Internal Medicine, but for years I have been nursing a layman's vague impression that if an alcoholic's metabolism has be...

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If I understand the implications correctly, all PA citizens will be prohibited from buying wine and spirits meanwhile, even if from out of state.

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I thought that you were referring to its formal, well-known infrastructure to damage expensive wines.

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For the first half of the OP question, I see no reason to worry.
For the second half, a therapist may be helpful.

Victor Hong

I could have sworn I saw some at Grocery Outlet tonight. What price? Don't recall (or vintage) but GO aggressively buys a lot of wine that is priced to move. I'm not there to buy wine (OK, I did grab a 20+ year old Mount Veeder Cab last year just for fun when I had a crush intern friend staying wit...

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dougwilder wrote: ↑
March 14th, 2020, 11:39 pm
I could have sworn I saw some at Grocery Outlet tonight.

What price?

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Having another glass of the 1993 Merlot. Suddenly very forward in terms of fruit and tannin.

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In 1997, Kendall-Jackson bought the vineyard, separately of the brand.

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The 1990 Clos Baudoin is fantastic also.

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I opened a 1993 Merlot tonight. While leaner than earlier and later vintages, it is still very nice, with plenty of well-balanced secondary and tertiary notes. Well worth its recent $25 price.

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Lots of re-pricings for Noo Yawk AirBnBs.

https://www.airbnb.com/s/New-York--NY-- ... 0&adults=2

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Nadie.

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dbailey wrote: ↑
March 10th, 2020, 3:03 am
So pls loan us some money with zero interest rate and zero security.

Get with the times! Negative interest rate.

Victor Hong

I am enjoying another glass of the 1994 Merlot in an oversized Riedel. The wine has opened even further.

Lots of deep blue fruit, volcanic terroir, and a finish redolent of spices, tobacco, and espresso.

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Dennis Atick wrote: ↑
March 9th, 2020, 2:38 pm
Well, all of Italy is now certainly a no-go for a while.

At last, Alitalia flights will take off on schedule.

Victor Hong

That, and Thomas Cook travel tours.

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Plane travel get even more onerous, if passenger testing occurs.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/politics ... index.html

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Almost none left. Time to go back to silent WineHunting.....

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https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-refunds-for-hotels-airbnb/index.html I would not be surprised if some third-party booking services are making substantial profits, by retaining upfront payments even as service providers permit no-charge cancellations. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/tr...

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Frei Ranch and Barrelli Creek from those years have cracked apart. I tried one bottle of the 1994 Frei Ranch, which become an oddly thin liquid, speckled with precipitate, redolent of nail varnish. Avoid.

Favor the E&J Gallo Northern Sonoma reserve bottlings instead.

Victor Hong

Decent color, after 25 years.

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Fantastic but still young. It really bloomed in an hour, to become rich, complex, and brawny.

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