I like this time at night on HBT

[Dan]

Mike. You don't need to send. I'd prefer you don't. Your offer was gracious. I don't want to cost you money. Just know the idea was very nice and one I respect and appreciate very much.

Cheers my good man.

 

[Dan]

Come Sail away Styx

 

[Dan]

Crap. The link goes YouTube. I hate that.aybe I can find another

 

[Dan]

Maybe this one



Sent from my iPhone

 

[Dan]

Argg. Guess not

 

[mhurst111]

Dan,

the links are working for me.
tommy shaw & dennis deyoung - nice. Need to find my old vinyl version of Paradise Theatre.

lets see if i can make this work:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXUkBaXA2ls[/ame]

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Crap. The link goes YouTube. I hate that.aybe I can find another

Yep, link are working. Styx was probably 2 of my first 10 records I bought.

 

[Dan]

Dan,



the links are working for me.

tommy shaw & dennis deyoung - nice. Need to find my old vinyl version of Paradise Theatre.



lets see if i can make this work:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXUkBaXA2ls

My friend. The song I didn't know. Hurt my ears a bit much to be honest. That's okay. I'm pretty sure when I was younger the music I listened to hurt some ears S well. Cheers to you! Cheers my good friend

 

[Dan]

Styx.



Sent from my iPhone

 

[Dan]

I think I'm mixing up my artists.

 

[Dan]

Sent from my iPhone

Truly these guys saved my mind. It was back around 1985. I lived on a navy warship. I was not unhappy about that.

Styx. Was a a very good band

 

[Dan]

Im on a roll gentlemen.


Sent from my iPhone

 

[Dan]

Rice.

Any good plate lunch here in Hawaii will likely come with two scoops of rice and macaroni salad. That's gospel.

We have one of those cheap little rice cookers. I actually think cooking rice on the stove produces better rice and is faster but the rice cooker is more of a fire and forget device. Since I'm sometimes quite lazy it is usually the chosen method.

I doubt you're thinking I'm talking about minute rice. For the most part it's been outlawed in my house for many years.

We usually buy a 15 or 20 pound bag of Hinode, short grain. It lasts about a month or so I suppose.

I've never made excellent rice though. I rinse it with water till the water is clear. I use the finger method for measuring the water. A Filipino friend taught me this many years ago and it works pretty well. Place your index finger up to the first crease, the joint, above the rinsed rice and cover with water. When the water reaches that crease. It's enough.

Now my hands aren't particularly small. A bit bigger than my friend's hands so I don't generally go all the way up to that first crease and like I said, my results are good but not great.

Anybody here have better advice for making rice? I like it sticky and shiny, like Japanese rice.

I've experimented with different amounts of rinsing. And water levels. Occasionally the rice comes out shiny and sticky. I'm not good at duplicating that outcome each time. ??

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Rice.


Anybody here have better advice for making rice? I like it sticky and shiny, like Japanese rice.

I've experimented with different amounts of rinsing. And water levels. Occasionally the rice comes out shiny and sticky. I'm not good at duplicating that outcome each time. ??

I make rice like in an Irainian Style with Saffron (it looks like this photo). I've never made sticky rice so I can't be of much help.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Raiders lost, San Diego undefeated ... A good opening day.

 

[Homercidal]

Until such a time
as we are brought to the end
of the end of the end

When you are still mine
with your blend of the bend
of the bend of your end

The meaning has been lost
for so long

So long

So long

 

[LabRatBrewer]

First, I like the verse Homercidal. Kinda dark, so did a quick check to make sure you're still posting today....cidal in your name and all.

Second, a rambling pet peeve: am I the only one who thinks the ph scale should have been reversed? Higher numbers should be more acidic and a low number should be near the base. Also, the word alkalinity sounds like an acid burn. Why the second word to describe a basic solution?

 

[Homercidal]

First, I like the verse Homercidal. Kinda dark, so did a quick check to make sure you're still posting today....cidal in your name and all.

Second, a rambling pet peeve: am I the only one who thinks the ph scale should have been reversed? Higher numbers should be more acidic and a low number should be near the base. Also, the word alkalinity sounds like an acid burn. Why the second word to describe a basic solution?

No I'm fine.

I don't find the pH scale backwards. Acidic is no more or less than bases. They generally get more attention, but the scale is kind of screwy to start with. They should have started with 0 and went negative for acids, IMO.

I'm sure there is a chemical reason they decided to set up the scale they way they did.

 

[Dan]

I make rice like in an Irainian Style with Saffron (it looks like this photo). I've never made sticky rice so I can't be of much help.

LRB, that rice looks delicious! Last night I actually make really good rice. We had it with Kalua pig and cabbage.


My backyard is too small to dig a pit and cover it in lau-lau leaves or maybe it's banana leaves , I'm not sure. Usually I brown a pork butt seasoned with Hawaiian sea salt and liquid smoke. Then throw it into a crockpot for 6-7 hours. This avoids a hole and big mess in my yard.

(Wait, this will come together)

A week or two ago we went to our only and most favorite second hand thrift store. It was 30% off day !

I found a Presto 6 quart pressure cooker for. $9, less the 30%! The thing was in perfect shape, stainless steel, 15 psi regulator. I have a 23 quart pressure canner which is great for canning or pressure cooking large amounts of food but it's a bit much for family meals.

Erg!! I need to fix my laptop. Just lost a few more paragraphs. I'm not rewriting them again on a phone.

Meal turned out perfect

 

[LabRatBrewer]

LRB, that rice looks delicious! Last night I actually make really good rice. We had it with Kalua pig and cabbage.


My backyard is too small to dig a pit and cover it in lau-lau leaves or maybe it's banana leaves , I'm not sure. Usually I brown a pork butt seasoned with Hawaiian sea salt and liquid smoke. Then throw it into a crockpot for 6-7 hours. This avoids a hole and big mess in my yard.

(Wait, this will come together)

A week or two ago we went to our only and most favorite second hand thrift store. It was 30% off day !

I found a Presto 6 quart pressure cooker for. $9, less the 30%! The thing was in perfect shape, stainless steel, 15 psi regulator. I have a 23 quart pressure canner which is great for canning or pressure cooking large amounts of food but it's a bit much for small less ginoremess

The picture isn't mine, but looks similar enough. Nice find re: the Presto!

 

[Dan]

The picture isn't mine, but looks similar enough. Nice find re: the Presto!

Yes it really was. I have never been much of a thrift store patron until recently. Absolutely amazing some of the stuff people give away. They get tired of it , no room, whatever and donate it. Each time we go we usually donate items and then shop. Never ending cycle.

 

[Dan]

I'm going to try saffron rice. Thanks LRB.

 

[Dan]

Don't laugh

When we moved to Hawaii (actually my wife moved. I rented out my house and slept at work for 10 months )

The move ;
Only shipped stuff that cost a lot to replace; cars, motorcycles, and items that held sentimental value ( my brewery for both reasons! Alas, it's sold, but that's not where I'm going with this)

My wife got exceptional deals on furniture and a washer and dryer. Craigslist adds. She did very well.

One day she washed some heavy items, threw them in the New (used) Kenmore HE3 dryer and shortly after, the dryer started squealing. Awfully loud.

When I got here we talked about having a repairman fix but the machine worked fine except for the noise. Eventually we stopped using it at night because of the noise (our dryer, and washer are outside in a little cubby hole- it's Hawaiian style!

So, since I am still not employed and tired of answering my wife's questions about what I did productive all day?

((( self justifying, and weak side bar -my house for the moment. I'm full time cook , house cleaner, landscaper, handyman and anything else needs done-

Back to my rambling topic. I did all that stuff when I worked full time at a perfectly great job, great pay, great benefits - which I threw away to move to my wife's home...Hawaii. Eff me and my thinking)))

I decided to fix the dryer. I tore the thing completely apart because that was the only way I'd get to the the part I figured was making the noise. The drum belt tension pulley. It was the cause. I replaced it. Dryer is very quite now

What I wasn't expecting was the firetrap of lint inside. Scary really. This dryer was only a few years old. Since I had it torn down I cleaned it well. Every nook and corner.

I said to my wife it's amazing how much lint was built up inside a newer dryer.

Ching $ Ching. $.
Wife said, "why not make money cleaning dryers?"

She's lined up four potential "customers".

Gents I'm far from a rocket scientist or doctor or lawyer, but for the last 15 years my mind, specialized training and il admit , military rank and experience is how I made a living.
I 'm the guy who has to read, watch, and be told. Hey! Trust me that's no different from.....nope. Wrong thread.

Around my house I'm a very good yard mower, appliance fixer, painter, plumber, sidewalk sweeper , dry-Waller and cabinet builder. Pretty much anything except for stuff that requires licenses

I'm half tempted to call up my old boss. I don't think they've found my replacement yet.

Or, I should just fix a dryer a day. I've only torn apart and repaired two dryers in my life and a washing machine. They're pretty easy. But they were mine.


I wish my old job and Hawaii were in the same state. I got to do something soon or I'm going to go nuts. Dryer cleaning might be a short term fix.

Ironically a truck pulled into our complex parking lot this morning. Nice newer model pick up. On the side of the truck business name and number. I don't remember the exact name or number. Just the service the guy advertised. "Dryer Duct Exhaust Cleaning"

Hmm. If his business bought him that truck. Maybe I could do something ?







hear

 

[Dan]

So. About. 50 % of what I've written tonight keeps getting lost and doesn't post.

My thoughts are in the moment. I can not recite them

Cheers to you all and to clear beer

 

[lschiavo]

My whole post got lost. It was all good stuff about Dan too

This song came up in my shuffle and you should all love it like I do:

Slayer - Behind the Crooked Cross - Switzerland 88: http://youtu.be/vfetvtFJ3Js

 

[Dan]

I ramble here a bit too much. Ah well. That probably won't change.

 

[Jaybird]

I ramble here a bit too much. Ah well. That probably won't change.

Well it is YOUR thread... You can really ramble all you want Brotha'

Cheers Brother!

Jay

 

[lschiavo]

Well it is YOUR thread... You can really ramble all you want Brotha'

Cheers Brother!

Jay

You're top notch Jay. Another man I would like to have a few beers with someday.

We are starting a batch of crock pickles. I'm gonna loosely follow Alton Brown's recipe. I only have some of last years garden dill leftover. If you have any advice, make it quick. Kids have to get to bed

 

[Dan]

Cheers to you guys
And to things that make a man cry
Why be so depressing
Ain't like it's an elephant you're undressing

 

[lschiavo]

Cheers to you guys
And to things that make a man cry
Why be so depressing
Ain't like it's an elephant you're undressing

Depression is the easy path.
Search out the positive.
Let it be your guide.
It's not easy but take control of your mind.

I struggle most days but I try...