Yours is a perfect and concise expression of my main complaints.
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Well, my favorite has been DiBruno’s Sicilian Pepperoni, – but they were recently bought up by some corporation so we’ll see how it goes.
Hrm. I was one of those viewers. I didn’t think it was awful, but it wasn’t so strong that I’d recommend it, either.
Lobster Newburg
Hey! Today is “NATIONAL LOBSTER NEWBURG DAY - March 25”
I’ve made ‘seafood’ newburg dishes at home at least twice in the last few years (crab and shrimp). I think I like using Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry more than Cognac and serving it on rice is easier than any pastry/bread-y thing. The above has a link to a standard recipe on All Recipes, but I’ll put it in the below list, to show how the other two vary.
From Steam founder Gabe Newell, 2011:
We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy," Newell said. "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. For example, if a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24/7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country three months after the U.S. release and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.
The same can be said of movies/tv – except Steam saw the issue before EA and everyone made their own streaming stores, whereas all the video distributors have splintered into their own services.
I’m not sure where/why Hulu failed to gain the sort of share Steam attained. It existed early on and had … at least 3 big networks (iirc, not cbs? but abc, nbc and fox – then nbc dropped out to just do peacock, I think). Perhaps hulu didn’t pay enough for rights or perhaps Apple, Netflix and Amazon represented too many other players to make the equivalent arguments as Steam made.
I got around to finishing Interior Chinatown (hulu) and was disappointed. I don’t want to spoil it for others, but I think I can safely complain that it wrapped things up in an unsatisfying manner.
I always watch ‘Elsbeth’ because my mother watches it.
I stumbled onto The CW’s ‘Good Cop/Bad Cop’ last week and watched all the current episodes this week because it seems exactly like the thing my mom will enjoy: a mix somewhere between the setting and townie bonding of ‘Resident Alien’ (with no Alien or other-worldly aspects) and the silly sleuthing of ‘Elsbeth’ (without the expensive sets and celebrities).
Ah, you mean Matthew Graham stuff rather than David Bowie.
I was looking for something new to watch, but could not stomach Suits LA.
There’s a lot of news and programming on the radio and TV I would not have seen in the 70s and 80s without networks using satellites to bounce signals across continents and oceans. I’m pretty sure there were phone calls I could not have made in those decades without satellites.
I’m not sure if we have enough intercontinental cables across the seafloors to handle all the traffic if satellites didn’t exist – heck, I’m not even sure if networks like BBC or NBC still use satellites to send their tv/radio signals to distant lands. The thing is they used to and I’m sure it mattered to me in ways I didn’t particularly notice at the time.
A quick search didn’t find great references (so many links on current satellite tech that the old tech seems buried) , but see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar#In_service and maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_I
Edit: comm satellite firsts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communications_satellite_firsts
This makes me sad. It also encourages me to quote AP articles rather than Rueters.
fair enough :-)
Since you aren’t vegetarian, may I recommend trying a ‘Reuben’ pizza (or stromboli)?
Instead of pizza sauce, use Russian dressing. Top with sauerkraut and chopped up corned beef and finish with shredded swiss cheese (use a good swiss and shred yourself for best results). You might optionally add onion before baking or dill pickles afterwards.
hmmm… my dough is still rising, but it has a bread-flour base that might make for tough rolls… though perhaps I can amend the dough to be fluffier before the final rise.
Yes! I LOVE veggie crumbles. I use them in spaghetti sauce, chili, tacos, enchiladas, and most everything else that calls for ground hamburger – especially when in a sauce.
My bigger issue is how to construct a ‘thing’ that works with dough. Maybe something like a ‘cheese steak’ stromboli would work.
Well, don’t leave us hanging! Which bags lasted 10 years? Where do we get them? I’m having a hard time because the only really good bags I have require a minimum purchase of 50 (these: https://enviro-tote.com/product/medium-grocery-tote-bag/).
It sounds like the donor had requirements. From The Tribune:
The University of Chicago has received a $100 million gift from an anonymous donor to support free expression, marking what may be the largest-ever single donation to support such values in higher education, the university announced Thursday.
And:
Discussions surrounding the donation have been ongoing for over a year, according to a university spokesperson.
The gift was ridiculed by advocates involved in the encampment that highlighted abuses against Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas War and torn down by the university in the spring.
“It’s truly a slap in the face,” said Yousseff Hasweh, a U of C grad who’s diploma was withheld by the university for two months, allegedly for his involvement in the protest.
Facts?! That just makes them devolve to No true Scotsman rhetoric. ;-)
I fry tofu in a cast iron skillet with a little oil on heat just below the oil’s smoke point.
The trick is to just let the tofu sit in place. Do NOT try to flip it. Let it sit until it gets crispy on the frying side. When it does, I use a thin metal pancake-flipping sort of spatula to turn all the pieces. If they are diced (rather than slabs), I start with pieces in the center of the pan, scooping towards an edge and flipping the first flipper-full, then scooping and flipping the sides and so on so I don’t disturb the pieces I’ve already flipped.