Subdeacon Joe

9

It's not as if they can't get all that in other ways.

Tomato Sauce- Dice a small onion, sauté it in some oil, add some minced garlic, sauté another minute, add the tomato sauce, some basil and oregano, salt and pepper to taste, and you have a basic pasta red sauce. I don't know if you like hummus, but it's easy to make. Garbanzos, tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, salt. Some people like ground cumin or coriander in it. Maybe a sprinkle of paprika over it for serving. You can substitute peanut butter or almond butter for the tahini.

You could just cook them all and measure out what you need. If you like refried beans, here's a receipt that became my favorite. It's idiot simple. The hardest part is charring the onion. The first time I made it I used the stick of butter. Second time I forgot. Didn't notice the difference, so now I leave it out. If you are on Weight Watchers this is a zero point food if you don't put the butter in. Last batch I used Navy Beans and it has a much creamier texture. Easy Slow Cooker Refried Beans 1 Pound Pinto Beans rinsed. No need to soak them. 4 cubes Chicken Bouillion (or Vegetable Bouillon, or the powdered base) 1 onion sliced into 4 pieces, Charred on both sides 1 tsp each Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper, Cumin. 2 cloves Garlic 6 cups Water* 1 stick Butter Cook on high for 6 hours. Stir, scrape down the sides, and rotate the crock about every half hour or so once the beans really start to swell. Take out half the liquid*. Add butter. Mash with potato masher or use immersion blender to blend to desired consistency. Instead of Cayenne I've been using Aleppo Pepper Flakes. Or a mix of several types of dried peppers, stems and seeds removed. I also use only half the amount of Cumin. But add whatever seasoning you like. A few Jalapeños or Serrano Peppers , seeds removed, put in at the start might be nice. Or minced and stirred in after the beans are mashed would give you a little texture. *I've gone to using about 4 to 4 1/2 cups of liquid so I don't have to dip as much out.

Tare Victor George! Helluva good job! It's no small accomplishment to have lost a person.

Waffle House is known for attracting drunks.

https://youtu.be/BlzfubnDlMc?si=jv_Tu3eNv-t-BT4V

From US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy FB page ON December 2nd of 1942, the world’s first self-sustaining controlled nuclear chain reaction took place at the University of Chicago. Here are 9 intriguing facts that you might not know about the world’s first controlled release of nuclear energy. ➡️ Chicago Pile-1 was the world’s first nuclear reactor to go critical. ➡️ 49 scientists led by Enrico Fermi, were present for the event. Leona Marshall was the lone female researcher. ➡️ The reactor was built with graphite blocks, some of which contained small disks of uranium. ➡️ Scientists monitored the reaction on instruments named after Winnie the Pooh characters—Piglet, Tigger and Pooh. ➡️ Scientist George Weil withdrew the cadmium-plated control rod unleashing the first controlled chain reaction. ➡️ The reactor had three sets of control rods. One was automatic and could be controlled from the balcony. Another was an emergency safety rod. The third rod (operated by Weil) actually held the reaction in check until it was withdrawn the proper distance. ➡️ The group celebrated with a bottle of Chianti that was poured into paper cups. Most of the participants signed the wine bottle’s label. This was the only written record of who had taken part in the experiment. ➡️ In the lead up to this experiment, a letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped lead to the Manhattan Project—a government research project that produced the first atomic bombs. It was also the seed that grew into the modern U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory system. ➡️ The Energy Department’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is named in honor of Enrico Fermi for his contributions to nuclear physics and scientific success at nearby University of Chicago.

My condolences. In some ways the loss of a pet is harder than the loss of a pet is harder than loss of a blood relative.

One night when I was in my teens I had been to a high school football game. Friends had picked me up, so I had to rely on them to get me home. They wanted to go to a party after the game, so I got home much later than I expected. I don't recall exactly why, but I couldn't get in through the garage as we usually did, but had to go through the front door. As I walked past my parent's bedroom door I heard Dad say quietly. "That you, Joe?" "It's me. Dad." Then I heard the soft "click" of safety on his pistol going back on.

Not punctuation, but interesting.

If I'm making any sort of cheese sauce. I like to start it with some "pasteurized prepared cheese product" to act as a melting agent for other cheeses. It's especially good at making sure cheddar doesn't break.

That's great! That's something I really like about The Saloon- we have such a wide ranging group of people with such obscure, diverse, and eclectic interests that you can all but guarantee someone will be able to chime in with additional relevant content.

You put a name on it. "Yaroslav! Is that you?" Sudden silence and no answer = bad guy. Voice you don't recognize giving an answer = bad guy. Yaroslav's voice yelling back for you to shut your gob and go back to sleep = bad guy, but bad guy on your side.

Thanks! I suspected that someone here would have some personal knowledge of it.

I never thought about what the mechanism might be like.