Subdeacon Joe
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6 hours ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:
Amazing, so many so proud to be wrong.
And prove it over and over by telling everyone else that they're wrong.
"Just because the inventor and manufacturers called it something for three-quarters of a century doesn't mean that they're right!"
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12 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said:
Looks pretty good to me.
What Tex said!
Thin slices of Fruitcake and some coffee for Christmas breakfast.
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36 minutes ago, Alpo said:
I wonder if so many people hate it because they've been told they're supposed to hate it.
Partly that, and partly because the only fruitcake they ever tried was one of the really cheap, low quality ones from Fingerhut or Walgreens.
Usually I use the Fannie Farmer or Betty Crocker Dark Fruitcake receipt. But right now my oven is down. I have lots of dried cherries from the food bank, so I asked ChatGPT specifically for a loaf pan size one using dried cherries and dried cranberries. I cooked it in a 7" round pan in my Instant Pot multi cooker. I left in all the Chat comments because they tickle my whimsy.
Here comes a cozy brick of holiday gravity: a dark fruit cake dense enough to stop time, yet tender enough to cut without causing a family feud. This one leans into dried cherries and cranberries, letting them glow like tiny stained-glass windows inside the loaf.
DARK FRUIT CAKE WITH CHERRIES AND CRANBERRIES (Loaf Pan)
Makes one 9-by-5 loaf
Ingredients
Fruit soak
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup dark raisins (optional but helps with richness; you can omit or replace with more cherries/cranberries)
1/2 cup brandy or apple cider
Zest of 1 orange
Cake
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
Instructions
1. Soak the fruit
Stir the dried cherries, cranberries, raisins (if using), brandy or cider, and orange zest in a bowl. Warm it in the microwave for 30 seconds so the fruit starts to drink it in. Let it sit at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight. The fruit gets plump and moody like it’s preparing for a winter novel.
2. Prep the oven
Heat oven to 325 F. Grease a 9-by-5 loaf pan and line with parchment so it lifts out like a treasure chest.
3. Mix the dry team
In a large bowl whisk flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
4. Mix the wet team
In another bowl stir melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and molasses. The batter will look like midnight syrup.
5. Combine
Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Stir just until mixed. Fold in the soaked fruit and any remaining liquid, plus nuts if you want that little crunch of woodland energy.
6. Bake
Scoop the thick batter into the pan and smooth the top. Bake 60 to 75 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean or with a few sticky crumbs. If the top browns too fast, tent with foil.
7. Cool and cure
Let it cool in the pan 15 minutes, then lift out and cool fully. Wrapped tightly, this loaf ages beautifully for several days. If you want to go traditional, poke small holes and drizzle a tablespoon of brandy or cider on every day or two for a week.
ADDED:
I didn't line the bottom of the pan with parchment, so a big section tore off when I turned it out of the pan, so we're munching on this one. I have more fruit soaking in dark rum.
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Dallas Baptist University
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The last Confederates to surrender were the crew of the CSS Shenandoah.
AI Overview+3The last Confederate ship to surrender was the CSS Shenandoah, which surrendered to British authorities in Liverpool, England, on November 6, 1865. The surrender of the Shenandoah is considered the final act of the American Civil War, as it was the last Confederate military unit to lay down its arms.-
The surrender:On November 6, 1865, the Shenandoah sailed into Liverpool and Waddell formally surrendered the ship, its crew, and its remaining prisoners to Captain Paynter of HMS Donegal.
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Outcome:After the surrender, the British government released the crew unconditionally and turned the ship over to the United States.
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Circumstances:The crew of the Shenandoah did not know the war had ended. After learning this from a British ship, Captain James Iredell Waddell set a course for England.
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The voyage:The ship had been at sea for over a year, sailing around the globe and capturing or destroying 38 Union merchant vessels.
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One from Instagram
Brined Pork Brisket (Belly)
Ингредиенты:
brisket 2 kg
salt 120 g
1 tsp of coriander.
bay leaf 1 pcs
peppered with peas 0.5 tsp.
water 1 liter
10 cloves of garlic
2 tsp ground pepper.
3 tablespoons of paprika
vegetable oil 50 g
Cut the meat into portion pieces and place it in a jar. Then bring the spices with water to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Chill to room temperature and pour meat. We leave it for 3 days in a cool place.
After 3 days, we soak the meat in water for 1 hour. Finely cut garlic, combine with pepper, paprika and vegetable oil, stir and grease the meat. Wrap in parchment and place in the oven for 1 hour at 180 degrees. Let's chill and put it in the fridge for 6 hourshttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ8xGyaDMLb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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3 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
370 out of 3000 though…
as Albert said “relativity”
12%.
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1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
Today almost all mounted artillery are called guns from 16" rifled "guns" on battleships to field artillery, to machine guns, to some smooth bore rocket tubes, etc are still called guns.
Per the United States Army Ordnance Department, 1863, guns, including rifled guns were direct fire weapons. Howitzers were for direct or indirect fire, and mortars were indirect fire weapons.
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1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
save no more that $370 a month by going for the longer term.
News flash! That's a lot of money.
1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:With housing prices so high this may be the only affordable way to buy a home. You can always pay a little more each month to whittle down the principal. You can also refinance down the road when interest rates go down.
Bingo! It's a way of getting the monthly payments down to where more people can afford to buy their first house even if it "only" saves $370 per mensem. Then, after a few years, either refinance or sell and trade up. I don't think that there's anyone who seriously expects someone who takes out a 50 year mortgage to not refinance or trade up.
I've been seeing listening to the talking heads pontificating about it, and, of course since it was an idea floated by President Trump they were going on about how evil it is.
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2 hours ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:
Again, it matters not who called an item what.
That's exactly my point!
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29 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:
From: https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/clips-vs-magazines/
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Before purists chime in, let me add that back in 1909 and 1910--as the United States was looking at adopting its first self-loading pistol for widespread issue--in U.S. Army Ordnance Dept. documents it referred to the detachable box magazine for what would become the U.S. M1911 pistol as, well, a clip.
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As said earlier, until the purists (gun snobs) took over in the '70s or '80s, the terms were pretty much interchangeable. Some of that, i think, is because almost nobody was using charger clips to reload their internal magazines. But I don't recall anyone getting confused.
The same way nobody is confused when there's a reference in a novel to a ".45 Colt Automatic Pistol." Or, for that matter, the ammunition being Automatic Colt Pistol. Or "the detective drew his subnosed .38 pistol." That doesn't trigger "OMYGAWD!!! That author is so stupid! It's a REVOLVER!" responses.
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Years ago, near the Sonoma and Marin County line, there was a drive in theater just east of 101 (NOT "The" 101, dammit! Putting "the" in front of the number is a Southern California affectation from when freeways had names rather than numbers, and didn't catch on until the 1980s. Least wise, I never heard it growing up in San Diego County).
You could easily see the screen when you were northbound on 101.
Anyway, in the late '80s it went from just running an occasional X-rated film late at night to nothing but X-rated movies. Night time traffic was always slow on that stretch of road.
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33 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
I have this on my computer. The first time I heard it was in a mall in Montclair, Ca. It hit me like a runaway train. As I was standing there shaking an old man came up and put his arm over my shoulder. "Go ahead and let it go, Son. I've got your back." When it was over he left and I never saw him again, but I learned that sometimes it's okay for a man to cry.
I don't remember ever crying as a man before nor since.
Duty, honour, county. Get me every time.
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For the fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)
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Canadian rather than Australian. But well worth watching.
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20 minutes ago, Alpo said:
George Washington was born on February 22nd. When I was in school we celebrated Washington's birthday on February 22nd.
He was really born on 11 February. The adjusted date is 22 February.
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Thanks. But whoever wrote those descriptions sucks at heraldry! A better look at the Astronaut Badge . The description above says the shooting star goes from bottom right to top left. It's really going from the bearers lower left to top right. Sort of like the American Flag. Always goes to the RIGHT of the line. But usually, that's the observers LEFT. The blue canton, except on a coffin, is always to the right, so if hung on a wall, that's the observers left.
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Also Mexican dishes.