Ordering Pizza in the Future (from 18 years ago!)

Fall! 10/20/2024

 

Nothing like a chair, a book and Fall sun.....

New STAINLESS Sink!

 A BIG Quality of Life IMPROVEMENT!

Espresso Machine!

 Decided it was time to get a real one.  It's relatively small & simple but should produce good espresso once I learn how to use it!

Who Built This?

 Bought in 1997 from a coffee shop in Louisville CO.  The shop bought it used and this thing could be 50+ years old.  Anyone have any idea who the manufacturer is and where I can get parts?

And the answer is...it is an Astoria which is a rebranded version of a Made In Italy Mazzer Super Jolly.

 

EASIEST No Knead Bread! Anybody can make it!!!

 

EASIEST No Knead Bread! Anybody can make it!!!
From YouTube channel Creating Cabin Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c5uKtTxr2Q&t=01s

If it works for me ANYONE can do it!

MOKA!

 

07/24/2022 Morning & Not what I expected

 Took a look outside and it finally happened...one of the large limbs from a pecan tree broke which is not something I wanted to deal with in mid summer.

My toolkit to deal with it was kinda thin...

So...I'm out there hacking away...it's going to be a LONG day...and the neighbor who lives a few hundred yards behind me says...looks like it's hanging there ready to come down...be back in a few...

Took him less than 10 minutes...made my day...now back to coffee and waking up!

5% Aldi Vinegar As Rust Remover

 Adding a bit of data to Laura's rust removing experiment ( original here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPaFv2FLDKI ) I took a few very rusted Harbor Freight tools and submerged them in Aldi 5% white vinegar for ~19 hours.  After 2 hours they were substantially cleared but I let them soak for ~19...rinsed them and put them out to dry.  They are not as clean as I initially though BUT if I use a wire brush or wire wheel on them for a few minutes they should be good.  I probably should have let them go for 48 hours...Laura used 10% vinegar.  Another approach would be to bring the solution to boiling which would probably increase the activity of the acid...before and after below:

Getting Ready!

 Getting ready for another crazy flu season...hope it's not BUT it's best to prepare AND my cooking skills being what they are I can't live without

Jupiter Inlet Webcam 02/17/2021

 

Chili Cooking! (With Sound!)

 10 quarts of chili in the crockpot!  Turn up the volume!

 

Beep!! Beep!! From 2012

 Genuine New Mexico Roadrunner that I caught wandering around the apartment in Albuquerque in 2012.  Was not able to get too close unfortunately and was using a point & shoot.