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Chicken/Egg Problem

If it is digging up the dirt, how did it get on top of the dirt? I wasn’t watching, so I don’t know.

Rapid City has one. 2023 was the sixth annual, even. It was great fun, even if I did only make it halfway through. Something to rectify next year. How do you know you’re old? When you say, “I wish I had a notebook to write down the ones I like,” then realize that you haveContinue reading “Beer Fest”

Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLIV

Cheesecake Both Brian and Erin (pardon the familiarity toward people I don’t know) have great cheesecake videos. I went with Brian’s because I’ve never made a cheesecake that is so deep/tall. Much to my surprise, it turned out great – although I haven’t tasted it, yet. Lessons learned: Blueberries (and/or raspberries) do not boil downContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLIV”

Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLIII

Deep Dish Pizza Don’t go grocery shopping while hungry. Does anyone not already know this? I watched Brian Lagerstrom’s Chicago Deep Dish Pizza (v 2) video the other day. Guess what I bought? To be fair, it was also in the 20s all day and using the oven seemed like a good idea. I alsoContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLIII”

Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch LXI 2

Biscuits The biscuit saga continues so I left the roman numeral the same. Because I’m me, all sorts of things changed. They were larger in diameter because I made them egg-ring size, not biscuit-cutter size, to make bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits. I decided to “go big” and hammer them with leavening. 120 g HungarianContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch LXI 2”

Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLII

Danish It’s pastry season and I’ve not made Danishes, yet. This recipe at Sugar, Salt, Magic looks good. It is filled with helpful tips, but the recipe, itself, is just: 226 g unsalted butter (2 sticks), coarsely grated and very cold390 g flour1 cup milk – cold2 1/4 tsp instant or active dry yeast (1Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLII”

Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch – XLI

Biscuits I made buttermilk biscuits with regular milk. Needless to say, they didn’t rise much. I dislike my biscuits, so I’m starting over. Here is an extremely simple biscuit recipe: 1 cup flour1/2 Tbl baking powder1/2 tsp salt3 Tbl butter1/3 cup milk They were also hockey pucks. The recipe is quartered, so there is roundingContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch – XLI”

Rapid City Needs a Micro-Nuke

If an Alaskan airbase can get one, perhaps we can work with Ellsworth, AFB. More later, but I have had that open in browser tab for almost a month. Time to get it archived.

Less Than Half The Host I Was

Ah, nostalgia. I just stumbled across these looking for a picture of Thanksgiving tofurkey, which is highly contraindicated. I only did it once, hence the hard to find picture. This was a church event right after we moved to Denver. That’s why the table is setup in the living room. We chopped 18 inches offContinue reading “Less Than Half The Host I Was”

Grading Fail

I’m not sure what to do about this. The new back driveway was poured yesterday. I didn’t expect a grade test so quickly, but it rained last night. This is not the desired outcome. There is good news: That dry line across the bottom of the garage door is an improvement and the rest ofContinue reading “Grading Fail”