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Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday! -3C/27F with an expected high of 11C/51F and no chance of precipitation.
I need to get the felines fed and get yesterday's cat bowls cleaned up.
J made it to Miami OK, but they had an interesting check-in at the hotel.
The hotel assigned them two rooms and gave them two keys, but the key that gave G, his traveling companion, wouldn't get them into the door they sent them to. From what I can gather, the internal latch had been set.
The front desk assured them there was no one in that room and then (this is where it gets weird) gave J and G, two guests, the tool to open the internal latch. They did so and discovered that the room was, indeed, occupied and the man sleeping in there (fully unclothed) was not a happy camper!
It turned out that they had sent her to the wrong room. Her room was supposed to be next to J's room and they had coded her key for a room a couple of doors down.
Now...whey the *KITTEN* would the front desk assume no one was in the room and give two non-hotel employees the tool to open the inner latch, when there is NO WAY that the inner latch could have been set if the room was not occupied????
For one, they broke any reasonable security rules by giving that tool to guests, rather than sending a hotel employee to check on that. The guests might have been assaulted or even shot by the occupant! And then there's the question of why the person(s) at the front desk would even think that it made sense to not, at that point, check to make sure they had sent her to the right room, and, regardless, re-code her key to another room, rather than allowing two guests to break into an obviously occupied room.
I certainly hope that neither J nor G happens to encounter that particular guest again in their stay, as that would be awkward, at best.
And the personnel who sent them up there, with the tool, needs some re-training on how to deal with such a situation.
So, to get our minds off that bizarre scenario, here is a different check-in tale. Chicken check-in. Or how chicken gets from the farm to the table. Discounting, of course, those chickens that just get grabbed by grandma and go straight to the farmhouse kitchen and then dinner.
https://www.chickencheck.in/farm-to-table/?fbclid=IwAR29kYXbGQfKY5LcapKWbF9Behp38iG8YYuGWi6XT5oy7Q70ArIwbw1QDTM
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Last night's dinner was delicious!
I rubbed the pork loin with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and crushed rosemary, then roasted it, on a rack, uncovered, at 350 for about two hours, having put a half cup of water in the pan under it to keep the drippings from burning. Then, while it was standing, covered, for 30 minutes, I turned the oven to 425 and I baked a box mix Betty Crocker Parmesan Asiago potato casserole, and drained the meat pan drippings to use later for gravy. Then I turned the oven to 475 and popped the pork loin back into the oven to crisp up, for ten minutes. While it was crisping up, I made the gravy, and ate most of my salad.
Then I cut myself a couple of slices of the pork loin, and served them to myself, with gravy, and a nice helping of the potato casserole, about a quarter of it.
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I think I may have actually tried these, many, many years ago and found them to be...edible, technically, but definitely not something I'd choose again. If they were put in front of me, I'm sure I would be OK with eating them, but people could definitely put something more appetizing in front of me. I remember trying a number of the Loma Linda canned meatless "meat" items and finding them all to be rather bland, and with an odd texture, and haven't had any great desire to go back and try them again, or to try new versions of them. They're not BAD, but lord, they aren't good. Or perhaps they're just not to my taste. They stay available so someone must be eating them.
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I'm back home from walking and the first money of the new year was found, That would be one whole penny. The Temperature out the door was 17 degrees and the walking was OK due to the absence of any wind.
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Have a Really Good Weekend
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Hello Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday! -3C/27F with an expected high of 11C/51F and no chance of precipitation.
I need to get the felines fed and get yesterday's cat bowls cleaned up.
J made it to Miami OK, but they had an interesting check-in at the hotel.
The hotel assigned them two rooms and gave them two keys, but the key that gave G, his traveling companion, wouldn't get them into the door they sent them to. From what I can gather, the internal latch had been set.
The front desk assured them there was no one in that room and then (this is where it gets weird) gave J and G, two guests, the tool to open the internal latch. They did so and discovered that the room was, indeed, occupied and the man sleeping in there (fully unclothed) was not a happy camper!
It turned out that they had sent her to the wrong room. Her room was supposed to be next to J's room and they had coded her key for a room a couple of doors down.
Now...whey the *KITTEN* would the front desk assume no one was in the room and give two non-hotel employees the tool to open the inner latch, when there is NO WAY that the inner latch could have been set if the room was not occupied????
For one, they broke any reasonable security rules by giving that tool to guests, rather than sending a hotel employee to check on that. The guests might have been assaulted or even shot by the occupant! And then there's the question of why the person(s) at the front desk would even think that it made sense to not, at that point, check to make sure they had sent her to the right room, and, regardless, re-code her key to another room, rather than allowing two guests to break into an obviously occupied room.
I certainly hope that neither J nor G happens to encounter that particular guest again in their stay, as that would be awkward, at best.
And the personnel who sent them up there, with the tool, needs some re-training on how to deal with such a situation.
So, to get our minds off that bizarre scenario, here is a different check-in tale. Chicken check-in. Or how chicken gets from the farm to the table. Discounting, of course, those chickens that just get grabbed by grandma and go straight to the farmhouse kitchen and then dinner.
https://www.chickencheck.in/farm-to-table/?fbclid=IwAR29kYXbGQfKY5LcapKWbF9Behp38iG8YYuGWi6XT5oy7Q70ArIwbw1QDTM
I can explain why they were given that tool. Common sense has been discarded from the educational curriculum as has problem solving.
If I were the guest that they opened the door on I would be all over the hotel with complaints and likely be asking for some form of compensation. How could You sleep well after having the sense of security destroyed like that.
The other question is why the clerk did not double check or at least send a employee with them to use that tool ? So Weird.
That dish of food looked so tasty and I loved the browning on the Potato Casserole. The Brown Gravy looks like it turned out great, Is that bits of the Pork Loin in it or bits of Mushroom or ??parityanimal wrote: »Last night's dinner was delicious!
I rubbed the pork loin with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and crushed rosemary, then roasted it, on a rack, uncovered, at 350 for about two hours, having put a half cup of water in the pan under it to keep the drippings from burning. Then, while it was standing, covered, for 30 minutes, I turned the oven to 425 and I baked a box mix Betty Crocker Parmesan Asiago potato casserole, and drained the meat pan drippings to use later for gravy. Then I turned the oven to 475 and popped the pork loin back into the oven to crisp up, for ten minutes. While it was crisping up, I made the gravy, and ate most of my salad.
Then I cut myself a couple of slices of the pork loin, and served them to myself, with gravy, and a nice helping of the potato casserole, about a quarter of it.
I was in the Grocery store Thursday and looked at the hot food section, I picked up Dry Rub Spare Ribs that were not as tasty as usual and since they looked so good a small spoon of Scalloped Potatoes which turned out to taste OK except that Scalloped Potatoes should not be Crunchy !
Old Chicken Joke.parityanimal wrote: »Speaking of chickens...
There are two chickens, one on each side of the road, One chicken asks the other chicken, How do I get to the other side, the one asked that question says "You are on the other side"
I can't be bothered to shape things like that.parityanimal wrote: »Press The Ground Beef Into The Cake Pan. Then Get THIS From The Sto....
It does indeed sound weird, a interesting way to do a *Bao Bun Burger* IMO.parityanimal wrote: »Put Dough On Parchment Paper In A Sieve. Sounds Weird, But It's Worth It!
Prepackaging foods ahead maybe ?parityanimal wrote: »Some tips on food prep, apparently?
A meatless Hot Dog, I guess it will take a lot of things to make it edible. As You say someone must be buying them, there would never be enough bought by people that want to try them to keep them on the market.parityanimal wrote: »I think I may have actually tried these, many, many years ago and found them to be...edible, technically, but definitely not something I'd choose again. If they were put in front of me, I'm sure I would be OK with eating them, but people could definitely put something more appetizing in front of me. I remember trying a number of the Loma Linda canned meatless "meat" items and finding them all to be rather bland, and with an odd texture, and haven't had any great desire to go back and try them again, or to try new versions of them. They're not BAD, but lord, they aren't good. Or perhaps they're just not to my taste. They stay available so someone must be eating them.
Have a Good Day
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Hello Valerie
I hope Your weather is OK, What I saw in the weather forecasts did not look that good for Your area.
The forecast keeps changing. Friday the forecast from two different TV stations indicated and inch of more and the other a trace or complete miss for my area, Which is it, Likely a third forecast would be different too. All the Computer models and fancy weather satellites and that is the best they can come up with a forecast arrival 30 hours in the future
Stay Dry & Warm
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Howdy all y'all. It's supposedly soggy Saturday! 4C/39F with an expected high of 4C/40F and 80% chance of precipitation.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls. Felines have already got their food for today set out and most of the canned breakfast food eaten. I took a break from pork loin this morning and had mac and cheese for breakfast.
Need to get a nap in. Haven't changed over on keyboard as yet, but may ponder that when J gets home from Florida. He says he has some stickers that can go on the keys, or he may be able to assist in changing out the key caps themselves. We'll see...I may look into changing them myself. But I fear damaging. I'll probably wait.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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Instapot keto cheesecake. Sounds instaresting...er interesting.
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43 outrageous desserts we definitely don't need to eat before we die...or perhaps eating them all would cause us to die.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy all y'all. It's supposedly soggy Saturday! 4C/39F with an expected high of 4C/40F and 80% chance of precipitation.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls. Felines have already got their food for today set out and most of the canned breakfast food eaten. I took a break from pork loin this morning and had mac and cheese for breakfast.
Need to get a nap in. Haven't changed over on keyboard as yet, but may ponder that when J gets home from Florida. He says he has some stickers that can go on the keys, or he may be able to assist in changing out the key caps themselves. We'll see...I may look into changing them myself. But I fear damaging. I'll probably wait.
Nothing wrong with Mac & Cheese for Breakfast as long as it fits your dietary needs. If it was left over as if that would happen here, I would likely crisp it up in the skillet using Butter rather than Oil.
Laptop keyboards are very delicate and messing with them may void the warranty, Thus my suggestion for a external Keyboard or a key overlay. OTOH I do tend to the cautious side, a Lot
One possibility is see if You can get a second keyboard for Your model to try the changeover with then if successful swap it in. Depending on the brand You might find a hardware service manual available from the manufacturer, Some are better than others, also look and see if YouTube has any how to videos.
I reused this for someone doing Ketoparityanimal wrote: »Instapot keto cheesecake. Sounds instaresting...er interesting.
Likely the latter is my guess.parityanimal wrote: »43 outrageous desserts we definitely don't need to eat before we die...or perhaps eating them all would cause us to die.
Have a Good Day
Roger
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I'm back home from walking and once again no money was found. The Temperature out the door was 30 degrees and the walking is OK. The snow in the forecast for my area is either not coming or is delayed, the forecast showed it overspreading my area overnight before the time I would be out the door. So far so good, Since I have not seen any weather reports today I do not know if further South which was forecast to be hit harder is getting any snow.
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Have a Really Good Sunday
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! 3C/38F with an expected high of 9C/49F and 10% chance of precipitation.
I've been up since about 5:45 but distracted by this and that. Now I'm pondering being distracted by lunch, which will finish off that pork loin. I've almost lost track of how many meals I got out of it but it was quite a few. I think lunch will put it at 7. That comes out to about 10 oz of protein per meal, which is a bit more than most eating plans call for but I generally go for a bit more protein and less carbs and fat, though I'm less strict about the fat than some.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls and get a nap in. J is coming home very late tonight and, assuming he can catch that last MARTA train from the airport, I need to be at the station to pick him up. My plan is to be there, but not exactly with bells on...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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Toast soup. For when you REALLY ain't got much around to eat...
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I'm back home from walking and once again no money was found. The Temperature out the door was 24 degrees and the walking was OK. While out walking I did see fairly close up 2 female deer.
Yesterday's Snow was a non event in my area and ended before 9 AM. The roads had be brined and the brined area stayed snow free. According to the weather reports Sunday evening south NJ had a lot more snow.
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Have a Great Monday
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Roger, could you hear me thinking of replies to your cartoons and the links to various subjects? LOL!!
The cat perched on the sheep...top right..that's how Tom E.'s patterns look. Also, cats have found 'body warmers'....ha ha..no dumb kitties here!
The man fishing in a pot hole... speaks volumes! Bet he catches a cold at best.
burned the people, what to do with the letters? I've often wondered about that!! Gotta love the English/American language.
"https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/tel-aviv-ai-generates-food-pictures/
A.I. can generate pictures of a finished meal based on just a written recipe'
Now this I want to see!!!! WOWZA!!!
Yep gout is called the affliction of the kings...its a form of arthritis, caused by inflammatory foods we eat. Not limited to meat... its really too bad there is a 'pill for that'....change in diet is a healthier, cheaper, way to go!!! Also I know people who swear by Tart Cherry Juice...again, a choice. Pill or a known inflammation fighter food.
Ok, going to post, pull up the next page and see what Ed's been up to....betting my money on more delightful food adventures???, cats???, laundry???, ok, tooo many Eduardo hats to mention them all....
Nope, I didn't hear You thinking, Could I be losing my hearing ?
Heh, Wool Body warmers for the cats. Some fishermen need little excuse to go fishing.
Ah ha, I had forgotten that Cherries or Cherry juice as a treatment for gout is supposed to work. If You ever had a Gout attack You would be glad there is a pill for that. I had an attack back in the 70s and had no clue why my foot was so painful. I went to a foot doctor and was educated and given some pills that knocked it out quickly. That was my first and last attack thankfully.
Well, I know what You are saying about adding fat, OTOH I am not saying to have it swimming in it, I just like it crispy and a Butter Pat in the skillet will keep it from sticking while adding a bit of taste.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Oh Dear!!! No posts from my fellow Gwinnett poster...
Wonder if he has a keyboard problem....I hope not. That would be frustrating,...and I hope J is home to help!!! if not now, very soon!!
See, if that was my leftover mac & cheese, and I wanted to reheat it....toaster oven, or non stick pan. Why add more fat to an already fat dish? Just me... remember I'm the nut who's latched on to the phrase "The fat you eat, is the fat you wear". That phrase is something akin to "what is once seen, cannot be unseen"...
Ok, I have some battery corrosion in a couple of my battery op wax candles....my fault...I want to get them cleaned up, and may very well use them on my dining room table...(yup, they are on timers!)
I have a great bag of tea bags, Peppermint Chocolate flavor...and it is sooo good. I think I will fix that before I clean the candles. Hopefully will make the cleaning up a bit more enjoyable!?!?
Later...
I use Duracell for 99% of my battery needs. The good for using them is that if they leak once they are dead the crud that builds up brushes off easily and doesn't seem to corrode the contacts. I hope Your corrosion comes of easily.
Peppermint Chocolate flavor, I hope they taste better than the White Chocolate Seltzer does. That is one of the few things that both my brother and I threw out after tasting it and we hate wasting food.
Good Luck
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! 3C/38F with an expected high of 9C/49F and 10% chance of precipitation.
I've been up since about 5:45 but distracted by this and that. Now I'm pondering being distracted by lunch, which will finish off that pork loin. I've almost lost track of how many meals I got out of it but it was quite a few. I think lunch will put it at 7. That comes out to about 10 oz of protein per meal, which is a bit more than most eating plans call for but I generally go for a bit more protein and less carbs and fat, though I'm less strict about the fat than some.
Need to clean up yesterday's cat bowls and get a nap in. J is coming home very late tonight and, assuming he can catch that last MARTA train from the airport, I need to be at the station to pick him up. My plan is to be there, but not exactly with bells on...
Our snow was just enough to cover the surface before melting off, It did make our chance of Precipitation 100%.
That does sound like a fair amount of protein, Am I remembering wrongly that too much protein can cause problems ?
And if J misses the last train ? In our metro area mass transit runs overnight if at a reduced rate.
Looks real, If anything I thought that the Impossible Burger was made using vat grown meat before I read the description under the video. BTW the tomatoes did not look very ripe either.parityanimal wrote: »Impossible Burger now impossibly close to the real thing
A meal with *Beef Tenderloin With Homemade Bacon Butter, Duchess Potatoes, and a Spinach Parmesan Sauce* sounds pretty good to me.parityanimal wrote: »The mother of all dishes?
I actually watched this one yesterday maybe a sidelink off of one of the videos You posted.parityanimal wrote: »Toast soup. For when you REALLY ain't got much around to eat...
Interesting, I'll be sure to watch this one first when I start watching the Videos later.parityanimal wrote: »I Tried Authentic Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork For The First Time
Since I do not care for Doritos this is something I would not make.parityanimal wrote: »I Made a Giant Dorito Burrito
Thanks for the Video Links
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Howdy all y'all. It's magnificent Monday! 8C/46F with an expected high of 8C/47F and 0% chance of precipitation.
I have been up for hours, but did manage to mostly sleep in until 7:00 by throwing Lilo out when she tried to get me up at her usual 5:30...and then closing the bedroom door to go back to bed. J's plan was delayed and it looked like he wouldn't be able to catch the last train, so I drove to the airport to get him. We got to bed around 2:00 a.m. and I still didn't really want to get up at 7:00 but I'll try to get a nap in.
I have been out and about, having paid off the endodontist this morning, and then went Krogering (for the best of everything, including the price), and then a stop at the vet to get kibble for Lilo.
Val will get that "for the best of everything" bit, as it has been part of their jingle for ages.
Sticking something in the microwave for lunch now.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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