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Good amount of snow here, I actually lost power for about 1-2 minutes earlier this a.m. But all good now. I've been worried about some friends and family in harder hit areas, but thankfully no one on my list lost power. My back deck has some nice blown drifts.....

For the New Englanders:

Pepperoni, mushroom and onion pizza

So, updates from our little shelter. Since cats are now used to find proper food whenever they're hungry, they are not coming in big numbers when we put food in containers. Also the time for remaking the upper side has come. We'll redo it this summer. Also recently we added a proper sleeping place for hard weathers. We modified an old bed base, isolated it, put some rags and cushions in it. Here are the most recent pics from visitors: We had our doubts if cats wants to use the shelter for sleep but as we can see from "biscuit" marks, they do. And Şanslı (Lucky). She was abandoned (by an ex neighbour, she is neutered), was hanging around our backyard. She was attacked by a dog or dogs. Dog caught her by her lower back. There was clear bite marks. She couldn't use her back legs but after long treatment and thanks to her will, now she is fine. Bad thing is she and Şirin cannot get along. So we made a proper place for her in the building, in front of our enterance. When Şirin is not at home or sleeping, she comes in and hangs out. We named her "Şanslı" cuz, well, she survived a very bad dog attack and recovered well.

Quick paella (in a frying pan)

Steve loves to smile for pictures

Bacon, tomato, spinach, avocado and queso fresco omelet with fresh baked biscuits. I think I've mentioned before that I like my omelets on the darker side. Iced coffee with Irish Cream Liqueur to drink. Food coma incoming.

Danny sure could sing.

I read an article about the best breakfast burrito in the Bay Area and the winner had cheesy scrambled eggs, bacon, beef tallow tater tots, crema and avocado. I didn't have tots so I heated up some fries and then fried them in the bacon fat. Adding a bit of salsa as I eat. It's almost too decadent and I'm considering going back to bed.

I did this recipe today, and for some reason, made me think of French toast. Mostly the crispy outside and the soft inside. But also the sweetness. AQNEI5o45uP6-hbhQdgA4t3CyC5TSsM4mUb4R6fdezLunPXr5cpA9q2Cbw8VikSymhKZ53KycFP0EreG1IWczYRdhd5PEawtLiL-94RjhbVqKQ.mp4

90’s action plus some classic heart

Let's fucking do this.

We Like It Here by Snarky Puppy (2014) https://open.qobuz.com/album/aazibgbisyolb Example: Killer set. After some research this was a Live in Studio - which they filmed. So: Playlist. I do like me some snarky.

Front Deck Brunch

Claire has this powdered Buttermilk in the fridge for times she doesn't have fresh.

I use what I think is a very simple recipe, from Melissa Clark (NYT cooking), with slight tweaks based on what I actually have in the kitchen. Ingredients Yield:10 to 12 biscuits 230grams (about 2 cups) all-purpose flour 50grams (about ½ cup) cake flour 15grams (about 1 tablespoon) baking powder 8grams (about 2 teaspoons) sugar 6grams (about 1¼ teaspoon) fine sea salt 9tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cubed 1cup buttermilk, chilled I rarely have cake flour so just use 2-1/2C of whatever I have. I rarely have buttermilk so use a substitute of 1T of white vinegar and a scant C of whatever milk is in the fridge. If I am feeling really lazy I'll use salted butter and scale down the salt or sometimes I don't have unsalted butter. The technique is simple, whisk together all the dry ingredients, cut in the butter with a pastry cutter, stir in the buttermilk while try not to over mix. Turn onto a floured surface, roll until ~3/4" thick, and I use a biscuit cutter to cut the rounds making sure not to twist the cutter. Allegedly that seals off the outside and doesn't let them rise properly while baking. I've never had this recipe fail. I'm lazy, so I never brush the tops with butter - which is what 1 of the 9 (heart-attack-inducing) TBS of butter is for. So I usually just use 8 in the dough.

Leonard Nimoy died 11 years ago. Seen here with his '63 Buick Riviera. Bill Hicks died 32 years ago (technically yesterday). During his short but intense career, Bill languished in relative obscurity in the states but saw much greater success in the UK and Canada. This routine, taken from his Relentless special in the UK, is and will always be his greatest rant. The above is a cut down version because some evil-annoying-idiot-fucks keep copyright striking Bill's work. This rant wasn't really part of the Relentless material, but more an off-the-cuff riff that he improvised on stage and later turned into a routine. In 2004 or so I shared it with a friend who worked in marketing (web development, specifically) and she left the industry shortly thereafter. She's been a RN for 20 years at this point and couldn't be happier with her career change. I'm not saying ~3 minutes of Bill ranting was the impetus, but I strongly suspect it helped. Also shout out to Fila Brazillia for including this bit in its entirety at the end of "6ft Wasp" from their 1995 album Maim That Tune. The Brits were ahead of the curve on a great many things in the 90s and that included an appreciation for Bill Hicks and his very specific brand of excoriating comedy.

Heard this on the local college radio station the other day and kind of liked it. Need to look into them more.

Digging deeper into Courtney Marie Andrews. May Your Kindness Remain and the Covid-era Loose Future. Ex.

After 21 years we finally get a video (also is there a setting to not auto play the dailymotion videos?}

Pretty sure I have posted this before but, personally, I need to listen to it fairly regularly.

Last night. Absolutely delicious Birthday rib dinner at Al's place. Complete with chocolate cake and my favorite people!

Another one from a while back.

Leftover salmon with Jason Carter band opening. Walker theater in Chattanooga

The recipe I'm currently using and loving is similar, but even simpler. 2 cups self rising flour. I stick butter. I cup buttermilk. The self rising flour needs no added leveners and these biscuits rise quite tall. I use salted butter, because that's what I have. No pastry cutter though. I use a grater and grate the frozen stick of butter directly into the bowl of flour. I loosely distribute the butter and flour with my fingers, then add the buttermilk (I've also made my own with vinegar, but like the texture of buttermilk better). Same as your recipe, I'm careful to just incorporate and not overwork the dough. I'll usually fold it about 3 times after getting all of the flour hydrated by the buttermilk. Finish with the dough about 3/4" thick. And same as you, I use a biscuit cutter without twisting. I have a quite heavy round cake pan, and find they rise better in this 2" tall pan over a sheet pan. I just butter the bottom and sides. The large size biscuit cutter (about 3 1/2" diameter) takes about 18 minutes at 425 degrees. The next size down takes a few minutes less.

You can make cake flour out of AP flour by simply adding some cornstarch.

Petaluma (West) Acme Burger 'n Acme Larger, Fish 'n Chips, Chocolate Shake

Hope your birthday is rapidly achieving awesomeness, Dan! Cheers!

Confused because I think Michelle Trachtenberg died last year. She definitely missed this war. RIP Mr Sedaka. I'm pretty sure I was working at the Concord Pavilion the night he played there in 1977. My brother was the booking and marketing director and I had random jobs in the parking lot or handing out flyers for upcoming shows.

Does this clinch next year's Nobel Peace Prize?

^ While on the subject, The Netherlands' Tiny Desk(ish).

Glad you enjoyed it! Pelageya has been one of my favourite singers for the past 10 years or so, she has a really good feel for the music and how to interpret it. She could be singing anything from Soviet love songs to new age pop and it all somehow sounds right. Singing in Portuguese, just because And back to Soviet love songs

The Afghan Whigs - Congregation (1992)

Good luck to everybody in New England and elsewhere the snow is falling. Stay warm!

Indulging my other hobby today, gonna record leftover salmon

you mean this grossly overpriced piece of antique design. unbalanced and lots of feedback. clone boards were available somewhere at diy audio. chassis filled with many audiofool components. like bybee's and fancy caps. if 50 watts into 8 ohms is what you really want then build my pioneer a09 clone. lots better in many ways. i could publish pictures of the zahl boards, or the mass kobo. both of which are also grossly overpriced pieces of garbage.

WCPGW? I used a leftover biscuit this morning to make breakfast.

Nigella's Slow Roasted Garlic and Lemon Chicken

Snow Day - I don't have to do anything...

Happy Birthday!

Hope the river is running smooth today! Happy birthday!

Hope it's a great, enjoyable one. Reactine marketing has the best animated gifs.

but you'll spend that 15 minutes on the crapper.

Vegan protein bomb. Big bowl of salad with 100gr chickenpeas and 50gr mung beans. I feel eating this gave me extra 15 mins of lifetime.

I made and ate biscuits, but I'm afraid to post pictures for fear of what could happen next...

Extra Veggie Turkey Chilli 🥒 🫑 🦃 🌶️

I didn't know that JH13s were speakers.

Hey sacd_lover here. Have not been on the board in years. See lots of names I know .... tkam, kevin gilmore, mexican dragon, blessingx, Dusty Chalk etc... Hope everybody has been well. Just picked the latest thread to reintroduce myself.