Damn them!
I was hoping to take a quick trip to Total Wine down near my parents' house to see if they had some Stagg but I don't think I will get a chance to do that.
Sitting at the airport right now waiting for my flight to Cali. My mom just had surgery (she is ok but in a lot of pain and is in for a long recovery) so I am going back "home" to take care of her.
Good advice Al. I thought the Eagle Rare 17 was good but not as nice as the Weller or last year's Sazerac 18 or Handy. I guess I am going to have to search out the Stagg after all. Anyone like to ship to Texas?
I bought my last two TVs from amazon - it was great. You can schedule a date/time windows to deliver. They will come in, set up the TV and make sure it is working before leaving. (At least this is how things were up to a year ago).
I used one of those packets of active dry yeast. The directions for the bread maker called for active dry yeast (no proofing mentioned) so I figured it didn't rise because the yeast had an "best by" date of Nov 09. Guess I haven't done much baking in a while. Do you recommend always proofing first even for a bread machine? I don't really want to use the "instant" bread machine yeast. I suppose I should make real bread in an oven. I suck at baking.