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Godspeed, Ryan... HS

Yummy chow... HS

My better half got to see them when they came through town a few years back. Said they sounded great. Godspeed, Mr. Williams... HS

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a team fry 46 turkeys and two ducks yesterday for the "hood". I roasted a piggy Cuban style for the masses. Fun day. HS

I was with the better half at one of her veg centric joints. Thank goodness they have a sister restaurant attached that allows for the rest of us... I have to say, they knocked the play on avocado toast out of the park... HS

I could not get there with my V60. Underwhelming compared to the Chemex for my tastes. Time to hunt down some more good beans... I've been stuck on Onyx Coffee Labs and Intellegnesia....a good rut. HS

The banana mango chutney is quite the touch... HS

Definitely an acquired taste.... HS

That's an amazing story....Godspeed, Mr. Kirke. A life well lived... HS

Types as he stares down at ground in shame reminded of his commitment to kill every remaining Twix and Snickers in the better half's trick or treater's basket... HS

We pay waaaaaay to much for XFinity wideband and cable, but it's reliable and if I'm indoors the speeds are pretty darned good (near the router it was 639Mbpd download and 41 upload). Our bigger challenge right now is my dated Orbi mesh system is getting glitchy. I was looking at replacing it and they are quite proud of them, but Costco is putting them up for sale. With my current setup I had to go and find a refurbished satellite so I could have one in the garage for a total of four around the house. I'm not sure if this is the correct thread, but any recommendations on a mesh system? Looking at 6 not 6E as I feel the E is too early yet. I do not mind paying for quality signal coverage / speed. Thanks in advance. HS

The Cheeseburger Basket at Sam's Deli Diner... Note the delish onion rings tossed in because of "basket" reference. My failure was to not ask for a hand dipped shake....cookies n cream of course. An endearing greasy spoon that's been around a very long time... HS

I find this valuation tool interesting. I'm all about trends vs data points.... https://www.chrono24.com/chronopulse.htm?utm_source=Chrono24_User_Mailings&utm_campaign=28cfbf39ce-ww-c24pm-ba-reach_2023_kw42_sa_chronopulse_uk-us&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-710f37000d-[LIST_EMAIL_ID] HS

Godspeed, Suzanne Somers... Absolutely loved Three's Company as a boy. HS

Under all that gooey, amazing looking cheese? We hit a ramen joint for a late lunch yesterday. Interesting in that they had a lot of less traditional dishes including this spicy one with pork and a poached egg. So much cilantro made it a lot like a pho in texture. HS

Hopefully they left their abacus at home... Imagine having to push that pig. HS

Probably ran over something it wasn’t supposed to…..lol. HS

W We went to a Mexican joint last night that's famous for how they cook whole cabrito (baby goat...). The charro beans are so good here...solid Thai joint in the same strip center (shopping). Funny story: this rustic joint...is not much to look at made it to the NY Times top 50 this year....I have no clue, but it is one of many a solid Mexican joint in Houston. The wifey had an epiphany and we stopped into Diversion for some craft cocktails on the way home. Always a fun stop if we can sneak in w/o a reservation. The foamy concoction clearly looks like a tiki drink but crafted with agave spirits so nice and smoky. The edibles (on the drink tray...LOL) were entertaining and dessert like tasty. HS

Some Malaysian fare with the better half at Houston's PHAT Eatery. They have a roti starter that's pretty special. Malaysian curries do nothing for me so I ordered some pepper beef dish and the wifey some tofu noodle something or another. HS

You had me at clotted cream... HS

I don't have an image but this one is worth a share purely from a curiosity / oddity... The better half and I went to try a Puerto Rican Chinese restaurant for lunch yesterday. The place was packed. Too funny and pretty good. I had some sweet spicy chicken dish with mofongo on the side (very garlicky plantain mash dish with pork cracklings in there). Better half had some tofu dish with tostones (green fried plantains...very garlicky). They used silken tofu which was different. Having been born and raised in Miami it actually felt pretty normal being there...LOL HS

A good smoked turkey is hard to beat, especially when brined and managed properly. A good fried turkey is hard to beat as well, but I have found it's very easy to miss the mark and more so than I assumed initially given the "frying". We'll do ~35 turkeys for the "neighborhood" the day before thanksgiving and one of them will be mine. I always have a backup now...LOL, and last year it was a smoked one. I don't fry the turkeys...I just smoke the ribs...at least 9 racks of oversized Costco "baby backs". It's a bit much keeping them cooking evenly, but with a goodly amount of beverages flowing...first world problems! HS

I've only watched a few episodes, but it's looking like I will keep watching this one... HS

Holy smokes that looks AMAZING, tyrion! I'll need to dust off my Pitts & Spitts smoker I've had for decades. It usually sees a lot of action ahead of Thanksgiving during our neighborhood Turkey Fry. If it gets a touch cooler down here I may just need to do a pork butt in the next few weeks... HS

that looks delicious! HS