Re: I Am Under 18!

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics
Subject	Re: I Am Under 18!
Date	2021-09-17 20:51 -0600
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On 09/17/2021 08:29 AM, RabidHussar wrote:
> On 2021-09-17 10:16 a.m., rbowman wrote:
>> On 09/17/2021 05:44 AM, RabidHussar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've even roasted my own from Sweet Maria's green beans. The neighbors
>>>> confirm their suspicions that I'm crazy when I stand out in the snow
>>>> roasting coffee over a Coleman gas stove. If you've ever roasted
>>>> coffee it isn't something you want to do in the house.
>>>
>>> I would agree with that but I imagine that it smells great if you do so.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Not so much...  Remember your starting with green beans so for the few
>> minutes it smells like your grilling compost. You're also driving out
>> a lot of water. Finally you get to the stage where the beans start to
>> crack and it starts to smell edible. There's a lot of chaff produced.
>> If there is a slight breeze I separate it by pouring the beans from
>> one colander to another and letting it drift downwind.
>>
>> There are counter top roasters that are supposed to work but they're
>> pricey.
>>
>> https://www.sweetmarias.com/behmor-2000ab-plus-roaster.html
>>
>> Supposedly that one isn't too smokey
>>
>> https://www.sweetmarias.com/roasting/hottop-roaster-basic.html
>>
>> but even that one says
>>
>> "Yep, if you roast more coffee you are going to get more smoke.
>> There's no way around it. You are going to need ventilation, ideally
>> by using it under a kitchen vent hood or near an open window. "
>>
>>
>> If you look at the green beans selling for $7 a pound, don't forget
>> all the steam, smoke, and chaff.  I never weighed it but a pound of
>> green beans is not a pound of roasted coffee.
>
> I guess that had I grown up in a Communist state like my parents did,
> I'd not only find it fun but less expensive to roast my own coffee.
> However, price-wise, the work is not worth the effort and I'm better off
> letting the professionals do it. It's quite amazing how autonomous
> Communists are when the only other option is starvation.
>
>> A friend set up a little sandwich operation for a bar where the
>> kitchen was only open for the lunch crowd. Being cheap, he roasted his
>> own beef -- once. After he did the before and after weighing he found
>> the roast beef from a restaurant supply was a better deal. If you
>> bought a 10 pound roast, you would get 40 1/4 pound sandwiches.
>>
>> The guy was a real entrepreneur. He opened a pizza place and I stopped
>> by the night before it opened. He was sitting on the floor with a
>> bottle of beer in his hand and many more had preceded that one. 'I
>> made a pizza and it was so bad the dog wouldn't eat it. What am I
>> going to do?'  His wife, who was an excellent cook, came to the rescue
>> again.
>
> I can't imagine how one would screw up pizza; it's literally the easiest
> thing to make. The difference in pizza places comes down to the sauce
> and the quality of the crust. I notice that Americans chains use the
> absolute worst wheat imaginable and therefore have terrible crust
> whereas some of the smaller places have some of the most satisfying
> breading I've ever tasted.
>
>

You had to know Bob.  He could screw up almost anything but he kept on 
trying. Sober, he was a competent machinist but he had more brainstorms 
than Wile E. Coyote.

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  Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-14 23:15 -0500
    Re: I Am Under 18! RabidHussar <rabid@huss.ar> - 2021-09-15 08:00 -0400
      Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-15 08:01 -0600
        Re: I Am Under 18! RabidHussar <rabid@huss.ar> - 2021-09-15 10:11 -0400
          Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-15 20:48 -0600
            Re: I Am Under 18! RabidHussar <rabid@huss.ar> - 2021-09-16 11:10 -0400
              Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-16 21:01 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! RabidHussar <rabid@huss.ar> - 2021-09-17 07:44 -0400
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-17 08:16 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! RabidHussar <rabid@huss.ar> - 2021-09-17 10:29 -0400
                Re: I Am Under 18! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2021-09-17 10:06 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 10:58 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-17 20:52 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 20:44 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-18 20:46 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 22:03 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-17 21:05 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2021-09-18 04:56 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-18 13:08 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-17 20:51 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! RabidHussar <rabid@huss.ar> - 2021-09-18 11:18 -0400
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-18 13:29 -0600
        Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 10:04 -0500
          Re: I Am Under 18! Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2021-09-15 08:46 -0700
          Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-15 21:00 -0600
            Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-16 01:41 -0500
              Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-16 03:20 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-19 14:50 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-19 18:45 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2021-09-19 21:53 -0400
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-19 22:23 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2021-09-20 00:41 -0400
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-20 10:44 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-19 21:56 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-19 22:26 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-20 11:07 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-20 21:11 -0600
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-21 15:19 -0500
                Re: I Am Under 18! Clutter Freak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-10-21 13:46 -0700
      Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 10:38 -0500
      Re: I Am Under 18! Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2021-09-17 01:03 +0200
    Re: I Am Under 18! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2021-09-15 10:20 -0500
      Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 12:06 -0500
        Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-15 21:11 -0600
      Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-15 21:05 -0600
        Re: I Am Under 18! whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2021-09-15 22:34 -0500
        Re: I Am Under 18! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2021-09-16 08:01 -0500
          Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-16 08:03 -0600
    Re: I Am Under 18! Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2021-09-17 01:00 +0200
      Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-16 19:20 -0500
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        Re: I Am Under 18! Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2021-09-18 03:49 +0200
          Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 22:36 -0500
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