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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: I Am Under 18! |
| Date | 2021-09-18 13:29 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <iqmt1jFaqtaU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <9c%0J.35334$ol1.9397@fx42.iad> <iqjmamFmdngU1@mid.individual.net> <HD11J.8739$d82.4285@fx21.iad> <iql2h9FklU1@mid.individual.net> <krn1J.168984$T_8.14288@fx48.iad> |
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On 09/18/2021 09:18 AM, RabidHussar wrote: > On 2021-09-17 10:51 p.m., rbowman wrote: >> 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. > > Did he have a bipolar personality, per chance? > I'm not a shrink, but I don't think so. I don't know if he's still around but he would be in heaven in social media. He'd mastered the art of getting two strangers in a bar arguing over something and quietly slipping away after pouring some fuel on the fire. A true IRL troll.
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Amazon Fresh is as dry as a bone. Jeff-Relf.Me @. - 2021-09-14 19:43 -0700
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! Stephen Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 08:18 -0700
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! "Diesel / Gremlin Crook" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-16 20:48 -0700
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
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Re: I Am Under 18! STALKING_TARGET_32 <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 11:08 -0700
Re: I Am Under 18! rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2021-09-17 21:05 -0600
Re: I Am Under 18! "Diesel / Gremlin Crook" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 00:24 -0700
Re: I Am Under 18! Stephen Carrolll - fretwizzen <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 06:31 -0700
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! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-09-21 09:28 -0400
Re: I Am Under 18! STALKING_TARGET_29 <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 06:46 -0700
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! "Diesel / Gremlin Crook" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-16 06:10 -0700
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! 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! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-20 10:44 -0500
Re: I Am Under 18! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-20 11:13 -0700
Re: I Am Under 18! STALKING_TARGET_96 <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-20 11:30 -0700
Re: I Am Under 18! Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 13:43 -0500
Re: I Am Under 18! Stephen - frelwizer 1255 <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-21 01:07 -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! Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 22:58 -0700
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
Re: I Am Under 18! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-09-22 21:59 -0400
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Re: Amazon Fresh is as dry as a bone. RabidHussar <rabid@huss.ar> - 2021-09-15 07:54 -0400
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