What Did You Salvage Today?

[mmcmdl]

First time I had Canadian bacon was at McDonalds as a kid on an eggamuffin and I immediately wanted to invade Canada and liberate them from that soggy sliced ham impersonating a proper smoked pork product.

Mmmmmm...........................Taylor's pork roll .

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Mmmmmm...........................Taylor's pork roll .

No, hard stop!

Case/Trenton are far superior.

I used to go with my dad to the Trenton pack house where they made it and buy it off a sketchy old man literally as it came off the line and into the pack house for boxing and shipping.

It was something like $4 for a 9lbs log and I’m not really sure the whole thing was on the up and up.

That and Lekvar for making cookies. You had to bring your own container and an old guy (different one, there were lots of them back then) would open a sliding door above a tin trough on the side of this big tin warmer, and let the black goo ease its way into your container.

No weighing or measurement, you just gave him .50c and he gave you as much as you needed. You only had to wait in line until it was warm enough to flow if you came early.

That was back when Trenton was still safe. Now you would get a shiv and a fentenol od for your troubles.

 

[SouthernChap]

BTW, don’t you ever sleep?

You are aware that the UK is five hours ahead of the East Coast of the US, yes?

 

[ChazzC]

Ah, not mad keen on grilled tomato unless maybe it's the peeled plum type. I love kedgeree and since I don't actually have any staff, I have to make it myself, I don't have it that often. Nothing like a good British guest house for service and a great breakfast. God...why am I so hungry now!

You need to get the griddle very hot and put the cut side down so it gets crispy; too many new places just warm the tomato (or use canned ones). My boss at Savannah Cocoa Ltd. (subsidiary of LonRay Cocoa) had his office in the Trinity Building, next to Trinity Church (see National Treasure), and he trained the chef at the restaurant in the building to make a Proper English Breakfast.

This where I stayed in Caernarfon:


Exterior the same, but it looks like they gave the interior a facelift (it had just been renovated before I started traveling there in the late 90's, so I guess it was due). The Royal had recently been purchased by an Irish company, so they could have a convenient overnight stop for the coach tours they operated, and they renovated it before openning to the public. Interestingly (to me), while it is now part of the Harbour Group, it is not listed on the Harbour Group website.

 

[rwdenney]

I started going down that rabbit hole a few years back when I discovered James Hoffman on YouTube.

I ended up realising I didn't have the cash at the time for a decent enough machine, so I ended up with a Gaggia classic and a PID kit, and a Niche Zero grinder. Since I have simple coffee tastes (body, rich chocolatey taste, generally medium roast), the Gaggia + Niche worked really well for a few years but my maintenance has been lacking and now the Gaggia is hors de combat and I need to see if a thorough clean and descaling does the trick.

Maybe I'll try to get some money together for something like a little Rocket Apartmento. For the last two months I've been aeropress'ing every morning. It's been a bit of a ball ache if I'm honest.

My only indulgence in that regard (besides what I pay for the beans from the local artisan roaster) was the grinder. It's a budget model by Hoffman-approved standards--a Baratza Encore. I use it to make pour-overs using a $5 Melitta plastic cone. I prefer the red ones--less likely to be thrown away by accident by the other member of the "staff".

I have a buddy who is into his espresso, and let's just say I spent less for Dave's Bridgeport plus all the tooling. Nope! I'll indulge myself in other ways. But brewing my own coffee has made me wonder why I ever like the stuff from Starbucks.

Rick "prefers an Sumatran Mandheling with a medium roast" Denney

 

[RaisedByWolves]

You are aware that the UK is five hours ahead of the East Coast of the US, yes?

Huh, I thought you were 19hrs behind.

Actually I thought it would be more than 5hrs as the ocean would slow the sun down a bit, but then again I watch narrow boat and treasure hunting videos (That thing they do on the Thames) and it seems like the sun skips you guys altogether some days.

Oh well, that's why I work with my hands.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

You need to get the griddle very hot and put the cut side down so it gets crispy; too many new places just warm the tomato (or use canned ones). My boss at Savannah Cocoa Ltd. (subsidiary of LonRay Cocoa) had his office in the Trinity Building, next to Trinity Church (see National Treasure), and he trained the chef at the restaurant in the building to make a Proper English Breakfast.

This where I stayed in Caernarfon:

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Exterior the same, but it looks like they gave the interior a facelift (it had just been renovated before I started traveling there in the late 90's, so I guess it was due). The Royal had recently been purchased by an Irish company, so they could have a convenient overnight stop for the coach tours they operated, and they renovated it before openning to the public. Interestingly (to me), while it is now part of the Harbour Group, it is not listed on the Harbour Group website.

I fry red tomatoes vs the green ones from down south.


Seasoned flour, then fry them in 50/50 butter and olive oil until brown.

Taste like candy when reheated the next day. I did green ones once but they just tasted like pickles.

 

[pontiac428]

Reading this thread felt like trying to read Finnegan's wake. How are you going to salvage it past the English breakfast, tea and toost, and rashers of cord trunks?

 

[SouthernChap]

Huh, I thought you were 19hrs behind.

Actually I thought it would be more than 5hrs as the ocean would slow the sun down a bit, but then again I watch narrow boat and treasure hunting videos (That thing they do on the Thames) and it seems like the sun skips you guys altogether some days.

Oh well, that's why I work with my hands.

Yeah, the sun isn't as frequent a visitor to these isles of ours as we'd like.

I mean, I'm lucky, being in the south. Most of the poor buggers in Manchester only have theoretical knowledge and oral tradition type folk tales about any other weather than rain.

 

[SouthernChap]

Reading this thread felt like trying to read Finnegan's wake. How are you going to salvage it past the English breakfast, tea and toost, and rashers of cord trunks?

Starting a thread is a bit like kicking off a couple of a revolution: always a risky business. I like to see myself as an instigator.

Perhaps someone will come along, read the OP or even just the title and then put a post up that drags things back on topic. Maybe not though.

Eh, anyway, once someone else has posted a reply to the OP on a thread, the thread now belongs to everyone. Having been guilty of (temporarily at least) hijacking threads started by others, well, let's just say there's this large bit of wooden material stuck in my eye!