Whatzit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Well, that's not as glamorous as the idea of an Alien tourist ship, but it'll do.
For now.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well, that's not as glamorous as the idea of an Alien tourist ship, but it'll do.
For now.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[chuck]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I don't know if you've seen it but there is a YouTube video of a zoo gorilla that apparently got fed up with all of the camera's/camera phones snapping his picture. He amble's over to the plexi window and gets right up to it and basically glares at the crowd and then he extends his hand with the middle finger extended. Not sure where he learned that but he does seem to know what it means!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.........gorilla.................extends his hand with the middle finger extended. Not sure where he learned that but he does seem to know what it means!

Wait for it................

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Well, that's not as glamorous as the idea of an Alien tourist ship, but it'll do.
For now.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

But, bboooorrrrrring !

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well, that's not as glamorous as the idea of an Alien tourist ship, but it'll do.
For now.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

But, bboooorrrrrring !

Ah, then perhaps a nice long walk in the woods and some strudel?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Oh yes, that'd be real nice, once the weather is nice again but not right away. Bears be hungry in the Spring. I don't wanna be their strudel .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Oh yes, that'd be real nice, once the weather is nice again but not right away. Bears be hungry in the Spring. I don't wanna be their strudel .

Make your own strudel! We've been making apple pies using honeycrisp apples and lately we're making pear tarts with D'Anjou pears. Good fun in the kitchen and good eating.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Luv those Honey Crisps and Pink Lady, too .

[chuck]

Cosmic Crisp is a supposed to be even better than the Honey Crisp. It was announced back in fall just before the Covid outbreak. Hasn't made out east yet. Not even sure it has made it out of Washington state.

I love the Honey Crisp because it is both a good eating and good cooking apple. Gala's are nice eating apples but a little soft for cooking. My wife likes Paula Reds but they are an early/mid season apple in Michigan and they don't store well. A relative of the Macintosh but sweeter. Make great apple sauce.

Not a big fan of Fuji or the Pink Lady. The Delicious or Golden Delicious are anything but. Granny Smith is great in salads and pies. Local orchard has been closed since last spring. Real shame, they had the best fresh pressed non-pasteurized cider. You had to shake it up to get the "sediment" back in suspension and you had to drink it pretty quick before it started to go "hard". I had to switch to "Real Apple" commercial brand for a decent substitute.

Any chance that "cold press" process could sterilize cider the way they do orange juice? About seven atmospheres of pressure kills off the bacteria without cooking out the taste. I get that most cider is by it's very nature "cold" pressed. I'm talking about really high pressure here.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Delicious or Golden Delicious are anything but.

Out first pie of the season was with Golden Delicious; made good pie. Sadly they were the cheapest apples at the grocery, but the Honeycrisp from Costco were 25% the price and individually packed so those are the winners.

[chuck]

They aren't the best eating apples but they do well cooked. I've mixed them in with Gala's and Paula reds to make chunky home made apple sauce. For eating my #1 is the Honey Crisp followed by the Gala and in third place the Paula Reds.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So.............

[chuck]

Scarlet Witch's cleavage?

Not an exact match but the general idea?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

No.......okay, nice cleavage, but not the whatzit,