How is everyone doing?

[chuck]

BOT, I learned how to poach an egg.

It gets better. I learned how to do this from watching a YouTube video with Richard Hammond (yes, "Hamster" from Top Gear/Grand Tour) and James May (same shows). Hammond was bitch*ng about May's technique using egg cups and steaming the egg(s). This involves placing a shell less raw egg directly into boiling water. The trick is adding white vinegar to the water along with some salt and then getting the boiling water to swirl. Vigorously stir with a slotted spoon. Drop the raw egg into the center of the whirlpool and turn off the heat and cover for four minutes. I serve the egg on a toasted english muffin, delicious.

No oil, minimal salt. Egg whites are incredibly light/fluffy. Don't follow ANY of their other cooking "tips", they're rubbish.

[HONDO74]

BOT, I learned how to poach an egg.

to the water along with some salt and then getting the boiling water to swirl. Vigorously stir with a slotted spoon. Drop the raw egg into the center of the whirlpool and turn off the heat and cover for four minutes. I serve the egg on a toasted english muffin, delicious.

Sounds like Eggs Benedict

[E7]

BOT, I learned how to poach an egg.

It gets better. I learned how to do this from watching a YouTube video with Richard Hammond (yes, "Hamster" from Top Gear/Grand Tour) and James May (same shows). Hammond was bitch*ng about May's technique using egg cups and steaming the egg(s). This involves placing a shell less raw egg directly into boiling water. The trick is adding white vinegar to the water along with some salt and then getting the boiling water to swirl. Vigorously stir with a slotted spoon. Drop the raw egg into the center of the whirlpool and turn off the heat and cover for four minutes. I serve the egg on a toasted english muffin, delicious.

No oil, minimal salt. Egg whites are incredibly light/fluffy. Don't follow ANY of their other cooking "tips", they're rubbish.

Thank you, Julia Child!

[chuck]

No hollandaise sauce, no Canadian bacon. Just the egg and the muffin.

[robert.]

Mt mother uses the vinegar trick. It helps keep the egg white together.
I have had a hard time with the kid's cyber enrollment. We had some invalid paper work ( Slovakian health certificate), for the first school. CCA. could not translate it. That really made me annoyed. So i switched her to a different school. Her new school is called reach. After explaining my problem with her health certificate. this school said "no problem. we can read it and use it". Then they said my child could take classes in English/slovensky/Hungarian. What would we like? Problem with the second school is. They are so backed up. had everything taken care of back in may with the first school. Then early August they say "her health certificate his invalid. A few days later Governor wold said "kids want need a health certificate completed until next Feb. No reason to send healthy kids into a DR. office now" When i called back to the first school they told me " enrollment is now a lottery" So i got pissed off and went to another school. With all the language options at the new school. It will be a better fit.
Q. what did anybody stop doing during the pandemic that wont return to?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

No hollandaise sauce, no Canadian bacon. Just the egg and the muffin.

One thing that's happened this year is that a lot of people are learning to cook or cook better!

Q. what did anybody stop doing during the pandemic that wont return to?

Going out to eat............returning to that seems to be an unknown short-term and dubious long-term. Being retired we both have the time to cook and have fun doing it.

[up148]

Since retiring I've become more interested in cooking (was always the grill guy), much to my wife's chagrin, since she doesn't share or play well in the kitchen. We've been watching Julie and Jacques Pepin cooking show from 1999 on Amazon. Have learned a great deal including Chucks way of poaching eggs. It's now our go to show when we only have a few minutes (maybe eating a quick dinner) as they have become like too old friends and play off of each other well. He's a devil may care type guy and she's obviously more prim and proper. Fun to watch and learning something too.

[robert.]

Remember Dan Aykroyd playing Julia?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I was watching Carnival Eats last night - core out a potato, stuff with sausage, wrap with bacon, and into the smoker......... No smoker here so improvise.........

[up148]

Remember Dan Aykroyd playing Julia?

Yep, it was great! And really p*ssed Julia off. But, seeing how clumsy she is, cutting herself would be easily believable.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Remember Dan Aykroyd playing Julia?

Yep, it was great! And really p*ssed Julia off. But, seeing how clumsy she is, cutting herself would be easily believable.

Save the liver!

[robert.]

Lots of info out there on using a coffee can smoker.
I don’t think I’ll return to a restaurant. They creep me out now. Plus the experience does not justify the expense. 2 weeks ago I bought a Philly cheese steak. They charged me $11.87. A few days ago . I spent $2.10 for 3 rolls. $3.00 for provolone and $5.99 for cheesesteak meat. For $10.99 i made 3 steaks sandwiches. Plus i had leftover cheese .
I don’t miss sports. I probably said that before. I feel no emptiness from the lack of sports.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don’t miss sports. I probably said that before. I feel no emptiness from the lack of sports.

Mostly true for me as well......my interest has been waning for years, but having something on seemed to fill a routine. I will watch the NHL, if and when that resumes

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Is there anything that makes us happier than when we do something deliberately or unintentionally that makes another person really happy ?

To see somebody really happy because of something I have done for them, or said, gives me chest-filling, catch-in-the-throat , eyes-leaking happiness. And I don't even plan on it! It just happens , often!

That's how I'm doing, these days.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Is there anything that makes us happier than when we do something deliberately or unintentionally that makes another person really happy ?

As I recall that's a fundamental of Lincoln's religion, and probably well advanced over most other philosophies.