It’s that effing Peter Parker again. No matter how good the wizard, you can’t keep interrupting while he is trying to change memories across the entire multiverse
Switching. I guess you’d call my role some form of DevOps where I not only help developers with their builds, but also help them use best practices and get asked to dig into why their code isn’t working
Ford - not misuse of pardon. You may disagree with his choice but that reason is legit
Bush - criminals of the previous administration, not misuse for personal reasons
Clinton - yep, a couple
Bush jr,- 1
How many was that for Trump again? Are you seriously going for “both sides the same”?
Maybe. The difficult part is the delay -it usually takes more than one such meal to get a reaction
Usually it’s killing us slower though. I don’t know if that’s progress
Then you must be a Tesla fan? Tesla’s made for EV vehicles have always been much lighter than legacy manufacturers first attempts at converting their ice cars to EV. My model Y is half that weight, and the biggest “car” style is the model X at 5,200 pounds
Did you look at the relative age of the vehicles? Consistency of finish was a widely publicized issue while they were struggling with quality trying to ramp up, but you rarely to never read about that anymore. I believe quality has consistently improved and one from the last couple model years will be significantly better than the first couple years of mass production.
However my direct experience is with a model y
- 2023, so more modern, quality issues have been largely worked out
- more gigacast pieces. T least at the time, the claim was that having both front and back chassis gigacast means they’re starting with perfect alignment - fewer places for misaligned body panels to happen.
You might want to actually look at one or test drive one
Tesla has always “tested in public”, been willing to go live with something not fully baked. But they also continuously increment. I have no issue with the build quality of mine but that adage about never buying a car from the first model year is doubly true for Tesla
- He knows Trump can be bought: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/05/trump-endorses-electric-vehicles-elon-musk
- Millions of people hanging on his words for the last decade have gone to his head. He thinks he’s a genius and can do better
But where does it become obvious and to whom? It should be labeled.
Articles have been coming out with pictures that are more and more random, but there’s an even more recent trend to label them for what they are. We should all push for that
For example: article talking about F-16s for Ukraine with picture labeled “stock photo of B-2 from 2005”. It was obvious to me that it wasn’t an f-16 (and I wonder why it’s even there when it doesn’t add value), but let’s make it clear to anyone - clear that it’s lazy news, not fake news
Throwing this out there in case someone has advice …..
I got a smoker this summer and have been having a great time cooking new (large) meals. But my kids are back at college and I can’t depend on my ex. How do you find people to eat your meals?
It’s a weird situation where it’s a huge pellet grill and smoking tends to focus on large pieces of meat, but not everything freezes well. I want to go gangbusters with feasts, just when I no longer have anyone to appreciate it. Anyone know if there is such a thing as cooking clubs, or something? How do you find one or how do you break into one as a single guy?
Fwiw
- kids are back from college today, ex is coming over and ex-FiL
- smoked duck with orange maple glaze
- chicken for those not willing to try duck
- rice pilaf
- arugula salad with toasted pine nuts
- I plan to throw chocolate chip cookie dough in a cast iron skillet for brownies and top with ice cream
Anyone else forget how to use a regular grill? Apparently I can no longer control my heat, and toasting buns are beyond me. Back to the Traeger, I guess
Do you have any amusing stories where you messed up?
I tried Paprika chicken! The jalapeños were the thing: I could smell them from the neighbors house!
Huge hit, very forgiving, and fast, but more of a grill item than a smoker item. My Traeger made it easy and almost foolproof, with the wireless meat thermometer. The recipe has a huge hit with my family! Love that salsa, but if you don’t have much spice tolerance, beware.
This was actually the first time I’ve cooked dark meat chicken with skin on since I was a kid, my teenagers’ first introduction to that, believe it or not. That’s where the recipe falls down. The cooking temperature was perfect for the meat, but there’s no way you’re getting crispy, browned skin with that.
I did set the grill to 365° instead of 350° but that wasn’t enough to make a difference. Granted, I haven’t checked the accuracy of the temperature setting, but it cooks food in the expected time at the intended temperature, and I have confirmed the meat thermometer matches. Next time I use this, I’ll try the last 10 minutes at max temp to see if that helps
Has anyone gotten a good crispy skin from their Traeger? What time and temp? My propane grill gets much hotter, but I really don’t want to use both for one food
Finally an all around success! Helps to be a bit less ambitious and pick something that uses less time.
Oink and cluck. I’ve done bacon wrapped stuff before but really like this prosciutto better!
I did have to have help making the salsa, and the sweet potatoes needed a lot more time than the other veggies. I’d never had salsa like that but it was perfect to liven up plain root veggies.
Outstanding dessert and easy to put together.
Continuing the learning experience …..
- https://www.traeger.com/recipes/salmon-smoked-avocado-salsa
- on stovetop: https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/pecan-rice-pilaf/
- made this morning: Pineapple Gazpacho
- sourdough loaf (did not make)
Absolutely fan-effing-tastic
But, things to learn…
- I planned ahead and bought ahead! Yay!
- recipe manager generated a shopping list. Yay!
- great recipes, but a lot of work to bring them all together
- but missed one bunch of cilantro
- saved by the meat thermometer! — the import to my recipe manager somehow lost “step 3, increase temperature to 450°”
It really pays to be flexible, and I had compromised and bought pre-made loaves of sourdough. When things were looking late, I served the gazpacho and bread as an appetizer.
The pecan pilaf was not only outstanding, but it was not at all affected by sitting in the pot 40 minutes waiting for salmon! This is a lot of work for rice but I highly recommend!
Salmon was really good (not dried out) especially with that avocado salsa, despite cooking over an hour (30 min at 165°, 15+ min getting up to temp, 20 or so at 450°, 5-10 min oh shit I didn’t allow notifications for the meat thermometer ). Kudos to salmon for being so forgiving!
The big grill claims to fit 7 racks of ribs…. But three St Louis fills it pretty good. I may need to make the corn bread inside.
This time I planned slightly better, thanks to a recipe app, and generated shopping lists, but …… didn’t get to the store until morning, got a late start, endured massive crowds and got a really late start
This is not the recipe I wanted to follow but it’s the one I have time for: https://www.traeger.com/recipes/all-american-spareribs
I don’t know if my neighbors ar going to love me or hate me - tiny yards all close together so they’re going to smell what’s cooking…..
I have no idea what I’m doing but go big or go home: here’s two big ass pieces of meat (14# pork butt came apart)
First obstacle: how do you pick up a 14# hunk of hot meat? I don’t think any of my cooking utensils can handle that. I didn’t leave room for the tray of Mac and cheese I wanted to add, plus it will eventually be cooked
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There are lots of reasons someone may rule out Tesla but this is not one of them. For everyone else, no CarPlay is a dealbreaker but Tesla knows how to write software. Given that software can do so much more than any other cars and it’s pretty well done, the compromise is a good trade off.
Now GM as the other example, has a long record of piss poor software. They need CarPlay. It’s hard to believe all the extra tracking their stuff does is worth the customers they lose