Totally irrelvant TBer info share thread

[slobake]

I know how to fly a kite.

 

[sissy kathy]

I know how to watch you fly a kite.

 

[_Obra_]

I don't play games.

Good for You. I stopped this year completely!

 

[shadowtippy]

I know how to watch you fly a kite.

I know...

 

[ctmullins]

Eating a large plate of fried rice using chopsticks requires a great deal of focus and perseverance.

For me anyway....

 

[bholder]

Eating a large plate of fried rice using chopsticks requires a great deal of focus and perseverance.

For me anyway....

 

[sissy kathy]

Eating a large plate of fried rice using chopsticks requires a great deal of focus and perseverance.

For me anyway....

I use a porcelian spoon for fried rice and soup. Untapered bamboo chop sticks (similar to third set) are fine for most other dishes. I don't care for the slim flat metal sticks Koreans seem to prefer (fifth set) or the tapered and painted ones sometimes used in Japan (sixth and seventh sets). The pine ones that come with takeout in the USA are okay (last set), still prefer the untapered bamboo ones though. Plastic chop sticks (first set) are not something I use either, they are at least as difficult, for me, as the Korean flats. Youth sets (eighth set) work as well as adult sets, but my hands to too large to effectively use them. The others I'm not familar with, so have no opinion.

 

[Hot Rats]

I use a porcelian spoon for fried rice and soup. Untapered bamboo chop sticks are fine for most other dishes. I don't care for the slim metal sticks Koreans seem to prefer or the tapered and painted ones sometimes used in Japan. The pine ones that come with takeout in the USA are okay, still prefer the untapered bamboo ones though.

I have no formal training, but I have been able to use chop sticks quite well in the past.

Also, I gotta pull weeds today.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

I use a porcelian spoon for fried rice and soup. Untapered bamboo chop sticks (similar to third set) are fine for most other dishes. I don't care for the slim flat metal sticks Koreans seem to prefer (fifth set) or the tapered and painted ones sometimes used in Japan (sixth and seventh sets). The pine ones that come with takeout in the USA are okay (last set), still prefer the untapered bamboo ones though. Plastic chop sticks (first set) are not something I use either, they are at least as difficult, for me, as the Korean flats. Youth sets (eighth set) work as well as adult sets, but my hands to too large to effectively use them. The others I'm not familar with, so have no opinion.

My daily sticks at home are the style just under your spoon. Used so often the finish is long gone on all of them. Eight to ten sets.
When out and about I use these travel sticks. The twigs given with a meal flex too much and some places do not deal with sticks at all.

Most of my meals are eaten with chopstick. Yes, rice based included.
The travel sticks are always in the pocket.

 

[ctmullins]

I like pasta. As in, I really like pasta.

But I am absolutely FLABBERGASTED at how much better fresh homemade pasta is than store-bought dried pasta.

WOW!!!!!

 

[roccobass]

@slobake
Every kite I owned broke their strings and flew up up and away!!

 

[Zooberwerx]

When shopping at the supermarket, I always buy the 3rd package back in the display. It has nothing to do with the expiration date....I figure that any other shopper gazing upon the product robs it of some of its nutritional value. I also don't "miss" purchases and have to back-track the aisles as Susan does...she bounces around the joint like a friggin' Roomba.

Riis

 

[MJ5150]

I like pasta. As in, I really like pasta.

But I am absolutely FLABBERGASTED at how much better fresh homemade pasta is than store-bought dried pasta.

WOW!!!!!

Same here. We started making pasta over 20 years ago. We leveled up our pasta game during the pandemic by making our own flour too.

-Mike

 

[WG Plum]

When shopping at the supermarket, I always buy the 3rd package back in the display. It has nothing to do with the expiration date....I figure that any other shopper gazing upon the product robs it of some of its nutritional value.

Riis

I totally do that when buying meat....

 

[Zooberwerx]

I totally do that when buying meat....

Nope...I'm going for the "Manager's Special" or "Reduced For Quick Sale". That roughly translates to "just buy it already...it's going bad even as you're contemplating the purchase".

Riis

 

[sissy kathy]

Nope...I'm going for the "Manager's Special" or "Reduced For Quick Sale". That roughly translates to "just buy it already...it's going bad even as you're contemplating the purchase".

Riis

Me too, the freezer says I can keep it until I'm ready to use it, just vacumn pack it and I'll keep it even longer.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Me too, the freezer says I can keep it until I'm ready to use it, just vacumn pack it and I'll keep it even longer.

I see it mostly on steaks and, strangely enough, sausage patties. I guess even snouts and organ meats have a shelf life.

Riis

 

[mikewalker]

My house is three blocks from the USA border crossing bridge. Every week or two I like to drive over and buy groceries in the USA even though they are often more expensive. Sentimental Value! (I'm a Canadian citizen but used to have an H1-B consulting visa and I loved living in the USA around the turn of the millenium)

 

[Zooberwerx]

My house is three blocks from the USA border crossing bridge. Every week or two I like to drive over and buy groceries in the USA even though they are often more expensive. Sentimental Value! (I'm a Canadian citizen but used to have an H1-B consulting visa and I loved living in the USA around the turn of the millenium)

Which town / bridge?

Riis

 

[ctmullins]

Same here. We started making pasta over 20 years ago. We leveled up our pasta game during the pandemic by making our own flour too.

-Mike

Showoff.