fighting the lack of good ideas
A couple months ago I posted a first review of my Ninja Dualbrew Pro CFP301 K-Cup-compatible brewer. This morning I made my first carafe of coffee with it. First the pros: very easy to brew a pot of coffee it’s easy to pop the K-Cup holder out and swap to crafe mode even without using…
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After close to a decade, my old Keurig brewer finally bit the dust last week đ Given we can’t go long without needing hot water or got beverages in the family…it became âurgentâ to replace it We had been looking for a while, knowing a replacement was going to be necessary âsoonâ – so we…
Made some hamburgers the other night, and they came out better than expected – always a plus ? 1 lb 85% lean ground beef 2 large eggs 1/8c quick oats Kinderâs buttery steakhouse rub <1/8c Italian bread crumbs Mix together like you’re going to make meatloaf Divvy into 8 ~2oz balls – pack hand-tight Preheat…
I went through a Burger King drive-thru recently on my way to a customer office to get a drink. It being relatively early in the day, I thought getting a coffee would be a Good Ideaââ¢. It was not. It was bad. Really bad. It was coffee-colored and -scented hot water. I cannot recall the…
I got taken out (along with several other people) recently to Char Steakhouse in Raritan NJ. The food was nice, and the service was decent – but for $50+ per person, it should beĂÂ AMAZING. And it wasn’t. There was nothing wrong with the food, and indeed the sides were several steps above a Logan’s or…
I have gardened off and on for most of my life. Back in the 1980s, there was a show called “Square Foot Gardening” on PBS hosted by Mel Bartholomew. Now there is a website. When we lived in Albany, we purchased the book Square Foot Gardening (which has been updated and simplified even further by…
Somebody needs to replace the ubiquitous restaurant buzzer with either an SMS- or smartphone-based tool: when you put your name on the waiting list, you give them your phone number. When your table is ready, they can buzz your phone. Fewer moving parts for the restaurant. Fewer chances to lose stuff. Less crap to carry…