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Maybe I'll give pea protein angus burgers another try. I like meatballs which are adulterated, meatloaf not so much (maybe it's the egg). I am thinking maybe grilling the burgers then simmering in sauted onions or a sweet-sour gravy.
 
My mom made great meatloaf but I always had a tummy ache afterward. Turns out it was the onions.

What are pea protein angus burgers?

Reminds me I should find he split pea soup.

Slept in & then got up to clean out my truck. Body was too sore to function much, but I got the receipts & empty drink containers out and dumped the dirt off the floor mats. Brought the cat food in. My body absolutely hates me right now so I'm trying to take it easy the rest of the day. Mom is mad that I wouldn't get up, walk all the way across the house to the living room to get 3 containers to put in the fridge when all she has to do is get up and walk out that immediate door with those containers to put them up. it's hard for me to even sit up right now with my back aching.

I got some cuddle time in with my cow though. She had 5+ ticks behind her left horn. She put her head down for me so I could scratch behind her horns and around her ears.
 
I was supposed to make pot roast today starting in the morning so I could go low and slow with it all day, but the roast itself didn't get purchased and brought home until 1pm. Somehow I still managed to get it going shortly thereafter, with the slow cooker set to "high" instead of "low". We had it for dinner. I was afraid it'd be tough and stringy but it fell apart under the spatula, didn't even need a knife. Incredible.

I also made latkas for the first time, at my wife's insistence. I hadn't eaten them since I was a kid and never was all that crazy about them, but man. If they'd tasted like that back then I probably would have been wild for them. (Then again, I cheated a bit and added bacon fat to my oil when frying them. Can't go wrong with bacon fat.)

Oh, almost forgot: back in like October I ordered replacement window locks from All About Doors. They told me right off the bat they were having supply issues and it would be a while, probably December until I got my parts. No problem, I decided I'd wait because they don't sell the size I need anywhere else, even Amazon. Then a few days ago I got an email from them saying "Sorry, the parts are discontinued, we've refunded your money." So now I'm back to square one.

Anyone know another place that might have a decent selection of window locks? I tried Ebay, no luck there either.
 
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Tater cakes = hash browns, right?

I think the only difference between latkes and hash browns is latkes use an egg/flour/seasoning slurry to bind the shredded potatoes together, whereas hash browns just use the natural cohesion of the starch in the potatoes. And it seems like latkes are fried in more oil than hash browns.

...Though as I'm writing this, maybe I've just always been doing hash browns wrong.
 
My mom used egg, I don't know about flour. She also did a similar thing using leftover mashed potatoes. A friend always has his daughter fry leftover creamed potatoes (which we always called mashed potatoes). She adds egg, chopped onions and SR flour. I think the lines blur between what these delicacies are called.
 
I am still testing positive for COVD ten days after symptoms disappeared. To me the logical explanation is that my immune system is still slaying viruses and leaving shell particles behind. However the government experts offer no logical explanation.
 
The NASA cafeteria in Cleveland used to feature mashed potato Pierogi about once per month. I always enjoyed lunch when my visits coincided with Pierogi day.
 
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But I did, and I'm glad I got to see it. Plus I'm lucky I didn't crash. (Peripheral vision at least helps; if anything unusual was going on in the road my eyes would have been pulled instantly back in that direction.)
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If you were younger you would prolly have taken your phone out and videod it while driving... LOL!
 
Eddie_T said:
I am still testing positive for COVD ten days after symptoms disappeared. To me the logical explanation is that my immune system is still slaying viruses and leaving shell particles behind. However the government experts offer no logical explanation.
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You're just testing for high antibody levels that will take a while to go down... and, hopefully, 50 years before the last of that type disappear... giving lasting natural immunity...
 
I got up pretty early & took my truck through the carwash to get an undercarriage wash. It was 38° and the water didn't spray at first so I backed up and rolled back over until the spray worked. It didn't do a very good job of cleaning my truck but it was better than nothing. Met up with my friend and told him to meet me at the dealership and he followed me there. Dropped off the truck with instructions on what needed to be done and left contact info. Went to the mall with my friend only to find they don't open until 10am (and I dropped the truck off at 9am). Sat around listening to music and chatting. When it opened we went in but almost none of the stores were open. This mall used to open at 7am back in the 80s and 90s. We had walked to Bed Bath & Beyond but it was closed too. Food places were all closed. So we found an "antique" store that was really a consignment flea market. I might want to go back and take a better look at the door and window trim they had bc it was only $3 and $2. They had some old weird equipment, tools, and random stuff. We also went to a store called Hot Topic and got gifts for a mutual friend. When BB&B finally opened we went in and used the restrooms before browsing around. Their toilets have some major iron sediment staining and what looked like some kind of black mold or something in the bottoms. Waited for a Chinse food place in the mall to open to grab some food. Sat around waiting longer and then went to Target. Friend had to get back home so he dropped me off at the dealership.

Close to 4pm they told me they needed to keep my truck overnight or it would cost an extra $200 to put it back together and then take it apart gain if I had to bring it back later. Consulted Mom who asked if I could have a loaner. They hooked me up with a cheap rental from Hertz. Drove me over and dropped me off. Clerks were aggravated bc they said the honda place should have made sure they had something for me bc they didn't know if they did. They only had 2 vehicles left apparently. Got a Rav 4 and man the brakes on that thing are sensitive. The cruise control sucks. I was going to go to Samsclub but opted to come straight home to reduce the chance of any accidents or door dings.

Cooked for mom and am about to take a nap.
 
Washed and gassed up my range truck. I haven't started it in about 2 months. Thanks to a trickle charger, it fired right up. I then decided to replace my cabin air filter on the Cadillac. They obviously want owners to take it in for the $125 labor to replace the $10 filter, since they threw a T-30 Torq screw into the plastic door, but I have 4-5 kinds or torq removal screwdrivers. A 5 minute job. Also had alarm company come out to check a glitch. It appears that when the local cell tower goes down for service, it tells my house alarm to not set. He did some adjustment so hopefully I'm done with that issue.
 
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I then decided to replace my cabin air filter on the Cadillac. They obviously want owners to take it in for the $125 labor to replace the $10 filter, since they threw a T-30 Torq screw into the plastic door, but I have 4-5 kinds or torq removal screwdrivers. A 5 minute job.
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Yeah. I took my car in for an Airbag recall and they were happy to give me a list of stuff that needed to be done... Oil change and Transmission fluid change... $175 or something like that...

2 Bolts.

Watch me, and report if you see any sweating.
 
Eddie_T said:
I never developed any interest in range activity. I'm guessing my lack of interest has saved me some big bucks over the years.
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Well, new ammo yes, but reloading saves a ton. I want to get the Strikeman or their competitor.
 
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