What's For Dinner?

[Jill McQuown]

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.

I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.

What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Jill

[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

Post by Jill McQuown
I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

It's going to be leftovers here.

[Dave Smith]

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It weighed
about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion.  The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Apparently it is going to be steelhead trout.

[clams casino]

Post by Dave Smith

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It
weighed about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one
portion.  The other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little
garlic powder and pan searing it in the small cast iron skillet,
cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Apparently it is going to be steelhead trout.

+1!

Chilean?

https://www.samuelsseafood.com/products/7seas/steelhead-trout-fillet-chile/

~ don't trim that belly fat off ~

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Dave Smith

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It
weighed about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one
portion.  The other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little
garlic powder and pan searing it in the small cast iron skillet,
cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Apparently it is going to be steelhead trout.

I'm still not sure I've ever had trout. Perhaps when I was very young,
say five or 6 years old. We lived at Lakehurst Naval Base in New
Jersey. We'd go on occasional weekend trips to a place called 'Cal's
Cottages' in the 1000 Islands, NY. Dad liked to fish but what he really
enjoyed was drinking with the [then] owner of the place. Back then it
was a very crude fishing camp with a few no-frills "cottages" available
to rent. I remember we slept on fold-out cots and there was a grill
outside like you'd find in some off the highway rest areas with a picnic
table. I'm not sure the cottage even had indoor plumbing.

It's now more like a fishing "resort". https://www.calscottages.com/

I still don't remember actually eating trout. Perhaps Dad never caught
any. LOL

Jill

[clams casino]

Post by Dave Smith

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It
weighed about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one
portion.  The other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little
garlic powder and pan searing it in the small cast iron skillet,
cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Apparently it is going to be steelhead trout.

I'm still not sure I've ever had trout.  Perhaps when I was very young,
say five or 6 years old.  We lived at Lakehurst Naval Base in New
Jersey.  We'd go on occasional weekend trips to a place called 'Cal's
Cottages' in the 1000 Islands, NY.  Dad liked to fish but what he really
enjoyed was drinking with the [then] owner of the place.  Back then it
was a very crude fishing camp with a few no-frills "cottages" available
to rent.  I remember we slept on fold-out cots and there was a grill
outside like you'd find in some off the highway rest areas with a picnic
table.  I'm not sure the cottage even had indoor plumbing.
It's now more like a fishing "resort".  https://www.calscottages.com/
I still don't remember actually eating trout.  Perhaps Dad never caught
any. LOL
Jill

+1

Poignant backstory here.

[clams casino]

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It weighed
about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion.  The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

Koji-dusted NY strip steak with alder-smoked crystal salt and crushed
pink peppercorns on the grill.

Fresh Mexican asparagus trimmed to 6", light olive oil to coat, dressed
with grated Romano cheese on top, and broiled to perfection.

[D]

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It weighed
about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion.  The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato patty
to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

Koji-dusted NY strip steak with alder-smoked crystal salt and crushed pink
peppercorns on the grill.
Fresh Mexican asparagus trimmed to 6", light olive oil to coat, dressed with
grated Romano cheese on top, and broiled to perfection.

Oh my... this was pornography. Please don't let anyone below 18 read this!

[clams casino]

Post by D

Post by clams casino

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It
weighed about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one
portion.  The other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little
garlic powder and pan searing it in the small cast iron skillet,
cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

Koji-dusted NY strip steak with alder-smoked crystal salt and crushed
pink peppercorns on the grill.
Fresh Mexican asparagus trimmed to 6", light olive oil to coat,
dressed with grated Romano cheese on top, and broiled to perfection.

Oh my... this was pornography. Please don't let anyone below 18 read this!

Phew laddie!

(‿∣‿) slap 🤤

I'll try and keep the heat down next time...

[D]

Post by clams casino

Post by D

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It weighed
about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion.  The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

Koji-dusted NY strip steak with alder-smoked crystal salt and crushed pink
peppercorns on the grill.
Fresh Mexican asparagus trimmed to 6", light olive oil to coat, dressed
with grated Romano cheese on top, and broiled to perfection.

Oh my... this was pornography. Please don't let anyone below 18 read this!

Phew laddie!
(‿∣‿) slap 🀀
I'll try and keep the heat down next time...

Thank you! ;)

[Hank Rogers]

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It weighed
about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion.  The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

A chicken pot pie, your Majesty, with a glass of milk.

[Ed P]

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It weighed
about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion.  The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

Yours sounds better than mine.

My DIL made turkey soup and sent some over. It was OK.

Dessert was a piece of stollen from a friends in CT. My wife made them
for gifts to friends every Christmas. After she passed, our friend
Betty made them and sent me two of them Nice treat!

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Ed P

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It
weighed about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one
portion.  The other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little
garlic powder and pan searing it in the small cast iron skillet,
cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

Yours sounds better than mine.
My DIL made turkey soup and sent some over.  It was OK.
Dessert was a piece of stollen from a friends in CT.  My wife made them
for gifts to friends every Christmas.  After she passed, our friend
Betty made them and sent me two of them   Nice treat!

The Stollen sounds like a nice treat! How nice of your friend Betty to
send it. :)

Jill

[Ed P]

Post by Ed P
Dessert was a piece of stollen from a friends in CT.  My wife made
them for gifts to friends every Christmas.  After she passed, our
friend Betty made them and sent me two of them   Nice treat!

The Stollen sounds like a nice treat!  How nice of your friend Betty to
send it. :)
Jill

Betty, and her husband, is one of the few people you meet that are true
friends.

In 1981 we moved to CT to work for the company that bought out my
previous employer. Betty was the secretary. From day one, we hit it off
and became good friends ever since.

[Dave Smith]

Post by Ed P
My DIL made turkey soup and sent some over.  It was OK.
Dessert was a piece of stollen from a friends in CT.  My wife made them
for gifts to friends every Christmas.  After she passed, our friend
Betty made them and sent me two of them   Nice treat!

Home made stollen would be great. Stollen is a Christmas memory from my
youth. My best friend was German his mother always had stollen around
Christas, I used to get them at a German deli near our office but it
closed down. I have not had one in years.

[D]

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed about
3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The other half
I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan searing it in
the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato patty to
go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

This is an excellent choice! The only thing I would do different is to
ditch the vegetables.

Here it will be some kind of faux Choucroute with what ever we have at
home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choucroute_garnie .

[clams casino]

Post by D

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It
weighed about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one
portion.  The other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little
garlic powder and pan searing it in the small cast iron skillet,
cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

This is an excellent choice! The only thing I would do different is to
ditch the vegetables.
Here it will be some kind of faux Choucroute with what ever we have at
home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choucroute_garnie .

UMAMI!!!

[D]

Post by clams casino

Post by D

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It weighed
about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion.  The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato patty
to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

This is an excellent choice! The only thing I would do different is to
ditch the vegetables.
Here it will be some kind of faux Choucroute with what ever we have at
home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choucroute_garnie .

UMAMI!!!

It was super tasty! A clear win for my father! The sauerkraut was with
cumin and for meat we added two types of sausages, a bit of left over ham,
and some boiled thick bacon. Also a bit of potato in there somewhere.

[clams casino]

Post by D

Post by clams casino

Post by D

I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday.  It
weighed about 3/4 lb.  I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one
portion.  The other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little
garlic powder and pan searing it in the small cast iron skillet,
cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it.  Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

This is an excellent choice! The only thing I would do different is
to ditch the vegetables.
Here it will be some kind of faux Choucroute with what ever we have
at home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choucroute_garnie .

UMAMI!!!

It was super tasty! A clear win for my father! The sauerkraut was with
cumin and for meat we added two types of sausages, a bit of left over
ham, and some boiled thick bacon. Also a bit of potato in there somewhere.

I like the cumin with the sauerkraut, a complimentary match.

That much porky goodness can never be denied.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

Post by Jill McQuown
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Leftover stew. She had chicken, and I had beef. We're stewed out, except
she had the last of the chicken stew tonight. I did make Christmas
cheese today. Unbelievably, I didn't have Tabasco sauce, so I
substituted Frank's RedHot Wing Sauce. I haven't tasted it, but my wife
can't tell the difference. :)

<https://postimg.cc/jwjTM4yL>

All I have to do now is slave over some Betty Crocker chocolate chip
cookies and fire off some Zelle money to family, for the kids.
Then I can do this.

<https://postimg.cc/tZzKGZt8>

leo

[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Jill McQuown
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Leftover stew. She had chicken, and I had beef. We're stewed out, except
she had the last of the chicken stew tonight. I did make Christmas
cheese today. Unbelievably, I didn't have Tabasco sauce, so I
substituted Frank's RedHot Wing Sauce. I haven't tasted it, but my wife
can't tell the difference. :)
<https://postimg.cc/jwjTM4yL>

Frank's Redhot sauce certainly has a zing to it.

Post by Leonard Blaisdell
All I have to do now is slave over some Betty Crocker chocolate chip
cookies and fire off some Zelle money to family, for the kids.
Then I can do this.
<https://postimg.cc/tZzKGZt8>
leo

That looks like Jesse Watters!

I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

[Bruce]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Jill McQuown
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Leftover stew. She had chicken, and I had beef. We're stewed out, except
she had the last of the chicken stew tonight. I did make Christmas
cheese today. Unbelievably, I didn't have Tabasco sauce, so I
substituted Frank's RedHot Wing Sauce. I haven't tasted it, but my wife
can't tell the difference. :)
<https://postimg.cc/jwjTM4yL>

Frank's Redhot sauce certainly has a zing to it.

And great ingredients.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
That looks like Jesse Watters!

Nailed it!

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

Yes. Many, many years ago, we bought a mantle with a large glass mirror.
We hardly ever used the fireplace beneath, and we had it removed and
redid the wall.
A miracle occurred when removal of the mirror made the mantle space
exactly fit a modern, flat-screen, 56" TV. Hallelujah!
The ceramic fruit beneath the TV sits on a Amish cedar chest that
miraculously fit between the mantle posts. Hallelujah times two!
Merry Christmas, Joan! I seem to be shouting a lot today. ;)

[D]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
That looks like Jesse Watters!

Nailed it!

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

Yes. Many, many years ago, we bought a mantle with a large glass mirror.
We hardly ever used the fireplace beneath, and we had it removed and
redid the wall.
A miracle occurred when removal of the mirror made the mantle space
exactly fit a modern, flat-screen, 56" TV. Hallelujah!
The ceramic fruit beneath the TV sits on a Amish cedar chest that
miraculously fit between the mantle posts. Hallelujah times two!
Merry Christmas, Joan! I seem to be shouting a lot today. ;)

It was Gods will! =)

[clams casino]

Post by D

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
That looks like Jesse Watters!

Nailed it!

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question.  Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet?  It's beautiful.

Yes. Many, many years ago, we bought a mantle with a large glass mirror.
We hardly ever used the fireplace beneath, and we had it removed and
redid the wall.
A miracle occurred when removal of the mirror made the mantle space
exactly fit a modern, flat-screen, 56" TV. Hallelujah!
The ceramic fruit beneath the TV sits on a Amish cedar chest that
miraculously fit between the mantle posts. Hallelujah times two!
Merry Christmas, Joan! I seem to be shouting a lot today. ;)

It was Gods will! =)

I read Amish and say yes!

[clams casino]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
That looks like Jesse Watters!

Nailed it!

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

Yes. Many, many years ago, we bought a mantle with a large glass mirror.
We hardly ever used the fireplace beneath, and we had it removed and
redid the wall.
A miracle occurred when removal of the mirror made the mantle space
exactly fit a modern, flat-screen, 56" TV. Hallelujah!
The ceramic fruit beneath the TV sits on a Amish cedar chest that
miraculously fit between the mantle posts. Hallelujah times two!
Merry Christmas, Joan! I seem to be shouting a lot today. ;)

Some serendipitous woodworking that is.

Full on custom, done traditional style - noice!

If it gets cold enough you could always swap the chest out for an Amish
electric fireplace:

https://www.amishoutletstore.com/shop/furniture/amish-fireplaces/

https://www.amishoutletstore.com/shop/amish-fireplaces/logan-fireplace/

[Bruce]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

[Leonard Blaisdell]

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

[Hank Rogers]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

Poor Master.

[Bruce]

On 22 Dec 2024 06:52:27 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

I asked our artificially intelligent acquaintance:

"Mantel: This refers to the shelf above a fireplace."
Mantle: A loose, sleeveless cloak or cape."

I don't know. You're the natives.

[Hank Rogers]

Post by Bruce
On 22 Dec 2024 06:52:27 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

"Mantel: This refers to the shelf above a fireplace."
Mantle: A loose, sleeveless cloak or cape."
I don't know. You're the natives.

Master, your fake friend forgot to tell you about mantles used in kerosene
lamp and gas lanterns. At least you got a good whiff out of it.

[Mike Duffy]

Post by Hank Rogers
Master, your fake friend forgot to tell you about
mantles used in kerosene lamp and gas lanterns.

Ah yes. A 'mantle' is the thing you tell your
cousin about when setting up camp in the bush:

"Whatever you do, don't even touch this litle
thing, because I forget to bring a spare."

To which he says, "What, this?" as his grubby
whisky-sloshed finger neatly cleaves it into
a dozen tiny pieces.

[Michael Trew]

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Hank Rogers
Master, your fake friend forgot to tell you about
mantles used in kerosene lamp and gas lanterns.

Ah yes. A 'mantle' is the thing you tell your
"Whatever you do, don't even touch this litle
thing, because I forget to bring a spare."
To which he says, "What, this?" as his grubby
whisky-sloshed finger neatly cleaves it into
a dozen tiny pieces.

I bought a couple boxes of antique gas lamps and parts, from late 1800's
houses. Miraculously, there were a couple of new-in-box gas lamp
mantles. The old-school kind, which are radioactive, but glow nice and
bright. These things are over a century old, and basically
"unobtainium". Eventually, I'll get motivated enough to hook up a gas
wall light. ;)

[Hank Rogers]

Post by Michael Trew

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Hank Rogers
Master, your fake friend forgot to tell you about
mantles used in kerosene lamp and gas lanterns.

Ah yes. A 'mantle' is the thing you tell your
"Whatever you do, don't even touch this litle
thing, because I forget to bring a spare."
To which he says, "What, this?" as his grubby
whisky-sloshed finger neatly cleaves it into
a dozen tiny pieces.

I bought a couple boxes of antique gas lamps and parts, from late 1800's
houses.  Miraculously, there were a couple of new-in-box gas lamp
mantles.  The old-school kind, which are radioactive, but glow nice and
bright.  These things are over a century old, and basically
"unobtainium".  Eventually, I'll get motivated enough to hook up a gas
wall light.  ;)

Why do it, if you can't get mantles. They don't last forever.

[Mike Duffy]

Post by Hank Rogers
Why do it, if you can't get mantles. They don't last forever.

I just checked; 'Coleman' mantles are availble at Canadian Tire.

Thorium is not specifically mentioned, but I recall the warning
on the label to not touch the mantle, and if you do, wash hands
before touching food or your face, &c.

I suspect thorium just because there is no heavy metal salt
(i.e. oxide) toxic enough to warrant such a warning over what
looks like a few dozen mg.

Thallium oxide is fatal at close to around 200 mg. That seems to me
as way more than the ashes from a collapsed mantle.

If not thorium, probably they use cerium.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Hank Rogers
Why do it, if you can't get mantles. They don't last forever.

I just checked; 'Coleman' mantles are availble at Canadian Tire.
Thorium is not specifically mentioned, but I recall the warning
on the label to not touch the mantle, and if you do, wash hands
before touching food or your face, &c.
I suspect thorium just because there is no heavy metal salt
(i.e. oxide) toxic enough to warrant such a warning over what
looks like a few dozen mg.
Thallium oxide is fatal at close to around 200 mg. That seems to me
as way more than the ashes from a collapsed mantle.
If not thorium, probably they use cerium.

And here we go:

https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/products-containing-thorium/gas-lantern-mantles.html

[Mike Duffy]

Post by Cindy Hamilton
https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection
/consumer/products-containing-thorium/gas-lantern-mantles.html

Cindy: Thanks.

Michael: Read the article. Coleman replaced thorium with yttrium
~ 30 years ago, but you still MUST be rigourously clean about
handling those things, especially with young kids around.

[Michael Trew]

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Hank Rogers
Why do it, if you can't get mantles. They don't last forever.

I've once or twice seen one intact in an old house, but once they've
been used, they are extremely brittle. You can't touch or move them.

Post by Mike Duffy
I just checked; 'Coleman' mantles are availble at Canadian Tire.

I've looked up to see if the modern camping type mantles can work with
the old gas lights, and it seems that some "hacking" would need to be
done. Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

[Mike Duffy]

Post by Michael Trew
Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

About 20% I think. (Read Cindy's reference.) The feds have 'gaslit'
the populace into believing it's not worth the extra radiation exposure.

I doubt you might(?) be able to procure thorium somewhere; in any case
I do not recommend anyone to supercharge their mantles without prior
training & equipment for working with radionucleides.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Michael Trew
Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

About 20% I think. (Read Cindy's reference.) The feds have 'gaslit'
the populace into believing it's not worth the extra radiation exposure.
I doubt you might(?) be able to procure thorium somewhere; in any case
I do not recommend anyone to supercharge their mantles without prior
training & equipment for working with radionucleides.

Remember when cool watches had radium faces that glowed in the dark? I
used to go to the shoe store and slide my shoe clad foot in a machine so
I could look at the bones in it.
I exposed myself to lots of thorium in Coleman mantles until they
discontinued it. Good God! Why am I still alive?
I had no idea of radioactive mantles until this thread. Thanks, rfc! :(

[Mike Duffy]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell
I had no idea of radioactive mantles
until this thread. Thanks, rfc! :(

Ummm, it is technically 'food-related'. You ARE aware
that brazil nuts are about 1000 times more radioactive
than other foods?

[dsi1]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Michael Trew
Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

About 20% I think. (Read Cindy's reference.) The feds have 'gaslit'
the populace into believing it's not worth the extra radiation exposure.
I doubt you might(?) be able to procure thorium somewhere; in any case
I do not recommend anyone to supercharge their mantles without prior
training & equipment for working with radionucleides.

Remember when cool watches had radium faces that glowed in the dark? I
used to go to the shoe store and slide my shoe clad foot in a machine so
I could look at the bones in it.
I exposed myself to lots of thorium in Coleman mantles until they
discontinued it. Good God! Why am I still alive?
I had no idea of radioactive mantles until this thread. Thanks, rfc! :(

Having a small x-ray machine for home use would be just awesome. Forget
about rockets to Mars, I should be able to look at my bones anytime I
want! E. Musk, are you listening?

[Hank Rogers]

Post by dsi1

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Michael Trew
Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

About 20% I think. (Read Cindy's reference.) The feds have 'gaslit'
the populace into believing it's not worth the extra radiation exposure.
I doubt you might(?) be able to procure thorium somewhere; in any case
I do not recommend anyone to supercharge their mantles without prior
training & equipment for working with radionucleides.

Remember when cool watches had radium faces that glowed in the dark? I
used to go to the shoe store and slide my shoe clad foot in a machine so
I could look at the bones in it.
I exposed myself to lots of thorium in Coleman mantles until they
discontinued it. Good God! Why am I still alive?
I had no idea of radioactive mantles until this thread. Thanks, rfc! :(

Having a small x-ray machine for home use would be just awesome. Forget
about rockets to Mars, I should be able to look at my bones anytime I
want! E. Musk, are you listening?

I'd like to see an X-ray of your brain, Tojo.

[D]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Mike Duffy

Post by Michael Trew
Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

About 20% I think. (Read Cindy's reference.) The feds have 'gaslit'
the populace into believing it's not worth the extra radiation exposure.
I doubt you might(?) be able to procure thorium somewhere; in any case
I do not recommend anyone to supercharge their mantles without prior
training & equipment for working with radionucleides.

Remember when cool watches had radium faces that glowed in the dark? I
used to go to the shoe store and slide my shoe clad foot in a machine so
I could look at the bones in it.
I exposed myself to lots of thorium in Coleman mantles until they
discontinued it. Good God! Why am I still alive?
I had no idea of radioactive mantles until this thread. Thanks, rfc! :(

It could be that the level of radioactivity has actually kept you healthy
instead!

[songbird]

Michael Trew wrote:
...

Post by Michael Trew
I've looked up to see if the modern camping type mantles can work with
the old gas lights, and it seems that some "hacking" would need to be
done. Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

you can do so much better now with LEDs i see no
reason at all to frog around with flames and fuels
like that.

for as bright as i want i can use my computer UPS
for many hours if needed. just plug in the light-
right into it. it only pulls a few watts.

as for fuels and heat in the winter when the power
goes out the wood converted to propane fireplace
can go many days and it will give us heat, light
and warm food or drinks. absolutely no need at all
to deal with liquid fuels other than the big tank
needing to be refilled every 6-8 weeks in the winter -
the rest of the season we don't need it at all.


songbird

[Michael Trew]

Post by songbird
...

Post by Michael Trew
I've looked up to see if the modern camping type mantles can work with
the old gas lights, and it seems that some "hacking" would need to be
done. Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

you can do so much better now with LEDs i see no
reason at all to frog around with flames and fuels
like that.

I'm talking about old fashioned wall mounted lights plumbed into the
natural gas in your home (which you can't find mantles for). I'd
probably only use them if the power went out, or on occasion. True,
with LED lanterns, natural gas lighting is pointless, but as nothing
more than a conversation piece, I'd be amused to have a working
period-correct gas light on my living room wall.

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Michael Trew

...

Post by Michael Trew
I've looked up to see if the modern camping type mantles can work with
the old gas lights, and it seems that some "hacking" would need to be
done.  Apparently, they aren't as bright as the "real deal" either.

   you can do so much better now with LEDs i see no
reason at all to frog around with flames and fuels
like that.

I'm talking about old fashioned wall mounted lights plumbed into the
natural gas in your home (which you can't find mantles for).  I'd
probably only use them if the power went out, or on occasion.  True,
with LED lanterns, natural gas lighting is pointless, but as nothing
more than a conversation piece, I'd be amused to have a working period-
correct gas light on my living room wall.

That period gas light was shown to be rather deadly back in the day.

Jill

[Michael Trew]

Post by Jill McQuown

Post by Michael Trew
I'm talking about old fashioned wall mounted lights plumbed into the
natural gas in your home (which you can't find mantles for).  I'd
probably only use them if the power went out, or on occasion.

That period gas light was shown to be rather deadly back in the day.

My grandmother, who remembers working gas lights in the house she grew
up in, circa early 1940's, made a disgusted face when I mentioned gas
lighting. She remembers the old coal gas that left soot on all
surfaces. They had to vent windows when the gas lights were running.

To bring it back around to cooking, she remembers that they always set
the table the night before, but dishes were left turned upside-down,
because coal dust from heating would settle on everything in the house.
These days, gas burns a lot cleaner. I just thought it would be neat
to have one functioning gas light in my house, to be monitored carefully
when rarely used. It's on my "someday" list.

[dsi1]

Post by Michael Trew

Post by Jill McQuown

Post by Michael Trew
I'm talking about old fashioned wall mounted lights plumbed into the
natural gas in your home (which you can't find mantles for).  I'd
probably only use them if the power went out, or on occasion.

That period gas light was shown to be rather deadly back in the day.

My grandmother, who remembers working gas lights in the house she grew
up in, circa early 1940's, made a disgusted face when I mentioned gas
lighting. She remembers the old coal gas that left soot on all
surfaces. They had to vent windows when the gas lights were running.
To bring it back around to cooking, she remembers that they always set
the table the night before, but dishes were left turned upside-down,
because coal dust from heating would settle on everything in the house.
These days, gas burns a lot cleaner. I just thought it would be neat
to have one functioning gas light in my house, to be monitored carefully
when rarely used. It's on my "someday" list.

It's quite amazing to me that people can still die by stray gas in their
home. It's not much of a problem here because our houses/shack/huts are
leaky-leaky and that's the way we like it!

https://apnews.com/article/dayle-haddon-death-obituary-model-carbon-monoxide-bedff81dcfd119cf2dd398518a771705

[Hank Rogers]

Post by dsi1

Post by Michael Trew

Post by Jill McQuown

Post by Michael Trew
I'm talking about old fashioned wall mounted lights plumbed into the
natural gas in your home (which you can't find mantles for).  I'd
probably only use them if the power went out, or on occasion.

That period gas light was shown to be rather deadly back in the day.

My grandmother, who remembers working gas lights in the house she grew
up in, circa early 1940's, made a disgusted face when I mentioned gas
lighting.  She remembers the old coal gas that left soot on all
surfaces.  They had to vent windows when the gas lights were running.
To bring it back around to cooking, she remembers that they always set
the table the night before, but dishes were left turned upside-down,
because coal dust from heating would settle on everything in the house.
  These days, gas burns a lot cleaner.  I just thought it would be neat
to have one functioning gas light in my house, to be monitored carefully
when rarely used.  It's on my "someday" list.

It's quite amazing to me that people can still die by stray gas in their
home. It's not much of a problem here because our houses/shack/huts are
leaky-leaky and that's the way we like it!

Indeed Uncle. Da hiwaiians only need a candle they can buy from any
white honkey to give them light.

And for da cooking, they just dig a hole and build a big ole wood fire
nearby, then bury their vittles with the coals and wait a day to chow down.

It's a good system, but has reduced the number of trees left on da rock.

One day da Honkeys will start selling da hawaiians microwave ovens, but
they'll probably screw da poor hiwaiians.

[Dave Smith]

Post by Michael Trew

Post by Jill McQuown
That period gas light was shown to be rather deadly back in the day.

My grandmother, who remembers working gas lights in the house she grew
up in, circa early 1940's, made a disgusted face when I mentioned gas
lighting.  She remembers the old coal gas that left soot on all
surfaces.  They had to vent windows when the gas lights were running.
To bring it back around to cooking, she remembers that they always set
the table the night before, but dishes were left turned upside-down,
because coal dust from heating would settle on everything in the house.
 These days, gas burns a lot cleaner.  I just thought it would be neat
to have one functioning gas light in my house, to be monitored carefully
when rarely u

Everything was sootier and grimier back then. When we walked along the
railway tracks they covered in soot and dust. Downtown office buildings
were dark grey. We used to go through downtown Toronto and everything
looked grimy. They cleaned up the air and then cleaned up the buildings
and some of them turned out to be beautiful stone. A lot of houses were
heated with coal so they all had a chute into the basement and a coal
storage area.

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Dave Smith

Post by Michael Trew

Post by Jill McQuown
That period gas light was shown to be rather deadly back in the day.

My grandmother, who remembers working gas lights in the house she grew
up in, circa early 1940's, made a disgusted face when I mentioned gas
lighting.  She remembers the old coal gas that left soot on all
surfaces.  They had to vent windows when the gas lights were running.
To bring it back around to cooking, she remembers that they always set
the table the night before, but dishes were left turned upside-down,
because coal dust from heating would settle on everything in the
house.   These days, gas burns a lot cleaner.  I just thought it would
be neat to have one functioning gas light in my house, to be monitored
carefully

Everything was sootier and grimier back then. When we walked along the
railway tracks they covered in soot and dust. Downtown office buildings
were dark grey. We used to go through downtown Toronto and everything
looked grimy. They cleaned up the air  and then cleaned up the buildings
and some of them turned out to be beautiful stone. A lot of houses were
heated with coal so they all had a chute into the basement and a coal
storage area.

Both of my grandparent's houses had coal chutes and large bins for
storing coal in the basement. The houses were built around 1918.

Jill

[Ed P]

Post by Jill McQuown
Both of my grandparent's houses had coal chutes and large bins for
storing coal in the basement.  The houses were built around 1918.
Jill

I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had the
remnants of coal use. Common in houses built in the early 1900s.

Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s. One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was always
warm down there. There were metal cans for the ash and the city trash
collected it.

[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

Post by Ed P

Post by Jill McQuown
Both of my grandparent's houses had coal chutes and large bins for
storing coal in the basement.  The houses were built around 1918.
Jill

I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had the
remnants of coal use. Common in houses built in the early 1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s. One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was always
warm down there. There were metal cans for the ash and the city trash
collected it.

My house was originally heated with coal but in the early
fifties it was converted to gas with a gravity furnace in
the hallway. The little gizmo thingie that controlled the
damper is still on the baseboard in the hall, but my
brother cut the small chains that controlled the no longer
there damper and furnace years ago.

Verrrry similar to this one, but mine has been painted
over dozens of times.

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[Carol]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn

Post by Ed P

Post by Jill McQuown
Both of my grandparent's houses had coal chutes and large bins for
storing coal in the basement.  The houses were built around 1918.
Jill

I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had
the remnants of coal use. Common in houses built in the early
1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s. One of
my friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it
was always warm down there. There were metal cans for the ash and
the city trash collected it.

My house was originally heated with coal but in the early
fifties it was converted to gas with a gravity furnace in
the hallway. The little gizmo thingie that controlled the
damper is still on the baseboard in the hall, but my
brother cut the small chains that controlled the no longer
there damper and furnace years ago.
Verrrry similar to this one, but mine has been painted
over dozens of times.
https://i.postimg.cc/0QgykV7q/Damper-Control.jpg

Mine's not old enough for coal but has a functional fireplace which has
been getting a workout this weekend and next few days. So far, we seem
just barely out of snow area but plenty cold.

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Carol
Mine's not old enough for coal but has a functional fireplace which has
been getting a workout this weekend and next few days. So far, we seem
just barely out of snow area but plenty cold.

Wood burning fireplaces are nice for occasional ambiance. Using the
fireplace to heat the house in the winter? Nope. All the heat goes
right up the flue and the adjoining rooms wind up feeling cold.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

Post by Carol
Mine's not old enough for coal but has a functional fireplace which has
been getting a workout this weekend and next few days.  So far, we seem
just barely out of snow area but plenty cold.

Wood burning fireplaces are nice for occasional ambiance.  Using the
fireplace to heat the house in the winter?  Nope.  All the heat goes
right up the flue and the adjoining rooms wind up feeling cold.

Indeed. The other rooms end up feeling cool because the warm air has
been sucked into the fireplace to feed oxygen to the fire. We have a
stone fireplace so a lot of the heat is absorbed and the warmth lingers.

[Ed P]

Post by Dave Smith

Post by Carol
Mine's not old enough for coal but has a functional fireplace which has
been getting a workout this weekend and next few days.  So far, we seem
just barely out of snow area but plenty cold.

Wood burning fireplaces are nice for occasional ambiance.  Using the
fireplace to heat the house in the winter?  Nope.  All the heat goes
right up the flue and the adjoining rooms wind up feeling cold.

Indeed. The other rooms end up feeling cool because the warm air has
been sucked into the fireplace to feed oxygen to the fire.   We have a
stone fireplace so a lot of the heat is absorbed and the warmth lingers.

With our wood burning stove, the family room was quite warm and I had a
small fan blowing the warm air to the rest of the house. We preferred
keeping the bedrooms cooler anyway.

[Hank Rogers]

Post by Carol
Mine's not old enough for coal but has a functional fireplace which has
been getting a workout this weekend and next few days.  So far, we seem
just barely out of snow area but plenty cold.

Wood burning fireplaces are nice for occasional ambiance.  Using the
fireplace to heat the house in the winter?  Nope.  All the heat goes
right up the flue and the adjoining rooms wind up feeling cold.
Jill

That's what Popeye used to holler about.

Olive Oyl, is that yoose?

[Dave Smith]

Post by Ed P
I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had the
remnants of coal use.  Common in houses built in the early 1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s.  One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was always
warm down there.  There were metal cans for the ash and the city trash
collected it.

My wifes' parents' house had the remnants of a coal storage room in
their basement. After FiL retired he had it cleaned up and turned into
an office. My grandparents lived in houses that we built in the late
40s and early 50s and they had oil furnaces. I remember us driving
across the city and would see coal yards and coal trucks. I also
remember ice houses and horse drawn milk wagons and bread wagons.

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Dave Smith

Post by Ed P
I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had
the remnants of coal use.  Common in houses built in the early 1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s.  One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was
always warm down there.  There were metal cans for the ash and the
city trash collected it.

My wifes' parents' house had the remnants of a coal storage room in
their basement. After FiL retired he had it cleaned up and turned into
an office. My grandparents  lived in houses that we built in the late
40s and early 50s and they had oil furnaces. I remember us driving
across the city and would see coal yards and coal trucks. I also
remember ice houses  and horse drawn milk wagons and bread wagons.

Now you sound like Sheldon. LOL I'm sure my grandparents had milk
delivered, possibly by horse drawn wagon in the 1930's. They probably
also had ice delivered for "ice boxes" before refrigeration became a thing.

Come to think of it, I do remember my mother talking about having the
cream rise to the top of the milk bottles on cold days.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

Post by Dave Smith

Post by Ed P
I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had
the remnants of coal use.  Common in houses built in the early 1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s.  One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was
always warm down there.  There were metal cans for the ash and the
city trash collected it.

My wifes' parents' house had the remnants of a coal storage room in
their basement. After FiL retired he had it cleaned up and turned into
an office. My grandparents  lived in houses that we built in the late
40s and early 50s and they had oil furnaces. I remember us driving
across the city and would see coal yards and coal trucks. I also
remember ice houses  and horse drawn milk wagons and bread wagons.

Now you sound like Sheldon. LOL  I'm sure my grandparents had milk
delivered, possibly by horse drawn wagon in the 1930's.  They probably
also had ice delivered for "ice boxes" before refrigeration became a thing.

I do??? I didn't call anyone a liar. 😉
I was born in Toronto and lived there until I was three but our
grandparents and most of our aunts and uncles lived there and we visited
regularly. It is hard to differentiate between what I remember from
living there and what I saw when we were back visiting, though that was
mostly on weekend. We were living west of the city in from 1953-64 and
we definitely had milk and bread delivery there but it was by truck. My
mother stopped the bread delivery after finding mouse shit in a box of
butter tarts.

We moved to St.Catharines in 64 and had milk delivery (by truck) for a
few years. In 1971 I had a summer job in Welland and when I was on day
shifts I started at 7 am and was once surprised to see a pair of red
lights rocking back and forth. It turned out to be the rear end of the
milk drawn horse wagon. The local dairy prided itself in their horse
drawn service.

When we moved out here we tried milk delivery for a while but it often
came after we left for work and the milk went bad so we cancelled. I
don't think there has been any milk delivery in Niagara since the 70s.

Come to think of it, I do remember my mother talking about having the
cream rise to the top of the milk bottles on cold days.

It wasn't just on cold days. Milk was not homogenized back then so the
larger, lighter fat rose to the top. The dairy we bought from had bottle
with a sort of bulb near the top. The cream would rise to the top. They
had spoons that fit down to the bottom of that flared neck to block the
flow at the bottom so you could pour off the cream. That would give you
a small jug of cream and almost a quart of skim milk. If you wanted
whole milk you shook it up and the cream mixed back in with the milk.

Nowadays they homogenize the milk to break down the cream into smaller
bits and mix it with the milk. The always skim off the fat at the dairy
to make cream and skim milk and then add it back to make 1%,2% homo and
then a lot more to make half and half, table cream and whipping cream.

[Graham]

I had home delivery until the early 80s. Older houses, like mine, had a
milk hutch. It came in 1.333l bags, 3 to a sack. Now I have to get it at
the S/M in either tetra packs or plastic jugs.
During my childhood in the UK, Mum had to be sharpish to take in the
milk bottles before birds pecked through the foil caps to get at the
cream at the top.
On a side note, my late F-I-L's company made machinery that capped
milk bottles and at one stage his machines capped over 75% of the
world's milk bottles.

[dsi1]

Post by Dave Smith
I do??? I didn't call anyone a liar. 😉
I was born in Toronto and lived there until I was three but our
grandparents and most of our aunts and uncles lived there and we visited
regularly. It is hard to differentiate between what I remember from
living there and what I saw when we were back visiting, though that was
mostly on weekend. We were living west of the city in from 1953-64 and
we definitely had milk and bread delivery there but it was by truck. My
mother stopped the bread delivery after finding mouse shit in a box of
butter tarts.
We moved to St.Catharines in 64 and had milk delivery (by truck) for a
few years. In 1971 I had a summer job in Welland and when I was on day
shifts I started at 7 am and was once surprised to see a pair of red
lights rocking back and forth. It turned out to be the rear end of the
milk drawn horse wagon. The local dairy prided itself in their horse
drawn service.
When we moved out here we tried milk delivery for a while but it often
came after we left for work and the milk went bad so we cancelled. I
don't think there has been any milk delivery in Niagara since the 70s.

Post by Jill McQuown
Come to think of it, I do remember my mother talking about having the
cream rise to the top of the milk bottles on cold days.

It wasn't just on cold days. Milk was not homogenized back then so the
larger, lighter fat rose to the top. The dairy we bought from had bottle
with a sort of bulb near the top. The cream would rise to the top. They
had spoons that fit down to the bottom of that flared neck to block the
flow at the bottom so you could pour off the cream. That would give you
a small jug of cream and almost a quart of skim milk. If you wanted
whole milk you shook it up and the cream mixed back in with the milk.
Nowadays they homogenize the milk to break down the cream into smaller
bits and mix it with the milk. The always skim off the fat at the dairy
to make cream and skim milk and then add it back to make 1%,2% homo and
then a lot more to make half and half, table cream and whipping cream.

We used to get milk deliveries back in the early 60's. I would hear a
truck stop at our house and a person walking up the driveway. This was
in the early hours - maybe I was dreaming. I don't remember drinking
much milk but I suppose I did as a kid. These days, I don't touch the
stuff.

The other day, we had a popular Korean dish. Cheese corn. It doesn't
seem like a Korean dish but the Koreans love the stuff. It's quite tasty
and it doesn't use American cheese! I'll probably make it one day -
it'll be a real hoot. My guess is that Americans will start serving it -
as a Mexican dish.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oeyzkU3NovivLcZe8

[Ed P]

Post by Dave Smith

Post by Ed P
I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had
the remnants of coal use.  Common in houses built in the early 1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s.  One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was
always warm down there.  There were metal cans for the ash and the
city trash collected it.

My wifes' parents' house had the remnants of a coal storage room in
their basement. After FiL retired he had it cleaned up and turned into
an office. My grandparents  lived in houses that we built in the late
40s and early 50s and they had oil furnaces. I remember us driving
across the city and would see coal yards and coal trucks. I also
remember ice houses  and horse drawn milk wagons and bread wagons.

Now you sound like Sheldon. LOL  I'm sure my grandparents had milk
delivered, possibly by horse drawn wagon in the 1930's.  They probably
also had ice delivered for "ice boxes" before refrigeration became a thing.
Come to think of it, I do remember my mother talking about having the
cream rise to the top of the milk bottles on cold days.
Jill

It was about 1952, I remember the milkman had a horse drawn cart. The
milk was kept cold with ice and it was dripping, of course.

I do remember a small refrigerator with a little freezer box. Don't
remember any ice boxes.

[Dave Smith]

It was about 1952, I remember the milkman had a horse drawn cart.  The
milk was kept cold with ice and it was dripping, of course.
I do remember a small refrigerator with a little freezer box.  Don't
remember any ice boxes.

I don't remember knowing anyone who had an icebox but when I was a kid
there a number of abandoned farms in the are and of course we had to
check them out. A couple of them had ice boxes.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 15:22:47 -0500, Dave Smith

Post by Dave Smith

It was about 1952, I remember the milkman had a horse drawn cart.  The
milk was kept cold with ice and it was dripping, of course.
I do remember a small refrigerator with a little freezer box.  Don't
remember any ice boxes.

I don't remember knowing anyone who had an icebox but when I was a kid
there a number of abandoned farms in the are and of course we had to
check them out. A couple of them had ice boxes.

The plot thickens, Dave.

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Ed P

Post by Jill McQuown
Both of my grandparent's houses had coal chutes and large bins for
storing coal in the basement.  The houses were built around 1918.
Jill

I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had the
remnants of coal use.  Common in houses built in the early 1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s.  One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was always
warm down there.  There were metal cans for the ash and the city trash
collected it.

I don't know when my grandparents stopped using coal. I just remember
the coal chutes from the outside and cinder-block coal bins in the
basement which were later converted to storage areas. No one left to
ask about it anymore.

Jill

[Michael Trew]

Post by Ed P

Post by Jill McQuown
Both of my grandparent's houses had coal chutes and large bins for
storing coal in the basement.  The houses were built around 1918.
Jill

I know of quite a few houses, one from my early childhood, that had the
remnants of coal use.  Common in houses built in the early 1900s.
Only one though, was still burning coal in the late 1950s.  One of my
friends house had the big coal furnace in the basement and it was always
warm down there.  There were metal cans for the ash and the city trash
collected it.

Between relatives and houses I've worked on, I've seen a few of those
massive old "octopus" coal furnaces in the cellar, but they were all
converted to gas or oil. I love gravity heat, it's smooth and warm, not
drafty like forced air.

Grandpap told me about their coal furnace when he was growing up. Had
to bank it with ash at night to keep the embers going. They put the ash
out on slick side walks and road ways for traction.

[Ed P]

Post by Michael Trew
Between relatives and houses I've worked on, I've seen a few of those
massive old "octopus" coal furnaces in the cellar, but they were all
converted to gas or oil.  I love gravity heat, it's smooth and warm, not
drafty like forced air.

My first house had that. Efficient, quiet and the house was comfy in
every room. Furnace in the basement and two floors above.

Size and layout limitations, but very good in the right place. Some
houses on the street added central air conditioning so they had to
convert to forced hot air for it all to work.

[Hank Rogers]

Post by Michael Trew

Post by Jill McQuown

Post by Michael Trew
I'm talking about old fashioned wall mounted lights plumbed into the
natural gas in your home (which you can't find mantles for).  I'd
probably only use them if the power went out, or on occasion.

That period gas light was shown to be rather deadly back in the day.

My grandmother, who remembers working gas lights in the house she grew
up in, circa early 1940's, made a disgusted face when I mentioned gas
lighting.  She remembers the old coal gas that left soot on all
surfaces.  They had to vent windows when the gas lights were running.
To bring it back around to cooking, she remembers that they always set
the table the night before, but dishes were left turned upside-down,
because coal dust from heating would settle on everything in the house.
 These days, gas burns a lot cleaner.  I just thought it would be neat
to have one functioning gas light in my house, to be monitored carefully
when rarely used.  It's on my "someday" list.

Her Majesty may be referring to old timey "city gas". This was a
byproduct used for a while, mostly for lighting in big american cities.

It has a very high concentration of carbon monoxide. CO will burn to
yield heat, light, and harmless CO2. But it is deadly if breathed a
while, and it is flammable and can explode like any other heating gas.

Her Highness is very old and probably remembers using this dangerous
city gas in one of her earlier palaces.

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Post by Bruce
I don't know. You're the natives.

No we're not.

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I don't know. You're the natives.

No we're not.

i am

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Post by Bruce
I don't know. You're the natives.

No we're not.

i am

I know.

[Bruce]

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Post by Bruce
I don't know. You're the natives.

No we're not.

Native English speakers. Can you stop adding Australian newsgroups?

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Post by Bruce

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Post by Bruce
I don't know. You're the natives.

No we're not.

Native English speakers. Can you stop adding Australian newsgroups?

Heh, yes I can.

[Bruce]

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Post by Bruce

Post by clams casino

Post by Bruce
I don't know. You're the natives.

No we're not.

Native English speakers. Can you stop adding Australian newsgroups?

Heh, yes I can.

Thanks.

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Post by Bruce

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Post by Bruce

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Post by Bruce
I don't know. You're the natives.

No we're not.

Native English speakers. Can you stop adding Australian newsgroups?

Heh, yes I can.

Thanks.

:-)

[D]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

Please Leo, in order not to offend, let's call it a straightonym or a
heteronym!

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Post by D

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question.  Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet?  It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

Please Leo, in order not to offend, let's call it a straightonym or a
heteronym!

This is going to arouse the pseudonyms, you just wait!

[D]

Post by clams casino

Post by D

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Bruce

I've got to ask a question.  Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet?  It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

Please Leo, in order not to offend, let's call it a straightonym or a
heteronym!

This is going to arouse the pseudonyms, you just wait!

Touché! ;)

[gm]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell
Look up homonym. Go from there. I'm always here to help you.

BTW, Leo, lookie here...!!!

https://cinesavant.com/


Hello!

"Here’s something we didn’t expect. Every year the National Film
Registry adds 25 more titles deemed worthy of restoration, as
‘historically, culturally and aesthetically significant.’ They’ve been
doing this since 1989, when the first titles chosen were plenty obvious:
The Searchers, Singin’ in the Rain, Vertigo...

We take special note that this year’s list includes William Cameron
Menzies’ Invaders from Mars, as we’ve always been a major booster of the
title. It may not yet ‘hang in the Louvre,’ but it’s a much-deserved
honor for a picture that ten years ago was an oddity with a reputation
split between ‘Masterpiece’ and ‘Silly Sci-fi loser.” Not helping was
the fact that the show couldn’t be seen in a decent copy...

We think Invaders was chosen because of the major restoration performed
several years ago, that attracted a lot of attention. Restoration
supervisor Scott MacQueen agrees: ” I think there’s no question that
the 4K Blu-ray, looking as sharp and clean as it does, put the movie
back on people’s radar.” For that we still have Jan Willem Jansen of
Ignite to thank … as previously explained, restoring the movie was so
difficult, any another rights-holder might very well not have gone to
the trouble...

Here’s the new NFR list; we note that today’s review title No Country
for Old Men made the cut as well...

https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/25-films-named-to-national-film-registry-for-preservation/s/55d5285d-916f-4105-b7d4-7fc3ba8664e3

25 Films Named to National Film Registry for Preservation

Release Date: 17 Dec 2024

"Twenty-five films have been selected for the Library of Congress
National Film Registry in 2024 due to their cultural, historic or
aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, Librarian
of Congress Carla Hayden announced today...

The new selections date back nearly 130 years and include a diverse
group of films, filmmakers and Hollywood landmarks. The selections span
from a silent film created to entice audiences at the dawn of cinema in
1895 to the newest selected film from 2010, a drama about social
media...

The public submitted nominations of more than 6,700 titles for
consideration this year...

The selections bring the number of titles in the registry to 900. Some
films are among the 2 million moving image collection items held in the
Library of Congress. Others are preserved in coordination with copyright
holders or other film archives...

Films Selected for the 2024 National Film Registry

(chronological order)

Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895)
KoKo’s Earth Control (1928)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
The Chelsea Girls (1966)
Ganja and Hess (1973)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Zora Lathan Student Films (1975-76)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Will (1981)
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (1982)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Powwow Highway (1989)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
American Me (1992)
Mi Familia (1995)
Compensation (1999)
Spy Kids (2001)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Social Network (2010)..."

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Post by gm
Powwow Highway (1989)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
No Country for Old Men (2007)

+3!

[dsi1]

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

A mantle is some extra material that surrounds scallops. Most people
don't get scallops with the mantle attached but da Hawaiians do. We're
just that special.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qC2qViwgwqgHX7eG8

[Hank Rogers]

Post by dsi1

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

A mantle is some extra material that surrounds scallops. Most people
don't get scallops with the mantle attached but da Hawaiians do. We're
just that special.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qC2qViwgwqgHX7eG8

Ohhh da hawaiians 💩

[Bruce]

Post by dsi1

Post by Bruce

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
I've got to ask a question. Is that a mantle you've
turned into a TV stand/cabinet? It's beautiful.

How do you turn a garment into a TV stand?

A mantle is some extra material that surrounds scallops. Most people
don't get scallops with the mantle attached but da Hawaiians do. We're
just that special.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qC2qViwgwqgHX7eG8

I'm used to buying scallops with that orange stuff too. Maybe
Tasmanians are special as well. Maybe being special is an islander
thing. Look at Janet UK.

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Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Jill McQuown
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Leftover stew. She had chicken, and I had beef. We're stewed out, except
she had the last of the chicken stew tonight. I did make Christmas
cheese today. Unbelievably, I didn't have Tabasco sauce, so I
substituted Frank's RedHot Wing Sauce. I haven't tasted it, but my wife
can't tell the difference. :)
<https://postimg.cc/jwjTM4yL>
All I have to do now is slave over some Betty Crocker chocolate chip
cookies and fire off some Zelle money to family, for the kids.
Then I can do this.
<https://postimg.cc/tZzKGZt8>
leo

It's....WATERS WORLD tine!

[dsi1]

Post by Leonard Blaisdell

Post by Jill McQuown
What's for dinner tonight at your house?

Leftover stew. She had chicken, and I had beef. We're stewed out, except
she had the last of the chicken stew tonight. I did make Christmas
cheese today. Unbelievably, I didn't have Tabasco sauce, so I
substituted Frank's RedHot Wing Sauce. I haven't tasted it, but my wife
can't tell the difference. :)
<https://postimg.cc/jwjTM4yL>
All I have to do now is slave over some Betty Crocker chocolate chip
cookies and fire off some Zelle money to family, for the kids.
Then I can do this.
<https://postimg.cc/tZzKGZt8>
leo

Obviously, you're enjoying yourself way too much. 20 years ago, we could
have never imagined that we would own such a wondrous, high-resolution,
electronic device as the modern TV. These are amazing times we live in.

[dsi1]

Post by Jill McQuown
I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

[Bruce]

Post by dsi1

Post by Jill McQuown
I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

Yes, it's wonderful when things are served with with gravy.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Post by Bruce

Post by dsi1

Post by Jill McQuown
I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

Yes, it's wonderful when things are served with with gravy.

That isn't jus. It wasn't derived from cooking meat. It's
mostly soy sauce and dashi. Maybe mirin. Almost certainly
sugar.

Where's the finely grated daikon that should accompany any
tempura?

[Bruce]

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:50:09 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Bruce

Post by dsi1
I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

Yes, it's wonderful when things are served with with gravy.

That isn't jus. It wasn't derived from cooking meat. It's
mostly soy sauce and dashi. Maybe mirin. Almost certainly
sugar.

I know, but I was thinking semantically or grammatically more than
culinarily.

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Cindy Hamilton

Post by Bruce

Post by dsi1

Post by Jill McQuown
I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

Yes, it's wonderful when things are served with with gravy.

Someone should be spitting nails for David's use of the phrase "with au
jus" right about now. LOL

Post by Cindy Hamilton
That isn't jus. It wasn't derived from cooking meat. It's
mostly soy sauce and dashi. Maybe mirin. Almost certainly
sugar.
Where's the finely grated daikon that should accompany any
tempura?

Perhaps the takeout restaurant didn't have any.

Jill

[Bruce]

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:28:19 -0500, Jill McQuown

Post by Jill McQuown

Post by Bruce

Post by dsi1
I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

Yes, it's wonderful when things are served with with gravy.

Someone should be spitting nails for David's use of the phrase "with au
jus" right about now. LOL

That's just a contrary teenager at work. "You all say Yes? Then I say
No!"

[dsi1]

Post by Bruce

Post by dsi1

Post by Jill McQuown
I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

Yes, it's wonderful when things are served with with gravy.

Dis guy must infuriate you beyond all reason.

[Bruce]

Post by dsi1

Post by Bruce

Post by dsi1

Post by Jill McQuown
I bought a prime ribeye steak at the meat market yesterday. It weighed
about 3/4 lb. I cut it in half and wrapped and froze one portion. The
other half I'll be seasoning with S&P and a little garlic powder and pan
searing it in the small cast iron skillet, cooked nearly rare.
I think I'll use my very small air fryer to cook a hash brown potato
patty to go with it. Nuke some frozen asparagus spears.
What's for dinner tonight at your house?
Jill

I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMGMBjenKNNMfJAi8

Yes, it's wonderful when things are served with with gravy.

Dis guy must infuriate you beyond all reason.
http://youtu.be/hoLcoLOCEco

Omelette of the cheese man?

[Dave Smith]

Post by dsi1
I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.

What is you favourite kind of au jus?

[Jill McQuown]

Post by Dave Smith

Post by dsi1
I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.

What is you favourite kind of au jus?

LOL au shoyu?

Jill

[Janet]

Post by Dave Smith

Post by dsi1
I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.

What is you favourite kind of au jus?

bullion alamod



Janet UK

[Graham]

Post by Janet

Post by Dave Smith

Post by dsi1
I had some tempura tonight. Of course, it was served with au jus. I love
au jus.

What is you favourite kind of au jus?

bullion alamod
Janet UK

Do you make rizoatoh?