OT - What are you doing right now?

lousubcap

Congrats @DMW.  I'm sure you will enjoy the new challenges.  Gotta be a great feeling of relief.  

TTC

Congrats @DMW. Thanks for sharing, job transitions are so stressful, whether or not you know it your story helps those of us who are facing our own career crisis. Very glad you are headed where you want to be. 

Botch

Congrats, @DMW !  

Botch

The timer in my toaster oven broke this morning.  The good news: the batteries in my smoke detector are still good.    
So, I'm on the market for a new toaster oven; any suggestions?  It WILL have an electronic timer, not a cheep spring-powered job as on my dead one.  

Eoin

@Botch Dualit are not a cheap option, but they last for ever and you can buy all of the spare parts as well.  It's not electronic, but it is a quality item.  We got fed up of replacing broken toasters, got one of these classic toasters in the 4 slice version and over 15 years leter it still works EXACTLY as it did on day 1.  This has toasted for a family with 5 kids, so heavy use every day, never needed repairing.

https://www.amazon.com/Dualit-20293-2-Slice-Toaster-Chrome/dp/B00009NROG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LU43LEZHRBWH&keywords=dualit+toaster&qid=1581787569&sprefix=dualit,aps,287&sr=8-1

pgprescott

Lunch. 

lkapigian

ColbyLang

Botch said:

The timer in my toaster oven broke this morning.  The good news: the batteries in my smoke detector are still good.    
So, I'm on the market for a new toaster oven; any suggestions?  It WILL have an electronic timer, not a cheep spring-powered job as on my dead one.  

We have a Breville. Not cheap either, works great. Use it more than our actual oven

johnnyp

My BIL is into model trains, so we went with them to a Model Train Expo at the local convention center. 

Little man had a good time.

rifrench

Eoin said:

I imagine a lot of cars are invisible to people driving full size pick up trucks. The bonnet line seems higher than a normal car's roof.

    I feel invisible when I am driving my 2003 Subaru Forester, not so much in my 1992 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4 !

TN_Egger

Watching the DC Defenders against the NY Guardians. (that's XFL for you not in the loop)  Don't recognize a single name.  Can't say I'm a fan yet...just seems wrong to be playing football in Feb/March/April.

JohnInCarolina

SRF Cowboy ribeye, gold grade.  3lbs, 2.5” thick.

johnnyp

TN_Egger said:

Watching the DC Defenders against the NY Guardians. (that's XFL for you not in the loop)  Don't recognize a single name.  Can't say I'm a fan yet...just seems wrong to be playing football in Feb/March/April.

Cardale Jones, QB for DC, quarterbacked Ohio State to a national championship a few years back 

nolaegghead

Oyster and shrimp poboys and fried okra at the Westwego seafood market

Botch

ColbyLang said:

Botch said:

The timer in my toaster oven broke this morning.  The good news: the batteries in my smoke detector are still good.    
So, I'm on the market for a new toaster oven; any suggestions?  It WILL have an electronic timer, not a cheep spring-powered job as on my dead one.  

We have a Breville. Not cheap either, works great. Use it more than our actual oven

I've gone thru a few comparison videos on EweTube, and Breville and Cuisinart seem to be the brands to get.  I do need a full toaster oven, not just a toaster, as the broiler in my in-wall oven is worthless (and I love nachos!)  
My existing oven was a Black & Decker I grabbed for $40 a few Black Fridays ago; I used it enough to justify paying for a Breville.  
Thanks guys!  

Botch

Did baby backs today.  This past week I took great interest in @The Cen-Tex Smoker's discussion about burying the smoking wood at the bottom of the lump pile, so the volatiles get burned before reaching your protein.  Bought a box of post oak from the "Fruita-wood" site that someone else mentioned, and my first-ever Weber chimney starter, and gave them a go this morning.
 
My egg is on a PVC deck, so I couldn't light, or set down, the chimney there.  I thought about starting it on the grate, then picking it up and removing the grate, and then pouring in the lit coals.  This would've required three hands, even if I was coordinated.  Finally thought to just set the chimney on top of the old lump in the Egg, with the smoking chunk lightly buried underneath, giving it a head-start.  Lit the newspaper, and set my timer for 15 minutes per the chimney instructions.
 
Came out in 15 minutes and the chimney was roaring; so was the old lump around the base of the chimney, yikes!  The plastic handle on my new chimney was only a few inches above the hot lump, but wasn't damaged.  I grabbed the two handles and poured the lump out, spraying sparks everywhere.  I noticed a couple pieces of lump stuck in the wires of the chimney, about the same time I smelled burning hair. Gah!!  So, I'm running for the garage (cement floor) with the chimney in one hand and slapping my head with the other; fortunately I only singed a few hairs (and am due for a haircut anyway).  Glad no phone cameras were involved.  
 
This was about the quickest way I've ever gotten my Egg up to cooking temp; will just have to figure out a better lighting sequence.  

SciAggie

@Botch I would loved to have seen that. I get into those kinds of predicaments all the time. 

JohnInCarolina

@Botch - dude I just about died laughing reading that.

milesvdustin

Stupid idiot at the game sitting behind me: "He has 3 fouls now, that's almost 5."

Just one of the many gems he spouted off during the game.

thetrim

Congrats @DMW.  That's great news.

lkapigian

nolaegghead said:

Oyster and shrimp poboys and fried okra at the Westwego seafood market

Very Cool Carey

thetrim

Totally bummed to hear that the Buffalo is against CO2 reduction.

GATraveller

Brunswick stew. 

Acn

SGH

Doing my part to keep the oil flowing 👍

bucky925

My butcher had flank steak on sale today, so I made Braciole first time ever.  I used what I had for the stuffing and would change it next time, but we thought it turned out pretty good. 

lkapigian

thetrim

@acn dude, that picture...

GATraveller

Acn said:

DoubleEgger

milesvdustin said:

Stupid idiot at the game sitting behind me: "He has 3 fouls now, that's almost 5."

Just one of the many gems he spouted off during the game.