What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

SamIAm2 · February 8

zaphod said:

oh, my recording days have been over for years. My recordings were straight to open reel, reVox (replaced by a now idle studer), or Tascam.

My enjoyment now is listening - diving deep back into my vinyl. That said, I've started in on my trumpet again when nobody is about. Just messing about, barely have 1 octave of range. Want to get my chops built up before I inflict on anyone.

Trumpet was my first instrument in school but switched to singing/acting then much later to guitar. Banjo player abroad my ship wanted someone to accompany him with guitar so I picked up one in our next port of call - Barcelona. Fun times.

WeberWho · February 12

6baluts said:

I stole a page out of @WeberWho playbook and sniffed around FB Market place for another PK grill. Found a gent up in Maryland who was selling a couple of them. Made contact and agreed to meet up. Woke up drove across the "Bodacious Bridge & Tunnel" aka CBBT and arrived at his place. Picked up a heavily used PK Original and a never used PK 360 both for for $300. The gent and I got to talking and went into his garage and he had a new in box AF PK. Was not interested to be truthful. He was telling me he was no longer going to do SCA events and had 2 guys stand him up who were interested in the AF Pk. So he asked if I would be interested in thr grill for $150. SOLD. Loaded all 3 in the truck and the "Pk Express" headed back to Va Beach, PK rich, wallet poor.

Way to clean up when given the opportunity! That's awesome! Post some pictures when you get a chance! Congrats! @6baluts

Canugghead · February 13

Let's get the Despot thread off the top 5 😂

This is for @Paolo.

My wife asked an older Italian neighbour if she makes gnocchi from scratch, the answer was no. This got me thinking if most Italians (even the older generation) don't bother making gnocchi from scratch? I guess that would be similar to most Chinese don't make noodles from scratch lol.

Bought these for around $2 a 500g pack, perfect food to celebrate the Olympics! We don't eat this often, will probably cheat with sun dried tomato pesto sauce out of a bottle.

Some of you La Bomba fans may recognise the name Aurora, it's a big wholesale importer of Italian food here. Little Steven used to pick up cases of the canuck crack from their warehouse.

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Elijah · February 13

I asked about La Bomba while in Italy. No one knew anything about it even with pictures.

JohnInCarolina · February 13

Elijah said:

I asked about La Bomba while in Italy. No one knew anything about it even with pictures.

I thought the origins were Bolivian.

GrateEggspectations · February 13

My father loves La Bomba!! Gave me a jar a few months back. Was excellent.

Canugghead · February 13

Elijah said:

I asked about La Bomba while in Italy. No one knew anything about it even with pictures.

Not surprised that you couldn't find it. As far as I can tell La Bomba is importer Aurora's private label, for example they also have La Bomba sun dried tomatoes.

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Another local importer GiGI has its own version of Bomba label:

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Paolo · February 14

Canugghead said:

Let's get the Despot thread off the top 5 😂

This is for @Paolo.

My wife asked an older Italian neighbour if she makes gnocchi from scratch, the answer was no. This got me thinking if most Italians (even the older generation) don't bother making gnocchi from scratch? I guess that would be similar to most Chinese don't make noodles from scratch lol.

Bought these for around $2 a 500g pack, perfect food to celebrate the Olympics! We don't eat this often, will probably cheat with sun dried tomato pesto sauce out of a bottle.

Some of you La Bomba fans may recognise the name Aurora, it's a big wholesale importer of Italian food here. Little Steven used to pick up cases of the canuck crack from their warehouse.

Never heard of La Bomba or Aurora! And you seldom hear anybody making gnocchi from scratch.
Personally, I make tagliatelle, lasagne, and ravioli, but I’ve never even considered making gnocchi. We tend to think of gnocchi as something for a quick and easy lunch, so why bother making them from scratch?

That said, you should always keep in mind that culinary habits vary wildly in our relatively small country. You can find different specialties — and very different cooking traditions — just by moving to the next town a few miles away. So you never now precisely what happens elsewhere!

GrateEggspectations · February 14

Paolo said:

Canugghead said:

Let's get the Despot thread off the top 5 😂

This is for @Paolo.

My wife asked an older Italian neighbour if she makes gnocchi from scratch, the answer was no. This got me thinking if most Italians (even the older generation) don't bother making gnocchi from scratch? I guess that would be similar to most Chinese don't make noodles from scratch lol.

Bought these for around $2 a 500g pack, perfect food to celebrate the Olympics! We don't eat this often, will probably cheat with sun dried tomato pesto sauce out of a bottle.

Some of you La Bomba fans may recognise the name Aurora, it's a big wholesale importer of Italian food here. Little Steven used to pick up cases of the canuck crack from their warehouse.

Never heard of La Bomba or Aurora! And you seldom hear anybody making gnocchi from scratch.
Personally, I make tagliatelle, lasagne, and ravioli, but I’ve never even considered making gnocchi. We tend to think of gnocchi as something for a quick and easy lunch, so why bother making them from scratch?
That said, you should always keep in mind that culinary habits vary wildly in our relatively small country. You can find different specialties — and very different cooking traditions — just by moving to the next town a few miles away. So you never now precisely what happens elsewhere!

Years ago, we spent almost a month in Tuscany and stayed in a beautiful village called Pergine Valdarno (only spent two of the weeks of the trip at that property). The owners were exceptionally kind and hosted us for dinner at their house, at which time they taught us to make fresh gnocchi from scratch (my wife had previously made it at home, for fun). A private cooking class in Tuscany. Great memory of a really momentous trip.

My wife does pasta making once in a while here. She is quite good, IMO (totally unbiased 😂).

Canugghead · February 14

@Paolo Not sure if you noticed, the gnocchi is from Milano! Aurora is a wholesale importer here, La Bomba is their private label.

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