Recent content by JKalchik

Something about that just bugs me....gonna be a while before I wrap my head around it.

Ha. I got you covered, Larry, mine ain't gettin' squirreled away for another month yet.

That is indeed some beautiful craftsmanship. G/f's dad was a concrete mason. Both of our fathers pretty much worked right up until they passed (okay, just a couple of years of "retirement",) and while they were in completely different endeavors, I think they'd have recognized the skills each...

It's definitely spring here. Everything is greening up, the rhododendrons are in full bloom. It's nearly a month too early. I've been talking with my brother back on the family farm/orchards in MI. I don't know if his cherries have started to bloom yet, they should stay dormant for at least...

I got an article in my news feed this morning that Stratford Square Mall (Chicago's western suburbs) completely closed over the weekend. I had an apartment for 12 years just off the southeastern corner. Used to be fun around the holidays to walk over to the mall, buy something, then wander...

That's gonna be some GOOD soup. Only downside is that it take quite a while. I will agree that's a really good way to end up with some of the best tasting stock. About the only thing I would usually add beyond that is a couple of bay leaves.

Loves me some good matzo ball soup! Looks like a good start to the stock. Shalom, @Brett-EDH

I'd be willing to bet that the Cub Cadet 100 (10hp) that Dad bought in the mid 60s is still on the farm and running. He'd bought that specific model because it had a standard 540 RPM PTO shaft, and could run the flight elevator. There were a few years where it moved over 15,000 hay and straw...

I've just been buying Tellicherry peppercorns on Amazon. I've had good luck, don't really have a preferred vendor. If you've got a restaurant supply nearby, that might also be worth trying.

Actually..... those teeny tiny little bottles are wonderful to send by the case as care packages to overseas troops. Apparently, they're highly valued to dose MREs.

I helped a buddy of mine move several years ago (after a divorce) and he had a couple of pieces that weren't too bad to roll up on to the trailer when everything was on level ground. Then I saw the duplex he was moving into and a STEEP grade downwards into it. Oh, HECK NO, I'm not about to...

Receiver hitch mount. Pick up a receiver tube and mount it on the tongue of the trailer.

No, No, NO! Nothing to see here. Between those guys, Dillon Precision, et al, I could indeed spend a fortune.

Juno decided this afternoon was a good time for attention.

2 out of our 3 owners are rather food obsessed, and have no qualms about letting us know that it's chow time. If I kick the bucket, I would not be surprised in the least that they start with my eyeballs. Cats are also the perfect proof that world is not flat. They haven't been able to push...