Recent content by JKalchik

We spent Saturday up nort' in Duluth, MN at the All Pints North. We went a few years ago, and she really wanted to go back. Warm day, upper 80s, and rather windy, at least one easy-up canopy tried to make a break for freedom. Well behaved crowd, not oversold, and generally not difficult at...

I played high brass in high school and a little in college. Oh, yes, I am familiar with Maynard Ferguson. :)

WHAT????? Amazing musician. Gonna have to spin up Live At The Hollywood Bowl tonight.

This is just too good not to share...

I sure would not bet against that. He sure was a character. The texting ad he was in a few years ago (ended with his therapist saying ".... that's very disturbing!") I found quite humorous.

Played _Diary of a Madman_ while I was making dinner. While not quite at Spinal Tap levels (not at 11,) a nice little subwoofer helped a bunch.

Saw him perform live in the summer of '84 as a solo act. Good show. No bats involved, well other than those that lived in the outdoor venue.....

From what I've seen..... it's possible to go to too high of a polish, and leave nothing for the seasoning to "bite" on. I do prefer a machined surface, I have a Wagner dutch oven (oops, forgot to mention this one above,) with a machined interior, and it cooks quite nicely. My Griswold #8 has...

Several years ago, my g/f & I took a trip to London for 10 days. We lucked out by being able to attend the Great British Beer Festival in Kent Garden. Something north of 600 different fermentations to sample, and I learned that what we Colonials consider a dry is considered by the Brits to be...

I think my g/f might have issues if any more cast iron followed me home. Right now the tally is something like 2 10" skillets, 4 12" skillets, a 7" skllet, a square griddle, 2 rectangular griddles (flat on one side, and grates on the other.) And the pan I reach for most often is my mother's...

Oktoberfest smells delightful in the mash tun.

Grapefruit in particular, and IIRC a lot of citrus in general, have some odd pharmaceutical interactions.

Wait, what? <scurries off to write a note to myself for a GP consult next month.....>

I've said to people in both England and Ireland that you've got paving material that's older than my country. It's a entirely different scale of history. Nor should we allow ourselves to forget it.