The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Gary just ordered a Sous Vide kit. Who’s hungry?

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave rolled out at 7:45.
Coffee is better than it has any right to be.
Can't afford to go anywhere.
Reckon I'll mess with pennies.

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[Gary A.]

Mary Lou, Miss Maggie and Gary are at the SPCLA in Long Beach. We arrived quite early, not knowing the traffic pattern on a Saturday morning. Now we wait for class to start.

 

[vintagesnaps]

I just happened to see one of those sous vide kits on some channel I flipped past briefly with a chef that's on food shows, etc. Reminds me of those baggies of frozen veggies that used to be heated up in a pot of boiling water. Every time they do that especially with meat on Top Chef or something it never looks that appealing. But have fun with it! lol

Nothing much today, worn out from the past week, just kicking back til dinner or possibly dozing in the chair if I don't get up and do something.

 

[Gary A.]

You’re supposed to do a quick 30 second or so searing in a very hot cast iron pan for some color and crust flavor prior to serving.

 

[Frank F.]

last night I went to a Punk Concert and Jesus was hitting it really hard!

 

[limr30 3]

last night I went to a Punk Concert and Jesus was hitting it really hard!View attachment 149213

What band?

 

[smoke665]

Last day, we head out tomorrow for home again. We were going to stay longer, but they're calling for bad weather and a lot colder Sunday night.

Went to a farm auction today. My cousin passed away over a year ago, and his wife finally decided to let go of the remainder of the farm equipment and clean out the barns. I went with the intention of bidding on some things, but decided if I got a bidder's number I would buy more than I needed. Looking at some of the stuff up for auction and had to laugh when I recognized some things from my Dad's estate auction over 30 years ago. My family is such a bunch of pack rats!!

Tonight is Taco Soup, and Alabama Football.

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave just ate leftover meat loaf and scalloped potatoes. He will have Blue Bell ice cream later. Those of you that do not have access to Blue Bell know not what you're missing. Good stuff Maynard!
And that's the way it is.

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[Gary A.]

So far a busy day for Mary Lou and Gary. Top-o-the-morn was Maggie’s first day of school and socialization. Five pooches in her class (inclusive). Daisy the mutt, was the most aggressive, but also the quickest learner. The cutest pooch was a toss-up between Ken, an Akita pup and Maggie. Gary thought walking in that nothing could touch Maggie in the looks category. But Ken was a stunner, self-locomotion was the only difference between a plush animal and Ken. Unfortunately, Ken had no personality and was the least playful of the pups. There was Batman, a Chihuahua mix who belonged to the SPCALA and was there for socialization. He was very timid, but started to play. An unusually colored Bull Terrier named Allie. And there was Maggie, because of all her hair, she looked like a little tank compared to the other pups. She was right behind Daisy in mixing it up with the other pups and the hardest to train because she is not driven by food. More than half the time, she would take the treat from our hands then drop it in the floor. Knowing this, we took a variety of treats that would be tempting across a broad spectrum of men and beasts. But the pan fried Hebrew wieners missed, the boiled chicken was 50:50, the two store purchased treats completely fail to budge Maggie’s salivary glands ... thankfully, we had some success with string cheese. A friend called Maggie’s class a Puppy Charm School.

 

[smoke665]

the two store purchased treats completely fail to budge Maggie’s salivary glands ..

try freeze dried liver treats, or buy some Bully sticks (Google them) and break them up. You can get odor free and the ones with natural odor, I won't say what they're made of up but they have an odor that is like crack to Sadie Mae. She will do anything you ask just PLEASE GIVE ME THE TREAT.

 

[Gary A.]

We also took a Bully Stick. Again, limited success. Gary knows the ingredient for the original Bully Sticks. (meat is meat). We had a similar problem with Cookie. It makes training harder, but Gary truly appreciates the lack of annoying begging and not having to worry about leaving feed on a table or counter. When other dogs come around and they make a move for the food dish, there’s no resentment or fighting.

 

[smoke665]

It makes training harder, but Gary truly appreciates the lack of annoying begging and not having to worry about leaving feed on a table or counter

From fire department days, our state fire marshal had a Belgian Malinois that was trained to sniff out accelerants at a fire scene. Not only was he trained to take commands only in German (to prevent someone else from giving him commands), but his reward was a small rubber ball. He was only allowed to play with it for a short time if he found something. Dog would go crazy over that ball.

 

[Gary A.]

Go Tide!

Trojans Play Arizona at 7:45.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou and Gary attempted to reinforce Maggie’s lessons from the morning. She was perfect! Much much better than in class.