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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Brocco-Cheese Soup
« on: October 31, 2023, 07:59:32 AM »
Soup-adjacent.  Best part of French onion soup is next day French dips.  I had 2, a large one and a small one, because you only get homemade French dips 1 maybe 2 times a year so you have to go all in.






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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Brocco-Cheese Soup
« on: October 29, 2023, 07:10:57 PM »
I don't think I'd live more than a year if I ate everyday at AST's house but I would die a happy man

Lol, thanks but we don’t eat all the time like this.  Maybe 3-4 meals a month. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Brocco-Cheese Soup
« on: October 29, 2023, 06:13:23 PM »
Thanks guys.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Brocco-Cheese Soup
« on: October 29, 2023, 05:01:24 PM »
Turned out fantastic.  Provolone and swiss ftw!








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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Brocco-Cheese Soup
« on: October 29, 2023, 02:32:09 PM »
French onion soup time.  Jazzed it up with some clamshell mushrooms because they are delicious and nutritious.  Just dropped the bouquet and broth and it is simmer-time!  Dinner is gonna be lit yo!

Also picked up some rustic sourdough and roast beef so I can make some french dips tomorrow.  I love soup season!












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Looks like a nice little broiler. Not going to add any flavor other than what you can coax out of the meat but you could easily get very proficient cooking steaks in it.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The official goEMAW Swimming Pool thread.
« on: October 22, 2023, 07:38:07 AM »
Can we make this the official Hottub thread too?

@AST I also recently bought a Jacuzzi Hottub. It’s a two year old refurbished spa. It’s condition looks basically new.

I have had it less than 2 weeks. We filled it up about 10days ago and our PH is constantly super high.  We keep putting PH decrease in it and it goes down after several applications, and next day it’s back to super high.

Meanwhile, we have never had a high PH issue with the pool, so I don’t think it’s our water.

We haven’t used it more than 40min at a time, only two of us, clean suits, showered before hand, no lotions or things that the sites on the internet have mentioned as being a common problem driving high PH.

Do you think it is possible that the dealer who refurbished it has some sort of winterizer, or other chem, that was part of the refurbishing process that we are fighting? 

I am thinking I will drain it and start over. Any recommendations?

Is your pool also fiberglass shell?  Mind you, I do not see fiberglass structures often but something in the back of my brain says that high ph is common with fiberglass shells.  Maybe not though.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The official goEMAW Swimming Pool thread.
« on: October 22, 2023, 07:35:58 AM »
ast (other comments also welcome).

i hate my pool.  despise it.  would kill it if i could.  but we're probably going to sell the house soon.  also the pool is in bad shape.  should i:

1.  break a hole in the bottom, fill it with soil and have a nice backyard planting spot with a concrete path around it.
2.  pay someone to replaster the stupid thing so i don't hurt the resale value.
3.  pay someone to completely demo it and turn it into a normal backyard so i don't hurt the resale value.
4.  just leave it alone and let the next owner deal with it.

Best option imo is letting next owner address it.
If not that then Re plaster.
Completely demoing is pretty expensive.
Busting holes in it may be an option, you might want to check with local ordinances.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The official goEMAW Swimming Pool thread.
« on: October 21, 2023, 04:09:45 PM »
Thread name change request: Official Pool Equipment Thread.

Denied.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The official goEMAW Swimming Pool thread.
« on: October 21, 2023, 03:53:34 PM »
You guys. I do not know how many times I have to say this.  My specialty is pool equipment. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: October 18, 2023, 10:13:09 AM »
Hash looking good af

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: The official goEMAW Swimming Pool thread.
« on: October 16, 2023, 08:06:01 PM »
We don’t winterize pools in Dallas like happens up north so I am of no use.  Pools stay full and running year round here and the only time winterization happens is if you lose power during a winter storm and then it is just about draining the equipment of water so it does not freeze.  Pool stays full though.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: October 15, 2023, 01:59:13 PM »
Kinda looks like you ate way, way too many peanuts and took a big butt dragon on the plate, but in my mind's eye, I know how delicious your dish is.

You’re a butt dragon.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking
« on: October 15, 2023, 01:46:24 PM »
Za’atar and toasted pine nut hummus with naan.


 




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Here she is, ain’t she a beauty?  I outdid myself.








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Working on a smoked pimento cheese so I can add it to a sandwich with brisket and roasted chiles on a toasted brioche bun.




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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: tacos, por favor
« on: October 12, 2023, 05:05:32 PM »
Looking like an almost perfect plate of tacos.

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Say what you will about the football game, but you can't deny that 'cats have elite meat discernment.


That is a back-handed compliment.  Can’t wait for you to come over and enjoy some smoked food after I kick you square in the nuts at the door!

What? The 'cats are well-known for their meat gazing prowess. There are multiple threads on this very blog.
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I said what I said! 

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Say what you will about the football game, but you can't deny that 'cats have elite meat discernment.


That is a back-handed compliment.  Can’t wait for you to come over and enjoy some smoked food after I kick you square in the nuts at the door!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shame Yourself
« on: September 30, 2023, 09:48:18 AM »
Went a little hard on the beers last night.  Just stuffed down this artery clogger and am still hungry.  Fried egg and bacon totchos with salsa verde and avocado.




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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: midlife crises
« on: September 25, 2023, 02:41:00 PM »
Those of you guys still in your 30s or even early 40s who are scared of a potential midlife crisis, if you want to avoid that try and talk your wife or partner into having a child in your mid to late 40s, you'll find purpose real quick, particularly if that child is a rowdy little boy.

Uh. Pretty sure that path is what caused my MLC.  Probably would have gone without one if it wasn’t for a toddler in my mid 40s.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: September 24, 2023, 06:32:48 PM »
cire I think it had to do with brisket size.  Very small so not as tough of muscle.  And yes, my offset usually makes my best briskets same as you.  Ease of use won out today though as we hit 101° in Dallas…

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: September 24, 2023, 05:18:11 PM »
He ate all of this stuff up until around 2.  Now it is just chicken nuggets, pizza, pb&j, and hot dogs.  He got picky.

my god.





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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: September 24, 2023, 04:58:56 PM »
Best textured brisket O have ever smoked.  Of course it would be on Primo where bark is never as good as on the offset.






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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: goEMAW.com bbq, smoking, grilling, etc. thread!
« on: September 24, 2023, 04:05:19 PM »
the first time your child has to eat, like, a school lunch or something, he's going to be so confused.

He ate all of this stuff up until around 2.  Now it is just chicken nuggets, pizza, pb&j, and hot dogs.  He got picky.

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