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  • in reply to: How long does flour last in the fridge #48821
    Mike Nolan
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      It sort of depends on how well sealed it is, the refrigerator would probably slow down oils going rancid but flour can pick up odors if stored in the refrigerator.

      Basic rule is, if it smells bad, pitch it.

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 15, 2026? #48810
      Mike Nolan
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        Leftovers tonight.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 15, 2026? #48807
        Mike Nolan
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          Yeah, it's easy to lose yourself in Ancestry.com for hours on end. I spent a lot of time on it some years ago trying to track down my father, who left us when I was around 5. I found out he died in Los Angeles in about 1983. Oddly enough, I don't remember him, even in my grandfather's old home movies the ones where he's in the picture the images I see of those events in my mind don't include him. The only memory I have is he called my sister on her birthday one year. She got an address, but letters came back marked undeliverable.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of March 15, 2026? #48806
          Mike Nolan
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            Stove Top Stuffing was OK when it first came out, but it went downhill.

            I've been tempted to make a batch of stuffing using the Pepperidge Farms herb cubed stuffing mix, freeze it in 2x2x2 cubes and get one out when I buy a rotisserie chicken and microwave it.

            When I was in HS, my mother would take us to Dubuque to see a single-A baseball game, we'd stop at a local grocery store, buy a rotisserie chicken and a loaf of bread from their bakery, and have that for supper at the ballpark. Saw some pretty good players back then, including Tommy John, years before the surgery now named after him.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 15, 2026? #48799
            Mike Nolan
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              We're having that Irish favorite: Meat O'Loaf tonight. (But at least it has green peppers on top.)

              I suppose I could call it Bullin Feola, which is Gaelic for 'loaf of meat'.

              (It was either that or Left O'Vers.)

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 15, 2026? #48792
              Mike Nolan
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                I got a few more tomatoes from my hydroponic garden, so we had tuna melts again.

                in reply to: Any pie plans for Pi day (3/14)? #48768
                Mike Nolan
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                  Here's my chicken pot pie:

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                  in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of March 8, 2026? #48755
                  Mike Nolan
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                    Kimbob, you really had the double whammy. My sympathies and prayers, but it looks like you're baking your way back.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 8, 2026? #48750
                    Mike Nolan
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                      We had rotisserie chicken for supper, the bones are in the stockpot and the remaining meat is in the fridge, and tomorrow I will make a Chicken Pot Pie for Pi Day.

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 8, 2026? #48735
                      Mike Nolan
                      Keymaster

                        We had oatmeal tonight.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 8, 2026? #48730
                        Mike Nolan
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                          When I was in college one of the favorite discussion topics among the engineering majors was what would happen if a tornado hit the John Hancock building in Chicago. (Engineers have strange discussions, we also wondered how hard the Jolly Green Giant would have to push on the John Hancock building to push it over. You may be surprised to know there are equations to deal with that, they're part of the wind sheer load tests engineers make on building plans.)

                          Here's what happens when a tornado hits one of those big wind turbines:

                          Wind Turbine after hit by tornado.
                          byu/stunnerswag inWeird

                          Video too:

                          in reply to: Chicken slab pie #48729
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Needs more gravy! My usual filling is chicken, onions, carrots, celery, potatoes and peas. I often add sage and thyme in addition to salt and pepper.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 8, 2026? #48721
                            Mike Nolan
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                              We had some leftover roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy.

                              in reply to: Any pie plans for Pi day (3/14)? #48709
                              Mike Nolan
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                                I've done it both ways, I don't see a lot of difference, though if the dough is cool it usually is easier to transfer into the pan. I've been using a pastry roll-out bag for pie crusts lately, it makes the transfer easier because you just flip the dough onto the pan. I usually let the dough sit out until the filling is ready, at which point it's usually only slightly warm.

                                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 8, 2026? #48707
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  We had salads again, roast beef on mine, tuna on Diane's.

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