3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

You won't be disappointed.   The bone broth is makes is fantastic!  So gelatinous!

i bought a bunch of bones for broth because my nurses said it would be good for me during chemo but i was too sick to make it and my wife too busy so i still have the bones and im all better so im thinking i should make a bone broth. The bones i got are beef bones 

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

Yup... in other news, my school board just approved our reopening plan.  The staff has been informed.   

And what we have basically been told is that we are re-opening on schedule, as planned with whomever shows up.  With anyone who doesn't show up, prepare non-face-to-face activities that mirror the in-class face-to-face activities.  And be prepared for any possibility that might occur.  100% attendance, 100% at-home, 50% every day - but rotating groups, etc. etc.     What we have is a definite possibility of a definite maybe that school will happen at school or at home or some combo.   But, hey, we'll figure it out, or we won't, but we'll do something.   At least that's the direction we've been given... or its close to the direction.  

 

Meanwhile, I am brushing up on my tap dancing so that I will be ready for any eventuality.  

10 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Perhaps the biggest lesson in all of this is how utterly toxic social media is and how it amplifies minor issues into large crises.   If we are not all equally accountable for our posts or views, then all it creates is more hate and bigotry.

There are times that I feel like social media should be turned off for 2 weeks to break the cycle that so many are under.

Amen.

 

I've already signed off my Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

Yup... in other news, my school board just approved our reopening plan.  The staff has been informed.   

And what we have basically been told is that we are re-opening on schedule, as planned with whomever shows up.  With anyone who doesn't show up, prepare non-face-to-face activities that mirror the in-class face-to-face activities.  And be prepared for any possibility that might occur.  100% attendance, 100% at-home, 50% every day - but rotating groups, etc. etc.     What we have is a definite possibility of a definite maybe that school will happen at school or at home or some combo.   But, hey, we'll figure it out, or we won't, but we'll do something.   At least that's the direction we've been given... or its close to the direction.  

 

Meanwhile, I am brushing up on my tap dancing so that I will be ready for any eventuality.  

Sounds like your school is following my wifes school reopening plan of

 

14 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

My crockpot is older than my children. An old Hamilton Beach. Has a setting called Automatic.  Cooks on high for an hour and then switches to slow.  One of the reasons I went with an Instant Pot is I can just about mimic that.  The only drawback is that old crockpot didn’t have a warm setting.  I bought a newer lower end crockpot a couple years ago when I needed a warmer.  Turns out, that is all it is good for. Used the slow cooking mode and nothing cooked. Was making a vegetable soup.  After eight hours, I moved it to my stock pot and cooked it on the stove.  Really looking forward to making soups and broths in the Instant Pot. 

I have a Hamilton Beach fryer that is great for spring rolls — takes only about 5-6 minutes to cook 18-20 spring rolls.  I have a Crock Pot multi-cooker that I use for chili and stews, etc. and a Kitchen Aid stand mixer for baking — as well as a Kitchen Aid food processor 

I’m a bit overweight, so I’m either endorsing these products or pointing out that I’m not fussy at all about what I eat.  My wife would argue that it’s the former.

4 minutes ago, Utebird said:

i bought a bunch of bones for broth because my nurses said it would be good for me during chemo but i was too sick to make it and my wife too busy so i still have the bones and im all better so im thinking i should make a bone broth. The bones i got are beef bones 

Too easy.   Throw in the bones (with the trivet).  Fill up to the 2/3 line of the Insta-Pot.  Hit the "Broth/Soup" button.   Come back in an hour, pour it over a strainer... and you are done.   Add seasonings to the pot to taste... salt, rosemary, etc.  Whatever you want.   

27 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Ive never seen those movies. Liked deadpool in all my X- Force comic books as a kid but heard the movies are meh???

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Sounds like your school is following my wifes school reopening plan of

 

yup.  But, we are used to it.   They usually do stuff like this to us.   They spend big money on some new program or equipment or whatever and then say, "Figure out how to make it work."  We've been trained for this moment for DECADES!  

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Too easy.   Throw in the bones (with the trivet).  Fill up to the 2/3 line of the Insta-Pot.  Hit the "Broth/Soup" button.   Come back in an hour, pour it over a strainer... and you are done.   Add seasonings to the pot to taste... salt, rosemary, etc.  Whatever you want.   

Wow really that sounds like my speed. Whats trivet though? Im not familiar with that term

2 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I have a Hamilton Beach fryer that is great for spring rolls — takes only about 5-6 minutes to cook 18-20 spring rolls.  I have a Crock Pot multi-cooker that I use for chili and stews, etc. and a Kitchen Aid stand mixer for baking — as well as a Kitchen Aid food processor 

I’m a bit overweight, so I’m either endorsing these products or pointing out that I’m not fussy at all about what I eat.  My wife would argue that it’s the former.

I am looking to get the Air Fryer attachment for the Insta-pot.  

Just now, Utebird said:

Wow really that sounds like my speed. Whats trivet though? Im not familiar with that term

The metal thing that sits on the bottom of the pot so that nothing burns.   If the bones sit directly on the bottom of the pot, you can shut the pot down as it reads "BURN".  

1 minute ago, Utebird said:

Ive never seen those movies. Liked deadpool in all my X- Force comic books as a kid but heard the movies are meh???

I thought they were hilarious, tongue in cheek, making fun of the whole noble Superhero thang.

That and Guardians of the Galaxy are my favorite "comic book movies" because of the sense of humor.

1 minute ago, Utebird said:

Wow really that sounds like my speed. Whats trivet though? Im not familiar with that term

I should edit... Its more like 2 hours... It needs to come up to temp, and needs to naturally depressurize.  

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I am looking to get the Air Fryer attachment for the Insta-pot.  

The metal thing that sits on the bottom of the pot so that nothing burns.   If the bones sit directly on the bottom of the pot, you can shut the pot down as it reads "BURN".  

Gothca.

1 minute ago, austinfan said:

I thought they were hilarious, tongue in cheek, making fun of the whole noble Superhero thang.

That and Guardians of the Galaxy are my favorite "comic book movies" because of the sense of humor.

I love guardians of the galaxy movies. I guess if i do watch deadpool ill watch it after my kids go to bed😉

8 minutes ago, Utebird said:

The mountain meadow massacre is a source of great debate among mormon historians and other historians including my uncle who isnt active mormon and has written a book on the mountain meadow massacre. Its not something that is frequently talked about outside maybe a utah history class.

You read and study American History like me, and with my western focus, you read about Mountain Meadows.   It truly is interesting.  What did Lee say to Haight, what was Young’s response. Did the Paiutes participate at all?  What is the title of your uncle’s book?  Worth a read?  

BTW, the handcart migration story is fascinating. 

17 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Sounds like your school is following my wifes school reopening plan of

 

So they had the same school of thought...

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

So they had the same school of thought...

 

 

16 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I have a Hamilton Beach fryer that is great for spring rolls — takes only about 5-6 minutes to cook 18-20 spring rolls.  I have a Crock Pot multi-cooker that I use for chili and stews, etc. and a Kitchen Aid stand mixer for baking — as well as a Kitchen Aid food processor 

I’m a bit overweight, so I’m either endorsing these products or pointing out that I’m not fussy at all about what I eat.  My wife would argue that it’s the former.

I fried up some bacon yesterday while I was waiting out my pork shoulder.  Last night I heard my wife say I had pulled pork with bacon.   Actually I always have cooked bacon in the freezer so that wasn’t accurate but part of me was thinking, that sounds like a match I should try. 

30 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yup... in other news, my school board just approved our reopening plan.  The staff has been informed.   

And what we have basically been told is that we are re-opening on schedule, as planned with whomever shows up.  With anyone who doesn't show up, prepare non-face-to-face activities that mirror the in-class face-to-face activities.  And be prepared for any possibility that might occur.  100% attendance, 100% at-home, 50% every day - but rotating groups, etc. etc.     What we have is a definite possibility of a definite maybe that school will happen at school or at home or some combo.   But, hey, we'll figure it out, or we won't, but we'll do something.   At least that's the direction we've been given... or its close to the direction.  

 

Meanwhile, I am brushing up on my tap dancing so that I will be ready for any eventuality.  

That’s a plan?

 

Just now, BigEFly said:

That’s a plan?

That my school board and superintendent have no plan?   There's a plan.  And we will implement the plan as soon as the time comes... because we always 'make it work'.  

11 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

So they had the same school of thought...

13 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Thanks this is helpful well thought out info.

Ill admit the whole discussion can be daunting as the whole conflict goes back thousands of years and involves multiple peoples cultures and religions. Its been a mess for a while and im trying to understand best i can from multiple sides instead of just automatically following anti semitic rhetoric, i dont think thats helpful but also understand how jewish people would be offended.

Thanks for civil discourse!

No problem. One should avoid Middle Eastern politics unless you want to get fully embedded in 3,000 years of history.

I mean the roots of these issues go back to the Phoenicians, Canaanites, early Israelites, Alexander and Greek Syria, Roman Conquests, the Arab Conquests, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, the aftermath of WWI, and so on. And a lot of the problem is failure to define things carefully, there is no "Arab peoples," there are "Arab speaking peoples," but Egyptians speak Arabic but aren't Arabs. The only "true Arabs" are those from the Arabian peninsula, the Arab conquests, like the Normans in England, did not repopulate the Middle East or North Africa.

All the borders are artificial, because there were no "countries" in the modern sense, there were centers of empires, Damascus, Baghdad, Istanbul. Then the British and French carved up the Ottoman Empire and the British stuck Arab kings on the thrones of artificial countries called Jordan and Iraq and the French controlled Lebanon and Syria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_bin_Ali,_Sharif_of_Mecca

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_I_of_Iraq

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Syrian_Republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon

What Americans think is the "Middle East" is usually referred to as "The Levant"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_ancient_Levant

34 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Amen.

 

I've already signed off my Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

I've done that for a couple of weekends in the past few months and it's night and day difference.  Suddenly, whatever crisis happened was not a big one after everyone got excited and then moved on from it.  I might do it again this weekend.

2 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

I've done that for a couple of weekends in the past few months and it's night and day difference.  Suddenly, whatever crisis happened was not a big one after everyone got excited and then moved on from it.  I might do it again this weekend.

To be 100% honest.  I never signed on to those.  

 

This place is where I get most of my 'drama', and that's plenty.