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Good luck today, friends
  • It still does. They try to turn everything good into a slur to devalue it. I'm woke and I'm fucking proud.

  • How do you make your favorite sandwich?
  • It depends on the time of day.

    I'm the morning I toast a Costco triangle ciabatta bun, butter it, and add two fried eggs, bacon or ham, and Swiss cheese.

    In the afternoon I slice two slices of leftover meatloaf, put them in a pan, cover them with spaghetti sauce, and poach them. I toast two slices of bread then place the poached meatloaf on one slice and add lettuce, onion, green pepper, salt and pepper, Swiss cheese, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese, add some extra sauce, and top off with the other slice of toast.

  • Trump picks Texan Brooke Rollins to lead Agriculture Department
  • I don't know anything about her. How is she the worst possible candidate for this role?

  • Donald Trump’s New Admin Weighs ‘How Much Should We Invade Mexico?’
  • The US has been fighting the war in drugs since 1976.

    The drugs won.

  • Wank tank confirmed
  • They look so small when they climb out I have to laugh. They think they make them look big and tough when they really make them look small, insecure, and silly.

  • Historic Investigation of U.S. Boarding Schools for Native Children Ends With Scathing Report
  • The report better not make white people feel bad.

    /S if it wasn't blindingly obvious.

  • Ex-politician who faced bathroom ban in Italy says Sarah McBride is the subject of 'rank politics'
  • I don't give a fuck who's pissing beside me. It's not arousing or sexual. These sick fucks are fetishists who want a trans woman in their bathroom. That's why they watch so much trans porn.

  • Donald Trump vows to impose 25% tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico
  • This is late stage capitalism. The oligarchs are now in charge and they are going to loot every last penny that they can then run away laughing.

    Musk announced that he was going to gut NASA which directly benefits SpaceX.

  • Donald Trump vows to impose 25% tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico
  • GM stocks are down 8% today.

    Congratulations to all the auto workers union members who voted for Trump.

  • Two-thirds of Americans think Trump tariffs will lead to higher prices, poll says
  • The illegal tarrifs on Canadian softwood lumber raised the price of a single family home in the US by more than $10,000 while Canadian lumber companies enjoyed record profits because demand remained high. The tarrifs are intended to allow less cost effective American companies to charge more by making more cost effective foreign products more expensive. It's about raising prices.

    Trump voters voted to pay more to make rich people richer.

  • Two-thirds of Americans think Trump tariffs will lead to higher prices, poll says
  • GM's stock price is down 8% today.

    I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate automotive union workers who voted for Trump.

  • Trump’s tariff will hurt both Canada and U.S., Canadian leaders say
  • All products from the US's biggest trading partners are about to go up in cost by more than 25%.

    The US can't ramp domestic production to avoid catastrophic harm to US consumers.

  • Trump supporters review-bomb Canadian floral shop by mistake
  • As dumb as blocks of wood and not nearly as useful.

  • Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' protest leader found guilty
  • Section 2?

    They freely associated in downtown Ottawa.

    Section 6? They freely moved from one oprovince to another, could have left Canada at any time if any country would have taken them and returned at any time with the requirement to quarantine for a few days.

    Section 8?

    No one was forced to be vaccinated. The tantrumists were mostly non-vaccinated while complaining about forced vaccination.

    It was all fucking nonsense.

  • Caturday Feels
  • Pretty cat.

  • Sleepy Void

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    edmontonjournal.com Alberta seeks to block trans athletes from female competition but can't say how many will be impacted

    The new bill plans to restrict trans athletes from competing against women though Alberta can't say how many athletes will be affected.

    Alberta seeks to block trans athletes from female competition but can't say how many will be impacted

    "If just one trans child is harmed it will all be worth it", says Alberta premier Danielle Smith.

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    Homemade Singapore chow mein with homemade char siu.

    I had a craving. I made char siu and my wife whipped up some delicious curried noodles.

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    Homemade Thai Green Curry

    We make our own green curry paste. The makrut lime leaves, Thai green and red chilis, lemon grass, and chicken are from our back yard.

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    Toothless lounging on the futon.

    I liked the contrast between the yellow bedspread and the black cat.

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    My ice cream freezer ready for softball tonight.

    I've got it loaded with 8 flavors.

    Vanilla

    Smarties (Canadian)

    Oreo

    York Peppermint Pattie

    Aztec Chocolate

    Skor Bits

    Skor Bar

    Milk Chocolate Almond Crunch

    I hope the kids (and their sibkings and parents and the other team and the umpire) like it.

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    SHOUT OUT! The Merry Dairy in Ottawa

    This is probably my favorite ice cream shop. It's located on Fairmont Avenue at Gladstone in Ottawa, Ontario CANADA. They make awesome ice cream including a large vegan selection. You can buy it by the scoop in cones or bowls, as ice cream based treats, in pints, or my favorite, in milkshakes.

    I had a delicious chocolate milk shake this afternoon and it was absolutely delicious. It's not one of those nasty extruded frozen treat things you get at fast food restaurants. It starts with three scoops of hard ice cream and milk and they mix it right in front of you.

    If you're in Ottawa please go by and check them out. They're good people and make great ice cream.

    https://themerrydairy.com/

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    So much ice cream.

    I've been making ice cream. My son's softball team plays in a tournament in a couple of weeks. We have what we call the cake challenge where if they do any one of a number of things (hit the fence, score a home run, get a double play, get a bunt double) I'll make a cake and bring it to the next game. I've done it three times so far this year. I Decided that for the tournament I would make ice cream.

    So far I've made:

    No Nuts

    22 x Vanilla

    17 x Aztec Chocolate

    12 x Smartie

    11 x York Peppermint Pattie

    12 x Oreo

    Almonds

    12 x Milk Chocolate Almond Crunch

    24 x Skor Bits

    12 x Skor Bar

    That's 122 x 125 ml cups.

    I hope that's enough.

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    Oreo Ice Cream

    This is just my standard vanilla ice cream base (500 ml 35% cream, 1 L 10% cream, 300 g sugar, 15 ml vanilla extract) with chopped Oreo cookies. I put 12 cookies in each batch and each batch makes twelve 125 ml cups so each cup has a full cookie in it.

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    Ice Cream

    lemmy.world Ice Cream - Lemmy.World

    A community for those who make and love ice cream. Post pictures, stories, recipes, or questions. RULES: 1. Ice Cream 98. Don’t be a dick. 99. The mod(s) have the final say.

    Ice Cream - Lemmy.World

    I went looking for an ice cream focused community in the lemmy.world federated fediverse and couldn't find anything so I created one.

    The Ice Cream community is focused on ice cream. Homemade ice cream, recipes, pictures, stories, good commercial ice cream, your favourite ice cream treat or favorite ice cream shop.

    I make homemade ice cream and am in the middle of a run. I have made vanilla, (Canadian) Smartie, and milk chocolate almond cluster so far but I have a few more to make before I'm done.

    I've posted my favourite ice cream base recipe and a recipe for spicy Aztec Chocolate Ice cream.

    If you're a fan of ice cream come check it out.

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    (Short) Ice Cream Churning Video (in the Cuisinart ICE-50)

    I recorded a short video of the Cuisinart ICE-50 churning a batch of vanilla ice cream. The ICE-50 is a now discontinued and no longer supported with spare parts self-chilling ice cream machine. You just pour in the base, turn it on, and it makes a batch of ice cream in about 45 minutes.

    The lumps you see are more frozen pieces of ice cream. It freezes on the wall of the tub and is scraped off by the paddle creating a slurry of more and less frozen ice cream. Once it's put into a container and frozen it's nice and smooth.

    I would highly recommend the ICE-50 to anyone who is interested in ice cream making. They have not been made or supported for years but our two are tanks and just keep going. I can't offer an opinion on the newer machines other than to say if you buy one buy spare parts for everything you can. A motor arm, two stem and paddle assemblies or two of each if you buy them individually, a bucket, and at least four covers. That will keep you going for 20 or 30 years as long as the machine keeps running.

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    Kids!

    Yesterday, I was filling 125 ml cups with ice cream. I got 12 cups filled and in the freezer and had less than 125 ml left so I walked over and handed my 15 year old son the tub and the spoon that I was using to fill the cups.

    [Later]

    Me: How did you like the ice cream?

    Son: It was great. What kind of berries were those?

    Me: What berries?

    Son: The ones in the ice cream.

    Me: Did you not taste them?

    Son: No, I don't like berries.

    Me: They were (Canadian) Smarties (see NOTE).

    Son: Smarties?

    Me: Yes. You really should try things that I hand you.

    Son: [Nomming on the smarties left in the bottom of the container covered in melted vanilla chocolate.] Uh huh.

    NOTE: Canadian Smarties are like M&Ms but with milkier, smoother, better quality chocolate.

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    I'm double fisting it today.

    We've had the machine on the right for years. We bought it new. We bought the one on the left at the Liquidators restaurant auction. I've got vanilla base in both. I'm going to put one batch in the freezer for the family and the other in 125 ml cups for my sons softball team. (Canadian) Smartie, I think.

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    3L 18.3% Ice Cream Base and Goodies

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    Ice Cream Flavours and Vanilla Base Recipe

    This is a picture of the side of my market ice cream freezer. It's a bar fridge sized vertical freezer that I put in the back of my van and run off the van's AC power to get to market then switch over to a small, very quiet generator at market. These cards have magnetic strips on the back so they stick to the freezer and I can move them to the back when a flavour sells out.

    Most of our ice cream starts with the same vanilla base recipe.

    RECIPE

    1 L (4 cups) table (10%) cream (Half and Half in the US)

    300 g (1 1/2 cup) granulated sugar

    500 ml (2 cups) whipping (35%) cream

    15 ml (1 tablespoon) vanilla extract

    I add 250 ml to 500 ml of whatever the addition is. (See NOTE 1)

    PROCESS

    Pour the 10% cream into a 2 L (8 cup) container.

    Add the sugar and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. (See NOTE 2)

    Add the 35% cream and vanilla extract and stir to mix.

    Cover the container and put it into the fridge to chill or add it directly to your machine.

    NOTE 1: If I'm using (Canadian) Smarties (like M&Ms but better) I use less because they pack very densely. If I'm adding nuts or something that packs more loosely I use more. When I'm making raspberry or blackberry or other fruit ice cream I use about 300 ml of mascerated berries (add about 12.5 g (1 tablespoon) of granulated sugar to the berries then mash them coarsely with a fork. Set them aside for 30 minutes or so to mascerate.) If you're using raspberries or blackberries or any other berries in the family always add them at the very end, just before the ice cream is finished or better, stir them in by hand after the ice cream is frozen. Berries in the family will produce very airy, almost foamy ice cream if added at the beginning.

    NOTE 2: The sugar will not dissolve easily in the 35% cream or a mix of the 35% cream and 10% cream. It's much easier to dissolve it in the 10% cream then to add the 35% cream once it's dissolved.

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    Aztec Chocolate Ice Cream

    This is a home made 18% milk fat ice cream with cinnamon and cayenne. It starts as a rich, creamy chocolate ice cream with a hit of cinnamon then it brings the burn.

    The is a great ice cream for people who want a bit of pain with their pleasure.

    Aztec Chocolate Ice Cream

    INGREDIENTS

    500 ml (2 cups) whipping cream (35%)

    150 g (1 1/2 cup) granulated sugar

    50 g (6 tablespoons) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

    1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

    1/8 teaspoon salt

    2 teaspoons cayenne powder (see NOTE)

    85 g (3 ounces) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped

    15 ml (1 tablespoon)vanilla extract

    1 L (4 cups) table cream (10%) (Half and Half in the US)

    PROCESS

    Put the whipping cream, sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, salt, and chili powder in a pot.

    Heat over medium heat whisking constantly. It will begin to foam up as it begins to boil. Turn the heat off immediately.

    Add the chocolate and stir until it's completely melted.

    Add the vanilla then slowly add the 10% cream while stirring (or whisking.)

    Put in the fridge for a couple of hours until well chilled.

    Put it in your ice cream machine and run it until it's frozen.

    Get a bowl, a spoon, and a Kleenex and you're ready for a delicious ice cream experience.

    P.S. The tissue is for your runny nose.

    NOTE: 2 teaspoons gives this ice cream a nice little burn. You can use more or less to get the heat level you want.

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    Pens @lemmy.world Maple Engineer @lemmy.world

    Figured maple pen.

    My 15 year old son made this thin pen from a figured maple blank we got from KJP Select Hardwoods. These very skinny pens are apparently more difficult to turn especially with figured woods which tend to catch and tear out. He gave me this one for Christmas last year. It's been sitting on my desk being used on an almost daily basis since then.

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    Pens @lemmy.world Maple Engineer @lemmy.world

    African Blackwood Pen

    My 15 year old son made this pen using an African Blackwood blank we bought at KJP Select Hardwoods. I love the contrast betwen the naturally black wood and the nickel mechanics.

    We were at KJP yesterday and I bought another blank for him.

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    Pens @lemmy.world Maple Engineer @lemmy.world

    Jack Daniels Barrel Oak Pen

    My 15 year old son made this pen. The wood is reclaimed charred oak from a Jack Daniels whiskey barrel. He gave me this pen for my birthday and it is my new daily driver. It's a nice size and weight and it writes beautifully.

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    Suggle nap BIG yawn.

    My boys were having a snuggle nap on the couch. I took a couple of pictures of them because they were cute then the big guy went for a BIG yawn. He's over 10 kg of cat and just over 10 years old. The smaller guy is around 5 kg and 6 years old. The big guy was a ditch kitten that someone tossed in the ditch in front of our house. We caught him and took him in. The next year someone ditched another kitten in front of our house and we took him in. Unfortunately, the second one slipped out the door and disappeared never to be seen again. The big guy was devistated. We decided to get him a companion and adopted the smaller guy from a cat rescue. They are abslutely inseparable.

    !

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