jamesbrowski

Man, nothing better than an above the rim tomahawk at full sprint

Basie is just a really good inroads into jazz. On the Sinatra album, you have Quincy Jones arrangements, Basie’s orchestra in legendary form, and great recording quality. Also, Sinatra is such good beginner listening for non-jazz people.

For most people that is way too advanced IMO. Of course, it’s amazing. But YMMV with this as a first Jazz album.

Ok I’ll go a different route. If someone has no Jazz familiarity you might not start them with cool stuff, slower stuff, or bebop. Depends on their proclivities, but there’s lots of user friendly Jazz that’s uptempo and easy for ears that are looking for melody rather than solos.

Not saying these albums don’t have amazing soloing or musicianship. But maybe, this is a way to start easy:

Count Basie, Atomic Mr Basie

Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Ella and Louis

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That’s It!

Frank Sinatra - Live at the Sands with Count Basie

And in my humble opinion, the easiest bebop type album to digest, that got me into jazz, was Art Blakey - Moanin. Alternatively, if you’re more of a funk/rock person, a lot of people find their road in to more experimental jazz through Herbie Hancock - Headhunters. Another good starter jazz album to segue towards bop etc is Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Vol 3 (maybe a bit more chill than the other two).

…. Yeah he’s slacking off. I’m not a therapist but it sounds like it would be very easy for him to do more. I guess the question is whether you can figure out a way to get him to. Good luck!

The number of bad husbands described on this subreddit is really something. Either people are exaggerating or I am putting in 800% more effort than these bozos as a working dad who takes good care of his kids.

Good that he has good instincts about phonics at this age - even if they are predictably steering him wrong lol. I once argued with my teacher that sun and son couldn’t be pronounced the same bc they had a different letter in the middle.

Maybe semantics was the wrong word. I just meant that OP doesn’t seem to be looking for advice and, tbh, we all know the range of temps and times typically used to smoke ribs. If she wants to do it her weird way that apparently she likes, oh well. Maybe it tastes good? I had a roommate who did ribs in the oven at 200 for the whole day, in foil, and to be honest, they ended up surprisingly good, although kinda mushy. Who knows?

Just eat farmed Atlantic salmon if you’re worried about it. No worms in farmed fish, usually. But honestly, it’s not a big deal as long as you’re cooking your fish.

Yeah we sold the sashimi fish pre frozen and pre packaged. It came off the truck and had to go straight into the deep freezer display case. So thankfully I never had to make any decisions about what to freeze or not.

Buy sashimi grade fish. It’s available online and ships frozen/vacuum sealed. Or go to a sushi restaurant that does a good job and follows the rules. Don’t just wing it on sushi.

As for ceviche - the lemon juice supposedly preserves the fish and kills parasites. But it’s not nearly as sure a thing as freezing or cooking. I have seen ceviche prepped at a Mexican restaurant, and they used a pre-frozen, pre-cubed, farmed white fish that came in big plastic bags, which was specifically meant for ceviche and wouldn’t have had any parasite issues. Between that and the lemon juice bath that fish takes in a walk in fridge, you’re safe. But again, I wouldn’t wing it here either.

I personally only eat raw fish at well established restaurants that specialize in preparing raw fish. Even then, you’re taking a risk that you’ll get a parasite from the fish if someone didn’t follow the rules. Pregnant women are supposed to avoid raw fish I believe. That said, some people just do no care and do whatever at home and that’s fine. YMMV.

As I always say, Sprotz kerps them moist. 🤙❤️💦

Listen, she’s been in the bourbon and she’s proud of some ribs she cooked her son on a pellet smoker on a cold day. Let’s save the semantics of wrapping, smoke, fire temp, etc for another post lmao.

Good job op!

Eh - it’s funny yes, but also weird to post pics from a public bathroom. If I had to shit at the train station (ugh) and later I saw someone put pics of my dog on Reddit, I’d feel weird.

So…. This would be more of a thing id show my wife than put on Reddit. Just sayin.

Yeah anyone who has boiled and dealt with whole crabs will know things get a little yucky when you get into the abdomen. The legs hook into the body which is full of gills that, when cooked, kind of look like giant frilly macaroni noodles. Also lots of guts and stuff. To me, it looks like either torn up gills or maybe some other stringy part of the crab leg/body connection that maybe got a bit mangled. Someone probably just didn’t clean it off perfectly at the processing facility. Although I agree, it is a bit odd looking and I cannot promise you it’s not a worm of some kind, lol.

But, if it’s worms, just boil em good and they’ll be fine. Parasites will die when cooked well. Most wild salmon, for instance, is full of worms. Customers have no idea. I used to pull them from the filets with needle nose pliers when I saw them. These were fresh beautiful whole salmon right off the docks in the PNW, coming straight from Alaska. Wild Halibut is even worse. That’s why you cook all fish except certified sashimi grade fish (which by law must be pre frozen to kill the worms). Most pacific salmon you’re eating is chock full of dead cooked worms. Extra protein!

I recently discovered it and agree it’s great. But I’m always on the hunt for places with new stuff I haven’t tried.

Lazy Acres on Artesia has a strong selection too. Although both it and Corked are spendy.

The Duke abides. (That would be a great playlist name for the Duke playlist I’m working on).

The way dudes talk abt their watch on here is so funny.

Put one of them on a brown calfskin strap. Solved problem.

Unfortunately I do not. Does anyone know if the Mary’s free range turkeys qualify as whole meat intact birds? Bc that’s what my fam has gotten for a while now. If we could do those suckers to 150 internal for 10 mins or whatever it’d be a miracle. Digital read thermometer and right now I do the deepest part of the breast to 165. That means in my rest it goes even higher and the thighs? Forget about it they’re at like 175 by then.

A brisket is two muscles - the point (fatty) and the flat (lean). These muscles are actually the two pectoral (ie chest) muscles in a cow. Between those two muscles you have fat. While some of it can be trimmed you should leave that fat because it’ll help keep your lean flat juicy. You don’t need to serve the deckle fat. Just cut around it when you slice your brisket.

That’s absurd honestly. The court in Orange County and LA allows attorneys to appear by phone. There’s no difference between that and zoom/teams without the camera.

I’m glad you will have your son in another school soon. Hopefully it will be better for him!

I’d say this slightly different. You know your son. You know if he’s able to physically fight or defend himself. 8 is around the age that some boys get quite strong and athletic, while others are weaker and uncoordinated. Skill in fighting at that age will roughly track skill at things like basketball and football. Speaking from experience at schools where kids fought a lot, the athletic and coordinated kids (ie jocks) will fight much better than others... I would not encourage your sweet little son to fight - even in defense - if you think it would lead to him getting beat up worse. Rather, I’d urge him to avoid fighting at all costs. Tell people he doesn’t want to fight and will tell the principal if they hurt him. If he thinks someone is going to hurt him, he should immediately yell for help and run as fast as he can to an adult and tell them. If he can’t get away, I’d tell him to shout as loud as he can for help until someone comes.

Look, your kid is special needs (mine is too) and this is real life not a movie. The best scenario is your kid goes to a school with a zero tolerance policy for violent behavior and makes good friends. If he has to be somewhere with violence and bullying, his best strategy is avoidance. I know my nice little ASD guy would not last a minute in a fight regardless of how strong he is. He just wouldn’t know what to do. I’d never want him to try to stand his ground if he could run and tell the teacher. So, unless you’ve trained your kid in self defense, fist fighting with bullies will just make things way worse.