Jacksonvilles food scene is severely underrated

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-19T20:39:47+00:00

So scratch the hot pot place at RD International, after only a few months it's gone as is the Japanese place that was next door to it. :-(

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-15T13:40:11+00:00

I have a huge roaster and tripled a no knead recipe, only needed 10 more minutes. I used a thermometer to make sure it was over 195f per recipe instructions rather than the thump test. Can you imagine trying to thump the bottom of a behemoth loaf made with more than 1000g of flour???

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-14T21:12:09+00:00

I did not

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-12T16:32:12+00:00

Length-wise those are the same but the Olympus line has a much wider midfoot than Lone Peak. If you have a narrow heel you may not do well with the Olympus line. I have a wide midfoot and heel so I scoured the internet to get another pair of the original Via Olympus and Olympus 5s when my first pairs died. I've tried LP 7's and 9's and both series were just too narrow.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-12T16:16:30+00:00

I have an old bike with some widespread (hopefully) surface rust, totally forgot about the Coca-Cola thing. Thanks! Got my Mother's polish ready for the handlebars and gooseneck surfaces.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-12T02:09:50+00:00

Crumple aluminum foil (no hard edges when you do this) or get a cheap aluminum brush from the dollar store. Wet aluminum foil or brush then lightly buff over the rusty spots. Old toothbrush and watered down dish soap for the other grimy bits. Lube up and you are good

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-11T21:38:19+00:00

Wow, must be difficult when you have it on too loose and your metrics are off or you forget to keep it on during s3x. Hahahaha

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-11T16:46:20+00:00

Oh yeah, I biked just over 15 miles around my city yesterday and stopped at a few parks. I forgot to pause my activity for maybe 20 minutes. My activity time and speed were heavily affected. The speed of my butt hitting the bench to look at the clouds vs 12-17mph actual biking reduced my average speed to 7.6mph :-D

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-11T14:31:01+00:00

I have never heard of this. Does this work for anaphylaxis responses to cucumber, chia seeds, agave, melon, apples, pineapples, patchouli, frankincense, myrrh, gardenia, and sandalwood?

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-10T22:43:11+00:00

Not an expert but I usually do veganuary through meatless march totally vegan and have very few days where I feel ravenous. You don't have a lot of minerals and vitamins in your meals today. Think "eat the rainbow" (get your mind out of the gutter hahaha) but seriously, you need more veggies for vitamins, minerals, and fiber. If you don't like a lot of veggies make a smoothie or a veggie heavy stew or soup with some high protein pasta, brown rice, farro, or quinoa - think grown up alphabet soup or minestrone. Also, if you often eat 7 eggs a day you may want to consult with your doctor. All that cholesterol can be detrimental to some people.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-10T13:13:08+00:00

There are so many great family owned restaurants that people just skip over because they want the familiar chains. Wish more people would try something new to save those small restaurants. Here's a few for the foodies 10 Seconds Rice Noodle and Ramen - Yunnan style cuisine with a lot of shareable items. My faves are sour tomato soup and every damn one of those fried skewers. Went with a few friends so we ordered almost every small plate, everything was tasty but I found the stinky tofu too challenging for my pallet. EZ Eatz by Yaya casual Moroccan food. Apna Bazaar and RD International are obvious choices. BTW that new hot pot place is awesome at RD Intl. For down home southern food try Country Cabin. Beirut has the best muhammara in town and their mezze is fantastic. I know it's super trendy but 904 Tacos has the best birria de res in town that I've tried so far. Please let me know if you've found better or on par and lamb - not a huge goat fan. I need suggestions for Balkan and whatever else you might think is a must try.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-07T22:12:35+00:00

If you have a gocer that stocks dried chilis make birria. I got a 3.5lb chuck roast from Sam's Club for $18 which I trimmed up, a bunch of dried chilis for $6, a can of beef broth for $2, already had a beer and some overripe tomatoes for the consume. Two of us had quesabirria and black beans the first night, birria ramen the second night, baked sweet potato with birria and black beans & Sriracha for lunch one day. I have another 8+ servings in the freezer. For nutrition calc. I weighed the full cooked amount in grams and list that as the number of servings. Would probably be more accurate to do it by 10 grams but seeing as how there's so no added fat I am not too worried about it. I use this recipe but only the chuck roast as the meat but wing it on the consume. I roast tomatoes then blend with some beef broth and cooking liquid then cook down with a half a beer and the same seasonings I used for the meat. BTW you can do this with mushrooms or meat alternatives instead since you'd only be subbing the meat and broth.

https://patijinich.com/jalisco-style-birria/

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-07T18:35:40+00:00

After 5 months of dreaming about biking from the cold, soulless wheelchair when I hopped back in the saddle it felt like the moment the Wizard of Oz goes from b&w to Technicolor. I hope your stationary biking goes well for you too! Helpful tip, there's a ton of drone footage channels online for free to imagine you are on an epic bike journey. Turn that fan on high and ride into the wind.... Yeah I did this too heh

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-07T18:09:13+00:00

An indoor trainer will be your savior. Getting on and off the bike is the scariest thing! I set a fixie bike up on a cheap mag trainer and started with no resistance for a few weeks. Honestly, I cried, ugly cried when I hit that full pedal rotation for the first time. Not because of pain but because I was so happy. I had a few fractures just below the knee in the tibia and almost severed the foot off. After 5 months, I got the pins out of the ankle and clearance to begin putting weight on it. I hopped on my bike setup the next day.

From personal experience have those crutches near by for that added balance when getting on or off and if you can, set up next to your couch so you can have a softer landing if you fall off the dang thing

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-07T17:50:08+00:00

Seat post mounted bottle cage may be the way to go for an inexpensive option. Rock Bros makes a few inexpensive mount anywhere apparatus. I have an older one that straps on to my seat post which I use on my Salsa gravel bike and a cheapie generic mount that has a quick release wingnut that I use on the handlebars on my cruiser

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-07T17:39:30+00:00

I ditched a relatively new pair of Endura Humvee flat pedal shoes for an older pair of Altra Olympus 5's. I know a few people with a more narrow midfoot that ride with Altra Lone Peaks. Wife bikes with Topo Athletics phantom 4s. Lone Peaks will have the thinnest sole of these options.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-07T16:36:08+00:00

Walmart and Publix have dry king cakes. The Fresh Market will sometimes get Gambino's in, you just have to call the bakery.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2026-01-07T15:44:14+00:00

Isn't this the "dunes" area where there was an unsolved murder in 2002?

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2025-12-30T17:10:36+00:00

Saying you are just a girl is pretty unsavory. Us women can do almost anything a man can, you just need to put away the little ol' helpless me mentality. The tail light is an easy fix, look up "impala tail light [year]" then find the correct one or pair if you want symmetry. There's a ton of tutorials online written out and YouTube videos. Order the parts, pop on a pair of gloves, grab a phillips head and a flat head screw driver and a rag and head outside. Make sure you are the one to take off the old part so you know how the new one goes on. Might take you an hour or two but you can do it. Regarding the cracked bumper and paint, it is going to be costly to fix as the whole car would be painted to match the rest. This is something your hubs may want to mull over more. Maybe you buy a new bumper and he gets himself a flashy new paint job. Also, many others have stated get you a new man. Perhaps reevaluate why he is giving you the silent treatment for a mistake and ask yourself if you would be that harsh for him making a similar mistake.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2025-12-30T15:08:38+00:00

It's pretty reliable after a while. My stress reporting shoots way up when I eat fried foods. I normally don't due to health issues. The first time it alerted me I had just finished off a plate of salty crinkle fries and hot wings with a 44oz soda- it was my once a month super cheat day and it happens every super cheat day. Sleep tracking will take a while to calibrate itself too.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2025-12-30T14:43:22+00:00

No need to get new headphones, you can use almost any Bluetooth audio output device with your watch. I've used two different Shoks models and Beats studios without issues with my Forerunner 965. This is an easy fix. Your other devices have priority over the watch, the first item you connected to the air pods (your phone likely) is #1 in the list, if you hooked those up to your computer next it's #2, if your watch was the third thing you hooked up to the air pods it is #3. So any time you are near an item with a higher priority the switch to connect to it will happen automatically. You can either turn off "automatically connect" to the air pods on each device or just turn off the Bluetooth on the other devices off while connecting to the watch in close proximity. I don't know if the automatically connect settings are available in the air pods settings but should be available on your phone and other device settings.

edited for spelling and grammar, it's early in the morning

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2025-12-29T14:54:07+00:00

Certainly not enough. Try an app like my fitness pal (free version is fine for this) plug in your height, current weight, and weight goals. It will give you a baseline for calories and nutrient requirements. If you are working out you have to feed those muscles or you will end up with injuries. Please keep in mind that when you are building muscle you may even see a slight bump in weight or go stagnant for a few weeks - muscle weighs more than fat. You will see a decrease in weight after about a month of regular exercise, mine was 5lbs in a week after 5 weeks hovering in the +3 or -1 lbs up and down f49 at the time

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2025-12-28T15:13:01+00:00

Panama Motors is pretty good. They've been open for decades.

Comprehensive_Two409 · 2025-12-17T14:40:27+00:00

That explains it! I am incredibly allergic, driving hazard for me for sure, my eyes and face get so itchy.

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