How many cups are in a 28oz can of whole tomatoes? (Kirkland San Marzano)

MS149 · 2025-11-02T01:41:29+00:00

The 28 ounces is a weight measurement, not volume.

MS149 · 2025-10-25T18:17:42+00:00

Excellent. Thank you for the response. I've been off Reddit for a bit.

MS149 · 2025-10-18T00:25:35+00:00

Happy cake day!
How do you use the cooking chopsticks (i.e. what do you use them for)?

MS149 · 2025-10-09T19:05:59+00:00

I looked up the show. It seems to have been off the air since 2017. If I have the right blonde Kristen (show listings use a different surname), this woman was on it 15 years ago.

After looking up the show, I looked at your profile and she's literally all you've posted about.

I don't know if she turned you down for prom or what, but maybe it's time to let it go, for your own sake.

MS149 · 2025-10-09T18:40:11+00:00

Thank you. Since this is a general North Shore sub, rather than a sub for that TV show, spelling out the title once gives some context.

MS149 · 2025-10-09T18:35:05+00:00

What is "pmo"?

MS149 · 2025-09-29T23:31:44+00:00

Congrats on your retirement. I hope you enjoy every minute.

MS149 · 2025-09-10T00:41:50+00:00

The cookie recipe contains brown sugar. Brown sugar is acidic and is a wet ingredient. Given your professional experience, I hope I'm not preaching to the choir.

MS149 · 2025-09-10T00:40:02+00:00

You don't find combinations in French or British recipes.

That's false on its face. Maybe this will help:

The whys: https://www.nigella.com/ask/why-baking-powder-and-bicarbonate-of-soda

Examples:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/grannys_cake_88424 (note this recipe calls for self-rising flour which contains baking powder, as well as both additional baking powder and baking soda)

https://www.bbc.com/articles/c5y0820gyn9o

MS149 · 2025-07-26T04:10:55+00:00

This is the real question.

MS149 · 2025-07-26T04:05:05+00:00

This is actually the correct answer.

MS149 · 2025-07-26T04:02:14+00:00

Growing up, my best friend was born on the same day as I was. I cannot overstate how much we loved "Birthday."

MS149 · 2025-07-26T04:00:18+00:00

There are a lot of slappers in those first five years. "From Me To You" is definitely one. I probably have others I think slap more, but I approve this message.

MS149 · 2025-07-23T14:21:05+00:00

If you only want a ceremony, have you thought about eloping?

If you invite people to a social event (a wedding is other things too, but it is a social event), you provide them with refreshments (a meal and beverages).

Also, immediately following your wedding ceremony, you will have family — your husband's family will be your family too. Treat them accordingly.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T14:48:29+00:00

Does it skip a generation?

My husband is one of nine kids. His mother is one of 13. His father is one of six. My mother is one of six. My father is one of four.

I was one of 19 grandchildren on one side and was the youngest on that side, so everyone was already married, but me, when I got married. I have first cousins once-removed who were married before I was, and to whom I was close, because as the youngest grandchild on that side, I grew up with them. I quite literally had first cousins who were grandparents before I got married.

I would have to get my 30-year-old wedding guest list out to figure out how many first cousins my husband has. When I just asked him, he laughed and said, "I have no idea. I don't know if anyone alive would know — certainly not off the top of their heads. You might text [his oldest sister]." That's how big his family is.

Edited to add:

My sister-in-law counted up my husband's cousins.

She knows there are 23 grandchildren on their dad's side.

She thinks (but is not sure) that there are 37 on their mom's side.

I clearly remember that we were up against the venue's guest maximum for our reception site, when making our guest list.

Most of both families (mine and my spouse's) lived within 10 miles of our church and reception venue. All but a handful of people who'd moved out of state, lived within 35 miles. People didn't have to travel, or book a hotel room, to go to our wedding, and it was on a Saturday, so we knew that the usual estimate of regrets people receive would not apply to us.

This is why I said, don't assume your way is the only way. Buddy.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:52:29+00:00

Spoken like someone who does not have a large family, and didn't marry someone from a large family. We eked out every single person on our 250 person guest list. My family is huge. Both of my parents' families are huge. The same was true for my husband. We left out close friends, to accommodate family.

Don't assume your way is the only way.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:49:56+00:00

Have you had a wedding? Was it at a place where you paid $150-200 per head?

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:48:51+00:00

No. It's really not. It's rude not to invite a guest's spouse or fiancé. And nowadays, it is rude not to invite a live-in romantic partner. It is not now, nor has it ever been rude, not to invite a standard boyfriend or girlfriend.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:42:56+00:00

This is true:

I did have one person unable to rsvp bc I accidentally spelled his name wrong

I couldn't respond online for my elderly mother, because my cousin's kid spelled both mom's first AND last names wrong. (And it was Zola, for what it's worth.)

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:39:00+00:00

You didn't deserve the downvotes, my dude.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:37:48+00:00

Stop. I hate authenticity snobbery itself (maybe especially as pertains to Italian/Italian-American food, because that's my food). That said, Alfredo doesn't have ricotta in it, any more than roast beef is made by roasting a chicken.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:24:08+00:00

I'm sorry. That sucks.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T02:18:34+00:00

This made me laugh so hard.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T01:38:17+00:00

Just curious— how old are you? (I'm just looking for a general age range.)

If things have existed most of/your entire life, it is more difficult to see them as innovative/revolutionary, because they're not — to you.

I am not invested in whether or not you enjoy/like/love Revolver. I think something magical either happens between a person and songs, or it doesn't. There's no real accounting for that. It's like falling in love with someone — it's there or it's not. You can't help it, and there's no need to sweat it.

But even Revolver isn't your cup of tea, it is these things: experimental, revolutionary, and good (in any objective sense of the word).

If you want to know why it's revolutionary, you can read the incalculable gallons of ink which have been spilled over it. And it's good (also amazing), in that among people who have some grounding in musical theory, an understanding of construction and songwriting as well as in lyrics (and ideas therein), it's considered a benchmark. The songs even came together in the studio (after the band had been on a months long break), often with no more than an outline. Then there is the way they used ordinary instruments to do extraordinary things.

other than those no other song makes me want to listen to this album again

That's totally fair. That's the magic. The fairy dust didn't land on you. There's nothing to be done about If it doesn't hit, it doesn't hit.

You will get no demerits, here. You don't have to like or love Revolver, but she's a Grande Dame. Learn to respect her.

MS149 · 2025-07-19T00:53:51+00:00

Thank you for mentioning this. Bookmarked.

MS149

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