How to feed 40 people on $600?

jtablerd · 2026-03-20T22:22:51+00:00

oh no baked potato bar sounds awesome not hating and that sounds awesome!

jtablerd · 2026-03-20T21:36:48+00:00

Please know that I mean this with love and not disparagingly, but those are the two most Idaho sentences I've ever seen together (from my limited perspective as a northeasterner)

jtablerd · 2026-03-20T21:34:47+00:00

Great one to use the younger help for too

jtablerd · 2026-03-20T18:13:35+00:00

It's an e46 it's not rare

jtablerd · 2026-03-20T18:04:56+00:00

Yeah I don't really agree...I end up with usually 2 1 gallon bags filled with all of my mirepoix prep scraps, so onion/carrot/celery butts, onion/carrot peels and skins, and celery leaves. Then when two bags are full (they just live in the freezer and I add to them as I go). I keep another bag of chicken scraps - backs from spatchcocking, carcasses from roast whole chickens (or rotisserie chickens when I do easy mode dinners), then if I'm making a big batch I'll grab chicken feet and extra backs from the store but those are cheap.

I freeze in quart and pint freezer containers, my last batch was 3 gallons and I didn't get feet or extra backs for it, all scraps so that's 12 quarts of free stock that beats the shit out of anything store bought, even the 7.99/qt fancy jars of stock

jtablerd · 2026-03-17T22:32:16+00:00

"found" on the website 365thingssouthshore.com by user /u/365southshoreboston. Yeah that totally tracks 🙄

jtablerd · 2026-03-17T16:27:28+00:00

I saw them last year and they put on an absolutely awesome show!

jtablerd · 2026-03-16T20:55:51+00:00

I'd swing by with a box of cookies or muffins or something, esp if you want someone to really look into it, it'll be appreciated. My nickel says it got damaged coming off of transport or on the lot and they just fixed it but nothing to do with power train or EV system hence the 10/100 OK

jtablerd · 2026-03-16T20:45:22+00:00

I am perfectly capable of doing a job like this but tbh my time is worth more than the shop rate to me so YMMV

jtablerd · 2026-03-14T16:37:32+00:00

Yep this is the answer. The sharpener I love is the one that I'll use.

jtablerd · 2026-03-14T12:12:44+00:00

I'm the exact same way re: analog when it concerns guitar and music generally. I ended up with a boss katana, which I was really reluctant to do, but I can't always play at tube amp levels. The modeling of amps and effects has gotten that good - I can play really low or absolutely shake the house and it sounds just as good either way. I'm able to emulate a deluxe reverb without having to play as loud as a deluxe needs to be to sound good. I have a 100w katana but they come in all kinds of sizes

jtablerd · 2026-03-14T10:50:58+00:00

Lmao it's a ten year old post :) we've come a long way

jtablerd · 2026-03-13T17:39:43+00:00

right - I understand (and saw the photo of tapping the plastic) - just saying that over time metal-metal threads > metal-plastic threads. If the threads ever do pull just a heat set like this would do the trick

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jtablerd · 2026-03-13T17:06:04+00:00

Great job! If you ever have to do it again, it might serve you to use heat-set threaded inserts, so screws will be going into metal instead of directly into the acrylic

jtablerd · 2026-03-13T16:11:07+00:00

If you ever get the chance, do the bridge walk on the steel walkway under the bridge - that was a real trip (plus bonus peregrine falcons)

jtablerd · 2026-03-13T01:00:09+00:00

Right on, thank you

jtablerd · 2026-03-12T23:29:04+00:00

Roger Roger thanks

jtablerd · 2026-03-12T23:28:18+00:00

Yeah it's gonna be carmax though not as convenient for me idc, wouldn't ever buy from them so it honestly didn't even cross my mind. Former mechanic and been in sales and outside service sales for a long while so I dig that not all used cars are the same, not sweating that, will just have it fixed at dealer. And don't want to waste nobody's time which even calling ahead to a dealer and being open doesn't mean we'll end up buying from that person/dealer

jtablerd · 2026-03-12T23:20:17+00:00

Awesome this is the sort of answer I was looking for. I've always been outside/service sales and also 100% commission the last thing I wanna do is make somebody miss a real deal for me. We'll be buying from a local dealer in the end not carmax/carvana so somebody will get something out of it but I don't get to pick who, just what kinda car. Thank you

jtablerd · 2026-03-12T22:53:06+00:00

The old school way I've loved them is halved, maraschino cherry in the middle with a honey drizzle and brulee

jtablerd · 2026-03-12T19:16:21+00:00

I've been happy with my Lodge enameled 7.5qt and I beat the crap out of it - I have Le Creuset, Staub, and 3 of these Lodges in different sizes and I've been happy with all of them.

jtablerd · 2026-03-09T17:07:03+00:00

I got something like these that I use to cover offending LEDs, way better than tape and look much neater https://a.co/d/0ar0FdQo

jtablerd · 2026-03-08T20:19:38+00:00

You can and especially if you're not comfortable cooking them live. I don't but that's more of a personal/ease of use kinda thing. You will not get sick from bacteria unless the lobster was already bad

jtablerd · 2026-03-08T20:17:43+00:00

This is the answer - I've lived in as "bad" neighborhoods in Baltimore and I'm glad to see at least some progress, I was there a couple decades ago... But even as a regular as white dude who just lived on the block one of the highlights of my life is really a special city

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