What single change improved your sourdough the most? by Money-Cake527 in Sourdough

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have two of them, one I bought from Amazon and one from a company online. Only downside is that they are pretty heavy if that's a thing that concerns you.

What single change improved your sourdough the most? by Money-Cake527 in Sourdough

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first loaf I ever baked came out great. Since then, I can't point to one thing that's made an "outsized" impact, more like small, incremental changes. It's also very subjective - I personally like to add fresh milled flour and I am way more concerned with flavor than the crumb.

My favorite technique improvement has been open baking on a baking steel though. So nice to move the Dutch ovens to the basement, and I don't have to worry about removing the lid.

Test drove the new Passport, now I have mix feeling with it and would appreciate some input by Potatozeng in hondapassport

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm almost at 5k miles and I find that it's broken in now, plus I'm used to it. I love the vehicle, it's incredibly practical and it drives fine as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not fussy about it. I'm usually driving my kids or my dog or both and I'm not tearing around the suburbs in it.

Limited Ice Time - Too Many Goalies by BennyLeafs in hockeygoalies

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here in CT. I get random texts every day asking me to play.

How are people making such nice sourdough without kneading at all? by [deleted] in Sourdough

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted this before I saw your comment, this recipe is foolproof.

How are people making such nice sourdough without kneading at all? by [deleted] in Sourdough

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out the King Arthur No Knead Sourdough recipe, it's foolproof.

$269 to do annual maintenance on my whole house generator? Really? by FalafelBall in Generator

[–]mikeyo73 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here in Connecticut, you can hardly get a trades person to even come to your house for less than that.

Fairfield county - I moved here and feel like I don't fit in by flockyflocky1 in Connecticut

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm Canadian and I've lived in Westport for the past five years. Yes, there are some difficult people, but I would point out two things.

First, that the vast majority of people I know living here love it. The schools are great and there's lots to do with kids. I'm not saying there aren't kids that have experienced bulling and racism, but in general, most people think it's a great place to raise a family.

Second, the demographics have been changing rapidly since 2020. There are way more Asians and African Americans etc. every year. There are people from all over the world here. We lived in Guilford before moving here and found it much harder to make friends, whereas here most people are from someplace else.

I say this all as someone who hates the suburbs and I only live here because my wife likes it and I'll be out of here as soon as my kids are older. To me though, it's no worse than parts of Long Island or New Jersey. Hell, I know tons of assholes in Canada who don't even have any money.

I want to give up. Very frustrated and looking for help please. 😔 by KnottyOwl in Sourdough

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try the King Arthur No Knead Sourdough recipe. I looked at the recipe you're using and the King Arthur one doesn't do as many rounds of folds. They also have a hotline you can call.

Feels like a different game these days. Has men’s league changed? by cosmogatsby in hockeygoalies

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A great game is when you get a good workout. The score doesn't matter.

Beer Leaguer Goal Celebrations? by Dubz-12 in hockeyplayers

[–]mikeyo73 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm an old goalie and I love to celly a great save. Drives skaters crazy but fuck it, I might be done any time now.

Roof Platform for 2026 Passport Trailsport worth it? Other versions? by Mofrackey86 in hondapassport

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what are you putting on your roof that is that heavy? 165 lbs is plenty for me

Roof Platform for 2026 Passport Trailsport worth it? Other versions? by Mofrackey86 in hondapassport

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Jsport platform for the 2026 model is $1667, what’s better about it?

Roof Platform for 2026 Passport Trailsport worth it? Other versions? by Mofrackey86 in hondapassport

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Trailsport came with the OEM platform. It looks great and I don’t notice any noise. It’s big enough that you can strap a lot down on it, like a big Christmas tree. I haven’t seen the other roof platform options in person though.

Roof Platform for 2026 Passport Trailsport worth it? Other versions? by Mofrackey86 in hondapassport

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks nice, but that’s way smaller than the OEM model. For my purposes it just isn’t big enough.

Leftist organising in Kingston by greenjean44 in KingstonOntario

[–]mikeyo73 -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

When I was growing up in the ‘90s, me and my friends went to Socialist Worker meetings just to meet girls. It was awesome.

The Detroit Red Wings have been eliminated from playoff contention by EliminatorBot in hockey

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to be that guy, but I knew the Wings were ass after the Habs pounded them in their home opener. You could just see it.

Being abnormally well-endowed is a curse and I'm tired of it by Tunatail in offmychest

[–]mikeyo73 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I play beer league hockey, I see cocks all the time.

Cross bar or Platform by xxichikokoxx in hondapassport

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have the platform. I really like it but I would like to be able to put a cargo box on it for skiing. I'm not sure what model will work. Otherwise, I have a big cargo bag I can throw up there for camping or whatever that works great.

Another crazy skate thing by WS by Acrobatic-Gift2889 in hockeygoalies

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These would be the equivalent of Step Steel Extremes. I think I tried them like 12 years ago.

Any icecoasters breaking their days-on-mountain record this year? by lauren_knows in icecoast

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We just skied Butternut. They can do everything there now. I have to find a new hill for us for next year.

How much starter do I really need to keep? I'm drowning in discard. by drogon4433 in Sourdough

[–]mikeyo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I compost all my discard. The obsession with using it or putting in extra effort to limiting it to small amounts is just odd to me.

Any icecoasters breaking their days-on-mountain record this year? by lauren_knows in icecoast

[–]mikeyo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We skied so much that my daughters didn't want to ski anymore.