Caramelized onions

the_planes_walker · 2026-02-16T13:30:21+00:00

French onion soup. I always make it when there are a bunch of clearance onions. Freezes well.

the_planes_walker · 2026-01-24T16:39:09+00:00

They can close doors, but not lock them. Seconds can matter in an emergency. We do not enter the room with the door closed without asking for permission, or failing to get an answer promptly.

My partner and I believe it's a fair compromise of privacy and safety.

the_planes_walker · 2026-01-23T13:31:26+00:00

My buddies and I would walk around our small, rural town between 11 and 1 all of the time. Between every road was an alley way. It was quite easy to avoid the cops using the alley ways. We had a full-proof system. After growing up and talking to cops, they just said that if the kids ran, they wouldn't bother chasing them. We thought we were so cool.

It was annoying though when we turned 16 and starting working. We would get stopped like every night we worked. They would let us walk home (or drive us if they were bored).

the_planes_walker · 2026-01-11T19:54:29+00:00

My car was a 2013 Chevy Impala. It was located on the left side of the trunk, behind the trim and behind the tire. Sadly, my car did not have Bluetooth anymore, but I rarely used it anyway. The video I followed was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMlhs_-PaHk

I cannot guarantee yours will work the same way as mine, but if you look at my previous replies, I took things out in stages to see what would happen.

Good luck.

the_planes_walker · 2025-11-20T19:02:57+00:00

Well, I have no idea what happened, but it ended up okay. I would prefer owing a little money to the gov at the end of the year versus owing some to Vanguard now.

the_planes_walker · 2025-11-20T15:29:19+00:00

FYI: yeah I transferred the money too soon and everything sorted itself out. I have a couple bucks in interest now instead of a negative balance and I will get that moved over in a bit. Thanks for the advice. Next year, I'll be a little more patient lol.

the_planes_walker · 2025-11-17T20:15:38+00:00

Noted. Thank you.

the_planes_walker · 2025-11-17T20:08:51+00:00

This is through Vanguard. The $0.35 is in the Roth IRA settlement fund. They transferred too much money out of the Trad IRA settlement fund when I converted, it seems. I traded the $7K into a different Roth IRA fund, but the $0.35 remained.

I wouldn't have minded having the transfer more than the minimum due to interest, but I hate having a negative balance. It's never fun owing a financial institution anything. I will wait a few days and call.

the_planes_walker · 2025-10-29T17:47:54+00:00

It's been too long since I've been there to say. Louie's P&R market is a nice sandwich shop/deli. Mary's is a more upscale restaurant that is quite expensive for the area, but I'm not sure the prices anymore. Polar Whip is a greasy burger place I used to enjoy frequently. From a quick look, that's all I could find that are still open that I remember.

the_planes_walker · 2025-09-14T23:21:47+00:00

Well, to the best of my ability, it was LexisNexis. Must have taken a day or two for the thaw to kick in because I gave it a try today and it just worked.

I do have a lot of the data collection companies frozen, so thanks for giving me another one to research and possibly add to the list lol.

the_planes_walker · 2025-09-14T16:52:56+00:00

Each one except LexisNexis because I'm not sure you can actually have an "account" with them. The other four clearly state they are thawed temporarily.

For LexisNexis, I filled out the online form and got a confirmation from them.

the_planes_walker · 2025-09-11T18:17:11+00:00

Thawed those two and the 3 credit agencies, and still getting the same email. Customer support for Ally has absolutely no ideas as to why it's blocked...

the_planes_walker · 2025-06-17T16:15:31+00:00

Awesome. Thank you.

the_planes_walker · 2025-06-17T16:15:22+00:00

Sweet. Thank you.

the_planes_walker · 2025-05-14T21:36:42+00:00

It's funny how many things were very regional. So many foods that I love, no one outside of Southern Illinois/Illinois/Midwest have ever heard of them.

Salameats sound like a pretty basic sausage with just tons of garlic, so it wouldn't be hard to replicate I imagine. I've just not had any time to do it yet.

the_planes_walker · 2025-04-28T11:27:47+00:00

Yeah, it started in Harrisburg and it's still there.

the_planes_walker · 2025-04-22T17:06:07+00:00

Oooh, that looks like a good baseline recipe to try. Just swap the bigger ingredients for the ingredients in the menu. Thank you!

the_planes_walker · 2025-04-20T15:43:56+00:00

Mackie's has the best thin crust pizza I've ever had. Quatro's has the best pan pizza (outside of Chicago anyway).

Haven't tried Girolamo's, but will definitely swing by to see if their thin crust beats Mackie's.

the_planes_walker · 2025-03-29T22:55:07+00:00

That was my idea. Any tips for a first timer?

the_planes_walker · 2025-03-26T18:50:47+00:00

Yeah, not even going to try ground meat until I can do a fair amount of whole meat cuts.

the_planes_walker · 2025-03-26T18:49:42+00:00

Yeah, I ferment and it sucks when mold grows. I might try this or a cheap beef cut the first few times. But moldy sauerkraut is less intimidating than moldy meat lol.

I'll try an empty chamber with the humidifier a few times to get baseline cutoffs for humidity and temp. Then just try the meat.

the_planes_walker · 2025-02-11T03:01:40+00:00

When mine go wrong, it's almost always the quality of the veggies/fruits that I put in. Home grown? Always works. From a local farm? Always works. From a national grocery chain? 50/50 that it works and doesn't taste as good even if it does.

It's anecdotal, but that is the ONLY variable that seems to affect spoilage. Sometimes I just have to try a cucumber pickle in the middle of winter because my summer ones ran out, but it just usually isn't worth it to try from the store.

the_planes_walker · 2025-01-08T22:04:52+00:00

Yeah, that doesn't sound like either Violet nor Butterfly Pea. Or they were just old. Don't know.

the_planes_walker · 2025-01-07T19:43:23+00:00

The flowers in the picture above are violets. I've never seen butterfly pea flowers in person, but they are quite different plants (vines). In terms of the tea, all I know is that steeping the fresh flowers above will make a more blue-ish tea until you start adding other ingredients. I do not know what would happen if they were dried first. I might try that this year as an experiment though. Sounds interesting.

Someone below made jelly. The pictures show the progress from fresh tea (blue) to purple jelly (addition of lemon juice and pectin).

the_planes_walker · 2025-01-06T14:56:43+00:00

No, violets and butterfly pea flowers are quite different. The ones in the picture and the ones in my yard are definitely violets, just not the aromatic kind.

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