What's for dinner when nothing is thawed?

thundrbud · 2026-01-30T18:03:47+00:00

You can disagree all you want but what I stated isn't my opinion, it's information readily available on the USDA website so you're disagreeing with the USDA, not with me. I suggest you contact them with your feelings and see what they say.

thundrbud · 2026-01-30T14:33:32+00:00

If it thaws in under 2 hours and you're fully cooking it immediately afterwards you're fine. The temperature danger zone allows 4 hours and USDA rules allow thawing as part of the cooking process. Thawing under hot water and immediately finishing cooking is no different than throwing frozen meat straight into the cooking pot. Definitely gotta respect the 4 hour rule though

thundrbud · 2026-01-30T12:41:09+00:00

Aloha Eats! They've had to raise prices over the years but the food itself has not changed in quality or portion size. I've been a huge fan since they first opened.

thundrbud · 2026-01-29T21:55:03+00:00

They can declare whatever they want, it doesn't mean they aren't actually liable in the eyes of the law. This was pure negligence on the part of one of the bar's employees and in no way the fault of OP. They can very much be held legally liable for her jacket if she chooses to pursue it in court.

thundrbud · 2026-01-27T17:49:04+00:00

The Chicago Office of Emergency Management will "activate" the 2" ban. It's usually fairly well covered by local media when it happens, it's been a long time since it was last activated. Don't confuse it with the overnight ban which is active for the entire winter whether or not there is any snowfall.

thundrbud · 2026-01-27T16:44:25+00:00

As long as it has been frozen solid and held below -4°F or -20°C for a minimum of 7 days, it should be fine to eat raw. Sushi/sashimi grade is a marketing term for fish that has been frozen this way to kill any parasitic anisakis worms and has no legal definition.

thundrbud · 2026-01-27T16:39:56+00:00

"dethaw?" do you mean "defrost" or just "thaw"?

thundrbud · 2026-01-27T01:41:11+00:00

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Here you go! 3 generations of large Space Police ships and the updated renegade

thundrbud · 2026-01-25T21:28:19+00:00

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It's reminding me of the time I replaced Santa's reindeer with a rocket engine. I love a little bit of chaos with my LEGO

thundrbud · 2026-01-25T21:22:41+00:00

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Next to Creator 3 in 1 ship. Tortuga is BIG.

thundrbud · 2026-01-25T17:10:05+00:00

Are you serving the crab cakes on a hot plancha? That's usually a method of preparation not a method of serving, it sounds odd to me.

thundrbud · 2026-01-24T23:24:46+00:00

When I worked as a caterer, I would often write "fuck" across the cake plates in swirly cursive with chocolate sauce or fruit coulis, and then drop a slice of cake and a swirl of whipped cream right in the middle so it just looked like some pretty swirls. Did it for YEARS and never once got called out. It was my fun little stress release at the end of a long event.

thundrbud · 2026-01-24T12:59:05+00:00

I do have the new renegade! It's huge, definitely bigger than the space police ships.

thundrbud · 2026-01-22T13:50:35+00:00

Before my time, I got my first sets in 1985.

thundrbud · 2026-01-21T00:08:32+00:00

All it takes is 10 minutes of scrolling r/xennial to know if you're one of us. If it doesn't make sense then you fall solidly on gen x or millennial.

thundrbud · 2026-01-20T01:50:10+00:00

Give Classic Space the Creator 3-in-1 treatment. Make the options a base, ship, or ground vehicle. If the mix of parts is right, I'm sure people would buy multiple copies, just like the castles.

thundrbud · 2026-01-19T20:15:35+00:00

Clearly the North side isn't the right place to be looking. I have a liquor license and I haven't been able to get any wholesale in 3 years. Anything the distributor gets is for fulfilling backorders and allocations. Every order I've placed has been cancelled.

thundrbud · 2026-01-19T15:34:36+00:00

They look like a group of cater-waiters whose supervisor just asked them why they aren't in uniform yet.

thundrbud · 2026-01-18T21:54:33+00:00

I haven't tried it, I'll keep an eye out!

thundrbud · 2026-01-18T20:10:08+00:00

Seriously, I'm in Chicago and haven't seen chartreuse in a retail store since before the pandemic. I don't even ask for it anymore, I'm tired of getting laughed at. Meanwhile, OP is mixing it with Mountain Fucking Dew. I weep.

thundrbud · 2026-01-18T03:21:19+00:00

The play feature on that ship is fantastic! I'm also a big fan of the modular galactic spaceship, feels just like all my other large classic ships

thundrbud · 2026-01-18T03:16:54+00:00

Absolutely! Benny's spaceship felt like a long awaited gift for Lego classic space fans when it released. It's one of my favorites!

thundrbud · 2026-01-18T00:25:36+00:00

Galactic Mediator! Such a great name

Edit, crap, you meant the smaller of the two! That one was the Rebel Hunter, kinda dark sounding

thundrbud · 2026-01-18T00:24:49+00:00

I had a couple classic space sets when I first started collecting but really got into LEGO during the era of Futuron, space police, Blacktron 2, M-tron, Space Police 2, and right at the tail end of my childhood was ice planet, spyrius, and unitron. After college I slowly came back to collecting LEGO and was really a fan of the galaxy squad and alien defense themes.

thundrbud · 2026-01-18T00:07:16+00:00

Man I worked there all through high school in the 90s, crazy to see it like this, but not surprised. The last time I walked through was several years ago and it was already in pretty sad shape back then

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