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There is actually an art to seasoning cast iron cookware. My father was a food service warrant officer for 27 years, and grew up cooking with cast iron cookware. Each fall, when the weather turned colder, we would take all the cast iron cookware, one item at a time and put it into the fireplace (which was our primary heat source for the house) and burn the cookware clean. All we ever burnt in the fireplace was oak firewood, from the trees we cut which would not make good timber (we are timberland people). The next morning, before the fire was stoked up again, we would remove the cast iron cookware item while it was cool, and Dad would wipe it out good and take some of the bacon grease which was always kept in a can on the stove in the kitchen and wipe the cookware completely down (inside/outside/handles and all) with the CONGEALED grease from the upper portion of the bacon grease can, then stick it in the oven and cook that grease into the iron. We would do it a second time each spring right before the weather began to warm up again. Dad was very picky about his cookware. He had made up some salt bags to rub the inside of the large cast iron skillet so that pancakes would not stick when making them. In my Father's own words, "Pancakes are called panCAKES because they are BAKED on the stovetop. If you use any oil for cooking them you gotta call them FRITTERS!" As for the knives I use, I have every single item in the entire line of "walnut traditions" Chicago Cutlery which I bought way before they started getting their knives made in China. They are great knives, but you have to hand wash them and occasionally wipe oil into the black walnut handle slabs. The old Chicago cutlery blades were high carbon semi-stainless steel, and sharpen up well and tend to hold their edge. I also use a number of the OLD HICKORY brand knives for my butchering. They are forged very high carbon steel blades, with hickory-slabbed handles. I prefer the butcher knife and boning knives of that brand for butchering whole carcasses, such as venison, etc. They sharpen up well and hold their edges well, too, plus they have very little blade flex, which is ideal for separating joints, such as hip joints and such. I have tried many other knives but always go back to my trusty Chicago cutlery and Old Hickory cutlery...they are old school and do what they were designed to do. If it works for my needs, then I tend to be happy with it. As an aside, if not for all the wild game I brought home while growing up, our household would have had far less meat protein in our diets. We ate whatever I hunted...deer, squirrels, rabbits, game-birds, you name it! I also provided quite a bit of fish for all those years, all-year-round. I have this rather large and deep cast iron "chicken fryer" that I love to use when cooking breakfast for a crowd. First I cook the bacon in it, then the country sausage. That leaves a pretty high level of hot grease in it. Then I put an iron wedge under one corner of it to VERY SLIGHTLY tilt it. I crack open the eggs on the high side, and they cook perfectly to "over-medium" doneness as they float across to the low side, where they are removed and slid onto plates held by hungry hands. My whole family has always prefered "runny yellows" on their fried eggs to "sop up" with hot biscuits at breakfast. Having spend a number of years working in a grey and ductile iron foundry as a pattern-maker, I will tell you how the BEST cast-iron cookware is produced. They use a CORE of baked fine sand for the inside of the pan, whereas the rest of the sand mold is standard sand. This makes the inside of the cookware very smooth. The downside is that it costs over twice as much in materiels to make each item, and there is more possibility of a shifting core, which could end up causing a scrapped product. Good pattern makers know how to keep that from happening though. THat is why the cost for smooth-interiored cast-iron cookware is so much higher in cost than standard castings. Although some companies also machine the interiors, which really isn't necessary if you use a fine-sand core, and which also makes the bottoms thinner from removal of some of the iron in the machining process.

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Hot & black!

Always black. Espresso black or at times I'll put a dab of vanilla syrup in it.

HI BSM we covered coffee since I have been here. I'm a hot, strong and black type. If you see me going for cream and sugar, the coffee is bad. Or Starbux. The podunk town i live has a roaster that I patronize. I see flavored coffee the same as perfume... might smell good, don't drink it. Happy now

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as you guessed...it's time for more coffee..

Are we still talking about coffee?

I have the Benq HT 2050 that RoboKlipsch mentioned. Bought it for $599 last year on black Friday. I just couldn't pass up that deal! I am currently running it in a dark basement with a 120" screen. The color and contrast is probably not quite as good as the 50" Panasonic plasma it replaced, but the size more than makes up for it. I could never go back to a small screen for my main home theater. The huge screen size just makes everything so immersive. There is just no comparison to a smaller screen. My plan is to eventually upgrade to a better unit once UHD projectors become more affordable. In a dark room, the picture quality and brightness are excellent. If you turn the lights on, it all goes away. Projectors are not suitable as a TV replacement in a regular room. You must have a light controlled environment to even consider using one. However, if you can make it work, they are the only way to go. Kind of like going from small bookshelf speakers to K-horns or La Scalas. Everything is just so much bigger and more real!

I've had a few cups and ... yak yak yak When I was cleaning mom's house out, I found some old curlers and a bonnet hair dryer. I asked my sisters if they wanted they. I remember those item as being instruments of torture for them as children. Funny ... none of them wanted ??? was listening to The End by The Doors that song goes on forever. There is no end to The End. Maybe I was just impatient, but I felt like, "Come on guys, wind it up" maybe I should spend some time outdoors. Heritage flights over Tucson. They stage out here. Get to see all kinds of vintage and new aircraft. found out that LittleFeat played in Tucson a couple weeks ago. At a nice venue, too. Intimate. Oh well... maybe next time. They are always on tour.

Thank YOU Paul! Most appreciated!, and I can't wait to hear them first hand... I will have my new Nikon camera to get good photos and some FULL HD movies in stereo... My usual seat in this theater is up in the rear gallery (second floor) and in the first row. There is NO ONE in front of me and I have clear view of the stage from above, head on, and dead center ... Going to sign off now, as it is 11pm, Sunday evening, and I have a rather large pipe organ to tune tomorrow which I need to finish in one full day of work, then, it is off to rehearsal with my band of 9 musicians as we get ready for our first show of the 2018 season. We will be at Darrel Hall's venue / restaurant in NY. ! Our first time there, should be a good time.........that is on Thursday of this week.. Good night my friend (or.........uh..........mate?).............. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz___________________

Everithing in this post ticks all the boxes Great Music Close Venue thais is familiar Parking And most probably a great price Above all I have read that some Genesis members have commented favourably about the band and material played So all that’s left to say is Have a bloody great time mate 👍🏼🦊

this one of the toughest genesis albums to get into....but it's a gem...

.............Side C..........'Record Two'.................

wife brought a bag of Guatemalan beans home from the store. Weather ic coming real nice next week. 75 tomorrow and 80 thru the week.. Back to our bad weather -- too much sun and warm. Might get a half decent spring bloom

Well it's an hour later and I'm having some now, probably have some more later, it's only 8:13.

And the band members just keep on putting out material Steve Hackett and Chris Squire

OK nice you have me spinning on the same path and spinning Nursery Cryme But I’m listening and will be calling a fellow about some Electro-Voice HP9040 CD Horns and DH1A Drivers

Also agree with Garyrc. I've got a JVC projector and love it. Picture quality is fantastic and quite honestly the limiting factor seems to be the quality of the source. For example, I've compared a high definition movie from satellite television to the same movie on Blu-ray and the Blu-ray definitely has a sharper image. One possible drawback is that with the larger image, you're more likely to notice flaws. In fact, the comparison I mentioned between Blu-ray and satellite may not have been noticeable on a smaller screen. I also have a 2.35:1 screen and am glad I made that choice (thanks to recommendations from this forum). However, it is really going to depend on whether you are limited in height or width. For me I was more limited in height so I got the 2.35:1 screen. If you are more limited in width, get the largest 16:9 screen you can fit. Otherwise, get the largest 2.35:1 screen you can fit (note: to take advantage of a 2.35:1 screen, you're going to want a projector that has lens shift memory -- not all projectors have this).

You and me both brother 😎 These days prog rock is not a dirty word and more people have seen the light 💡

@dirtmudd Both albums are highly listenable Also both albums along with other early releases have been voted as favourites by fans of Genesis

No, cocktails for sure! I rarely drink hard stuff, as everyone knows me as a wino.............but, just moments ago, Chris had all the fresh ingredients to make them, this is HOT! Fresh horseradish, LOTS of Tabasco and the tomato juice is also the spicy version.............

The Wolverines are peaking at the right time again. B1G tournament champs for the second year in a row, this time without a plane crash. John Beilein is an excellent coach. Not long ago, fanatical Michigan fans were calling for his job. Fortunately for Michigan basketball, cooler heads prevailed.

Yep....same here. Sometimes just a simple picnic for the day is enough to keep her happy.

please dont bite my head off for this, i know this is a brand specific forum, but im sure others own or have owned other brands of speakers & was wondering what some thoughts are on them. you can compare to klipsch if you want but just curious what other members think of the many different types of speaker out there. i will start with my limited experience, sorry if this is a long read, i was bored on a cold sunday: i was first exposed to audio at a very young age, my dad had a very nice for the time console stereo system, it had 2- 12" coaxial woofers, forget the brand but they were above average for the time, & he had some nicer components, receiver, tape deck & turntable. i can remember being like 6 or 7 years old & he would sit me down & play classic rock like simon & garfunkle, beatles, rolling stones, elvis, etc & explain how you could feel the bass & the crips high notes etc. i loved listening to that console system & good early rock & roll songs. fast forward to being a broke teenager when i wanted to get my own system going, my first real speakers were MTX brand "magnum" model with a 12" woofer, 5" mid, 2" tweet & a piezo super tweeter. they were direct competition to cerwin vegas of the time but lower priced, they were very nice budget speakers for a teenager in the 1980's & flat out rocked for popular classic & heavier rock & roll music. i ran them off black faced 80's kenwood seperates with about 125wpc. my friends were amazed at the bass & i used to demo them by playing bass heavy songs, the front port would move so much air that it would move your pant leg from a quite a few feet across the room! then i "upgraded" to the later MTX AAL series with dual 12" woofers, the same mid & piezo tweeter, those were even better & had subwoofer quality bass & upper bass slam... i still have a set of the later MTX AAL series for my drum room & when i listen to them im surprised how good they sound for what they are, no true crossovers, just a cheap cap for the mid & tweet, but they have lasted for 25+ years & have very good bass & pretty good mid/tweets for what they are... a cheaper entry level loud speaker. i then upgraded to my first klipsch in the 90's with the kg 5.5 & onkyo gear, the sound quality was a big step up from the MTX, but mainly only in the mid/tweet, the bass was great too but no better than the mtx. then as i progressed in the hobby i listened to all kinds of brands & briefly owned speakers from polk, infinity, CV, mirage & even some higher end bookshelf b&w's which were sold within weeks, was not impressed with them. but then my final brand i got into in the late 90's & early 2000's after lots of demos at local audio stores & reading tons of their ads in audio magazines was definitive technology. they were formed by one of the original founders of polk & were based on a newer for the time technology called bi-polar. once i heard them i fell in love with the big open sound & then heard them for was for what was also new at the time, home theater surround sound. i was blown away at what they did for movies compared to direct radiating speakers. the sound was all around the room & made the room seem 2x bigger than it was, didnt need to sit in one spot for great sound, although the sweet spot was also excellent. for music they are very good too, with a different but very pleasing sound & no ear fatigue related issues & much more forgiving to less than ideal recordings that is common to some people with high efficiency horn loaded speakers. they are not better or worse than klipsch, just different, better in some ways, less in others. mainly, they are not as in your face or as efficient so the initial perception is klipsch have better/louder mids, but thats greatly due to the higher efficiency, easy way to address that is to simply turn the volume up on less efficient speakers to match the db, of course if your amp has the reserve power to do so. the def tech system is manily for movies & ran off a high power onkyo AVR. mains are BP-7002 with powered 12" woofers & passive radiators in each, dual 5.25" mids & 1" dome tweet in a d'appolito arrangement front & mirror image on the rear. the dual subs integrate nicely with the mains & saves a lot of floor space, but yes seperate subs are better & these are not comparable to higher dollar SVS or velodyne etc or home built subs, but very impressive for what they are. then the flagship passive model bp-30 for rears or 4 speaker 2ch stereo music, they consist of dual 6.5" & 1" dome tweet d'appolito front & rear with a transmission line ported enclosure. then smaller surrounds & a very nice center matched to the fronts. for home theater use in an average sized home environment i would match them up against many other brands costing a lot more & they do things no direct radiating speaker can, for music & movies. if you ever get a chance give them a listen. dont get me wrong, ive owned countless klipsch over the years & i LOVE my heritage/extended klipsch & will never part with them. but just like with cars or really anything else in this world, if you limit yourself to just 1 brand or model or type etc, you are really missing out, life is all about variety! thanks for reading, would like to hear other opinions of the different of speakers they have had.

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You could always get a drink at a restaurant or a bar, but just no carryout alcohol of any kind. The sun? What's that?

Wife was feeling lucky. not me ... I never get lucky anymore ... so we spent $300 on one of those hospital mega raffles. 20:1 odds of winning something I figure IF we win, if will be a trip to a place neither of us has any desire to go. say Africa or the middle east

If you have the cast irons ones chrome plated it won't matter how you clean them. JJK

I have owned roughly 32 different pairs of speakers since the mid 80s. I won't bore with the complete list, but here is a sampling of some of the more prominent ones: Wilson Sophia Piega P-10 Green Mountain Audio Continuum 3 and Imago Von Schweikert (VR4 and VR4 III HSE) Magnepan (1.6 and 3.5) PBN Montana Reference 3a Grand Veena I have also owned Cornwalls and Cornscalas. And this brings me to my current speakers, GR Research Super V. This is a high efficiency design using an OB 12" coaxial driver mated to a pair of OB 12" subwoofers using a servo amplifier. These are very good speakers by anyone's definition and have world class bass response flat into the teens. I have really enjoyed them for the past year. I said all that to say this. I recently borrowed my friend's Forte I with upgraded xovers and titanium drivers for a week. I did this with the inclination that I might buy a pair of Forte IIIs. I have heard these speakers on many occasions in his system, and once set u p properly, didn't disappoint in my room either. While they are no match to the Super V for bass weight, extension, and foundation, the Forte more than held it's own in the midrange and upper frequencies. Even though both of these designs are of high efficiency, the Forte had more snap and dynamic range (but only slightly so) than my current speakers. I also got the chance to hear the IIIs last weekend at a dealer.That sealed it for me. I ordered a pair in distressed white oak. The conclusion being that Klipsch speakers can hold their own against far more costly designs. But I know most of you here knew that already. Shakey

Wow, even bible belt state West Virginia got rid of blue laws in the 70's. Now if Indiana will just get rid of those biblical laws which punish people working on the sabbath by stoning them to death...

My home brew CW's were very anemic sounding on first listen. After a few hours they were much better. I think the whole break in thing is some woofers just need to loosen up.

Woofers can take a few minutes or more to break in but other than that I tend to agree with the above statements.

...........Ok, onto Side D of Record Two...............really enjoying this tonight

...............Side B..................

Good evening and hello again Mike and Paul...............enjoying that album right now and so, I will post some photos here once again...... yes................the center label...........Record One.........Side A

Although not from the Foxtrot album - It’s one of my favourite tracks In this video - You will see Peter Gabriel in the Fox 🦊 outfit while singing

If you are looking at Klípsch models get the R-115 and nothing less. It’s a great sub for the money. Is up @MetropolisLakeOutfitters On pricing for one. He’s a stand up member and an authorized dealer.

Afternoon at the farm! 😋

I was looking through some old Pilgrimage pictures and when I seen this pic it made me think of your garage speakers. This was 2011, the 396 was new and Roy set this up for the bands to play, plus a few subs. You can imagine how this sounded, and they were fired up and filling the park.

Everybody does, it's the french way to spell it, you should see how people spell and pronounce my last name. Luquet french would be luquette This is a etched mirror we did for Rodney, he owns the place where we have the Pilgrimage. This was a gift with other things from forum members for taking care of us. Rodney and his daughter

I am serious, but not sure what shipping will do unless you have a commercial account. I tossed the pans that we used and the rest are either basically like new or used little (not much wear). Here is what I have: 8" frying - 1388 - 2 ea 10" frying - 1390 12" searing grilling (has ribs on it) 3 qt saute pans - 5003 - 2 ea 1 qt sauce 8701 2 qt sauce 8702 6 qt pot - 806 12" Wok - 1612 Also have stainless and glass lids - need to inventory them I have gotten rid of any bad ones (a few frying pans and sauce pots) that were used heavily. The remaining stuff is all either very good or like new. You can PM me if you like. Might do a trade, I happen to like audio equipment and music.

not exactly sure what you're asking for but I'll nonetheless add my brief assessment of audio mags. ..They ALL suffer from the same distain for honesty and bias controls. Their refusal to employ even the most basic forms of blinded observation tells me they really don't want to get to the truth of whether or not audible differences b/w amplifiers, cd players, cables, interconnects, etc.. are real or imagined.

is that a trick question.....

A sharp knife is a safe knife. Bill

another shot of the cove

Hi Docta. Welcome to the forums. Thanks to @willland for letting me know that you had asked a question. The forums were recently upgraded to a new platform and when they did, all of my subscribed threads were unsubscribed. The RF-7 is a fantastic system. And if you look at my the links in my signature, you will see I really like the RSW-15....so much so I decided to buy 4 of them. LOL. The RF-7 definitely can be a bit forward and harsh on the top end, especially at really high volume. I've had the privilege of owning RF-7, RF-7ii and RF-83's at the same time and did a comparison of the three in this thread. @Deang does really great work and I have heard nothing but great things from guys that have had him mod their RF-7's. His mod is known for "Taming the High's" in the RF-7. He modded my RF-7ii crossovers and it definitely smoothed out the sound and also reduced the top end a bit. For my taste, I actually liked the top end in the RF-7ii's so I'm still trying to figure out if I want to go back to stock xovers to get that top end back, but am I willing to lose the smoothness that it added.

you sir, have reached the level of Professor.