Running Bear's December 2023 Coffee Shop
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5 Guys is way over priced and over rated. I've been a few times but will only go now if we get a gift card given to us or I'm in a group and get out voted. And any non full service place or table service buffet (Ie, they pick up your dishes and plates wheneveryou are done, bring drink refills, etc) place that asks for tips generally gets on my "don'y go" place if it is more than a tip jar. I'm pretty generous at a sit down full service restaurant but fast food and fast casual places that charge way too much and don't do anything service wise shouldn't be asking for tips.
RE: American Cheese. I get your sentiment but I like American Cheese on certain things. Fried egg sandwiches and burgers, though I'll usually use a different cheese on a burger if I have it. And my current egg sandwich for breakfast has mexican blend (cheddar, jack, and a couple others) melted on it on the pan and a slice of American on the bread (Lavash or keto tortilla). I also like American Cheese on a Wasa crisp bread with butter, though if I have other cheeses I'll prefer them. In my family we call American CHeese "Grandpa Cheese" as that was my dad's kind of cheese and he was always buying it and eating it. He was not a gourmet.
Might it have been on purpose?
I love American Cheese. For me there is American Cheese and there is the top-of-the-line Land O Lakes American Cheese! It's always worth paying extra for Land O Lakes American Cheese.
A few times I've gotten the senior discount at Taco bell without saying anything. They just rung it up. I guess the white beard (when I have a beard) leads to it. Not in the last couple years but in the last 5 years its happened 2 or 3 times at more than one location. Once with my kids about 5 or 6 years ago on the 4th of July we stopped by for their Happy Hour $1 drinks and I guess hey thought they were my grandkids.
American cheese is usually not even legally cheese. It is a processed dairy product that is somewhat cheese like and made for melting. Maybe @TLOC Tom in Wisconsin has real cheese that they call American Cheese but what you buy in the store is usually not legally as far as I understand it. I like the Kraft product myself though the Land O Lakes probably is as good or better. Any of them where the slices are individually wrapped are probably OK. When you get a huge block of slices all together -- those are the budget ones and usually not so good.
One of my better things I do with it is make "Daddy Noodles". This is my take on a cheesy stroganoff. You basically brown a ton of hamburger (ground beef) -- you can use ground turkey or chicken if you must or a mix of beef and turkey if you want to save money as the taste as a mix is not much different, add in a dozen or more slices of american cheese, a handful or three of shredded cheese (cheddar or mexican mix or whatever you have) and a bit of whatever other cheeses you have on hand -- provolone, mozzarella, swiss, etc. Add in a container (16 oz, 24 oz, whatever) of sour cream. Add in a 1/4 cup of Worcestershire Sauce. Some marjoram and smoked paprika. Some ground pepper or white pepper or both to taste. Mix it all up and let it cook to a good consistency and serve over your favorite noodles. If it needs salt (taste as you cook) then use a little soy sauce.
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TLOC
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Good morning to all including the American cheese critic. Troy, come to Wisconsin and you’ll get great American tasting cheese plus many others.
Again up at 4 because it’s six back home. Last day here on the Left Coast and truly I can’t get much further west without getting wet. Flying out late tonight staying at my brother’s new place outside of Vegas. I changed some plans and I will fly out of Vegas Saturday morning on a red eye at 2:30am. Just get me home.
Again up at 4 because it’s six back home. Last day here on the Left Coast and truly I can’t get much further west without getting wet. Flying out late tonight staying at my brother’s new place outside of Vegas. I changed some plans and I will fly out of Vegas Saturday morning on a red eye at 2:30am. Just get me home.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Clear and 43°, heading for 63° just like the past few days. Still have rain in the forecast for tomorrow, starting just after midnight and supposedly ending around 2:00 pm. Forecast is showing between 0.75" and 1". I already have two days of dry firewood inside the house, since the high tomorrow will only be in the 50's. Back to normal by Sunday.
My granddaughter thanks all for the birthday wishes yesterday.
I finished tilling the garden yesterday to a 4" depth. I spread shredded leaves over most of it, but I need a few more. Nothing that 15 minutes with the mower and grass catcher can't handle if I head for the right place. Then I will do the second round of tilling at the 8" depth. I decided to wait until next week for tilling in the wood chips and compost, mainly because I don't think that I will have enough time to haul enough over from the shredded wood chip stash to the garden. It will take about six yards based on past years, all hand shoveled into my garden cart.
It must be Thursday and time for the weekly grocery trek, as the fridge seems unusually empty. On today's trip, I need to stop at the Vitamin Store, Home Depot, the pharmacy, and I have an appointment at the hearing center to get scheduled maintenance on my hearing aids.
I didn't get much accomplished out in the train shed yesterday. One issue with the Beverly Hillbillies truck was that there was some missing pieces in the radiator when I received it.
I fixed that by drilling a couple of holes from underneath and inserting some 0.017" wire into position.
After super gluing and trimming, I painted them.
Looks as good as new now.
From there, I turned my attention to the six figures plus the two metal ones from the cemetery kit. This is as far as I got.
Tom O - I can hardly read the Left Coast news articles on the web, but I make myself do it in order to see what crazy people think. And most of their politicians are totally out of touch in my humble opinion. Look at their high-speed rail for instance, which Sleepy Joe is going to give them $3 billion more to waste.
Mike - The Ted & Taylor tour might be a promoters dream, but considering their respective fans, it could be a security nightmare.
Hughie - Belated Happy Birthday to your grandson.
Today is the 520th birthday of Nostradamus. I wonder if he saw that coming?
Everyone have a great day today.
My granddaughter thanks all for the birthday wishes yesterday.
I finished tilling the garden yesterday to a 4" depth. I spread shredded leaves over most of it, but I need a few more. Nothing that 15 minutes with the mower and grass catcher can't handle if I head for the right place. Then I will do the second round of tilling at the 8" depth. I decided to wait until next week for tilling in the wood chips and compost, mainly because I don't think that I will have enough time to haul enough over from the shredded wood chip stash to the garden. It will take about six yards based on past years, all hand shoveled into my garden cart.
It must be Thursday and time for the weekly grocery trek, as the fridge seems unusually empty. On today's trip, I need to stop at the Vitamin Store, Home Depot, the pharmacy, and I have an appointment at the hearing center to get scheduled maintenance on my hearing aids.
I didn't get much accomplished out in the train shed yesterday. One issue with the Beverly Hillbillies truck was that there was some missing pieces in the radiator when I received it.
I fixed that by drilling a couple of holes from underneath and inserting some 0.017" wire into position.
After super gluing and trimming, I painted them.
Looks as good as new now.
From there, I turned my attention to the six figures plus the two metal ones from the cemetery kit. This is as far as I got.
Tom O - I can hardly read the Left Coast news articles on the web, but I make myself do it in order to see what crazy people think. And most of their politicians are totally out of touch in my humble opinion. Look at their high-speed rail for instance, which Sleepy Joe is going to give them $3 billion more to waste.
Mike - The Ted & Taylor tour might be a promoters dream, but considering their respective fans, it could be a security nightmare.
Hughie - Belated Happy Birthday to your grandson.
Today is the 520th birthday of Nostradamus. I wonder if he saw that coming?
Everyone have a great day today.
NorthBrit
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Sirfoldalot
Days Gone Bye!
A chilly 38 degrees this morning - looking for 72 later under clear skies.
Still feel lousy - can't shake this cold and off to the UC place this morn. It seems to be spreading into the lungs - coughing is starting to hurt.
Just haven't had much cheerful to write about, but have been "mostly" keeping up with the forum - this page only.
Wife is mostly over her "almost" pneumonia - think it has moved over to me?
Love living here - just hate the politics, and I stay away from the local news!
BBL
Still feel lousy - can't shake this cold and off to the UC place this morn. It seems to be spreading into the lungs - coughing is starting to hurt.
Just haven't had much cheerful to write about, but have been "mostly" keeping up with the forum - this page only.
Wife is mostly over her "almost" pneumonia - think it has moved over to me?
Love living here - just hate the politics, and I stay away from the local news!
BBL
kbkchooch
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I had a pair of them, took them off and forgot where!I need a pair. I need a pair.
chadbag
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5 Guys is way over priced and over rated. I've been a few times but will only go now if we get a gift card given to us or I'm in a group and get out voted. And any non full service place or table service buffet (Ie, they pick up your dishes and plates wheneveryou are done, bring drink refills, etc) place that asks for tips generally gets on my "don'y go" place if it is more than a tip jar. I'm pretty generous at a sit down full service restaurant but fast food and fast casual places that charge way too much and don't do anything service wise shouldn't be asking for tips.
RE: American Cheese. I get your sentiment but I like American Cheese on certain things. Fried egg sandwiches and burgers, though I'll usually use a different cheese on a burger if I have it. And my current egg sandwich for breakfast has mexican blend (cheddar, jack, and a couple others) melted on it on the pan and a slice of American on the bread (Lavash or keto tortilla). I also like American Cheese on a Wasa crisp bread with butter, though if I have other cheeses I'll prefer them. In my family we call American CHeese "Grandpa Cheese" as that was my dad's kind of cheese and he was always buying it and eating it. He was not a gourmet.
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Grizzled
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Morning folks,
Another crisp (22F) one but crystal clear. Yesterday's road trip to retrieve the Polaris RZR rims went well and it was a good, albeit too short, visit. That was probably the last road trip my wife is ever going to make. Hopefully I will get one of those rims and the tire into the tire shop this afternoon.
I am still in the process of ferreting out my modeling tools that morphed into the regular tool collection over the last 23 years. A few of them appear to have evaporated. However, it may just be a case of needing to buy a new pair of shoes a half size bigger and inserting doubles of those insoles.
Another crisp (22F) one but crystal clear. Yesterday's road trip to retrieve the Polaris RZR rims went well and it was a good, albeit too short, visit. That was probably the last road trip my wife is ever going to make. Hopefully I will get one of those rims and the tire into the tire shop this afternoon.
I am still in the process of ferreting out my modeling tools that morphed into the regular tool collection over the last 23 years. A few of them appear to have evaporated. However, it may just be a case of needing to buy a new pair of shoes a half size bigger and inserting doubles of those insoles.
chadbag
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Might it have been on purpose?
Texas Hobo
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Hey, I resemble that remark.Coffee Shop" I refer to this forum as the "old man train forum"
NorthBrit
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The cheek of the 'young whippersnapper'I'm probably one of the younger ones here: born in 66 and HS class of 84. Whenever I trell the wife or family about something I read here in the "Coffee Shop" I refer to this forum as the "old man train forum"
Bruette
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"Old man train forum" I'll agree, but that is the reason I'm a regular visitor. You would be hard pressed to find this much experience with a better group of people. Including you, don't forget you are old enough to qualify for the senior discount at many places, old man!I'm probably one of the younger ones here: born in 66 and HS class of 84. Whenever I trell the wife or family about something I read here in the "Coffee Shop" I refer to this forum as the "old man train forum"
The more I learn about your dad the more I like him. Nobody would ever call me a gourmet.
I love American Cheese. For me there is American Cheese and there is the top-of-the-line Land O Lakes American Cheese! It's always worth paying extra for Land O Lakes American Cheese.
Bruette
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NorthBrit
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We have never had American cheese, so cannot comment.
British cheeses? Now that is different. There is the usual Cheddar and Cheshire which are okay, but we buy the 'local and not so popular'. Local to home favourites are Redesdale and Northumbrian. Wherever we visit we try and taste the cheeses of the area. Orkney cheese is a favourite.
With Christmas fast approaching, on our Christmas Cake Wensleydale Cheese has to be there. Dawn could not believe it when I told her to buy some our first Christmas together. Now she is converted.
British cheeses? Now that is different. There is the usual Cheddar and Cheshire which are okay, but we buy the 'local and not so popular'. Local to home favourites are Redesdale and Northumbrian. Wherever we visit we try and taste the cheeses of the area. Orkney cheese is a favourite.
With Christmas fast approaching, on our Christmas Cake Wensleydale Cheese has to be there. Dawn could not believe it when I told her to buy some our first Christmas together. Now she is converted.
chadbag
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A few times I've gotten the senior discount at Taco bell without saying anything. They just rung it up. I guess the white beard (when I have a beard) leads to it. Not in the last couple years but in the last 5 years its happened 2 or 3 times at more than one location. Once with my kids about 5 or 6 years ago on the 4th of July we stopped by for their Happy Hour $1 drinks and I guess hey thought they were my grandkids.
chadbag
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American cheese is usually not even legally cheese. It is a processed dairy product that is somewhat cheese like and made for melting. Maybe @TLOC Tom in Wisconsin has real cheese that they call American Cheese but what you buy in the store is usually not legally as far as I understand it. I like the Kraft product myself though the Land O Lakes probably is as good or better. Any of them where the slices are individually wrapped are probably OK. When you get a huge block of slices all together -- those are the budget ones and usually not so good.
One of my better things I do with it is make "Daddy Noodles". This is my take on a cheesy stroganoff. You basically brown a ton of hamburger (ground beef) -- you can use ground turkey or chicken if you must or a mix of beef and turkey if you want to save money as the taste as a mix is not much different, add in a dozen or more slices of american cheese, a handful or three of shredded cheese (cheddar or mexican mix or whatever you have) and a bit of whatever other cheeses you have on hand -- provolone, mozzarella, swiss, etc. Add in a container (16 oz, 24 oz, whatever) of sour cream. Add in a 1/4 cup of Worcestershire Sauce. Some marjoram and smoked paprika. Some ground pepper or white pepper or both to taste. Mix it all up and let it cook to a good consistency and serve over your favorite noodles. If it needs salt (taste as you cook) then use a little soy sauce.
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troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
and now for something completely differentWe have never had American cheese, so cannot comment.
British cheeses? Now that is different. There is the usual Cheddar and Cheshire which are okay, but we buy the 'local and not so popular'. Local to home favourites are Redesdale and Northumbrian. Wherever we visit we try and taste the cheeses of the area. Orkney cheese is a favourite.
With Christmas fast approaching, on our Christmas Cake Wensleydale Cheese has to be there. Dawn could not believe it when I told her to buy some our first Christmas together. Now she is converted.
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