Running Bear's May 2025 Coffee Shop

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Good morning, it is 52f and windy out there this morning, light on and off rain. We only got .4" overnight, however it is supposed to rain a lot today. No severe weather by us.

We are going on a coffee date later this morning, and I will be getting my pension paperwork notarized. They do not accept my state drivers license (even though I worked in State government) but I have to take my birth certificate in as well. All my Social Security stuff has gone through the gamut and medicare sign up is all done, just this one last loose end to finalize.

I don't add any weight to any cars, I usually only pull short trains, less than 6 cars, so have never had a tracking problem.

I have a lot of plastic wheels as well. They don't seem to create any problems, but then again I do not run the train continuously for hours, either. Plus, I clean my track frequently. I have noticed with some of my steel wheels I can see little sparks between the rail and wheels at times. Not sure why it does that.

With my layout, I spend about 90% of my time building stuff and 10% actually operating trains, I don't really expect that percentage to change drastically, either.

I got the little homesteader shack done, the trim is painted but the walls are natural wood, maybe leave it at that or paint white? My era is 1900-1940.

Dave LASM

Understandable!

I like to switch but it took some convincing before I started adding weight

 

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"Modern" hot dogs were invented in Frankfurt, Germany, and were originally called Frankfurters.
And the ground beef sandwiches are called Hamburgers because they were invented in Hamburg, Germany.

Another possible inventor of the hamburger is Charlie Nagreen (1871–1951) of Seymour, Wisconsin, who at the age of 15 sold Hamburg steaks from a street stall at the annual Outagamie County Fair. Nagreen said he began by selling Hamburg steaks, but these did not have much success because people wanted to freely move around the festival without the need to eat them at his stand. In response to this, in 1885 Nagreen decided to flatten the hamburger steak and insert it between two slices of bread, so that the public could move freely from booth to booth while eating his sandwich, an innovation that was well received by his customers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hamburger#cite_note-41"><span>[</span>40<span>]</span></a> This became known as the "Hamburger Charlie", and Nagreen's creation was sold at the festival until his death in 1951. To this day, his accomplishment is celebrated annually with a "Burger Fest" in his honor in his hometown of Seymour.

In the 80’s my career saw me making trips to Green Bay. One weekend I drove through Seymour and ran into the Hamburger Festival celebrating its invention. It was quite the party that saw Terry and me heading over to join in a few years before the kids arrived

 

[chadbag]

What is in an all meat hotdog?

Has all three or at least two of the three mixed in the same dog.

 

[chadbag]

see little sparks between the rail and wheels at times. Not sure why it does that.

Do you use isopropyl to clean your track?

 

[Marlin39]

Has all three or at least two of the three mixed in the same dog.

All meat hot dogs are usually just beef and pork, BUT some companies do put ground chicken or turkey in. It's not the meats that will get you, but the sodium and fat levels.

 

[NorthBrit]

Has all three or at least two of the three mixed in the same dog.

RUFF, RUFF, RUFF

 

[chadbag]

This became known as the "Hamburger Charlie", and Nagreen's creation was sold at the festival until his death in 1951. To this day, his accomplishment is celebrated annually with a "Burger Fest" in his honor in his hometown of Seymour.

Yeah the sandwich form of eating minced meat patties or Hamburg steaks is probably not German. The big purveyor of such things there is McDonald’s.

Also, I’m betting that Wiener (Vienna) sausages are the precursor to our modern hotdogs. In Germany the wiener wurst is not at all like what we call Vienna sausages — those little bite sized things in a can. A Wiener Wurst is very much like a modern deli hot dog. With casing IIRC. They’re much more common every where than any sausage with the name Frankfurter. (Btw adding an -er to the end of a city is how you make the word for a person or thing from that city — Frankfurter Wurst is Wurst Frankfurter Art or sausage of the Frankfurt style. )

 

[chadbag]

Time for my walk. 45 min ago sensor showed 55F. Looks really overcast. Like sheet sky overcast.

Lots to do today.

 

[chadbag]

As a follow up to the earlier discussion in Passkeys. The forum now will use Passkeys if you want. I just hit login button and smile at my phone now to log in.

Go to your profile and find the security/password option. Click it and on it you’ll see the option to create a Passkey (if your phone or computer system or iPad supports it). Since you’re already logged in it’s pretty straight forward.

 

[troyphoto]

I was a regional sales rep for a big national and a small local pork processor during my working years. I will not eat an all meat hotdog.

That begs the question:

What kind of hot dogs will you eat? No need to share details. We don't need to see how the sausage is made.

 

[Marlin39]

That begs the question:

What kind of hot dogs will you eat? No need to share details. We don't need to see how the sausage is made.

Organic, all beef, uncured and if I can find them with a natural casing all the better.

I do enjoy topping them with Kraut and either Lowensenf or Dusseldorf mustard.

 

[bnsf971]

Another possible inventor of the hamburger is Charlie Nagreen (1871–1951) of Seymour, Wisconsin, who at the age of 15 sold Hamburg steaks from a street stall at the annual Outagamie County Fair. Nagreen said he began by selling Hamburg steaks, but these did not have much success because people wanted to freely move around the festival without the need to eat them at his stand. In response to this, in 1885 Nagreen decided to flatten the hamburger steak and insert it between two slices of bread, so that the public could move freely from booth to booth while eating his sandwich, an innovation that was well received by his customers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hamburger#cite_note-41"><span>[</span>40<span>]</span></a> This became known as the "Hamburger Charlie", and Nagreen's creation was sold at the festival until his death in 1951. To this day, his accomplishment is celebrated annually with a "Burger Fest" in his honor in his hometown of Seymour.

In the 80’s my career saw me making trips to Green Bay. One weekend I drove through Seymour and ran into the Hamburger Festival celebrating its invention. It was quite the party that saw Terry and me heading over to join in a few years before the kids arrived

Sounds like there are two opposing stories about the origin of hamburgers. I guess it depends on which side of the pond you're on, and whose story is more believable to you. Since nobody from that time period is still around to ask...

 

[DeaconKC]

Howdy all, hope you are all well today. 79 here right now, rain/storms and supposed to hit the upper 80s here the next couple days with ongoing storms through the weekend. Yesterday saw me head to a Doctor's appointment then made a 70 mile loop to go to Hobby Lobby and then a train store. Found most of what I was looking for, including a NOS AHM Rico Station and Trackside kit with a water tower in it. Now I have to decide on whether to use this or some old Woodland Scenics metal kits on the HO TTrak module, as the plastic will probably stand up to movement better. Then had the pleasure of talking with @AuburnCentral about some RR stuff. Today LadyC made a delicious breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast and I am now working on my second pot of coffee.

 

[Bruette]

My idea of the modern Hotdog:

Skinless Hotdogs use a casing for cooking, but the casing is removed between cooking and packaging, a process invented in Chicago in 1925 by Erwin O. Freund.

USA USA USA! When it comes to meat Chicago could be the meat capital of the world!

I understand that others like the natural casing, but I don't.

 

[Marlin39]

When you see in the ingredient label the term "mechanically removed" followed by the type of meat it's referring to a process. That process removes any scrap of protein from the bones and added is to the slurry.

It's like the beef patty term 100% beef (or pure beef) vs 100% ground beef. When you render meat scraps down and remove all the fat you are left with protein that is finely chopped and added. 100% ground beef is just that.

 

[Bruette]

Waste not, want not.

 

[bnsf971]

Waste not, want not.

Everything but the oink, or the moo.

 

[Marlin39]

More useless pork trivia that I can still remember.

If the ham is labeled....

- Natural Juice, then it can only have up to 6% water/solution added IIRC
-Water Added, then it can have up to 14% water/solution added
-Ham and Water Product, then it can have up to 24% water/solution added.

 

[TLOC]

Sounds like there are two opposing stories about the origin of hamburgers. I guess it depends on which side of the pond you're on, and whose story is more believable to you. Since nobody from that time period is still around to ask...

I found a couple more possible places because I understood from the propaganda at the Seymour festivals it was started there. Maybe not. History is in the eyes of the beholder!

 

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This picture showed up on my weather feed. Juneau, Wi on a tornado destroyed farm. That is a 2x4 impaled into a cow. The cow is doing fine after a trip by the vet to the farm.