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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jan 3, 2016 2:11:22 GMT -5
I think the best veggie burgers don't try to imitate meat, but revel in their own unique tastes. I have made all kinds with different beans and mushrooms. Haven't tried Limas yet, but I will. Yes, i agree. It's really about the ingredients and spices. I once was in Atlanta, GA for a large robotics competition. While taking a lunch break at the CNN building food court there were giant lines for all the major food outlets like taco bell, chinese food, pizza, etc. One can argue that those places have horrible food anyway, but i was not about to wait in line. So i decided take a chance at a place called Gorin's or something like that, one that had maybe 1 or two people in line max. There was an interesting indian fellow (from india) and who i think was his brother waiting for my order. I first tried the ice cream which was delicious. On another whim i decided to try their veggie burger. I'm not even sure what possessed me to order it as up to that point in my life i had never had a veggie burger i liked. It was the best veggie burger i have ever tasted in my life! i still don't know what was in it. But i went back and got about 4 more. If i ever find myself in Atlanta again i know where i'm heading for lunch. |
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Post by steev on Jan 3, 2016 17:19:43 GMT -5
While I agree that it seems silly to try to imitate meat with a veggie burger, I prefer my veggie burgers made with pork.
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Post by Drahkk on Jan 23, 2016 4:38:05 GMT -5
If anyone has advice for a beginner beekeeper (or if there is a thread here that I haven't found), I'd be much appreciative.
This is a hobby I've been talking about getting into for years. Last month I came across a very nice starter kit with a hive box, smoker, and other accessories at Tractor Supply, on a deep enough clearance discount that I just couldn't pass it up. I've looked up the closest apiaries that sell package bees in spring, and got some advice from a couple of experienced folks at the Baker Creek festival last spring about how they come packaged, how the queen will come, and how to feed them until they settle in and start foraging, though that conversation was last May and I've probably forgotten more than I remember. That's pretty much the extent of my knowledge, so if anyone has some insight for me, I'm all ears. I found several interesting threads over in Alternative Practices, but I guess I'm looking for a sort of beginner's guide...?
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Post by philagardener on Jan 23, 2016 7:49:24 GMT -5
Hook up with a local beekeeping group and find a hands-on mentor. Folks who keep bees are really generous with their time and enthusiasm. They have networks to respond to wild swarms and work with folks who relocate colonies from problem locations (like house walls); those queens may have come local genetics and be adapted to your area, whereas packaged bees are quite expensive and can be difficult to establish. I hope it works out well for you! www.bees-on-the-net.com/mississippi-swarm-removal/ |
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 23, 2016 10:33:23 GMT -5
I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. I've only been keeping bees about six years, but I've been through all phases, even swarm capture. I'd recommend a full protective suit and buying your first package and queen from a local apiary unless you can find a local beekeeper willing to do a split or sell a nuc. In Texas you must be a licensed pest control to remove a swarm from a building, but outside swarms are free. In my own experience swarms have been harder to establish and have not been as productive or strong as my purchased bees. Usually you will install your bees around the time your first dandelions bloom. Depending on your local apiaries they may have already sold out in the fall; sometimes the one I work with does.
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Post by Drahkk on Nov 30, 2016 13:52:41 GMT -5
Sorry I've been gone so long. Recently decided to stop worrying about things I can't control and stay busy doing things I enjoy. That means getting my butt back outside in the garden. It also means actually putting together that beehive this year, so I'm glad that was the last thing we talked about here. I needed that reminder. I'm hoping we can afford an ATV either for Christmas or with tax money, so I can put it on the back 40, now that I know that land is staying in the family.
I have this dream of creating an all blue se+ sweet corn. So far all I have to start with are blue seeds from Paradise and the most shriveled blue seeds from a couple of samples of Astronomie Domine. Can anyone suggest other potential parents?
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Post by richardw on Nov 30, 2016 23:50:23 GMT -5
Fantastic to have a few familiar faces back on the forum Mike. I know things aren't so rosy in the US atm after your elections, but just hang in there mate and as you say, keep ya butt high and hands in the soil and you'll be right.
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Post by steev on Dec 1, 2016 0:52:39 GMT -5
Drahkk, dude! Long time no see; good you're back; glad to hear your land issues are resolved.
richardw: you think things aren't so rosy, election-wise? You're so lucky to be watching this from SoHem. We have shown our asses to the whole damned world. My sweetheart has always thought I was stuck in the 60's; well, they're back. Yee-ha! I didn't duck out on the crap in the 60's; I won't duck out on this; I'm gonna hang around like a fart in a phone booth (anybody remember phone booths?).
There is a California-secession movement (which can't happen, however much I'd like it), but with Oregon and Washington, we might well be the fifth-largest economy in the world; add in New England/New York, and we could be the new East/West Pakistan (only without losing East Pakistan {Bangladesh} to Global Climate Change: flooding from sea-level rise), which the administration-to-be denies is a real thing. Sure would fuck the red states if they didn't have us; wouldn't be any tax-funded Federal ag subsidies to keep them afloat.
Chee-rist! In the 60's, I had to drop acid to think shit this crazy was happening. WTF!
I admit to being a tad upset that my country has shown itself to be below the median of the bell-curve; that's what happens when quality public schooling gets charterized/privatized for profit. The 1% really only needs cheap, compliant labor, not an educated populace; they don't care where those cheap, compliant workers are in the world, only that they are cheap and compliant.
Sorry, Drahkk, didn't mean to get all irate in your thread, but this shit chaps my ass: I think we're in big trouble, and it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
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Post by Drahkk on Dec 1, 2016 9:29:16 GMT -5
No worries. Our current political state is part of why I'm feeling the need to wash my hands of the world outside my control, so to speak. Both major choices were terrible, and we chose the unpredictable bipolar Jersey Shore reject over the professional warmonger/mobster. Meanwhile, the only party with a halfway sensible platform couldn't even make the 5% necessary to get public funding for the next election, so they'll continue to be unheard of and unrecognized. I'm done with politics for a while, maybe for good.
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Post by steev on Dec 1, 2016 11:18:54 GMT -5
True, that; Hobson's Choice, for sure. Never mind.
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