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Florinaldo

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  1. If you have the basic free membership to the ATK site, like I do, you should be able to access it; I just checked and it worked. The first 3 full episodes of the season are viewable, while for the next 2 you can only see individual recipe clips, as of today at least. The rest should unlock soon. Bridget's apple crumble recipe was very nice; it holds well together and is not too sweet. I also baked their Amish friendship bread from Cook's Country's current season and it is one of the most enjoyable coffee cakes I have ever made. I don't miss at all making the sourdough starter and sharing a portion of it with other people. The technique of making a flour-water paste and cooking it for the chocolate sticky buns reminded me of the Tangzhong or water roux method used for some Japanese breads. That recipe is on my list of those to be tried soon, along with Julia's approach for cooking those nice juicy strip steaks. Is it just me or hasn't Dan gotten a little gray-haired during this confinement? Perhaps he needed some now-restricted appointments with his hairdresser. I paid more attention to his hair than to his recipe since I intensely dislike beets. I gifted myself the Trizor 1520 model that does both 15 and 20 degrees sharpening and it is one of my most appreciated small appliances; I must say though that I mostly use the former angle setting. I hope mine lasts as long as yours has. ETA: I just printed the sticky buns recipe and they do mention the Japanese inspiration for their technique in the printed version.
  2. Mother and grandmother seem like equally dubious parenting options for that child. As for JJ, by repeatedly shouting "not a kidnapping!" she may have encouraged meddlesome grandma to up the ante and interfere even further next time. Same with her pointed advice to go to family court. Another entitled freeloader who has the audacity to sue after playing the system and the defendant. Although I agree that him not knowing his mother's landline number was not as damning a piece of evidence as JJ made it out to be, his story and explanations made no real sense.
  3. I wonder if perhaps she misunderstood the talk about doubling up on face coverings because of the variants now circulating and decided that doing the same with her eyelashes would afford her more protection. Naaaah! This is just her usual ugly and stupid looks.
  4. I stopped watching and only listened from afar because her eyelashes were frightening; it looked like they were about to mutate and fly away at any moment. But that did not protect me from hearing her stupid giggles. I usually hate wig cases and this was no exception.
  5. I do not believe so. If the inspection shows probems and then she buys the car anyway, one could well argue that she accepted it in that condition and therefore has no recourse against the seller. An inspection is not an open ticket to bill any needed repair to the seller, unless that person agrees to do so. If not, she is getting into the deal with eyes open and must live by the consequences. Or she can simply walk away.
  6. I have less and less patience with plaintiffs who buy a used car without getting an inspection first, and then go against the seller when (surprise, surprise!) problems arise. I thought that even the gas tank leak should have been on her because a competent mechanic would have detected it. An inspection would have cost her so little in proportion to what she paid for the car.
  7. If she files a report for fraud, the police should have more authority and resources to get the relevant information from the leasing company than she was able to obtain as a private citizen. Unless they are one of those lazy-ass PDs who always reply "this is civil matter".
  8. Who in their right mind is arrogant enough to believe they have an inalienable right to not only to organise a birthday party in a public park but also to set up a bouncy castle in that space? Well, the plaintiff is such a person. And she obviously thinks it is beneath her to check such vulgar things as permits and city by-laws. Or to abide by public health guidelines and lockdown orders. D was trying to paint himself as a righteous person who feels duty bound to have "adult conversations" with people regarding P's business. He said he now lives in his car, so where was he keeping all the equipment he was holding on to? At least he found a decent room from which to take part in the hearing. P was no better: witholding duly earned paychecks is truly low. I believed none of the tears and sniffles they both tried to summon.
  9. I hope someone quickly put the defendant straight and made it clear to him that the verdict did not order him to return any money to the unpleasant and grating plaintiff. She should be left with her share of the award kitty and not a penny more. One of those people who think that getting around with a camera gives them an inalienable right to take pictures of anyone and then post it as they wish. I can well understand the restaurant's employees being taken off-guard and agreeing because they are trained to please the customer, and then having second thoughts about that creep. He did not even draw the necessary and obvious lessons from what happened during his first visit to the place.
  10. Totally. It's the equivalent to those litigants who prominently display a big-ass cross pendant to let everyone know how much of a moral and upstanding person they truly are.
  11. It was rather excruciating to follow plaintiff's explanations as it quickly became clear that he and his wife were real estate babies, ill-prepared, ill-equipped and ill-informed as to what buying a house entails. He was unable to understand that as a home buyer, he had the obligation to make the necessary verifications before the sale, including paying for a truly thorough inspection. He mentioned at one point that the was expecting "help" from the seller. I get the feeling that for all his life he has indeed been helped by other people: parents, friends, relatives, acquaintances, and that he has not learned to function on his own, as a true adult, and has been molded into a sort of constantly puzzled wide-eyed man-child. Being responsible seemed a completely alien concept to him. As defendant said in his hallterview, "welcome to being a homeoner!". That point was rather obscured by the mound of obfuscations on the part of the plaintiff. In some jurisdictions a seller has to remit sales tax pretty quickly to the relevant government authorities, and then getting it back may take some time. I forget if such issues were even touched upon.
  12. I agree, but JJ's usual logic applied: if you do business or advertise on the Web, then you are fair game for negative comments, no matter how egregious. That seems to include nasty lying complaints to the BBB. Plus, there is her usual prejudice against small-time entrepreneurs who try to make any kind of profit.
  13. I agree that defendant has mental issues, but I disagree that plaintiff is a bully. At most he is rather arrogant and pushy and likes to skirt the HOA rules for his own interests. Defendant is an annoying kook who is probably paranoid about chlorophyll in tree leaves. He is the kind of neighbour no one should have to endure, in a condo buidling or in separate dwellings. A case demonstrating that being habitual leeches is an inherited trait. The Canadian defendant was much too much of a pushover to let the loathsome family take advantage of her. Dad was dumb enough to think JJ was complimenting him when she described the scheme by which he pays nothing and still gets to profit from the sale of the house (and live in it free of charge).
  14. It did not take long for the show to fall into I Love Lucy-level rut of shenanigans and dumb misunderstandings. They even went for the old gag of the big ass roof door that was locked from the inside; were they expecting anyone to find it surprising and funny? I keep forgetting the show is on and then have to catch up from other platforms. I may well skip the latter action in the future.
  15. Yes. I think it could adapted into other pork recipes, and perhaps for beef also. The crispy skin chicken thighs looked (and sounded) great and are very simple to make; this is my favourite cut in chicken or turkey. However, in many groceries and even butchers it is sometimes difficult to find some that have not been deboned and with the skin removed because customers find it more "convenient" that way, even though they lose a lot of flavour in the process. Even if you preorder them not to be trimmed, some overzealous employee may decide to do the job thinking it was a mistake. Bridget's apple crumble looks excellent, with not too much crumble and loads of apples. I am sure it tastes even better if prepared with a smiley face spatula like hers.
  16. During the hallterview, Defendant said "I am confused". No kidding! That is exactly why she did not get any money: she got lost in her story, did not have her evidence at hand and could not follow the simplest question from JJ, including calculating basic sums. One wonders how people like her can function through even the most ordinary uneventful day. Plaintiff is a liar who obviously knows her way around court cases.
  17. If they have not started airing in you area, you can go to the ATK Web site. Even if a complete episode is not yet up for viewing, the individual recipe clips are available. Just click on the viewing window at the top right, for example here: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/11894-green-chili-with-pork-chile-verde-con-cerdo You may need to be logged in to view these (basic membership is free). The equipment and taste tests clips seem to become available only when the full episode is uploaded.
  18. The Dumb Bleach Blondes Anti-Defamation League should really sue that plaintiff for bringing shame on all of them because of that stupid defense she kept repeating.
  19. Correct; slip of the keyboard. I meant Discovery, of course. For now, anyway...
  20. So the whole point of the season was to remind us – one more time! – that Burnham it the most special specialest special officer in the whole of the Federation, which is why the Enterprise's captainship is hers by divine right?
  21. Does the defendant think that his wavy beard style is attractive? I do not know how much time he wastes achieving that look, but it makes him appear like a douchebag (and a lying one to boot).
  22. That's another very plausible workaround. But since theirs is a year-round operation, with testings, tastings and development going on all the time, this still means a portion of the staff is probably on furlough. With possible consequences for the next season.
  23. Having done laboratory work, I can say ZOOM would not be sufficient for the task, so god is a failure. Plus ZOOM does not make different models of ovens, mixers, broilers, etc, function with exactly the same performance characteristics. If ATK still does extended recipe development, they must have found workarounds, including relaxing some of their standards (or buying everyone the same exact equipment).
  24. Agreed, but it's more difficult to standardise the testing if everyone is on their own and they can't supervise directly what each is doing and make sure they are strictly following test protocols and are all using the same equipment and appliances, uniformly calibrated, which is easy to do in the test kitchen. Variations in ovens for example are notorious; perhaps they equipped every tester with the same model. Strict multiple replications of each variation in a recipe is part of their method. They also often mention that the recipe went though many iterations with testers, but not this time around. They may have loosened their approach to testing because of the special conditions we all have to operate under. Perhaps we will learn more as the season progresses.
  25. That is the crucial secret ingredient: a cleaning crew. Professional chefs can be as messy as amateur ones and their kitchens will show signs of that. But if TV magic does its job, you wouldn't know it. Since they do not have pay money for set maintenance this season, that budget item was most probably transferred to the various cooks's homes. Are they are still keeping up with equipment testing? There are some fetaured for the second episode, but they may be retreads of old segments. And what about the legendary extensive development process to come up with the recipes demonstrated; are they still going through it or are these straight from the cooks' personal fare? In the latter case, a whole bunch of test cooks would be on furlough (along with the equipment testers).
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