Universal Love Random Chat II – brought to you by Harvest Snaps

[Toump Ass]

Wondered if any of you here have particular music that makes you feel good and helps you remember that the world isn’t always dreadful? Love to hear what it is. I need a longer list

Hi Gander!

Just got back from overseas family vacay!! Very fun time, highly recommend the foot bath at Hakone Open Air Museum followed by a bit of Picasso (2nd floor gets a bit NSFW though, be warned!)

Ultimate feel-good music for me is black music. Soul, disco, funk, jazz, house, all that adjacent stuff. Something about all that positivity and hope pouring outta the ghetto. Spirited kind of stuff. A few faves off the top of my head:











Last track is as close to perfection as you'll hear I think.

 

[00Stinger]

Dry age do have a Wagyu brisket option which I haven’t tried. Also, I haven’t tried the beef ribs there but my mate has cooked them a number of times and reckon they’re awesome. Is he post a pallet smoker and offset smoker to cook them and says they’re great.

He say mate does write paddock the table. Might have to check out the one in Hoppers.

Waghu brisket is more forgiving when smoking

But if you have a nor.al brisket going well then there is no need in spending the extra cash imo

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[Proper Gander]

Hi Gander!

Just got back from overseas family vacay!! Very fun time, highly recommend the foot bath at Hakone Open Air Museum followed by a bit of Picasso (2nd floor gets a bit NSFW though, be warned!)

Ultimate feel-good music for me is black music. Soul, disco, funk, jazz, house, all that adjacent stuff. Something about all that positivity and hope pouring outta the ghetto. Spirited kind of stuff. A few faves off the top of my head:











Last track is as close to perfection as you'll hear I think.

Thanks Toump!

Chose Freddie to listen to first up. I’m a Jazz fan (without being an expert, but right on the money). I’ll listen to the rest of the suggestions by a number of people now.

My happy playlist is really taking off! Some Toump recommendations of Jazz tracks, Dory_77 second album in particular but enjoyed both, plus random cheesy shit that I still like such as Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

This is already going to be wild if I choose shuffle

 

[Proper Gander]

I just posted the laminated pasta I made yesterday in a SFA convo, but I need to show it to a wider audience

 

[Proper Gander]

I should probably clean that stovetop though

 

[Crimson Azure]

I just posted the laminated pasta I made yesterday in a SFA convo, but I need to show it to a wider audience View attachment 2191928

Good job, what’s in between?

What is your pasta recipe please?

 

[Proper Gander]

Good job, what’s in between?

What is your pasta recipe please?

I usually make enough for two.

Depends a bit on what sauce I’m putting on the pasta whether or not I use flour and semolina, but mostly I go with just flour since it has a nice silky feel when cooked.

So I use 150 grams of typo 00 flour and one large egg. I do the making a well thing and knead for at least 10 minutes to get the gluten thing happening. By the end of that I have arms like a wrestler.

The laminated pasta I roll out thin in a machine, plonk some herbs like parsley and sage on one half, fold the other half, then feed it through the pasta machine for a few more rolls. Once the sheets are thin, the herbs flatten and look like little fossils. The pasta I made last night was parsley and edible flower petals.

 

[TheDarkDwarf]

I just posted the laminated pasta I made yesterday in a SFA convo, but I need to show it to a wider audience View attachment 2191928

They look like one of my old chamois!

 

[Proper Gander]

They look like one of my old chamois!

Oh good. That was definitely the effect I was after

 

[Crimson Azure]

So I use 150 grams of typo 00 flour and one large egg. I do the making a well thing and knead for at least 10 minutes to get the gluten thing happening. By the end of that I have arms like a wrestler.

You could try autolysing with the flour and egg. I find bread comes together easier after mixing all the sourdough ingredients just enough for it to start bonding then just let it sit for an hour, then kneed it.

 

[NorthcoteDee]

I'm an old man. I'm hosting Xmas dinner for 10 ... family members, relatives of my son in law + 3 orphans.

I've done it before, but I'm still feeling a little apprehensive. Big shopping (food) day tomoz ...

 

[Pickitt]

Headless

 

[Headless]

Headless

Hello, there, Pickitt!

 

[Pickitt]

Hello, there, Pickitt!

What's been happening?

 

[Headless]

What's been happening?

Just been perusing the anonymous online text-based football discussion forum bigfooty.com, Pick. And you?

 

[Pickitt]

Just been perusing the anonymous online text-based football discussion forum bigfooty.com, Pick. And you?

License

 

[Headless]

License

Congrats!

 

[Bluelegs]

License

Very exciting you can now write with a pen.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Not a song I love or anything but this is still awesome seeing it from the beginnings as some uni guys ****ing around to how big it became ...

 

[Dory_77]

Not a song I love or anything but this is still awesome seeing it from the beginnings as some uni guys ****ing around to how big it became ...

Always get nostalgic hearing that song. Or anything from that first MGMT album.

 

[NorthcoteDee]

Hey guys/gals .... best wishes to you all* for Xmas** and beyond.

It's been great to engage in convo with some really fun peeps. Although I'm not convinced about some of the music choices. As a friend of mine always says, nothing good has been released after 1985***.



*exceptions apply ... you know who you are.
** delete if appropriate.
*** other than by Kula Shaker.

 

[Proper Gander]

I thought I liked Love Actually but I watched it last Christmas and realised I actually hate it. Emma Thompson the exception, carries the entire movie.

I rewatched it today.

I agree with you totally. I thought I liked it and I just don’t now. The stories are so artificial and it is more about being clever than being convincing.

I didnt like it one bit other than Emma Thompson who is such a gun in that movie. In this world of implausible fairy floss she gives this genuinely heart-rending performance of a wife of many years with children who suddenly discovers her husband is unfaithful. The way that is handled is really touching, and it’s pretty much down to her.

 

[jhong]

Have a good day every one .

 

[Proper Gander]

I’m making a paella for 16 people today. Wish me luck.

 

[Bluelegs]

I rewatched it today.

I agree with you totally. I thought I liked it and I just don’t now. The stories are so artificial and it is more about being clever than being convincing.

I didnt like it one bit other than Emma Thompson who is such a gun in that movie. In this world of implausible fairy floss she gives this genuinely heart-rending performance of a wife of many years with children who suddenly discovers her husband is unfaithful. The way that is handled is really touching, and it’s pretty much down to her.

I didn't mind Bill Nighy's bit either.

The whole bit about turning Christmas into a cynical gimmick, pulling it off only to forgo a party filled with fake friends to hang out with the manager he's constantly giving shit to was actually a bit sweet.

The rest of it is as you said totally confected and at times fairly creepy.