WTF-Beta

Sharon used an Aldi stuffing mix, fortified with mirepoix and herbs.

It was great!

This vid isn’t very good but might be useful:

My takeaway is that I’ll no longer consider my beloved Whirlpools (hecho in Clyde, OH), and it’s time to look at GE and Frigidaire. I’ve seen the same info elsewhere.

@wtg

Why does that story sound so much like AI?

For about $100 you can buy a countertop induction burner that plugs in to the wall. No doubt less on FB marketplace. Maybe try one and see if you like it.

Is your kitchen already wired for an electric range? The circuit for your propane range won’t be large enough so if it’s not you’ll need a new circuit and an electrician to install it. You may also need a larger electric service.

Upside of electrics, especially coil top electrics, is they’re dirt cheap used. The most I could get for the one I pulled out of Kim’s house was $100 and it looked like new.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f3JUjIba42mYC-HD8cWLV5qA

Avoid Samsung appliances like a bad habit.

Bird update:

The countertop oven works fine once I figured the oven thermostat is off by 75 degrees. Everything is browning nicely.

I know how you worry….

Cold and snowing lightly here. Kids are in from Boston, staying until Sunday.

Turkey breast instead of whole turkey this year -a first for us. Much simpler - we shall see. Cooking in the countertop oven I got for the basement and it’s making me nervous - it’s being very slow to return to temp after I put the turkey in. This could take a while.

Sharon is making the usual sides then later we’ll go to Kim’s in-laws for desserts.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I didn’t think about the ads - I pay for YouTube premium and don’t see them.

Sorry about that.

Slightly more practical

That’s my problem with Campbells too - far too much salt.

These guys agree and actually tried 30 of them.

Very famous house. Nice to see that no one has messed with it.

Very nice!

20 ft. tall? Yikes! The tallest one I’ve ever seen might have been 6’ tall.

Just ordered a few bottles for Christmas presents. Might be hard to find soon.

Thanks!

I’ve been told that ivy will eventually kill a tree. Might take a while and it’s kind of picturesque. Maybe I’ll keep it.

That may well be an azalea or a rhododendron. That would be disappointing but not heartbreaking. I like those too and they won’t grow in my very sunny yard.

Front yard trees. I think they are some sort of Maple. Reddit arborists say they are a hot mess and need to be either bolted together do they don’t split or be removed entirely.

They’re not coming out. Let’s see what bolting costs.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/092OPdV2wyUVpsR91uWslJ61Q

More yard art. Not sure what it is. Box on top is wood and there are hinges that appear to have attached a cover at one time.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/00eYMEiR1z50cQDWz5dhpxS_w

Here’s the pond. It appears to include some sort of waterfall. Have yet to find a switch for it.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/03fQ5PrylNgvscqT8cI7EMQlg

Ivy is climbing all of the trees. I can get up high enough to remove it from some of the trees but not these. If I cut it off at the base it will die but will look like hell for years. Might rent a boom loft over the summer to strip it off.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0983BHRZt9JlcSUXDdF8mL_AA

Doesn’t look like much in the picture but it’s the crown jewel of the landscape. A camellia! My favorite shrub. I’ve been informed many times that they will not grow here but that’s obviously not true. Apparently there are cold hardy hybrids and this is one of them.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ac41-D9buDkam4Z74WgtKUdg

Temps climbed to a sultry 51 degrees and I started cleaning up the yard at Kim’s house. A few highlights:

Hidden in some trees I found this yard art. Paint it? Let it rust?

https://share.icloud.com/photos/085xAfodsPRs7ub8X9MZj-EYA

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.