
u/Ok_Yesterday_9181

Thank 🙏 You Everyone
This sub is making a big difference to me. I am now counting calories since September 5 and trusting the process and it works.
Everyone is so helpful and I am really really grateful to all of you.
Can’t thank you enough!!
205lb with a goal of 172lb.
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660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat (US)
Dear CICOs, if in US please be careful in your ground beef purchases going forward. Food safety oversight of lean beef trimmings is being lifted so NYT recommends that you get your beef ground for you.
Superb piece by Schlosser for New York Times. He is the author of Fast Food Nation.
Getting this in a random pack of five lighters made me very happy
Brisket in my air fryer
Is this possible?
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At any given instant
At any given instant
All solids dissolve, no wheels revolve,
And facts have no endurance –
And who knows if it is by design or pure inadvertence
That the Present destroys its inherited self-importance?
from ‘For the Time Being’, W. H. Auden
a goodie 😬
3 Scotties
Because life, you know, is pretty good.
Milo (top left), Thistle (top right), Luther (bottom).
They are a constant 🐾 joy, as are yours.
Hugo (right) and Daisy (left) sharing their dinner bowl
Today is Thistle’s 5th Birthday!!!
She is the spiciest Scottie we have and keeps the lads in check as well as a giant Bouvier puppy 😬
She is quick to love and super snappy and we Love Her To PIECES !!!!
i know i know but it comes from a wonderful pickle provider and you can’t have too many pickle recipes 🥒 Easy Refrigerator Pickles, No Canning Required
🥒 Easy Refrigerator Pickles
Never made pickles before? It’s easier than you think! Pickling cucumbers, vinegar, water, pickling salt, garlic and dill—that’s about it. Grab a half bushel and give it a try!
Ingredients:
6–8 pickling cucumbers, sliced
2 cups white vinegar
2 cups water
2 tbsp pickling salt
2 tbsp sugar (optional)
Garlic cloves
Fresh dill
Directions:
Pack cucumbers, garlic and dill into clean jars.
Bring vinegar, water, salt and sugar to a boil.
Pour over the cucumbers.
Let cool, refrigerate, and enjoy after 24–48 hours.
No canning required!
Hugo turns 1 today, and he got a groom from his momma and dad 🇨🇦🙌
Tomorrow he will get a long walk in the forest because he is such a great puppy.
Pickles, a theory 🥒
Is it possible that pickles are so popular because cucumbers go off so quickly? And that our forebears came up with such a tasty solution to deal with the plethora of summer cucumbers?
And that pickling not only made cucumbers eminently preservable but also due to the health benefits of fermentation that one could argue straw (cucumbers) was turned into gold (pickles) which took a large leap forward with easily available glass or tin containers?
(I have some mini cucumbers in my fridge that are rapidly going downhill … thus my musings …)
I am almost ready to become a refrigerator pickler:
The Standard Quick-Pickle Ratio
If you are making refrigerator pickles, the easiest standard ratio to memorize is 1:1 water to vinegar, with smaller amounts of salt and sugar for flavor.
(With thanks to Epicurious)
Vinegar: 1 cup (use standard 5% acidity distilled white or apple cider vinegar)
Water: 1 cup
Salt: 1 to 2 tablespoons (preferably kosher or pickling salt)
Sugar: 1 to 2 tablespoons (optional, adjust to taste) 
Best Pickles 🥒 according to New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-pickles/?smid=nytcore-ios-share
To determine the best jars with the right amount of acidity, spice, and crunch, our team tasted 47 variations of dill (including koshers) and sour pickles in our test kitchen, braving palate fatigue and sore taste buds along the way. A few were crowd-pleasers, including a fresh and garlicky spear, a juicy whole sour with a salty kick, and a budget-friendly chip that kept up with the pack.
But there were also a few more-polarizing pickles, including a spear with warming spices and a nostalgic BBQ-style chip, that at least one of our panelists fell in love with and enthusiastically recommends — if you happen to have a similar palate. These are our top 10 pickles for every occasion.
TOP 🥒 PICK (but see complete list in the rundown)
Fresh and garlicky
Grillo’s Dill Spears
This is the quintessential pickle spear, featuring prominent dill and garlic flavors and a crunchy bite.