u/alexandercecil

The cheese is Wilde Goat from High Lawn Farm in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. It is an aged cheese made from both Jersey for milk and Nubian goat milk. The rind is washed with a local IPA.

This is a case where I think their own description is pretty spot-on. It is similar in ways to an aged cheddar, but the texture is much more fudgy and less grainy than a typical aged cheddar. The rind's aroma contributes both hay and hoppy notes. I get both the mild richness of the cows' milk and the bright assertiveness from the goats' milk.

I love local cheeses. I enjoy savoring a moment with a unique food, knowing that it can only really exist at that specific place and moment in time.

It is doubly fun when you forget about a wedge of the good stuff and find it in the back of your cheese drawer weeks later!

My 13-year-old loves to cook like his old man, so he surprised me with breakfast for Father's Day. I could not have had a better start to my day. His choice in flavor profile was on point.

It's the last day of school and a half-day, so I took my teen and preteen boys to Costco with me. Oops. Normally, I talk myself out of purchases like this. This time, I was met with chants of, "Do it! Do it!" and, "Meat! Meat! Meat!" At least this is better than when they complained about coming along and got bored.

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I guess we are going to have a tasty Father's Day!

This salad was inspired by the BBQ Chicken Cobb Salad at Tony Roma's in Las Vegas. It was one of my wife's favorite meals in Vegas, and she misses it.

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Unseen is the bed of chopped romaine lettuce. The toppings are, from left to right, charred corn, bacon, red bell pepper, chopped BBQ chicken, hard boiled egg, sharp cheddar cheese, and French fried onions. The dressing is a roughly 50/50 mix of a good ranch dressing and a good BBQ sauce.

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This was a great way to use up some really good BBQ Chicken leg quarters that I made on my charcoal Weber grill. The French fried onions are a nod to the onion loaf appetizer that they used to sell at Tony Roma's.

Due to surgical trauma and neuropathy from chemo, shaving well is unsafe for me. I need to permanently remove my beard.

I had cancer 4 years ago, and as a result of the radiation I can no longer grow a meaningful beard - my facial hair is simply not dense enough. They did save my mustache, goatee, and sideburns. Everything else is like you are in the picture - dense enough to need to shave daily, but not so dense that I can turn it back into a full beard. I am medically cleared for laser hair removal, and I would be doing it at a dermatologist's office because my skin is compromised from the radiation. My technician feels I am an excellent candidate and should see good results.

The cancer is behind me and no longer a threat.

Once everything is complete, how likely am I to truly not need to shave again? I know that some hairs, like the stray white ones, will be left and need electrolysis. Would I be better served just doing electrolysis from a cost or permanency angle? I am not terribly worried about pain - there is not much that can phase after the pain of stage 4 cancer and the treatment thereof in my mouth.

I do not want to drop thousands of dollars to then still need to shave off I want to look put together.

Thank you all for your help with this!

Edit to add: I include the picture to show the poor density of my beard. My technician feels that my skin tone and dark beard hair are a great combo and likely to get good results. I am just struggling with what good results might mean within the context of my goal.