• Hamburgers

    From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 12:29:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 03:11:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:

    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.


    You're getting way too excited about this. It simply means that the POTUS is the
    spawn of hell and these are the end times. Praise be to Jesus!
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 15:23:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:11:56 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:

    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    You're getting way too excited about this. It simply means that the POTUS is the
    spawn of hell and these are the end times. Praise be to Jesus!

    You're right. I should accept that a madman runs the US at the moment
    and that Americans are used to that by now and don't even bring it up
    anymore. The thing is that he keeps getting worse.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 09:36:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 09:37:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:11:56 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:

    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    You're getting way too excited about this. It simply means that the POTUS is the
    spawn of hell and these are the end times. Praise be to Jesus!

    You're right. I should accept that a madman runs the US at the moment
    and that Americans are used to that by now and don't even bring it up anymore. The thing is that he keeps getting worse.

    It pains us to think about it. I've been trying to avoid discussing
    him here.
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 19:51:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 09:36:21 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Yes probably, but how can this unhinged mental patient still have an
    approval rating in the high 30%s?
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 19:53:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 09:37:11 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:11:56 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:

    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of >>>> the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    You're getting way too excited about this. It simply means that the POTUS is the
    spawn of hell and these are the end times. Praise be to Jesus!

    You're right. I should accept that a madman runs the US at the moment
    and that Americans are used to that by now and don't even bring it up
    anymore. The thing is that he keeps getting worse.

    It pains us to think about it. I've been trying to avoid discussing
    him here.

    Maybe that's best. It's just not always easy.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 11:41:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 09:36:21 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
    <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Yes probably, but how can this unhinged mental patient still have an
    approval rating in the high 30%s?

    30% of Americans value above all else their ability to openly be
    racist haters.
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 09:16:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06 5:36 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.



    He is getting closer and closer to the demise that I had predicted.
    While a lot of people would be happy if he were assassinated I fear that
    would turn him into a martyr. I expect that the guys from the funny farm
    will show up and catch him in a big butterfly need and take him away as
    he babbles incoherently. People need to see him for the demented fool
    he is.
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  • From Graham@g.stereo@shaw.ca to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 07:56:38 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06 7:16 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2026-04-06 5:36 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.



    He is getting closer and closer to the demise that I had predicted.
    While a lot of people would be happy if he were assassinated I fear that would turn him into a martyr. I expect that the guys from the funny farm will show up and catch him in a big butterfly need and take him away as
    he babbles incoherently.  People need to see him for the demented fool
    he is.
    Try reading Conrad Black's articles in the NP!
    He thinks the Sun shines out of Trump's arse.
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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 10:37:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless
    recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.
    --
    --Jill
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,aus.politics,nz.politics on Mon Apr 6 08:50:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:29:00 +1000
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States.

    You have 1 month of fuel left thanks to Korea and Japan - don;' use it
    all at once, oztard troll.

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 09:08:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:11:56 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:

    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president
    of the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.


    You're getting way too excited about this. It simply means that the
    POTUS is the spawn of hell and these are the end times. Praise be to
    Jesus!

    No man that's way too "Deadpool"...

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,aus.politics on Mon Apr 6 09:10:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:23:24 +1000
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    I should accept that a madman runs the US at the moment

    You should thank Japan for a month more fuel.

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 09:11:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 09:37:11 -0000 (UTC)
    Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    I've been trying to avoid discussing
    him here.



    L_I_A_R!

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 09:12:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 11:41:14 -0000 (UTC)
    Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    30% of Americans value above all else their ability to openly be
    racist haters.

    Stats for that?


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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,can.politics,alt.toronto on Mon Apr 6 09:13:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 09:16:11 -0400
    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    He is getting closer and closer to the demise that I had predicted.

    Tend to your own Carney barker, you rights-surrendering Canucklehead!

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,calgary,can.politics,can.general on Mon Apr 6 09:14:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 07:56:38 -0600
    Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:

    Try reading Conrad Black's articles in the NP!

    Brilliant man - agree!

    Now try getting your rights back, serf.

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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 11:15:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06 9:56 a.m., Graham wrote:
    On 2026-04-06 7:16 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:

    He is getting closer and closer to the demise that I had predicted.
    While a lot of people would be happy if he were assassinated I fear
    that would turn him into a martyr. I expect that the guys from the
    funny farm will show up and catch him in a big butterfly need and take
    him away as he babbles incoherently.  People need to see him for the
    demented fool he is.
    Try reading Conrad Black's articles in the NP!
    He thinks the Sun shines out of Trump's arse.

    That's understandable. The man is a convicted criminal too. He is also a narcissist. He gave up his Canadian citizenship in order to be able to
    accept a British title. The only problem I see between the two of them
    would be the conflict of their competing egos.

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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 15:20:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea too. I lay a sheet
    of parchment on the top and weight it down with a pot filled with water. That beef must be some really low quality stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy.
    My guess is that chewy and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my stomach don't feel so good after eating one. It's a real gut bomb.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/LwqMbEJbXkLzGAoC8
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  • From Marty The Party@mtp@yeehaw.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 11:59:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    In article <10r064q$22tof$1@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280@invalid.com
    Cindy Hamilton says...
    30% of Americans value above all else their ability to openly be
    racist haters.


    What percentage of Americans are obese slobs like you are, Hammy?

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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 12:04:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or
    cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never
    actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless
    recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of parchment on the top and weight it down with a pot filled with water. That beef must be some really low quality stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy.
    My guess is that chewy and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my stomach
    don't feel so good after eating one. It's a real gut bomb.


    Sounds like crappy beef. I have no idea why you're promoting it.
    --
    --Jill
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 04:33:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:37:19 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this.

    That was just to give it a semblance of ontopicness. I don't think
    Trump's mental decline is caused by hormones in hamburgers. Maybe his
    manboobs are.

    BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or
    cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never >actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless >recipes in the world.

    We don't use recipes, unless I bake something. I want to make Anzac
    slice. When I do, I'll follow a recipe. Something along these lines: <https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/anzac-slice/11e84f01-6455-4c07-ba96-588e4030c122>
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 13:02:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:37:19 -0400
    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living
    in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the
    president of the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers
    with added hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food
    or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also
    never actually posts about despite there being lots of really good
    meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    Make it rare, in honor of the Oztard's tepid rhetoric.

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 13:15:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:20:59 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about
    food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which
    he also never actually posts about despite there being lots of
    really good meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good
    concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea
    too. I lay a sheet of parchment on the top and weight it down with a
    pot filled with water. That beef must be some really low quality
    stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy. My guess is that chewy
    and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my stomach don't feel
    so good after eating one. It's a real gut bomb.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/LwqMbEJbXkLzGAoC8

    Square it with these:

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Geat-Value-75-Lean-25-Squared-Frozen-Beef-Burgers-3lb-Bag/18887615892?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

    Great Value 100% Pure Beef Square Burgers 75% Lean / 25% Fat, 3lb, Frozen
    4.2 stars out of 6 reviews

    Key item features
    Ready to cook
    Individually quick frozen for ease of handling and product freshness
    Cook from frozen on your grill, pan, electric skillet, or broiler
    No artificial ingredients.

    $14.38
    $4.79/lb

    No need to weigh them down from frozen, that may have been your
    problem. They have to puff up a bit to stay soft, lets the meat juices circulate fully.

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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 05:15:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 13:02:34 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:37:19 -0400
    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living
    in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the
    president of the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers
    with added hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food
    or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also
    never actually posts about despite there being lots of really good
    meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.

    Make it rare, in honor of the Oztard's tepid rhetoric.

    Why would I care how McBiddy cooks her hamburger, Adolf?
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 19:16:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or
    cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never
    actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless
    recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea too. I lay a sheet
    of parchment on the top and weight it down with a pot filled with water. That
    beef must be some really low quality stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy.
    My guess is that chewy and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my stomach
    don't feel so good after eating one. It's a real gut bomb.


    Sounds like crappy beef. I have no idea why you're promoting it.


    If I was really interested in promoting preformed burgers, calling it a gut bomb
    probably isn't the smart way to do it. "Gut bomb" is a well known idiom down South, isn't it?




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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 13:19:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 11:59:48 -0400
    Marty The Party <mtp@yeehaw.invalid> wrote:

    In article <10r064q$22tof$1@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280@invalid.com
    Cindy Hamilton says...
    30% of Americans value above all else their ability to openly be
    racist haters.


    What percentage of Americans are obese slobs like you are, Hammy?


    Should be good for rolling casters sales...

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,aus.politics,nz.politics on Mon Apr 6 13:23:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:33:57 +1000
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    I don't think
    Trump's mental

    Your name is Johnny One-note.

    Godwin must be in the loo...

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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 19:31:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    chefly <deal@me.al> posted:

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:20:59 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about
    food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which
    he also never actually posts about despite there being lots of
    really good meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good
    concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea
    too. I lay a sheet of parchment on the top and weight it down with a
    pot filled with water. That beef must be some really low quality
    stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy. My guess is that chewy
    and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my stomach don't feel
    so good after eating one. It's a real gut bomb.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/LwqMbEJbXkLzGAoC8

    Square it with these:

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Geat-Value-75-Lean-25-Squared-Frozen-Beef-Burgers-3lb-Bag/18887615892?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

    Great Value 100% Pure Beef Square Burgers 75% Lean / 25% Fat, 3lb, Frozen
    4.2 stars out of 6 reviews

    Key item features
    Ready to cook
    Individually quick frozen for ease of handling and product freshness
    Cook from frozen on your grill, pan, electric skillet, or broiler
    No artificial ingredients.

    $14.38
    $4.79/lb

    No need to weigh them down from frozen, that may have been your
    problem. They have to puff up a bit to stay soft, lets the meat juices circulate fully.


    Square burgers are great. Corners poking out of a bun is a beautiful thing. I don't
    go to Walmart much but, I'll be on the lookout for this product - if I live that
    long. I got the 20% fat burgers i.e., the middle fat burger. I'm a middle of the
    road kind of guy.






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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 05:35:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:16:07 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or >> >> cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never >> >> actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless
    recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.

    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good concept. >> > It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea too. I lay a sheet
    of parchment on the top and weight it down with a pot filled with water. That
    beef must be some really low quality stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy.
    My guess is that chewy and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my stomach
    don't feel so good after eating one. It's a real gut bomb.


    Sounds like crappy beef. I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    If I was really interested in promoting preformed burgers, calling it a gut bomb
    probably isn't the smart way to do it. "Gut bomb" is a well known idiom down >South, isn't it?

    It's more a promotion of vegetarianism than of preformed gut bombs.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,aus.politics,aus.general on Mon Apr 6 13:37:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:15:57 +1000
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 13:02:34 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:37:19 -0400
    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be
    living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the
    president of the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers
    with added hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about
    food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which
    he also never actually posts about despite there being lots of
    really good meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.

    Make it rare, in honor of the Oztard's tepid rhetoric.

    Why would I care how McBiddy cooks her hamburger, Adolf?


    Godwin's back!


    How ya liking fuel prices, Oztard?

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 13:40:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:16:07 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about
    food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda,
    which he also never actually posts about despite there being
    lots of really good meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that
    idea too. I lay a sheet of parchment on the top and weight it
    down with a pot filled with water. That beef must be some really
    low quality stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy. My guess
    is that chewy and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my
    stomach don't feel so good after eating one. It's a real gut
    bomb.

    Sounds like crappy beef. I have no idea why you're promoting it.


    If I was really interested in promoting preformed burgers, calling it
    a gut bomb probably isn't the smart way to do it. "Gut bomb" is a
    well known idiom down South, isn't it?

    She has to come out from her hidey hole in the reef to take a nibble at
    ya.

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 13:58:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:31:48 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    chefly <deal@me.al> posted:

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:20:59 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers
    have anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk
    about food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian
    agenda, which he also never actually posts about despite there
    being lots of really good meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea
    too. I lay a sheet of parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water. That beef must be some really low
    quality stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy. My guess is
    that chewy and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my
    stomach don't feel so good after eating one. It's a real gut
    bomb.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/LwqMbEJbXkLzGAoC8

    Square it with these:

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Geat-Value-75-Lean-25-Squared-Frozen-Beef-Burgers-3lb-Bag/18887615892?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

    Great Value 100% Pure Beef Square Burgers 75% Lean / 25% Fat, 3lb,
    Frozen 4.2 stars out of 6 reviews

    Key item features
    Ready to cook
    Individually quick frozen for ease of handling and product freshness
    Cook from frozen on your grill, pan, electric skillet, or broiler
    No artificial ingredients.

    $14.38
    $4.79/lb

    No need to weigh them down from frozen, that may have been your
    problem. They have to puff up a bit to stay soft, lets the meat
    juices circulate fully.


    Square burgers are great. Corners poking out of a bun is a beautiful
    thing. I don't go to Walmart much but, I'll be on the lookout for
    this product - if I live that long. I got the 20% fat burgers i.e.,
    the middle fat burger. I'm a middle of the road kind of guy.


    80% is healthier, but it's that extra 5% fat that keeps these moist and enhances the taste. For burgers too lean is mean. No grass-fed beef
    either nor bison, which is famously hard to cook right.

    Unless you like a rare burger, bison is great for that and it is a
    sweet taste.

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 21:38:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of
    the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless recipes in the world.

    He has already said he doesn't cook from recipes.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.

    Lunch was a cheese steak sandwich. Dinner will be a salad.
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 20:17:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/6/2026 5:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in
    Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of >>>> the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or
    cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never
    actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless
    recipes in the world.

    He has already said he doesn't cook from recipes.

    A person doesn't have to cook from "recipes" in order to describe
    methods of cooking vegetarian meals or the ingredients used. He posts
    to stir up shit.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.

    Lunch was a cheese steak sandwich. Dinner will be a salad.


    I wouldn't turn down a good cheese steak sandwich. :)
    --
    --Jill
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 10:21:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 20:17:29 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 5:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in >>>>> Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of >>>>> the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or
    cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never
    actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless
    recipes in the world.

    He has already said he doesn't cook from recipes.

    A person doesn't have to cook from "recipes" in order to describe
    methods of cooking vegetarian meals or the ingredients used. He posts
    to stir up shit.

    Tell him. He's here.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From Leonard Blaisdell@leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 00:33:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.


    Dead Joe, the left-wing hero
    Ruled us all, worse than Nero
    Guys are girls and girls are guys
    Nothing here to criticize

    DEI for the dumbest among us
    Glows in Washington
    A shiny new fungus

    Sorry, couldn't help it. 😐
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 10:47:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 7 Apr 2026 00:33:46 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
    <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 2026-04-06, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Dead Joe, the left-wing hero
    Ruled us all, worse than Nero
    Guys are girls and girls are guys
    Nothing here to criticize

    DEI for the dumbest among us
    Glows in Washington
    A shiny new fungus

    Sorry, couldn't help it. 😐

    In Iran, there are also people who support the hate beard regime.
    People are strange.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxXW9tcQL4c>
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  • From Hank Rogers@Hank@nospam.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Apr 6 21:41:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    jmquown wrote on 4/6/2026 7:17 PM:
    On 4/6/2026 5:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 4/6/2026 5:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    A message from the president of the USA:

    "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in >>>>> Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

    No, that's not a drunk bum on a street corner, that's the president of >>>>> the Unites States. He's eating too many hamburgers with added
    hormones.

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers have
    anything to do with this.  BTW, when does Bruce ever talk about food or >>> cooking?  Aside from pushing his vegetarian agenda, which he also never >>> actually posts about despite there being lots of really good meatless
    recipes in the world.

    He has already said he doesn't cook from recipes.

    A person doesn't have to cook from "recipes" in order to describe
    methods of cooking vegetarian meals or the ingredients used.  He posts
    to stir up shit.


    As does your royal Highness.


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  • From Mike Duffy@mxduffy@bell.net to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 05:33:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06, jmquown wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    [...] preformed burgers [...] pretty good concept.
    It's fried straight out of the freezer

    I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of
    parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water.

    Sounds like crappy beef.
    I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    I have been known to fry from frozen.

    But I'm more curious why he fries his burgers
    by compressing them. I figure you would need a
    metric buttload of hydraulic pressure to raise
    the temerature enough to cook, but some people
    will eat it a bit undercooked anyways.

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  • From Mike Duffy@mxduffy@bell.net to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 05:53:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-06, chefly wrote:

    They have to puff up a bit to stay soft,

    Did you ever try air-frying Spam?

    I sliced a can into 4 12mm-ish slices
    and arranged then into a reverse
    swastika on their long edges with the
    main spin axis of the swastika co-incident
    with the major rotational symettry axis
    of the air-fryer but offset in phase by pi/4
    radians so their ends would touch the walls.

    This allowed them to be cooked from both
    sides at once, and the outside hardened
    up a seal whilst there remained enough
    water to make the slices bubble up enough
    to fill the interstices.

    Maple syrup flavour Spam if I recall correctly,
    or perhaps that is what I poured on it.

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 07:58:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    chefly <deal@me.al> posted:

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:31:48 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    chefly <deal@me.al> posted:

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:20:59 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers
    have anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever talk
    about food or cooking? Aside from pushing his vegetarian
    agenda, which he also never actually posts about despite there
    being lots of really good meatless recipes in the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty good concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like that idea
    too. I lay a sheet of parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water. That beef must be some really low
    quality stuff because its kind of chewy and stringy. My guess is
    that chewy and stringy beef is the future of beef. Also, my
    stomach don't feel so good after eating one. It's a real gut
    bomb.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/LwqMbEJbXkLzGAoC8

    Square it with these:

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Geat-Value-75-Lean-25-Squared-Frozen-Beef-Burgers-3lb-Bag/18887615892?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

    Great Value 100% Pure Beef Square Burgers 75% Lean / 25% Fat, 3lb,
    Frozen 4.2 stars out of 6 reviews

    Key item features
    Ready to cook
    Individually quick frozen for ease of handling and product freshness
    Cook from frozen on your grill, pan, electric skillet, or broiler
    No artificial ingredients.

    $14.38
    $4.79/lb

    No need to weigh them down from frozen, that may have been your
    problem. They have to puff up a bit to stay soft, lets the meat
    juices circulate fully.


    Square burgers are great. Corners poking out of a bun is a beautiful
    thing. I don't go to Walmart much but, I'll be on the lookout for
    this product - if I live that long. I got the 20% fat burgers i.e.,
    the middle fat burger. I'm a middle of the road kind of guy.


    80% is healthier, but it's that extra 5% fat that keeps these moist and enhances the taste. For burgers too lean is mean. No grass-fed beef
    either nor bison, which is famously hard to cook right.

    Unless you like a rare burger, bison is great for that and it is a
    sweet taste.


    Cooking this burger under-done is going to be the only way to get a more tender burger. I'll cook it whatever way works. I found some cheap spiral cut ham from Target so I got that and had it with some ramen. My granddaughter went to dinner
    with her baby daddy. He manages a restaurant and she bought home some very nice steak. Those guys know how to cook a steak.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/v45W8mBrwakWKrQt6

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/cZ6R5Ky9PcU6mmtx5









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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net@user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 15:08:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:

    On 2026-04-06, jmquown wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    [...] preformed burgers [...] pretty good concept.
    It's fried straight out of the freezer

    I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of
    parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water.

    Sounds like crappy beef.
    I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    I have been known to fry from frozen.

    But I'm more curious why he fries his burgers
    by compressing them. I figure you would need a
    metric buttload of hydraulic pressure to raise
    the temerature enough to cook, but some people
    will eat it a bit undercooked anyways.


    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the freezer.
    But no weighing down.

    ~
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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 11:53:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/7/2026 11:08 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:

    On 2026-04-06, jmquown wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    [...] preformed burgers [...] pretty good concept.
    It's fried straight out of the freezer

    I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of
    parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water.

    Sounds like crappy beef.
    I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    I have been known to fry from frozen.

    But I'm more curious why he fries his burgers
    by compressing them. I figure you would need a
    metric buttload of hydraulic pressure to raise
    the temerature enough to cook, but some people
    will eat it a bit undercooked anyways.


    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the freezer.
    But no weighing down.

    ~

    The weight idea may be trying to duplicate the smashburger that seems to
    be getting popular now.

    A smash burger is defined by smashing a loose ball of ground beef
    (typically 75/25 or 80/20 fat-to-lean ratio) onto a screaming hot,
    ungreased cast iron griddle to create a paper-thin patty. This technique caramelizes the meat through the Maillard reaction, creating a crispy, craggy-edged, and intensely flavorful crust in about 90–180 seconds
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,alt.bible,aus.general on Tue Apr 7 10:37:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:47:40 +1000
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 7 Apr 2026 00:33:46 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
    <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 2026-04-06, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Dead Joe, the left-wing hero
    Ruled us all, worse than Nero
    Guys are girls and girls are guys
    Nothing here to criticize

    DEI for the dumbest among us
    Glows in Washington
    A shiny new fungus

    Sorry, couldn't help it. 😐

    In Iran, there are also people who support the hate beard regime.
    People are strange.

    People are inveigled by and subservient to Stan, many more this time
    around.
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,aus.politics,aus.general on Tue Apr 7 10:36:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:21:10 +1000
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    A person doesn't have to cook from "recipes" in order to describe
    methods of cooking vegetarian meals or the ingredients used. He
    posts to stir up shit.

    Tell him. He's here.

    Going all 3rd person again? Your delusions of adequacy must be back.

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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 10:36:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 7 Apr 2026 00:33:46 GMT
    Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.


    Dead Joe, the left-wing hero
    Ruled us all, worse than Nero
    Guys are girls and girls are guys
    Nothing here to criticize

    DEI for the dumbest among us
    Glows in Washington
    A shiny new fungus

    Sorry, couldn't help it. 😐
    +1!
    <GUFFAW>
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 10:49:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:58:49 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    chefly <deal@me.al> posted:

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:31:48 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    chefly <deal@me.al> posted:

    On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:20:59 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    Leave it to Bruce to start a post so he can claim hamburgers
    have anything to do with this. BTW, when does Bruce ever
    talk about food or cooking? Aside from pushing his
    vegetarian agenda, which he also never actually posts about
    despite there being lots of really good meatless recipes in
    the world.

    OB Food: I'll probably cook a hamburger for dinner.


    I bought some frozen preformed burgers because it's a pretty
    good concept. It's fried straight out of the freezer - I like
    that idea too. I lay a sheet of parchment on the top and
    weight it down with a pot filled with water. That beef must
    be some really low quality stuff because its kind of chewy
    and stringy. My guess is that chewy and stringy beef is the
    future of beef. Also, my stomach don't feel so good after
    eating one. It's a real gut bomb.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/LwqMbEJbXkLzGAoC8

    Square it with these:

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Geat-Value-75-Lean-25-Squared-Frozen-Beef-Burgers-3lb-Bag/18887615892?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

    Great Value 100% Pure Beef Square Burgers 75% Lean / 25% Fat,
    3lb, Frozen 4.2 stars out of 6 reviews

    Key item features
    Ready to cook
    Individually quick frozen for ease of handling and product
    freshness Cook from frozen on your grill, pan, electric
    skillet, or broiler No artificial ingredients.

    $14.38
    $4.79/lb

    No need to weigh them down from frozen, that may have been your problem. They have to puff up a bit to stay soft, lets the meat
    juices circulate fully.


    Square burgers are great. Corners poking out of a bun is a
    beautiful thing. I don't go to Walmart much but, I'll be on the
    lookout for this product - if I live that long. I got the 20% fat
    burgers i.e., the middle fat burger. I'm a middle of the road
    kind of guy.


    80% is healthier, but it's that extra 5% fat that keeps these moist
    and enhances the taste. For burgers too lean is mean. No grass-fed
    beef either nor bison, which is famously hard to cook right.

    Unless you like a rare burger, bison is great for that and it is a
    sweet taste.


    Cooking this burger under-done is going to be the only way to get a
    more tender burger. I'll cook it whatever way works. I found some
    cheap spiral cut ham from Target so I got that and had it with some
    ramen. My granddaughter went to dinner with her baby daddy. He
    manages a restaurant and she bought home some very nice steak. Those
    guys know how to cook a steak.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/v45W8mBrwakWKrQt6

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/cZ6R5Ky9PcU6mmtx5

    Steak is on point, green beans look a bit like they got forgotten.

    Ham in Ramen is a fave, same for fried rice.

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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net@user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 19:34:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:

    On 4/7/2026 11:08 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the freezer. But no weighing down.


    The weight idea may be trying to duplicate the smashburger that seems to
    be getting popular now.

    A smash burger is defined by smashing a loose ball of ground beef
    (typically 75/25 or 80/20 fat-to-lean ratio) onto a screaming hot,
    ungreased cast iron griddle to create a paper-thin patty. This technique caramelizes the meat through the Maillard reaction, creating a crispy, craggy-edged, and intensely flavorful crust in about 90–180 seconds


    You're probably right, but my burgers are formed patties and they'd
    not do too well if I tried to smash them on that grill grate. I've
    got a cast iron griddle and some skillets but I don't fry burgers now
    that the air fryer has come into my kitchen. No more grease splatters!

    ~
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 13:40:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:34:07 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
    Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:

    On 4/7/2026 11:08 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the
    freezer. But no weighing down.


    The weight idea may be trying to duplicate the smashburger that
    seems to be getting popular now.

    A smash burger is defined by smashing a loose ball of ground beef (typically 75/25 or 80/20 fat-to-lean ratio) onto a screaming hot, ungreased cast iron griddle to create a paper-thin patty. This
    technique caramelizes the meat through the Maillard reaction,
    creating a crispy, craggy-edged, and intensely flavorful crust in
    about 90–180 seconds


    You're probably right, but my burgers are formed patties and they'd
    not do too well if I tried to smash them on that grill grate. I've
    got a cast iron griddle and some skillets but I don't fry burgers now
    that the air fryer has come into my kitchen. No more grease
    splatters!

    ~
    True, a classic smashburger must be made from freshly ground beef, not
    frozen and attacked as it thaw/cooks.
    These kinds of frozen burgers love a hot grill or cast iron pan and just
    2 flips to done.
    Of course you must have a grill cover lid if you want a proper
    cheeseburger, that just holds all the heat and moisture in and melts
    the cheese like a blanket..
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Tue Apr 7 19:27:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
    On 2026-04-06, chefly wrote:

    They have to puff up a bit to stay soft,

    Did you ever try air-frying Spam?

    I sliced a can into 4 12mm-ish slices
    and arranged then into a reverse
    swastika on their long edges with the
    main spin axis of the swastika co-incident
    with the major rotational symettry axis
    of the air-fryer but offset in phase by pi/4
    radians so their ends would touch the walls.

    This allowed them to be cooked from both
    sides at once, and the outside hardened
    up a seal whilst there remained enough
    water to make the slices bubble up enough
    to fill the interstices.

    Maple syrup flavour Spam if I recall correctly,
    or perhaps that is what I poured on it.

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious. Were you just seeing if anyone was paying attention?
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Samuel Spade@sam@spade.invalid to rec.food.cooking,alt.bible,aus.general on Tue Apr 7 20:32:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 7 Apr 2026 00:33:46 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
    <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 2026-04-06, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Dead Joe, the left-wing hero
    Ruled us all, worse than Nero
    Guys are girls and girls are guys
    Nothing here to criticize

    DEI for the dumbest among us
    Glows in Washington
    A shiny new fungus

    Sorry, couldn't help it. ?

    In Iran, there are also people who support the hate beard regime.
    People are strange.


    People are inveigled by and subservient to Stan, many more this time
    around.

    Yeah, some people are even inveigled into believing that Stan and his
    minions of evil locusts are doing the Lord's work.
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking,alt.bible,aus.general on Wed Apr 8 08:33:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:32:40 -0700
    Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:

    chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 7 Apr 2026 00:33:46 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 2026-04-06, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    Dementia has destroyed what few filters he had.

    Dead Joe, the left-wing hero
    Ruled us all, worse than Nero
    Guys are girls and girls are guys
    Nothing here to criticize

    DEI for the dumbest among us
    Glows in Washington
    A shiny new fungus

    Sorry, couldn't help it. ?

    In Iran, there are also people who support the hate beard regime.
    People are strange.


    People are inveigled by and subservient to Stan, many more this time around.

    Yeah, some people are even inveigled into believing that Stan

    Rudence, you need another outing?

    https://groups.google.com/g/misc.survivalism/c/O_95Kh78WUM

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  • From Mike Duffy@mxduffy@bell.net to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 15:42:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    - Spam forced-air hot-baked thick segments can
    expand to three times their width.

    - Putting sweet sauce on stuff. I've seen honey for
    onion rings, and don't forget that is how ketchup
    itself became the ubititous American condiment.

    The last time I went to a mid-scale brunch restaurant,
    (i.e. sit down, order, eat, then pay) you could
    order extra MS in little jiggers for about $1/oz.

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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 12:11:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/7/2026 11:53 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/7/2026 11:08 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:

    On 2026-04-06, jmquown wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    [...] preformed burgers [...] pretty good concept.
    It's fried straight out of the freezer

    I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of
    parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water.

    Sounds like crappy beef.
    I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    I have been known to fry from frozen.

    But I'm more curious why he fries his burgers
    by compressing them. I figure you would need a
    metric buttload of hydraulic pressure to raise
    the temerature enough to cook, but some people
    will eat it a bit undercooked anyways.


    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the freezer.
    But no weighing down.

    ~

    The weight idea may be trying to duplicate the smashburger that seems to
    be getting popular now.

    A smash burger is defined by smashing a loose ball of ground beef
    (typically 75/25 or 80/20 fat-to-lean ratio) onto a screaming hot,
    ungreased cast iron griddle to create a paper-thin patty. This technique caramelizes the meat through the Maillard reaction, creating a crispy, craggy-edged, and intensely flavorful crust in about 90–180 seconds

    The idea of a smash burger defeats the idea of a nice juicy medium rare hamburger. I do like the Mailliard reaction idea, though.

    --Jill
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  • From chefly@deal@me.al to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 10:21:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 12:11:44 -0400
    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 4/7/2026 11:53 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/7/2026 11:08 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:

    On 2026-04-06, jmquown wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    [...] preformed burgers [...] pretty good concept.
    It's fried straight out of the freezer

    I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of
    parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water.

    Sounds like crappy beef.
    I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    I have been known to fry from frozen.

    But I'm more curious why he fries his burgers
    by compressing them. I figure you would need a
    metric buttload of hydraulic pressure to raise
    the temerature enough to cook, but some people
    will eat it a bit undercooked anyways.


    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the
    freezer. But no weighing down.

    ~

    The weight idea may be trying to duplicate the smashburger that
    seems to be getting popular now.

    A smash burger is defined by smashing a loose ball of ground beef (typically 75/25 or 80/20 fat-to-lean ratio) onto a screaming hot, ungreased cast iron griddle to create a paper-thin patty. This
    technique caramelizes the meat through the Maillard reaction,
    creating a crispy, craggy-edged, and intensely flavorful crust in
    about 90–180 seconds

    The idea of a smash burger defeats the idea of a nice juicy medium
    rare hamburger. I do like the Mailliard reaction idea, though.

    --Jill
    It ma y seem that way to you, but properly cooked with a good fat
    content, the smashburger WILL be juicy!
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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 12:57:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 12:21 PM, chefly wrote:
    On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 12:11:44 -0400
    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 11:53 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/7/2026 11:08 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:

    On 2026-04-06, jmquown wrote:

    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:

    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:

    [...] preformed burgers [...] pretty good concept.
    It's fried straight out of the freezer

    I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of
    parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water.

    Sounds like crappy beef.
    I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    I have been known to fry from frozen.

    But I'm more curious why he fries his burgers
    by compressing them. I figure you would need a
    metric buttload of hydraulic pressure to raise
    the temerature enough to cook, but some people
    will eat it a bit undercooked anyways.


    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the
    freezer. But no weighing down.

    ~

    The weight idea may be trying to duplicate the smashburger that
    seems to be getting popular now.

    A smash burger is defined by smashing a loose ball of ground beef
    (typically 75/25 or 80/20 fat-to-lean ratio) onto a screaming hot,
    ungreased cast iron griddle to create a paper-thin patty. This
    technique caramelizes the meat through the Maillard reaction,
    creating a crispy, craggy-edged, and intensely flavorful crust in
    about 90–180 seconds

    The idea of a smash burger defeats the idea of a nice juicy medium
    rare hamburger. I do like the Mailliard reaction idea, though.

    --Jill

    It ma y seem that way to you, but properly cooked with a good fat
    content, the smashburger WILL be juicy!



    Yeah, getting that 1/8" thick burger medium rare will take some skill

    A perfect smash burger should be 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. The goal is to
    create a very thin, crispy-edged patty, usually achieved by aggressively smashing a 2.5 to 4 oz meat ball onto a hot, flat-top griddle or
    cast-iron pan for 60-90 seconds per side
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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 18:11:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml. There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 14:56:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.



    >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 21:38:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year. Why would I buy a litre?
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Hank Rogers@Hank@nospam.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 17:36:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    Cindy Hamilton wrote on 4/8/2026 4:38 PM:
    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year. Why would I buy a litre?


    Officer Dave is Canadian. Gallons of maple syrup is required by law.
    Surely you know this. It's even on the goddamn flag. THINK!

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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 19:01:53 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 2:11 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml. There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).


    32 oz, 946 ml from New Hampshire is about $13 at Detweiler's, a local
    store. Canada stuff is $12.29 at BJs.
    So, yours is .027/ml but can be had for .013/ml if you buy a larger
    quantity at a time. Worth it for the good stuff.

    Oh, I'm making another batch of blueberry pancakes tomorrow so I can
    justify buying a half gallon easily.
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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 19:08:53 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 2:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:


    t;There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that

    Taste. I have some bourbon honey that is very nice.
    I also have some Makers Mark 46 aged in French oak that is very smooth.
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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 19:12:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 5:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year. Why would I buy a litre?


    I'll have pancakes for four of the next 8 or 9 days and each day will
    take more than a few tablespoons. In a couple of weeks, I'll repeat that.
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 18:13:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 10:42 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    - Spam forced-air hot-baked thick segments can
    expand to three times their width.

    - Putting sweet sauce on stuff. I've seen honey for
    onion rings, and don't forget that is how ketchup
    itself became the ubititous American condiment.

    The last time I went to a mid-scale brunch restaurant,
    (i.e. sit down, order, eat, then pay) you could
    order extra MS in little jiggers for about $1/oz.

    No, dude. Eating reverse swastika fucking SPAM. Eating SPAM at all.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 19:02:36 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 11:57 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/8/2026 12:21 PM, chefly wrote:
    On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 12:11:44 -0400
    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 11:53 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/7/2026 11:08 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:
    On 2026-04-06, jmquown wrote:
    On 4/6/2026 11:20 AM, dsi1 wrote:
    jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
    [...] preformed burgers [...] pretty good concept.
    It's fried straight out of the freezer
    I like that idea too. I lay a sheet of
    parchment on the top and weight it down
    with a pot filled with water.
    Sounds like crappy beef.
    I have no idea why you're promoting it.

    I have been known to fry from frozen.

    But I'm more curious why he fries his burgers
    by compressing them. I figure you would need a
    metric buttload of hydraulic pressure to raise
    the temerature enough to cook, but some people
    will eat it a bit undercooked anyways.


    When I do burgers in the air fryer, they're straight out of the
    freezer. But no weighing down.

    ~

    The weight idea may be trying to duplicate the smashburger that
    seems to be getting popular now.

    A smash burger is defined by smashing a loose ball of ground beef
    (typically 75/25 or 80/20 fat-to-lean ratio) onto a screaming hot,
    ungreased cast iron griddle to create a paper-thin patty. This
    technique caramelizes the meat through the Maillard reaction,
    creating a crispy, craggy-edged, and intensely flavorful crust in
    about 90–180 seconds

    The idea of a smash burger defeats the idea of a nice juicy medium
    rare hamburger.  I do like the Mailliard reaction idea, though.

    --Jill

    It ma y seem that way to you, but properly cooked with a good fat
    content, the smashburger WILL be juicy!



    Yeah, getting that 1/8" thick burger medium rare will take some skill

    More like magic.

    A perfect smash burger should be 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. The goal is to create a very thin, crispy-edged patty, usually achieved by aggressively smashing a 2.5 to 4 oz meat ball onto a hot, flat-top griddle or cast-
    iron pan for 60-90 seconds per side

    A smashburger should be cooked very quickly on a very hot surface. I
    don't know if the burgers at Steak 'n Shake qualify, but they're pretty
    good. A double with fries is only $5.99. They're best if you order them
    w/o the process cheese. I suggest bringing along a beverage, and eating
    in the car because the fries are very perishable. I'd say it's the best
    well done burger you're going to get. You can even order it extra well
    done, and it's more dry, but nicely crispy.

    Their chili is pretty pricey, but awfully good. Biglari might be a
    snake, but he's retained enough of SnS's original food offerings, and
    actually improved the fries by having them fried in beef fat.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 20:24:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08 5:38 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year. Why would I buy a litre?


    Most people who are into maple syrup use more than that, My grandfather
    used to buy it by the gallon. He often had a fruit bowl of maple syrup
    with bread and butter for dessert.

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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 20:31:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08 7:08 p.m., Ed P wrote:
    On 4/8/2026 2:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:


      >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that

    Taste.  I have some bourbon honey that is very nice.
    I also have some Makers Mark 46 aged in French oak that is very smooth.t


    Maybe when this tariff crap goes away I will get a bottle of Makers
    Mark. I never thought much of Bourbon until I tried that stuff. It was
    very good.

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  • From Hank Rogers@Hank@nospam.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 19:39:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    Dave Smith wrote on 4/8/2026 7:24 PM:
    On 2026-04-08 5:38 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts.  Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year.  Why would I buy a litre?


    Most people who are into maple syrup use more than that, My grandfather
    used to buy it by the gallon. He often had a fruit bowl of maple syrup
    with bread and butter for dessert.


    Most canadians use at least a gallon of maple syrup per day.

    Some probably go through 5 gallons per day.

    That syrup oozes out their asses constantly.


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  • From Hank Rogers@Hank@nospam.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 19:41:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    Dave Smith wrote on 4/8/2026 7:31 PM:
    On 2026-04-08 7:08 p.m., Ed P wrote:
    On 4/8/2026 2:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:


      >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that

    Taste.  I have some bourbon honey that is very nice.
    I also have some Makers Mark 46 aged in French oak that is very smooth.t


    Maybe when this tariff crap goes away I will get a bottle of Makers
    Mark. I never thought much of Bourbon until I tried that stuff. It was
    very good.


    Stay away from it. It's not good for canadians. There are adverse
    reactions with the maple syrup. It will fuck you up. Beware.


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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net@user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Thu Apr 9 01:02:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:

    On 4/8/2026 5:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year. Why would I buy a litre?


    I'll have pancakes for four of the next 8 or 9 days and each day will
    take more than a few tablespoons. In a couple of weeks, I'll repeat that.


    I've got a quart in the refrigerator as maple syrup has no preservatives
    in it, I found out it will go moldy if not kept chilled once opened. Thankfully, it was just an 8-ounce bottle. There's also another quart, unopened sitting on a pantry shelf.

    ~
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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Thu Apr 9 01:15:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.



    >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that


    My daughter made some maple candy. It's simple enough - just get maple syrup and
    boil it down. OTOH, the whole idea of boiling down such a sugar solution sounds
    pretty tedious.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/QT9Ci7RKzRS9VtYo7



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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 21:30:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08 9:15 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.



    >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that


    My daughter made some maple candy. It's simple enough - just get maple syrup and
    boil it down. OTOH, the whole idea of boiling down such a sugar solution sounds
    pretty tedious.


    One of my wife's favourite treats is maple butter. It's just maple syrup
    that has been heated up, cooled down and then whipped.
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  • From Hank Rogers@Hank@nospam.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 20:39:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    dsi1 wrote on 4/8/2026 8:15 PM:

    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.



    >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that


    My daughter made some maple candy. It's simple enough - just get maple syrup and
    boil it down. OTOH, the whole idea of boiling down such a sugar solution sounds
    pretty tedious.


    Did yoose daughter go balls out on dat candy Uncle?


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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 21:43:31 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 9:15 PM, dsi1 wrote:

    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.



    >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that


    My daughter made some maple candy. It's simple enough - just get maple syrup and
    boil it down. OTOH, the whole idea of boiling down such a sugar solution sounds
    pretty tedious.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/QT9Ci7RKzRS9VtYo7



    To make 1 gallon of the syrup it took boiling down about 40 gallons of
    sap. Most of the work has already been done.
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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Wed Apr 8 21:54:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 4/8/2026 9:02 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:

    On 4/8/2026 5:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per >>>> unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year. Why would I buy a litre?


    I'll have pancakes for four of the next 8 or 9 days and each day will
    take more than a few tablespoons. In a couple of weeks, I'll repeat that.


    I've got a quart in the refrigerator as maple syrup has no preservatives
    in it, I found out it will go moldy if not kept chilled once opened. Thankfully, it was just an 8-ounce bottle. There's also another quart, unopened sitting on a pantry shelf.

    ~
    I have a small container, maybe 8 oz., on the counter that I half fill
    from the jug in the fridge. It keeps for at least a week and I'm not
    pouring cold syrup on hot pancakes.

    Keeps for months in the fridge.
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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Thu Apr 9 03:22:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-04-08 9:15 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.



    >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that


    My daughter made some maple candy. It's simple enough - just get maple syrup and
    boil it down. OTOH, the whole idea of boiling down such a sugar solution sounds
    pretty tedious.


    One of my wife's favourite treats is maple butter. It's just maple syrup that has been heated up, cooled down and then whipped.

    I'll have to try it if we have some maple syrup. What would be awesome is maple butter with butter. Thanks.


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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Thu Apr 9 05:22:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:

    On 4/8/2026 9:15 PM, dsi1 wrote:

    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.



    >There's some that's more expensive, aged
    in whiskey barrels ($26.49 for 375 ml).

    I don't understand why they would do that


    My daughter made some maple candy. It's simple enough - just get maple syrup and
    boil it down. OTOH, the whole idea of boiling down such a sugar solution sounds
    pretty tedious.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/QT9Ci7RKzRS9VtYo7



    To make 1 gallon of the syrup it took boiling down about 40 gallons of
    sap. Most of the work has already been done.

    The picture one gets is the whole town of village people around big vats of maple
    sap boiling it down and celebrating the year's syrup harvest. The adults are singing and stirring the vats and the kids are playing in the snow. It's all so
    very quaint! My guess is that what's actually going down is syrup being dehydrated
    by spraying onto heated air in vacuum chambers.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMCgkXpEOIY



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  • From Mike Duffy@mxduffy@bell.net to rec.food.cooking on Thu Apr 9 06:46:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-09, dsi1 wrote:

    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    [...] maple butter. It's just maple syrup that has
    been heated up, cooled down and then whipped.

    I'll have to try it if we have some maple syrup.

    To make maple butter, you need to mix butter or cream.

    What you describe is oftimes called 'maple cream'
    despite that is has no cream. It is more difficult
    to make than maple butter because you need to remove
    it from heat just before crytals start to form, as
    described in the song by 'Devo':

    Before the cream sets out too long, you must whip it
    When something's going wrong, you must whip it.
    Now whip it into shape, shape it up, get straight,
    Go forward, move ahead, try to detect it,
    it's not too late to whip it, whip it good


    Some people use ghee + MS, so you end up with
    no milk solids. I just checked on the web;
    some use a trace of molasses or vanilla extract to tweak
    the taste, but since high heat destroys real vanilla
    you would be better to use vanillin or I might instead
    suggest fenugreek.

    Also, as as ecumenical experiment in International
    syrophistry, someone should try it with blue agave syrop,
    date molasses, and to make Bruce happy, HFCS.

    And I just thought about honey as well. And what about
    those Mexican ants with the Trump-sized rear ends?

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Thu Apr 9 08:57:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-04-08, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    On 4/8/2026 5:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08 2:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
    On 2026-04-08, Bryan Simmons wrote:

    On 4/7/2026 12:53 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    Here, we wait for the supermarket sales
    when 540 ml cans go for about $ 6, 7.

    You can't be serious.

    Do you mean:

    - Local retail maple syrop pricing.

    This one.

    The store brand maple syrup here is $6.79 for 251 ml. I might
    be able to do better if I went to the sugarbush and bought
    directly from a hobbyist producer. Or I might not. Could be,
    I'd have to know a guy.


    We have several maple syrup producers within a few miles of out place.
    They make good syrup and I try to buy local, but the fact is I can get
    maple syrup cheaper at Costco than from the locals.

    At Whole Paycheck, the most expensive plain maple syrup is
    $19.99 for 375 ml.



    We usually buy it by the litre, and syrup gets a lot more expensive per
    unit when sold in smaller amounts. Syrup prices are way up this year
    because of unseasonable warm temperatures decimating the sap harvest.

    We use a few tablespoons of syrup per year. Why would I buy a litre?


    I'll have pancakes for four of the next 8 or 9 days and each day will
    take more than a few tablespoons. In a couple of weeks, I'll repeat that.

    I'll have oatmeal for 9 of the next 9 days. I use brown sugar in it.

    We have waffles once or twice a year.
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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