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Cake day: July 23rd, 2023

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  • Can you get cumin? If so, you can probably make some pretty good tacos.

    Only the following 6 ingredients are required:

    Tortilla

    Ground meat - I recommend beef

    Onion

    Salt

    Minced Garlic or garlic powder

    Cumin powder

    All other ingredients are optional

    Cooking:

    Chop enough onion to make a pile 1/2 the size of the meat

    Cook the onion over medium heat until it starts to soften

    Add a little garlic

    Add the meat

    Turn up the heat a little

    add a little salt

    Add a lot of cumin - this should be the dominant flavor

    Add a little of any/all optional seasonings for depth of flavor

    When the ground meat is done cooking, add more salt to taste. Be careful not to over salt it.

    warm the tortillas

    Add meat & any/all optional ingredients to the tortillas

    Enjoy!

    Optional Seasonings:

    chili powder optional

    A very little bit of MSG optional

    Black pepper optional

    Onion powder optional recommended

    Optional Ingredients:

    Chopped Cilantro optional

    Chopped Tomato optional recommended

    Sour cream optional recommended

    Salty shredded cheese optional (Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, Muenster, etc)

    Salsa optional (should have tomato chunks and not look like marinara)



  • I have several throughout the house with a couple hooked up to stereo systems. It’s really nice to be able to stream music to all speakers or to specific groups of speakers like “downstairs group”.

    It’s also fantastic for keeping a grocery list. You can then pull it up on the app while shopping or have it text the list to someone else. IMO it’s by far the most useful feature.

    You can also use it to check in on kids at the house if they don’t have a phone. You can use the app on your phone to “drop in” on any Alexa in your house and have basically a phone call or a video call with Alexa Show devices.

    I’m one of the few that loves having these devices. But as soon as Amazon tries to charge a subscription I will be looking into jailbreaking them.






  • Old Millennial.

    I grew up without cell phones or Internet until my teen years. Remember watching the OJ trial whenever I was home sick from school.

    We were really worried about Y2K, which would have been a disaster if not fixed ahead of time.

    Had to work on 9/11, and remember what airports were like before all the added security.

    Also had to work - pushing groceries to people’s cars while the VA sniper was rolling around the area shooting people in parking lots.

    I remember people smoking cigarettes fucking everywhere. There were cigarette vending machines.

    Our 2 and 3 liter bottles had an extra plastic piece to make the bottom flat. I don’t think they were making them with feet like they do today. The bottoms were round, requiring a plastic shoe to create a flat bottom. Sometimes the bottles had a metal cap.

    Hardly anybody wore seatbelts. Gas was under $1/gallon when I started driving.