I have. It's ok, but not great. The thing about most ciders I've had here is the tend to feel really artificial for tartness and sweetness. There is a really great brand out of Minnesota I love called Milk and Honey but they don't distribute in WI. I like Magners and Blackthorne cider quite a bit, and Strongbow (NOT golden apple variety). I'm not a pro reviewer, but to me so many of the ciders taste too fakey. Like apple juice concentrate. Many great ciders are not made from eating apples, because of those tannins and such that make a crappy glass of juice, but a good fermented cider.

Chain-smoking. My mom generally lit one cigarette from the last bits of the previous. Yes, this was before the prices spiked, but it still wasn't super cheap. She also died of lung cancer at 57. Outlived her diagnosis for three years, until two months after I turned 18. Sheer determination to not have me in foster care.

Looks like a not so talented kid drew it.

No kids, and my cone was clean margins: that said, between cone and the expected hysterectomy was COVID hitting, and they told me 'we delay these all the time for fertility!' I was NOT pleased. Had to wait 5 months. My mom died of an unrelated cancer when I was 18, and she was my only family I knew well at all.

I don't know you, but it sounds like you had a really rough go of it. Unless you want to go for a kid right now, I would suggest going for it. Better to be there for the one you have, and there are other options for expanding a family. Your doctor can give you numbers, but your child can give you reasons.

Depending on where you are, it will be handled differently. The best way to find out, is to call who provides your local recycling services. Here - our city recycling program gets audited once a month. When a truck comes in to go to the tipping floor, they direct it to a side area, and it dumps there - the material is then audited and that's what determines the rate the customer (the city, in this case, they also sort for private haulers) - pays for the next period. We are at about 18% contamination, last I checked. That's almost 1 in 5 things wrong. I volunteer with a bunch of well educated, well meaning people and I am constantly 'raccoon-ing' as I call it, when I take out the trash there - fishing out nitrile gloves, lysol wipes, paper towels, and food from recycling bins. I've put up nice, visual signs directly over the holes that go into the recycling and trash. And still...

The city's recycling goes through Pelliteri, so it does apply. They are the big local sorting facility.

That said, (bottom half of the page) you can find Pelliteri info here: https://www.pellitteri.com/pages/recycling-info-for-residential They also have a video you can find both on the Madison page and just searching for Pelliteri on YouTube on how things are sorted. Not going to win an Oscar but it's helpful.

Thanks for reminding people. Saw some down this evening after I was able to get home along University.

A fire?

I love the hill, and that the picture of my old dog looking majestic is one of Google's stock photos of it.

She passed away years ago, but we did love that walk.

Standing there a while, were you?

You should hear mine at meal time. LOTS of nagging. They get dry for breakfast, and wet for dinner, because they creep the dinner hour do much. Often with some kibble left, too.

Rodent patrol! Good at their job, too from the looks of it.

Eggs fried on bacon grease are amazing! I have had the same bacon grease jar going since about 2010. I pour more in, take it out, pour more in. Mostly in the fridge, but winter often on the counters.

Scotland was pretty great, and yeah, I know it's not a fancy food thing, but the GF pies from Pieminster (I think?) chain were great. I wish we had those here!

I worked stocking groceries store shelves 3rd shift with a 1 hit wonder singer. He was.... A bit of a mess. I had JUST turned 18 (got the job the next week) and he immediately started name dropping his band, and who he worked with - he was about 35-40 at the time. I wasn't trying to be mean, but I had NO CLUE who his band was, who he had worked with. This is all mostly lunch break chat, with a crew of other people there, and they were shooting with laughter how he was striking out.

Now with 30 years perspective, I feel bad for any former Famous Guy types who are reduced to trying to impress a GenX goth teen at 2am in-between stocking TP and canned goods. Booze and drugs, or perhaps ephemeral talent blew his chances.

Later I went to a used record store and found his album. Didn't buy it though... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazarati

Oooh, have to look for this.

Your market ready piggies made me giggle this morning :)

Not to side step the question, but both potato and egg salad are crazy easy to make. Have you thought of just boiling potatoes, adding some mayo, vinegar (I personally love a little cider vinegar) , thyme, or poultry seasoning, minced green onion, salt and pepper?

No tons of preservatives, no mystery binders or starches. Like, find seasonings you like, and just roll with it.

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Two-fer!

Holy Land, specifically the one up on Central (the original, not the one in the old Sears, although that central market thing is awesome). I moved from there 12 years ago, but I go back to visit a lot.

Their set up is kinda neat, they have a window where you can see back into the butcher's area, with big walk in freezers, and band saws and cutting tables. There are coolers of prepped stuff too, but (at least you used to, been a bit) - you could go up to the window and ask for X amount of whatever meat, cut a certain way. They'd bust it out for you, and you could watch. CRAZY fast cut work too. Lots of lamb bits, including offal. Never tried lamb 'fries' but always had trays of those ready to go! Lamb and goat aplenty, though.

The thing that struck me is that all the Hispanic old ladies were waiting in line at the butcher's window at a halal butcher shop. They demand quality, and they like custom cuts. They'd go there, rather than one of the carnicerías also in the neighborhood.

They sell it at a large halal butcher in Minneapolis, and I've been meaning to pick some up, but it's not cheap. Fairly sure it's 'nostalgia' cultural food, as lamb/beef/goat there is far more common. Mostly I had no idea how to cook it, so I've not tried it.

A lot of Rivians. Once you focus on the headlights, they pop out.

I wanted to like the Rivian, but damn is their factory labor and safety situation hot garbage. Do a bit of googling on it and it's really depressing.

I have sued my landlord for exactly this, had tons of photos.... And won. Didn't pay for my time, or the photos, but all filing fees were paid by him.

I dressed nice, I said yes sir, no sir, and just was as sweet as I needed to be. It worked.

I haven't had any of these, but the Vermont one looks lovely - and they do a good cheese! I'm a fan of the creamy tan and blue contrast.