"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Every time I hear about chestnuts, I'm reminded of "Singin' in the Rain" and the speech specialist's tongue twister:

Chester chooses chestnuts,
cheddar cheese with chewy chives.

He chews them and he chooses them.
He chooses them and he chews them. . .

. . .those chestnuts, cheddar cheese
and chives in cheery, charming chunks.

Our school has an "original" Thanksgiving meal in one of the lower grades, and they usually have extra food that the teachers get to pick at afterwards. They always make roasted chestnuts, which was my first taste of the little gems. Not as good as hazelnuts or pistachios, but still good.
 
Peregrin said:
Not so good, but better then nothing, Super Moon shots from tonight in Syracuse.
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Thanks. I forgot to look.
 
Jack Black said:
Cool pics Gary :cool: :thumbsup:
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Thanks, Jack! Thanks, guys!
My wife hollered to look at it. I headed to grab the SLR camera and tripod to set it up. I didn't get as much time as I would have liked to get the settings optimized. The moon rises very quickly right after it's visible on the horizon.
I didn't find out until later it was a super moon, or that it was the only one visible in 2017. Interesting that it's also a Blue Moon and a Cold Moon. I don't know yet what the heck a Cold Moon is but I'm working on it.:)

pulled off the web:
In December, winter sets in and the Full Moon is called the Cold Moon. It is also called Long NightsMoon, and the Moon before Yule. ... The December Full Moon is also called Oak Moon, while a Celtic name was Wolf Moon.
 
Prompted by Jack Black Jack Black 's pics in another thread, I was looking through some pictures I'd taken a few years ago when visiting family in Pittsburgh. Looking for a pic of the Bessemer Furnace. I didn't find one. I thought these might be interesting since we all share a passion for things with steel blades.
This is a sign and pic from the Old Homestead Steel Mill on the Monongahela River, in Pittsburgh, PA. During WW2 it was producing 9,000,000 tons of steel per year for the US Navy, 30% of the total US steel production. I remember when I was a kid my dad would drive us by the mills at night. It was like looking into a scene from Dante's Inferno.
Now you see a Longhorn's Steak House. Pretty good rib eye if you like steak!
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Peregrin said:
Prompted by Jack Black Jack Black 's pics in another thread, I was looking through some pictures I'd taken a few years ago when visiting family in Pittsburgh. Looking for a pic of the Bessemer Furnace. I didn't find one. I thought these might be interesting since we all share a passion for things with steel blades.
This is a sign and pic from the Old Homestead Steel Mill on the Monongahela River, in Pittsburgh, PA. During WW2 it was producing 9,000,000 tons of steel per year for the US Navy, 30% of the total US steel production. I remember when I was a kid my dad would drive us by the mills at night. It was like looking into a scene from Dante's Inferno.
Now you see a Longhorn's Steak House. Pretty good rib eye if you like steak!
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Cool pics Gary :) @VanGuard once very kindly sent me a whole book of Pittsburgh pics :) I understand there is also a famous chip butty restaurant in Pittsburgh - Primanti Brothers! :D :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Cool pics Gary :) @VanGuard once very kindly sent me a whole book of Pittsburgh pics :) I understand there is also a famous chip butty restaurant in Pittsburgh - Primanti Brothers! :D :thumbsup:
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Primanti Brothers sounds familiar to me. I'll have to make sure I reacquaint myself with one next time I'm in PA. Not so sure I'll order a chip butty though! :DLooks like they have a bunch of locations now.
 
Peregrin said:
Primanti Brothers sounds familiar to me. I'll have to make sure I reacquaint myself with one next time I'm in PA. Not so sure I'll order a chip butty though! :DLooks like they have a bunch of locations now.
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I was salivating over their online menu! :D :thumbsup:
 
Peregrin said:
Oh, you made me look! Now I'm half tempted to hop in the car and take the 4-5 hour drive to State College, PA and have me one of these ...
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LOL! :D I doubt you'd have to stop off anywhere to eat on the way back! :D :thumbsup:
 
I'm a little late to the conversation. We have 3 large chestnuts in our backyard, probably in the 60-70 year old range. We get anywhere from 1-2 bushel of chestnuts every fall, eat as many as we can stomach and sell the rest at the farmers market. Until we bought this house, I had never had them roasted over a fire. I had had them cooked in the oven, and didn't really care for them. But Wow! Slice an X into the shell, and roast them over open flame with hickory firewood, and boy do they taste amazing. My wife mixes up a little cup of melted butter and brown sugar, and you can drizzle a little of that on them and it's like eating candy.

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Jack Black said:
Cool pics Gary :) @VanGuard once very kindly sent me a whole book of Pittsburgh pics :) I understand there is also a famous chip butty restaurant in Pittsburgh - Primanti Brothers! :D :thumbsup:
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My son in law is from Pittsburgh, I asked him about Primanti Brothers. Evidently they put chips (fries) on all their sandwiches, along with cole slaw and tomatoes. He told me the one at Heinz Field has a long line during the Steeler's games.
 
Rookie82 said:
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Cool pick :cool: :thumbsup:

JB in SC said:
My son in law is from Pittsburgh, I asked him about Primanti Brothers. Evidently they put chips (fries) on all their sandwiches, along with cole slaw and tomatoes. He told me the one at Heinz Field has a long line during the Steeler's games.
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I'm not surprised, their sandwiches look great :) Apparently they started out making sandwiches for longshoreman doing night shifts. I think it's funny they add fries to all their sandwiches, even here nobody does that! :D :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Cool pick :cool: :thumbsup:



I'm not surprised, their sandwiches look great :) Apparently they started out making sandwiches for longshoreman doing night shifts. I think it's funny they add fries to all their sandwiches, even here nobody does that! :D :thumbsup:
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I'm no nutritionist but, doesn't that give you all the food groups? Seems pretty healthy too me! :D;)
Of course my Doctor might disagree!
 
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