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  • No, the farmers design bridges and dams.

    The engineers work in hospitals.

    The doctors we shoot for being nerds.

    Perfect society.

    Edit: we also kill all the sparrows for some reason.

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    Is there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?
  • Growing up, we had a game called "fight the tide" where we would build sand castles in the intertidal zone with a stick in the peak of the castle. Last stick standing wins a chocolate bar.

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    Is there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?
  • Ebb is the state of the tide going out, Flow is coming in.

    Intertidal is an interesting thought, but isn't it already taken by the area that is covered by high tide and exposed at low.

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    Is there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?
  • I was wondering about the point where it is halfway between high and low, whether it is ebbing or flowing. Slack is more the high or low point where it switches from ebbing to flowing.

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    Is there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?
  • I think you're right about slack and stand, and ebb and flood would work but it's usually just a glimpse when I drive over a bridge that makes me think about it, so I don't know which way it's going.

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    Is there a name for the mid point between high and low tides?
  • I grew up on the coast, so I never really thought about tides just that that was the way it was. Then I married someone from a landlocked country and every time we drive over the bridge over the cove near our house I comment when the tide is high or low since they are used to lakes, and I'm never quite sure what to say when it's in the middle.

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  • Half-tide doesn't sound right to me, slack-tide is something else entirely, my google-fu has failed me.

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    Here’s Why You Should Kill Spotted Lanternflies (if you see them in your garden) - The New York Times (free article)
  • I've killed a couple up here in CT, but now that I know they eat grapevines, which make a run at choking everything in my garden out , I'm having second thoughts.

    It's a bit "old lady who swallowed a fly" but if they develop a taste for bittersweet...

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  • Spa day

    For the Rèmy, Jaime hard at work.

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    If you see Remy, with an illegal smile...

    It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while.

    Just some nip, a new box and a sunbeam.

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    Recipe: https://www.themediterraneandish.com/farinata-recipe . It cooks a bit like a Dutch baby, but you have to soak the flour longer and it doesn't puff up.

    Left is with onions and herb de province, right is artichokes and dill, both were tasty.

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    It's belly time

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    Remy's Rainy Sunday

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    Staircase Sunbeam is First Come, First Served.

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    Both directly under the ceiling fan though.

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    (optional)Toss tofu cubes in corn starch and spices, fry, set aside.

    In a large pan, Stir fry vegetables (carrots, onions, bell pepper, bamboo shoots, zucchini, chili to taste,) and some green (or red or something else, I'm not the boss of you) curry paste until they get a little wok hay.

    Add some water and soy sauce to deglaze, then add one can of coconut milk, one can of pumpkin puree, one glob of creamy peanut butter and some more curry paste, simmer until vegetables are almost done.

    Add tofu cubes (pro-tip put the block of tofu on a cutting board in the sink, put another cutting board on top, then put a couple of cans on top of that. Let drain for at least 15 minutes.) and simmer to warm through.

    Serve over rice.

    En guete!

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    1st generation leftovers.

    Leftover ribs fried rice- cooked and cooled rice, diced pork, frozen vegetables thawed, basil, sambal badjek, pineapple chunks, fish sauce, 2 eggs beaten, soy sauce, other ingredients to taste. Fry.

    2nd generation leftovers.

    Nasi Goreng a la Bule - put fried rice in bowl, add a splash of water, crack eggs on top of rice, cover, microwave using the reheat 5 setting in my microwave plus one minute on 100% for a beautifully runny yolk. Top with fish sauce and hot sauce of choice, shown with Pick-a-Peppa because "someone" used the last of the sambal in the fried rice.

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    So my wife is a vegetarian, and as a wise man once said >that pretty much makes me a vegetarian too>

    But, on this particular occasion, she had gone to Hagerstown, (on purpose,) so I was left to my own devices.

    Pork spareribs, overnight marinade (homemade mustard, horseradish, LS soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sechuan peppercorns, probably some other stuff) 22 minutes in pressure cooker (natural release), reduce marinade with some dark brown sugar, brush ribs with sauce, whack under broiler until done.

    The baguette had an over night poolish and yudane (which I can never figure out how to mix properly into the dough), 75% hydration, 2.2% salt, and about a gram of instant yeast. 2 and 1/2 or 3 hour bulk with two folds in the first hour, proof while the oven and steel heat 45 minutes to an hour.

    I'm ashamed to admit that I couldn't finish the ribs, but I had plans for the leftovers.

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