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  7. Comment on 100 years ago, an all-Black team beat the KKK on a baseball diamond in ~sports.baseball

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    In its preview story of the baseball game, the Beacon warned attendees they were prohibited from bringing “strangle holds, razors, horsewhips, and other violent implements of argument.” (Evidently, backpacks were still OK back then.)

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  13. Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk

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    I'm sending a hug from an internet stranger because kindness like that makes SUCH a difference.

    I'm sending a hug from an internet stranger because kindness like that makes SUCH a difference.

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  14. Comment on The future of technology makes it harder to solve fictional crimes in ~books

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    I grok your primary point. But I find myself thinking about Heinlein Future History novels that depend heavily on computers but continue to use slipsticks. The new technology changes the writing...

    I grok your primary point. But I find myself thinking about Heinlein Future History novels that depend heavily on computers but continue to use slipsticks.

    The new technology changes the writing based on what "everybody knows."

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  17. Comment on What are some of your favorite stews/soups? in ~food

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    I didn't know they added an Alexa app; it's not the sort of thing I'd use (even if I had not unplugged the device). But I use Recipe Keeper at least once a week! Related: If you have a lot of...

    I didn't know they added an Alexa app; it's not the sort of thing I'd use (even if I had not unplugged the device).

    But I use Recipe Keeper at least once a week!

    Related: If you have a lot of cookbooks -- I own 500 -- it's worth the modest cost for a yearly subscription to eatyourbooks.com. Then I can type in "cherry tomatoes" and it'll show me the cookbooks with that ingredient in the title, down to the page. This has saved me untold amount of time when I remember that one of my 12 Nigella Lawson cookbooks had that recipe for Tomato-Bacon Hash, and I don't need to search the book index on each one.

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  18. Comment on What are some of your favorite stews/soups? in ~food

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    I'm a big fan of Recipe Keeper. It, too, is a standalone pay-once app for Windows, MacOS, and iOS. It is amazingly good at capturing recipes from websites and creating shopping lists. (I wrote a...

    I'm a big fan of Recipe Keeper. It, too, is a standalone pay-once app for Windows, MacOS, and iOS. It is amazingly good at capturing recipes from websites and creating shopping lists. (I wrote a review of it for a Big Name Publication that was never published for weird reasons. I could dig it out if you like.)

    Edit: This is the text of my never-published review: https://estherschindler.medium.com/praise-for-my-favorite-recipe-app-4f16f2e1b541

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  19. Comment on What are some of your favorite stews/soups? in ~food

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    I have been making a similar "white chicken chili" for years. In fact, when I buy a rotisserie chicken, I automatically buy the ingredients for the chili to use with the leftovers the next day. My...

    I have been making a similar "white chicken chili" for years. In fact, when I buy a rotisserie chicken, I automatically buy the ingredients for the chili to use with the leftovers the next day. My original recipe came from Olive Magazine, but I have streamlined it so it is simpler than the recipe you cite -- and I usually have most of the ingredients in the house.

    Basically: fry an onion, add the can of white beans, a small can of hatch or other chili, and a lot of cumin. Pour in chicken stock (whatever size can you have on hand, but a cup is enough), and the chopped up chicken leftovers. From there, it's a matter of taste -- dried oregano and cilantro if there's any in the fridge, for me. Serve with shredded cheese, or a dollop of sour cream, or a sliced avocado. Or not.

    The whole thing comes together in 20 minutes.

    2 votes