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12:08 AM

It makes good, if very strong coffee...

12:20 AM

My favorite way to make coffee is to grind it very fine and boil it in a small pot on an open flame. Pretty common in the Middle East. My friends call it Armenian coffee, but most people would think of it as Turkish. Add sugar and cardamom for full effect.

Oh hey. I wrote about that. But not on Coffee.SE:

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A: Where in the US can I purchase Turkish Coffee/Cafe Botz/Mud Coffee

In addition to the other answers which point to getting very finely ground coffee, the method of preparation is critical. I learned to prepare it from Armenian friends, so I tend to call it "Armenian coffee", but the technique remains identical. They ground cardamom with the coffee and stored i...

Shog9

my favorite way to make coffee is whatever requires less fine motor movement within 10 minutes of crawling out of bed

I gave up on drip coffee 'cause pouring water into the reservoir is just... too much

I can about hit the wide opening on a press pot with a tea pot spout

user202362

Cleaning coffee machine is a hassle. Also I need a new plunger. My current one looks like this:

user202362

user202362

3-4 cup at once

Catija

We have a Chemex. Single piece of glass. Easy to clean.

Jon Ericson

12:26 AM

Yeah. More than once I've started my drip coffee without adding water. Or without adding coffee. Or adding coffee twice. Or not pressing the button. Basically the only solution is to set it up the night before and use the timer function. (As long as we don't lose power or there's a time change.)

Catija

@Shog9 You need one of these... also doubles as a watering can for kitchen plants ;)

Shog9

that looks like a pain to clean

also I have a sneaking suspicion that it's one of those where the water boils out of the spout if you forget about it

Catija

Only ever gets water in it?

Shog9

ah, see... I have hard water

Catija

Yes... but Andy never lets it boil...

Sterling Archer

12:28 AM

stackoverflow.com/review/helper/19235744 is there a good way to edit out the codepen/jsfiddle bypass method? I can't remove the 'code' since it just leaves a link without code

Catija

That's just a soak in vinegar, though?

user202362

metal plunger is better than glass one in my opinion, I tend to break glass ones within a year or two, the metal one I had it for 5+ years

Shog9

boiling with citric acid works, but only if no small crevices

I have an electric kettle that shuts off upon reaching a rolling boil. Less mental stress at wake-up time

Catija

Those are nice. Some of them you can even program for lower temps.

Shog9

At 7K ft, a rolling boil is just a bit under 200F

which is about where I want it to be

Catija

12:31 AM

Yeah... I think the range is 90-95 c... which is about 195-205?

Shog9

yeah. 92-93C I guess

@TelKitty Cat's PBW soak trick works pretty well for this. Takes the scum and stain build-up off stainless without much work at all.

Journeyman Geek

We have a large bottle of fake vinegar for stuff like that. Water's reallllllly soft tho

Catija

fake vinegar?

Journeyman Geek

basically acetic acid and citric acid solution

its food grade but probably not something we would actually eat

Catija

Ah. Hmmm.

Journeyman Geek

12:37 AM

Its dirt cheap and works well for killing mould and other sorts of cleaning

Catija

Considering how expensive some cleaners can be, that's not a bad selling point. :D

Shog9

citric acid and vinegar are both pretty inexpensive; I just keep both around for whatever purpose - cooking or cleaning

Also, citric acid powder in a teaspoon makes a great "challenge" for bored Millennials

Catija

Our water is pretty middle of the road, I think... though, when/if there's an algae bloom in the lakes... I'm happy for the water filter.

... because the Tide pods weren't enough?

or the cinnamon challenge...

Shog9

kids need challenges

although my "boiled beef tongue challenge" did not go over well

Journeyman Geek

@Shog9 man, when we were kids, we used to have these things called superlemon

user202362

12:42 AM

@Shog9 if I didn't notice your displayed name, I would have mistaken you for a spammer who was trying to promote something :p

Journeyman Geek

sweet that was sweet on the outside, and then intensely sour

Catija

@Shog9 You have to frame it as the Frog and Toad picnic experience for it to go down at all... and the success there is still unlikely.

Shog9

stupid kids just don't know what's good

oh well. More for me.

Catija

Also, beef cheek... will always go down well.

Journeyman Geek

@Shog9 apparently they live off a diet of avocado toast and poverty...

and tide pods?

Catija

12:44 AM

When I was in second grade they did one of the Frog and Toad picnics at school... it was weird? I don't think anyone wanted to try the tongue.

Journeyman Geek

what's a frog and toad picnic?

Catija

@JourneymanGeek They don't live off of Tide pods...

@JourneymanGeek There's a series of books about "Frog" and Toad"... in one of them, they go on a picnic... and there's a list of all of the foods they have.

Journeyman Geek

ah

Catija

Frog and Toad

Frog and Toad are the main characters in a series of easy-reader children's books, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel (who also wrote Mouse Soup). Each book contains five simple, often humorous, sometimes poignant, short stories chronicling the exploits of a frog and his friend, a toad. Some of their adventures include: attempting to fly a kite, cleaning Toad's dirty house as opposed to waiting until "Tomorrow," and figuring out the ethics of being "Alone." Frog is taller with a green shade, and is more cheery and relaxed than Toad; Toad is shorter and stout with a brown shade, and while just...

So, the odd part is that now I can't find anything about a picnic or beef tongue in the books so I wonder where I'm going crazy.

Journeyman Geek

When in doubt, blame the mandela effect

even if he actually is dead

Catija

12:54 AM

It's just so weird. I remember it so clearly... the paragraph about the picnic had all of the words run together in one word, so you had to parse the words apart on your own.

user315433

What's the reason for keeping <=0 scored closed questions with a <=0 scored accepted answer?

user315433

If nobody liked the answer, except the OP... and the OP was posting offtopic/unclear stuff to begin with...

Sterling Archer

Maybe it didn't get the publicity it deserved?

user315433

Clearly didn't otherwise there'd be enough delete votes.

Sterling Archer

Iunno I've found some old answers 0 upvote that helped me out

user315433

1:02 AM

I mean closed questions... like 2D game development for example.

Fawad

user315433

Closed since 2012... 0 score, 0 scored answer but it's accepted...

Fawad

Why I can’t see answers?

Catija

Found it, finally... Wind in the Willows, not Frog and Toad :D

Shog9

Ah. But, it does include a toad, so you were close.

Catija

1:03 AM

inliterature.net/food-in-literature/2015/06/… The excerpt is in the link.

Sterling Archer

@SFTP well that's just a bad answer in general. Link only

Shog9

Also extensive, loving descriptions of food

user315433

@Fawad Because it's Quora?

Sterling Archer

There are some great 0 score answers out there

Catija

Yeah, I think that's what was throwing it off.

Shog9

1:04 AM

@Fawad Quora is building on their revolutionary "No question body questions" design by adding "no answer body answers" - all the Q&A, none of that annoying content.

user315433

Answers should have OP's name, their occupation, various claims to fame, and the score.

user315433

That ought to be enough. No need for text.

Shog9

canned tongue is something I have not tried

but slow braised, chilled and sliced thin... Mighty fine.

Catija

I admit to not having tried it since then. Though, it's not something one comes across on a regular basis.

Shog9

well... There's only one per animal.

There's a meat market about 90 miles from here where I can usually find them frozen. I believe the asian/pacific market nearby has them too, but I haven't been there in a bit.

Catija

1:13 AM

Well, there's only two wings on a chicken and somehow thousands of wings shops stay in business.

Though, I guess that technically there's four, since they divide each wing in two?

Shog9

chickens grow fast, take up not very much space each, and... for whatever reason, most folks prefer breast meat.

Catija

Leaner... no flavor, though. Thighs for me.

Shog9

Hey, I'm not complaining. The worst thing that can happen is a lot of folks figuring out that the cuts they've been ignoring and hence have been selling cheap are really flavorful.

That's how you end up with $20/plate fajitas

Catija

poor skirt steak.

rich skirt steak, I guess?

Shog9

The mexican places that serve tongue ("lengua") around here are still charging bargain-basement prices for prepared meat, so... Don't think I'm in any danger just yet.

Catija

1:17 AM

HAHA. There's a place here - every Monday they have "Fajita madness"... they sell the fajitas for two people for the price of the fajitas for one.

Yeah, the small Mexican places here all sell it... not the Americanized ones, though.

Shog9

1:41 AM

C:\Users\Sonic> _

Sonic Wizard

Sorry, testing out a user script

Catija

There's a sandbox...

Unitato

Is there an API for making stackexchange chat bots?

Sonic Wizard

@Unitato Does SmokeDetector exist?

Unitato

For Javascript preferably? I tried to find it, but couldnt

Shog9

1:44 AM

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A: Is there a way to programmatically access chat?

There is no official API provided for the chat network. As Marc's answer mentions, there are a number of community efforts to bridge the gap: Go go-sechat JavaScript ChatBot ChatExchange ThirdPlace ArtOfChatbot Python ChatExchange Rebol RebolBot If you are the author of a library...

Spring? No, for Australians it is autumn. — Peter Mortensen 4 mins ago

THERE it is.

user202362

I am desperately looking for a (new) job — Peter Mortensen

user202362

owl can get endorsement from SO for the most hardworking editor

Catija

@Shog9 I suppose, additionally to that, the first 2/3rds of the election wasn't during the spring, even in the northern hemisphere. (assuming you start counting at question collection phase)

user315433

2:02 AM

"Stardate 31153.7 Moderator Election"

user315433

2:35 AM

> Hello and Welcome to the bot friendly site. Please learn how to answer in order to make it a damn cool answer. Plz take some time for that.

user315433

Someone took the road paved with good intentions. islam.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3302/…

Sonic Wizard

3:53 AM

@TelKitty I was the most hardworking non-pedantic editor

Journeyman Geek

@SonicWizard Peter didn't seem to do it for the recognition, even if he got it ;)

Sonic Wizard

@JourneymanGeek I didn't either, until just days before I came out

...just to play a little game

Journeyman Geek

but you are now, and fairly constantly

Sonic Wizard

If I wanted recognition, I would have used an account

...to earn rep

Journeyman Geek

edits are a terrible way to earn rep

Fawad

5:15 AM

@JourneymanGeek not so terrible when you have 1-50 rep

Journeyman Geek

@Fawad there's better ways to earn rep.

I like posting answers.

Edits are mainly for when stuff bothers me

Unless you want to follow me around and fix my its and it's

Fawad

But there is limit for at least 5 errors

Journeyman Geek

yup

You can always find something to fix

HTTPS

6:36 AM

What a busy morning...

Unitato

@HTTPS are you a bot?

user202362

half a bot

HTTPS

@Unitato Everyday is a beautiful day.

user202362

SFTPHTTPS is the whole bot

Unitato

In some aspects yes.

Wow, SE is a strange place

We have unicorns, ponies, half-bots ...

user202362

6:59 AM

Corgi vs. Chicken - Fight!

►

user202362

corgi's fighting style: 'look at my butt, just look at it!!!'

John Dvorak

That was an unfair fight. The chicken had a navy backup.

user202362

so? dog had big butt

John Dvorak

true

Travis J

Clearly the corgi is used to fighting the cat :)

user202362

7:15 AM

how can you tell?

Travis J

Very dexterous arm movements, present the flank, classic dog v cat moves. We trained our dog to play with the cat, learned the same tricks :)

HTTPS

Here comes a new challenger! A chicken came...

Dogs must adapt their fighting styles for each possible animals...

Travis J

Dogs who are used to playing with other dogs don't use their paws as much, and just try to go for a throat hold with their mouth.

HTTPS

Other than Meta SO, is Meta IPS the most active meta site? It seems they have a never ending discussion on meta...

Travis J

Software Engineering?

How much wood could a Woodchuck chuck... if a Woodchuck could chuck wood?

rene

7:43 AM

Can someone kick the buildgroup for SEDE so we get this PR? It doesn't seem to be in rev 2018.3.27.61 or I must be hitting a stale cache or so. I can't run queries when logged in (the captcha route works)

Maybe that needs Nick first ...

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