DigitalGriffin wrote:Morning all, Have a rough morning here. Been up since 5:00 working overtime. What's this about no pie?
Morning all,
Have a rough morning here. Been up since 5:00 working overtime.
What's this about no pie?
Blame it on him!
Thanks Paul,
I can't take credit for building the little wooden train...as it was gifted to me. It was made/dated in the 70's. I think it looks like it belongs in Castle Canyon and since it fits the track, I snapped the pics...
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
ModelTrainLover wrote:Hey guys! I was thinking. maybe we should start a Never Ending story here on Trains.com!! Jeff-Pc what do you guys think?
Trust me, you don't want to start another Never ending story here. We used to have one about two or three years ago, and it ran pretty well and for something like 247 pages. But it eventually got out of control and no longer served it's purpose, and so Bergie locked it. I definately would't start one again. That idea was thrown around a lot after the first one was closed, and it causes a little controversy....
Boy, even the words "never ending story" bring back a lot of memories of time gone by here on the forum. Hard to believe it's been as long as it has since that thread was locked, and the amount of current forum participants that remember it (and the DOS thread) sure has shrunk.
Noah
It's gotten really cool here today.
Leesville, LA 71446 11/30/2006
Wind Chill: 36°F Humidity: 86% Dew Point: 39°F So Far TodayHigh: 80°FLow: 43°FRain: N/A"Rain Rate: N/A"/hGust: 28mph W High: 68 °FLow: 32 °F
Lake wind advisory in effect from 3 PM to 6 PM cst this afternoon. Now through 01:15 PM CST November 30, 2006 A line of scattered showers across southeast Texas from west of Toledo bend dam to High Island at noon will move to the east- southeast 20 mph through 1 PM. The showers should reach the Sabine River and the Port Arthur area by 1 PM. Over south-central Louisiana...scattered showers will continue over eastern Iberia...lower Saint Martin and Saint Mary parishes affecting the Morgan City and stephensville areas. Over the coastal waters...scattered to numerous showers will occur from the lower Atchafalaya River to Marsh Island out 60 nautical miles. Isolated to widely scattered showers will occur elsewhere over the region.
Rest Of Today
Low: 45 High: 72 Mostly cloudy and becoming breezy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms late in the morning...then widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s with temperatures falling into the 40s by late afternoon. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent. Tonight Low: 32 Mostly cloudy and breezy with scattered showers in the evening... Then partly cloudy after midnight. Much colder. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Well this has been a trying afternoon on the computer. Two posts that I was doing on word were lost. A box came on that the program had timed out and boom it was gone.
So I'll try once more.
Perry: Nice pictures. I like that little teakettle that you built.
Duce: Good to see you back. I'll bet you can't wait for the little one to get big enough to take the throttle.
Ryan: Send me your E-mail address. Mine is " thebeverungs@peoplepc.com. I'll send you the pictures.
The thunderstorms last night dropped a bunch of rain before turning to sleet and this morning to snow. Not much of an accumulation but tonight it's supposed to get very cold so everything will turn to ice.
OK, I'm going to try and get this posted before it goes Poof.
Well I guess I beat the Pooffers. I'll see you all later. Now since it's too messy to do anything outside I'll have to go to the basement and the MRR. Tough hu?
Edit; I see that they have changed the post reply thinge. So what are you supposed to do for the giffs? I enjoyed being able to use them. I guess I'll have to figure out the new tool bar but it's such a bother when I had just gotten used to the old system.
Hello all,
We've got some mighty cold weather here in the Phoenix valley this week. It's time to stay inside and run trains until the outside temperature goes back above 60!
SilverSpike wrote: Looks like Philip has brought in the pie reinforcements, we need to conserve them now. You know....and since I am a chef I will need to conduct the taste test on each and every one of those too....and on the top of the hour....and every hour. No slouching here! This is serious business.....got to make sure they are as fresh as fresh can be! PC!!! KEEP EM' COMING!!!!
Looks like Philip has brought in the pie reinforcements, we need to conserve them now. You know....and since I am a chef I will need to conduct the taste test on each and every one of those too....and on the top of the hour....and every hour. No slouching here! This is serious business.....got to make sure they are as fresh as fresh can be!
PC!!! KEEP EM' COMING!!!!
How's this?
South African Melktert or Milk Tart is a variaton of an egg custard pie which originated with the Dutch settlers who came South Africa in 1652Melktert was then modified and made a purely South African creation by the Cape Malays who were brought to South Africa as slaves
INGREDIENTS ½ lb puff pastry1 ½ tsp buttergood pinch salt1 stick cinnamon3 cups boiling milk2 tsp custard powder3 tsp corn flour3 tsp cake flour2 tbsp cold milk½ cup sugar4 large eggs, separated½ tsp almond essencecinnamon and sugar Melktert a traditional South African Custard Pie RecipeMETHOD Preheat oven to 400o F Line the bottom and sides of two pie plates with the puff pastry and make a raised edge for each.To make the custard pie filling, add the butter, salt and cinnamon to the boiling milk. Mix the custard powder, corn flour and cake flour to a paste with the cold milk and then stir in a little of the hot milk mixture.Stir the custard mixture into the hot milk. Add 4 tbsp of the sugar and bring to the boil, stirring continuously.Remove from the stove when the mixture has thickened and discard the cinnamon. Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually beat in the remaining sugar. Beat the egg yolks lightly and add a little of the custard mixture to the egg yolks.Then stir the yolk / custard mixture into the main custard mixture and add the almond extract. Fold in the egg whites, being careful not to beat but add with a gentle folding motion. Pour the mixture into the pastry cases and bake for approximately 10 minutes.Lower the temperature to 350o F and bake for a further 10 to 15 minutes or until the filling has set. Cool slightly and sprinkle the top of the custard pie with cinnamon and sugar. Serve cold. South African farm wives compete with each other regarding the reputation of their custard pie or 'melktert'
Preheat oven to 400o F
Line the bottom and sides of two pie plates with the puff pastry and make a raised edge for each.To make the custard pie filling, add the butter, salt and cinnamon to the boiling milk. Mix the custard powder, corn flour and cake flour to a paste with the cold milk and then stir in a little of the hot milk mixture.Stir the custard mixture into the hot milk. Add 4 tbsp of the sugar and bring to the boil, stirring continuously.Remove from the stove when the mixture has thickened and discard the cinnamon.
Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually beat in the remaining sugar. Beat the egg yolks lightly and add a little of the custard mixture to the egg yolks.Then stir the yolk / custard mixture into the main custard mixture and add the almond extract.
Fold in the egg whites, being careful not to beat but add with a gentle folding motion.
Pour the mixture into the pastry cases and bake for approximately 10 minutes.Lower the temperature to 350o F and bake for a further 10 to 15 minutes or until the filling has set.
Cool slightly and sprinkle the top of the custard pie with cinnamon and sugar.
Serve cold.
South African farm wives compete with each other regarding the reputation of their custard pie or 'melktert'
ModelTrainLover wrote:Hey guys! I was thinking. maybe we should start a Never Ending story here on Trains.com!! Jeff-Pc what do you guys think?LUNCH ON ME!!! All you can eat Buffay!!
You can try it if you like. I don't know if it'll fly here.
Coffee and a fresh doughnut please, Chloe!
Did you notice that the posting box and code is more user friendly now. Thanks MR Forum dudes, err.. Bergie!
Ben assisted me in getting the remaining Christmas lights up on the front of the house last night. We had to throw out three strings that were half blown out, so might have to get a few more to fill in some places. And all this was done in my shorts and a T-shirt too. But the cold temps are supposed to be heading this way soon.
Dick, thanks for the Registry hack tips for Windows OS! I have done so many Registry hacks I can't even count them all. The swap file one is a real power boost, especially if you have a second partition on the same drive, like having a C: and a D: partition, just move the swap file to D:. Sometimes I have set up PC's with two swap files, one on each drive.
And I like your idea about using Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, it goes nice with hot spiced apple cider too, I call that a spicy version of a "Hot Toddy", which is typically made with whiskey, lemon juice and hot water.
grayfox1119 wrote: DUKE: GOOD Lord!!!!!!!! All the pie is GONE ???? RYAN and JEFF....can't you watch this man for ONE HOUR in the CS ????
Yep, turn your back for 1 minute and....well......I must confess.....
bjdukert wrote: ate one and froze the other Ryan All by yourself????
ate one and froze the other
Well Duke....have to admit, and truth be told, I did get a little assistance with downing the pie! ...I had to fight for that last piece too...
All you west coasters, Pacific North West to be specific are getting lots of snow I see. Time to get the shovels out, eh! Or make some fruit flavored snow balls!
Jim the Cape, yea, living rooms too, you betcha! Hey, Christmas is only 26 days away, might want to start with those Christmas preparations soon. Don't feel left out; I know what you mean about the "largess around my middle," I have one of those too!
Inch, great news about Becky! Prayers for her continued recovery!
Cheers,
Ryan
Burp..... hey....it's almost 11:00 AM and time for another pie tasting....testing....taste...test....errr....yep, you got it, how about another piece of pie!!!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Philip,
I'll take the heart clogging goodness of a peacon please.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
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DigitalGriffin wrote: Morning all, Have a rough morning here. Been up since 5:00 working overtime. What's this about no pie?
Sorry about the pie thing. We should have told him it was all gone before it really was! It was just, well, I'd never seen anything like that! Those pies didn't stand a chance! Anyways, I picked up a couple on the way in this morning so you have a choice, Dutch Apple or Pecan.
grayfox1119 wrote:DUKE: GOOD Lord!!!!!!!! All the pie is GONE ???? RYAN and JEFF....can't you watch this man for ONE HOUR in the CS ????
WATCH HIM!?! I've never seen anything like it! I was in awe! I've never seen a man eat like that! His hands and his lower jaw were just a blur! I thought the countertop might be in danger and I warned Zoe not to get her hands too close, so she just slid the pies to him down the counter. She said he left a good tip though!
Inch, glad to hear of the homecomming! Been praying for Becky for a while.
Well, the nasty weather is heading this way!
So what's up with you guys today?
Wind Chill: 66°F
Humidity: 94%
Dew Point: 64°F
So Far TodayHigh: 67°FLow: 66°FRain: N/A"Rain Rate: N/A"/hGust: 12mph NNE
High: 71 °FLow: 68 °F
I'll have a cheese and mushroom omelet thgis morning.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
evenin all, a barley pop Zoe,
Good news, Becky came home today, and she's happy to be in her on bed again. Beck still has therapy a couple times a week, but she's home. I'm happy cause I won't have kids under foot every day now.
Talked to Mother, she be enjoying herself in Florida. Now we're hoping this bad weather will be through Indy by the time she flies in Fri.
Glad ya'll enjoyed the sunrise pics. I get to see alot of them from the train room window. I think the best sunrise I ever seen was from 35,000 ft. from the boom pod on a KC-135. Wish I'd had a camera then. And then there the ones I remmber as a kid, seeing them through the barn door while pulling teets on the milk cow.
DUCE,,, good to have ya back and glad that boy's a doing good. He'll be up an helping the the layout soon afore ya know it. What are ya doing for the railroad out there.
No train time yet, since Mothers been gone, but plan on some tommorrow. Heathers running me over to the bank, so I can deposit Mothers check and then my time comes to play for awhile. Best get a move on catch ya'll laters
inch
Hey! Welcome back Duce!
Long time no see!
Hello Guys,
Its been a while. I hope everyone is doing fine. I didnt go back to try to catch up. It would take weeks. So much has been going on. My son is now almost seven months old. We live in California now. I got a job with BNSF. So Im going to be doing something Ive alwasy wanted to do.
I hope to be able to jump in more often now that we are all moved in and set up. I am going to be building a 12X20 room on to the house to start the new layout. I cant wait. Ive had the itch for a while now. Well Im going to have a quick look around to see what you guys have been up to. Talk to you later.
Cary
I'll have the chicken kabobs.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
JimRCGMO wrote:PC, wish your birthday young lady a from us. So, did you get her a Moped, or the Corvette she was eyeing?
Niether, but she did get her permit, so look out!
oh boy surf & turf time!
how are you all doing? Just got done switching some cars on the layout.
see ya