“Big Tits Potato Chips 10 ₵” - This is a 1930s era wax paper potato chip bag from Dunn, North Carolina. Big Tits was the nickname of Titus Tart, one of the owners in the Tart-Chestnut Co. The image is that of Mr. Tart.
Some Staples stores in Boston are getting podcast studios
Great idea and/or sign of the impending apocalypse.
Making coffee with Aeropress, according to inventor Alan Adler
Aeropress inventor Alan Adler demonstrates making three cups of coffee at once: YouTube
I tried something like this technique this morning. I have three cups of coffee a day and I make it all at once in the morning. Previously I’d done it in two pressings, but this technique works for a single pressing.
The taste was a little strong and one-dimensional; I need to work on that. I used an espresso grind, the finest our grinder would do. Maybe a coarser grind?
Adler’s single-serving method: YouTube
And tips from Adler: YouTube
I got a couple of ideas from this, including: Press down just by resting the weight of your arm on the plunger, to keep from applying too much force. Also, a nifty way to control the temperature of hot water when you don’t have a regulated kettle.
One-day Friends-themed pop-up brunch restaurant is coming to San Diego.
No one told me brunch was going to be this way.
“Then during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you.”
Three views of a sleeping cat.
If I had a dime for every time I went to the grocery store and forgot to bring reusable grocery bags, I would have a big pile of dimes. Instead I have spent a lot of dimes, and we have a big pile of reusable grocery bags at home
