My Recent Online Purchases - What Were Yours?

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  1. John Brunner

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    Damn. I didn't need to hear that.

    I'll wait for the Live Test Demo. I've said before that I could live off of nothing but homemade breads, salad and good soups.
     
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    SAINT GERMAIN Premium Hand Crafted Bread Lame for Dough Scoring Knife, Lame Bread Tool for Sourdough Bread Slashing with 6 Blades Included with Replacement with Authentic Leather Protector Cover
     
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    Man, grass don't grow under your feet, do it?

    I'm looking at this one:

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    You can set the blade to straight or curved.

    Funny that most of the complaints on these seems to be with the quality of the razor blades. I mean, who in the heck makes dull razor blades???
     
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    I was wanting to make a deep-dish pizza in the countertop oven and my regular Lodge cast iron skillet won't fit in there because of the handle. So off to Amazon I go! Found this braising type pan for less than $30, and then noticed I could also buy a lid for it... so I did. :D Ordered at 1 a.m. this morning; delivered at 9:10 a.m.

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    Hmmmm.....

    Although Iam not a deep-dish pizza fan. I'll make 2 pies from a recipe for 1 crust.
     
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    I got a good deal on meal worms in 5 lb bags. I wonder if the Chinese wonder what the crazy Americans DO with all the meal worms.
     
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    Do they arrive with a packet of 5 Spice Powder? ;)

    So what are you using them for...bluebird food or something else?
     
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    Chickens LOVE them.
    I guess in a shtf situation I could grow my own:rolleyes:
     
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    I bought some mealworms for my bird/squirrel feeder once. The squirrels were annoyed, and the birds didn't seem to be enthused.
     
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    I've heard the bluebirds go crazy over meal worms, coming to your windows and throwing fits when the feeder is empty. I have o first-hand experience. My only vague memory of them is as chameleon food.
     
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    I didn't see that but, then, the only "blue" birds we have are blue jays, and they prefer peanuts. Basically, they eat what the squirrels eat, and the two species compete continuously.
     
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    I've not priced meal worms. Isn't that expensive chicken food? But I bet it makes them lay great eggs. I've had issues with some of the local eggs having weak shells and weak yolk membranes, mostly due to a protein deficiency in the chickens' diet.
     
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    My chickens are not just chickens. They are my babies. I raise them from newly hatched and cuss at them for being such pests about wanting meal worms NOW. That is not the only food they get.o_O
     
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