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billryan
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October 29th, 2025 at 3:24:02 PM permalink
Searching for the perfect slice.

When I first moved to Tucson, most places I tried didn't sell pizza by the slice. They sold small individual pizzas, medium, and large. Not by the slice.
A new place came in, started selling slices and now that is the big thing . The strange thing is many places slice their pizza into six instead of eight
Having grown up with eight-slice pies, I like the six-way slice better. Some of the places make 16 or 18 inch pies. It's off-putting when you see a sign that says slice and a draft beer for $10, but it can be worthwhile. I had a 1/6th slice of a 16 inch meatball pizza and when folded, it was more meatball hero than slice of pizza.
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October 29th, 2025 at 4:07:41 PM permalink
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$19.60 at the Chinese buffet tonight, before tip.

I let some lo mein noodles go swimming in a bowl of hot & sour soup; not bad. Otherwise, usual fare, the chicken with broccoli (heavy on the broccoli) is generally good.

On a lot of recent days, I get about one and a half "meals" in. A fairly light breakfast, snack on some melon, then something moderate as a late lunch. I blame the medications.
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whenever I get Chinese it is to go invariably with tax it is around $13. It is a combo and includes an egg roll fixed right then so that sounds about right. It fills me up. No drink but I have plenty to drink at home
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October 29th, 2025 at 5:42:57 PM permalink
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Quote: Dieter

$19.60 at the Chinese buffet tonight, before tip.

I let some lo mein noodles go swimming in a bowl of hot & sour soup; not bad. Otherwise, usual fare, the chicken with broccoli (heavy on the broccoli) is generally good.

On a lot of recent days, I get about one and a half "meals" in. A fairly light breakfast, snack on some melon, then something moderate as a late lunch. I blame the medications.
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whenever I get Chinese it is to go invariably with tax it is around $13. It is a combo and includes an egg roll fixed right then so that sounds about right. It fills me up. No drink but I have plenty to drink at home
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That sounds about right for a to-go box, made-to-order.
Sadly, my preferences run toward a variety of dishes (when available), so I can taste a little of this, a little of that.
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October 29th, 2025 at 6:07:23 PM permalink
True but I'm to cheap to pay $20 for a variety. I know what I am in the mood for. And I always get white rice instead of pork fried.
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October 29th, 2025 at 6:28:05 PM permalink
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True but I'm to cheap to pay $20 for a variety. I know what I am in the mood for. And I always get white rice instead of pork fried.
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The buffet I tried yesterday didn't have plain white rice out on offer. I didn't feel like asking for a bowl, so I just had some noodles.
The hot & sour soup was excellent, however. It seemed like they used a hint of tomato, which added an unique richness.
The downside, they didn't seem to parboil the broccoli before stir frying. This seemed to leave it a little too raw for my taste.
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November 4th, 2025 at 1:01:20 PM permalink
I had a hankering for grilled cheese today, so I rummaged around my freezer in search of bread. I found three slices of sourdough and two of some seeded whole-grain type.
I was in the process of making two sandwiches when I decided to try something different. I mixed the breads so that each sandwich was half sourdough and half whole grain.
A slice of Swiss, one of cheddar, shredded mozzarella, some Parmesan, and a small portion of Frank's Red Hot.
Grilled to near perfection in olive oil and served with a helping of chickpea puffs, it was quite the lunch.
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November 8th, 2025 at 11:19:56 AM permalink
I took the wife to the airport this morning at 4am to go see our new grandson. Since I was up early I decided to cook something that I could eat over the next week. I put a 8lb turkey breast in the smoker and now it is time to eat and watch football. The turkey breast was in for eight hours and came out with the perfect amount of smoke on it for me (probably a little more than most people would prefer).

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