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Food / Re: Wine recommendations

« Last post by RioG on Today at 01:36:55 PM »

I am trying very hard to cut back on the vino. 

But this is my current fave.  Anything from Chile, Argentina etc, low low sugar content, malbec or cab sauv... yum.

But it doesn't give with my health and fitness goals so I'm working on reducing my consumption, lol.

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Food / Re: Wine recommendations

« Last post by caribougrrl on Today at 11:41:44 AM »

it's Beaujolais Nouveau day, folks!

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Food / Re: Cultured Butter

« Last post by Gingerbread on Today at 11:00:26 AM »

Also, I really don't taste the difference. I mean, maybe because I'm used to the flavor of kefir, it doesn't really register, but I presume there are some health benefits from the cultures themselves. I do love using the local cream which is the only one I can find without additives like gellan gum or carageenan and mono and diglycerides. I just want cream. But for whatever reason that is twice the price. I think because Butterworks Farm is small and needs to charge that much to be viable. I found a suggestion on reddit that trader joes might have plain cream but no such luck.

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Food / Re: Cultured Butter

« Last post by Gingerbread on Today at 10:31:30 AM »

I've done it using liquid drained from yogurt, but never with kefir grains. It had a good tang to it, not as good as the stuff I've had in Europe, but not bad.

Related, I have not had any luck making kefir, but I think getting decent grains through the mail is my problem.

Yes, I haven't done that but I know it's another way to. I don't use the grains directly in the cream because I think it would be a huge pain to strain them out, I just use some of the kefir itself in the cream. The last time I made it, I let the cream sit out for 48 hours before chilling and then beating into butter. I also found out it needs to warm up a bit from fridge temps to actually turn into butter when you whip it (whip it good). I think the suggest about 60*f but I was at about 55*

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Running / Wednesday November 19th

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 19, 2025, 10:48:12 PM »

Nice mostly sunny day. 12K

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Running / Re: Tuesday, November 18th

« Last post by kawasa on November 19, 2025, 10:46:33 AM »

2 mile warm up, 16x200 at 5K pace w/ 200 jog between, and 2 mile cool down. Ended up just a smidge under 8 miles.

It's kind of sick but I had fun lol

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Running / Re: Tuesday, November 18th

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 18, 2025, 09:48:31 PM »

Evening run. 10K

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Food / Re: Cultured Butter

« Last post by picote on November 18, 2025, 06:16:38 PM »

This thread is now making me think about making yogurt. I haven't done it in ages!

We do it weekly in the instant pot—if you haven’t tried it for yogurt, it’s super easy.

Now I want to make butter. And cheese. I’m still jonesing for that automated cheese maker I didn’t get last year because I have too many hobbies.

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Running / Tuesday, November 18th

« Last post by glwestcott on November 18, 2025, 03:19:24 PM »

A little colder and in the mid 40°s, but dry today for a 3 mile hilly tempo run.

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Running / Re: Mo day November 17th

« Last post by kawasa on November 18, 2025, 07:27:44 AM »

40 minutes on the treadmill, then weights.

Slowly but surely it's coming back.  Feeling lighter on my feet, heart rate is lowering, can extend the run durations.

I might get there yet.

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Awesome! It's wild how long it takes to get back into it but you can definitely feel that it's true once you get there.

5.1 miles and strides. My left knee is starting to feel this higher mileage, I'm glad I'm starting to taper for my big race next week.