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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Did some searching, apparently it can be variable in taste due to sea urchin diet, freshness, and preparation. There are commercially prepared pastes that aren’t very palatable.

    The urchin I had was really expensive and was a special that was rarely available. This sushi place had very good stuff, you could also order freshly grated wasabi from imported Japanese roots (I totally recommend).

    Probably similar to canned crab vs fresh crab. Stuff in the can is terrible and I don’t know how people eat it.




  • Dexter Russell carbon steel knives. Some of the patterns are 200 years old. Cheap compared to the high end stuff but they’re easy to keep screaming sharp and work great.

    Stainless knives are good for pocket knives that are exposed to sweat, work knives that are in corrosive environments, serrated steak knives that go in the dishwasher. Anything else, pretty much, carbon is king.











  • I actually have a wood lathe and all the other tooling to make one, not that I would.

    I’ve been fixing the place up since August. It’s a farm that hasn’t been properly maintained in about 20 years.

    I’m doing my best to build to the standard of the original owner and his son with modern materials and methods. It’s a humbling experience. Nothing is quite square but everything is built like it’s bomb proof. You couldn’t afford to build out of solid wood like they did. The joints and meets are also super tight, you can’t get a sheet of paper between roof boards on the barn in most places.