The morning after Thanksgiving I was off of work so I asked my son "what do you want to do today?" after he woke up. His immediate response was "Now Christmas!" So, yes, our decorations are up. I still need to put the lights up outside, but almost everything is up inside.

I do love some pierogi so I may need to try that. My son wanted to make dumplings a while back so I gave it a try... Apparently I have no sense of how thick dumpling wrappers should be as mine were like little loaves of wet bread with way too much filling in them.

That's a lot more effort (and dishes) than I am willing to go through for leftovers, honestly. I also am quite fond of potato cakes anyway.

I've never been lucky reheating mashed potatoes for some reason. I always just make potato cakes out of them.

I have been thinking about vacuum sealing a bunch of it to freeze and have a couple of months from now. That may be a good solution.

I'll definitely enjoy it for a few days, but we'll need to eat it much longer than that. The kids didn't seem to care for any of it (except the sweet potato biscuits) so it's basically just going to be my wife and I.

So much food. I enjoy thanksgiving food probably more than most, but I am not looking forward to eating it every day for the next week or more.

Sounds good.

You're welcome to take a look as well. Problem is that I live in Moseley so I'm not likely to be on your way anywhere.

That's a good idea and makes a lot of sense. I tend to be overly focused on doing things "completely" to the point that it becomes a big hassle that I never have time for. If I just price the stuff worth above like $5 and estimate the rest it would go a lot quicker.

The Japanese stuff is tougher, though, because I am not entirely certain which card is which. I figure all that will just be bundled and priced arbitrarily. Not even sure if people in the US are interested in the Japanese ones anymore.. They were more useful 20 years ago when Japan was several sets ahead of the US.

I've looked into those apps before, it just took forever because of the sheer number. Taking it to a card shop for an estimate is a really good idea.. No telling when I'll be able to do that but I will keep that in mind.

I'm not being disingenuous when I ask this: what do you think is fair?

I haven't been into it in more than 20 years and I don't have the slightest idea what Pokemon cards go for nowadays so I couldn't begin to determine a price for the lot. Obviously I would want more than I could get by just selling it to a card shop, but I am perfectly willing to make a deal cheaper than what I would get selling them singularly simply because of the size of the lot.

Yeah, much better that someone that cares about it gets that little piece of history. I couldn't justify spending that much for a collector piece or I would be all over it. I have a knife collection, but I collect knives the same way I collect coins, which is to naturally come across something cool and add it to the collection. The only knives I have ever bought are my pocket knife, my skinning knife and my kitchen knives and that is only because they all get used and abused and I would never subject my collection knives to that.

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As a knife guy I am a little ashamed to say that I have never heard of that knife, but it is extremely cool. I wish you luck finding a buyer.

Any interest in these cards? I'd prefer to sell all/most of it as a lot as I don't have the patience to sell separate lots. No idea how they would rate on conditions. Many of them have been part of decks so I doubt they would rate super high. Even the ones that weren't played have been stored and moved several times over the past 20ish years. I've also got several hundred (maybe thousand?) Japanese cards from the same era, but I haven't gone through them. I also have most of the Gameboy games (Red/Blue, Gold (maybe silver), TCG and Pinball) but I am not sure if I could part with them.. Are people actually interested in them?

You and I have very, very different definitions of "chill."

I don't brine it before I freeze it. Just shoot, clean, and into a vacuum bag. It's probably 15 minutes between sitting on a branch and in my freezer.

I do brine it before I cook it, though. Basically I just soak it overnight in very salty water. I don't think that makes it much softer, however. The big thing I have found that helps tenderize the meat is to cook them in a pressure cooker. The meat falls off the bone after that so you can just pull it off and use it like shredded turkey. Squirrel tacos have been my best idea so far outside of Brunswick stew.

Thanks. Yeah, I figured most recipes wouldn't use squirrel so I would just add it in. I just needed a place to start. I am an avid eater of Brunswick stew, but I have never made it.

I've got a bunch of squirrels in the freezer and have been wanting to do a pot of Brunswick stew. What's your recipe?

Looks like it is the little building right next to 811 Bowe St.

It happens. About 12 years ago I let mine expire, apparently for over 3 months. I genuinely did not notice or think about it until I got pulled over. It was a pretty cheap ticket, at least.

I didn't know they had a Szechuan sauce... I'll need to look for that next time I am at new grand mart. Thanks for turning me on to that.

I never knew soy sauce could be anything more than salty water until I tried San J. Their's is just orders of magnitude better than anything else I have ever tried. I'd love to try anything else they make.

Have you tried San J soy sauce? I never really noticed a difference in soy sauces until I tried that brand... It's the only one I use any more. Bonus, it is made in Henrico so it is actually local.

Closer to $17/ozt right now since it is sterling.

We went to the one on Midlothian Turnpike a few years back. It was packed to the gills.