If you eat eggs, there is a reliable test for whether eggs are still good. Put an egg in a large glass of cold water. If it sinks, it’s good. If it barely sinks, and is balancing on end at the bottom of the glass, it’s still good, but won’t be for much longer. If it floats, throw it out. The sell by date on eggs is useless.
ETA: My sense of smell isn’t great, either. I learn all the tricks I can.
Eggs def keep for a stupidly long time, but that does remind me i need to use up mine 
AIUI, the float test indicates how fresh the egg is, but doesn’t actually indicate that the egg is safe to eat… How to tell if eggs are bad and associated health risks —Medical News Today:
The float test is a quick and easy way to check the freshness of an egg. While it does not determine whether an egg has gone bad, it provides a useful indication of the age of an egg.
To perform the float test, place the egg in a large bowl of water. If it sinks or stays at the bottom, it is still fresh. An older egg will either stand on its end or float.
The float test works because air builds up inside the egg as it ages, increasing its buoyancy.
However, an egg that floats may still be safe to eat, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). A person can further test the egg by cracking it open to smell and checking it for visible signs of contamination.
And from that USDA link:
What does it mean when an egg floats in water?
An egg can float in water when its air cell has enlarged sufficiently to keep it buoyant. This means the egg is old, but it may be perfectly safe to use. Crack the egg into a bowl and examine it for an off-odor or unusual appearance before deciding to use or discard it. A spoiled egg will have an unpleasant odor when you break open the shell, either when raw or cooked.
Additional info at both links.
It looks like it’d be good for gnocchi, which, in my attempts, often deteriorate into some gnocchi and some mashed potatoes when I go to drain them.
I’ve always been one of those people who loves candy corn, but I recently bought a brand other than Brach’s, and holy crap were they horrible. They had some very heavy chemically aftertaste. Do not buy Jelly Belly brand candy corn. I went back and bought a bag of Brach’s just to make sure my tastes hadn’t changed and I suddenly hated candy corn like most people seem to, but nope. Brach’s are still good.
I assumed you meant a store brand. I would not expect Jelly Belly to suck.
But yeah, Brach’s all the way. Just bought a small bag of the harvest mix, two types of candy corn and the pumpkins.
No, it was the Jelly Belly brand. They were awful. They are, apparently, the oldest maker of candy corn. They weren’t the first, but they got into it before Brach’s did.
A friend left me a voice note this morning talking about chamomile tea and with the slip of the tongue they accidentally said camel tea. In honor of that i requested help from the robots:
At least they don’t have you boil a camel!
but for the purist, the heat source for boiling the water should be fueled by burning camel dung.
Camel Milk is accessible in the US, but crazy expensive.
My favorite is the chicken chopper.
It certainly replicates the way chicken is butchered in China.
We’ve been camping for about 3 weeks, I finally get a chicken dinner.
With the lid it’s kind of a combination smoking an grilling.
There’s mashed potatoes and some farmer’s market corn on the cob to go with it.
I made extra because my wife has to drive back home and I’ll be alone for a late lunch tomorrow so cold barbecue chicken for me. Yum.
How do you like the Solo firepit?
It’s an East Oak but exactly the same. It was slightly less money and they answered questions immediately when I was researching.
It works great, I use less wood cooking over it as opposed to a regular fire pit.
We took it along on this trip because we needed to put it in an area, for our big party, where everyone could sit around it.
We’ve seen a lot more campers traveling with them.
It definitely gives off more heat.
It’s smokeless when there is a good fire but when it gets down to embers it smokes like any other firepit.
We love it on our back deck, if we have a few people over we use the old fashioned firepit but for just me and my wife a couple logs are all we need for an hour or so of crackling fire.
The one we have is the 21" it’s perfect for us and about 150 bucks, the 29" jumps up to 450 bucks
Solo 19" is 250 and their 30" is about the same price as the East Oak.
We also have an East Oak 9’ patio umbrella with solar lights, for 90 bucks it’s a quality umbrella.
Never heard of East Oak before. Thanks!
Interesting video. And it confirms what I’ve always heard, which is that Da Bomb Beyond Insanity isn’t really meant to be consumed as a a hot sauce you slather onto chicken wings or other food. It’s really just intended as an additive to like a big batch of chili to increase the heat level without changing the flavor profile much. That’s why it tastes so bad on its own.
