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A bit of inside sea service flavor.Say, where do you get your degaussing done?
A bit of inside sea service flavor.Say, where do you get your degaussing done?
Memory flash to a bit of added stress for the Nav team and Conning Officer when driving the ship into Navsta Norfolk.A bit of inside sea service flavor.
Upon seeing @Devil Doc ’s challenge, my mind went to the magnet angle, but then quite naturally to the insider degaussing reference. My back-up was, “I take it you don’t work as an MRI tech.”Memory flash to a bit of added stress for the Nav team and Conning Officer when driving the ship into Navsta Norfolk.
Thanks for sharing this! We have a Sunday dinner tradition of loaded baked potatoes and can’t believe I have never heard of these...Definitely on this Sunday’s dinner menuView attachment 9172
3 Keys to Achieving British-Style "Jacket" Potatoes
- Slice them first. Most Americans typically poke holes all over the potatoes before baking them to ensure they don’t explode in the oven. Instead of holes, slice a cross shape about 1/4-inch thick into each potato. This helps them release some steam, makes the interior more fluffy, and also makes them easier to slice into when they’re piping hot.
- Bake them for longer than you think. Many recipes recommend baking potatoes for an hour at 425°F. Instead, baking potatoes at 400°F for closer to two hours will get them just right. The potatoes won’t burn at this temperature and the long bake means the skin will be so crisp that it’s practically cracker-like. Don't turn off the oven yet!
- Return them to the oven. After the two hours are up, remove the potatoes and carefully cut deeper into the slices you made initially. Then put the potatoes back in the oven for 10 more minutes. This helps to dry out the flesh further and makes it extra fluffy.
I miss that show. Of the people I follow on Twitter, Hugh Laurie can be relied on for dry Brit wit every time. “My bad.”From a House episode. The good part is at 2:10 at the end of the clip.
I love the Brits.I made the baked potatoes last night. They were perfect, as advertised. Maybe those Brits know what they're doing after all.
Act very interested and approving. Serve him a few beers. Get along with him very well, laugh at his jokes, tell DD she should marry him. If that doesn't work, I have a shovel in the shed.
I put this pic on a couple corpsman sites and it has about 200 “likes.” Great pic that‘s a tribute to those who came before me.