Show Notes #353: The Weekender LI

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

  • Contests
  • State QSO Party Challenge(s)
    • None
  • Contests Next Weekend
  • State QSO Party Challenge(s)
    • None
  • Special Events
  • Announcements
    • Recording for Episode #354 will likely be taking place on Thursday, 6/25, at 12:30pm CDT. The episode will be aired pre-recorded on Monday, 6/29, during the usual live recording time slot. Make a note if you want to catch the actual live show.
  • LHS Ham Radio Challenge
    • Gear up for Field Day! Rules changes allow for home-to-home station contacts and also to aggregate your contacts with your own call sign with a club's contacts for additional scoring. Should be an interesting year for the biggest contest of 'em all.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

  • Distros to Try
  • Events
  • LHS Open Source Challenge
    • Explore the Xen Project and virtualization platform and learn about its uses for productivity, cloud infrastructure and IaaS.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
  • Easy Baked Churros
  • Description
    • I'm a huge fan of anything that involves cinnamon and sugar.  And these are a state fair (they're coming up soon!) staple for me!  Russ is not a fan, though... so he'll not offer any input on these, but they are quick and easy
  • Ingredients
    • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
    • 1/2 cup sugar
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1 (12-ounce) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
  • Directions
    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. In a small bowl, combine sugar and ground cinnamon; set aside. With your hands, roll each biscuit into a 9-inch rope.  Dip in melted butter, and coat with sugar mixture.Twist several times, and place on baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden.
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • Yellow Spot 12YO Irish Whiskey
  • Description
    • Rather than being simply a finished whiskey, Yellow Spot is special in that it contains whiskey that has been matured for a full 12 year period in three oak cask types: American bourbon barrels, Spanish sherry butts, and uniquely, Spanish Malaga casks. The Malaga cask brings an exotic sweet note to the whiskey making it a truly delightful taste experience. Only extremely limited quantities of Yellow Spot have been bottled making it a whiskey to seek out and savour as a true rarity.
  • Details
    • Mashbill: 100% Barley (Malted & Unmalted)
    • Proof: 46% (92 Proof)
    • Region: County Cork, Ireland
    • Color: Golden honey, light caramel
    • Nose: Mown hay, black pepper, butterscotch, caramel, nutmeg, clove, sweet honey, peach
    • Taste: Honey, fresh coffee, creamy milk chocolate, red apples, toasted oak, bananas, citrus zest, toffee
    • Finish: The finish is long and sweet with notes of bread dough, meringue, dried apricot, red grapes, honey, barley
    • Price: $90-$110 (750ml)
    • Rating: 91