Show Notes #572: The Weekender CXXVI

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This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 2)

Description
- This week I picked a Pancake recipe, as we are coming up on "Shrove Tuesday" (March 4th). In the United Kingdom, Ireland and parts of the Commonwealth, Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday; otherwise it's known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras! And what's better than Banana Bread flavored pancakes!

Directions
- Combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a small bowl with a whisk. Reserve until needed. Place banana in a mixing bowl and mash into a smooth paste with a potato masher. Add egg and sugar and whisk thoroughly until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add milk, vanilla extract, 1/4 cup melted butter, walnuts, and flour mixture. Whisk until just combined. Let batter rest for 10 minutes. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large, nonstick pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, transfer in about 1/3 cup of the batter per pancake. Reduce heat to medium and cook until edges start to look dry and small air bubbles pop up through the surface, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes more. Serve immediately. Chef's Note: While an almost-black banana is recommended here, as long as your banana is fully ripe, and you're able to mash it fairly smooth, it should still work for this recipe. If you want these a little more decadent, sprinkle on a little chopped dark chocolate before you flip the pancakes — which, of course, is the secret ingredient in our famous banana bread recipe.

Description
- Continuing on the Mardi Gras trend... this drink was established as one of the oldest classic cocktails on record (and a direct forbear of the popular Sidecar) in New Orleans; it was invented in the 1850s by Joseph Santini, an Italian bartender plying his trade in New Orleans

Directions
- Rim a coupe glass with sugar and set aside. Add the brandy, orange curaçao, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, simple syrup, and bitters into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Description
- There wasn't much detail to be found about this particular bourbon. It was one I'd never heard of and sitting on the shelf at a larger convenience store outside St. Louis. Bottled at 90 proof with a price tag in the mid-20 dollar range it seemed like it was worth a shot. A little investigation led to the discovery that it's produced by Sazerac but nothing about it really speaks to it. It might be on off brand product. It's a Kentucky straight bourbon with no age statement so it's most likely aged more than 4 years. Being from Sazerac, that seems likely further confirmed. I picked it up hoping it might be a nice alternative for making cocktails or sipping from a whiskey found on the bottom shelf. Beards Town, by the way, is apparently an old name for Bardstown, a place where many fine Kentucky whiskies originate.

Segment 3 (Announcements & Feedback)

Comment on Episode 571 from Ross, KD0VHN
- RE OBS: There’s an acronym conflict between Open Broadcaster Software and SUSE’s Open Build Service. It’s annoying because you have to pay attention to context, something AIs still don’t manage very well. The AI model was probably trained on material that doesn’t include Open Broadcaster. RE Linux on the iMac w/32bit EFI image: Debian 12.x (Bookworm) has i386 installation media, but I believe upcoming version 13 (Trixie) will not support i386. At least, there’s currently no installation image for testing on that architecture. For long term paths forward for older 32 bit systems Linux is probably not a good choice at this point even though some distros do have some years left in the support life cycles. Many distros and software projects are phasing out legacy x86 support to lighten their support burden. Instead people may want to look at NetBSD or OpenBSD (not FreeBSD because they’re also phasing out 32 bit x86 legacy support). However, it would be a good idea to check software compatibility support for their chosen BSD because not all ham radio projects support the BSDs. If the software isn’t already in their package repositories or an equivalent isn’t available, porting might be necessary which may or may not be as easy as running ./configure && make especially when it comes to audio subsystem API support.

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