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Sacre Bleu: French Baker Makes Croissants Sans Butter.
I believe the process for creating olive oil depends on the type of olives plus the stage of ripeness plus what the intended end product is intended to become. Another factor, so I am lead to understand is, how fast the picked olives get processed. The faster they go from picked to processing...- briarblues
- Post #18
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Sacre Bleu: French Baker Makes Croissants Sans Butter.
I hate to tell you all this, buy after 40" years in the food / pastry industry the substitution of butter to "vegetable oils" and the like has been going on for a long time. Thanks all those that years ago told us that butter was "bad fat". Then Thank those that told us trans fats are bad...- briarblues
- Post #14
- Forum: Food & Drink
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What is Castello’s Great Line?
Welcome to the Dark Side... bbwahahahahahahaha- briarblues
- Post #39
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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What is Castello’s Great Line?
Probably because you were lucky. Just think how much money you saved..... hahahahahahaha- briarblues
- Post #35
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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What is Castello’s Great Line?
Al, for an understood reason, most buyers in the US believe that Castello pipes lean towards the larger sizes. This is 100% upon the distributor, back in the day, and the current authorized dealers selecting pipes in medium and large sizes, thinking this is what the market "expects & desires"...- briarblues
- Post #32
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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What is Castello’s Great Line?
True, on occasion you might find a Great Line in a smaller size, than expected. Expectations being that Great Line refers to size alone. Not always the case. In these it is most often the "shape" that refers to the GL designation. As far as weight ....... personally I only use weight when...- briarblues
- Post #29
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
Mike Butera has retired. A few years ago, a weather disaster devastated his workshop and contents.- briarblues
- Post #10
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
I have a close friend ( a pipe smoker ) that works for the Canada Border Agency. He sent me the following. Look at it closely! The duty, and Fed tax are the same across Canada. The ONLY difference is the provincial tax. All info is based on importing 1 x 50g tin of pipe tobacco valued...- briarblues
- Post #82
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Did You Know that Greg Pease is also a Serious Foodie?
Greg is a multi talented young man. I can say he's young, as he's younger than I. Tobacco blender, foodie, artist in the field of photography, musician, multilinguist ( speaks more than a few languages ), plus countless other skills. It's just not fair .... all that talent held within one...- briarblues
- Post #4
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
hahahahahaha .. well ok, maybe he was..... the shop closed in 1979, according to Pipedia, BUT ....... Fritz and Palo Becker's earliest pipes went to the shop under the shops name, so I would guess ... maybe it closed in the mid 1980's......- briarblues
- Post #8
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
I understand. hahaha Maybe there is someone that knows, but it's a long shot. Contact Marco at Regali Novelli in Rome. Marco might know .....- briarblues
- Post #4
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
Probably best to reach out to Mike Butera or Steve Leaders to get a concise answer. I assume both are at the Chicago Pipe Show this weekend.- briarblues
- Post #2
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
The scariest sentence you'll ever here is ... Hello. I'm from the government and here to help you .......- briarblues
- Post #61
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Help Me Understand
True, in the "old days" if there wasn't a flame war in the am, by noon someone would start one. I am getting old...I forgot those days..... I never said I liked or disliked him. Good information is good information and bad is bad. Everyone on YT puts themselves out there. Some just to...- briarblues
- Post #6
- Forum: General Discussion
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Help Me Understand
What is it, on social media, that can bring out the worst in us? This has been on my mind for some time, but the thread about Allen Harrelson truly got me thinking. It is just so easy to sit behind our keyboards and type things that we would never say to anyone face to face. Or at least not...- briarblues
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