Recent content by BustedFlush

I have a 46" LCD TV. I have a small (old) Windows 2000 computer hooked up to it via the TV's VGA input. It works fairly well, but text is very difficult to read. Is there anything to be gained by using a computer with a DVI output? I have a newer computer running XP that has a DVI output, and I...

Way back in 2008 I began to see reviews of the Suzuki Swift Sport from the UK and other countries. I read more than one article (and maybe they all used the same source) saying that the car would be sold in the US in 2010. Well here were are, it's 2010 - where's the SSS? Are you an industry...

My first advice to almost every egg question is lower the temperature. I don't know who taught most of us to cook eggs, but almost every home cook I see does it too hot. I'm a firm believer in runny yolk (did you see what I did just there?) but I hate runny whites, so I flip mine too. The way I...

Indian food uses tons of lentils, or daal.

A roux is the combination of equal parts of flour and fat. A roux is the basis of many creole and Cajun dishes. The fat is usually butter, but olive oil and vegetable oils can also be used. Roux must be cooked and stirred until the grains of flour are all evenly coated with fat, and no longer...

I love eggs cooked in bacon fat. You have to reduce the temperature quite a bit, but what flavor!

Sometimes I like to go fishing. If I catch a nice fish I might eat it. If it's too small to eat I toss it back. I don't catch them and slowly pull their scales off until they beg for mercy. Does the act of catching them hurt them? I guess maybe, but they swim away just fine; and I've actually...