On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:50:17 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Friday, February 28, 2020 at 8:06:33 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" wrote in message
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>> On Friday, February 28, 2020 at 1:40:07 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> > "dsi1" wrote in message
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>> > On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 10:03:34 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
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>> > > On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 12:48:05 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > > > On 2020-02-25 3:42 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Bananas are recommended for people that have leg cramps which can
>> > > > > indicate a lack of potassium and magnesium in their diet. I have to
>> > > > > avoid bananas on a regular basis because they give me leg cramps.
>> > > > > That's not a problem. If I get cramps, a couple of 500mg tablets of
>> > > > > Tums will stop the cramps.
>> > > >
>> > > > A few years ago I went through a period of time where I was experience
>> > > > severe leg cramps. It was enough of a problem that I went to the
>> > > > doctor
>> > > > about it. He gave me a prescription for quinine. I took it for a
>> > > > while,
>> > > > despite the sticker on the label that said that quinine is not
>> > > > effective
>> > > > against leg cramps. It didn't seem to help so I quit taking it. After
>> > > > a
>> > > > while I stopped taking it. At the time I was eating at least one
>> > > > banana
>> > > > a day, like I always did before and like I still do.
>> > >
>> > > Did the leg cramps stop because you started eating the bananas or did it
>> > > just fade away for unknown reasons?
>> > >
>> > > ===
>> > >
>> > > I don't know about the bananas, I needed quinine tablets for mine
>> > > and
>> > > it
>> > > helped a lot.
>> >
>> > Somebody brought in a fruit basket so I had myself a banana. It's not
>> > painful but I have to type with one hand. Looks like I should have had the
>> > pear.
>> >
>> > ===
>> >
>> > You are such a lucky lad ..
>>
>> Aye, that I am. I'm cooking a sous vide chuck roast. 130 degrees for 22 or
>> so hours. It'll probably be epic. My dad used to cook/smoke chuck roast in a
>> barrel for Christmas. Boy, that was epic too.
>>
>> =====
>>
>> Cool Do report back
>>
>> I will be using sous vide tomorrow with some ribs)
>
>I had some of the chuck roast tonight. It was tender and juicy enough to eat as a steak. OTOH, I think I prefer chuck in a beef stew or a pot roast. That's what's going to happen to the other half of this hunk of meat.
>
>https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...ImiMAUP1aPiF-L

That chuck roast looks good, it has very little fat for chuck... I'd
have cooked it a bit rarer. You also could have ground it for
burgers, meat loaf, meat-a-balles, or grind it coarsely for chili.