This is my first year getting into lawn care. When should I be putting down my fall pre-emergent? Planning on laying down some prodiamine. I live in the NOLA area. I know it should be as soil temps near 70. Should this just be based on the 5 day averages? Seems like these averages bounce around a bit, and it looks like we're about to get a cold front which will drop us below 70 for a few days. But then we'll be back up into the mid-70s by the end of the week. Should I just apply now? Or should I wait for 5 day average to stabilize around low 70s?

Or should I just stop overthinking and lay down some prodiamine today?

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re: Sure Reciprocal Insurance Exchange for Homeowners?

Posted by dr_mantis_toboggan on 4/27/22 at 6:31 pm to TDsngumbo

Appreciate you weighing in. So would you say SageSure (since it's a subsidiary) is unreliable when it comes to claim time? Other options we're considering are Centauri and Progressive for comparison.

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Sure Reciprocal Insurance Exchange for Homeowners?

Posted by dr_mantis_toboggan on 4/27/22 at 5:48 pm

Hey all, I'm in the process of purchasing a home in South La and going through some homeowners insurance quotes. Does anyone have experience with Sure? It's a reciprocal insurance exchange that's under the umbrella of SageSure, but it just started exactly a year ago and seems to only cover LA, TX, MS, and AL. They're significantly cheaper than any other quotes, but I'm trying to figure out how much risk I'm taking on if I go with them.

Does anyone have experience with Sure? Or with smaller reciprocal exchange companies in general? Should I be concerned about how new they are? I'm just concerned that this is a reciprocal exchange company that seems to have a smaller regional base that is exclusively in hurricane-prone states. I'd be worried about their ability to cover claims if another big storm comes through?

Any thoughts or experiences are appreciated.

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re: Making boudin for the first time tomorrow. Tips?

Posted by dr_mantis_toboggan on 12/11/20 at 5:46 pm to theantiquetiger

quote:
Are you in the BR area? You can use my press if you like

I seriously appreciate the offer, but nope. I'm out of state now.

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re: Making boudin for the first time tomorrow. Tips?

Posted by dr_mantis_toboggan on 12/11/20 at 3:27 pm to SUB

Question: I saw some recipes/video mentioning letting it rest overnight before cooking it. Any thoughts on this? I definitely planning on poaching some and eating it right after I make it. Curious if letting it rest makes any difference though.

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re: Making boudin for the first time tomorrow. Tips?

Posted by dr_mantis_toboggan on 12/11/20 at 9:30 am to Got Blaze

Thanks for the suggestions, super helpful so far.

Yeah I'm subbing the chicken liver for pork liver because I haven't found the pork liver readily available and a lot of recipes suggest subbing it, including Isaac Toups. I'll eventually try it with pork liver too.

And didn't think about the Kitchenaid cutting up the rice...I guess I'll use a little less liquid. I figure I'll make a few batches like this as test runs and maybe get a real piston sausage stuffer if it's something I want to keep doing.

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Making boudin for the first time tomorrow. Tips?

Posted by dr_mantis_toboggan on 12/11/20 at 7:55 am

So I recently got the meat grinder/sausage maker attachment for my Kitchenaid stand mixer, and I'm planning on testing it out by making some boudin this weekend. I was gonna use Donald Link's recipe as suggested by some prior threads, and substitute chicken livers for pork livers.

Any tips from experienced boudin makers? Any suggestions on changes to the recipe? I'm excited but don't wanna frick this up royally on my first attempt.

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