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I rarely take a public position when it comes to chocolate companies, but a recent statement in a BusinessInsider.com video brought me up short. Before I go on, I do have to say that what Rick and Mike - and everyone involved - have done is phenomenal. They were in the right place at the right time with the right product with the right ethos, capturing the cultural zeitgeist perfectly - guiding and riding it expertly.
But I have never been a huge fan of the chocolate they make, or more properly, their skills as chocolate makers. I don't mind vintaging in wine where the differences in a particular bottle occur from year to year. My issue with the Mast Brothers stems from the fact that I never know what I am going to get from batch to batch of what is ostensibly the same chocolate. If I find a decent bar and go back several weeks later to get another of the same, it will be different. Sometimes very different. And sometimes difficult to recognize as being the same chocolate. Yeah, I know, small batch variability and all that. When the Mast Brothers are on, they turn out good chocolate - but too often I am left wondering what all the fuss is about. I've even had bars with rancid nuts, purchased fresh from the factory store.
Going back to the video: At just after 3:00 minutes in, Rick claims that they've paid up to 10x the average price for commodity beans (and 3x-5x market price more generally).
Last Friday's spot closing price was $2352.94 per MT (metric ton, 1000kg), down from over $2800/MT in November, 2011. If what Rick is saying is true, then at some point in the last six months they paid between $23,000 and $28,000/MT for beans. 18 months ago, 10x market would have been nearly $40,000/MT.
Really? I'd like to see the paperwork supporting those claims.
If it's true, and the farmer actually received 10x market for their beans, then that's good news and I will be the first out the gate to let people know about it.
But - if it's not true - what are the implications and potential ramifications for the craft chocolate industry? Not just for the Mast Brothers, but for every craft chocolate maker who is trying hard to improve the lives and livelihoods of the cacao farmers they source from.
Your Thoughts?
Do some math. Is it possible to pay $25,000/MT for beans and make a 2.5 oz (71gr) bar of chocolate that can be sold (profitably) for $7?
At $25,000/MT raw, whole beans in multi–ton quantities cost about $11.35 per pound. By implication in the video, that money is paid to the farmer and therefore would not include customs, insurance, freight, and other costs, so the calculation understates the actual landed price of the beans and therefore the following cost basis is low.
Assume an 80% yield on those beans (i.e., every 100 lbs of beans yields 80 lbs of usable nib after roasting and winnowing - this is generous) raises the price per pound of nib to about $14.15. Assuming a 70% cocoa content chocolate, that means that the cost of just the cocoa nib component of a pound of chocolate is north of $9.90 - also assuming zero loss in the process of making the finished product.
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For what its worth, I paid $11 for a bar of their single origin Dominican Republic in Los Angeles, one of the only places I have seen it in my area (not that I have scoured the state for it, but its not for sale in my town).
If they are paying those prices, and its true that they process about 1 full bag a day (~50,000lbs/year; according to an interview--I need to get a reference for it though), that is a lot of money per year to shell out, especially when picking it up by sail boat!
Highly unlikely those prices were paid anywhere, to anyone....
premium prices run about $5k+ a MT for FTO....and they arent saying they use FTO are they?
Do farmers get such high prices for Fair Trade Organic cacao? This price seems more like what you would pay for a superior grade cacao. I was under the impression that FT cacao could bring a premium of about $150 above the commodity price... and I would be surprised to hear that Organic added such a premium to cacao. Assuming a $2-3K per metric tonne price...
My understanding is that paying $5K per metric tonne is a very handsome price. Never mind paying $20-30K per metric tonne.
Farmers in the Dominican Republic who are members of farmer's cooperatives get the market price for the cacao. The benefits are access to fermentation centers, technical assistance, ability to get certified organic and 10% of the profits from the cooperative go back into community projects. No other real advantage from what I have learned so far. The major cacao producers are also establishing similar relationships with the more medium sized farms. There are other certifications which they qualify.
I will be looking closely on how cacao is graded coming out of the farm and the price differentials. From what I have seen so far, have control over harvesting and fermentation are the key components out of control of most chocolate makers working with Dominican beans. The Rizeks are probably more advanced on a large scale, in creating a fine cacao which can identified from the farm. I know there is sourcing for cacao beans at the cooperatives but do not know to what extent. So much of what everyone handles is bulk cacao and will looking at how higher graded cacao is sourced.
I do know of three other individuals/groups who are also harvesting, fermenting and handling the entire process up to chocolate in the DR and the US.
From what I have been told, the differential for fermented cacao is about US$800 per ton above commodity prices. Any price above that is news to me.
Theoretically it IS possible to pay that much for cocoa beans and still make craft chocolate at a profit. The finished price of the chocolate per lb (transport costs included) will be somewhere around $12-13 per lb. Given that their bars are 70 grams +/- they will get 6.5 bars per lb and at $10 per bar that's $65 per lb retail, putting their food cost at roughly 20% - 10% lower than the standard in the food industry.
Personally, I think paying that much for cocoa beans is foolish, and bragging about it is even more foolish.
The most I've ever paid for cocoa was $10k USD per ton for my Chuao, but that also came with the ability to say that it is the legendary chuao. Jeff is correct that the average for premium beans is around $5k per ton.
This is of course just my opinion.
I am still amazed what folks will pay at POP retail for chocolate. That, in itself, leads me to believe that the education of the consumer, through both private and public channels, has reached a noteworthy state.
As far as claims made about the cost of purchasing beans at a super-premium price, let's allow the truth to filter to the surface instead of digging for it. We must be professional in our pursuit of excellence and careful about the time spent monitoring the activities of others. Big world, lots of customers, do what you do and stay the course.
PS - look to Guatemala for some big breakthroughs in both crop maintenance and drying/fermentation practices in the next two years. Some money is being invested and it will improve the quality of their already interesting bean crop.
good point jim. It is very easy for those of us making chocolate to be nit picky and catty about what others do in this industry. Its really none of my business what the mast brother pay or say they pay for their beans.
It is true that we shouldn't care about what they say they are paying, but the members of this community are the only ones that are going to catch that type of exaggeration, one which would otherwise leave the general public thinking the Mast Brothers are saints pouring money on poor farmers, which could potentially sway consumers to choose them over X, Y, or Z chocolate brand....exaggerating a fishing story is one thing, but it is a little different when you're talking about what your business does (remember the debate over whether TCHO is bean to bar?).
I also agree with Jim that there is no reason to dig up dirt, but the statement was made in public, so to me its fair game to pick apart, as long as everything stays factual.
After watching the video I don't get the impression that he implies the 10x price common or even paid to the farmer itself.
He seems to mention they have paid up to 10 times the regular price, but not necessarily that it is the regular practice. I guess finding a unique origin or testing new ones can justify paying a 10x higher price for beans. If you look at online sources for fine beans, prices are way over the regular market price. This is a good way to familiarize oneself with new beans.
There are a number of very interesting points here - which was the purpose of making the post in the first place, to encourage discussion on what I find to be a very interesting and surprisingly (to those not familiar with cocoa pricing) controversial. To make people THINK about how fine chocolate is being marketed.
It's important to keep in mind that most of the people who watch the video are not sophisticated and don't know what paying 10x market price means in dollar terms - and will neither question the assertion or think about what it means. They will naively assume that the farmers are getting all (or at least the major part) of the difference and that the Mast Brothers are making great strides in supporting the farmers wherever they buy their cocoa beans - when in actual fact they may not be. This makes it more difficult for other chocolate makers who (now) may be called upon to "justify" the "low" prices they pay for their beans.
I will argue that the assertion (paying 10x market price) without any supporting context is harmful to everyone - consumers, chocolate makers, and farmers.
Over on Twitter the following points were brought up by Colin Gasko:
1) Just mentioning a price, out of context, raises expectations in a potentially very unproductive way. [ Farmers are competitive and when they hear that someone is getting a higher price than they are, they want to get the higher price. When the higher price is "justified" as a result of an external certification that requires extra work, the difference can be explained in a way that the farmer can understand. If they're willing to make the investment, then they can earn the higher price as well. ]
2) The increased price has to be tied to something tangible - preferably an increase in quality and consistency. [ Paying for nothing accomplishes very little, and, counterintuitively, may do more harm than good. ]
Context is important. Without context it's impossible to assess the meaning and value of the assertion. It should be easy to provide the context - what about it, Mike and Rick?
This is a very interesting topic, but in what way are their claims any different different than "re-melters/Fonduers" claiming to make chocolate when all they make are confections out of chocolate, or large companies claiming "artisan" products, or using "fair trade" or "organic" as a marketing tool?
If it were Nestle' or Cargill, or Callebaut who started boasting about prices paid such as that I would be concerned, and I'm sure someone would call them to task. However, the Mast Brothers following / production capacity is so infinitesimally small in the whole grand scheme of of even New York chocolate consumption (let alone US chocolate consumption), that it will have virtually no impact on what happens in the chocolate industry.
For those of us who are in the industry, actually "making" chocolate, it's good to know what others are doing and saying, and at the very least prepare our answers if the question arises. However, the overall impact of what a micro chocolatier says or does hardly creates a ripple in the pond, so my position is why worry about it? I think I'll wait to circle the wagons when Nestle' makes such an outlandish claim.
Someone wise once told me to stop sweating the small stuff....
Just my thoughts...
Brad -
Here on TheChocolateLife we discuss many things that are not necessarily interesting to members of the general public.
You are right when you say that claims like the Mast Brothers will have little to no affect on the chocolate industry as a whole, but it has, and will continue to have, a huge effect on the craft chocolate community here in the US, as well as on foreign companies who do business here in the US. Any deliberate misrepresentation is an issue.
Using Fairtrade and organic as greenwashing techniques is insidious, and ultimately, misunderstanding about the value that fair trade and sustainable initiative actually deliver affect people's lives in more direct and harmful ways.
I have brought (and will continue to bring) to the community's attention issues that I think are relevant to the community because I believe - just by the act of becoming a member - people have signaled an interest in these larger issues.
I have to disagree that what a micro-chocolatier says or does hardly creates a ripple. Take a look at the press the Mast Brothers gets. Pay attention to the channels they are in. People listen, pay attention, and measure others' performance by what they say. While the effects may not be seen in the supermarket or on Nestle's or Mars' bottom line - it does affect other craft chocolate makers and the people who really do care about the evolution and growth of the market.
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Do any of you CH folks remember/know the Gerdes family? They were a Haitian family who lived in Woodside from 64-67, then moved to CH. I was friends with Henri who graduated from Andrew Jackson in 1971 and was wondering what became of him.
[quote=john m]Another quick Cambria story that involved clearing snow, this time at SH church. It was some evening event around Christmas or the early winter. We had had a large snow storm and while most of the heavy shoveling was done, the custodian asked for volunteers to spread salt. Volunteers were excused from whatever function we were in, so a handful of us quickly raised our hands.We were each given a large plastic bucket of salt and assigned an area. We spread the salt by hand and when the bucket was empty, we headed back to the gargare for refills. I don't think it required many trips or buckets. We were probably not paid for the work but we had fun and were not stuck inside in the function.It wasn't until the next morning that I learned a lesson about salt and how it shouldn't be handled. While the custodian had provided us with bucket and salt, he had not provided gloves or advice. I simply used the leather gloves I had worn to church that evening. Maybe you can guess what happened. My nice leather gloves had become completely dried out. They were dessicated, almost mummified from handling the salt. They were totally useless and and had to be discarded (although now that I write this, I wonder if I could have rehydrated them somehow). Lesson learned.john m[/quote]John,Good to hear from you. As I'm now back in NYC visiting my folks for the holidays I can assure you I was thinking about shoveling snow back in CH as I spent three days this week working in my parents' Flushing driveway. I must have moved hundreds of pounds of snow!! It made me remember the blizzard of 1969. I recall that my dad was at work in Manhattan when the snow hit, and he left early. By the time he got off the train in Jamiaca the Q4 was not running due to the snow, so dad walked all the way home from Jamaica (Hilldside Avenue to 222nd between Linden and 116th. I remember him getting home and telling mom that the walk was a LOT easier than some of the things he went through during the Battle of the Bulge--what a generation of men, eh?)! Soon after he got home I recall that the two of us went out to shovel. To this day I vividly recall the beautiful silence of that snowy night. We shoveled and less than 45 minutes later the fire hydrant in front of our house was once again buried under snow. So ,of course, we shoveled some more.There are times when I have hectic days that I long for that quiet, snow-silenced night of 1969....MikePS Did you hear about our recent CH reunion at SH? Perhaps you'll be able to make next year's in October.
Beautiful post, D. Thanks for sharing your thoughts/words.Mike
MikeI had a similar experience as you. It may have been 1969 or even later but my father, who had worked an overnight shift in Manhattan, emerged from the 169th IND station on the way home to find his car hopelessly plowed under. He called home and asked me to take the bus to Jamaica and meet him at his car with a shovel. I walked up to Linden Blvd to wait for the Q4. This was supposedly rush hour and the buses were running, but very slowly. After 30 minutes, two buses had gone by but were completely packed and did not stop. I walked up to 234th st to get on the bus there. The line snaked through the dry cleaner's lot and it took another two buses for me to board. By the time I got to Jamaica where my father had parked, more than 2 hours after he originally called, all that I found was an empty space. He had gotten so tired of waiting, he knocked on doors until someone lent him a shovel to dig the car out. Needless to say, neither of us were very happy. I turned around and took the bus home.john m
Slow going here lately. I hope everyone is OK. Like the rest of NYC, CH got it's fair share of snow. I drove through when I was up in Dec.-Jan. and many of the streets were still not clear days after the snow had stopped!Mike
MikeI usually check the CH site a couple of times of week. Haven't seen much activity lately and hated to post over the top of my last post. Looks a little desperate when you do that. I have been participating on some of the newer postings / discussions and, in reflection, usually dive in to the more politically oriented topics when a centrist or slightly left of center perspective is needed to balance the discussion.Back to CH .... Jimmy Amoroso attended the reunion in October. He really enjoyed it and is already after me to put next year's event on the calendar. I was in Pennsylvania this year at my wife's HS reunion. Will need to do better planning in 2011.Mike - I think you get the award to this point for most consistent and enthusiastic poster to this topic!john m
Thanks, John!I saw Jimmy at the reunion. We had a nice little chat in the old gymnasium (a room I visited no more than twice during my eight years in SH). A great time was had by all, but to me it was also just a little bit spooky in that it almost felt like I was still living there. Very strange--but pleasant--feeling. Perhaps in a way we'll always be "living" there.... Hope you can make it next year!Mike
I remember the SH gym as being barely big enough to lay out the half court circle and the foul lane keys at either end without having them overlay or intersect. I can't remember if the ceiling was high enough or not. And we never played CYO games in SH...always on the road somewhere.I do remember the bathrooms in the corner were up a short set of steps and there was plexi-glass sheets on the small landings. Wasn't the gym also where the hot lunch was served everyday?Thinking about playing basketball, I remember one year losing a game to St Gregory's in Belrose. The next day, the LI Press carried a short paragraph that St Gregory the great defeated Sacred Heart in a CYO game. We thought they were showing off and bragging. Little did we know the real name of the school was St Gregory the Great. In those days, the LI Press would publish a story like that in the local sports. I still have a newspaper clipping and picture of our team that won the Brooklyn-Queens championship in the tyro division. I remember the lead-in sentence: "Horse racing may be the sport of kings, but basketball is the sport of Queens."
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[quote=TGHD]Hey, is there anyone out there who knows Frank Pezzo, Victor Patti, Tom and Joe Farranda, Barbara Verde, Chritopher Rooter, Maureen Jennings, Joe Morgan, Maureen Brown, or anyone who graduated from Sacred Heart in Cambria Heights, in the year 1968?[/quote]Maureen Brown is registered on Classmates.com - I used to hang around with her at P.S. 176 in my early teens.
[quote=Mike The Duck]Thanks, John!I saw Jimmy at the reunion. We had a nice little chat in the old gymnasium (a room I visited no more than twice during my eight years in SH). A great time was had by all, but to me it was also just a little bit spooky in that it almost felt like I was still living there. Very strange--but pleasant--feeling. Perhaps in a way we'll always be "living" there.... Hope you can make it next year!Mike[/quote]Mike, I believe the reunion was the first time I had been back to SH since graduation in 1966! So many memories in that school and the neighborhood and so very hard to believe so many years have gone by. I am sorry I did not get to meet you. It was terrific seeing quite a few people from the class of '66 and other years. My sister was class of 1963 and attended also. I am so glad that group photos were taken of the years that attended. It was also very nice to see the nuns and Father Mac too! Hopefully we will get an even bigger turnout in October. LorieLorie
Moved into Cambria Heights about 1934 into the new homes on 220 Street two blocks from Linden Blvd. We left in 1945. The neighborhood consisted of City employees- Cops & firemen. Spent most of my youth in the playground at PS 147 Q developing baseball skills. PS 147 Q was a poor educational facility after the 5th Grade. A number of the teachers had no business in the field of education. It was the depression years and education was the recipient of many who only needed a job. I know of one that would have been arrested if the authorities were as vigilant as they are today. Most of the kids were involved in the sports of the time -stickball & speedball . Speedball was a box painted on the handball wall with a pitcher & batter. Many of the participants were McAullif's, Layton, Donnely, Pollacks, Wade, Welch, Leacock, Anderson etc. Sacred Heart Church began in a tent on 221St Street and was blown down with the hurricane of 1938. Father Dawson was the Priest and his sister Mrs Mooney lived on 219 ST. Their son, Father Mooney, was Director of Bklyn Cemeteries. Beautiful brick tudor homes were built on 220St with a finished basement. Steins candy store on Linden Blvd was a hangout, but I moved away when I was 15 and lost contact. There was a St Albans Day, the first week in Sept,. at Eisenhower Park in Nassau County every year until recently.
Hi Cool Senior--Wow. You were really there for CH's heyday. We moved there from Jamaica in 1947. I was further west, between Queens Village & St. Albans. In fact, we were in the St. Albans post office zone for a year or so & then were shifted to the CH post office (remember zones?). Our parish was Sacred Heart, the pastor was Fr Daniel Hanrahan, later to become Monsignor. We heard the stories of the hurricane, Father Dawson & the "church in a tent". I started school @ PS136. Sacred Heart School opened when I was in the 3rd grade(I guess about 1950) & I finished grammar school there. I don't have many happy memories of SH school & was happy to graduate. I was back there a few years ago w/my brother. Those lovely brick homes are still there & the neighborhood up near the church still looks good. Except for Linden Blvd. I don't recognize any of the names you asked about. Are you still in the NY area?
Interesting submissions. Lived in CH from 1934 till 1945. Attended PS147 & AJHS I remember Mrs Doherty, she taught at 147 & lived on 218th St. Never cared for 147 and thought the teachers could have been better. Some certainly weren't dedicated. When SH opened they must have drained most of the good kids from 147 leaving the school to spiral downhill even more. Mr. Murtaugh was an excellent teacher and years later I would have the opportunity of working for him in Community Ed. CH was being built up when I was living there. They had beautiful tree lined streets, however, the Parks Dept cut down all the trees down because they were swamp maples and their roots clogged the sewer & water pipes. We sold our beautiful tudor home on 220 St for $17,000 in 1945.
Hi Cool--I also went to AJHS. From 1956-1960. I think our principal was named Bonwit, or something close to that. I enjoyed my time @ Jackson. It closed as a regular HS in the 90's due to an uncontrollable drug & crime problem. It's now a magnet school, whatever that is. I've lived on LI in Suffolk Co. for many years now. It's nice to remember the teachers that were good educators. There was so much that I learned from the good ones, all the way from grammar school thru college. Their lessons on life are still with me. In 1945, $17,000 was alot for a house. It must have been really nice.
I remember AJHS Principal's first name was Ralph., The swimming coach was Mr.Cashen & the basketball coach was Lou. Grummond. Bob Cousy was the star of the team in those days. CH was a hotbed for competitive sports. I'm really surprised more didn't make it to the Major Leagues.Colin Field as it's now being described was a big field down 220Street and bordered a Jewish Cemetery. CH had a baseball team named the Cambria Colins. Buddy Brown was one of their pitchers and they had a terrific hitter named Santelli. I think he got a contract with the NY Giants, but WWII was on and his playing days were probably cut short like so many others.I traveled down Linden Blvd in the late 60s and saw the deterioration of the area. Wonder if they will be having another St Albans Day at Eisenhower Park this year.
My brothers & their friends played baseball @ Colin Field. I don't remember any organized sports then, they just spent their summer days @ Colin Field. I didn't even know that there was a St Albans Day. Can't find anything about it on Google. About 13 years ago, I was driving on Washington St in Hempstead, where I was a visiting nurse. I was stopped @ a light & a man passed by in a sweat shirt that said St Pascal Baylon. I called out to him (not a very smart thing in Hempstead) & he came over to the car. Turns out that the school was still thriving & he was a track coach.
I've been away from the board for a while but it's great to be back and read a few posts by new members. I hope to be back in Queens next week, and, of course, I plan on driving through CH many times. I'm looking forward to the reunion at SH this coming October. Last year's was really nice, but rumor has it that this year's will be even better. I've offered to work security for the bash, so make sure none of you guys try to mess around in the halls!! LOL!
A recent article from NY Times re: living in Cambria Heights:www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/realestate/safe-and-sound-sweet-and-spacious-living-in-cambria-heights-queens.
I saw that article. It seems to ignore some of the basic truths of the neighborhood, but it was still great to read about CH. I hope many of you will be able to make it to the SH/CH reunion at Sacred Heart October 8!Mike
Hello Everybody:I lived in Cambria Heights and went to PS 147 for part of the school year in 1957 and 1958. My father was in horse racing. I grew up moving from track to track. Of the many places I lived Cambria Heights was one of the best and by far the most interesting. I also lived in Jamaica for two racing seasons and went to PS 52, but that is another story.I stumbled onto this site while remembering the Good Ol' Days (I do think things were better then but as a Kid what would I have known). I certainly remember doing some of things mentioned here.I don't remember where I lived in CH but hope one of you could help me pin it down a little closer.As I remember I lived a couple of blocks from Linden Blvd. and I walked to PS 147. The walk was several blocks but not like a long hike to get to school. I lived in a corner house and all the houses on my block were joined together. They were really nice houses made of red brick with some plaster and dark wook decoration on the second story. I guess the style is called Tudor. At the time they all seemed like little castles. The back of the house had a alley and everyone's garage and small back yard was on the other side of the alley. At the time I thought it was neat that clothes were hung out to dry on a system of pulleys and line that ran across the alley.On the way home from school if I went over to Linden Blvd. I could buy some really Fantasic Pizzia by the slice. To this day I have never tasted Pizzia so good. There was a candy store with great ice cream sodas and cones. Occasionally I was told to either buy the Comic Book or put it back. There was a Real Toy Store that sold little British soldiers, they seemed to have a lot of British and German made toys. Every week or so I would use my allowance to buy another Hardy Boy's Mystery. I frequently wasted money buying a new Pinky Rubber Ball well before the one I had was worn out or lost.The reason for having a brand new ball being, as a new kid in school every 3 or so months somewhere. I had to find out what worked in different places to transition in as smoothly as possible. After the mandatory first Fight other adjustments had to be made. In Cambria Heights I had the addional problem of being foreign and talking funny. I had a Southern accent and had moved in from Los Angeles, CA. Having a Pinky (especially a New Pinky) would usually get me into the stick ball game. I may have not been that good of a player but I had a ball and that was a start.PS 147 was another world from all the schools I went to. The exception being PS 52. Assembly Day was unique to Long Island. The dress code was also unique. When I enrolled at PS 147 my Mother forgot about the dress code (it had been a couple years since I had gone to PS 52). On my first day I wore what was standard L.A. school attire. White T-shirt with an unbuttoned short sleeve shirt over it. Levi's (Dungerees) and sneekers. I made it as far as the door of PS 147. I knew something was up as I sure didn't look like the other guys and was getting some strange looks in the line up out on the tar mack. I was sent home, my Mother was called in and changes were made.It was off to Robert Hall's. Because, "Robert Hall's this season will show you the reason" (anyone remember that). There was a list of other supplies needed, Compositon note books and a book bag.At PS 147 I liked the morning break time. The trick being to get to school and still have milk & pretzel money left. A fee was exspected to be paid to insure safe passage to school. The mandatory First Fight usually involved me keeping my Milk Money. It took a few loses but in the end I kept my money. I found out it was a good thing to be OK with the "Hoods". However that may not have been of any use to you when it came to using a Hall Pass to go to the bathroom during class.One last thing. On the week end I was allowed to stay up late and watch TV. Does anyone remember "Zackerly at Large".I look foreward to hearing from you. Thanks for reading.Bob
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Hi, don't know if anyone is still reading this board. For those of you who attended Sacred Heart in the early to mid 60's, Father (now Monsignor) Graham passed away on April 21. He was retired and was 75 years old. I remember him well. Rest in peace.
How much fun this is to march down Memory Lane! I was born in 1949 and lived on Nashville Blvd. until the summer of 1959. Went to kindergarten at ps 147 and then to Sacred Heart through the fourth grade. I only remember Sister Karina for first grade, Sister Rose Hyacinth for fourth grade and I believe a Miss Lazarro somewhere in between. At school we were taught that the Pope said that we were only allowed to read books that had an Impremartur stamped in it. For punishment in second grade for whispering to my neighbor in class, I was told I had to copy the book of Genesis from the Bible. Of course we didn't have a Bible at home as we were never encouraged to read one back then, and I would have been killed if my parents found out.. so on the way home from school I walked over to the Queensborough Public Library on Linden Blvd. and the clerk pulled this huge family size Bible from the shelf. I remember I didn't have a pencil so I had to use what the library and Post Office and Savings Bank supplied.... a wooden brown "pen" with a metal nib that had to be dipped into the supplied ink every few words. I remember that I had never before used a pen and it was hard for me to get used to it and so that poor Bible was splattered with big, black drops of ink, forever ruined, before I could even get through a bunch of verses in Genesis Chapter One. Because I had to get home before my mom would suspect anything, I had little to offer the nun the next school day, as I handed her my meager one page manuscript with a shaking hand. I remember I would bring in a quarter from home once a week with my savings bank envelope, and although I was only in the school for Grades 1-4, somehow my book got put away until it surface when I was twenty-one, and there was enough money accrued in it to help pay a large hunk of my first car! I remember participating in the Halloween parades outside of ps 147 and attending some kind of summer recreation program in that building. I remember having to stay in school for lunch at Sacred Heart. The hot lunchers got to sit at a table with benches, but if I brought your "cold lunch" from home as I did, I had to stand and eat at a table in the auditorium without talking until you were finished and then you could raise your hand and go outside in the parking lot/ play ground where you could have recess, but you were not allowed to run in the lot. I remember sitting on the logs around the perimeter of the lot. I remember clapping the erasers for the teachers outside. I remember playing Chinese jumprope which we made out of rubber bands. We didn't have uniforms but I had to wear a red beanie on my head. I remember Joe the ice cream man who sold us those great big pretzels for five cents. Sometimes, if I had a nickel , I would look for someone else who did and we could pool our money and share a twin ice pop.. and the sky blue ones made our mouths look ghastly. I remember the bazaars in June when the street was closed off and that's where we had recess. I remember walking down Linden Blvd. with A-Z Hardware (funny that's where we bought our school supplies), Merkel's Meats where they would give me a slice of balogna while my mother was ordering, Kent dry cleaners, The Queensborough Public Library, the Cambria Movie theater. I remember when the shop owners would give out large colored cards during the week, and the lady at the box office would put up one of the colors on Saturday and if you had the right color you could get in for free. Inside were the "expensive" treats that we hardly ever could get... Bon Bons, Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies, Necchis, Good and Plenty, Tootsie Rolls, Chicklets Gum and of course, very salty popcorn. I remember Izzy's candy store where I could buy little boxes of shell-on sunflower and pumpkin seed that were so terrible salty. My brother and I would collect glass soda bottles in the empty lots and bring them to Izzy... who would say..."But you didn't buy them here" and we would swear that we did... he knew better but he gave us the deposit anyway. If we found enough to wind up with ten cents, we would go into the Sunrise market and buy a package of Hostess Cream Filled Cupcakes, two in a package for a dime, and each enjoy a whole one. Of course, at the candy store, (and heaven knows where we got the money, we could endulge in such delicacies such as button candy on paper, wax lips, Pixie Sticks, chocolate money in gold foil, Pez, jaw breakers, licorice, fire balls, fiive cent candy bars, Sen Sen and boxes of Smith Brothers or Luden cough drops. Up Springfield Blvd. I remember the bowling alley where there were boys or men behind the lanes who would reset the pins. I remember swimming in the summer at Andrew Jackson High School pool. I remember playing in the street.... we called it "Catch a Flyers Up"., and Ringalevio and stoop ball.Now the memories keep surfacing. I remember always wanting to buy from the ice cream man when he came down our street, but my mom would not give me money for that because she was so frugal and always bought a half gallon from the grocery store. Just for the experience of it, when the Bungalow Bar truck came down the street and cry out "HO"... the driver would stop and look around, never seeing us as we surpressed our giggles while we hid in the bushes.Oh.... I remember always feeling safe... my mom walked me to school the first day of Kindergarten and after that I was all on my own. We never locked the doors and we played out ALL day long coming home only for lunch and going home only when it was dark. As I left CH when I was only ten... I have a very faint memory of an A&P being a small grocery store with wooden floors covered with sawdust. My mom would choose her coffee and it would be ground in a red grinder. Speaking again of how safe I always felt... I remember how outside the A&P under the window on the shaded sidewalk, would be parked all of the baby carriages draped with the babies sleeping peacefully.... while the mothers shopped inside! On the other side of the door was a metal horse that need a child begging for the coin that was needed to get a "ride. Great memory... but I for the life of me I cannot recall where that A&P was. Somehow I can't remember if it was Linden Blvd, but I don't recall where there was another road that it may have been on. Can anyone help me out?After we left in 1959 we would go back to visit and I remember how my one time neighbors were all moving out. My neighbor's son, Joe, I was told, was just walking down the street when he was shot in the hand by a drive-by shooter. Up until then I had never known fear... but from what I have heard, it only got worse and worse after that. I have so many more memories that I will have to post later, but I will leave you with memories of my most important possessions... my pink Spalding ball and my roller skate key! (probably because they each would cost a whole quarter if I had to replace them.)!!!!!!
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I know alot of those names,What happened to Ellen Owadiak,Mathew Moran had a son with her. I lived on 324 th 118 th ave cambria heights,Ande went to Sacred heart and thomas edison and pompano beach high in florida.
Hi. I just signed up with this board. My father and his brother owned the deli on 219th and Linden Blvd. If anyone has any memories of the place please respond.
I just signed up and must say that reading the posts brings back very fond memories of growing up in Cambria Heights. I had such a wonderful and memorable childhood growing up there. I have lived in many places on Long Island and nothing compares to the family atmosphere and how everyone looked after each other in that neighborhood. My family moved into Cambria Heights in 1963 when I was only 7 months old and lived there until 1975 when I was 13. I attended PS 147 for Kindergarten and then Sacred Heart. My house was on Linden Blvd between 226th and 227th streets and was across from the empty lot. That lot was once a farm and I recall the old man on the tractor working the field. Years later, it became a place to play ball and was the outfield for stickball and baseball, that we played against the store wall on 227th st. We were always running down to A to Z to buy new "Pinky Balls" since they either got lost or they would split in half. Does anyone recall the slot car racing place on Linden Blvd between 227th and 228th street? I have so much more things to bring up, that I will have to save it for another time.
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…and now… the red-letter day –
1976: Newly remodeled Yankee Stadium is jammed with 52'613 fans for
Opening Day. The 1923 Yankee team are honored' and Bob Shawkey' winner
of the '23 Stadium opener' throws out the first ball. Joe DiMaggio,
Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and the widows of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth
also take part in pre-game ceremonies at the Stadium, which had been
closed for the 1974 and '75 seasons. The Yankees beat the Twins 11-4 on
14 hits' but the only HR is hit by Minnesota's Dan Ford.
On other 15ths of April…
2010: Curtis Granderson triples in back-to-back innings in a 6-2 victory at the Stadium over t the Angels. Robninson Cano goes him one better, homering twice..Phil Hughes puts in 5 strong innings five for the win, Derek Jeter goes long, and has two base hits as well, while Marcus Thames makes himself known with two hits in the DH spot. The game is the fifth multi-triple affair in Granderson's career.
2007: A regrettably familiar refrain sounds, as Carl Pavano is placed on the 15-day disabled list. Fellow righty starter Mike Mussina is also sidelined with hamstring miseries, so Chris Britton is recalled from AAA Scranton to (hopefully) take some of the unfilled innings.
1998: The first-ever American League-National League doubleheader ends
up a good day for New York. The Yankees were forced to come to Shea
Stadium after a beam fell into the stands at the Stadium on April 13.
The Yanks earn their first victory in Queens in 22 years as they defeat
the Angels 6-3. Former Mets star Darryl Strawberry, the all-time home
run leader at Shea, adds to his total with a shot into the left field
bleachers. In the regularly-scheduled night game, the Mets beat the
Cubs 2-1. The Yankees, who played at Shea in 1974-75 while Yankee
Stadium was renovated, drew a crowd of 40,743, a dramatic contrast to
the gathering of 16,012 who showed up for the Mets game at night.
1980: The White Sox edge the Yankees' 4-3' in 14 innings' scoring the
unearned run off Jim Kaat.
Rich Wortham is the winner with 4.2 innings
of work. The 2 teams strand 25 base runners.
1961: Nick Cullop, who posted an 18-15 record in 40 starts with the 1916-17 Yankees, dies at the age of 73.
1958: In the opener at Fenway Park' 35'223 – the largest crowd ever for
a Red Sox opener – watch Don Larsen and the Yankees win' 3-0. Governor
Foster Furcolo tosses out the first ball. Yogi Berra's two run homer in
the 7th is the first score for New York off Russ Nixon' and the
catcher's 4th successive opening day homer. This one is a 302-foot
drive down the right field foul line.
1954: In a ceremony at the Stadium before the home opener with the Philadelphia A's, the Yankees dedicated a plaque to former GM Ed Barrow, who was elected to the Hall of Fame the previous year. The former Red Sox field manager (who piloted the team to its last Word Series title in the 20th century) was responsible for the switch of Babe Ruth from the mound to everyday service in the outfield, raided his former club for stars like Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock, and was in the Yankee front office for the organization's first 10 title seasons.
In the game that follows, Tom Morgan blanks the visitors 3-0.
1952: At Shibe Park' Hank Bauer and Mickey Mantle lead a 14-hit attack
against Alex Kellner and Carl Scheib as the Yankees beat the A's' 8-1.
Vic Raschi allows two hits in 8 innings and wins his 2nd opener in a
row. Bauer has two hits and a homer' while Mantle collects three hits'
two RBIs' and a stolen base.
1947: With yesterday's opener in Washington rained out' the A's open at
Yankee Stadium before 39'344. Under new manager Bucky Harris' the Yanks
manage just six hits off Phil Marchildon as the A's win' 6-1. Eddie
Joost and Elmer Valo pull off a double steal in the 5th when the A's
increase their lead to 3-0. Joost scores on the swipe of home. Former
A's vet George McQuillan' playing at first for Nick Etten' scores New
York's only run. Spud Chandler takes the loss.
Bucky Harris
1942: Following a training accident at Jefferson Barracks' Missouri'
Johnny Sturm has two fingers on his right hand amputated' an operation
that finishes his baseball career. Sturm' who started at first base for
the Yanks in 1941, his rookie year' hit .239 with 4 homers
1938: The Yankees sell outfielder Ernie Koy to the Dodgers.
1930: Weather curtails the AL Opening Day schedule' but at Shibe Park
the matchup between the A's and the Yankees features nine future Hall
of Famers in the lineups' and three more – Herb Pennock' Waite Hoyt and
Lefty Gomez – on the New York bench.
Minutes before the game' Al
Simmons ends his holdout' signs a contract' and homers in his first at
bat as the A's and Lefty Grove defeat the Yankees' George Pipgras 6-2.
Babe Ruth's clout in the 3rd inning strikes a loudspeaker in deep right
center and bounds back onto the field. The tree of amplifiers juts
about 5 feet over the playing field and the umps rule it a ground rule
double. The Yankees argue that it should be a two-run homer' but to no
avail' though both Mark Koenig and Ruth score when Grove is slow
covering first and Jimmie Foxx's throw misses him.
1928: In Baltimore' the Yankees beat the International League Orioles
5-2. Babe Ruth plays first base' while Lou Gehrig' in right field'
bangs a homer. Bill Dickey also homers off former Brownie Bob Bolen.
1927: Babe Ruth belts the first of the 60 homers that he will hit this
year' off Howard Ehmke in the 1st. New York notch a 6-3 victory over
the visiting Athletics, Herb Pennock going the distance for the win.
1924: The opener at Fenway Park draws 25'000 (23'856 paid) but the Red
Sox lose a heartbreaker to the Yankees' 2-1. The Sox lead 1-0 after 8
innings' with Howard Ehmke driving in the lone run. But two 9th-inning
errors by second sacker Bill Wambsganss allow two unearned runs and pin
the loss on Ehmke. Bob Shawkey pitches 8 innings and is replaced by
Waite Hoyt' who registers the win.
The Yanks rally for 4 runs in the last 3 innings to top the A's' 4-1.
Jack Quinn gets the win for the visiting New Yorkers, as Babe Ruth goes
hitless in 5 at bats.
1918: In the opener in Washington' pre-game ceremonies include a
biplane scattering thousands of liberty loan cards for the war effort.
The Yankees' under new manager Miller Huggins' rap 11 hits to beat
Walter Johnson' 6-3. Starter George Mogridge gets the win despite
pitching just 3 1/3 innings. Allan Russell relieves and allows just one
hit in 5 1/3 innings to save the victory. Johnson strikes out two while
allowing 11 hits and will lose again in the 3-game series with New
1912: At Hilltop Park, Walter Johnson outduels Highlander ace Jack Quinn for a 1-0 victory.
1886: Len 'King' Cole, who was on the mound when Yankee catcher les Nunamaker became the only catcher in MLB history to throw out three runners on the basepaths in the same inning, in 1914, is born.


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Rated 5 out of 5 by Rehanna LUV AT FIRST SIGHT ! Luv luv luv my babycook ! Highly recommend it. Cooks fast easy and is such a great piece of equipment to have. Plus with the cookbook you feel like a French chef making yummy food for your little one. March 21, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by heck729 Love it!! I started making baby food with the Beaba when my baby was 3 months old and freezing it. It was so much fun and so easy to do with the Beaba cooker. All the cooking action and pureeing occurs in one pot for easy clean up. I have recommended this product to others and they have enjoyed using it as well. March 21, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mamarama Best Tool Ever! Even though the choices for healthy baby foods are improving, I knew I wanted to make most of my son, Gus's, purees from organic and local produce and meats. This tool- a mini cuisinart and pressure cooker/steamer all in one - was perfect. You can control the cook time (its clear plastic) so veggies aren't overcooked and then grind them all in the same container. Now that my son has moved into more "adult" food, I still use it to quickly and efficiently steam veggies and for general projects like grinding bread crumbs and pine nuts! Wouldn't want to be without it, ever! March 19, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Vmcb08 Expensive, but worth it! I love our baby food maker. I used it 2-3 times a week. It will take you from puree food to chunks of food and for other uses in your kitchen! I have even used it for adult food prep! March 19, 2012
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A:BabyCook is made in China.
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A:Beaba's Babycook is made from polypropylene, polysulfone and plastic, and is phthalates and BPA-free. It has not been tested for bisphenol-S.
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A:No, with proper care as provided by the Babycook instructions, we have not experienced mold issues with the use of the Babycook. The Babycook continues to be a best-seller and top customer-rated product at giggle.
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Q:How can I reheat the food if I don't have a jar or where can I get a heat resistant (bpa free) jar?
A:Food that needs to be reheated should be placed inside a heat resistant, bpa-free bowl and placed in the cooking basket. Pour 1 measure of water into the heating reservoir then proceed as for the cooking cycle. When the indicator light goes out, let the contents cool before removing. You can really use any bpa-free, heat resistant bowl in your kitchen; our favorites are simple glass cooking bowls!
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A:No problem! The bowl is made from a copolymer, while the basket is made of polypropylene plastic. They have both met specific BPA testing standards through the Code of Federal Regulations, European Commission, and Underwriter's Laboratories.
We hope this helps you continue to use your Babycook without worry. We love it more each day, and hope you will too!
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It is just the author in this article, but there also have been other articles of late regarding this issue, especially in light of the new DSM V that the American Psychiatric Association is releasing soon, that is rumored to have some major changes in it regarding sexual issues and personality disorders. It's the diagnostic tool used by everyone in the mental health field, and by many in the educational and criminal justice fields, too.
Now, someone go ahead and tell me that there isn't an agenda here. Shrinks in academia. Shrinks in private practice. Shrinks who actually diagnose mental illnesses and whose reputations are staked on accuracy of same. Oh, and the Bible they use is the DSM.
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And has no more to do with the acceptance of pedophilia, child molestation, or statutory rape than heterosexuality. In fact it has less, made witness by the case of Debra Lafave. Normally I don't argue in the hypothetical, but I don't think it's speculation that had she been male regardless of good looks and charming personality would still be in prison. You certainly wouldn't have geezers on bulletin boards wondering out loud , "Where were teacher like that when I was 14?"
You haven't demonstrated that.
And if it did, it would be rather idiotic to claim that this was somehow the result of the slippery slope of equal rights for gay people. The stereotype of child molestation is father on daughter not mother on daughter.
Secondly...Pedo's can also be mother molesting song or grandchild. Lose they streotype mindset.
Third...10 years ago most people would have said that gay marriage was nonsense and would never happen.
Now look what's going on in this country.
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01-10-2013, 03:37 AMIn Memory Of My Friend 1st Sgt. Tim Millsap A Co, 70th Eng. Bn. 3rd Bde 1st AD...K.I.A. 25 April 2005
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I share that same concern with Nova, that people will start to classify pedophilia with homosexuality. There needs to be a clear difference in the way society treats consenting adults who are attracted to the same sex from how society treats someone who chooses victims who are either unable to resist or unable to give consent due to age or capacity. The sexual abuse of children always needs to be treated as a crime, the same way raping an adult victim at gunpoint is a crime. Homosexual relationships between consenting adults should not be criminally sanctioned.
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I know I am necroing, but anyone at 80 try this yet?
yeah I know the fight I guess I am more curious about where people are fighting him at and what classes you brought. I was going to go in and do garr tonight with a druid and hunter. But not sure that makeup will work againts baron, since you need to be able to dispell the mana drain.
I know I am necroing, but anyone at 80 try this yet?
I think I may try this. Even if some hits get through on Garr, maybe spacing out the use of shield wall and enraged regeneration will be enough to mitigate it...but who knows.
Tried this late last night...Didn't really last longer than 1.5 minutes or so, but my avoidance is very low and I also dont have figurine of the colossus.
best of luck to you tryin to get the TF....it took me 3 years to finally get garr to drop his binding for me =( but definately worth it....best set so far is standing around in 9/9 dreadnaught with face of death and a TF...i get so many gawkers in dalaran
I solo'd Garr in T7ish gear last night, quite a way from uncrushable, and using the Figurine and Valor Medal, Last Stand+Enraged Regen and Shield Wall. Finished with half health in about 8 minutes.
I really want to try Geddon, but I'm going to need a healer, and another dps would be nice too..
Been after the binding from Geddon for over 2 years now, but cant solo the bugger, even at 80 in my naxx gear Need my brothers holy pala to help me on Geddon, but with him Geddon dies in 6-7 mins or so.
Garr on the other side is a push-over, i even killed him pre 3.0 solo (stacked sbv and block) just for the fun of it.
I couldn't avoid a single corehound when I 2 manned it with shammy(course, we didn't try to avoid em, but the agro range is abnormally big for a 62 mob), just need garr bindings but they wont drop.
You can get to Garr/Geddon without aggroing a single trash mob if you're careful. Inevitably I aggro a couple, but they are easy to kill.
I got Geddon down yesterday with a resto druid. We wiped a few times (pulled with adds, healer oom, few problems) but we did well on the last one. I fought him in the hall, but fall dmg is still significant. Run out of inferno. Druid would go into cat form to dps occassionaly, can't think what the talent is that restores mana but it's pretty OP. Didn't have any oom problems at all that time. It's a long fight with a fair bit of damage, but not too bad. We duo'd Garr in a couple of minutes it was cake.
Spent a bit of time on Lethon (world boss). Had him at half health but got a bit sloppy and we both got sleeped and wiped. >< Quite a boring fight that one, a DPS class would be nice.
I'm going to work on a Fire Res. suit now so I can try Ony.
Kinda necroing this thread but I have relevant information!
Since some guilde of mine somehow convinced me to duo Zul'Gurub with him, I somehow decieded to try to solo garr even without being passively blockcaped on my paladin. Went quite smoth standart prot spec, just under 9 mins, BoSanc+adds really helped.
Then someone wrote in guild chat that I couldn't solo Geddon , well I did, but I had to respec holy, got a Flask of Cromatic Wonders and some Inferno Temperd Leggins(slapped +20fireres on them, don't ask why I had 3 of these in my bank ) and used fireresistance aura, which got me to 240 fire resist.
I had to kill the one core hound in the "tunnel" after garr's room. That's where I fought geddon, I could almost complety avoid falldmg and just healed throu everything else, the fight would be realy easy but since I was to slow with damage the core hound respawned and it got a little hectic, but I still was able to pull it off(using bubble to get throu armageddon).
Killing Geddon and the Core Hound add took exactly 20min.
To bad no bindings droped, maybe next week :X
Been working on this for some time and finally manged to get the left binding off Baron Last night.
I solo Garr and have a druid friend come in to help with Baron.
In case you need any help with Garr, just stack block value and use your CD's appropriately and you'll eventually figure it out. But i discovered that if your back is not AGAINST the wall during teh fight you will be taking hits that will wear you down.
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I was sitting in Dalaran when this happened. I've had my mats sitting in my bank for months now waiting for at least one of the bindings to drop.
Lightp, a paladin in my guild, managed to solo Garr and Geddon, and hilariously came out of MC with both bindings. We decided to go to BWL to get him some ore and managed to 5 man the entire instance. I got the drop to smelt the elementium, so now I at least have my ore smelted and ready to go.
Long story short, Lightp gets bindings, I die a little on the inside.
EDIT: I did hear a slight rumor that maybe the drop rate of the bindings when they added Death Knights to the classes?
What kind of a healer do I need for this? Does my brothers 70 Prot-specced pally in "heal"-gear do the job or should I get someone with solid spec and gear.
Yeah I want to finally try this with my warrior. His SBV isnt the best but he is def capp'd and with an 80 holy pally I hope we can two man them easily.
Ok so i went into MC for the first time since the Xpac came out. The last time I went in their with shitty gear and with a shitty geared holy pally and we struggled to kill the double giant pull at the begining. (I know you dont have to pull that) We jsut wanted to see how hard things hit. Well now at level 80 and in hte best pre-25man gear I was able to solo the double giant pull with 50% health left, so with a healer binding farming is going to be so much easier at 80.
An appropriately geared warrior can solo Garr and Geddon both now, so with enough determination (re: Luck), you'll have it.
Formerly Xavastrasz
Ok well on my second week of farming for Bindings Garr was nice enough to drop his binding for me today. Cant complain at all on that rate. Now heres hoping Baron will be as nice. All ready have all my elementium bars ready to go.
The changes to resistance make it much more predictable, but also harder or impossible to get the full 100% resists like we used to see.