Raymond's Sourdough Bread. 2 stores, one in South SF and a newer on in San Mateo. The one in SSF has warm bread roughly every 20 minutes. The sourdough is excellent, but they also sell sweet French and Dutch Crunch. They also have some pastries, cookies and other bread-related stuff. Very reasonably priced, too. IIRC, 3 loaves of bread, 2 cookies and a pastry came out to roughly $20.
I need to figure out how to make my bread more sour. I can get the starter to smell more sour by letting it sit longer, but by then it's fallen so the bread ends up more dense. I've compensated by using some yeast but I still can't get it to be very sour.
I have 2 favorite supermarket breads. First is the large round Kings Hawaiian bread. Almost impossible to find in the Bay Area. The only place I can find it semi-regularly is H-Mart for some reason. Second is Dave's Killer Bread.
I love that bread as well. I used to buy it there but haven't recently. Now that there is some space in the freezer, I should buy a 2 pack and put one in the fridge.
I only saw the second half due to working OT. It was 17-7 at the half. Mrs Slug says she was impressed with Mac Jones and his release. She likes his decisionmaking and release better than Brock Purdy. Let the QB controversy begin!
Also, I thought the Rams were going to win it late, but the defense came up with two immense plays late - stripping the ball near the goal line late in the 4th quarter and the 4th down stop in OT that sealed the win.
You can't really second-guess the Rams on the strip late in the 4th quarter; it's not a designed play and without the strip the runner scores easily. But the 4th down rush for short yardage in OT did not look inspired; it looked safe and without enough energy to get it done. The playcalling in that last sequence could have been, should have been, better.
The last time the California Golden Bears played Duke in football was on October 12, 1963 at Memorial Stadium. This was a month before John F. Kennedy was assassinated and four months before The Beatles first came to the U.S.
The game ended in a 22-22 tie. I was there with my cub scout troop. The Bears tied the game in the fourth quarter on 31-yard pass from Craig Morton to Jack Schraub. It was a spectacular catch by the California wide receiver who was surrounded by three Duke defenders. Morton hit Jerry Mosher for a two-point conversation to knot the game at 22.
The Blue Devils drove deep into Cal territory in the game’s waning seconds, but after a sack they were penalized 15 yards for “coaching from the sidelines” when their head coach tossed the kicking tee onto the field for a field goal try. This made the ensuing field goal try a 34-yarder. It was short and the game ended. As a San Francisco Examiner reporter noted, “not many college football teams make field goals from 34 yards away.” (Times have changed.)
Duke out-gained California 487 yards to 291 and had sixteen first downs to the Bears’ seven. The contest featured ten turnovers, six by Cal including four fumbles lost.
I will note that in 1963, nearly all placekickers in the college ranks were "conventional" kickers. Conventional kickers approach the held ball straight on kick with their toes. Compare and contrast to soccer-style placekickers, which is the norm now. Soccer style kickers kick with their instep, which has far more surface area.
The last conventional kicker in the NFL was Mark Moseley (sp?), who played for the Washington Red Potato Skins. Moseley retired after the 1986 season. That's 39 years ago, fellow sports fans.
I say nearly all NCAA placekickers were conventional style, because there was 1 soccer style kicker who played for Cornell Big Red: Pete Gogolak. Gogolak played for Cornell from 1961 to 1963. He had a successful 50-yard field goal against Lehigh in 1963, which ws unhear of for conventional style kickers.
Gogolak was drafted by teh Buffalo Bills in the 1964 AFL draft and he was with the team in 1964 and 1965. He was poached by teh NY Giants of the NFL in 1966. He went on to play 9 seasons with the Giants and he was 173-for-294 lifetime. His long FG was 54 yards in 1970. He was 334/344 on extra points and had 6 seasons where he made 100% of his PAT attempts.
Pete Gogolak's younger brother Charlie played for Princeton in NCAA, Washington (1966-1968) in the NFL and then the Patriots (1970-1972) after the merger (6 seasons total). Charlie was 52/93 on FGS (long 51 yards) and 114/117 on PATs with 4 seasons where he hit 100% on PATs.
Dempsey had a club foot. He may have also lacked a hand as a consequence of a birth defect. Dempsey held the NFL record for the longest FG at 63 yards for decades. I don't recall who broke Dempsey's record.
The Maxwell Football Club announced Thursday that California cornerback Hezekiah Masses has been added to its mid-season watch list for the 31st Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the outstanding defensive player in college football.
The fourth week of the 2025 NFL season saw a trio of former Cal football players help their squads to victories to improve to 3-1 to begin the seasons in Jared Goff (Detroit), Patrick Mekari (Jacksonville) and Aaron Rodgers (Pittsburgh).
Keenan Allen (Los Angeles Chargers), Camryn Bynum (Indianapolis), Daniel Scott (Indianapolis) and Jake Tonges (San Francisco) are also on teams that have started 3-1 but lost their Week 4 games.
The No. 2 California men's water polo team will begin conference play at home with a pair of top-three ranked matchups, starting with No. 1 UCLA on Saturday, followed by No. 3 USC on Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Coverage for both games will be available on Overnght.
DBD Lunch
Staying in NYC after the BC game, flying back tomorrow. Probably having leftover Mapo Tofu I made a couple of days ago.
DBD AV Club
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Raymond's Sourdough Bread. 2 stores, one in South SF and a newer on in San Mateo. The one in SSF has warm bread roughly every 20 minutes. The sourdough is excellent, but they also sell sweet French and Dutch Crunch. They also have some pastries, cookies and other bread-related stuff. Very reasonably priced, too. IIRC, 3 loaves of bread, 2 cookies and a pastry came out to roughly $20.
Oh that place sounds good.
I need to figure out how to make my bread more sour. I can get the starter to smell more sour by letting it sit longer, but by then it's fallen so the bread ends up more dense. I've compensated by using some yeast but I still can't get it to be very sour.
It amazes me how many good bakeries there are in San Francisco. This is a list of 18, and there are probably another couple dozen that are real good.
https://sf.eater.com/maps/best-san-francisco-bakeries
And Aubrey was her name.
I have 2 favorite supermarket breads. First is the large round Kings Hawaiian bread. Almost impossible to find in the Bay Area. The only place I can find it semi-regularly is H-Mart for some reason. Second is Dave's Killer Bread.
The other bread I like is my homemade sourdough.
Costco carries Dave's Killer Bread. Mrs Slug loooooves it, espcially the thin sliced bread.
I love that bread as well. I used to buy it there but haven't recently. Now that there is some space in the freezer, I should buy a 2 pack and put one in the fridge.
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49ers shock the Rams
https://www.ninersnation.com/san-francisco-49ers-news/151057/kendrick-bourne-and-the-49ers-go-into-sofi-stadium-and-shock-the-rams
It is truly ridiculous that they won that game. Should not have happened!
And Ron Rivera on the local TV postgame show - KTVU channel 2. Props to Cal Athletics media relations.
https://x.com/calfootballpr/status/1973923865144537280
I only saw the second half due to working OT. It was 17-7 at the half. Mrs Slug says she was impressed with Mac Jones and his release. She likes his decisionmaking and release better than Brock Purdy. Let the QB controversy begin!
Also, I thought the Rams were going to win it late, but the defense came up with two immense plays late - stripping the ball near the goal line late in the 4th quarter and the 4th down stop in OT that sealed the win.
You can't really second-guess the Rams on the strip late in the 4th quarter; it's not a designed play and without the strip the runner scores easily. But the 4th down rush for short yardage in OT did not look inspired; it looked safe and without enough energy to get it done. The playcalling in that last sequence could have been, should have been, better.
But, what do I care? The Rams lost.
But the 4th down rush for short yardage in OT did not look inspired; it looked safe and without enough energy to get it done
Hmm...sounds like a Cal 4th and short play.
Is it any wonder I recognized the lack of inspiration and energy?
I rest my case. 😁😁😁
Oh I forgot about this. Shocked the 9ers did this without Purdy.
And without their top 3 WRs and without Kittle! It was a crazy result. Shanahan had an amazing game plan.
MLB Update for elimination games
Tigers beat the Guardians 6-3
https://www.blessyouboys.com/detroit-tigers-recaps/82666/detroit-tigers-wild-card-recap-cleveland-guardians-jack-flaherty-dillon-dingler-is-from-ohio
Cubs beat the Pads 3-1
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs-postseason/198190/cubs-padres-recap-dansby-swanson-michael-busch-mlb-scores
Yankees beat the Red Sox 4-0
https://www.pinstripealley.com/yankees-scores-game-recaps/166918/yankees-red-sox-mlb-playoffs-wild-card-rookie-cam-schlittler-win-alds-history-eight-scoreless
CAL
The last time the California Golden Bears played Duke in football was on October 12, 1963 at Memorial Stadium. This was a month before John F. Kennedy was assassinated and four months before The Beatles first came to the U.S.
The game ended in a 22-22 tie. I was there with my cub scout troop. The Bears tied the game in the fourth quarter on 31-yard pass from Craig Morton to Jack Schraub. It was a spectacular catch by the California wide receiver who was surrounded by three Duke defenders. Morton hit Jerry Mosher for a two-point conversation to knot the game at 22.
The Blue Devils drove deep into Cal territory in the game’s waning seconds, but after a sack they were penalized 15 yards for “coaching from the sidelines” when their head coach tossed the kicking tee onto the field for a field goal try. This made the ensuing field goal try a 34-yarder. It was short and the game ended. As a San Francisco Examiner reporter noted, “not many college football teams make field goals from 34 yards away.” (Times have changed.)
Duke out-gained California 487 yards to 291 and had sixteen first downs to the Bears’ seven. The contest featured ten turnovers, six by Cal including four fumbles lost.
Here’s hoping for a better game tomorrow.
Two years ago, my son's high school kicker hit one from 51. Nowadays, 34 seems like an extra point.
34 yards is barely anything more than an extra point in the NFL. An NCAA PAT is 20 yards.
I will note that in 1963, nearly all placekickers in the college ranks were "conventional" kickers. Conventional kickers approach the held ball straight on kick with their toes. Compare and contrast to soccer-style placekickers, which is the norm now. Soccer style kickers kick with their instep, which has far more surface area.
The last conventional kicker in the NFL was Mark Moseley (sp?), who played for the Washington Red Potato Skins. Moseley retired after the 1986 season. That's 39 years ago, fellow sports fans.
I say nearly all NCAA placekickers were conventional style, because there was 1 soccer style kicker who played for Cornell Big Red: Pete Gogolak. Gogolak played for Cornell from 1961 to 1963. He had a successful 50-yard field goal against Lehigh in 1963, which ws unhear of for conventional style kickers.
Gogolak was drafted by teh Buffalo Bills in the 1964 AFL draft and he was with the team in 1964 and 1965. He was poached by teh NY Giants of the NFL in 1966. He went on to play 9 seasons with the Giants and he was 173-for-294 lifetime. His long FG was 54 yards in 1970. He was 334/344 on extra points and had 6 seasons where he made 100% of his PAT attempts.
Pete Gogolak's younger brother Charlie played for Princeton in NCAA, Washington (1966-1968) in the NFL and then the Patriots (1970-1972) after the merger (6 seasons total). Charlie was 52/93 on FGS (long 51 yards) and 114/117 on PATs with 4 seasons where he hit 100% on PATs.
Don't forget Tom Dempsey with the special shoe with a flat end since he had some sort of foot issue. Forgot exactly what.
Dempsey had a club foot. He may have also lacked a hand as a consequence of a birth defect. Dempsey held the NFL record for the longest FG at 63 yards for decades. I don't recall who broke Dempsey's record.
[FB] Masses Added To Bednarik Award Watch List
https://calbears.com/news/2025/10/2/football-masses-added-to-bednarik-award-watch-list.aspx
The Maxwell Football Club announced Thursday that California cornerback Hezekiah Masses has been added to its mid-season watch list for the 31st Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the outstanding defensive player in college football.
Lest we forget, Ullave was already on the watch list.
Go Bears!!!
[FB] Pro Bears Winning NFL Games
https://calbears.com/news/2025/10/2/football-pro-bears-winning-nfl-games.aspx
The fourth week of the 2025 NFL season saw a trio of former Cal football players help their squads to victories to improve to 3-1 to begin the seasons in Jared Goff (Detroit), Patrick Mekari (Jacksonville) and Aaron Rodgers (Pittsburgh).
Keenan Allen (Los Angeles Chargers), Camryn Bynum (Indianapolis), Daniel Scott (Indianapolis) and Jake Tonges (San Francisco) are also on teams that have started 3-1 but lost their Week 4 games.
[MPOLO] Bears Set To Begin Conference Play
https://calbears.com/news/2025/10/2/mens-water-polo-bears-set-to-begin-conference-play.aspx
The No. 2 California men's water polo team will begin conference play at home with a pair of top-three ranked matchups, starting with No. 1 UCLA on Saturday, followed by No. 3 USC on Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Coverage for both games will be available on Overnght.