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May 10, 2010 09:19AM
They just haven't had GOOD carrot juice. You guys could do a blend - carrot, apple, mint, maybe (that's my fave from Central Market)?
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IT IS GROSS.
Rice Cooker. Oh how simple life has become!The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook : 250 No-Fail Recipes for Pilafs, Risottos, Polenta, Chilis, Soups, Porridges, Puddings and More, from Start to Finish in Your Rice Cooker
i have a rice cooker but seems like i forget about it
I taught the dental hygienist how to sharpen her knives when I was at the dentist today. Explained, in any case. They have a TV in the treatment room now, and it was showing Martha Stewart, and she was doing a whole segment on butchering, and the hygienist said her knives were dull and she didn't know how to sharpen them.I will add a knive sharpening stone to the list of must-haves. Even if the truth is that I've never done it, only watched Zu, since that is her domain.
I haul my knives to the hardware store for sharpening. Heaven knows if I tried to do it myself, I would hit an artery.
BunWat wrote: "Thanks Zen, I will check out that cookbook!I am not very good at knife sharpening. I think I don't get the angle right or something."
I think it is all about the angle. I'll ask Zu if there's any easy guideline to follow.
I have an electric knife sharpener that works just fine.
Good knives only need sharpening in pretty long intervals. Cheap knives lose their sharp quickly. Daily honing on a steel will keep the edge straight and working well on a good knife.
Except, I like serrated knives, and you can't sharpen them. That I know of, anyways.
I have my great grandmother's old sharpening stone. :)
my microwave-owning roommate moved out. now i'm trying to convince myself i really don't need a microwave, or do i? hm, other roommate does want one, i'll wait for #3.
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Except, I like serrated knives, and you can't sharpen them. That I know of, anyways."You can't sharpen serrated knives. Zu will tell you that super-sharp non-serrated knives are best. If you cut yourself, the cut will be cleaner.
get a Ginsu. they cut through a mobile home and still slice a tomato paper thin
I found that out too Bun, once you kind of stop using it, you find there are better if not easier ways of taking care of your food.
i know i can live without a microwave, but if my roommates really want one i'm paying for my share. i usually only use the microwave to reheat leftovers when i'm eating alone, but there are other ways to do that.
Janine, I lived without a microwave for several years myself... I had a toaster oven, though, so that helped. As it stands, I'd prefer to reheat most of what I cook/prepare in the oven or on the stove top over doing it in the microwave on more times than not. It just seems to save the texture of the food when I do that. Microwaving seems to make everything chewy.
microwaves do terrible things to potatoes.
BunWat wrote: "This may be my favorite comment of the day."HA! Well, it's true. :)
janine wrote: "microwaves do terrible things to potatoes."I really want to say "and to poodles", but I can't bring myself to say it.
Sarah Pi wrote: "janine wrote: "microwaves do terrible things to potatoes."I really want to say "and to poodles", but I can't bring myself to say it."
I'm very glad you didn't.
Larry wrote: "Sarah Pi wrote: "janine wrote: "microwaves do terrible things to potatoes."I really want to say "and to poodles", but I can't bring myself to say it."
I'm very glad you didn't."
Thanks :)
Hopefully Barb's Tori avatar is just in a glass box, not a microwave.
recently i tried to dry some bhut jolokia peppers in our microwave. not paying attention, i caught them on fire sort of and when i opened the smoking microwave i inadvertently pepper gassed our entire house including everyone in it. it immediately knocked me to my knees and then my son and wife started yelling and ran out of the house. we had to open all the windows and doors and stay outside for like 45 mins and then it still was almost unbearable to be inside. the air had a bite to it when you breathed. funny to me but not my wife. ruined my peppers but i just bought some new plants to grow some more today. moral to the story: i am an idiot. again
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "recently i tried to dry some bhut jolokia peppers in our microwave. not paying attention, i caught them on fire sort of and when i opened the smoking microwave i inadvertently pepper gassed our ent..."After I laughed, I thought, "Ohhh, poor Kevin!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...oh, Kevin, I'm sorry. But, funny!hahaha
heh
*whew*
I hope you're all okay!
yet another story in the continuing saga of: "guess what my dad did?" compiled and edited by my children
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "yet another story in the continuing saga of: "guess what my dad did?" compiled and edited by my children"They could probably create a twitter profile in the same vein of Shit My Dad Says, and I bet it'd go over well. :)
that is a good idea. i will suggest that to them. i will suggest the title"yup...that's my dad"
I have an Amana combination microwave/ convection oven. It was a lifesaver when we remodeled our kitchen. Big enough to beautifully roast a chicken, or handy enough to nuke a Lean Cuisine lunch.
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "recently i tried to dry some bhut jolokia peppers in our microwave. not paying attention, i caught them on fire sort of and when i opened the smoking microwave i inadvertently pepper gassed our ent..."
Kevin, lay off the killer weed bro...
Kevin, lay off the killer weed bro...
yeah clark, post buzz it does seem like a stupid idea
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