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My garlic harvest has been curing in my basement storage locker for about 10 days, and I cleaned it up today. My 44 bulbs totaled just over 3.5 kg, or about 80 grams/bulb (7 lbs 12 oz total, or about 2.8 oz each). I'll separate out another 4 dozen or so to plant for next year, and take some more to my daughter (she got a couple of bulbs of the freshly-harvested garlic before I did the weigh-in), and what's left will probably do me for the year.

Put a heatproof bowl under the colander, and then pour it back. My scenario isn't exactly the same as yours, but when I want to preserve the starchy cooking water that's how I do it. Admittedly I do only small quantities these days, and it's less practical with a larger pot, but it works for me.

Tripped across this today, thought some of you would be interested... https://ny.eater.com/platform/amp/22650875/eleven-madison-park-review-vegan-menu-dishes-price-2021

This one has been updated: https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-08-30/eng/1630374370914/1630374372180?utm_source=r_listserv Also Soo brand Enoki mushrooms are being recalled for listeria. "Possibly national," but so far NS, ON and Quebec. https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-08-30/eng/1630378494975/1630378495334?utm_source=r_listserv

As tangible rewards to, those are pretty...tangible.

For everyone who's a) interested in this stuff, and b) on Twitter, I can highly recommend Dr. Sarah Taber as a "follow." She's a crop scientist whose wry take on agriculture and related topics is always readable and enlightening ("related topics" can be far-flung...she recently managed to draw an explicit link between Captain America's origin story and the prevalence of pellagra in the early 20th century). Her rant on the dubious narrative behind "imperfect" produce went viral a couple of years ago, and IIRC it was shared somewhere here on eG. Heck, I may even have been the one who shared it, I'm not sure.

Another interesting example of a farmer getting off the train that is conventional ag: https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/skeptical-farmers-monster-message-profitability

There we go. Many thanks. ETA: I do drink mine without cow juice, and appreciate the colour.

"More sensible" because...? (I double checked because I haven't yet finished my own cup of tea, but I don't see an explanation of the Chinese term or its innate logic)

Cauliflower is one of the balkier brassicas to grow, so that's especially commendable (if a bit counter-intuitive). My broccoli, cabbages, Brussels sprouts and raab all grow well (and kale, of course), but cauliflower is perpetually hit-or-miss. It's a cool-weather crop and favors long springs and/or autumns, neither of which I get in my location.

A bunch of kale salad kids sold under the Curation Foods and Eat Smart brand names are being recalled for listeria. Currently listed by the CFIA as "Ontario, possibly national," so if you buy 'em it would be good to check the date codes. https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-08-26/eng/1630041760017/1630041766097?utm_source=r_listserv

I should have assumed that, of course. In my defense, I'm not yet fully caffeinated.

I didn't find anything online to say that it's eaten or used medicinally, though I did find a research paper which concluded that its biologically active components were similar to those in D. cajanifolium. Even a site about plants which are "culturally significant" to indigenous peoples mentioned it only in passing as being good for wildlife forage. At home I have a book on edible and medicinal plants of Canada, so once I return from NS I'll see if it's listed there.

(Not strictly food, but a coffee cup is close enough I think...)

On a related note, it turns out that mosquitoes - of all things - may be a significantly underestimated pollinator (it's fairly far down the article, but the whole thing is a good read). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2021/08/19/secret-life-worlds-most-hated-insect/

One of the Eat Smart chopped salad kits ("Asian Sesame") is being recalled for possible listeria contamination. Ontario, "possibly national." https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-08-24/eng/1629851411200/1629851416874?utm_source=r_listserv

In support of which: https://www.beyondceliac.org/celiac-disease/celiac-history/#:~:text=Greek physician and medical writer,of the food and if

Another option re: the diluted sesame oil is in the many "Asian-inspired" salads and vinaigrettes, wherever the recipe calls for both neutral oil (for volume) and sesame oil (for flavor). Taste as you go, and you can either dilute it more (if it's too strong) or reinforce it with the better sesame oil (if it's too weak) until you arrive at a flavor you're happy with.

Herbicide-resistant weeds, antibiotic-resistant bacteria...you'd almost think we were on the wrong path, or something...

"Mr. Porky" brand pork rinds have been recalled nationally for salmonella. https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-08-23/eng/1629769793346/1629769799290?utm_source=r_listserv

Not being a WaPo subscriber I missed this initially, but Indo-Canadian Twitter (and I guess, Indo-anything Twitter) has been up in arms over his description of Indian food as "based on one spice." In fairness, the piece was intended to be humorous. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-you-cant-make-me-eat-these-foods/2021/08/12/e34996a8-efc0-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.html

This is not - strictly speaking - on topic as far as this specific book is concerned, but apparently she showed her form early: (I had to post this in two images, because for whatever reason my screen-grab extension doesn't seem to play well with Twitter...)

Okay, gotcha.

Well...the author does have some pretty pertinent expertise, if you scroll down and read the bio.

In the wake of the "colony collapse" panic of a decade or so ago, a lot of people took to beekeeping in the interest of sustainability, ecology and so on. In Scientific American, one entomologist argues that maybe this emphasis on (lucrative, non-native) honeybees is misplaced: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-honey-bees/