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    Culinary and Kitchen-Related Pet Peeves

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    58 minutes ago, munchymom said:

    Well, who knew. It is a regional thing. I grew up in northern New Hampshire, but what I grew up eating is apparently known as a "Maine Italian Sandwich"

     

    Italian Sandwiches: Portland, Maine's unsung contribution to the world

     

    Note the green peppers prominently shown in the graphic.

     

    Ill bet you that someone in Maine wanted an Italian Hoagie and they didnt have the sweet or hot pickled peppers and just threw on a few slices of green pepper strips. No one would do that on their own. Amazon wasnt available at that time.

    Heres the real thing

    https://www.amazon.com/Tallaricos-Sweet-Sassy-Pepper-Strips/dp/B004V4JDZ4/

    Dishwasher Detergent

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    1 hour ago, chileheadmike said:

    Cascade works for me. Not as well as the leaded stuff though.

     

    I'm ok with slightly cloudy glasses if it means I'm not dumping phosphates into the water.

     

    Most public sewer treatment plants remove phosphates. The major problem with phosphate contamination is farming runoff into streams and rivers.

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    Dishwasher Detergent

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    So Ive been a bad girl and Ive been buying illegal dishwasher detergent for 5 years now.

    It has phosphates.

    Honestly. Im tired of having to seek it out, buy it etc.

    Have they fixed the non illegal store brands so they actually work?

    Acrylamide Alert

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    Well, I know from many years of dieting that TOASTING bread changes it somehow and if you eat toasted bread on a diet it is different as opposed to plain bread. Some people have noticed blood sugar reading differences after eating toast as opposed to untoast. On the Victoria Principal diet we were only allowed TOAST.

    Fix it or Replace It?

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    12 hours ago, dcarch said:

    It would not be shorts of the relays or switches which connect the power to the heating elements. 

    Possibly some cooking liquid spilled/leaked to the indicator lights contacts. Those lights operate at very low electric current. The salt in cooking liquid makes connection to power and provides that little power to keep those lights on.

     

    Sometime the problem goes away after a while. I would not recommend fixing it yourself unless you have experience with working with electric power.

     

    dcarch

     

    From what they say, the switch has gotten stuck on the on position and the switch needs to be replaced.

    Or the element is bad and needs to be replaced.

    Fix it or Replace It?

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    1 hour ago, palo said:

    Assuming it is more or less computer controlled, glitches often resolve themselves through a reset. Having the power cut may reset the range, try resetting the breaker and keep your fingers crossed, otherwise a circuit board has gone bad which can be expensive. How much do you love this stove vs replacing it?

     

    p

     

    Palo I have had 6 yrs of non stop issues in my house. I dont care about the stove Im just tired of not being able to use that money to spruce up the house. I could use the money elsewhere. Hardwood floor in in famroom, new garage doors drywall work and paint and trim. Im being nickled and dimed to death

    Fix it or Replace It?

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    1 hour ago, dcarch said:

    "----- So I made breakfast a week ago and sat in the family room to eat and when I got up an hour later the Burner On and Hot Surface lights were both on, in spite of the switch being off. ----"

     

    While that was happening, was the heating elements hot or cold?

     

    dcarch

     

    Cold after an hour

    Fix it or Replace It?

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, btbyrd said:

    I'm hesitant to recommend burning your house down, but it's worth doing some tests to see if the range functions normally apart from the indicator lights. Unless it's super fancy, the amount of current flowing to the burners is controlled directly from the knobs. No? With my range, it functioned exactly as you'd expect it to except that the indicator lights (burner on/hot surface) were on all the time. It didn't seem to pose an obvious hazard. Maybe I overlooked something.

     

    See, I dont know either. The internet is calling it a "short"...Ive always thought shorts were dangerous.

     

    Fix it or Replace It?

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted · Edited by GlorifiedRice (log)

    8 minutes ago, btbyrd said:

    In any event, if the range is still functioning as you'd expect it to (apart from the indicator lights), I'd neither fix it nor replace it. Both sound like expensive solutions to a very minor problem. 

     

    I cut the power to it at the breaker box. I was afraid it would do something.

    Could I still use it?

    Fix it or Replace It?

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    Title sounds like a HGTV show, lol

     

    Anyway I have a GE range...Model number JBS56DM1WW.

     

    So I made breakfast a week ago and sat in the family room to eat and when I got up an hour later the Burner On and Hot Surface lights were both on, in spite of the switch being off. Called GE, diagnosis is $99 then parts and labor...

    Ive read on the net what the problem is and watched the YouTube.

    Its either the switch or the element sensor.

    I wonder if my electrical problem a month ago fried my range?

     

    Is it worth it to fix it or just replace it?

    What brand would you all recommend?

    SNAP (Food Stamp) soft drinks....

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    On 1/15/2017 at 5:02 PM, cdh said:

    SNAP is an agricultural subsidy program as much as it is a feeding people program.  USA  agricultural policy incentivizes and rewards massive overproduction of corn and soy, and the subsidies are there to help move engineered corn and soy byproducts in the market.  You're not going to get restrictions on SNAP card users, when the other beneficiaries are counting on them to buy the HFCS laden stuff that you're characterizing as junk.  If you want less junk in the system, move the incentives and subsidies away from rewarding farmers for growing so much stuff that gets turned into it.

     

    CDH? thank you, this gives me the final puzzle piece

    Aldi

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, brucesw said:

    Sorry to hear that.  I know there was none yesterday at my store but I think there was a couple of weeks ago (I didn't need any so didn't buy any).

     

    I was disappointed not to find any Cowgirl Caviar in the freezer section yesterday and I won't be surprised if it suffers a similar fate. It was a steamable side with 7 whole grains (brown rice, oats, rye, red wheat, triticale, barley, buckwheat and red quinoa) plus black beans, shoepeg corn, and green bell peppers with either guajillo pepper seasoning or mango.  I really liked the one with guajillo.  Fortunately I stocked up a couple of weeks ago.

     

     

     

    I think Cowgirl Caviar was a limited edition item

    How Guy Fieri Ruined the Food Network

    in Food Media & Arts

    Posted

    1 hour ago, dcarch said:

    Kim Kardarshian has 64 million follower on Instagram.

    Guy is very popular. I see Guy the K. K. of the food world.

     

    dcarch

     

    Except KK has no talent or education.

    I watch DDD for inspiration.

    Diners and Dives are unsung local heros. Every day 24 hours a day they cook a huge menu of food.

    Nourishing hungry truckers, local workers and church goers. They may not be Michelin material but Guy Fieri shines a light on them and gives them their moment....

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