KennethT

I just planted seeds for 2 different types of chillies that I brought back from Indonesia... fingers crossed that they sprout!

I haven't cooked a full meal in quite some time. It was nice getting into it again.... Malaysian chicken kapitan curry

They are fresh, hand pulled, wheat noodles. Sometimes called biang biang noodles...

I have the same issue but I'm finding that things are going in the right direction. As many Gen Z'ers are looking to reduce alcohol consumption (typically replaced with cannabis), there's been a big renaissance with non-alcoholic "spirits". I've had both a non-alcoholic whiskey and gin that were quite nice and in my neighborhood there's at least one fully non-alcoholic cocktail bar which I havent tried yet but am curious about. Who knows, maybe sometime soon, even "normal" restaurants will start to feature well made, interesting non-alcoholic cocktails that aren't fruit based.

A branch of a local chain, Xi'an Famous Foods, finally moved (back) to my neighborhood.... Rougiamo with lamb and lots of cumin and fennel seeds. Hand ripped noodles with pork. I love the flavor of their cumin lamb noodles (their specialty) but for some reason it always gives me indigestion.

I'm curious as to your findings. There was a period of time when ads for these rolling sharpeners were clogging my instagram feed. I was curious but never bought the bullet. I imagined that it would more hone than sharpen.

Where are you from? Many cultures use clay pots, so I'm curious.

Most US devices have a voltage range of 110-120V. Most of Mexico has 127Volts. So in order to avoid risking overvoltaging your device, you would need a reducer transformer. Typically, they reduce by 15 Volts, bringing the Mexico voltage to 112V which is within the range of your device.

I find that even non fuzzy rice cookers can do a good job with basmati, but you just need to add more water than normal rice, or jasmine rice. In order to properly lengthen and cook, basmati rice needs to be boiled prior to steaming, as opposed to jasmine rice which needs much less boiling. In many Indian restaurants, the rice is boiled in a large quantity of water and then drained, then left to steam for a while. You can duplicate this in a normla rice cooker by using a bit more water than normal, so the rice cooker will boil until the water's gone and then switch to steaming for the rest of the way. So, in my old crappy crockpot/rice cooker, when using 2 go of rice, for jasmine rice, I fill to the 2 mark and then just slightly over - about 2-1/4 to 2-3/8. For basmati, I fill to almost the 3 mark - so about 2-3/4 to 2-7/8 and it comes out consistently well.

No old wives tales or local folklore in Costa Rica?

When I was a kid, my father had a garden. Back then, mostly the available seeds were Burpee hybrids like Early Girl, etc. but the corn he grew was incredible - basically, we picked it a half hour before dinner time - I'd shuck it on the back patio and it would go immediately into some simmering salted water. There were a few times we'd pick it in the morning and let it sit until dinner time and it was not nearly as sweet. Those sugars converted to starch really fast! I basically can't eat corn nowadays - the memory spoiled it for me!

Capacitive moisture sensor

My turmeric plant just sent up a new shoot!

Yes, I'd use paper towels above and below and press lightly.

That's half the produce section of the market....

Yeah, we ordered through Chownow and they use Relay for teh delivery which is trackable. The delivery guy took like 5 minutes to get there, so it was still nice and hot. But we also put pizza under an infrared lamp to keep whatever isn't being eaten warm - it works great!

It took me 3 hours to get home from work yesterday due to flooding, so I wanted a treat: Motorino delivery, sweet sausage, green onion and chilli

Finally got around to making more spice paste for Indonesian soto ayam (chicken soup). With lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and sawtooth coriander from the garden.

How were the clams done? Were they chopped or whole?

Does Curryfest have to be Indian curries? There are curries from lots of countries that are equally as good, if not as well known.... There are tons from SE Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore alone have tons of different curries, not to mention the curries that were adapted by China/Japan/Korea.

Just in case anyone was interested, I found some more photos of our last supper (so to speak) and added them here:

bathtub

Brought in takeout from my local Hunan place - rice noodles (buried), minced pork, homemade tofu

closed cell foam. I've never used them, but that's what NathanM used to use - but he was using for needle temperature probes which may be thinner than a syringe needle.

What kind of boat did you charter? Is it a sailboat or power boat?