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Death Valley, 132F air temperature a few days ago. How hot is 132F? I sous vide'd salmon at 132F. Too well done for me. Veggies from my garden. dcarch

I am not sure why gasohol makers do not add those stabilizers if they work. The 10 gallon gas tank I have has phase separated into gasoline and 1/4 water/ethanol. I am still trying to find out how I can properly dispose of them. dcarch

Gardening has been a disaster this past spring. 🥶 All machines to prepare the garden in spring were not working. The rototiller, the mower, the chainsaws, the tractor ---------!. Have you heard of "Phase Separation"? Gasohol, if the supplier is not careful in handling, or if your gas tanks are not that good, phase separation can happen and can ruin your engine operated tools. Anyone have advice to deal with this situation? My Honda rototiller manual says, "if you use gasohol, your warranty is voided". Here in NY, you can't buy regular gasoline. dcarch

A tiny knife sharpener? Shown upside down in the picture. dcarch

Garlic scapes from the garden. squid on Garlic scapes dcarch

Yes, Hosta shoots and Hosta blossom scapes are vegetables in some Asian countries. dcarch

Not very funny for whoever did this. After the picture taken, he/she had to eat scones for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday for a few weeks. dcarch 🙂 🙂

Hosta shoots are delicious, and free. Chicken with mushroom sauce on Hosta shoots. dcarch

Garlic scapes time. More to come. dcarch

I don't think Florida gets snow. dcarch 🙂

1. Develop a plan for summer outage and a plan for winter outage. 2. Develop a menu for power outage cooking. 3. If the restaurant has a parking lot, solar panels are nice. They keep the customer's cars cool in summer and your need to remove snow less in the winter. 4. If you have a truck, the truck generator with an invertor can give you some additional emergency power with a long extension cord. 5. You need to check your generator's specifications and see if it can work well with gasohol and the possible problem with "phase separation" with gasohol for all generators. 6. Review safety for dry ice use in enclosed areas. dcarch

Hosta! Hosta! in NY they come before asparagus. I have been told a few times, " DC, how can you be so cruel?! Eating beautiful baby hosta?!" Well, hosta is a vegetable in some parts of the world. A trick for you to try: Just before the shoots break ground, cover them with black plastic. You get these incredible blanched shoots. crispy and tender. Delicious for cooking or in salads. They taste like a blend of endive and asparagus. A real delicacy from Mother Nature. Yes, hostas can be expensive to buy from a nursery, but its easy to start from their seeds. I have a few hundred clumps in my garden. You can't kill them. dcarch

Although we were only in 90% eclipse path, it was still a very amazing event. Even dogs in the area were barking when the sky was getting darken. It's been known that some animals (humans? 😊) behave strangely during a solar eclipse. When eggs were on sale, I bought a few dozens. They are taking too much room in the fridge. Have been trying to find ways to use them up. So made this dish for a quick dinner. Sunny Side Up Eggclipse Fried sunny-side-up eggs on squid ink pasta, painted with home made black garlic sauce. dcarch

I have a laptop in the kitchen on news most of the time, in case WWIII starts. Other times the laptop is on YouTube. So if I am cooking French (food), it will be playing French music, if I am cooking Indian, it will be Indian music, so on and so forth. You can find music in any culture on YouTube. dcarch

A belated Easter dinner. SV roasted prime rib steak. I had a bone to pick with the butcher. The way he cuts the steaks. The rib bones are not parallel to the face of the meat, which makes it difficult to have a steak with uniform thickness. So I use my reciprocating multitool to slice the bone lengthwise. Not messy and quick. dcarch