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dcarch

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  1. dcarch

    All Things Mushroom

    Not sure where to post this: Today's news- https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/deadly-morel-mushroom-outbreak-highlights-big-gaps-in-fungi-knowledge/ dcarch
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    Dinner 2024

    A King's Ransom! A way to enjoy king crabs is not to look at the price tag and not to do the calculation to figure out how much is the meat per pound after shelling. This is to avoid indigestion.🤣 dcarch
  3. High current/high voltage batteries most likely would be hardwired and they will not be cheap because the balancing charging electronics. dcarch
  4. I agree. Yes, let's get back on topic, about cooking. I was very happy recently that the off-grid system I built/configured from solar panels, successfully sous vided a 100 hour 8-lb brisket. The system to connect the main components from solar panels to controller to inverter to monitor, to batteries etc. was critical and complicated even for an off-grid (meaning one-way system). A two way on-grid system may be 10 times more complicated. Imagine if you have to design a traffic control system for a high speed highway that both north going and south going traffic are using the same lanes. dcarch
  5. It gets very complicated. Solar panel system is low voltage DC power which needs to be converted and stepped up to 110vAC (or 220vAC) to feed to the grid. Car batteries in general put out around 400VDC, which needs to be stepped down and converted to 110VAC. Not easy and not cheap for high power (amperage) electrical and electronic bi-directional system work. So, adding batteries to kitchen appliances to tie into the grid? good luck finding a repair person if some thing goes wrong. dcarch
  6. "-------With V2G technology, electricity can be taken from the car battery and pushed back into the grid. V2G and vehicle-to-X (for example vehicle to home, vehicle to building) are basically the same technology. The key word is bi-directional.-----" All batteries have limited charge/discharge cycles. The more you cycle the quicker the battery ages. We all know how soon a cell phone's battery needs to be replaced. Have you check out how much it can cost you to replace a car battery? WOW! It sounds to me the VAG concept means your batteries will be constantly charged and discharged. dcarch
  7. What is the antonym of "PLAN"? 🤥 This is my 2024 tomatoes seedling start tags. Working on tags for other vegetables. dcarch
  8. Good to see you back posting. I have no comment, I grow all my tomatoes organic. dcarch
  9. That is a lot of power to heat up a pan/pot almost instantly. 1. A lot of power requires a lot of copper to heat up and then cool down. Copper is in short supply and very expensive. That's why many wires and cables are made with aluminum nowadays. 2. High power high frequency magnetic cooktop, have they look into pace maker issues? 3. Many of my pots' and pans' bottoms are warped even on low heat cooktops. 4. For some people, it is nice to have a car with 1,000 HP engine just to get there a few minutes faster. dcarch
  10. dcarch

    Dinner 2024

    One of the many dishes for the Lunar New Year of the Dragon dinner. Dragon roll sushi, with head and tail, as required by the tradition. Pot stickers to symbolize gold ingots for prosperity, also common tradition for new year. dcarch
  11. Soon, there will be tomatoes with Bacon and lettuce DNA . Just think how much time we can save making a BLT. dcarch
  12. Fantastic idea! I was thinking it would be difficult to sculpture a dragon's head and tail. But I can make a lobster dragon roll sushi with a lobster head and tail. dcarch
  13. I am thinking of making dragon roll sushi with pot stickers. dcarch
  14. dcarch

    Dinner 2024

    I had posted sometime ago (a few years back) my system, but I have not been able to find it using the "search" function here. I can't take pictures of the system now because the new cell phone camera can't work with the LED flicker interference. Essentially, I installed solar panels to power about 1,500 watts of homemade LED lights. It has been very good for 5 years of growing. Thanks. dcarch
  15. dcarch

    Dinner 2024

    Slowly recovering from stressful Holidays cooking. A very easy dinner for today. Sous vide boneless rib steak, popovers, on salad greens grown under LED lights. dcarch BTW, the pop overs were made with non-gluten flour. Very surprised how well and how tasty they came out!
  16. Welcome. Tell us more about NGO group kitchens. dcarch
  17. You may try one of the two below, gives you from 0 RPM to full speed: 1. If you have an incandescent light dimmer switch, plug in your mixer. (less than 300 Watts) 2. Get a PWM (Paulse Width Modulated) motor speed controller. (can be 1000 watts) dcarch
  18. The best knife can be forever destroyed in a fraction of a second if the fine edge is over heated. I would never take a knife for sharpening to someone operating a grinding wheel without using water. dcarch
  19. And bars for air conditioners. dcarch
  20. I remember traveling to Hongkong, and Europe, size-wise, this kitchen is middle -upper class. Here in the US, of course that kitchen is considered very compact, if you include a refrigerator, a dishwasher, and a 4-burner stove/oven. Eat-in kitchens? No such thing. That's why entertaining at home is not a very often thing in other countries. dcarch
  21. It just occurred to me, a strange thing to me looking at the picture above, the counter on the window side, what's under the counter? No drawers? How can a kitchen function without drawers? I think something interesting is under the counter behind those door looking panels.🤫? dcarch
  22. Is dishwasher a common thing? dcarch
  23. HaHa! I found a mistake in your interior decorating. When I was in my Chinese friend's home, I asked what was a decoration on her front door. She said it was a symbol for prosperity, but it is the tradition for it to be hung upside-down. Yours is right-side up. dcarch 😁
  24. The long and short of it, knifes are dangerous. Handle with care. dcarch 🙂
  25. dcarch

    Dinner 2024

    That is a serious exhaust hood above the stove for two burners, or is that also a microwave inside there? It that also an exhaust fan on the window wall? Looks like a very functional and bright kitchen. I assume the refrigerator is behind you where the picture was taken. dcarch
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