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Wouldn't that freeze you tongue? dcarch

How about Hollowweenie? dcarch

I have seen machines that will make perfect spherical ice. dcarch

Really? A $500k watch should be a magnificent work of art and engineering that will last a lifetime. This is . . . $5 ice spheres. It's like a $500k Swatch. A swatch keeps better time. dcarch

Why is that anymore ridiculous than a $500,000 watch? dcarch

Green tomato pizza! dcarch

"----I only forage very obvious mushrooms, chanterelles, lobsters and matsutakes,--" And morels? dcarch

You may have only one chance to find out. dcarch

"---You don't need a dehydrator to dry mushrooms.---" Spokane air can be very humid. dcarch

Has anyone tasted distilled water? 100% pure distilled water tastes very funny. dcarch

There is also nitrogen, chloriine, etc in water. You can make heavy water. dcarch

I agree with slkinsey. That's the whole science there. It really boils down to convenience. For me, I microwave as much as water as I need each time. I don't reboil water in a kettle. Why? Sometime ago I discovered a cock roach in the water, after I drank the tea I made with the reboiled water. Actually, the tea was not bad at all, as I recall. dcarch

buy a dehydrator if you don't have one already. I would buy the entire inventory and dry them. dcarch

By some degree of crowding, you significantly reduce surface of the meat exposed to air. This will reduce radiant heat(sensible heat) loss, convective heat(sensible heat) loss and evaporative cooling (latent heat) of surface moisture. dcarch

A peltier cooler/heater can go from 45 F to 150 F depending on ambient temperature and the size of the box. With a digital temperature controller, it would seem to me that tempering chocolate should not be a problem dcarch

I am amazed how good (some) canned crab meat is. Almost like fresh crab meat in taste and texture. They recommend refrigerate them, even they are in unopenned cans. dcarch

A Thermoelectric Cooler/heater Peltier device can be bought for under $5.00 An aquarium temperature controller is about $20.00 Add a $5.00 fan You can have a proofing box that keeps accurate temperature from cold to hot, or a chicken incubator, or a yogurt maker or -------- To keep humidity, just put a wet towel inside the box. dcarch

I don't know what you would do if you want to proof your dough at a low temperature on a hot 95 F degree day. Some people feel that lower temperature proofing gives a better tasting bread. It is much better to buy a personal refrigerator/warmer that uses a solid state device (Very inexpensive on eBay), and run it thru a pid or an aquarium temperature controller. You can proof your dough from 45 F to 140 F. dcarch

Duct tape the chicken on a highway and let a few trucks run over it. Sorry. I would do what djyee100 suggested and add a table spoon of good wine. dcarch

In nature, left alone, all animals die in extremely painful and horrifying ways. After being chased relentlessly, then eaten alive a little bite at a time, in front of your friends and family. Animals raised, slaughtered and consumed by humans are the very lucky ones. dcarch http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/images/lions%20bringing%20down%20buffalo.jpg

I have different way of recycling. All kitchen scraps goes into a small container, air tight so there is no smell or insects. Meat, grease, small bones, veggies and fruits, everything. Larger bones get ground up with my garden shredder. shredder I use a hole digger which I converted from a rototiller to dig a deep hole to bury everything. digger Leaves in the fall and all garden plants, including diseased ones, just get ground up by my lawnmower and spread right on top of the soil without being composted. I don’t do compost plies. I don’t seem to have any problem the many years I have been growing not composting diseased plant matter. Just lucky I guess. dcarch

Have you checked voltage? 110 ac? 220 ac? dcarch

Fish? What kind of fish you would cook in a PC? dcarch

Just eat sushi and salads. No cooking. Just kidding. It is very important to consider energy/resources use in everything, not just cooking. I have a small hole drilled just above the trap under the sink, and silicone glued a vinyl tubing to direct water to a big bucket. I collect the sink water to water my garden. It takes about 10 minutes to do this. When I don't need water from the sink (after heavy rain falls) I just use a little clamp and bend the tube. It stops the collection of water. dcarch

No one carves. Everyone slices. dcarch