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Indeed, There was a lot of delicious clam juice from the clams. I cooked the noodles in them. dcarch

The first plate is Hosta blossoms The second plate is Daylily blossoms The third one I forgot. They grow wild on my lawn. dcarch

I have not read the entire thread carefully. I don't know if this has been discussed. With a burner like this, a powerful exhaust fan is not enough. You must have a very good grease filter as well. At such high temperature, oil can evaporate just like water and condense inside the duct work. That can create a mess and fire hazard. Even with a good filter, oil still condenses. The duct system should be serviceable without having to demolish your kitchen. There is no exhaust fan powerful enough to prevent oil splatter. You know all surfaces around the burner should be washable. You also know that atomized oil or oil vapor can explode or flame violently. dcarch

I love salads with edible flowers dcarch

Ann_t, The section of your pizza Margarita shows the perect sychronization of the crusty edge, the bottom and the toppings. rarerollingobject, Lovely pansy salad, and in the eyes of this beholder, the trout was beautiful. Using steak as garnish? I like it. Rico, lobster roll sliders like yours for breafast, lunch and dinner for me if I won the Lottery. ShutterSaute, Interesting concept of pork & beans. Jmal, chicken cacciatora and spinach soup, healthy and delicious. Kim, Not terribly gourmet? Are you kidding me? Chicken with creamy pesto sauce and egg noodles, sautéed artichoke hearts and bleu cheese and black pepper bread, Wow! C. sapidus, Your Chicken vindaloo looks appealing. I wonder what “vindaloo” means? Honkman, Chard Quiche with Pine Nuts, did you invent that recipe? Very nice. --------- ----- -------- - For dinner, sous vide razor clams on glass noodles. For textural fun, clam juice spherification. Dcarch

"I disagree with generators and inverters -- it's not going to help much for the basic necessities which are: 1) Breathable atmosphere 2) Water 3) Shelter 4) Food" " I am not sure the reasons for your disagreement. Generator and inverter are not to replace all the other meassures which have been mentioned. My 2,500 watt generator costed me $250 dollars, and inverter $50.00. The additional flexibilities during an emergency is immense. BTW, there is a very simple and inexpensive way to power up your house with a generator without major investment. dcarch

I have had good results with a thick cast iron frying pan. dcarch

Is Subway really bigger? Business volume-wise? Or just more stores. dcarch

Chinese stores. dcarch

Shelby, Juicy Lucy burgers, goose steaks wrapped in bacon, those are crazy good meals. rarerollingobject, very colorful paella. Doesn’t look mushy to me. Dejah, beautifully made rack of lamb, with a chorous of vegetables, Kim, I have said it before, I will say it again, you have a great cooking repertoire, never boring. David Ross, great plating of a wonderful recipe of short ribs. Ann_t, by the translucent look of those scallops, one can tell how perfectly they have been seared. Dakki, Scrumptious wok full of Spaghetti with clams covered with a melange of edam, gruyere, parmesan cheeses. C. sapidus, Mrs. C did a great job with the baked salmon with a ginger-soy-maple glaze. ------------------ I had Greek meatballs on baked Phyllo noodle, And Sous vide rosemary drum sticks. dcarch

Home Depot sells bottled oxygen for welding torches. The bottle fits regular propane torch. Anyone like to actually use full oxygen to do this? dcarch

Many temperature controllers use mechanical relays. Mechanical relays have two positions, i.e. normally on and normally off. You can use the off position to trigger a second temperature controller with a different cooking program. dcarch

Sushi? dcarch

There is breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in most cultures. In Hongkong, and China, there is one more meal known as 宵夜 (xiao ye). dcarch

A few thoughts: 1. There is no such thing as ventless heater. All combustion depletes oxygen. "ventless" heater have a sensor to sense oxygen level to shut down the unit. I wopuld not have my family's life depend on a little sensor. 2. If you don't have a generator, at least get an inverter. They are so inexpensive. You can plug into your car, and run the engine for many hour to power up phones, tvs, computers, recharge cell phones, lights, pumps and thermostat for you heating system, etc. dcarch

Don't flash your toilets. The water in the tanks is very clean, and will keep you alive for many days. dcarch

"-----So we were always told to have your emergency survival kit in whichever room you planned to run to. " During an earthquake, you sdhould never run to any other room. FEMA: "---Research has shown that most injuries occur when people inside buildings attempt to move to a different location inside the building or try to leave." dcarch

A small inexpensive power generator will do a lot of good. Lights, phones, internet, e. mail, refrigerator, heating system, ------- etc. Good luck to all they are going thru right now in Japan. dcarch

More importantly, what do you do with the Chalaza after you crack the egg?? Wasn't there a thread showing various silly egg crackers? dcarch

rarerollingobject, grilled mackerel, gin and tonic Great pairing! Broccoli soup sure look healthy. Blether, leek gratin & grilled beef, great for a snowy day! MiFi, Lemon Roasted Chicken w/sauted mushrooms, nice presentation. Cass, good looking pie. Expertly done. Ann_t, With such incredible looking Baked halibut, you will sure cause halibut to be endangered. Dejah, wonderful Greek burgers. Very creative. Beautiful Lemongrass beef. robirdstx, A big WOW for your St. Louis-style pork spare ribs! Pilori, I have never used kimchi for soup. Thanks for the idea. ------------------------------------------------------------------- I made Gumbo with whatever I had on hand for Fat Tuesday. Probably not very authentic. I was told that it tasted very good. Dcarch

Remember gypsy moths? Killer bees? Asian carps? Whenever a foriegn life form is artificially introduced in a new environment, you never know what the outcome is going to be. I have this horrifying (but delicious) nightmare. Every garden is infected with truffles, we are drowning in truffles, truffles everywhere ----- all the wooded areas have this overwhelming truffle smell--------- dcarch :-)

I Made this for Valentine's Day dcarch

Grow some indoors. They can look nice too. dcarch

“----My centrifuge was clean inside, and with a wipe down with a bleach soaked rag and soaking the buckets in the same, it's been fine. Your food will most likely be in test tubes, plastic containers you've bought (like me) or heat sealed bags (like Cooking Issues), so contamination will be highly unlikely.---“ My comment was responding to the above. I was very concerned that is not good enough. I guess I was a little too breif in my response. The materials, such as high corrosion resistant stainless steel, while cannot be easily contaminated by normal agents and can be cleaned by the above method, however, if the equipment was used for radioactive material, that would be highly questionable. I was involved with the Rockefeller University Department of Comparative Pathology. There they have many ultra centrifuges in use for radioactive type of materials for research. I just visited Regeneron’s brand new major research laboratory here in NY. I have seen what they are using some of their centrifuges. I would be very careful in using some of these equipment for food. dcarch

"--I would never assume that! I've used lab centrifuges, cleaned up dirty rotors, and after a spill of a radioactive liquid in one--usually from a failure of a tube or bottle placed into the rotor--that cleaning is really instructive, because it may feel clean and look clean but the geiger counter tells you there's still stuff left on it. These were not rotors being used with stuff that would make the rotor radioactive, just biological samples with very low-level radioactivity in them that would sometimes be very very hard to clean off.--" Isn't that what I said? dcarch