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Blue, a perfect color for a kitchen. It is well known in science that the color blue is an appetite suppressant. You really don't want to be hungry every time you are in the kitchen and start raiding the refrigerator. On the other hand, red is the complementary afterimage of blue. So food looks more delicious cooked in a blue kitchen. Best of both worlds. Well done. dcarch

You call those asparagus? Let me show you what real asparagus look like. Found these in the garden this morning. dcarch

Happy Mother's Day to all! Made sushi for MD. Didn't have sake, so made do with Corona beer. :-) dcarch

This troublesome pandemic has forced many to have to stock up food. Not many have a freezer, and not many have the extra room for a freezer. Besides, you will soon find out it is impossible to find a freezer to buy. Anyway, what would you do with that extra freezer when the pandemic is over? So you try to pack your freezer. Then you realize you have to deal with an universal freezer packing problem - most of the packages in the front will fall out when you open the freezer door. I spent a couple of hours in my shop and came up with this idea, which I think increased the freezer capacity by at lease 1/4. Cost? $20 Anyone has other ideas? dcarch

Some kind of cocktail strainer? dcarch

NYT: The Reclusive Food Celebrity Li Ziqi Is My Quarantine Queen https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/dining/li-ziqi-chinese-food.html dcarch

Thank you! All varieties are edible. You can cooking or eat them just like endive. Thank you! Thank you! dcarch

Hosta La Vista, with pasta So Happy that I had grown a ton of hostas from seeds. Every year early spring when nothing in the garden is ready for may be another couple of months, hosta shoots are already popping up everywhere. Wonderful! It mean fewer trips are needed to the stores to buy possibly contaminated produce. dcarch Tender and delicious and the price is right. Sliced meat balls on Hosta shoots, (pasta side not shown).

My analysis: Some time before this happened, there was a small quantity of fatty material that got splattered and stuck at that spot. Afterwards, someone used the MV to cook. Since oil smoking point is very high (can be 572F), the temperature reached the plastic's melting point. At the same time part of the oil continue to heat up until it carbonized. Since carbon is a good electric conductor, a small arc started a small fire. you can use silicone glue to patch that hole, or have that round thing replaced. dcarch

On Page 62, I posted my new way of winterizing fig tree using foam insulation borads. Today, moment of truth. I opened the insulation to find out what's going on inside. Very nice! not only the branches didn't die off like all the other winters, tthey actually starting to sprout. So I did the second phase of my experiment, turn the insulation foam boards into a vertical temporary green house , using also insulating clear Twinwall panels. Hoping for early figs. dcarch

If you can eat it, you can beat it? Corona! Corona! Corona! Found a Corona pulled pork recipe for dinner. Corona pulled pork with home grown Royal Corona beans, Washed down with Corona beer. Yes, forsythia is already blooming in my garden. Good days are coming! According to folk medicine: Forsythia is used for swelling of small air passages in the lung (bronchiolitis),tonsillitis, sore throat, fever, vomiting, heart disease, -------. Interesting. dcarch

I grow my own salad indoors. What do you guys do? I don't know how you can sanitize salad greens from the store. dcarch

Isn't it true that some S Z appliances need special floor framing support because of heavy weight? dcarch

V dinner, pan fried shrimps and largemouth bass fillet. Largemouth bass is monogamous, so are a few shrimps. Happy Valentines Day! dcarch

That should work. Insects, rabbits don't seem to like them. dcarch

Warning! They will take over your garden. Don't plant too many. dcarch

I like to cook chickens well dressed. dcarch

The day will be here soon. No more local stores or traditional supermarkets. Amazon will takeover all food and grocery shopping. dcarch

Good source of off-grid protein? :-) dcarch

We can laugh at Paris Hilton all we want. She is laughing all the way to the bank. She earns $10 Million dollars every year. In addition, she raises hundreds thousands of $$$$ for children's causes. P.H. salad dressing, P.H. frying pans, P.H. cook books ------------------- $$$$$$$$ P.H. kitchen gloves? P.H. high heels for the kitchen? People will buy anything. dcarch

How about this? dcarch

Yes, that's a good way it can slug back in revenge. dcarch

This is possible: Boiling point of water is 212F Smoking point of fat(butter) can be from 300F to 400F. If fat is collected in one place and water in another in food, and both get cooked at the same time in high heat (oven, microwave), and if by chance the water is mixed into fat, explosion will happen. You see this all the time when you fry food. dcarch

That's another common one I can't figure out. Try this with a butter knife and cut something with force until it slips. You will find that the knife edge always slip away from your fingers. It seems to me most knife accidents happen because of carelessness, like, having a conversation while cutting or watching TV. A very sharp knife can be a disaster in careless accidents . Dull knife cuts can be fixed with bandage. Sharp knife cuts need stitches. dcarch

No. I am not. But at times I feel like I have two left hands. :-) dcarch