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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

You have a very colorful and rich childhood and life. dcarch

With Lab centrifuges, I would assume the materials used cannot not be contaminated by normal chemicals or biological agents. However, if they had been used for radioactive material, that can be very different. I don't think there is an easy way to clean radioactive contamination. dcarch

I would dare say ice cream for most people. If you can remember the totally amazing sensation of sweet, creamy texture of ice cold smoothness, slowly melting, no chewing, no swallowing ---------!!!!! It was a hot summer night, "fish were jumping, and the cotton's high"---- and I was about 3 years old, -------- A treat that once was served only to sovereign emperors. How many people have you met who is not interested in ice cream? Do you remember your first taste of ice cream? dcarch

"---The silicone gloves would work very well in this application. " Can we verify that? Silicone rubber is about from -55°C to +300°C while still maintaining its useful properties. At LN temperature would silicone become very brittle? dcarch

I meant odd shaped. Not irregular shaped. LOL! dcarch

"--Hey dcarch, you didn't mention how well the naan turned out. On a scale from the worst to the best naan you have made, where does this rank? Specifically I'm looking for comments on the Naan, not the naan-pizza, thanks, rg" The shapes of the naans didn't turn out as well. They were all odd shaped. That's because I like my naans soft, so I made the dough very wet, and I did not use a peel to transfer the dough to the pan. However, the taste and texture were top notch. dcarch

I used the right side of a 12" cast iron pan. The "Pizza" was just a test of tomato suace, M. cheese and dough with that method. I didn't have basil and other stuff. dcarch

Here is a quote from some place: "Avoid cooking foods that froth. The frothing can block the steam valves and the pressure release vents. Foods that froth include pasta, rhubarb, split peas, oatmeal, applesauce and cranberries. If you do want to cook these foods, follow a trusted recipe and make sure that the quantity in the pot is well below the recommended maximum fill line. " What is curious to me is how infrequently advices were given without the mentioning of another very important factor, namely the heat applied. It is good that lots of liquid and not filling the cooker to the top is followed, but if you set the fire high, it is a guaranteed problem situation. It is easy to forget that you have set the fire high to get the pressure going sooner and not turning the fire down. dcarch

I made naan and pizza using the follow method: 1. First I set the oven to maximum temperature. 2. Then I put a heavy thick cast iron frying pan on the stove to heat it up to red hot. 3. Place the shaped dough on the hot cast iron pan and immediately place the pan with the dough into the oven. 4. In about a minute or two, the naan or pizza is done. 5. Do the next one. dcarch