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  1. dcarch

    Dinner 2019

    Thanks For The Memory After buying my house, I realized that the magnificence huge tree in the garden is a ginkgo tree. I Googled and amazed that ginkgo is a very interesting tree. It is a dinosaur tree that it has not change much in 200 million years. It is a very tough tree that actually survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima. In addition, I don’t remember where I have read it, ginkgo nuts supposedly can improve your memory. A very beautiful decorative golden fall tree. Every year this time, I harvest a ton of ginkgo nuts for cooking. dcarch SV pork, + carrot, sweet potatoes, ginkgo nuts from the garden
  2. It took me a little while to get the clerk in the Chinese store to say "pRessure" cooker and not "pLeasure" cooker. I was looking for a replacement gasket. Actually, I like "pleasure cooker" better. I use it so often to make cooking easier dcarch
  3. If that tank is above ground, you may not need a pump. There should be enough hydro-static pressure. If that tank is to be under ground, you may already know that you may have to anchor it down to prevent flotation, just like the installation of gasoline tanks. dcarch
  4. dcarch

    Dinner 2019

    Cephalopolitics Hope this can get you to smile a little more for the weekend. :-) Squid on daikon from my garden
  5. I am assuming you are not one of those "Square Foot" gardener? dcarch
  6. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head --------- --------- It won't be long 'till happiness steps up to greet me" Installed 10 rain barrels. Not one drop of city tap water was used for my good size garden this year. Also, everything I have in the garden seems to be doing better than before. Might have something to do with no chlorine in soil? You can possibly get barrels for free. Check around. My system was free. dcarch
  7. Don't do this. Just thinking out loud for fun.' Freeze your phone, then pour jello on it. Jello will instantly solidify, no chance of entering the phone. dcarch
  8. Seems to be very dangerous to use to grate any hard food. Not trying to be gross, but ----- is it a Food file or foot file? dcarch
  9. I always butter the bread before toasting. dcarch
  10. Controlled adjustable motor vibrator is so cheap and so easy to make. For instance: Get a small computer "muffin" fan ($1.00 to $10?). They are small and flat and rated at 5VDC or12VDC. Many sizes to choose from. They are made of plastic. You can easily break off a few fan blades to make the rotation unbalanced. When it rotates it will vibrate. With a voltage regulator/controller, you can have the vibration adjusted to the exact jello wobble frequency. dcarch
  11. 1. Resonant vibration is very powerful. Many major structural failures, bridges, towers, etc. had been due to resonant movement. 2. Do not use vacuum on a cellphone. Vacuum can destroy the microphone's and speaker's very thin film diagram. Possible hazard with lithium battery's thin film electrodes dcarch
  12. dcarch

    Dinner 2019

    Crispy Peking duck, scallion, on steamed buns, I always call that duck burgers. dcarch
  13. This is what I would do: 1. buy a micro motor vibrator, they are very cheap less than a dollar. They are very tiny, size of a large pea. They run on 1.5v battery, draws very little power. 2. Get a variable resister (rheostat), or a low voltage controller, ( about a dollar). 3. a cheap non-functioning phone. 4. make your jello with everything in it except the battery and voltage controller, which will be wired to the vibrating motor hidden remotely. ---------------------------------------- The reason for this setup is because just like a violin, the jello will have a very specific vibrating frequency, with the adjustable motor rotation (vibration) synchronized , you will have the jello really dancing. (Note - all components can be purchased on ebay.) dcarch
  14. Tree form for fig trees in my zone 6 area will not work. It's impossible to wrap a tall tree for winter protection. All the branches will die off. That's why it's better in cold zones to train fig trees to grow into bush form. What I am doing is to force the thick base branches much tighter so I can provide better insulation. It seams to be working well. dcarch
  15. Looks more like a Baorangia to me. dcarch
  16. OK, in many areas and if you grow figs (What?!! You don't grow figs?!!), time is coming soon to have to wrap and winterize your fig trees. My fig trees have gown to be too big and too horizontal and getting very difficult to wrap. I am reshaping the trees using jacks from my shop. Each day I give each jack a little turn so that I don't crack and break the branches. I think I should be able to get all the branches to vertical and be able to wrap them to be less than 12 inches columns. Good winter protection means greater harvest next year. It fig ures. dcarch
  17. Actually, this has a possibility to work for you: Go to youtube and search for "thin set tile laying". You will see tools and how construction workers spread out thin set compound evenly for laying ceramic tiles. dcarch
  18. I do a quarter turn of the trays once in a while to give more even drying. dcarch
  19. dcarch

    Dinner 2019

    Very resauceful recipe! dcarch
  20. My experiment with that container weighted about 25 Lbs. This method is not practical for some of you who live within walking distance from the farmers market or just buying a small quantity. But if you are buying in quantity, a small ice chest and a shopping cart is not that clumsy for heirloom tomatoes which can cost more than T bone steaks . dcarch
  21. I don't think so. Water enters the fruits thru the roots and some from leaves. dcarch
  22. Last night, I took out a large container, filled it with water and put about 20 very ripe tomatoes from my garden, some very big and some very small. I closed the contained with a lid. Then I shook and shook the container the hardest I could. I shook again for about another 5 more times. Now, I don't have huge muscles, but in the past few weeks, I have had to relocate and transported a clothes washer and a dishwasher all by myself with no problem. The shaking I did to the tomatoes were more violent than any deep potholes you would run into if you had to ship the tomatoes by car. Well I am happy to report that there is no damage to any tomatoes, not a scratch, not any sign of cracking or bruising. But I am not surprised. It's just very simple physics. I assume that if you have to ship a few hundred eggs over rough roads, the same method will work. Time for a BLT ! dcarch
  23. This may or may not be practical, but according to the law of physics, this should work very well. Get a big container and fill it with water. Put all your tomatoes in the water bath, makes no difference how big or how small the tomatoes are. Once you have all your tomatoes in the container, fill the container to the very top with water and close the lid very tight. Your tomatoes cannot bruise each other, doesn't matter how big or how small and how fast or slow you travel or if you slam on the brake. Tomato in water submersed has almost no weight. dcarch
  24. dcarch

    Dinner 2019

    Frost is forcast in another day here (NY). There will be a 50F temperature drop in one day. I guess this may be my last BLT for this season. dcarch Naan bread BLT
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