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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

10% of the population are lefties. dcarch

Why don't they make a right-handed door microwave? dcarch

Problem with regular microwaves, they can't cook with low power. Always at 100% power. They cycle full power on and off to give you low power cooking. Inverter system actually lowers the power level to give you continuous low power cooking. This can make food microwaved more evenly. dcarch

Get one with "Inverter technology". dcarch

The impressive thing about her is that, it appears that she actually has the skills in all those things she was doing. She has a huge international following. dcarch

I have dimmed 110v 50W COB LEDs with regular light dimmers. dcarch

Am I the only one who is exhausted from all the Holiday cooking? No more cooking for me! You want to eat in my house? you cook your own food. Hot pot dinner. dcarch

Send me a few. $15.00 a lb here in NYC ▫️ dcarch

Most ceramic hanging planters do not provide drainage. dcarch

Why not? Grow herbs! Multi-level herbs for the kitchen. dcarch

Can be a very nice hanging planter. dcarch

I can believe that more people are hurt by dull knives. I think that's because dull knife owners are in general people with poor knife skills. dcarch

I have a hard time understanding that. I know many experts say that. I know I am not an expert, I just can't seem to figure out the reasons that make sense to me. It seems to me logical that a sharp knife is much more dangerous. dcarch

I admit that this is my superstition. A good knife is all about the condition of the edge. A knife's good (expensive) edge is about two things, i.e. quality of the metal and proper hardening and tempering of the edge. A commercial knife sharpener uses mostly motorized grinding stones and belt sanders. Both tools require the best skills and patience. It takes very little time to remove too much metal and it takes a fraction of a second to de-temper the best edge and permanently damage the knife. I use water and sharpening stones and lots of patience to sharpen my knives. dcarch

Judging the size, relative to the thumb, seems to me way too small to be an oyster shucker. dcarch

Here is what I made: dcarch

Food goes beyond satisfying the palate. Thanks for sharing. dcarch

Is that due to kitchen renovation over budget? Wonderful dinner! dcarch

Viaduct ? & Duck Soup? Not talking about The Marx Brothers, The well known old-time vaudevillians. Why a duck? Because no one likes turkey for Thanksgiving! Got a Three-Buck-Duck. Duck at $3.00 a lb is expensive compared to $0.39 a lb for turkey. I prepared the duck Peking style because that’s what everyone wanted. Peking duck is traditionally served on a steamed bun, like a sandwich. Just to be different, I used Italian bread for the duck meat duckwiches with Hoisin sauce, and the anothers with Bazlama bread with shattering crispy duck skin. Both sandwiches come with the very last indoor ripened garden tomatoes. What happened to the duck bones? Duck soup with potato dumplings. Speaking of three-buck-duck, a bottle of Champagne Cuvee Dom Perignon 1980 was served, way above Three-Buck-Chuck. It was a Happy Thanksgiving meal. dcarch