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Too bad, you have no say in this. :-) Art is in the eye of the beholder; me, is the beholder and I say you have great plating and I like what you have been doing. There is something for everyone to realize. Today art is a very different thing. In the past, you must paint or sculpt in whatever style that was prevalent, or you are not an artist. But today if you go to an art museum, you see Andy Warhol, Grandma Moses, Picasso, Josef Albers, Keith Haring, Jackson Pollock, Claes Oldenburg, Georgia O'Keeffe -------------- --------. Don't copy what you see in magazines, don't copy other's, just do what you feel looks good to you. dcarch

Liuzhou, you have been truly an inspiration in your food postings. You have expand everyone's horizon in cooking. I also want to mentioned that, your plating is very well done too, in your own unique style. Thanks! dcarch

The best stuff for your compost are bones, meat and fat. You know, vegetables are not vegetarians. I freeze my bones and use my inexpensive garden shredder to pulverize them into the compost heap. This way animals will not dig up the bones and the bones get composted quicker. dcarch

Paint with a Nylon brush drain cleaner such as "Liquid Plumber" on the stubborn burnt-on greasy crud. Cover with thin grocery plastic produce bag. Next day, wipe off with paper towel. No scrubbing required. Don't forget to wear rubber gloves, and read the user instructions on the cleaner's label. dcarch

And when the water is boiling, it will be 212F. As far as the pasta is concerned, it has no way of knowing what is heating the water. It can be microwave, coal, gas, charcoal, solar energy, atomic energy -------------------. The pasta will be cooked at the exact same time. dcarch

With hardened steel, wouldn't that tiny bit of curl crack off, and end up in your food? dcarch

Good for you! dcarch

Chances for that to work is not great. The design and machining of the valve assembly is to have 100% metal to metal contact to prevent leakage. Chemicals cannot easily get in to dissolve whatever is stuck in between. If you want to try lubricants, WD-40 is not the one. Too high viscosity. There is a solution called Liquid Wrench, which is a penetrating thin oil what mechanics use. dcarch

"-----but the fermentation resulted in a new desirable product." Perhaps when they were fermenting soy beans, they discovered soy sauce? dcarch

Soy sauce? dcarch

Buttermilk? Where is the butter? dcarch

Apparently no one has a Japanese mom? Google "Bento lunches". dcarch

The most expensive I think is MASA sushi in NYC. about $1000 per person and they don't even cook the fish. dcarch

Country-Style Pork Ribs ? dcarch

Frequently in Chinese stores on the same shelves they have items which may look like tofu, but they have nothing to do with tofu. They are various items made with gluten . dcarch

I think I may not be reading this thread anymore. This blog is making my cooking seem very boring. dcarch

Gear pullers come in infinite sizes, from tiny clock maker's to big ones to pull wheels for tire replacement. If all fail, drill a hole from the bottom and punch it out from the other end. Seal the hole with one drop of silicone caulk. Do not use heat. It may turn whatever is getting it stuck into solid carbon and you will ruin it forever. dcarch

Here is how: dcarch

The Chinese is the world's most prolific inventor of food Pseudonyms Phoenix resting on a jade tree = chicken with broccoli. thousand silver needles shooting the clouds = scrambled eggs with bean sprouts. I understand there are hundreds or more. dcarch

A gear puller may be cheaper than CLR. A mechanic will tell you a gear puller has a better chance of working. Doesn't matter how rusted in the parts are stuck. dcarch

A two-arm gear puller should be able to push it out easily without doing damage. dcarch http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B8vPs214L._SX300_.jpg

To clean and sanitize the slots: Do not use bleach, it can discolor wood. I use mouth wash full strength to soak the slots for a few minutes, then turn it upside down and blast with a dental water jet. I don't use a knife block anymore. Too many knives. I use rare earth magnets to hang the knives by the very tip, the entire blade touches nothing dcarch

I hate cooking! Then I discovered ladies think man who can really cook are sexy. Sexier than man with a fancy Italian ultra hor$e power $port$ vehicle. So I learned to cook. dcarch

" A new garden spider has moved in across the garden from Matilda. I think the webs are SO cool.-------------But I do love these girls (I don't know why I think they're female lol). ----" Come on! girl spiders are nasty. They have nasty mating needs with male spiders. dcarch