JoNorvelleWalker

I work in a library. I get used books for free.

One of my most oft used books.

In happier years our library would hold an annual gingerbread house contest, with the stipulation the gingerbread house be inspired by a work of literature. My favorite was a little girl who based her gingerbread creation upon Emily Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death: We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground -- The Roof was scarcely visible -- The Cornice -- in the Ground --

For me the $5.92 amazon price is for a used copy.

I too suspect this represents a poor attempt at Pasteurization. I suggest eggs two hours at 55C to be safe and still have essentially uncooked yolks and whites.

I used to like Lydia and was about to click till I read: "This is an Italian recipe, but the ingredients are adapted to include the local ingredient kale, much loved and eaten in the States." Glad I scored Bakewise while I could.

Thankfully here so far so good. That plastic is pretty thick.

But how does my homemade orgeat compare with @feste's? I hear you ask. Comparing orgeats side by side as a public service: My orgeat is thicker, maybe too thick to be practical in drinks. Taste and mouthfeel is richer than @feste's. My orgeat has noticeable marzipan benzaldehyde notes, @feste's does not. But @feste's has a pleasant floral overtone, I assume from orange flower water. Mine does not. Yet I added orange flower water to my orgeat, I really did. @feste's also has a less pleasant chemical aftertaste, I assume from the alcohol added as a preservative. Thankfully my orgeat does not. In the glass my mai tai is opaque and more like cow's milk. Not a bad thing, just different. If I had to choose an orgeat I'd take my own. I believe my orgeat would be lovely on ice cream. On a cost basis @feste's orgeat is about three times as expensive, not accounting for my labor. Lastly, at the moment my orgeat is available. @feste's orgeat is not.

8" 5/8"? Seems very small.

No.

More on English muffins: after the first three minutes of the APO toast recipe I pressed stop and then pressed start again. Simple low tech solution.

Have you ever tried it for ice cream? Or keeping your vaccine cold?

I found an easier method. I just didn't brush the bread with butter. No mess.

I made orgeat from almond milk processed in my Kuvings... Per a Kuvings recipe I used 180g nuts and 250 ml water. For this batch I used half almonds and half apricot kernels. The almonds were relatively easy to skin. The apricots less so. Took about an hour from my life. Putting the nuts through the Kuvings was easy. Yield of milk was 300g. However I still had to strain the milk through my Matfer chinois (which was nice because in two and a half years this was only the second time I'd found a use for it). There was not much residue. To make orgeat I sweetened the milk with 250g sugar and flavored with 10 ml orange flower water. The almond flavor is pronounced. I did not add alcohol.

I didn't cook either: cheese, apple, and crackers.

Very few days of @feste's left. Situation critical. I plan to attempt my first batch of orgeat tomorrow. Another question: how important is the alcohol? I can't quite believe a small concentration of alcohol would preserve much of anything. Shelf life isn't too important as I go through half a liter of orgeat a month.

When lockdown started I bought 5 bags of dehydrated whole milk. Haven't needed to use any.

Punctuation counts. I was just viewing a product from Whole Foods: soap scented oatmeal.

I toasted some English muffins using the preprogramed toast recipe. They were not as dark as I would like. I'm sure this could be remedied by an extra minute of top heat. Unfortunately I don't know how to edit an anova recipe and I've not yet tried programming my own recipes.

Last night a friend convinced me to reevaluate roast Brussels sprouts. I halved them and roasted at 250C with steam for 9 minutes. They were OK. However I still prefer simply boiling Brussels sprouts for 5 minutes.

I noticed that my local Shoprite has them. Probably has had them for a while. They have told me that when they don't have a sign for produce, they just put the produce out unmarked. Seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6zB0KGQRpU

Thanks, that could be the answer. The oven was preheating.

Mystery. I set the APO to 135C, bottom element, no steam, no fan. Yet the fan was running. Why? Tried it twice.

Yesterday I read of a baby girl who had been frozen 27 years. My first thought was can she legally drink?