JoNorvelleWalker

BB&B shows the CSO available online? Anyhow, I took a chance, even though I paid less than $237.01 last time -- $218.08 to be precise, two years ago almost to the day. I note BB&B, WS, and Home Depot all currently list the CSO at $299. Yesterday Home Depot's price was $237.01, strangely close to amazon's price of $237.01. Furthermore none of the amazon third party sellers have the CSO anywhere close to $237 unlike a couple days ago. I predict amazon's price is about to change as well. Now where will I put it?

I think epsom salt for blossom end rot is an old wives' tale. I use gypsum myself. But I'd love to hear how epsom does in the @kayb field trials.

CSO still $237.01 on amazon but only 16 left in stock.

Unsalted noodles? Unsalted mashed potatoes? Tuscan bread?

How do you share two pearl onions amongst three people?

Funny you should ask! I've tried berry netting in the past with very poor results. Managed to trap a bird in with the berries. Managed to trap myself. But I just came in from wrapping several branches (those with a few remaining berries) in frost protection cloth. I then soaked the cloth and myself in methyl 2 aminobenzoate. I consoled myself with a small handful of strawberries.

So far I have sprayed three times today. I sat at my table as I watched a bird fly down and steal a berry. Shamelessly. I was eating an omelet at the time which almost made me feel a little better.

Yes...I believe.

Counterintuitive but true, and it works! My anova (with no calibration offset) now measures between 55.02 and 55.04 when set to 55.0. Joy.

I just found this on the anova site: "If your thermometer reads lower than the system use the minus sign. If your thermometer reads higher than the system use the plus sign. Press Check to accept or X to exit without saving." What this means is that I had it backwards! I was using the minus sign to try to make the bath cooler. I have to say, if true, this is counterintuitive.

It's one at a time but I'm thinking of the OXO pitter. Unfortunately amazon is out of stock.

Well, that did not last long. I sprayed at noon. Hour later we had a cloudburst here. Followed by birds. Birds. I hate them. They have hit my harvest hard. Is it too much to ask that they might share? I wish Bird Stop did not so readily wash off.

This morning (and yes it was morning if just barely) when I looked out I seemed to be missing berries. Unless it's my imagination. We had thunderstorms overnight and one is supposed to reapply Bird Stop after rain. I feel a bit chagrinned. Maybe the early bird gets the blueberry after all. Though I still haven't spotted any birds on my balcony since I started using Bird Stop.

Back in the 1990's when I was working in photonics we sold cameras to a university group who were developing a robotic strawberry picker that would harvest strawberries at night.

Not so early morning late work night dinner. Some avocados are good, some avocados are perfect. This warranted the 25 year balsamic. Followed by 51 deg C fillet seared with the smoke detector off. Served with 10 minute wild rice. In my youth I boiled wild rice for forty or fifty minutes. Age brings wisdom. Sometimes life is a bowl of cherries.

Purple cotton candy tonight, redolent of methyl 2 aminobenzoate. Took some while to get the color off my lips. Others had it in their hair. Library work is hazardous. Needless this course informed my evening's palate. I am not a cherry person per se but this afternoon I had sought out cherries at the local Shoprite. $11 for a small bag. I confess I had my fears. No idea what variety? They are red and organic. Best cherries I have tasted. A fine dinner.

Too many models of Lodge! I wondered if anyone had tried the L8DD3 some while back... https://forums.egullet.org/topic/153705-cuisinart-combo-steamconvection-oven-part-3/?do=findComment&comment=2131233 No answer so far that I have seen. Meanwhile I am still thinking about that $237 CSO price on amazon.

Tiny CSO's are not the answer!

Let us know if it fits!

I now have Hach test strips as @rotuts recommended. My Mavea pitcher reduces total hardness considerably. I plan to try double filtration. I just ordered a Brita pitcher of the same type from amazon UK since the only remaining Mavea seller on amazon US is demanding $70 (with free shipping). Price including shipping was $41 from amazon UK. Fortunately amazon US is still selling the replacement filter cartridges. This article helps explain the Mavea/Brita business: http://kitchenboy.net/blog/mavea-exits-north-american-market-frustrating-water-filtration-pitcher-owners/

...or it could go back up to $299.

No, I'd go with the one that's sold and shipped from amazon. Amazon's price is currently $237.01... http://amzn.com/B01JRT2WOG

It is this: http://amzn.com/B00A3KSHUM Good stuff. Apparently it is stocked in the US now and is not shipped from Japan.

Thanks. I am too frugal to pitch it though. I can't believe Katsuobushi loses all that much flavor until it is shaved. I do note that the price on amazon is about half what I paid four years ago.

I admit I have not made dashi in quite some while. I sort of stopped when I ran out of distilled water. The local water where I live is hard. But today thanks to a recommendation from @rotutsI took delivery of some Hach water testing strips from amazon. It turns out my Mavea filtered water measures somewhere around 25-50 ppm. This should be OK for dashi I would think? My katsuobushi was purchased four years and a day ago. I trust katsuobushi doesn't really go bad in geologic time?