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The eggplant poop became something akin to baba ganoush. not great but eatable. Thus with regard to purple eggplant: "If it's white, it's not right." "If it's brown, throw it down."

I too am a northerner. https://forums.egullet.org/topic/155163-snacking-while-egulleting-part-3/?do=findComment&comment=2119039

The Kitchenaid Precise Heat Mixing Bowl has offered this feature for a couple years. It works standalone as a slow cooker, plus it is induction.

My phone is Western Electric, circa mid 20th century. Casting my mind about I can't think of any kitchen appliance or gadget I use* that wasn't available in some form or another before the turn of the millennium, albeit perhaps not intended for housewifery. Possibly the most recent invention was the food processer. That or my stainless steel nakkiri. But to answer the question, I wouldn't want to be without any of it. *rotor-stator homogenizer, check.

But did you get the okra?

Kenji said not to poke it. (Kenji was not using a CSO.) Kerry, do you know if the bitterness is toxic? I could pretend that it is healthful.

They are profoundly bitter. At least the seeds. And they seem mostly seeds. The flesh away from the seeds is somewhat better. After half an hour picking out little seeds I have about 3/4 cup of poop. The poop is draining over a pan in a strainer. I might try adding some lemon juice and tahini and see what happens. Meanwhile the steam clean cycle is running.

From what I'd read I didn't know it had a batch mode. I thought it was only continuous. Now, unfortunately, I want one. How much does the thing weigh?

Did you ever see hear an eggplant explode in the CSO? When I got home from work I set the most promising ones to steam broil while I went to take a nap. I must say it smells delicious.

Not everyone has a microwave. The underripe were green and astringent but not bitter. Maybe tomorrow I'll try one of these in the CSO.

But will they most likely be bitter?

This evening I picked three dozen formerly purple eggplant. Do any of these look worth trying?

Link just links back to your post?

Honey bees are an invasive species too.

Update: They say knowledge is power*, and this could get expensive. My order from ThermoWorks arrived tonight. The free air thermocouple probe** is in the oven and I have been monitoring the temperature for a few hours. They also say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the ThermaQ is a new toy and I haven't yet figured out how to export the graph. So please bear with me. With the probe positioned in the middle of a rack slightly lower than the oven center and the oven set to 450 deg F. the temperature took most of an hour to stabilize. As the element cycled on and off the temperature cycled between about 440 and 452. Better than I expected. Since it was by now far too late to consider baking bread (even for me) I went with the idea of a potato. I bake potatoes at 450 in a bed of salt. Of course the temperature dropped when I opened the oven door to place the baking pan with the few pounds of salt. Eventually the temperature restabilized however this time it was cycling around 475-485. I do not understand. But now it is time to eat, and what with the Zinfandel and all it may be too late for many insights. *Yes, I know, but "knowledge is energy" has not quite the same ring. **Not really free but was on sale.

Thanks @Shelby It figures, almost all mine are brownish white. I'm so sorry I didn't ask a month ago.

I thought I had asked this question before, but I am old and anyhow I can't find the question or the answer: How does one tell when an eggplant is ready to pick? I harvested some earlier in the summer but the flesh was somewhat green and astringent. Now I am afraid my fruits are rotting. Can anyone help? I asked Alexa and she didn't know.

I use the Shoprite in Montgomery, the one I can walk to. Avocados today were back up to $2.50 from $1.99 last week, however I forgot to look where they were from. (Not that I always believe the listed country of origin.) At the moment amazon avocados are listed at $2.49. Or $3.99 -- I could scarcely believe it -- for extra large. Can anyone report from Whole Foods? Yesterday's paper reported that Mercer County is bidding on the new amazon headquarters location. If they are selected I wonder if it will have an effect on local prices? I understand in Seattle amazon hands out free bananas. So much excitement.

Don't know. Off hand I like the idea of the rather dull blade design of Blendtec, not that I have a blender.

I had no idea Shoprite sold Peruvian avocados! I thought they were from Mexico or California. Which Shoprite do you patronize if I may ask? One way or another the last two avocados I had from Shoprite were quite acceptable by my standards.

I'm more into single task toys, myself, if you don't count attachments for the Kitchenaid. While he was installing my new dishwasher the new assistant superintendent asked about attachments for my Kitchenaid. I told him I use the Kitchenaid more for the attachments than as a mixer. He was interested in the meat grinder. No need to store the Kitchenaid as it's earned it's spot on my kitchen counter. Sadly the little Kitchenaid has been banished to the living room. Won't be long till I have a grandchild or another that needs one.

I liked this and I am not a meatloaf fan.

This afternoon I received snail mail from FreshDirect that they are now in my area. Can't say I am tempted though. However for just ingredients, as opposed to meal kits, I have found Amazon Fresh is just about perfect. And if you are displeased they don't charge you. After all, amazon is sort of like a meal kit: they sell you a shelf of cookbooks and then sell you the stuff to make the recipes. (And if you can stomach a meal kit from Martha, they have that too.)

I haven't looked into it, but I had an email tonight from parmashop.com -- the vendor that prompted this thread -- that they can finally ship Parma wine to the US. I can't believe it is so easy but when I buy more cheese I will find out. As far as I know they still cannot ship meat products from Italy to the US. OK, I did look into it -- they offer four different Parma wines* shipped to the US in quantities of three bottles each. *Three, if you skip the Spumante.

basil?