JoNorvelleWalker

Today's delivery from New West: left to right, 9 inch bread knife, 8 inch chef knife, serrated utility knife, and chopper. So far the New West bread knife is perfect for a baguette but I'm afraid too short for a large boule. But wow, it cuts much better than my 10 inch Henckels. If New West is listening, please make this in a 12 inch. I wanted a smaller chef knife. I got it. Haven't tried it yet. Serrated utility knife makes short work of limes. I had not realized how dull my rosewood handled Kyocera was. Can't wait to try the chopper, but that won't be tonight.

I do my best for science...working on it now.

Indeed.

This time it was the edge or corner of the bag. It was a minor cut, just enough to draw blood and get a post here. And it was my palm, not the fragile skin of my forearms that just rubs off almost by itself.

I like to have mustard on hand, particularly since this summer I've been eating hotdogs. However a small jar can last a couple years. I was beginning to get low, so I checked what was on the shelves at Shoprite. None of the Shoprite offerings turned me on. Finally I ordered an interesting French mustard from Supermarket Italy: Moutarde de Meaux Pommery. I hope it's good. The jar is half a kilogram.

For decades I've used a 25 slot Wusthof block. With today's knife delivery and a heavy heart I realized the time had come. I ordered a 35 slot block.

While safely employing scissors and a box cutter...I shall never cut myself on a plastic bag. Again.

Yes, batch 21. Same recipe but fresh bags of apricots and almonds. The night I noticed the benzaldehyde I had measured out a bit more orgeat than usual for my mai tai. The flavor has not been as pronounced since. Tonight I may try increasing the amount of orgeat and see what happens. The downside of increasing the orgeat is I may run out of orgeat sooner.

One of the burners of my stove is not working. What with one thing and another I burnt my dinner.

Who pays for the steak?

Rather than a boule, tonight I baked three baguettes. I just began my mai tai, and so aways till dinner.

I was mistaken. The options are Twinkle twinkle little star, a beep, or no sound.

Yes, that is the default, however other musical selections are options.

Nor have I.

Probably the same thing you do with a sprouted avocado.

As mentioned previously the non user replaceable battery of my older Zojirushi passed on long ago. The device has lost all concept of sidereal motion. Yet when I press the start button, the display still faithfully counts down and when done it plays a cheerful tune.

On both my Zojirushi rice cookers count-down mode is how the timers work by default. Strange that yours does not. You are correct the time estimates change a bit during the cycle.

I only wish. Munching small buttery ears of corn I'm surprised cheek accidents don't occur more often.

Diner tonight was corn on the cob. The ears from last night's Whole Foods delivery were rather small, and I thought I might not have selected them myself. However they were quite good. The accompanying music was Shubert's Trout Quintet. My reading material was Harold McGee's Nose Dive, A Field Guide to the World's Smells. I preordered the book when it first came out but am only now getting around to reading. "Mildly fishy putrescine, a four-carbon chain, turns out not to be particularly putrid. When exposed to the air, it's quickly oxidized to form a stronger-smelling ring compound, pyrroline, which is found in and smells of human semen. Pyrroline is also an important volatile in the smell of human skin...as well as the aroma of boiled corn." I may never eat again.

I shall never again stab myself in the cheek with a corn holder.

This past week a pedestrian crossing was installed across the highway to a vast vacant former farmer's field, next to the sign saying Whole Foods Coming Soon. Meanwhile my lime delivery took over an hour to arrive last night.

I used to grow okra in pots on my balcony. If the pods are 9" long, they are wood. As @Shelby said, pick when a couple inches long...and don't turn your back.

My older NP-NVC18 has a scorch setting that is said to make a crispy bottom. The option is removed in the NW-JEC10BA. For Persian rice it might be better to find a Persian rice cooker or a Persian grandmother.

As @palo said, I eyeballed the markings on the little cup. As much as I revere exactitude, when it comes to rice in the Zojirushi I could measure by handsful and I'm sure get good results.

No different than had I'd paid attention to the little marks on the bowl. But then again, maybe had I added that extra 2.9395191585274 ml water...