JoNorvelleWalker

And again tonight, although, forgive me, I may sound like a broken record. Dinner was supposed to have been chicken cacciatore. It never happened.

Mustard, of course. No ketchup.

Currently in the NY Times Eric Asimov suggests Champagne to accompany a hot dog. Mine was served with Methode Rotus. Only cooking required was to heat a pan of water.

How does it work for your Basmati?

Same. Which reminds me, check the hydrator. I wish cherries came in smaller bags.

Same here! (Like night before last's dinner.)

I wonder if the bacteria might cause diarrhea?

I thought he was British.

Margarine?

Maybe they should check the weather forecast before they get on that plane.

Jo Norvelle Walker does not have a devilled egg platter. However a neighbor does and I have been admiring hers.

My berries were a day short of two weeks.

No air conditioner but the NW-JEC10BA's included shamoji was redesigned to incorporate its own pedestal.

I'd still wash it though. Is there any particular reason you do not wash your rice, or is it just convenience?

Through to the keeper, as @sartoric might say.

Afterall, the rice has been grown in water.

For the past ten days I have been living with a Zojirushi NW-JEC10BA. My older rice cooker is an NP-NVC18, more than eight years old. Of course, being Zojirushi, the NP-NVC18 still makes perfect rice, but I had been wanting a smaller rice cooker for some time. Also, not to complain, the battery in the NP-NVC18 is dead, and the new NW-JEC10BA cooks steel cut oats. In addition to steel cut oats, the NW-JEC10BA adds settings for congee and jasmine rice. Dropped for some strange reason is the NP-NVC18 setting for scorch rice. For the NP-NVC18, the minimum quantity of short grain rice is 1 Japanese go (180.39 ml). Whereas for the NW-JEC10BA, the minimum quantity is 1/2 go. As expected the NW-JEC10BA is smaller than the NP-NVC18. I am considering leaving the NW-JEC10BA on the kitchen counter, something not possible with the NP-NVC18. I was hoping the NW-JEC10BA would be lighter than the NP-NVC18 as well. It is, but not by much. I weighed them as 6.436kg and 6.584kg, respectively. For what it's worth, the NW-JEC10BA features a new iron pot technology. Another difference is the NP-NVC18 has 6 parts to take apart and clean. The NW-JEC10BA requires only 3. How does the NW-JEC10BA perform? One batch of Tamaki Gold and two batches of Tilda Basmati later, and both Zojirushi make what I'd call perfect rice. This was to be expected. My one experiment with steel cut oats in the NW-JEC10BA was a disappointment. Not because the oats weren't good. They were. The problem was the minimum quantity was an inordinately large amount. After finishing the oats I had to take to my bed. In the future I may explore an even smaller recipe. If you have an older pressure/induction Zojirushi, it is probably not necessary to replace it immediately with an NW-JEC10BA. More so if the internal lithium battery still works. But as we all know kichen toys are fun.

In extreme warm weather one should take electrolytes. McConnell's Salted Caramel Chip. A full 300mg sodium per serving.

I shall never again neglect lovely organic strawberries to moulder. Just like the time before, and the time before that. The green beans rotted too.

(eG-friendly Amazon.com link) At least you are not pursued by angry gods.

I was unaware Sunset was a Mastronardi brand. I hate to sound like a shill, but if I can find them, I buy only Sunset tomatoes. They are consistently good.

Concord grapes have not shown up in the markets here for many years. I do love them. (Concord grapes, not necessarily the local markets.) I purchased Concord grape plants that grew beautifully on my balcony but they never fruited, and my landlord made me abandon my erstwhile horticultural attempts. However -- the compound that flavors concord grapes is available as pesticide. Cross label, it has been used in commercial food products such as grape flavored apples. I am being serious. I have about a gallon left.

Does your landlord know?

I read that as Yukon.