JoNorvelleWalker

I'd need a vacuum homogenizer.

@FauxPas your kitchen is beautiful. You are so fortunate to have your own home. I live in an apartment. Some years ago my apartment's original kitchen cabinets were starting to fall down. Rather than just rehang the two cabinets that needed it, the rental agent said he would replace the cabinets and the counter tops for me. He did. Some of the replacement cabinets were new. Most had been previously well loved by other tenants (gag me with a spoon). Some were sticky. Don't ask for details, beyond that stuck on rotten onion. I was left with less cabinet space than I had previously. True, the counter tops were new. But the cardboard was not up to the quality of the original. There was nothing wrong with the original countertops. They were attractive. I rather liked them. Not surprisingly the new countertops were not installed properly. When I needed a new dishwasher it didn't fit. What did surprise me is that the rental agent replaced the kitchen floor, for which I am ever grateful. The original flooring had warped and was disgusting.

Could you give more information on the X-bar? I have never heard of such a thing.

I enjoyed the Consumer Reports review. I couldn't help but note the author had a disappointing result trying to make congee. However the NP-GBC05 does not have a congee setting. Not that I would miss the congee feature much, as I've never tried to make congee in my life. What I would miss is the umami setting.

Kerry suggested this to me in the orgeat topic. https://forums.egullet.org/topic/52996-orgeat/?do=findComment&comment=2339245 I didn't have the courage of my convictions and I was afraid that it would make a mess.

Last night I added a pinch of yeast to the remaining waffle batter. Made for fine pancakes this afternoon.

After waffles and sausage this afternoon I could not stomach a real dinner. My evening meal was a can of Progresso minestrone. I burnt my tongue. Glass of Whistlepig as first aid.

On a similar note, the county operates a bus to take old people to their doctors. But if the doctor is more than five miles over the county line, that is too bad for you. My doctor assures me there are all sorts of resources for poor hungry people, but that is in a different county.

The problem with food pantries in my experience is that you need some form of transportation to get to the food bank or soup kitchen, and thence to get food home. Don't get me started on falling through the welfare system cracks. I am angry and frustrated to this day. The American welfare system, public and private, is awful, just awful. I couldn't even contact a social worker when I needed one. The county told me I would have to contact the township social worker. The township told me they did not have a social worker but they contracted with the neighboring township to provide social services. When I contacted the neighboring township, they said "We don't know anything about this." Meanwhile the county welfare office contracted bedbugs. Well meaning donors and politicians don't think through the problems -- but I don't wish to hijack your thread. Thankfully I am now on Social Security, Medicare, and rum, and much better off. Unemployment insurance payments could help poor people so much, but when I became unemployed in 2006 I did not qualify for unemployment,* and I was denied food stamps because my deceased parents left me mineral rights valued in 1958 at $10. Forgive me for being bitter. *despite having paid into the State unemployment fund for years and years and years.

Not sure about a majorly Asian diet, but I typically eat oats several times a week.

Zojirushi put up a new blog post on the NW-JEC10/18... https://www.zojirushi.com/blog/sneak-peek-pressure-induction-heating-rice-cooker-warmer-nw-jec10-18/

I'm thinking I might try pancakes with the remainder of the batter.

The Economist has a report on the Marmite shortage gripping South Africa since the start of the pandemic: "I am distraught because I am about to finish my last jar," says Irine Mboweni, a resident of Johannesburg and mother of two. "There is no Marmite on the shelves and I do not know what to do." The shortages are attributed to the government's policy of banning alcohol sales to free up hospital beds when COVID first hit. The Economist searched 15 grocery stores in Johannesburg, and found a total of only seven jars of Marmite, three of which had escaped by hiding behind jars of Bovril. Your correspondent will neither confirm nor deny snagging Johannesburg's last seven jars. Suffice it to say that Mrs Mboweni is no longer short of sludge.

Today was the day for me. Waffles and sausage, in my case. Now I want not to see another waffle for a year. There is half a batch of batter left in the refrigerator.

If you have one, you might try a chamber vacuum sealer for mixing small batches of bread. Not quite the same as bread dough, granted, but I do use my Cuisinart for making dough for egg pasta.

The energy to boil water has to come from someplace, no matter at what temperature/pressure that may be. Boiling does not heat water up, boiling cools water down. I can report that when I mix bread dough in my Polyscience, the dough comes out much colder than when it went in. As far as where the water goes, Modernist Bread calls for one to put silica gel in the vacuum chamber to keep water out of the pump.

I am. We're talking dried peppers.

Though, I must ask, why past their best? I'm still working my way through peppers I grew and dried in the 1970's.

Yes, I confess, same unopened bag.

I have an unopened bag of whole dried Tien Tsin peppers. Would they be appropriate for such a dish?

Boiling cools things off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthalpy_of_vaporization

Here only Hellmann's.

I buy from Parmashop... https://www.parmashop.com/english/gourmet/valtaro-porcini-mushrooms-and-other-parma-delights.html

I grew up in Philadelphia saying "tuna fish". I still say "tuna fish" if it comes out of a can. I must say I had never thought about it till now.

As not a fan of whole wheat bread, white whole wheat flour did not do it for me. Your mileage may vary.