jsolomon

I really do disagree with your second sentence. There is no reason why there shouldn't be a consideration toward the producers' intents or raisons d`etre. One thing that gets swept under the rug is the concept of "voting with your dollars." When you simply distill it down to the level which you state (and I hope I'm misconstruing what you wrote) you validate things like the trade in illegal migrant workers, resident illegal workers, food factory maltreatment of workers a la "Fast Food Nation". And, beyond my responsibilities as a consumer, as a producer, I have [had] similar responsibilities. Along with those responsibilities was a hell of a lot of pride. With that pride came a lot of interesting opinions about producers who grew other crops. It's exactly the same as in the military where the Army has rivalries with the Marines and Navy. Or, in research where you have the theoreticians versus the experimentalists. In programming where you have the application guys versus the database guys. Even in medicine, where you have the ED people versus The Great Unwashed of the Rest of the Hospital. The simple fact is corn farmers from Nebraska have found the path to truth light and happiness, and everyone else in agricultural production is envious Oh, wait, there's a different moral. With the amount of work our producers put in, we can't, as consumers label them ourselves. We've got to hear what the producers want to be called and use their labels because they are their own culture, and we're in a world of hurt if we severely piss them off.

Hmm, I must be a social pariah. I don't entertain much for a couple of reasons: People with my food tastes generally exclude people with my social tastes, and People with my social tastes generally exclude people with my food tastes. But, if someone invites me over to their house, I try to bring something that is going to be genuinely appreciated by them. Usually (given that most of my friends are young, just starting out professionals) it tends to be some form of labor. I come over and help them with gardening, tree-trimming, bicycle-maintenance, etc. One of my friends, I give swimming training to, as well.

Okay, I'll try to bring this back somewhat on track. What things are you looking to do research on? Are you planning on researching proteins? Edible polymers? New recipes? What do you want to find out?

What, no solid-phase, temperature controlled, 2-d capable 600 MHz NMR spectrometer, or a MALDI-TOF spectrometer?

MISS-ter FAHL-tee sheesh...

Does it work well with seasoned rice wine vinegar? Naturally with the oil and garlic...

Don't forget your faithful army of Oompah-loompahs.

You forgot to mention duct tape!

You could always use the yolks as the liquid in bread...

Oh! Don't forget the bunsen and meeker burners to do some of your cooking over. It's just not a lab without those industro-scientific thingies...

Egad, Ensure is evil. You're sure they won't provide you with the ensure so you can make it palatable as the milk in a milkshake? Probably chocolate peanut butter should cover up the nasty taste of it...

Now, that's the true farm spirit! If you're here, you're family. Have a shovel and get to work with John-boy.

VWR International and Fisher Scientific are good places to start. Make sure you work out contract pricing. Those two places are middlemen with amazingly vast scientific product arrays for purchase. Bellco and Corning are two manufacturers that sell directly, also. If you've any questions, you can PM me directly, as I'm already working in research at a Major University Near You. (figuratively near)

'sokay, dude. My GF keeps the fridge so stocked with Bud Light that I can't get any other suds in edgewise.

Err... what sort of research capability are you interested in? What areas and what questions are you wanting answered? At the very least you will want an accurate balance and accurate volumetric glassware.

Nope, you're thinking too hard. Just use 1/4 cup rum, toss 'em in the oven and bake as usual. There will be a small amount of residual alcohol equal to 2% of the residual amount of water, give or take a decimal. But, since there is a very small amount of remaining water, there will be a very very small amount of alcohol.

1/4 cup? Oh, geez, that won't matter. Use booze. How much will cook out? Well, essentially all. You'll still have a small amount, roughly 2% of the amount of remaining water (by weight) is how much alcohol you'll have left over. I want to say it's because of a eutectic point, but I'd have to drag out a long-lost chemistry book. Suffice it to say once you mix alcohol and water, you can only boil off 98% of the alcohol. The longer and longer you boil it, the mixter still stays 2% alcohol, you just drive off the mixture.

Y'know... I was tentatively planning on a bicycle tour through your area at some point and thought I'd offer some sweat equity for a tour, but after reading that, I'll choose a lazier method...

Wow... this thread is really spraining my inner pedant. And, cdh, you are a sick, sick individual for suggesting the symbolic logic and truth table.

Brownies need water? If you're substituting rum for all of the water, I'd be a little concerned about flashback in an oven. There'd be enough alcohol in there to actually burn in an impressive little explosion. Entirely harmless in a well-designed oven, but a little off-putting if you're not quite expecting it. Substituting 3 shots in for 3 shots worth of water should be sufficient.

Yay! One more gimmick to make me that much more cynical!

I'm a one-time flipper for both, also. My key is to make sure that the burgers are sufficiently thin and wide so that they both cook in a reasonable time and shrink up to fit the bun. Nothing more than 80% lean, too... unless it's my parents' homegrown beef.

If you're not doing culinary bear's method, you'll want to dry the wings somewhat first before you place them in the oil.

Because of all of the efforts put into the land (or water perhaps) it matters to the person working the land (or water perhaps). There are cultural identity and pride issues in there that run soul-deep.

I, apparently, must yield, because one of the two sources that I give linguistic fealty to (usually) has defined farm in the US. God bless Google I do have to say, though, docsconz and others, that with the time and effort that the people I know who call themselves farmers put into farming, (and likewise ranchers into ranching) I will gladly call them what they wish me to call them. People whom I do not know or do not consider credible sources will, alas, be subject to my nomenclature when I am speaking. However, I feel free to change my nomenclature when I find it necessary.