Text 14218, 66 rader
Skriven 2007-04-18 14:42:22 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
  Kommentar till text 14191 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
Ärende: RICE COOKERS AND70318
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 CS> Yuck, but it can be cleaned out. Try a solution of 1 TB ammonia and
 CS> 1 QT water, shwish it about for around 1 minute then dump and fill
 CS> with fresh water and leave the tap running slow for 5 mins flush. 
 CS> If in doubt, add some baking soda (1 TB) to the pot with the fresh
 CS> water and let it sit a bit (30-90 mins) then drain.

ml> hey, thanks for that! should i use hot (~150F) water?

 CS> Wouldnt hurt but doesnt really matter this time.  Do be sure to
 CS> completely 'flush' though and dont be wierded out if the insides
 CS> change color a bit for a while.  That will go away.

cool... i'll have to watch for that when i get another one of those evasive
roundtuits...

 CS> some cookery. If the food tastes 'metallic' then its just the pot. 
 CS> Popcorn doesnt pick that up. 

ml> yeah, this definitely isn't metallic... i kinda like this smaller one
ml> because it is about half of the other one... with the big one, i norma
ml> put in 2-1/2 to 3 handfuls of kernels which really fills it up... yeah
ml> i end up eating most all of it at one sitting but i'm getting better a
ml> only doing about half most of the time and then finishing the rest off
ml> in a day or so...

 CS> Hehe unless you then load it with lots of salt and butter, dont
 CS> worry about it. 

i only put salt on french fries and popcorn... i do put some in the water for
pasta but generally don't put it on much of anything else...

now, butter, on the other hand, is a essential in many cases... i've recently
gotten to where i just take a tablespoon or so of room-temp butter (we use the
real stuff and not that fake fluffed oil stuff being passed of as margarine)
and toss it into the hot popcorn once it is dumped into the bowl... then i just
start tossing and mixing it all around... the butter does spread to a lot of
the popped kernels and it isn't too "greasy"... excellent flavor and when
coupled with salt and that kraft parmesean cheese stuff, it is delictible O:)

 CS> Popcorn is almost 'calorie free roughage' stuff. 

yup! i used to practically live on the stuff... maybe that'w hy i was so
skinny?? mayhaps i should go back to that so i can loose some of this weight
i've put on in these last years...

 CS> Old popcorn (popped) has lots of uses too that youmay not have
 CS> thought of.  For one, birds love it and you can enjoy the sound of
 CS> them singing at your back porch with a good book by tossing the
 CS> leftovers in the yard.  Dont worry, the birds will find it all <g>.

oh yeah... after it has sat a day or so and picked up too much humidity, i do
toss it out for the critters... the chickens, squirrels and deer just love
it... i'm waiting for goozy goose, our latest hatchling addition, to get older
and see how he/she takes to it...

i've pictures going up in the gallery right now... once they finish, i just
need to assign that exhibit to a group and it'll be available for viewing...
also have my GM's 101st birthday gathering pictures uploading... i don't know
that i'll be able to get those from her 100th up, though... there's a whole lot
of them... i've gotten to the point that i don't even try to put in any
comentary, there's so many... everyonce in a while but not like i used to try
to do ;)

)\/(ark

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