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Skriven 2014-10-22 15:16:16 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 18312 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
Ärende: heat (was peppers)                                       [1]
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Hi Stephen,

>> > Fireplaces are the most inefficient way to heat a house. Most of the
>> > heat goes up the chimney.

>> Yes... very true.  With these decorative gas-fireplaces it's worse.
>> They are pretty when you want a mood in a room, but not good for much
>> else :(

> The best use I see for the gas fireplace in the place we want to buy is
> emergency heat if the power goes off.

True.. over here in Ithaca, when we had trouble with our furnace, we did stay
warm in the living room with our gas fireplace... wouldn't have helped much
else I guess if the furnace guy took a long time to get here, but it worked to
keep us warm in that room at least.

> It is a converted wood-burning
> fireplace, so in a real pinch, we could take the gas equipment out and
> burn wood, although I would certainly want a professional chimney sweep
> to check it out first.

I don't know if this gas-fireplace was ever a wood-burning fireplace.  I hope
it was (grin).  I should check with the previous owner.  He and his wife lived
in this house for 40 years so they should know.

> Otherwise, I see the fireplace as an energy
> waster as even when it isn't being used, warm room air is being sucked
> up through the damper which in a gas fireplace has to stay open a little
> to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning from the pilot light. I might see

Yes indeed :(

> how hard it would be to supply the fireplace with outside air and get a
> better glass screen that would seal and keep room air from being drawn
> up the chimney.

Yes, good things to think about once you're in the house and to think of over
time.

>> I never noticed the type of wood stove my daughter uses in her house,
>> but it does heat the whole house and is used of course along with the
>> gas furnace. Last year her major Christmas gift was a cord of seasoned
>> wood that she stored in her garage. :)

> Very practical.

We knew that if we didn't do something like that it would be rough for her
heating her house.  It's a good sized house, with an upstairs and downstairs,
etc.

>> I used the wire whisk with my kitchenaid - I've never seen the butter
>> paddle. Is this something else you used to make the butter, or another
>> kitchenaid
>> attachment?  I just let the whipped cream continue to the butter phase
[...]

> The butter paddle is a tool used to press the excess liquid out of the
> butter after it is churned. Ruth's looks somewhat like a pizza peel on a
> much smaller scale. The main part is rounded but has a curve. If it were
> a shoe, it would be like a low heel on the handle end to support the
> handle and the part from the sole to the toes would be curved up. I've
> seen others that were more rectangular and that did not have a support
> on the handle. I took a quick look online and did not see any quite like
> Ruth's.

Ok.  This is a link to someone who made butter with their Kitchenaid like I
did:

http://www.thekitchn.com/tip-make-butter-by-the-pound-i-97984

She mentions making the butter and using the remaining liquid as skim milk...
Joy Of Cooking says the remaing liquid is buttermilk..

> I guess there are other tools that would work for small batches such as
> a sturdy spatula. For larger amounts, the butter paddle worked nicely.

Your kitchenaid will do it in a very few minutes... it's incredibly fast.

Take care,
Janis

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