Shopping--What did you buy?

[Marie Miller]

Reminds me of San Marzano tomatoes. It's the only kind of canned tomatoes I'll use in pasta sauces. I've grown them, but I think they have to say "type" or "style" in their name. It's interesting how Europe protects their food products.

I can't wait to get that spice. It's a very flavorful chili. I can see all sorts of uses for it.

Core and deseed any spicy pepper and you come up with flavor and reduced heat. Water a couple of hours before harvesting and the capsaicin gets literally watered down. Dry the skins, grind them with a bit of salt. I use a pilot (mortar and pestle). An old coffee grinder works but things get too hot. Use the spiced salt. Right now I have Thai peppers going for a friend.

 

[John Brunner]

Core and deseed any spicy pepper and you come up with flavor and reduced heat. Water a couple of hours before harvesting and the capsaicin gets literally watered down. Dry the skins, grind them with a bit of salt. I use a pilot (mortar and pestle). An old coffee grinder works but things get too hot. Use the spiced salt. Right now I have Thai peppers going for a friend.

I have a large Excalibur dehydrator. I've dried all sorts of stuff, but have not done peppers yet. That's a good idea to crush them with salt. I'll often use coarse sea salt and coarse-ground black pepper with other spices and grind them together with the mortar & pestle just to get the flavors combined. Doing this really helps the flavor of dried herbs & spices.

 

[Marie Miller]

I have a large Excalibur dehydrator. I've dried all sorts of stuff, but have not done peppers yet. That's a good idea to crush them with salt. I'll often use coarse sea salt and coarse-ground black pepper with other spices and grind them together with the mortar & pestle just to get the flavors combined. Doing this really helps the flavor of dried herbs & spices.

Please use plain old salt for that. I have everything from celery, rosemary to Thai pepper in the ready salt department.

 

[John Brunner]

Please use plain old salt for that. I have everything from celery, rosemary to Thai pepper in the ready salt department.

You don't like sea salt? Worried about my getting goitre?

 

[John Brunner]

I placed an Amazon order for some car cigarette lighter adapters and some barrel-type electronic connectors. I've been looking for a batter backup for my electronic wood stove thermometer, and my car battery jumper has a cigarette lighter adapter, so I'm gonna make some power cables and use it.

I also bought some Hatch Chili Powder. I've never heard of hatch chilis and I really like the Hatch Chili Corn Chowder I've been buying at Walmart, so I thought I'd add this spice to my order. I'm sure I'll find a use for it. It has a nice kick.

I placed this order less than 24 hours ago. I don't have Prime and I always opt for Free Shipping, regardless of how far out the Delivery Date is quoted. The ETA for this order was estimated to be Wednesday. I just got an email. It will be here tomorrow. Gotta love it.

 

[Marie Miller]

You don't like sea salt? Worried about my getting goitre?

Generally sea salt is coarse and difficult to use as abrasive in mortar and pestle.

 

[John Brunner]

Generally sea salt is coarse and difficult to use as abrasive in mortar and pestle.

I didn't know that. I use it for the same reason I start with coarsely-ground peppercorns...I want something a little larger grind than Morton's table salt, which grinds into a powder. So do you use Kosher salt?

 

[Marie Miller]

I didn't know that. I use it for the same reason I start with coarsely-ground peppercorns...I want something a little larger grind than Morton's table salt, which grinds into a powder. So do you use Kosher salt?

Yes, kosher salt. My dehydrator joined his ancestors So I dried celery leaves on a tray and turned them into a celery salt. Next - lemon.

 

[John Brunner]

Yes, kosher salt. My dehydrator joined his ancestors So I dried celery leaves on a tray and turned them into a celery salt. Next - lemon.

My Excalibur isn't a daily use appliance, but it's nice to have around. Glad I bought it pre-COVID.

I can't recall...do you live in an arid region? I'm in Virginia. It's so humid it's tough to dry clothes outside.

 

[Marie Miller]

My Excalibur isn't a daily use appliance, but it's nice to have around. Glad I bought it pre-COVID.

I can't recall...do you live in an arid region? I'm in Virginia. It's so humid it's tough to dry clothes outside.

Oklahoma - take a bite of air please.

 

[Marie Miller]

Got SO outfitted for physical therapy. Long pants, shorts, tshirts, no show socks.

 

[Kate Ellery]

Don’t think I mentioned the small air fryer ,that has 2 glass bowls to cook in

The largest is less than a foot square , I’ve used it everyday since I bought it.

I’ve got a small oven type one , got this one to take with me when I’m away from home

It dose a quick good job of coking what ever I’ve put in it

I didn’t take this photo it’s from the add I got from a kitchen shop

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[Yvonne Smith]

We have one of those, too, @Kate Ellery . Bobby got it and he uses it a lot when he is cooking something. Ours is not the Ninja one, but it is very similar to that one.

 

[Mary Stetler]

Got SO outfitted for physical therapy. Long pants, shorts, tshirts, no show socks.

Must dress for success.

 

[Marie Miller]

Must dress for success.

There are too many eye sores out there in droopy shorts and used to be tshirts.

 

[Marie Miller]

Sofa lion got a metal scooper. Why did I not buy that eons go?

 

[Mary Stetler]

There are too many eye sores out there in droopy shorts and used to be tshirts.

I especially hate that on airplanes.

 

[Krystal Shay]

We bought a new roof and gutters for the house and for the small buildings in the back yard. We haven't paid for them yet. They will be here in a week or two to do the job. They have done other houses in the neighborhood, which we went and looked at and talked to the homeowners. They seem to do a good job and are very efficient.

 

[Ken Anderson]

There are too many eye sores out there in droopy shorts and used to be tshirts.

Have you been spying on me?

 

[Marie Miller]

I especially hate that on airplanes.

Ride the subway in DC