eMarginalia / is on Nostr

Lifelong reader and book lover. Ebook maker. Retired application consultant. Old as dirt.
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2024-06-04 01:56:48

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@npub1vz4…rnyf
any source for non-apple folks?

2023-12-09 02:09:54

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@npub1qjr…kgt0
When my mother was in a nursing home some years ago, it was not *quite* as bad as this one seems.
But going there to share a meal with her was...horrible.
She loved good food. And had all her marbles. She tried to work with the "chef" at first. But when it became clear that his major tools were a blender and a microwave, she finally gave up.
We smuggled in a lot of goodies.

2023-08-20 23:13:32

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@npub1gl8…q5y9
#food #baking
In a moment of insanity and solvency some years ago, we replaced a dead Kenmore double oven with a $10,000 Thermidor.
Guess what? Better, a lot better, but still no cigar in the browning department.
Too small, not enough thermal mass, too much air blowing around for cooling the exterior???
I think you need a really big oven with a lot of mass that is hot 24 hours a day and has steam jets for humidity control.
And a dozen years being a pro baker.

2023-08-15 13:27:43

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@npub1g23…qxj3
No, it worked for me just now. It did spin for a minute, but then worked.

2023-08-10 23:48:08

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@npub1gl8…q5y9
Pretty nice!
Back in my travelling days, the best (or worst) I cooked in a hotel room was a live lobster...in the microwave. What a mess.

2023-08-10 00:44:00

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@npub1zdp…vqv8
My neighborhood is nearly bug free this summer. More than creepy, it is frightening.
I have a wall of scarlet runner beans in bloom, thousands of flowers...and about a dozen beans pollinated and set.
Southern Ontario, small town surrounded by farms. Recent article in local paper about how apiaries are about gone in the region. Haven't seen a honey bee in two years here.