Do I have the right to say no (Bridesmaid)
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Comments (6)Do peppers (chili, super chili and jalapeno) return next year? I was under the impression that they were annuals, but some of my Mexican friends told me that they will come back next year. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: Our Home...See MoreDo I have the right kind of cookware for a smooth top stove?
Comments (2)As eandhl said, the booklet should have the info in it. But just know that the more ridges you have, the less physical contact you'll have between the burner element and the pot/pan. Without seeing the size/number of ridges, I cannot say what the impact will be. -Gorilla...See MoreKefir grains: how do I know if I have the right kind?
Comments (8)Congratulations, it sounds like you have the real deal, but they must be very small kefir grains, which will continue to grow the more frequently you make kefir with them. As they grow they will become a gelatinous (rubbery) "glob" that looks a little like a cauliflower. The grains grow for a never-ending source of kefir grains, which is the beauty of kefir grains over making yogurt. Kefir is also healthier for you than yogurt. You don't say how many grains you have - would they fill a teaspoon, tablespoon, or 1/4 cup...? The ratio of grains to the amount of milk you are fermenting will also determine how long you need to ferment your grains in the milk to make kefir. I use approx. 1/3-1/2 c. of grains to 2-3 cups of milk in a quart jar. When they get as large as a quarter, I'll pull them apart into 2-3 pieces. Sometimes they will separate themselves at the weakest point the larger they get. Just make sure you wash AND rinse your hands thoroughly before you handle your grains. Any remaining soap residue on your clean hands can transfer to and affect your grains. The more frequently you make kefir, the quicker your grains grow. So if you only have a small amount of grains (say enough to fill a teaspoon or tablespoon, you will want to use a small amount of milk - up to 1 cup until you get some growth, then use more milk. I usually make 2, sometimes 3, consecutive batches (make a batch, take the grains out and immediately start the next batch), then rest my grains in 1-cup of milk in a pint jar in the refrigerator until I need to make kefir again (within 7-10 days). I make this much once or twice a week, depending on my needs. The one cup of milk I rested the grains in will have enough good bacteria in it from the grains that it will also make kefir sitting at room temperature, even after the grains are removed. The grains float to the top of the kefir and I use a plastic slotted spoon to gently scoop them out. That will help to keep the curd (the solid part) whole. This is important if I want to drain the whey out of the curd and use the curd as a substitute in a recipe for sour cream or cream cheese. If you shake the kefir, the curds will break down and you will have a liquid, which I use as a substitute in recipes calling for buttermilk. Once the curd is liquified, it will remain a liquid. Kefir curds are smaller than yogurt curds (which makes kefir easier to digest than yogurt), and the curds are more delicate than yogurt curds and easily destroyed (mixing, shaking, etc.) Only ferment it to the point you like the results (thickness or taste). The longer you ferment it, the more tart the kefir will be. The warmer the ambient temperature, the quicker the kefir will ferment and the more tart it will be. I might ferment it for 8-12 hours in the summer when the ambient temperature is much warmer, but 18-24 hours (or longer) in the winter. I personally like the kefir best made in the winter in my cold kitchen (which is a little cooler than your temperatures), because it is less tart and smoother. I use kefir every morning in a smoothie (1 part kefir to 2 parts fruit juice - orange/pineapple is a favorite, but we use a variety of 100% fruit juices), plus some flaxmeal, hi-maize resistant starch, and a powdered supplement we take, and I mix it in a Hamilton Beach Drink (Malt) Mixer. When I get extra grains, I also ferment coconut milk (especially good by itself, topped with homemade granola for breakfast or snack, or mixed with orange/pineapple juice for our morning smoothie). I buy coconut milk powder (Wilderness Family Naturals - on line at http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com) and reconstitute it in water like making powdered milk, but you can use coconut milk in a can as well. I'll make one to two cups of coconut milk at a time using 2-4 marble-size kefir grains. I rest the grains in cows milk between batches, but continue to use these grains for coconut milk. I'll also take some of my extra grains and ferment grape juice. The grains won't continue to grow, so after a few batches of grape juice they will fizzle-out. I'm going to assume you read Dom's Kefir Insite web site. It's the best one for information about kefir. You will get your own rhythm for fermenting kefir. The more you make it, the quicker your grains will grow. But you will also need to find ways to use it. I was an avid yogurt maker for 30-years until I got my kefir grains (about 10-years ago). Now I make kefir all the time and only make yogurt a few times a year. The link below will give you some ideas what to do with the whey if you drain your curd. Along with lacto fermentation of vegetables and soaking grains using whey, I use it in the summer to make whey lemonade, which is a wonderful thirst quencher when working outdoors. Better than sports drinks! -Grainlady Here is a link that might be useful: Prairie Homestead - 16-ways to use whey...See MoreFish Odor in Home for 2 days!!! Do I have the right size hood?
Comments (20)Well, a hood can be designed to do whatever you want it to do within the limits of physics (or more precisely, fluid dynamics). Removal of most of the grease particulate spectrum and any non-grease particles composing smoke, along with excess moisture, are primary functions of kitchen cooktop ventilation. In the process, all odors that are entrained in the rising and hopefully captured and contained effluent are also removed. Obviously, if an odor generator is removed from under the hood, or the hood is turned off, then odor is not captured and contained. The capture and containment process is aided by the uprising velocity of the cooking effluent and (where applicable) gas burner combustion products. A pile of room temperature cilantro on top of a cold cooktop will out-gas in all directions, and if either the air motion locally, or cilantro oil molecular propagation speed is higher than the hood air velocity at the cooktop surface (generally very low, even on full power) then one will smell cilantro throughout the kitchen. I might argue that is welcome, but other odors may not be so nice. For eshmh: My velocity values are derived from peak thermal plume velocities as described by "Thermal plumes of kitchen appliances: Cooking mode," Kosonen, Koskela, and Saarinen, in Elsevier B.V., Energy and Buildings, and attempt to account for the effect of baffles on moderating the blower air velocity averaged over the baffle space relative to the peak cooking plume velocity shown in this reference. A similar velocity approach is one of the sizing methods described by Greenheck in their document, available on-line, KVSApplDesign_catalog.pdf. Due to the necessity to capture and contain effluent from any burner when it impacts the baffles, even with the other burners off, the air velocity entering the baffles has to be high enough at any point under the baffles. Hence, we can design for one burner's peak plume velocity and achieve good capture and containment even if all burners are operating. However, the cooking plume velocity shape (measured transverse to "up") is rather like a peaked-up Gaussian function, and has significant width tails that may easily exceed the hood horizontal size at the hood height under some conditions. Capture of all the plume all of the time is unlikely with most space limited residential kitchen hoods. Conversely, the total plumes' mass rate of rise with all burners operating will be less than the total mass air flow through the baffles from the hood blower so long as the velocity of the hood air is high enough to preclude peak plume reflection off of the baffles and into the kitchen. This is because we designed the velocity to deal with the peak plume velocities which exist over only part of the zone into which the plume rises. If the hood velocity at the baffles is too low, then reflection occurs at the baffles, leading to effluent spillage, as shown below. (From CKV_Design_Guide_2_031504.pdf, (c) 2002 by the California Energy Commission.) kas...See Moretalley_sue_nyc
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