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Here's a set of before and after photos:
This wasn't quite a full load, you can see the line it can go up to.
Here's what's left after a full 'grow mode' cycle:
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You must be logged in to view attached files.In general, Joel's recipe is like this: For 1 pound of potatoes you add some milk (some variations of the recipe say to add a cup of whole milk, but most limit it to a few tablespoons) and slowly work in 1/2 pound of butter. What you get is a suspension, like a mayonnaise or hollandaise.
Here's an article on using baking powder in mashed potatoes, I'm not sure if it is the same one I saw on my phone, that was a few days ago.
https://www.nobiggie.net/the-most-fluffy-mashed-potatoes/
I haven't quite gone the full bore Joel Robuchon route yet, but I put more butter in my mashed potatoes than I used to. It makes them better when reheated, too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/dining/mashed-potatoes-robuchon.html
It's Friday, so we had takeout Chinese.
Our soil here is heavy clay, I've been known to add gypsum to lighten it, I suspect the powder from the Lomi will lighten it as well, although there's so little of it from each batch that it might not be easy to see what impact it has.
I suspect once the gardens get cranking up we'll have more stuff to put in it, although if I continue to process tomatoes like I have the last several years there's not a lot of detritus, because the peels and the seeds that the pulp extractor separates out I've been throwing in bags and freezing for when I make beef stock. The next time I make stock I'll throw the remains of the aromatics (except the bones) in the Lomi. The latest load has a bunch of weeds (henbit) that my wife was pulling on a stroll around the yard.
Their FAQ doesn't cover everything, when their chat desk opens later today I'm going to ask about artichoke leaves and the hulls from my wife's bird feeders.
I've made Peter's 'broom bread' from his whole grains book a few times, but we find it kind of heavy, best in small slices, and it usually goes bad before we finish it all. But it is good toasted with a little butter and maybe some peanut butter.
I had a salad and some of the leftover meatloaf, should be enough left for lunch for me tomorrow. My wife had some soup, her throat's a bit irritated, possibly due to the sinus rinse she's been using.
I'll have to take some before and after photos of the next batch, the bucket was pretty full but there was probably less than a cup of powder in it afterwards. The latest one had a lot of lettuce that had turned brown, so lots of air and water.
I did discover I've been mis-reading the symbols for what type of cycle I've been running. Explains why it wasn't taking as long as I had expected.
Several sources for black cocoa powder come up online.
We had takeout salads from Amigos.
Here's a good reminder on the 4 types of cinnamon:
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/3782/cinnamon-types.htmlWe've now used it 3 or 4 times. It is amazing to watch it turn about two quarts of food scraps into no more than a cup of powder, tells you how much of it was air or water.
About the only thing I buy directly from King Arthur any more is the baker's special dry milk, and that's hardly worth placing an order with them.
I've been using the BRM white pastry flour, which I can get in 5 pound bags at Natural Grocers. That's somewhere around a year's supply for me.
KAF AP is now $7.99 for a 12 pound bag at Costco, but that's still the lowest price around. The last time I checked Target still had KAF bread flour well below the King Arthur online price.
Something I haven't found anywhere lately is the Seventh Generation powdered dishwasher detergent, I can find a gel and tablets, neither of which I want to use. The two major brands both have scents my wife can't tolerate. Target had a house brand lemon-scented dishwasher powder, I will try it if I can't find the other anywhere.
It's 80 again today, and the long range forecast shows it dipping into the 30's just once, on Sunday night. I'm still going to wait until mid-May before I put out my tomatoes, eggplants and melons, though. Been burned by a mid-May dip accompanied by sub-freezing wind chills too many times.
It's been really dry, and while there's some rain in the forecast for the weekend, it isn't expected to be heavy. The wind continues unabated.
The last 'free shipping' offer from King Arthur had a $75 threshold.
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