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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 16, 2020? #26228
    Mike Nolan
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      The problem with half shelves is that if you put tall stuff in front of the half shelves, which is, I guess, the point, you can't see much less reach the stuff below the half shelf without moving everything in front.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 16, 2020? #26221
      Mike Nolan
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        I made honey wheat bread last night, since my big bag of semolina won't arrive until later this week.

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26204
        Mike Nolan
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          They were in pending posts, I'm not sure how you do that.

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 16, 2020? #26203
          Mike Nolan
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            We picked the first cantaloupe from our garden and had that with some salami.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26168
            Mike Nolan
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              We had cheese tortellini with a pasta sauce that I added mushrooms, diced tomatoes and some ground beef to.

              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26167
              Mike Nolan
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                I don't think no-knead breads are going to have quite as much gluten development as a kneaded bread, and that's likely to result in some decrease in volume. But there are so many factors other than kneading that lead to volume that it may not be that big a difference.

                Semolina breads in general seem to be denser than ones made with AP or bread flour, probably due to the gluten in them, I believe semolina is higher in gliadin than glutenin.

                I've been making the Austrian Malt bread recipe with 50% semolina lately, and it comes out fairly dense. We like it that way, because it can be sliced quite thin, so I'm not in a big hurry to see if I can improve the loaf volume.

                Jeffrey Hamelman's semolina bread seems to be a bit lighter, but it uses a two stage process which may be a major factor.

                in reply to: 2020 Gardens #26149
                Mike Nolan
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                  I wonder about how home indoor gardens get pollinated. The professionals have their own bee colonies.

                  in reply to: After the Storm #26142
                  Mike Nolan
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                    My experience is that if it hasn't been opened, the effect should be minimal, if it was an opened package it might start going bad faster.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26141
                    Mike Nolan
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                      We had tacos tonight.

                      in reply to: After the Storm #26129
                      Mike Nolan
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                        The thing about wireless thermometers is they operate on a limited set of frequencies, and that's not information they share with consumers, so if you buy two of them, even though they've got different brands on them, they may share the same frequency, which means they can't operate independently.

                        I bought a second one recently and it shares the same frequency with the one in the bedroom, so it is basically useless because one transmitter dominates the spectrum so the other one might as well be turned off.

                        Ones that handle multiple channels at least have a channel switch that can be used to support the other channels.

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26128
                        Mike Nolan
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                          I haven't seen the lime powder, I've got some of the lemon powder, we find it works well in things like a frosting but it tastes very artificial if you try to use it in something like a lemonade.

                          in reply to: 2020 Gardens #26108
                          Mike Nolan
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                            I'm not sure what all he's growing, some herbs and I think some miniature cherry tomatoes are all he's mentioned other than the bok choy.

                            We managed to get enough plants started under the grow lights to put in some melons and tomatoes for our garden, but the buttercrunch lettuce that we kept indoors never really took off, I think it was in the wrong kind of soil for anything other than starting plants intended for transplant.

                            The melons are doing very well, we've got well over a dozen starting to ripen, the tomatoes aren't doing so well, but they got started late and weren't all transplanted to the garden until late June, and it looks like this isn't going to be a great year for tomatoes in general, even the larger plants we bought aren't doing as well as I'd like.

                            I want to try a different type of soil and container with the grow lights we already have, then I'll think about whether an aquagarden or similar setup would be worth trying.

                            in reply to: 2020 Gardens #26096
                            Mike Nolan
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                              My older son bought an Aquagarden kit, here's a bok choy plant after 10 days:

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                              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26086
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Not sure how easily they'll come out of a burger bun pan, that's why I use ramekins for individual-sized ones.

                                in reply to: British vs. American Self-Rising Flour #26074
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  They were listed as 'pending' posts, not spam. Not sure what causes that.

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