The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

[caseydog]

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Buckinghamshire area of England shortly before 10am Tuesday morning with residents taking to social media to report their houses rocking back and forth. The earthquake reportedly struck seven kilometers northwest of Slough near London at a depth of 10 kilometers.

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All those fallen trash carts. The horror! I hope they can be saved.

CD

 

[caseydog]

It's been raining here for two days, and now into the second night. That's weird for North Texas at this time of year.

I do like the sound of rain on the roof when I lay in bed.

CD

 

[TastyReuben]

I've just read that Dame Diana Rigg, one of my favorites from childhood and beyond, has died.

She co-starred in my favorite Vincent Price movie (and it was her first film role, I think), as well playing Emma Peel (oh, that catsuit!), and a host of other wonderful performances.

Well, I guess I know what I'm watching over the next several days.

 

[LissaC]

It's been raining here for two days, and now into the second night. That's weird for North Texas at this time of year.

I do like the sound of rain on the roof when I lay in bed.

CD

I love rainy days when I get to stay in with a cup of tea and a book.

 

[LissaC]

So yesterday I was cooking a recipe from the The Food Lab and one of the steps was using a microplane to grate garlic. I never heard the word microplane in my life and assumed it was some fancy kitchen gadget that I don't own, and proceeded to cut the garlic to chunks and toss it in the blender. Later I was curious enough to google a microplane and of course it's just a basic kitchen tool that I've had all my life

 

[TastyReuben]

So yesterday I was cooking a recipe from the The Food Lab and one of the steps was using a microplane to grate garlic. I never heard the word microplane in my life and assumed it was some fancy kitchen gadget that I don't own, and proceeded to cut the garlic to chunks and toss it in the blender. Later I was curious enough to google a microplane and of course it's just a basic kitchen tool that I've had all my life

I rarely mince or crush garlic anymore. When a recipe calls for that, I just grate it on my microplane. No fuss, no muss!

 

[Lullabelle]

I've just read that Dame Diana Rigg, one of my favorites from childhood and beyond, has died.

She co-starred in my favorite Vincent Price movie (and it was her first film role, I think), as well playing Emma Peel (oh, that catsuit!), and a host of other wonderful performances.

Well, I guess I know what I'm watching over the next several days.

Very sad news, a beautiful talented lady

 

[rascal]

I've just read that Dame Diana Rigg, one of my favorites from childhood and beyond, has died.

She co-starred in my favorite Vincent Price movie (and it was her first film role, I think), as well playing Emma Peel (oh, that catsuit!), and a host of other wonderful performances.

Well, I guess I know what I'm watching over the next several days.

She was hot in the avengers. R.i.p

Russ

 

[rascal]

So yesterday I was cooking a recipe from the The Food Lab and one of the steps was using a microplane to grate garlic. I never heard the word microplane in my life and assumed it was some fancy kitchen gadget that I don't own, and proceeded to cut the garlic to chunks and toss it in the blender. Later I was curious enough to google a microplane and of course it's just a basic kitchen tool that I've had all my life

I have containers in the freezer my friend grows. I always peel, flatten with back of my big knife, sprinkle of rock salt, then chop with the blade into minced garlic. I use a LOT of garlic.

Russ

 

[Yorky]

So yesterday I was cooking a recipe from the The Food Lab and one of the steps was using a microplane to grate garlic. I never heard the word microplane in my life and assumed it was some fancy kitchen gadget that I don't own, and proceeded to cut the garlic to chunks and toss it in the blender. Later I was curious enough to google a microplane and of course it's just a basic kitchen tool that I've had all my life

I "mince" a batch of garlic with the food chopper generally for freezing.

Minced garlic s.jpg

• Yorky
• 7 Sep 2020

 

[rascal]

I "mince" a batch of garlic with the food chopper generally for freezing.

Minced garlic s.jpg

• Yorky
• 7 Sep 2020

I never thought of doing that,easier I guess, maybe my way is more cathartic ?

Russ

 

[Yorky]

I do the same with ginger (young ginger in this case).

ginger minced s.jpg

• Yorky
• 23 Jun 2020

 

[Yorky]

Mix the two together with onion and add a little oil, back in the chopper and you have puree for curry.

Onion-garlic-ginger paste

• Yorky
• 8 Aug 2017

Curry base.

 

[Burt Blank]

I bet NCIS special agent Gibbs has a microplane in his basement.

 

[Morning Glory]

I rarely mince or crush garlic anymore. When a recipe calls for that, I just grate it on my microplane. No fuss, no muss!

I do the same. In fact you don't even need to peel the garlic - just cut in half and grate the cut side. The peel doesn't go through the microplane