Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Thanksgiving Turkey Fry
We fried our turkey again. This time, the event was transmitted to the K6BEN ATV repeater for anyone who wanted to tune it in. Scarlet used our digital camera to capture the drop and retrieval operation.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Statistical stupidity
ABC News recently had a video on My Yahoo that had the "worst" foods purported to be good for you (alas, I don't have a deep link to the video). First on the list of diet soda. The silly woman said that those who drink diet soda are heavier than those who don't, so you shouldn't drink diet soda.
Uh, newsflash: You've got the cause and the effect backwards there. People who are heavy drink diet soda because they know they're heavy. The ones who aren't heavy drink whatever the hell they want because whatever they're doing is working for them (or at least isn't a problem).
It's like saying bariatric surgery causes obesity because only obese people have it done.
Uh, newsflash: You've got the cause and the effect backwards there. People who are heavy drink diet soda because they know they're heavy. The ones who aren't heavy drink whatever the hell they want because whatever they're doing is working for them (or at least isn't a problem).
It's like saying bariatric surgery causes obesity because only obese people have it done.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Turkey Frying - Safety First
We're going to fry our turkey again this year. I don't think I'd have ever even considered it until I saw Alton Brown's "Turkey Derrick."
When you consider the turkey frying act, it is fraught with danger. You have a tank of propane about 4 feet away from the culinary equivalent of a rocket engine, atop which you've placed 4-6 gallons of peanut oil which you have heated to about 300° Fahrenheit (150° Celsius for you foreigners), into which you're going to drop 16 pounds of room temperature, damp meat. I don't know about you, but I don't really want to be too close when that happens.
I don't yet have a picture of this year's festivities, but here's a picture from last year.
As you can see, the rope allows you full vertical control of the poultry from a safe distance. And, of course, if you're going to fry a turkey, please keep a fire extinguisher handy. The house you save will likely be your own.
When you consider the turkey frying act, it is fraught with danger. You have a tank of propane about 4 feet away from the culinary equivalent of a rocket engine, atop which you've placed 4-6 gallons of peanut oil which you have heated to about 300° Fahrenheit (150° Celsius for you foreigners), into which you're going to drop 16 pounds of room temperature, damp meat. I don't know about you, but I don't really want to be too close when that happens.
I don't yet have a picture of this year's festivities, but here's a picture from last year.
As you can see, the rope allows you full vertical control of the poultry from a safe distance. And, of course, if you're going to fry a turkey, please keep a fire extinguisher handy. The house you save will likely be your own.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Bread machine bread recipe
A slight variation on Alton Brown's bread recipe from Good Eats episode Dr. Strangeloaf:
1 pound bread flour
10 ounces water
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp instant yeast
Measuring the flour by weight is the key.
Add to bread machine pan in the right order (water flour, sugar, salt, yeast).
Use 1½ pound white cycle.
1 pound bread flour
10 ounces water
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp instant yeast
Measuring the flour by weight is the key.
Add to bread machine pan in the right order (water flour, sugar, salt, yeast).
Use 1½ pound white cycle.
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