Culinary July 10, 2024 Review Of North Spore Organic Blue Oyster ‘Spray & Grow’ Mushroom Growing Kit If you read my review of North Spore’s lion’s mane kit, you’ll know I had a lot of fun with those mushrooms. My experience with the North Spore’s blue oyster spray kit couldn’t have been more different. It was early March when I purchased the lion’s mane kit from Woodman’s supermarket. I didn’t shop there ...
Culinary, Uncategorized May 31, 2024 Fresh Ideas for Cleaning Stainless Steel Tea Strainers, Yeti Travel Mugs, and Plastic Lids with Persistent Dish Soap/ Dishwasher Detergent Odor TL:DR: Use magic erasers to scour buildup off stainless steel walls. Leave plastic lids outside for weeks/months until the detergent scent completely dissipates. I recently took a vacation to Fort Meyers, Florida. Washing dishes in my hotel suite, I noticed the Fort Meyers water had a distinct fishy odor, the odor of the Floridan Aquifer ...
Culinary May 4, 2024 Review Of North Spore Organic Lion’s Mane ‘Spray & Grow’ Mushroom Growing Kit I purchased the North Spore organic lion’s mane mushroom kit at a supermarket (Woodman’s in Buffalo Grove, Ill.) The store sold it for only $20. I’m not sure if North Spore has agreements with other retailers, but locally scoring a kit might save you ten bucks. On the other hand, the online bag may be ...
Culinary March 22, 2024 Returning My KitchenAid Double Oven Gas Range (Model KFGD500ESS) TL;DR The broiler routinely turns itself off. I’ve owned the KitchenAid Double Oven Gas Range for about 30 days. Each day, I’ve cooked two meals. Some went off without a hitch. Every time I turned on the broiler, though, disaster struck. Last night’s salmon dinner was the final straw. I’m returning the double oven. Its ...
Culinary May 2, 2024 Two Things I Didn’t Like About The KitchenAid Double Oven’s Design (Model KFGD500ESS) The KitchenAid Double Oven’s awful, useless broiler was the primary reason I returned the appliance. I didn’t love the little things about the cooker, either. I didn’t Like the Grates The first thing I noticed about the KitchenAid Double Oven on display in the store was that its stainless-steel top was scratched to hell near ...
Culinary March 10, 2023 Tips for Sharpening Old Damaged Knives With the Chef’s Choice Sharpening Station In 2015 I purchased my Chef’s Choice sharpening station. The manual was full of information, much of it baffling to a person ignorant of knives. I’d thought of the electric sharpener as a way out of learning sharpening stones, but, of course, one must learn the machine’s operation. This was clear when I’d allow family ...
