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Before leaving for the afternoon yesterday,
I pot a Crock Pot on filled to the BRIM
with the makings of Chicken Broth.

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Oops!
I got a text from DH, "Your Pot is going crazy! It's bubbling over!"
He turned it to low and cleaned up what he could.

So this morning once everything was cooled,
I did a WWW search on how to clean the cooker
portion of the Crock Pot.
I figured it was a gonner. I thought that you weren't
suppose to get the inside where it got hot, wet, at all!

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VOILA! :sorcerer:

I made a loose paste of Water and Baking Soda,
got out my 3M Non-Scratch Blue Pad,
and applied some elbow grease to that bugger!
:clap:

Ya Learn Somethin' New Every Day!
 
I did not know this!

I was going through my dry pantry out in the finished garage,
checking dates on everything, ya know.
I realized that my dried beans/legumes are hoovering
near to the "best used buy" date on the packaging :ermm:
So I did a search on the WWW and found an article on the
subject of storing beans.


This morning I took my stock and stashed them, still in
their original bags (I didn't know that you should not store dried beans in their original bags :huh:), into the deep freeze.
I'll leave them there for a coupla days and then sort through them
for any "duds" and stones and then bring them back to room temp.

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I have oodles of Mason jars and new lids as well as rings,
so that is where they shall live from now on.

Ya learn somethin' new every day!!
 
KGirl, I've known for a long time that legumes store for a long time, but I didn't know it could be this long! lol I keep a lot of the lentils and other legumes for extended times - ones that I get for deals in Indian markets, like 8 lb bags, which they have dirt cheap, often "buy one get one free"! (When this pandemic started way back, I was checking my inventory, and I had 42 lbs of legumes in my basement - not including that rack in my kitchen!). I have a shelf in my kitchen with over 60 jars of things, many of them the legumes, and I keep those large amounts in vacuum sealed bags in tubs in the basement, and when I need to, I refill the 1 to 3 quart jars by snipping the corner off one of those large, vacuum packed bags, fill the jar, then vacuum seal the bag again. I do the same with many whole grains, but not the cracked or ground ones, and a few others, that I've found out the hard way, go rancid, even vacuum sealed. They go in the freezer! With those, I refill smaller jars.

With some of those beans, like moth gram, and some others I rarely use, I vacuum seal the jars - sort of a pita, so I don't do it often. But I've never had any beans go bad on me!
 
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Pepper, I did not know that those vacuum sealer bags will still let in (and out) air, not necessarily the best option. I've been having a heck of a time finding Mason jars, but I do know that our local Ace Hardware store carries them, so I'm of to the store this morning!
 
KGirl, I have had those vacuum sealed bags remain sealed for years. You can tell because they become rock hard! I check them occasionally, when in a tub, or a bag in the freezer (I keep a bunch of Foodsaver bags of one item in a 2 gal ziploc), and if any are "soft", I'll use that first, and if it is a large Foodsaver bag, I'll transfer it, and make a new one with the rest of the item. Usually, the surface got nicked, or something else that let air in, but it very seldom happens.

Back when I got my first Foodsaver, I tested the bags, to see if they leaked odors - peppers, onions, and garlic, among many other odors, permeate the thickest freezer bags of ziplocs, and other brands I had used. I just made a garlic paste, sealed it in a small FS bag, and let it sit several days. It fermented, expanded, and you can imagine how intense the smell had to be; yet, absolutely none of the odor came through the plastic! That convinced me!

I've also gotten rolls of different plastic from Cabela's, and an even cheaper one on ebay, and all have sealed well, with no aroma permeating. I'm not sure what the plastic is that they use, but it definitely works well, and, though it's not cheap, it is reusable - I reuse the dry goods bags, but not the meat bags.
 
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Ginny mentioned a new use for a household cleaning item
and that got me to remembering that not long ago
I had a Clorox Disinfecting Wipe in my hand, wiping
down something or another, and spied grease splatters
on the Microwave front control panel.
These wipes have a smooth side as well as textured,
the textured side made quick work of that!
In the past I was using Krud Kutter and a paper towel
to clean up the stove and micro-hood... this is much easier :clap:
 
I worked for a battery company where we took Cyclone lead-acid batteries, with both anode, and cathode tabs on top, spot welded them together with shorting strip, in series, the soldered wires to the correct tabs for specific voltages. We packaged the batteries in plastic housings to allow outgassing, as metal containers would trap the gasses, creating an explosive mixture. The plastic molecule matrix has sufficient space to allow hydrogen to escape. Plastic is moisture proof, but semi-permeable to small molecular gasses.

Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
 
I worked for a battery company where we took Cyclone lead-acid batteries, with both anode, and cathode tabs on top, spot welded them together with shorting strip, in series, the soldered wires to the correct tabs for specific voltages. We packaged the batteries in plastic housings to allow outgassing, as metal containers would trap the gasses, creating an explosive mixture. The plastic molecule matrix has sufficient space to allow hydrogen to escape. Plastic is moisture proof, but semi-permeable to small molecular gasses.

Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North

Let me see if I understand. Were you welding batteries together with shorting strips or the cathode tabs to the anode tabs on individual batteries? In any case, what does it accomplish?
 
Interesting, Chief, thank you!

It actually seems to make sense that plastic is not completely impermeable, don't know why maybe something Dad said (chemical engineer).

I understand welding them together, have seen some in cases but not realized that maybe they were actually welded.

But would they not have to be replaced eventually? Or do you mean the strapping was just sort of a "hold it steady frame" so as not to jiggle the power flow connection.

At any rate, my first thought when I saw one was... damn that must be heavy! Again, can't remember how many but certainly more than 3 - maybe 5 or 6?
 
We welded the anodes to cathodes, so that the batteries were in series. Battery voltage in series is additive, that is V1+V2+V3+V4 = VTOTAL. he batteries were primary batteries(rechargeable) lead acid solid electrolyte batteries, with each battery a 1.5 V rating. By soldering wires to specific tabs, cathode on on end, anode on specific cells), we could provide multiple voltages as the customer required. These were used for desktop computer battery back-ups.

Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
 
Chief - I was visualizing car batteries! :LOL:

When I worked with them, the battery was owned by Gates. It was bought out by Cyclone. They made D-cell, X-cell (slightly larger than d-cell), and BC-cell (similar in size to a beer can). They were, and still are some of the best lead-acid batteries available (high energy per unit size).


Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
 
Ya Learn Somethin' New Every Day!

I have been participating in our Community's Craft & Bake Sale for awhiles now and get myself all discombobulated every time!

I like to make more than one flavor of Bundt Cake to offer.
This past Fall I made two, Rum and Kahlua.
I make two cakes at a time and package them up for the deep freeze until the big day.
The night before I take all the cakes out to defrost on the kitchen counter.
Last time, I had a heck of a time discerning which were which! :huh:
I've finally wised up!
:LOL:
This time I'm making THREE cakes and wanted to ensure that I don't get messed up again!

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I saw these Avery paper tags on a string while I saw in Wally World and a huge light bulb went off over my head!
:idea:
What the heck took me so long to figure this one out?
:ROFLMAO:
 

I mentioned to my DH that I wanted to get some dissolvable labels. I wasn't in a hurry, but he decided to get them for me without telling me. So, he ordered a box of labels that stick extra well. Not dissolvable at all. He thought that was what I wanted - labels that wouldn't fall off. I wasn't even asking him to get them for me. :ermm: I did eventually get the right kind from Lee Valley, where they were sitting on my wish list. I have only used one or two of them since I got them at the end of September.
 
I mentioned to my DH that I wanted to get some dissolvable labels. I wasn't in a hurry, but he decided to get them for me without telling me. So, he ordered a box of labels that stick extra well. Not dissolvable at all. He thought that was what I wanted - labels that wouldn't fall off. I wasn't even asking him to get them for me. :ermm: I did eventually get the right kind from Lee Valley, where they were sitting on my wish list. I have only used one or two of them since I got them at the end of September.

LOL...I use them most for homemade salad dressings. I usually have 3 or 4 in the fridge and if they are not labeled DH doesn't know which is which...of course, I always remember what they are. ;)
 
LOL...I use them most for homemade salad dressings. I usually have 3 or 4 in the fridge and if they are not labeled DH doesn't know which is which...of course, I always remember what they are. ;)
I should start using them. We usually just write what something is, right on the container with a sharpie. But, If the container is glass, it starts to wear off.
 
I was watching some video about tip & tricks for the Air Fryer ...
Make a parchment paper 'round' to fit your basket, punch some holes in it to help make for an easier clean up ... sounds good right?

UMMMMM ...

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DO NOT, I repeat do not place that parchment paper in your Air Fryer while it's pre-heating ...
:LOL:
I started to smell something - BURNING - :eek:
Dumb bunny!

Ya learn something new every day ... :ROFLMAO:
 
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