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All Things Food / Re: Fermenting Crock

« on: May 18, 2013, 11:36:57 AM »

You guys are making me hungry!  I have some red cabbage growing.  If it survives the bugs and heat, I will probably can it.  We love this stuff at my house.

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 09:28:05 AM »

Should be OK.  Make sure the plants are covered well. 

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:44:02 AM »

How tall are they?

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:28:24 AM »

Where are you at on the susquehanna? I'm in Northeast PA (Hazleton) a little off the banks but close enough, and I planted my peppers and totmatoes last week because our nights have been in the mid forties for the past month. Now they are saying mid thirties this coming week. Guess I'm going to have to pull the sheets out. Any suggestion on covering? Should I lay the sheet right over the veggies or put it over the fence post? Never ran into this problem before.

About two miles from the Chesapeake in MD.  Don't lay the sheet on the veggies, the stalks won't be strong enough.  If they are not too tall yet you could put straw around them.  If you have cages around them you could wrap the cages with the plastic sheet.

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:09:52 AM »

We're at about a month now for asparagus.  Getting enough for two to three meals a week from eight crowns.  We usually harvest up to the middle of June and then let them grow out.  We've had them I for about eight or nine years.

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All Things Food / Re: Avocados

« on: May 09, 2013, 04:47:05 AM »

Fresh avocado chunks, Japanese cucumber slices, plum tomato chunks and sweet Maui onion (think Vidalia onions) shavings, drizzled with homemade honey vinegar and EVOO.  YUM!

Sounds great, Carl!

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: May 09, 2013, 04:45:38 AM »

I should get some then! My attempt at zucchini wasn't very successful last year.

a small or non-existent zucchini crop is a blessing to have compared to a normal crop

Amen to that, brother!   One plant usually yields enough to feed my whole neighborhood for the whole summer.

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All Things Food / Re: Ethnic and Regional Cooking

« on: May 08, 2013, 11:41:41 AM »

I like caraway in mine too. It's called "Bavarian-style" down here.

We have a brand Kuners here, that is where I first tried ^^^^ Bavarian style and won't look back!

Onion, brown sugar and caraway seed is how I make it.  Sometimes I put a little beer in it too (a German style, course).

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Beer Recipes / Re: Hoppy red ale

« on: May 07, 2013, 04:48:32 AM »

So, where are the hops?  JK, but I would use Centennial or Cascade for the FWH myself and maybe bump up you 5 minute to 2 oz. and remove the 30 min.  I have found that 30 min additions don't really do much for hoppiness.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Polar Ware SS boil kettle scratched

« on: May 06, 2013, 10:15:02 AM »

First brew today with my 10 gallon Polar Ware stainless. I ended up stirring a little bit during the boil w. a stainless spoon. Unfortunately, the bottom of the kettle has little scratches now! Did I ruin the kettle? Should I contact Polar to see if this is a defect? Thanks.

nah, it's be fine.

+1  You should see the bottom of my brew kettle.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Monitoring Keg Levels

« on: May 06, 2013, 10:12:52 AM »

"How does everyone keep track of or know the level of beer in ones kegs? Or does anyone even do that?"

When the beer turns absolutely crystal clear and tastes better than it ever has, then its about one or two pints away from blowing.

THIS. so many times...

Personally if I was going to pull a keg out of the fridge to weigh it I'd instead just leave it on the basement floor for several minutes, after which the condensation line will tell me where the level is.

This works for me as well.  Although I don't like to move kegs around once they are pouring clear.

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Ingredients / Re: Ginger and Belgian Style Yeast

« on: May 06, 2013, 10:07:43 AM »

I think ginger may work well with the Unibroue yeast.  The phenolic character in their beers is subdued enough where it would work well with ginger.  Be careful not to over do it with the ginger though.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Simcoe and Amarillo IPA

« on: May 06, 2013, 10:05:17 AM »

My favorite hop combo.

+1 to what blatz said.

One of mine as well.

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All Things Food / Re: Pastrami

« on: May 06, 2013, 07:45:33 AM »

Looks great Jimmy!  Gotta love a fresh hot pastrami!

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The Pub / Re: This is Funny.

« on: May 06, 2013, 04:57:58 AM »