I look forward to this blog just becoming an excel spreadsheet of when and when not to use mayo. 

I believe that’s correct. If I get out of a butter usage phase (for who knows why) my jar of ghee is identical when I inevitably return to it. 

Clarified butter and ghee are technically different. It’s sort of like a square is a rectangle but not all rectangles are squares. Ghee is a more heavily cooked form of clarified butter and more shelf stable, with less moisture and milk solids remaining.

I make what I call clarified butter in two pound loads (which perfectly fills a quart Ball jar), but it’s really ghee. I cook out 100% of the water out so it’s shelf stable at room temperature and filter out all the browned milk solids. It’s my primary cooking oil when neutrality isn’t required: it has more character…

I agree on the ATK stuff. Older seasons of the show back from when Kimball was there were on Amazon for a while and were still great. Cooking shows, namely Good Eats, taught me how to cook, but I’m finding they’re no longer useful (except for the new and fantastic seasons of Good Eats/Good Eats Reloaded).

I have the same issue. What I don’t get from AllRecipes is trust. It seems like any random nerd can get on there and post their favorite recipe for whatever and add it to a totally unedited pile of recipes. I don’t get the indication that there’s any recipe development going on there. I don’t want fifty ways to make…

If memory serves, that’s a bad choice. I think it acts more like a degreaser than a lube, but I could be wrong. 

I bought a small mandoline because Good Eats told me to. Alton was also smart enough to tell me to throw away the guard and buy kevlar gloves, which I did! It works great and I’ve had the same set of gloves for years. The rubber stuff on the palms is crusty and falling off but the kevlar is in the knit, so they’re…

Most typographers disagree with you. Especially in print, double spacing after sentences with non-monospaced type creates rivers in the print page that make the end result more difficult to read. This paper:

I got the same thing. We haven’t filed 2019 yet and our 2018 taxes should qualify us for some portion of the relief. I haven’t received a refund in years so they for sure don’t have my direct deposit info. 

I live in a quiet suburb and my running has increased during quarantine. It’s really easy to pop out for a few miles in the afternoons. 

I’ve started using internal temperature for potatoes. According to ATK the magic number of 205F, which is easier for me than guessing doneness on time.

Going outside for a run is also a great way to not go stir crazy working from home. 

If you drive a car often, you should strongly consider an umbrella policy. Many auto policies cap out at $50,000 to $100,000 in payout, sometimes with separate amounts out for property damage, etc. But if you got into a nasty car accident, they have an expensive car, and require any kind of care that results in…

As a St. Louisian, the feeling is mutual. 

Truck traffic on I-70 is terrible

I’ve taken the STL>KC Southwest direct flight a bunch of times. It’s way shorter than fifty minutes. Closer to thirty.

I’ve accidentally left it on the grill before for a couple hours after I was finished cooking (whoops!). All the seasoning burns off. I wouldn’t recommend it.

I live in a suburb of St. Louis and it has become such an issue that our local police department has started posting daily memes about locking your car at 8:00 p.m. And still, every week, the crime report has people getting stuff stolen from their unlocked cars parked outdoors.

Bring headphones and drink tickets and it’ll be fine.