Subj : Minced Garlic To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Nov 29 2019 08:43:00 Hi Nancy! NB> Happy Thanksgiving! (How time zaps by!) I know!! And Christmas coming up -- the Family one on the 14th: celebrate as a group early when everyone has time/can get time off from work, less frazzled, etc. BM>>> Boo! Happy Halloween! Snowed overnight -- looks like a couple of BM>>> inches so far. Currently 27ø. Weather prediction for tonight is BM>>> around freezing so the kids will need to bundle up. Autumn does have BM>>> an alternate plan set up. NB>>> And what did she end up doing....? BM>> Elsa from Frozen. Fortunately she was able to put her costume over a BM>> thin coat so she was costumed and warm. NB>> Otherwise it might have been even more appropriate a costume... ;) BM> She does run rather warm, so she probably would have been fine BM> with normal temperatures in the Elsa costume, but even as hot as she BM> is she probably would have been Iggy the Icicle (um, new character!) BM> and bet a few phone calls to Child Welfare. NB> Obviously from people that don't remember how warm kids manage to NB> be..... I still remember my son saying that he was perfectly warm NB> dressed only in his basketball uniform, no coat or anything, in NB> freezing January weather... Granted, it was only a quick run from NB> the car to the inside of the building where the gym was, but NB> still.. :) Right. I don't remember being always warm but then I also don't remember being cold after being outside for hours in snow- and ice- coated clothes. BM> As for your inquiry, off to Google-land! BM> Typically, a prepared jar of chopped or minced garlic can last up to BM> three months in the fridge. NB> Mine has lasted far longer than that... I think it's still about NB> the same as it ever was.... :) That's good to know. I'm the only one who eats garlic beyond the sprinkle the manufactures put in their product so tends to last a while. BM> The shelf life of garlic depends on how and where you store it. BM> Properly stored fresh and whole garlic can last up to five months in BM> the pantry and 12 months in the freezer. BM> The shelf life of garlic can go as long as a year or as short as a BM> few days depending on how you store it. BM> A properly stored whole bulb of garlic can last up to three to five BM> months in the pantry. Once the bulb is broken, you can expect the BM> quality of your garlic to decrease rather quickly. Individual BM> unpeeled garlic cloves can last for seven to ten days in the pantry. NB> I've had the broken into bulb/head last for longer than that... NB> at least a couple of weeks, anyway... But also have used it up NB> long before that at other times... :) I'd do some sort of processing to the bulb before then -- rarely than much of a procrastinator! BM> Peeled and chopped garlic usually stay good for about a week in the BM> refrigerator and 10 to 12 months in the freezer, same with frozen BM> cooked garlic. NB> That's good to know... Once I chopped up my celery, onions and NB> garlic, and then ended up putting them in a closed container in NB> the fridge for a day or so because Richard came home wanting to NB> go out for supper instead... They were fine when I got back to NB> them, and the work was already done... :) That worked out well! BM> Processed garlic available on the market, like frozen BM> garlic cloves, dried garlic, powdered garlic, minced and those in BM> jars usually have an expiration date on their label. Most of the time BM> these best-by dates are accurate and should be followed. NB> I tend to use those as best by dates... the dried/powdered garlic NB> and garlic salt seems to still have some potency quite a bit NB> later... haven't tried things like frozen garlic cloves.... "Best by" usually means the flavour and consistency is closely equivalent to when purchased; past that is still good, just may not be quite as potentent, or if a muffin mix may not rise as high. I've got some powered garlic which I know is older and it isn't as strong as it was originally. BM> I have the feeling my jar is past that three month date, and the BM> comment on "once the bulb is broke looses it's flavour" definitely BM> makes sense and probably why a slight disappointment with the jarred BM> garlic. NB> Possible... :) I'd guess that your jar would still be wholesome NB> until you finish it off (unless you just let it sit in the fridge NB> for decades or something [g])... "Hey look! A mislabelled jar of pesto!" No, did finish up the other day: there was some leftover 'stir fry' rice (looked and tasted more like an herbed rice) and added the final jarred minced rice and liquid. BM>> year ago had a small web in the upstairs bathroom; rarely see any BM>> flies in the house much less in the bathroom. Took the web down, never BM>> did see the spider and guess he moved on. NB>> We do seem to get various insects around the house, from food moths NB>> to gnats and fruit flies and the houseflies of various sizes, and the NB>> spiders happily feed on them.... As long as the spiders aren't biting NB>> me, they are perfectly welcome in my house... ;) BM> Yes, I'm not overly concerned seeing a cobweb or bug: some have BM> hitchhiked in from us being outside, some flew in while the door was BM> open as we're coming in. Know there are openings they can crawl BM> through -- can't 100% seal a house. Too many and there's a problem, BM> more with the humans doing the housekeeping than the insects. NB> Sometimes it's not the housekeeping, actually... but those times NB> tend to be seasonal... :) Right: if a couple/few cobwebs around the place not a big deal IMO. One doesn't go 'spider web hunting', and even if did easy enough to overlook. Take down as one finds, glance the general area - good enough until the next housecleaning session! NB>>> No, the lights are centered in the rooms, therefore so are the pull NB>>> cords.... the light in the kitchen is also a pullcord... One just gets NB>>> used to it... and with so much of the house still using the pull NB>>> cords, it would be a major project to change that much of the wiring.. NB>>> There are actually only a couple flip switches, some of the switches NB>>> are push button ones.... Let's see, the front hall/stairs is a NB>>> flipswitch, along with one for the front porch in the same wallplate.. NB>>> the switch upstairs for that set of stairs is a pushbutton... and also NB>>> the switch upstairs for the hall/backstairs is a pushbutton, and the NB>>> corresponding switch downstairs is a flipswitch... in the same NB>>> wallplate downstairs is a flip switch that turns on the main basement NB>>> light(s), but there's a pullcord in the front storage room... The NB>>> attic is pullcord(s)... The downstairs bath used to be a pantry, and NB>>> that was converted in the 50's, so the light in there is a fluorescent NB>>> over the sink that has a toggle switch at one end of it... The living NB>>> room, dining room and music room all have the flip switches, although NB>>> the last is mounted upside down... We haven't changed any of it since NB>>> we moved in over 40 years ago... :) BM>> Yes, I would suppose one is accustomed: know where to kneel on the bed BM>> to get to the pull cord. We know how far to reach in to get to the BM>> wall switches, so similar reach and get. NB>> We don't actually have to kneel on the bed to get to the cord, just NB>> stand at the foot of the bed and reach not quite a full arm's length NB>> in.. Tne other rooms it's just walking to about the center of the NB>> room, as the furniture isn't blocking it at all... :) BM> So not an inconvenience. NB> Not really.. :) And if it were an inconvenience something would probably have been done by now! NB>> Any switches that we have are the old "click" sort... ;) And the NB>> ones for the stairs (front and back) are the three-way type... BM> The 'click switches' have a character. The quiet switches are new but BM> don't have the character of a click switch. We got a few switches BM> around the house with a slight click to them; I know not old because BM> two I installed. Just the mechanical workings of the switch. NB> Ours are all from before our getting the house... not a super NB> loud click, actually... Our one click switch does have a rather loud CLICK! As I recall has a bit of a faint/dull scrape as the mechanical of the switch gets ready to change position, then a loud bassy CLUNK!, though it's more of cross between a CLUNK and a CLICK. Probably because amplified in the wall and stairway. Or just sounds louder because it is the only switch that is noisy. BM>> Back to your pulls and switches, might not look nor feel right (as in BM>> ambiance) to update them to the modern ones. Just would not fit in BM>> with the overall scheme of things. NB>> Exactly... and we tend not to change just for the sake of change, or NB>> for modernization either, for that matter... :) We don't mind things NB>> being somewhat old-fashioned... :) BM> To me it would be out of place. The only thing I would be updating BM> would be the outlets, and then only the ones requiring. A lamp plug BM> usually only has two prongs so no need to have a grounded outlet. NB> And one can always use a grounded adapter if needed for a three NB> pronged plug... which is what we do for most of the outlets... I NB> think that we have a few that have the proper outlets... :) Yes, have done that here. Some of the old two-prong outlets I was able to replace as was grounded through the conduit, others I've had to run a ground. BM>>> Just reach over and pull the manual out of the glove compartment. BM>>> Ah-eeeeeeeeee!!! NB>>> Just how deeply buried is that manual....! ;) BM>> IIRC there are only a couple of items on top, it's that reaching over BM>> while driving causing the problem! NB>> Ah.... One is supposed to do that reaching over when one is at least NB>> stopped, preferrably pulled over off the road... ;) My glove NB>> compartment is designed with a special shelf at the top to hold the NB>> manual... :) BM> Fancy! And makes sense: should have the manual -- even if one doesn't BM> understand have it available for someone assisting who does. NB> Most things in the manual are understandable by the layperson... NB> but it is nice to have it handy... :) There are two things (so far!) I haven't found in my car's manual. One is what to me looks like an antenna symbol followed my a lower-case italic 'm' icon on the radio's panel -- sometimes on, sometimes off, sometimes flickers but doesn't seem to coordinate with anything. Obviously something to do with a signal. Manual covers numerous radio options the car can have. (And yes, factory-installed radio.) The other is a long narrow slot with a covered plug over it. Again factory-original. Slot's about the size of a deck of cards but only half as thick. On the driver's door panel near the hinges. Half- thought for holding parking ramp tickets but would fall out. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 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