Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Dec 03 2019 21:08:32 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Nov-2019 08:43 <=- NB>> Happy Thanksgiving! (How time zaps by!) BM> I know!! And Christmas coming up -- the Family one on the 14th: BM> celebrate as a group early when everyone has time/can get time off BM> from work, less frazzled, etc. We do ours after Christmas, in that week before New Year's... :) But early can make a lot of sense, too, if that's when people can come... :) 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 the NB>> car to the inside of the building where the gym was, but still... :) BM> Right. I don't remember being always warm but then I also don't BM> remember being cold after being outside for hours in snow- and ice- BM> coated clothes. And it was, after all, a while ago now... 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 the NB>> same as it ever was.... :) BM> That's good to know. I'm the only one who eats garlic beyond the BM> sprinkle the manufactures put in their product so tends to last a BM> while. I stopped using the jar in the fridge so much when I started using the fresh garlic on a regular basis.... once in a while, though, it still comes in handy.... :) 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... at NB>> least a couple of weeks, anyway... But also have used it up long NB>> before that at other times... :) BM> I'd do some sort of processing to the bulb before then -- rarely that BM> much of a procrastinator! Not so much procrastination as figuring I'd be using the rest of it pretty soon, and not even considering processing yet.... and having a couple of weeks or so with extra travel or extra not eating home times... :) 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 garlic, NB>> and then ended up putting them in a closed container in the fridge for NB>> a day or so because Richard came home wanting to go out for supper NB>> instead... They were fine when I got back to them, and the work was NB>> already done... :) BM> That worked out well! Yup. :) 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 and NB>> garlic salt seems to still have some potency quite a bit later... NB>> haven't tried things like frozen garlic cloves.... BM> "Best by" usually means the flavour and consistency is closely BM> equivalent to when purchased; past that is still good, just may not be BM> quite as potentent, or if a muffin mix may not rise as high. I've BM> got some powered garlic which I know is older and it isn't as strong as BM> it was originally. Yes, eventually it does lose potency, but those dates are often rather conservative.... ;) 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])... BM> "Hey look! A mislabelled jar of pesto!" Oh, yuck....! BM> No, did finish up the other day: there was some leftover 'stir fry' BM> rice (looked and tasted more like an herbed rice) and added the BM> final jarred minced garlic and liquid. So now you can start thinking about replacing it in some way... :) 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... :) BM> Right: if a couple/few cobwebs around the place not a big deal IMO. BM> One doesn't go 'spider web hunting', and even if did easy enough to BM> overlook. Take down as one finds, glance the general area - good BM> enough until the next housecleaning session! I was more thinking about the insects invading being seasonal... sometimes one doesn't do anything about it and they vanish just like they appeared, without warning, and just not there... NB>>>> We haven't changed any of it since 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.. :) BM> And if it were an inconvenience something would probably have been BM> done by now! Exactly... :) 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 loud NB>> click, actually... BM> Our one click switch does have a rather loud CLICK! As I BM> recall has a bit of a faint/dull scrape as the mechanical of the BM> switch gets ready to change position, then a loud bassy CLUNK!, though BM> it's more of cross between a CLUNK and a CLICK. Probably because BM> amplified in the wall and stairway. Or just sounds louder because it BM> is the only switch that is noisy. Possibly the last, especially if the house is usually rather quiet... ;) 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... :) BM> Yes, have done that here. Some of the old two-prong outlets I was BM> able to replace as was grounded through the conduit, others I've had to BM> run a ground. There's never been really a good reason to make the effort here... :) BM> There are two things (so far!) I haven't found in my car's manual. BM> One is what to me looks like an antenna symbol followed my a lower-case BM> italic 'm' icon on the radio's panel -- sometimes on, sometimes off, BM> sometimes flickers but doesn't seem to coordinate with anything. BM> Obviously something to do with a signal. Manual covers numerous radio BM> options the car can have. (And yes, factory-installed radio.) We saw something like that on one of the cars that I rented this year... never did figure out what it meant.... wasn't in that car's manual, either... :) BM> The other is a long narrow slot with a covered plug over it. Again BM> factory-original. Slot's about the size of a deck of cards but only BM> half as thick. On the driver's door panel near the hinges. Half- BM> thought for holding parking ramp tickets but would fall out. Not a clue on that one, either... Hadn't seen that sort of thing before... might just be some sort of decoration, I suppose.... ;) ttyl neb .... Young gorillas are friendly but they soon learn. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .