Comments on: Little annoying things

By: lil_kam

lil_kam — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:10:06 +0000

The super glue observation is very concise. Blasted things.

By: robin_hobb

robin_hobb — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:21:14 +0000

http://www.gingerpeople.com

I get mine locally from Tacoma Boys. They started out as a fruit and vegetable and plant stand, but my, how they’ve grown. GP make several kinds of ginger candy, but I like the chewy ones the best. They rev up my metabolism and mood settle my stomach if I’ve had too much coffee, and taste really great.

A lot of Asian stores carry candied ginger, and that is also a great way to get your ginger. It can be really hot, so try a small piece first. Seriously, for me it does boost my mood.

My mom was from the UK (Norwich) and she is the one who taught me to love ginger, so I suspect you can find it locally.

By: kevsegg

kevsegg — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:17:18 +0000

Hi Robin

What is the ginger candy you mentioned in this post?

I love ginger but i've never seen any ginger candy. Maybe we don't have it here in the UK but I'd love to hunt some out.

Thanks
Kirsty x

By: margaux_de_laac

margaux_de_laac — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:25:00 +0000

For the tube of super glue, try to cut it with scissors,
sometimes it works
sometimes, you just have to throw your scissors

Margaux (from rivages-maudits)

By: robin_hobb

robin_hobb — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:49:51 +0000

ah, yes, that would explain green potatoes.

Not excuse, mind you, but explain!

Robin

By: darkchallenger

darkchallenger — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:26:39 +0000

As a guy, I’d just like to say I hate the splashing self flushers too. We have power flushers at the library I work at. Water, water, everywhere. Ugh. I’ll have to check out the wrapping paper at Big Lots this week. Once the sub zero temps have moved on.

By: allaboutm_e

allaboutm_e — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:22:05 +0000

All reasonable complaints , esp. #1, annoying to “big girls” too, IMO.

By: sizztheseed

sizztheseed — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:43:21 +0000

I suspect the green potato problem is often from security lighting. The spuds often stand around in an uncovered state at the packing facility where the sodium lamps burn through the night, then again at the grocery warehouse, and finally in the supermarket. The idea of security lighting is so tightly ingrained in the way people do security here, and with some reasonable cause, but it seems such a waste, especially when flying over the cities at night and seeing all these empty buildings lit like daylight. That sight always makes me feel the vast scale of the problem of electricity waste.

But that can't be the whole story. We have one local farmer, who also manages to green his potatoes fairly regularly. He's getting on a bit, and after turning them (turning the soil over and leaving the potatoes out to be gathered), he takes a rest, and that rest can go on for a whole afternoon in the bright sun. Perhaps that also happens on the big farms where they will turn a few acres of potatoes at once, and it may be several hours or a day before they're gathered up and sent on.

On the other end of the scale is a farmer who keeps all his root vegetables in a converted mushroom cellar, which is photographically dark nearly all year. His spuds are never green, but, ah, he's a very meticulous fellow.

Good luck with the cookery. We have a lot of baking today as well...