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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tadsilly)
I love to cook and I enjoy turning simple functional bowls. Perhaps
including an instructional manual for the care and feeding of our salad bowls might upgrade their image a few steps above Target's imports. Nothing original here, of course. Some suggestions for an info/instruction sheet. Please post your ideas and some you've learned from others. Additions or subtractions to mine are encouraged. 1. The bowl interior is deliberately left with a slightly rough unvarnished oil finish that is food safe and hypo-allergenic. The open slightly abrasive surface allows for more efficient crushing of pepper, spices, garlic, anchovy and other ingredients Flavors can meld and invade the wood's pores remaining as subtle reminders of your flair for good cooking. 2. As with your prized iron pots and skillets your handmade wooden salad bowl must be properly seasoned before using. This will allow your bowl to do its job properly, enhancing appearance, flavor and aroma of your salad creations. To season: With a clean cloth or kitchen paper rub in a tsp. of olive or salad oil and a tsp. of salt until scoured clean. Put away for several hours to absorb the oil, then repeat. Then after about an hour rub in another tsp. of oil without salt until dry. Voila! Your bowl is properly seasoned and ready for building salad masterpieces. 3. Your custom wooden salad bowl is special and deserves special care. To develop a lovely patina and your own subtle bouquet never put it in a dish washer or use detergents (not even LDD, Leif). Clean your bowl as chefs in the great restaurants clean their saute pans; by scrubbing with salt and rinsing with water. Perfume-free soapy water is allowed if you must, but please re-oil. 4. To maintain a happy long term relationship, renew your vows by re-seasoning your bowl from time to time. 5. Your bowl was made from appropriate woodstock by a skilled craftsman, and you should enjoy using it. If for any reason you are not satisfied please call.... or email..... If you are pleased I'd enjoy knowing that. ***************************************** Without some serious editing, these ideas are probably outrageous; two pounds in a one pound bag and too much sugar for a dime. An incorrect musing on a very serious socio-political-economic problem of the day: making Cinderella's foot fit an ornate slipper so we can all leave the party. Yall's take? Arch Fortiter, |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad silly)
Arch wrote:
spices, garlic, anchovy and other ingredients Flavors can meld and invade the wood's pores remaining as subtle reminders of your flair for good cooking. Translation: don't put anything stinky in this bowl if you ever want to eat peach cobbler out of it. bowl is properly seasoned and ready for building salad masterpieces. Salad masterpieces? Isn't that laying it on a bit thick, Arch? (Then again, I don't eat salad. After I pick all the unpleasant stuff out I'm left with carrots and cucumbers, so I eat carrots and cucumbers and leave the salad for all the people with less refined palates. 3. Your custom wooden salad bowl is special and deserves special care. To develop a lovely patina and your own subtle bouquet never put it in a dish washer or use detergents (not even LDD, Leif). Clean your bowl as chefs in the great restaurants clean their saute pans; by scrubbing with salt and rinsing with water. Perfume-free soapy water is allowed if you must, but please re-oil. You might be more clear on the point that running through a dishwasher will surely destroy the thing sooner or later, and probably sooner. Saying "to develop a lovely patina...." sort of makes it sound optional. Hey, not that I know anything, mind you. I'm only up to bowl #7 so far, and they all suck. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
Arch,
As a connoisseur of the wooden salad bowl, it looks fine to me. Beware of using soap in a wooden bowl, either in the turning or in the using. Soap suds don't look good with a salad. Russ Fairfield Post Falls, Idaho http://www.woodturnerruss.com/ |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
E tu, Russ! And it wasn't even the Ides! I have furnished salad bowls sets
to my nieces. They were green ash and I used LDD in the turning of them. Not one of my nieces has been noticed frothing at the mouth with soap bubbles. I have been to a number of their dinner parties and had salad from the bowls. I could not distinguish any soap suds emerging through the salad, nor the taste of soap in the salad. Leif "Russ Fairfield" wrote in message ... Arch, As a connoisseur of the wooden salad bowl, it looks fine to me. Beware of using soap in a wooden bowl, either in the turning or in the using. Soap suds don't look good with a salad. Russ Fairfield Post Falls, Idaho http://www.woodturnerruss.com/ |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
I, on the other hand, can taste it when SWMBO, in a fit of hygiene, washes
my beloved coffee cup (or carafe) out with extremely dilute LDD. No, she is not a coffee drinker. "Leif Thorvaldson" wrote in message ... .. I could not distinguish any soap suds emerging through the salad, nor the taste of soap in the salad. |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
Hi, George! Perhaps she does as my sister does when washing dishes.?.
Washes the dish in the detergent water and then doesn't rinse it. She then lets it air dry or wipes it dry. I have tasted it on her glasses and coffee cups! She won't admit to it and refuses to rinse the dishes. Almost as obstinate as some folks about LDD! *G* Leif "George" wrote in message ... I, on the other hand, can taste it when SWMBO, in a fit of hygiene, washes my beloved coffee cup (or carafe) out with extremely dilute LDD. No, she is not a coffee drinker. "Leif Thorvaldson" wrote in message ... . I could not distinguish any soap suds emerging through the salad, nor the taste of soap in the salad. |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
Russ, Should we mollify Leif with sincere lefthanded praise? Regardless
of subject 87.3% of all rcw threads end up by haggling over the pros & cons of LDD. Silvan, You can't "lay it on too thick" when describing a well turned wooden bowl rubbed with garlic and spices full of crisp torn greens and fine cheeses tossed in olive oil that's never been with a man. Anchovies, Greek olives, sliced onions and croutons, optional. Yes, It is true that Martha Stewart's troubles began when she put peach cobbler in a garlic salad bowl. George When my XYL just has to soak my coffee cup in 'that LDD stuff' , I retire it for tea drinkers. I'm off to Merrie olde England for a fun fortnite. I can hear your sighs of relief already. Arch Fortiter, |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
Damn, Arch! That salad sounds outrageously great! As to "left-handed"
compliments; I prefer right-handed! Would that mean only 12.7% would "deteriorate" over the pros and cons of LDD?*G* Leif "Arch" wrote in message ... Russ, Should we mollify Leif with sincere lefthanded praise? Regardless of subject 87.3% of all rcw threads end up by haggling over the pros & cons of LDD. Silvan, You can't "lay it on too thick" when describing a well turned wooden bowl rubbed with garlic and spices full of crisp torn greens and fine cheeses tossed in olive oil that's never been with a man. Anchovies, Greek olives, sliced onions and croutons, optional. Yes, It is true that Martha Stewart's troubles began when she put peach cobbler in a garlic salad bowl. George When my XYL just has to soak my coffee cup in 'that LDD stuff' , I retire it for tea drinkers. I'm off to Merrie olde England for a fun fortnite. I can hear your sighs of relief already. Arch Fortiter, |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:56:10 -0500 (EST), Arch wrote:
George When my XYL just has to soak my coffee cup in 'that LDD stuff' , I retire it for tea drinkers. Arch, That "dont wash out the coffee pot" is a bunch of s***** (Shavings). In one of my past lives I ran a "Coffee Club" at my office. I heard that same thing over and over whenever I tried to clean the pot. But if I'd sneak back into work after everyone had gone home and clean the pot with Dip-It then scrub it out good I heard nothing but praise the next day on how great the coffee was, many were "see! don't ever clean the pot." I just smiled and agreed. mike -- Michael Vore, W3CCV M-ASA [Ka8]; WHIRL, ABC; CAW, CW, AAW http://mike.vorefamily.net/omw - NEW * * Turned Wood items http://mike.vorefamily.net/twr -The weblog |
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Musing about making silk purses out of hog's ears (long & a tad
Heh. This reminded me of an event back in '77. I was working the graveyard
shift out in shipping and one of my jobs was to make the coffe for the day shift. As usual, I took the pot (one of those 30 cup percolators) up to Maintenance to fill. Well there I am standing water hose at about waist level filling the pot. My boss walks in and sees me from the side. Looks like I'm takin' a wizz in the pot. He's screaming and hollerin all the way across the shop until he sees what's goin' on. He kinda apologized while all the guys in Maintenance were laughing their butts off. "Mike Vore" wrote in message ... On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:56:10 -0500 (EST), Arch wrote: George When my XYL just has to soak my coffee cup in 'that LDD stuff' , I retire it for tea drinkers. Arch, That "dont wash out the coffee pot" is a bunch of s***** (Shavings). In one of my past lives I ran a "Coffee Club" at my office. I heard that same thing over and over whenever I tried to clean the pot. But if I'd sneak back into work after everyone had gone home and clean the pot with Dip-It then scrub it out good I heard nothing but praise the next day on how great the coffee was, many were "see! don't ever clean the pot." I just smiled and agreed. mike -- Michael Vore, W3CCV M-ASA [Ka8]; WHIRL, ABC; CAW, CW, AAW http://mike.vorefamily.net/omw - NEW * * Turned Wood items http://mike.vorefamily.net/twr -The weblog |
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