Tag: kitchen chemistry
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Ginger Oatmeal Cookies
These were an experiment in textures. I wanted to make a cookie that was crisp, but not too crunchy. I like a chewy cookie, but not a cakey texture. The First Reader likes a cookie with a bit of bite to it. And the ginger? Well, I love ginger, and on a cold day a…
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Walnut Hull Ink
If you live with Black Walnut Trees, you know all about the way the hulls stain your fingers when you try to reach the elusive but delicious nuts inside that baseball sized green hull. If you think about it, anything that stains can be used as a dye – or an ink. As a chemist…
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Simple Life: Handwashing Dishes
I’ve washed dishes by hand all my life. There was a dishwasher, once, but it was old and busted and eventually got used for storage. So I know the routine well, of standing there with your hands in hot soapy water and staring at the wall… and the dishes never end. You can wash them…