Powdered eggshells.....do they really make a difference
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Comments (7)"The differences are less about taste and more about appearance, harvest time, storability and how well they grow in my climate." I agree, especially if 'appearance' includes bulb & clove size. If looking for a new garlic to grow, bulb size is my first consideration, followed by clove size. A garlic with tiny cloves, no matter how good it tastes, becomes tiresome after you have peeled 20 bulbs worth of cloves. Different garlic cultivars do have different flavors. Could I positively identify a garlic by its taste? Not likely, although I might recognize one I have grown previously. I grew 13 garlics for a few years, before it was all wiped out by disease. That collection is mostly restored now, and with the addition of another 20 varieties this Fall, I hope to grow about 30 different garlics. Taste differences are very pronounced raw... but I seldom use garlic that way. I either cook with it fresh, or dehydrate it into garlic "chips", which are added whole to dishes (they keep their shape) or ground into powder as needed. The dehydrated garlic retains much of the raw flavor, and it is the powder which I taste test. The flavor can vary substantially from year to year; those grown in wet years tend to be milder. Some are mild, some are richly flavored, and some are all fire. The powders can be blended to get the desired flavor. The main advantage of taste testing the powder is that you don't need to fry your palate. Just dip the tip of a dry finger in the powder, and taste. You'll get the flavor, but it won't linger. A few minutes later, after a palate cleanser, you can taste another one. I haven't done much experimentation with roasting yet... a project for the future....See MoreLose the lockers?? Make it the powder room?
Comments (21)Autumn ... I like your open storage. This is similar to what I would like to have in my LR. Nice design. Like the beadboard back. Peyton...the more I look at that corner closet in my laundry room, the more I think you are right. Angling off that corner might screw up the look up the room and even more importantly there might be better storage doing it your way. And one thing I had not thought of was a dedicated broom closet. So I'm glad you reminded me. Any more ideas for my laundry room will be appreciated. I thought about moving the exterior exit door to the left (eliminating the left window), making the right window larger or a double...which would make a longer stretch of counter under that window. Does that make sense? As to the locker/bench area. It's gone. I told the architect to move the half bath there and I will have an open storage are like Autumns pic above in my laundry room. I want the shoes behind closed doors. That was my original vision...the architect and dh swayed me from it, and I had to stand firm and realize what was important and what bugged me the most in my present house. On your suggestion for a drop zone...hmmm I was thinking right inside the door to the Friend's Entry or even inside the Laundry Room/Multipurpose Room. I don't think dh will go along with moving the garage entry door so that I can have a drop zone there...although I agree that it would be a brilliant spot for it. Thank you for your suggestions....See MoreEK paints - is it really that much of a difference?
Comments (15)Luckily, F&B only has 128 colors. So, you don't have to buy a zillion samples, just a hundred and twenty eight! ;-) I have shared this many times before, but perhaps it is worth doing so again. In my last house, I had painted my family room BM Sherwood Green. When we cut a new exterior door onto one wall, we had to repaint and I asked Ellen to create a match for the Sherwood Green. Holding the sample of the FS version next to the existing BM color it looked the same. On the walls, it was another story. I painted the "new" wall with the FS version and did not get around to covering the existing paint on the adjacent walls so I was able to do a side-by-side comparison. The FS wall had a depth to it, like a mirage almost, as if you could run your fingers through the color. The BM wall looked very flat and lifeless in comparison. I painted my newly built house with EK Amy's Sarasota Sand before I moved in and I think Lori's post is right on the mark. Even I, an avowed paint junkie and color fanatic, have been quite happy living with a full spectrum "builder beige" for a year and a half now....See MoreWhat finish(satin or eggshell) do most of you use on your walls?
Comments (25)LOL Ok depends on the house. In my alaska home I want reflective quality in the winter, so most straight painted walls and ceilings are in semi-gloss (shock and horror and yet it looks wonderful). Some walls are finished with varnish or shellac (even more shock and horror but they are the walls ya'll always compliment LOL) and others have a metallic finish. A few are finished with paste wax which when burnished is pretty glossy. Only my very deepest wall color in the basement is done in eggshell and that's because it gets too much light and was dang near glowing heh heh I'm also old fashioned so all trim is done in the highest gloss possible and I love that look. Now in the victorian, flat, matte whatever you call it for walls, though the ceilings will be in metallics most likely on the main floor. Trim paint is mostly being removed but the interim trim paint will be high gloss paint. I had a high gloss and then lacquered finish wall in one of my townhouses a few years ago. It was for art and it was stunning. The other walls in the room had to be semi so they didn't scream "different sheen" next to that long wall....See Moregumby_ct
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