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28.01.10
The latest sacrifice from Jenn-Air is a convection system wall oven with a 7-inch full-color patch up-screen LCD that incorporates an image-based cooking example.
You can choose from over 50 different food options and particularize food category, food type, desired doneness, and even the genus of pan used. Not sure what medium rare really looks like? Connections up a picture. Want to use a meat thermometer to be sure you've hit in all respects the right temperature? Take a look at visuals to see how and where to insert the examine. What Jenn-Air calls a "Culinary Center" is designed to take all the guesswork out of cooking.
You won't find dials or keypads on the oven front. Preferably, touch the screen and slide the bar to the desired temperature. When the oven is not in use, the LCD displays a pick of two accent colors and 24 distinct themes, from seasonal to floral, that come out with either an analog or digital clock. Touch the display to release up the home screen. Look for more ovens to start incorporating this match-screen technology.
Source: CNET
Key lime cake; from desperation to a dedi-caketion
28.01.10
, My baking bible for the next year, novelist Melissa Gray tells a little about the Key lime: "...named after the Florida Keys, where Ernest Hemingway hung out with his six-toed cats, is also
known as Mexican lime, West Indian lime or bartender's lime. It's
smaller, seedier, more acidic, and more savoury than the more common Persian lime. It also has a thinner rind."
I anticipated some dilemma finding Key limes at neighborhood produce locales. In as a matter of actual fact, I couldn't remember ever noticing them in a grocery store. I spread the discussion to friends to be on the lookout for Key limes during their next shopping excursion. Key limes at Prize Market? Nope. How about Sunshine Market? Nada. Possibly Sparrow? No dice. I finally encountered the little citrus gems at Meijer! One bag contained about two dozen limes.
2. My boyfriend will do anything for cube - er, I mean - me.
Rex and I decided to spend the afternoon together because we both had the day off
Source: AnnArbor.com