Comments on: Cooking with Tools

By: Soni

Soni — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:17:32 +0000

Tomatoes + Solar Cooker = Maybe a Very Bad Idea.

While you *used* to be able to can tomatoes with just a boiling water bath back in the day, these days a lot of modern tomato varieties and hybrids no longer have enough acid to make this safe. These days, canning experts say to go ahead and pressure can those beauties to be on the safe side.

If you know you’ll be canning with very old fashioned heirloom tomatoes, it might be safe. Or you can add vinegar or lemon juice to bring up the acid. The finished product must reach 4.6 or lower after all ingredients are added in order to be safely water-bathed.

OTOH, pressure canning is noted to result in more nutritious ‘maters, so it might just be best to stick with that.

By: wooden trays

wooden trays — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:20:51 +0000

Thanks for your articles; your voice cheers my day and excites my desire to explore the world of foods, techniques and cooking.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:06:56 +0000

I tried making toast with a propane torch, it had a horrible chemical taste.

I tried to make a hotplate from the sole plate of an old iron, but it doesn’t get hot enough to be practical.

By: heather

heather — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:19:22 +0000

MIT students come up woth the coolest wierd ideas1 The ice cream maker looks hardcore.

And I shall indeed honor the awesomeness of Mr. Brown. His Power drill/pepper grinder was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this article.

By: greyhound

greyhound — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:58:29 +0000

Good article linked on my sig.

By: Stryc9

Stryc9 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:10:57 +0000

Bow down before the power of Alton Brown.

By: liz

liz — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:54:58 +0000

The cell phone egg thing is a hoax, but the way… do an online search for urban myth, egg, cell phone and you will see.

By: Jason!

Jason! — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:02:30 +0000

This makes me think of some of the things Alton Brown does, including smoking salmon in a cardboard box, making pulled pork in a flower pot, and coring pears with a large rotary drill…

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:57:04 +0000

The cell phone cooker was confirmed to be an urban legend at various sites including urbanlegend.com.