Posts by Andydude

Summer may be starting to lose it's shine (such as it was here) but with Autumn and Winter come other delights, like spicy parsnip soup and the scent of mulling spices.

There are sites like this one:- AbeBooks Official Site - New & Used Books, New & Used Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books I normally use this kind of site when I'm looking for something, but should the book be listed, you...

Excellent, congratulations Jim. :cool:

Happy Labor day folks.:bounce:

Hi Epi - belated greetings are always welcome. :) I just hung around the house I think, reading my new books and baking. I'm pretty busy with family stuff at the moment, but it worked out that my birthday fell just right, and I enjoyed...

Perhaps an odd one, but the sight of overcooked Black Pudding is something that makes my heart sink.

As always, a thoughtfully crafted and informative reply BDL, and I thank you for it. I'm aware the only electric knife sharpener that's been mentioned to any degree, is the Chef's Choice range and you've offered some useful...

Thanks for that BDL. I expect the natural approach for most home users would be to seek to sharpen a blade when it appears the working edge is beginning to dull, rather than work to a prescribed regimen. That said, I was focussed on...

Nothing there to laugh at, I'm quite comfortable with that.

Hi Von Milash, Something like an infrared thermometer might fit the bill for reading surface temperature, although I'm not sure how a coating of oil would affect the reading. Edit: I see Demolitron posted useful info re IR Thermometers...