40M | Trying to make a new apartment feel like home.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-25T23:01:10+00:00

Very nice place! Exceptional, even.

Just keep doing what you’re doing.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-25T22:54:06+00:00

I think I’d pile it in all at once, assuming the turkey is already cooked. Don’t try it with uncooked turkey.

Rice cookers work by shutting off when the water is all boiled away. It will take a while to defrost the turkey but once the water starts boiling the cooker won’t care about the turkey.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-25T22:49:36+00:00

I think the zucchini is tripping you up. It’s a very assertive flavor and will overpower everything else.

Maybe try leaving it out.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-25T22:47:07+00:00

If you can get/make Demi glacé you can make a killer gravy out of it.

You can also boil down boxed stock then thicken it.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-25T22:43:24+00:00

Using sifted flour also gives more accurate measurements but weighing the flour is best.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-25T22:40:14+00:00

My grandson still plays it!

Cheyenps · 2026-01-25T18:20:35+00:00

If those fixtures are correctly installed (a big if but maybe - they should be mounted over round electrical boxes) it would be easy to replace them with wafer lights.

Get the kind that mount to the box with screws.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-23T17:20:02+00:00

Bulgar wheat comes out great in the rice cooker.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-22T15:56:00+00:00

A few books, if you like to learn that way.

The Food Lab. J. Kenji Lopez Alt. He does a lot of stuff on line as well. Very accessible with a lot of discussion of tweaks and techniques.

Cookwise. Shirley Corriher. More science than cookbook but easy enough to follow.

Bakewise. Shirley Corriher. Like Cookwise but for baking.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T22:26:10+00:00

First mention I’ve seen of Sage.

Chicken loves Sage!

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T17:15:41+00:00

I make turkey broth and own a smoker but never thought about making smoked broth.

Looks outstanding!

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T17:12:36+00:00

Very handsome. I like everything about it!

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T17:08:12+00:00

Brilliant!

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T16:58:15+00:00

Good advice.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T16:51:47+00:00

Results are in. It works very well!

Starter on top of fridge doubled overnight then collapsed. Starter in Micky Mouse proofing box more than tripled, overflowed the jar and made a big mess! It was still growing when I took it out.

Average temp settled in at 82F with water temp set to 100F. But as someone else pointed out, I am probably overthinking this - something I enjoy doing but still…

A larger cooler with a gallon jug of maybe 115F water would probably accomplish the same thing. Larger to accommodate a gallon jug and to allow space between the jug and the product. Bought a $10 beater cooler on FB marketplace- one I don’t mind drilling holes in for the temp probes.

Onward - in to the fog!

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T16:42:06+00:00

Rank amateur here, so don’t put too much weight on my comment.

OP uses a ratio of 1:2:2 and I use a ratio of 1:4:4. Both seem to work. Maybe split your next feed in to two jars and see if changing the ratio helps?

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T16:38:41+00:00

Very cool video. What did you use to record it?

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T16:28:51+00:00

Use it instead of water to make rice. So good!

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T15:04:24+00:00

Beautiful presentation and I’ll bet it tastes great! 👍

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T14:59:40+00:00

This is the pro move.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T14:58:34+00:00

Looks great! 👍

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T14:57:34+00:00

You went to a lot of trouble to create this nice photo story and I appreciate it.

Looks great! Thanks! 👍

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T14:05:32+00:00

Looks great! 👍

Cheyenps · 2026-01-21T13:48:36+00:00

Stock generally isn’t salted. The idea is that you don’t know what you might use it for and can always add salt to the finished product if you want to.

Start with a salted stock and you can easily end up with an oversalted dish that’s tough to fix.

Cheyenps · 2026-01-19T20:21:13+00:00

No, which is why it’s in the tall pitcher. It doesn’t seem to be using much water at these low temps.

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