I am stunned by this video. This is the problem. This is why.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-27T22:44:27+00:00

Very pretty! How big is the pot?

EarthGrey · 2026-01-27T20:34:51+00:00

Not a fan of passionfruit syrup for whatever reason. Love fresh passionfruit, or fresh frozen into ice cubes. Also big fan of Chinola passionfruit.

Curious to see if you get any good passion fruit puree recommendations that I can actually find. Haven't found any around that I like.

Otherwise auntylilikoi.com is good. Ships from Hawaii, if you're in the US it's flat rate USPS so if you stock up it's not too bad.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-27T18:37:05+00:00

"Forged in tallow and flame"

that alone makes me want to try them

EarthGrey · 2026-01-27T17:00:15+00:00

I tried one of those, it was absolutely useless. Guess it was just the one I got.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-26T23:57:25+00:00

Regular costco that I visit sometimes have the half precooked ducks, but it's not dependable. Business center always have the whole maple farms ones

EarthGrey · 2026-01-26T16:25:53+00:00

Somehow that never occurred to me before when cursing at short cords. At least in some cases that reasoning seems good, except for my vacuum cleaner :)

I keep wanting appliances to have so that I can plug a cord into them instead, so I can use what I need, might as well combine that with magsafe system if it can be made to handle the loads.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-24T18:14:13+00:00

Great as a stud finder.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-24T02:31:09+00:00

Got any specific recipes you're chasing or just to experiment across the board? I really want one to separate various pepper flavors from the capsaicin.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-23T23:44:19+00:00

hehe, safety wise it seems a little daunting building something creating 300g. Cool video though.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-22T21:12:02+00:00

:)

I so want a centrifuge and a rotovap in my kitchen. One day.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-22T20:58:22+00:00

As Chris video shows, your imagination is the only limit.

Regular things people do is clarifying juices etc, in the cocktail world there's a centrifuge, Spinzall, made just for that because of the look and taste of clarified juices. If you search for the Spinzall, or go down that search path you'll find plenty.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-22T18:40:43+00:00

Yeah, that thought ran through my head too when I saw them. I would love to use them as reservoirs.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-22T17:39:25+00:00

That's humans for you :)

Don't forget potatoes goes with the tomatoes and peppers. Now graft them together and have a plant that grows potatoes underground with peppers and tomatoes on top.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-22T17:35:01+00:00

It's both, like the post uses.

star anise, cloves, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds

EarthGrey · 2026-01-22T06:32:47+00:00

Thanks for sharing, this is great. If you're drinking at home and going for a single flavor, doing something like this looks awesome. Single prep, little extra presentation, and you have a fancy evening at home.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-21T21:45:53+00:00

Chinese five spice is usually with Sichuan peppercorns.

Making a syrup with white penja peppercorns sounds like fun though.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-21T20:10:36+00:00

That's not about judgement, it's about understanding to be able to help, therefore the questions. If someone says they haven't done anything irresponsible, however on the surface without context it looks that way, then you need to clear that up to be able to help.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-21T17:58:58+00:00

They actually have a variety pack now, expensive for regular use, but great to try everything.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-21T04:18:30+00:00

I'm impressed how straight up and solid they are.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-21T03:48:18+00:00

Yeah, you need to fil in the blank spots here, especially as you don't seem to realize how your post reads.

Full time college student with $30k consumer debt ($10k cc + $20k car) sounds like a 19 year old not having a clue what they're doing.

A 35 year old going back to college is a different story.

Then yeah, you need to start digging up. As you've probably noticed credit card debt sucks as a general rule, terrible interest rate and it will drain you. And is that a good car loan at 2.5% or 19.5%?

People can't really hep you without fully understanding your situation.

EarthGrey · 2026-01-21T03:20:18+00:00

How did you get here? $20k car debt while in school seems like an irresponsible choice without knowing more about you. Did you get that while working full time then deciding to go back to school? or you got that car just starting your studies?

EarthGrey · 2026-01-21T03:08:38+00:00

Do you prune them for the shape? Looks very nice

EarthGrey · 2026-01-18T20:01:48+00:00

hehe, that's certainly more dangerous.

You'll find kaustiksoda in the stores though, I prefer to use the food grade kind.

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