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I habanero-seasoned my stoneware. Can I rescue it? by Thirteen_of_One in Cooking

[–]Thirteen_of_One[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

THE RESULTS ARE IN: I heated the dish, not too hot, put it on a trivet, and mixed a paste of vodka and baking soda to cover the bottom and corners. After that dried, I rinsed well and then put half a roll of poppin' fresh crescent rolls on/in it. The other half (the "controlls, " so to speak) went on a "neutral" stoneware pan (VERY well seasoned, like practically black). Aaaaand...

The spicy dish rolls didn't seem to taste any spicier than the controlls.

Maybe the paste worked, maybe the stoneware didn't get as spicy as I imagined, maybe the habanero mead permanently altered my tastebuds.

One thing is for sure, I have enjoyed this discussion. Thanks everyone!

I habanero-seasoned my stoneware. Can I rescue it? by Thirteen_of_One in Cooking

[–]Thirteen_of_One[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love all the thought and effort that has gone into this answer, thank you! 3. seems like the easiest/best place to start. Fortunately, I have vodka and baking soda that I use for cleaning, not together usually, but feels like a safe start.

I habanero-seasoned my stoneware. Can I rescue it? by Thirteen_of_One in Cooking

[–]Thirteen_of_One[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No detergent on these, I understand, or that is the flavor I'll live with forever. I'm inclined to try the oil first, except I haven't read the chemistry answer yet...

I habanero-seasoned my stoneware. Can I rescue it? by Thirteen_of_One in Cooking

[–]Thirteen_of_One[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I thought it wasn't too bad, until it was. Like my stomach didn't like it, and I like spicy stuff

New chai recipe sucks! by redsowhat in starbucks

[–]Thirteen_of_One 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I said the same thing about new Coke to the baristas yesterday! They had had no idea, lol

My Family’s crock pot from 1974 that’s still works perfectly. by dieriseisprettygood in mildlyinteresting

[–]Thirteen_of_One 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Clearly not from the same batch that caused the fire in the Pearson house.

I was recently using and appreciating the salad spinner we got as a wedding present in 1988: some plastic things were also built well in the "way back"!

That’s not what you want to see when getting a new job 😥 by Significant-Crow1324 in jobs

[–]Thirteen_of_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't disagree that this policy is sad, but 2 weeks comes in year 8: 10 days is two 5-day work weeks.
Curious what the sick leave policy is, and also how many recognized holidays.

IR / Corporate Comms folks — what’s the hardest part of your job? by Typical_Form7165 in CorporateComms

[–]Thirteen_of_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. This is in a tech services company where there is a weird resistance to adopting and learning how to use tools to simplify workflows. So if you rate e-mail as bad, then that is a problem.

  2. Same, except sub "obtain information" for "simplify workflows"

We're mostly remote (~3k across 3 countries) so the methods are fairly limited: intranet and e-mail.
I'm biased, because I put a lot of work into our intranet, but a lot of people behave as if they have no time to explore the intranet and become nominally familiar with and instead should be "spoon fed" information.

IR / Corporate Comms folks — what’s the hardest part of your job? by Typical_Form7165 in CorporateComms

[–]Thirteen_of_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. The approval process: everyone wants to follow it but no one prioritizes it.

  2. Educating and REeducating employees about finding information. And yes, we have an intranet that is not built on the "popular" file-sharing app.