How To Freeze Fruits and Vegetables

...reak them out of a solid mass. To do this you’ll individually quick freeze IQF them. To IQF: Wash, blanch (veggies) and cool . Spread in one layer on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer for four to six hours. Pack in sealed containers or in freezer bags. Label with date to avoid freezer mystery bag phenomenon. Now when the zombie apocalypse arrives and everything goes Beyond Thunderdome, freezing will not be the best option (unless, like Tina...

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Digital Götterdämmerung

...of his book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Amazon, library) is the suggestion to take a one month break from addictive apps, websites and other digital media. Use that time to figure out some life goals. At the end of the month carefully add back the digital tools you find useful. I just started the one month digital fast and, already, I feel like I’m regaining a long lost pre-internet memory of when I used to read...

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Thinking Local

...both partners must work means that we have less time to gather in the evening. But these are not a reasons to live lives of lonely desperation playing video games and waiting for the next Amazon package to arrive. If we’re to get out of the mess we’re in here in Silver Lake and everywhere else in the world it’s going to be a team effort....

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Saturday Tweets: One Crazy Week

...The Panic Button Over Brazil’s New President. If Jair Bolsonaro opens the Amazon to more business, as his backers want, the new president threatens the world’s ability to prevent catastrophic climate change.https://t.co/jpyo10Ksk2 — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) October 30, 2018 well one of us needs to go home and change. (silverlakeghoul on IG) pic.twitter.com/RLd0SPNqGZ — Clint Falin (@ClintFalin) November 1, 2018 Watch a kitten grow up: http...

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Saturday Linkages: Holiday Edition

...he Nativity, c. 1425 Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole) Google Nest or Amazon Ring? Just reject these corporations’ surveillance and a dystopic future The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes How our cities failed us this decade: We let big tech take over and dragged our feet on climate, but it’s not too late for change Overlooked No More: Julia Morgan, Pioneering Female Architect Just a whole bunch of cats...

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