i just copied this little nugget of information from real restaurant recipes.. southerners are the first to declare their fried chicken recipe as being the best, but southerners weren't the first to fry their chickens.
the scottish people who settled the early south apparently introduced fried chicken in the united states.
they liked their chicken fried rather than boiled or baked as was normal for the english in the northern states.
The fried chicken, beans and watermelon might be a southern thing. My garden watermelon is almost ripe(yumm). I do prefer Jamaican style bar-b-que chicken now to fried chicken. As a kid though, I thought the only way to prepare chicken was to fry it.
Never give me an excuse to link music though.
Can anyone listen to this and not want to jump up and start dancing?
i just copied this little nugget of information from real restaurant recipes.. southerners are the first to declare their fried chicken recipe as being the best, but southerners weren't the first to fry their chickens.
the scottish people who settled the early south apparently introduced fried chicken in the united states.
they liked their chicken fried rather than boiled or baked as was normal for the english in the northern states.
certain races are more predisposed to liking vinegar or other types of spices
My dad was a vinegar fiend. He was French/Osage/Welsh so that will be hard to track.
I like vinegar as well, and like my dad much prefer acidic foods to sweet foods. Even before I learned about Vermont folk medicine. ;-)
Listening to some Afro-Cuban beats right now
My favorite music is Cuban salsa followed by traditional Hispanic music. I don't speak Spanish so I often don't understand a word they are saying. Try to explain that one. I'm clueless. I was raised on blues/rock and really like it. The Carribean/Hispanic/Cuban stuff is what kills me though.
i first got this utube video showing a news report on a $1,200 device add-on to your vehicle.
basically, it injects a small quantity of hydrogen into your fuel intake port which reportedly increases your fuel efficiency -- some 60% and more.
the florida tv station set up its own testing of the device (hydro4000.com) on one of their vehicles and reported before and after economy results.
Amicus, I think batteries are the way to go.
I agree. Batteries used to power electric vehicles. We continue to see slow but steady improvement in battery storage. The more research the better in that field as far as I'm concerned.
The electricity used to charge these batteries should be provided by solar arrays in the western US and transmitted over DC transmission lines (that's the US solution anyways..and Canada, we have enough vacant arid land to be able to sell cheap electrical power to Canadaas well as filling our own needs). The excess energy generated by the solar arrays is stored in the form of compressed air used to power air/hydrogen/natural gas turbines at night or when sunlight isn't capable of meeting peak demand. Research will eventually allow the natural gas component to be replaced by hydrogen/compressed air.
Getting there from where we are now is the tricky part.
Not trying a thread hijack here though. I want to see one of the better designed hydrogen generators tested. ;-)
i first got this utube video showing a news report on a $1,200 device add-on to your vehicle.
basically, it injects a small quantity of hydrogen into your fuel intake port which reportedly increases your fuel efficiency -- some 60% and more.
the florida tv station set up its own testing of the device (hydro4000.com) on one of their vehicles and reported before and after economy results.
Hows that work? Crack your own water at home using standard electric?
Well it's easy to make a simple hydrogen generator. Water (with some catalysts probably, pure water dosen't conduct electricity), a power source and an anode and cathode is all that's required. Making it cost effective is the problem.
Some of the small start-ups working on the auto applications have some pretty efficient designs. Like I said, I'd want to see the results myself before I believed the claims. I suppose if the claim that the "h h o" did make for more efficient combustion when added to a fossile fuel, but didn't quite offset the alternator load, a few solar cells could power the generator.
I dunno. I want a neighbor to buy one so I see for myself. ;-)
i first got this utube video showing a news report on a $1,200 device add-on to your vehicle.
basically, it injects a small quantity of hydrogen into your fuel intake port which reportedly increases your fuel efficiency -- some 60% and more.
the florida tv station set up its own testing of the device (hydro4000.com) on one of their vehicles and reported before and after economy results.
I've found this subject to be interesting, The use of hydrogen generators to help fuel combustion engines. I understand the logic that it takes energy to split h20 into H H O, hence the gain is offset by the energy used to spin the alternator.
The reasoning that the H H O works not as a fuel per se but as an addittive, which makes for more efficient combustion and less tailpipe emmissions, is what I'm curious about. Most of what I have read on the net is nonsense on both sides of the argument.
If I spent enough $$ on fuel to make it worthwile I'd probably drop $500.00 us or so on a unit made by someone like "Magdrive". I'd do it out of curiosity more than anything else. I'd have to see it myself to believe it.
Don't waste your time or $$ on do-it-yourself gimmicks. The only way it could possibly work is if the hydrogen generator was far more efficient than one most of us could construct at home.
The Magdrive site was one of the more interesting ones, and they have some interesting design concepts for a small scale operation.
so, i need some opinions.
i have been thinking about getting a tattoo.
something small and classy.
The concept of a obtaining a "tatoo" to stand out in a crowd is somewhat old fashioned. I'm surprised it's become so popular.
I remember this song by the Who in 1966?...guessing here, but it was, "Welcome to my life, tatoo...Ima man now thanks to you" etc.
Of course tatoo's are far older than that song. I don't get it though. Each to his/her own...but is sure isn't new.
so this afternoon, my folks came over to visit me - they dont visit often, but since i am at home this week recovering from my sinus op, they made the effort to visit.. we were chatting and drinking tea and the phone rang.
i got up and answered it and i was greeted by a friendly sounding woman named heidi, who told me she was doing a "christian volunteer work" and was just calling to share a "short message with me".
she talked about the lords prayer and how it's words are "thy kingdom come" and had i ever stopped to wonder what that kingdom was.
I've made my position clear on this. I was a pioneer in the early '70's. I made my hours pestering my neighbors face to face.
I can't even comprehend the lazy attitude that one must adopt to submit to "telephone" witnessing.
Nothing irritates me more that being outside working, then running inside to catch the phone and find it's a solicitor.
I haven't yet had to effectively deal with a religious telephone solicitor. Fortunately for them.
I'm an igloo.
Cold outside and warm inside?
oh my, this gal is an x jw,,now on the view,,,.
,now a born again.
her son lives with the dad in california, and she flies out for the weekend to see him.
I don't mean to hijak a thread, but how do you folks find the time to watch tv?
Honestly, I have no idea who this person is.
This virtual life you all are discussing scares the hell outta me.
No, don't go away just yet. ;-)
How about a three story structure that has the first 1 1/2 levels submerged. The sides facing the sun are exposed to radiant heat, the gardens are located there and the excess heat helps to create a draft that cools the buried rooms...
