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The ground rice was put in after the last remelt. The Pine-Sol was put in during the initial blending (a few remelts ago). As far as I can tell, the rice did not seem to soften noticeably. I doubt that I will use it again though... I was just curious how it might change it...

It started out as a recipe... At least as much of a recipe as you can have when you are not entirely sure what oils are in the used fry oil -- probably soybean, cottonseed, corn, canola, and various animal fats... From there, it became more of wing it thing to see what would happen if different...

Reminds me of something that happened to me when I was a young kid... Back then, women (especially the older ones) would have decorative soaps that would be put in bowls and they would be never used. Kind of like the "guest towels" that hung in the bathroom that no one dared to use... My...

But, they help OTHER people, so I say that some people should not be so anal-retentive about criticizing when old threads become active again. Some people actually like that this sort of thing is brought up, just for the informational aspects of it. Hell, I keep what little hair I have left...

Used to know a CPA who had worked at a "non-profit" company at one time. She informed me that "non-profit" just means that they cannot show a profit at tax time, but it doesn't mean that they can't make quite a bit of money. The money just needs to be spent on something. That might be high...

Yeah, there's too many variables to try to match the color of something from a photo of it. The color rendition of their camera might be off. The color rendition of your monitor might be off. Just display it on two different monitors and you'll probably notice a slight difference. And then...

It's not a body soap... Strictly for removing grease and such that has turned my hands black while working on things in my workshop or garage. And a dash of Pine-Sol smells a lot better than the gasoline that we used to use to clean the grease off our hands. :) And I disagree with whether it...

I remember soap-on-a-rope being a "thing" back in the mid-70s. I haven't noticed it for a few decades though. Is it still popular? When I was in the Navy, some guys would take one of the polyester dress socks and put their soap in it. The material was thin, but very strong. It was great for...

ONE... But it is a REALLY BIG bar... Seriously though... If you are just starting out, go with smaller batches... I have found that starting out with 500g of oil/fat works pretty good for the size of my crock pot since it volcanoes slow enough that I would probably have to fall asleep to not...

From what I've gathered, in Europe, there is an income and a VAT. The VAT is a consumption tax, like what has been proposed by FairTax.org, but they still have the income tax. We would need to repeal the 16th Amendment so that the government would not be allowed to collect an income tax and at...

The first (darker) batch still seemed a bit soft today, so I reheated it in a double boiler and let it cook for awhile. Added a dash of salt to it also. It seems a bit harder now. I've put it under a fan to hopefully speed up the drying process. The "double boiler" was actually a stainless...

I seem to remember reading a study once that said that the more money that is spent on a wedding, the more likely it was to end in divorce. Since my wife and I got married at a JP (many decades ago) and it probably only cost $20 + pizza with a couple of friends afterwards, I guess ours will...

We need to switch from the repressive income based tax system that we currently have to a strictly consumption based one (similar to the FairTax.org plan). Eventually, you are going to spend your money on *something* and the government can get its share at that point. It would also get the...

Awh, did I trigger some of the snowflakes here? Bless their hearts... What you are getting when you measure the weight of a "cup" of water really doesn't mean anything because we don't know if it is truly accurate. I stumbled across another measuring liquid measuring cup in the kitchen and...

Just pointing out that I have a science / engineering background and am not some Gen-Slacker kid who thinks that he knows what he's talking about just because he has some stupid app on his phone.

Not a perfectly accurate measurement because the temperature of my tap water is not 4C, but I got 500g for 2 cups (16 fl-oz), so 17.637 ounces weight. I don't have a dry measure cup. Because of the diameter of the liquid cup, the meniscus could make a difference, but I tried to put it on the...

The metric system *tried* to have the units of measurement defined as intrinsic units (i.e. the meter being originally defined as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the equator and the North Pole along a Great Circle route and a kilogram being defined as the weight of 1,000 cu-cm of water)...

Then your measuring is not accurate enough. I'm an engineer, there IS a difference. It's possible that for what you are doing though, the difference is not enough to affect what you are doing, but there IS a difference none the less.

Doesn't matter... Do you bake? Then you *should* be using dry cups in your measurements for flour and sugar (unless you using *weight* like you really should). If you are using dry cups, they relate to dry pints and dry ounces. Typically, the *dry* cup measuring devices will NOT have a...

This is for my own use, not to sell. I've cleaned things with Pine-Sol (in its various incantations) for over 50 years, so I'm not too worried about its affect on my skin. And I am actually wanting something *more* abrasive than pumice. At these temperatures, aluminum oxide should be be...