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In part one of this series, we took a look at the chemistry of acids and bases. In part two, we took a look at how pH strips work. In part three, let’s take a look at some of the pH strips I’ve been using over the last few years, and how they work in...
I asked you to share your thoughts last year and it was a rousing success – in my humble opinion – so I’m asking you to share your thoughts and recipes with the readers of this blog again! I’m very interested in hearing what you have to say about the recipes you’ve tried on the...
A few weeks ago, I asked you to submit your reviews of recipes on this blog for a chance to win an e-book! And review you have! A huge, giant, massive thanks to those of you who have offered your thoughts and recipes with me and the readers of this blog. A big thanks to...
Thanks to everyone for participating in the reviews of recipes for the blog. What you’re offering is so valuable to the readers of the blog and to me, because it helps me decide what I will write about next! You are just wonderful, and I can’t thank you enough for the time you have put...
Hello to you, my wonderful readers, on this last weekend of summer! Raymond and I are back from holidays at beautiful Cape Lookout near Tillamook, Oregon! What a beautiful site! I cannot recommend it enough. We spent the mornings drinking tea and walking on the beach, the rest of the day reading and playing games,...