Random Questions

[fauxklore]

1) Are prescription drug vials recyclable?

2) Is there any reason to bother thawing frozen berries being put into muffin batter?

3) Is there any way to disrupt the reproductive processes of ragweed?

By the way, I recently learned that eating certain foods can exacerbate allergic reactions to ragweed pollen. I sort of knew that both chamomile and echinacea were problematic for me. I am going to try avoiding cucumbers, summer squash, and melon as well and see if that helps.

Comments

[cellio]

Berries: will thawing them produce liquid run-off (ice crystals, etc)? That might be an argument for thawing first. If not, I wouldn't expect it to matter.

[guyklose.livejournal.com]

I thaw for that very reason...getting rid of the ice crystals and reducing the run off helps minimize the blue batter effect (we're always using frozen maine wild blueberries -- most recently from Trader Joe's -- for muffins and pancakes, and on top of steel cut oatmeal).

Also -- at one time, in a bout of blueberry zealotry, we overloaded some batter with frozen berries, so much so that muffins didn't bake in the time they should have. I chalked it up to too much of a thermal load.

[guyklose.livejournal.com]

I suppose the problem with genetically mutating ragweed is that some super weed will take over, spreading all across the country, and then it would mutate again, producing even worse spores.

We'd need to get some kind of X-Terminator to go back in time and try and kill the scientists that developed the mutated strains.

It would be horrible, and the movie script would be even worse than that.

[kaasirpent]

3) Is there any way to disrupt the reproductive processes of ragweed?

I understand flame-throwers work well. And DDT. And Agent Orange.

Better yet, plant Kudzu. It'll definitely choke out the ragweed.

[fauxklore]

I think I will try it with not thawing them (or, more precisely, thawing them only while the oven is preheating and I am mixing the other ingredients) and see how that goes.

That is, of course, dependent on actually getting out of bed early enough in the morning to bake muffins.