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In my experience it only affects the texture. If you don't mind little curls of tomato skin in the final product, then leave the skins on. I don't usually bother removing the skins, but then I've never made sambal.

That's Julia. Bridget is the other one. I love ATK/Cook's Country, but their views on southwestern cuisine should be largely ignored. They're all New Englanders with very little experience with authentic southwestern cooking. They did a segment on flour tortillas and eliminated out of hand any...

For the last questions, just go to the counter and tell the person you'd like to try an espresso but haven't had one before. They should be able to guide you. As for the appeal, it's a very bold and aromatic drink. While the hipsters may think it's best to shoot it like tequila (which to me...

This is somewhat side-stepping the question, but I've had cell service with Comcast/Xfinity for the last four years. I was skeptical at first but it's been okay. They use the Verizon network. I had to get new phones, but the payment for both phone plus service was still less than what I'd been...

I hate cleaning up, so I guess the answer to that last question is me. Aside from that, I agree completely with what you said. Far too often I order something and am disappointed because it's mediocre at best and I know I can do better at home. And if I find something on a menu that's really...

Cholula is far and away my favorite. I first came across it in a seaside bar in Long Beach where they served $1 chicken soft tacos and had Cholula on the table. The Cholula made those tacos something special. It's one of the few sauces I've had that has good flavor on its own. I can practically...

There are two long term story arcs in the Spenser books I've read so far -- his relationship with his girlfriend Susan and a quasi-parental relationship with a younger man named Paul that he helped extricate from a very bad situation. Neither of these are such that you'd be lost picking it up in...

The dishwasher typically does an initial pre-wash of the dishes that only lasts a few minutes. It's meant to get rid of the heavy stuff. It helps a lot to have soap in this cycle, but if you use only the packets you either have to use two or not have soap in the pre-wash. According to the videos...

Cussler: About the same with me. I read a few from the Dirk Pitt series but lost interest. I'll probably cherry pick a few more as I know some of the series have been made into big movies. Robert B. Parker: The Spenser books were the basis for the "Spenser: For Hire" TV series with Robert Urich...

At the risk of further diverging from the original topic, the Technology Connections channel on YouTube has a couple videos about dishwashers, specifically the use of those detergent packets that are so popular these days. The first one is here. His basic premise is the dishwashers are designed...

I feel like I just got burned by the Alex Cross series. The first two books of the series were good, but then I read the third, "Jack and Jill". It was dreadful. So bad I can't imagine ever reading Patterson again. Clive Cussler had a couple stinkers in one of his series but they were prefaced...

It's got less than two hours run time on it since it was last in the shop to have the prime button replaced. They claimed they did a full carb clean and whatnot on it then. I've been thinking somewhat along those lines. My neighbor has a driveway that's at least three times longer than mine...

Commercials are certainly one of the reasons I avoid live broadcasts. I actually should have included news programs among ones viewed live. I do watch a few of those. Baseball has gotten to where you're exposed to advertising the entire time you're watching. If it's not a full-screen commercial...

I've got an old Toro I inherited from my father. No idea how old it is. Had to have the rubber prime button replaced a few years ago. The biggest issue is it's a two-stroke engine and it takes forever for the thing to warm up enough that it works halfway decent. I'll get it started and let it...

I'm exactly the opposite. If a show has ended then I know exactly what I'm getting myself into. I know exactly how many episodes there are and how many hours of viewing I'm committing to if I stick with it to the end. And if I decide to give up on it I know exactly how much viewing I'm...

I watched NCIS regularly until Ziva left, (The first time. I understand she's since returned.) then I kind of lost track of it. I've started re-watching from the beginning. Figure it will be a while before I catch up to where I left off the first time. It's hard to imagine the show continuing...

The original Dutch version, "Forbrydelsen", was quite good. The first season is a bit slow as it tries to show the impact of the crime on the family and all the twists and turns taken by the investigation, but it's very intense. You do have to put up with subtitles if you don't speak Dutch. I've...

I love ThermoWorks products -- I have at least a dozen -- but they really need to work on accessibility to the batteries. One of the cheaper thermometers I have has to be disassembled to replace the battery and there are very delicate wires connecting the top to the body. I ruined it trying to...

You and most of the rest of the country. Whatever network is carrying the World Series must be very upset. Two medium market teams, one of which is universally disliked for having cheated, and the other disliked for their war chant. I got my fill of baseball early in the championship series and...

With the benefit of zero hands on experience with this, I wonder if you could maybe work a bit of silicone grease into the space around the cap and then melt it with a hair dryer. Let it sit for a while to work its way in and then give a try with a quarter, or maybe a really big screwdriver...