Pickling is hazardous to health and home
I pickled some beets the other day using Alton Brown's pickle juice recipe and put it in the fridge. Haven't had the chance to try it yet, but it looks tasty. And it was easy. And I had two bulbs of kohlrabi still in the fridge so I figured why not pickle that too? Well, I'll tell you why. Using the vegetable peeler to peel the second bulb of kohlrabi resulted in me slicing the hell out of my left index finger. I mean, it could have been worse, it could have been my right index finger, but bleeding all over my kitchen floor is not my favorite thing to do. Still, I sliced the kohlrabi and sliced and parboiled the carrots, made my pickling mixture, didn't bleed on any of it, dumped it into an empty salsa jar, lidded it and fridged it. Hopefully I'll be able to serve pickled kohlrabi, carrots and beets at my shindig on Sunday. (By the by, it's finrto substitute prepared mustard for mustard seed in most recipes, but it does not do well to sub mustard in pickle juice. It breaks up weirdly)
So, that done, I shoved the carrot and kohlrabi peels down the disposal, turned on the water and ran it. Then the sink started backing up. The garbage disposal itself is clear, so whatever clogged it (either kohlrabi peelings or the outer garlic skin layer I think I shoved down there) is below the disposal bit. Baking soda, vinegar and hot water only resulted in me using up a bottle of white vinegar (we somehow have 3 in the house, so not a big). Plunging the sink just shoves water out of some kind of drain outlet next to the tap. One of the various answer sites said to run the dishwasher, which has resulted in the sink being full of disgusting gray water. Next step is Drano, which I hate because it's nasty, bad for the environment and frequently ineffective, but also a lot cheaper than a plumber. (This also begs the question of - do I tell my aunt I clogged the disposal? She might pay for a plumber but this also confirms to her that I am irresponsible and clumsy)
In other news, I love how much my side by side freezer holds, but the fridge holds surprisingly little. Though we do need to clean it out.
So, that done, I shoved the carrot and kohlrabi peels down the disposal, turned on the water and ran it. Then the sink started backing up. The garbage disposal itself is clear, so whatever clogged it (either kohlrabi peelings or the outer garlic skin layer I think I shoved down there) is below the disposal bit. Baking soda, vinegar and hot water only resulted in me using up a bottle of white vinegar (we somehow have 3 in the house, so not a big). Plunging the sink just shoves water out of some kind of drain outlet next to the tap. One of the various answer sites said to run the dishwasher, which has resulted in the sink being full of disgusting gray water. Next step is Drano, which I hate because it's nasty, bad for the environment and frequently ineffective, but also a lot cheaper than a plumber. (This also begs the question of - do I tell my aunt I clogged the disposal? She might pay for a plumber but this also confirms to her that I am irresponsible and clumsy)
In other news, I love how much my side by side freezer holds, but the fridge holds surprisingly little. Though we do need to clean it out.